(Welcome to the first night that I get to watch the Dodgers in the playoffs. I am very tempted to go into work and forget that the game is on. Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 213th in a series): In the last few days, this card has popped up online, in baseball-rooting circles, perhaps more than any other 1980s common card not named LaCock or Kuntz. The card is a reference to the current Kansas City Royals manager, who seems to enjoy trolling the entire internet with the sacrifice bunt. Even better, sacrifice bunts and stealing bases is actually working for his team. (I can hear people screaming, "Imagine how much he would have won by if he didn't do that!!!!"). But this isn't a commentary on the drawbacks or benefits of the sacrifice bunt. No, it's merely about my observations when a card that I have seen for years suddenly appears everywhere and from the most wide-ranging sources. I have known this card since 1983, obviously. But, also, it...
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