Other than an interest in sports and a certain amount of creativity, my work life doesn't resemble the life of a baseball card maker much. But there is one similarity -- selecting photos. In my job, I try to pick the best photos for the sports section that day. It's an inexact process because games run late, photographers take forever to get photos to you, and there's an ever-present deadline looming. So you grab a photo that won't make you upset when you see it in the paper the next day and hope that a better one doesn't come along later. I have to think that this is something like what happens when Topps is selecting pictures for sets. Sure, they'd like the best possible photos, but because of time and availability that might not be possible. Take this card of Adam Everett from 2006 Topps. It's good for what it is: Everett watching the flight of the ball after hitting it. You can even pinpoint former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson stationed i...
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