So, we bought some baseball cards on Ebay, just for fun, as we mentioned we were going to.

It paid off.

Last night’s haul, all in perfect just-out-of-packs-and-into-the-sleeves condition:

-a Josh Hamilton rookie card.

-a 1982 Reggie Jackson card

-a Curt Schilling card from his first year with the Phillies

-a Mark McGuire “slugging rookies” card

Altogether, the experiment has totally paid for itself, and we’re having tons of fun.  Though we haven’t dared to chew one of the pieces of 1988 era gum from the Topps packs yet….