Somehow, we completed an entire segment about guys named "Ernie" without a Big Ern McCracken joke from Kingpin. Sometimes, a bowler just has to face the music.&nbsp;
<ul>
 <li>Card 88 on <a href="https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/1379/1988-topps-88-earnie-riles_98458398" target="_blank">Beckett</a></li>
 <li>Card 93T on <a href="https://marketplace.beckett.com/item/513/1988-topps-traded-93t-ernie-riles_12942137" target="_blank">Beckett</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PaintedCap/status/1370968728007888899?s=20&amp;t=oMFxcR8kRl3hadCSFrk5TA" target="_blank">Painted Cap</a></li>
 <li>Card 61T on <a href="https://www.beckett.com/baseball/1988/topps-traded/61t-jeffrey-leonard-3916153" target="_blank">Beckett</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PaintedCap/status/1318082405018734592?s=20&amp;t=oMFxcR8kRl3hadCSFrk5TA">Painted Cap</a></li>
 <li>Earnie's strange hand <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/06/28/Baseball-Central/9753551851200/" target="_blank">injury</a></li>
 <li>The Mystery Trade on <a href="https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/06/20/the-mystery-trade" target="_blank">SI</a></li>
</ul>

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