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C.A.: 1981 Fleer John Wathan

(What's new in my life? The former boss who tormented me for 6 years is trying to be my friend on Facebook. WHAT HAVE I DONE???? Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 193rd in a series): Perhaps you have heard . Major League Baseball is looking into altering the home plate collision as we know it. I am conflicted about this idea. While I think something might have to be done about what appears to be more violent collisions caused by increasingly bigger and faster people, I also don't want to see the end to the knock-down, drag-out, two-people-writhing-on-the-ground drama of the play at the plate. I am no different then others who are drawn to sports. I like home plate collisions. I like quarterback sacks. I like hockey fights. Barbaric? Maybe. But it wouldn't be sport without conflict -- physical conflict. And I don't want to see it wiped away and the sport sanitized. Here is another reason: A change could mean the end of cards like the '81 Watha...