tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137000056683285487.post8282252613461229301..comments2024-01-06T19:51:03.373-06:00Comments on Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius: Heartbreaking Breaks 8: Even More Upper Deck MasterpiecesMatt Flatenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01157226107144209201noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137000056683285487.post-35980798713275392182008-10-28T16:53:00.000-05:002008-10-28T16:53:00.000-05:00Thanks Chris.Thanks Chris.Matt Flatenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157226107144209201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9137000056683285487.post-24839473017236659872008-10-28T16:47:00.000-05:002008-10-28T16:47:00.000-05:00Right after The War, baseball imposed a rule stati...Right after The War, baseball imposed a rule stating that any team who signed an amateur player to a pro contract and paid him a signing bonus of more than $4000 was required to keep that player on the Major League 40-man roster for two full years.<BR/><BR/>Players who signed such contracts, like Killebrew, were billed as "Bonus Babies."<BR/><BR/>The Bonus Baby rule was replaced with the draft in the 1965.Chris Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603530412835276148noreply@blogger.com