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PeterPI have to respectfully disagree on cutting up bats and jerseys (and occasionally, shoes, caps, gloves, and balls) being a bad thing. I think it's great that the card companies are offering a chance for us to own a piece of history.
I look at it this way, half this stuff is sitting in some person's closet, whether it's a collector, a dealer, or the player's estate. Maybe if we're lucky, we can look at -not touch- it behind glass at a museum. Plus, for many players, there are enough jerseys and bats to go around.
The nicest of these GU cards I saw was one that Donruss put out in its Leaf Certified Materials brand a couple years ago. It featured the elephant patch off of Roger Maris's KC A's jersey. Sweet.