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Opening 25-year-old baseball cards with Indians coach Brad Mills

You ever have that thing happen when you’re opening baseball cards and you get two packs with a bunch of the same cards? Ugh. We almost went down that path in this week’s episode of 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards with Cleveland Indians bench coach Brad Mills.

You know what redeemed it? Hall of Famers. Oh yeah, we pulled some Hall of Famers — including one they love in Cleveland. And another who is headed to Cooperstown this year, that being Tim Raines.

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Mills was a great counterpart for this episode too. He’s Terry Francona’s right-hand man in Cleveland, and was with Tito during his Boston Red Sox days. He’s a beloved baseball figure who has been around the game for decades and knows plenty of people — including Raines, whom he shared a fantastic story about.

Indians bench coach Brad Mills opening 25-year-old baseball cards. (Yahoo Sports)
Indians bench coach Brad Mills opening 25-year-old baseball cards. (Yahoo Sports)

If you’re new to this series, here’s the deal: My grandma kept lots of old baseball cards from 1992, unopened, from when she and I used to collect. Now that they’re basically worthless, I open them with baseball players and managers and other people around the game. If you dig this, check out some of our past episodes.

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Kyle Hendricks
Eric Davis
Joe Maddon
Todd Coffey
Cliff Floyd
Clint Hurdle
Dan Plesac
Dusty Baker
Bruce Bochy
Aaron Boone
Clayton Kershaw
Buck Showalter
Frank Thomas
Alex Rodriguez
Scott Boras
Bobby Bonilla
Joel McHale
Adam Eaton
Rajai Davis
Brad Ziegler and Tyler Clippard
Ken Kendrick
Jeff Passan

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