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MiLB Madness: A Roady, a team owner, a camera-loving mascot, Missile & more baseball cards to make you go nuts

Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness.
A LIFE IN THE GAME & A LOT GOING ON HERE ...
The Card: Ron "Roady" Plein 2011 Perfect Game USA Cedar Rapids Kernels #31
The Buzz On This One: There are a lot of guys like Ron Plein out there in the baseball world -- on MLB payroll and not on MLB payroll -- who have a lifetime spent in the game but never, ever appear on baseball cards ... except maybe in MiLB releases. This card? It's not his first as he was 67 years old here and in his 37th year in baseball. (Learn more about him here.) Check out that card back -- peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! Random fact about this team? One of its players the previous season was Mike Trout ... this guy probably made him sandwiches and fixed his gear quite a bit after all those stolen bases that season.
Keep reading for more examples of weird baseball cards you can (almost) only find in MiLB.
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This entry was posted in Baseball, MiLB Madness and tagged Mike Trout, MiLB, mascots, Orbit, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Grandstand, 2019 Grandstand Modesto Nuts, Al the Almond, Wally the Walnut, Shelley the Pistachio, Ron "Roady" Plein, 2011 Perfect Game USA Cedar Rapids Kernels, Mark Butler, 2015 Grandstand Harrisburg Senators, Harrisburg Senators, Ollie's Bargain Outlet, 2011 Grandstand Akron Aeros, Akron Aeros, Metro Medical Services, 2013 Grandstand Rockford Aviators, Marty "Missile" Wheeler, 2008 Grandstand Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Myrtle Beach Pelicans on February 3, 2022 by BlowoutBuzz.

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