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Cards Mania Has a New Home: Visit Us at cardsmania.fun 🚀

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We’ve Moved Home! 👋 Dear collectors and cardboard connoisseurs, Cards Mania just leveled up. We’ve moved to our own shiny domain: cardsmania.fun . Why the move? Faster reads - less waiting, more ripping. Cleaner layout - your eyes and your PC will thank you. More content - guides, tips, market talk, and a sprinkle of hobby humor. What should you do? Bookmark cardsmania.fun Subscribe on the new site to catch fresh posts Tell a friend who still ships raw cards in a plain envelope Thank you for reading, trading, grading, and geeking out with us. Same Cards Mania energy, new address. See you at cardsmania.fun ! P.S. The blog here stays as an archive, but all new posts live at our new home.
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DID YOU KNOW #2 - Gary Pettis was not Gary Pettis?

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Gary Pettis' 1985 Topps Card… Starring His Brother? Baseball cards have seen their fair share of printing errors and quirky mistakes — but this one might be the most charming of all. In 1985, Topps released a card for then-California Angels outfielder Gary Pettis . The only problem? The guy on the card wasn’t Gary at all… it was his younger brother. The 1985 Topps card that started the confusion It all happened one Sunday at the ballpark. Pettis' younger brother had tagged along, wearing a uniform and running drills with other kids while the players were doing their thing. That just happened to be the day Topps photographers were snapping player shots for the upcoming set. Gary wasn’t even aware pictures were being taken… but his brother was out there, in full gear and looking pretty similar to his big-league sibling. As Gary later explained in an interview: "My brother would come out to the ballpark on Sundays and go out on the field. I gue...
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