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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Sean: I have a question which has been troubling me. Perhaps you bring the fresh perspective which I am lacking. I would like for you to tell me your thoughts about the following.

Baseball cards come in various materials, shapes and sizes. Sometimes they vary so much that I am not sure that they are all cards.

For example: Wheaties "cards" sometimes are a baseball player's picture on the entire back of a full size cereal box. Is that too big to be a baseball card? Another example is Mello-Mints cards are baseball players on real flimsy paper. These are not rigid - can they be considered cards? Other "cards" were really postcards with a player on the back. Can postcards be considered as baseball cards? There is more, but lets start with these.