Sometimes a player's kids will show up on their dad's cards. Cuteness ensues.
Jose Melendez's son is a little shy.
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I get the feeling that a minute before this picture was taken, Rob Murphy spit on his hand and straightened his son's hair so it would be just so.
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Upper Deck needed no less than four cute toddlers to offset the ugliness of Gary Gaetti, known as "The Rat" for his appearance.
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These kids are too young to be Gary's kid Joe, now a minor leaguer known as
"Little Rat." Looks like he has a good sense of humor about it.
Here's Bob Welch with another shy kid, probably son
Dillon:
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Judging by their cards, no team was more kid-friendly than the early 1990s Mariners.
Here's Shigetoshi Hasegawa with son
Kohto:
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Mike Cameron with
Dazmon:
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And Aaron Sele with daughter
Katherine, sporting Seattle Mariner baby socks: