▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁complete ▁or ▁un bi ased , ▁but ▁rather ▁a ▁quick ▁snapshot ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁authors ▁remembered ▁most ▁about ▁the ▁player . ▁ ▁In ▁all ▁there ▁are ▁ 2 2 1 ▁baseball ▁players ▁featured ▁with ▁no ▁stated ▁or ▁apparent ▁reason ▁for ▁their ▁selection , ▁although ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁gathered ▁that ▁many ▁were ▁picked ▁for ▁the ▁humor ▁potential ▁inher ent ▁in ▁some ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁player ▁or ▁the ▁card ▁itself . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁cards ▁were ▁issued ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁later ▁ones ▁included . ▁ ▁The ▁last ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁offers ▁a ▁short ▁disc ourse ▁on ▁things ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁cards , ▁from ▁ho arding , ▁trad ing , ▁to ▁finally ▁collect ing . ▁ ▁The ▁ending ▁for esh adows ▁the ▁adult ▁h ob by ▁of ▁collect ing ▁baseball ▁cards ▁that ▁was ▁about ▁to ▁expl ode , ▁although ▁it ▁is ▁unlikely ▁the ▁authors ▁were ▁pres cient ▁of ▁this . ▁ ▁Th emes ▁& ▁Thread s ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁not ▁written ▁in ▁a ▁linear ▁fashion . ▁ ▁Each ▁card ▁and ▁its ▁accomp any ing ▁comment ary , ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁rare ▁exceptions , ▁stand ▁alone ▁and ▁are ▁not ▁categor ized , ▁such ▁as ▁by ▁team , ▁league , ▁era , ▁position , ▁etc . ▁ ▁The ▁ult imate ▁effect ▁of ▁the ▁seem ingly ▁scatter shot ▁arrangement ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁reader ▁can ▁start ▁most ▁anywhere ▁and ▁jump ▁about ▁without ▁any ▁loss ▁of ▁compreh ension . ▁ ▁That ▁said ,