Link: Nolan Ryan Bit by Coyote, Helps Inspire New Baseball Cards

At the Cardboard Connection, Ryan Cracknell wrote about how a freak injury to Nolan Ryan inspired an unconventional series of baseball cards more than two decades after it occurred.

In 1985, Nolan Ryan, then with the Houston Astros, was bitten by a coyote while reaching into a dog pen. In 2006, Amelie Mancini left Paris to move to New York and fall in love with baseball. These two seemingly insignificant events collide with a new set of handmade baseball cards that mix pain and art.

To learn more, visit Left Field Cards.