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C.A.: 1989 Upper Deck Gary Pettis

 (Today is not only Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day/Canadian Thanksgiving it is also Moldy Cheese Day. I do not know if that refers to specific kinds of cheese with intended mold (blue cheese) or cheese left too long in the fridge with unintended mold. But what I do know is it's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 326th in a series and there is no mold on this card): Welcome to another card I should have had by now. Yup, this famed 1989 Upper Deck Gary Pettis card is just arriving in my collection. I've known about this card for a long time. You longtime bloggers probably remember Dinged Corners. One of Patricia's favorite kinds of cards were "recursive cards," what, in a more general way, also could be called "meta cards," or cards of cards.   But the recursive aspect is the mind-blowing part, and for that you need to see the back of Pettis' 1989 UD card.   Upper Deck has made it appear as if Pettis is holding his own 1989 Upper Deck car...