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Spooky cards

Baseball cards aren't spooky, particularly now that Colby Rasmus isn't in the league. But I am the night owl and I feel an obligation on this holiday. To find something with a Halloween theme in my collection, I went straight to Allen and Ginter to see if I could unearth something scary. Boo: Skulls! Bony hands! (This is a jewel of my frankenset mini binder). Edgar Allan Poe! And The Poe Toaster! Spooky! Wooooooo! Haunted graveyards! Mummies! Nine-headed serpents that can kill you with their bad breath! What's a 16-year-old cheerleader doing here? When the 2012 Allen and Ginter code was cracked, she was revealed to be the killer! However, on this day, for this particular fan, there is no card item that is more spooky, more dastardly, more haunting than a card like this: Just remember, if you root for the Astros tonight, you are rooting for the end of baseball for a long, long, long time. And that really is...

Too many minis

I am convinced that if you want to be a successful children's book author all you need to do is come up with a noun that would make sense when written after the words "too many". Here is a quick rundown of children's books with that construction in their title. And I didn't try very hard to find these: Too Many Rabbits Too Many Toys Too Many Frogs Too Many Dogs Too Many Monsters Too Many Mangos Too Many Tutus Too Many Hats Too Many Cats Too Many Kittens Too Many Mittens Too Many Pumpkins Too Many Tomatoes Too Many Carrots Too Many Cherries Too Many Tamales Too Many Bananas Too Many Lollipops Too Many Leprechauns Too Many Teddies Too Many Kisses Too Many Ducklings Too Many Daves Too Many Moose Too Many Cheeky Dogs Too Many Trolls Too Many Animals And the all inclusive ... Too Many Things Makes you want to go on a cleaning spree doesn't it? Well, I have one more story to add to the pile. It's called "Too Many M...