(Today we recognize Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day. It comes along every Aug. 8 . Does August need a holiday or what? Welcome to another edition of Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 228th in a series): You guys have been holding out on me. I've been blogging for close to seven full years and I've seen plenty of cards for the first time in that period. Certain interesting cards I've seen featured repeatedly. The Oscar Gamble '76 Traded card. The Bip Roberts sombrero card. The Gus Zernial balls-glued-to-a-bat card. The Glenn Hubbard snake card. The blogosphere has a talent for rooting out amusing little card photo tidbits and reshaping them into something glorious and desirable. But somehow -- unbelievably -- I saw this card for the first time maybe a month or so ago. I had to have it. The mind reels with so many questions. Was this the only photo Topps had of Mr. Anderson? Did he insist on having his photo taken right there and then...
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