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Bip: To pull multiple copies of the same card from a single pack.  Term was coined by cardblogger Bill "Thorzul" Bohem, who pulled multiple copies of ["http://http://apackaday.blogspot.com/2008/06/repack-box-remorse-volume-2-stealth.html" | Bip Roberts' 1994 Upper Deck card from a 2008 Upper Deck Baseball retail box.]
[[Image:bip.jpg|right|frame|Multiple copies of a 1997 Circa Bip Roberts]]


Bipping has evolved into a highly-elaborate prank where a collector sends multiple copies of the same undesirable card (usually, but not necessarily cards of Bip Roberts) to a fellow collector.
'''Bip:''' To pull multiple copies of the same card from a single pack.  Term was coined by a poster to the cardblog A Pack A Day, who pulled ten copies of [http://apackaday.blogspot.com/2008/06/repack-box-remorse-volume-2-stealth.html Bip Roberts' 1994 Upper Deck card from a 2008 Upper Deck Baseball retail box.]  It has since been made famous by cardblogger [http://thorzul.blogspot.com/2010/01/assignment-reach-out-and-bip-someone.html Bill "Thorzul" Boehm.]
 
Bipping has evolved into a highly-elaborate, but good-natured, prank where a collector mails multiple copies of the same undesirable card (usually, but not necessarily cards of Bip Roberts) to a fellow collector.
 
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Multiple copies of a 1997 Circa Bip Roberts

Bip: To pull multiple copies of the same card from a single pack. Term was coined by a poster to the cardblog A Pack A Day, who pulled ten copies of Bip Roberts' 1994 Upper Deck card from a 2008 Upper Deck Baseball retail box. It has since been made famous by cardblogger Bill "Thorzul" Boehm.

Bipping has evolved into a highly-elaborate, but good-natured, prank where a collector mails multiple copies of the same undesirable card (usually, but not necessarily cards of Bip Roberts) to a fellow collector.