(Greetings on what's supposed to be the biggest drinking night of the year. This has never been true for me. I've rarely gone out to bars the day before Thanksgiving. Back in college, when I traveled home on this day, I was actually leaving the bars I frequented and the people who joined me there. Who am I going to drink with back home? Grandma? It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 277th in a series): While going through the bounty of 1983 Fleer cards I received recently, I stopped on this card of mid-1980s pitcher Salome Barojas. A veteran of the Mexican League both before and after his major league career, Barojas pitched for the White Sox and Mariners between 1982-85 (he also appeared in six games for the Phillies in 1988). Barojas was a key relief pitcher for the 1983 White Sox, who won the American League West that year. So I was familiar with the guy, from the '83 White Sox and his trading cards and the way announcers enjoyed saying his melod...
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