Do you hear that? That's the sound of two card bloggers ' blood pressure readings traveling the route of a Mike Schmidt pop fly in the Astrodome. (in other words: it's going a long way north and might not come down). Do you think Smoltz will ever pitch a game for the Red Sox ? I say the chances are good. He performed well in a rehab start last week, and he's supposed to be starting again today. But this card picture does remind me of the many times that Topps depicted a player with a team for which he never played. Steve of White Sox Cards just had a post about one such player. I really wish I could come up with a great name for cards like this. I'll have to work on that. Here is another example from 2008 Heritage. Johnny Estrada never played for the Mets . He was acquired from the Brewers basically so they could get rid of reliever Guillermo Mota . But the Mets had just acquired catcher Brian Schneider and didn't have a place for Estrada, so they let him...
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