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Al CrisafulliWhen I was a kid, there were about 8 of us that collected baseball cards. The older the card, the more value it had in our minds. The oldest card any of us had was a 1960 Topps Tex Clevenger. It was like solid gold. Whoever had the Clevenger could essentially trade it for whatever he wanted.
That Clevenger made its way around the neighborhood, through my friends at school, and back through the neighborhood probably ten times when I was a kid.
As an adult, I don't go looking for them, but whenever I find a 1960 Clevenger, I buy it. I have a stack of them. Once in a while, I put one in an envelope and mail it to one of the guys I grew up with. No note, no return address, just the card. It always results in a phone call or an email. It's funny, and a good way to reconnect with childhood friends.
-Al