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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Who's got a great player or a great card that's a beater? Here's one of mine.<br /><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z26/pspec/topps_1952_Mays.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Clint</b><p>Bought this as a kid. It has about 15 pin holes in it.<br /><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z186/ksfarmboy/paige.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/bcbgcbrcb/RobinsonJackie.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Phil,<br />Would you know how SGC differentiates on their labels between the BB regular player series and the Jackie Robinson Series? At first the border on your card threw me and then I realized what it was. I mean, wouldn't the regular player series have Jackie's name on the label as well?<br /><br />- Paul S

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Saucier</b><p>It's in such bad shape they wouldn't even grade it.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://images1.collectors.com/psa/set_registry/m585906/53mantle.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>Paul:<br /><br />The regular Bond Bread issue Jackie Robinson card would not have the word "Portrait" on the flip.

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Posted By: <b>Paul S</b><p>Phil:<br /><br />Fair enough, although some of the regular issue cards are portraits, e.g., DiMaggio, Reese. A person would have to know about the borders or have seen the Jackie regular issue to know the difference. Maybe I'm nitpicking...

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Posted By: <b>John H.</b><p>I'm curious; why would a card owner bother sending a beater like that '53 Mantle in for grading? <br /><br />John

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Posted By: <b>Jason Carota</b><p><img src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q319/jay1065/Red%20Sox/Vintage/47_tiptop_bread_doerr.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Saucier</b><p>"I'm curious; why would a card owner bother sending a beater like that '53 Mantle in for grading?"<br /><br /><br />It came with a great story about how, in the 1950's, it hung in the Yankees locker room by a player who wanted to remind himself to swing like Mickey.<br /><br />That...plus I had some free grades. <br />

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Posted By: <b>Jeff</b><p>Here are a couple of my favorites.<br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/inspected&approved/Cards/Copy2ofWonderTrioFront.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/inspected&approved/Cards/Koufax.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><br />Jeff