Everyone knows what this is by now, but at the time that I pulled it out of the package, nobody had shown their Baseball Card Breakdown Tony Gwynn rip card on the blogs yet. So I took a casual look around the card, with mild interest, wondering how many 1989 Donruss Diamond King Gwynns Gavin must have. Then I flipped it over. Rip Card?!?!? Of a 1989 Fleer Padre? I don't care if it's 1 of 25 (ebay 1/1!), I am so going to rip this!! This is the easiest rip card decision ever (not that I have any experience with rip cards). When I first started ripping it, I thought I might be unearthing a black-border mini. But I quickly deduced that it was a magnet of some sort. My magnet is the best magnet. It's a splendid mini magnet of The Penguin. Here is a closer look. Cey is playing ball on starlit field, which makes this better than the best magnet. The rest of the items in Gavin's Holiday Giveway package where a little more regulation-sized. ...
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