In the spring I took and autograph gamble and I won. I bought a Victor Caratini auto card before he made the Cubs roster. I was betting that he'd make the team and I was right. The gamble paid off and I added another ruling-following autograph.
The Topps Series 2 checklist has given me a change to take another gamble. Pitcher Dillon Maples has a Topps Certified autograph. Though he made 6 appearances with the Cubs last year, has yet to make it to Chicago this season. Since he might, I went ahead...
... and grabbed the card. If he gets in a game this year, I'll add him to my rule-following collection. I'd rolling the dice and betting six bucks that he will.
Gamble is a good word for it. I'd have more faith in Maples getting called up if his current BB/9 in AAA wasn't 8.5. Ouch.
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