(Apparently, we should be appreciating our relatives today, because it is "Visit Your Relatives Day." It's making me feel particularly guilty because today is my brother's birthday, and I can't visit him. Something about work getting in the way. Sorry, buddy. But instead, I'll appreciate some baseball cards in your honor. This is the 31st in a series): What do you think Rick Mahler is about to do in that dungeon of a locker room with that baseball? Is he about to autograph just that one? Does the photographer want you to think he signed all of those balls in front of him? Or are these all props and Mahler isn't going to sign a single ball unless he sees cash up front? Fleer was the first card company to provide photographs that showed you the everyday world of a ballplayer. Granted, a lot of those photos were difficult to view because they were either blurry or dark, but the idea was there. Later, Upper Deck took that idea and ran with it. Then they jump...
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