Although I'm not into current baseball cards as I once was, I do like to buy what's on store shelves on a regular basis to stay up-to-date, feed the pack-ripping monster and provide some blog material that doesn't bore people who were born after the '80s. Unfortunately, this time of year is terrible for latest card product. Bowman has just arrived and I feel as qualified to evaluate Bowman as I do teenage girl fashions. The other two card products that just arrived on a hook near you are Gypsy Queen and Panini Donruss. Eeesh. I had my choice of either at Target last week. I wasn't going to touch GQ -- it looks as ugly as it ever has and at 10 bucks for 20 cards, I'd rather pay $4.99 for 30 Panini Donruss cards. So I went with Panini Donruss because of the price and basically to explain one more time why I don't buy Panini products. (Yeah, I know I'm already on the record -- I just want to make sure my position doesn't get erased). I know tha...
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