What? I enjoy alliteration. Even if it is merely using the same word over and over. I just completed a team trade -- Cardinals for Dodgers -- with madding of Cards on Cards and A Pack a Day . Team trades are the best, because each of you get nothing but cards you want. Even if you get dupes, you don't mind so much (or at least I don't). I live on one side of the country and madding the other, so these Cardinals and Dodgers each took a transcontinental journey. The Cardinals and Dodgers have been fairly regular trade partners over the years. Joe Ferguson for Reggie Smith (advantage Dodgers). Pedro Guerrero for John Tudor (advantage Cardinals). So it makes sense that their fans should swap cards. Among the cards I received on Thursday were five different Brad Pennys and four different Jeff Kents. Maybe madding's a closet Dodger fan? Or more probably he just has loads of cards. Here's a look at the L.A. highlights, obtained all the way from Oregon Ducks country: Hey! Let...
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