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Dan Good

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Dan Good is a seasoned book writer, ghostwriter, journalist and editor. He has ghostwritten more than 40 books, including four national bestsellers. His biography about baseball star Ken Caminiti, Playing Through the Pain, was published by Abrams Press in May 2022 and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Dan worked for the New York Daily News, New York Post, ABC News and NBC News, as well as local news outlets in New Jersey and his native Pennsylvania, during his journalism career. He lives outside New York City with his wife and son.

Watching 100-year-old Bobby Shantz ripping baseball card packs will warm your heart

Bobby Shantz is the best.

The centenarian happened to win the American League MVP award in 1952, the year Topps had its first full-fledged baseball release.

Bobby is one of three players still alive who had cards in that landmark set (the others are Vern Law and Bob Ross).

So to celebrate 75 years of baseball products, Topps visited with Bobby and recorded a video of him opening the first pack off of

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