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Posted By: Joseph

Perhaps the book provides no "smoking gun" or "proof," but what it shows a preponderance of evidence that--as most who read this forum believe--the card is cut from a sheet and possibly trimmed after that. The most exciting indictment (for this reader) is on page 83:

"Mastro has always swatted away rumors that The Card had been altered, flying into a rage at the slightest suggestion that its bright colors, clean edges, and sharp corners are the result of skillful card surgery. "There's nothing wrong with that card!" Mastro once screamed during an interview. "There's nothing wrong with that card!"


But the author concludes the book with the following lines, indicating that maybe the "problem" with the card is no big deal:

"...Does the fact that The Card tramples the rules that govern millions of other baseball cards even really matter?.....It is still a beautiful card. Even if it is trimmed."


Sounds pretty fair to me.