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Eddie Murray 1989 Donruss Traded #T-12 This was our first look at Hall of Famer Eddie Murray in Dodger Blue. "Steady Eddie" was traded by the Orioles to his hometown L.A. Dodgers following the 1988 season, after 13 seasons and 333 home runs with Baltimore. He was 32 at the time, but would remain productive at the plate for the next 5 years, averaging 21.6 HR and 94.4 RBI during that span for the Dodgers (1989 to 1991) and Mets (1991 and 1992). Murray also had stints with the Indians and Angels, and a second-go-round with both the O's and Dodgers before retiring after 21 years in the bigs. He finished with a .287 BA, 504 HR (26th all-time), and 1917 RBI (10th all-time). ...  This was the first and only Traded set that Donruss printed  to compete with other limited run extended sets like Topps Traded and Fleer Update. Other notable players appearing in this set include Nolan Ryan and Rafael Palmeiro. Apparently, card collectors didn't like Donruss Traded sets bec...

I’m sure I’ll catch all kinds of guff and/or flak for saying this, but here goes: I hate hot coffee. But you know what I love ? Warm coffee. Same thing with hot chocolate. Hot chocolate: Bad. Warm chocolate: Best thing ever. Hot coffee is too damn hot. It’s like sticking a branding iron in your mouth. You need a NASA-designed thermos with inch-thick styrofoam walls just to hold it, yet I’m supposed to drink this stuff? What the heck is the point of pouring a cup of coffee if I can’t drink it for two hours? Can’t they figure out a way to serve it at room temperature so I can drink it right away? And how is it that every time I take a sip to see if it’s cooled off enough, it’s still too hot? Doesn’t matter how long I wait. Ten minutes. Twenty minutes. Ninety minutes. It’s always still too hot. Every. Single. Time. People are always trying to sell me on hot coffee: “ Hot coffee smells soooo good! ” Yeah, well so does a lilac bouquet, but I don’t want to drink it. “ Hot coff...