(Today is "Just Because" day. I don't have much free time for "just because" activities, but I do have this blog post "just because". It's Cardboard Appreciation time. This is the 230th in a series): There is a well-known baseball card from the mid-1990s of San Diego Padres player Bip Roberts wearing a sombrero in the dugout. Now, I have no problem with the card or Roberts. They've been wonderful for the hobby and card blogs in particular. But don't you think that this card -- produced almost exactly 20 years before Bip in sombrero -- should get a little more credit and a little more air time? I get it. Bip is wearing a giant, colorful hat. He looks rather serious. He's sporting eye black. But get a load at Joe Hoerner up there. Hoerner is a relief pitcher -- actually referred to as a "mop-up" man on the back of his card -- sitting pensively on the outer edge of the dugout, seemingly completely unaware that there is a...
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