letter rip

seeing fuji's now not so recent post got me thinking about how i would represent my blog name with players and cards. his post was in response to nacho grande's original post that used board games. as fuji said, "challenge accepted"!

c - ron cey (2005 playoff prestige al east champions)

a - walt alston (2005 topps dem bums)

r - bill russell (2014 topps archives fan favorites autograph)

d - davey lopes (1981 topps)

s - steve garvey (2022 leaf in the game used sports hall of fame caliber silver relic)

a - don aase (1991 fleer)

s - reggie smith (1978 topps)

i - kazuhisa ishii (2003 playoff absolute memorabilia tools of the trade)

s - don sutton (2021 topps chrome platinum anniversary)

e - andre ethier (2013 topps archives day-glo parallel)

e - scott erickson (2005 topps total)

t - derrel thomas (1979 o-pee-chee)

h - charlie hough (2018 topps archives snapshots)

e - aj ellis (2013 topps)

m - rick monday (1979 topps)

yes, that ethier card really is the orange parallel. also, i was happy to get clayton kershaw in there, even if it was just as a lurker on aj ellis' card.

if i went all last names, don drysdale and duke snider would replace lopes and garvey up top. i can get duke in if i were to apply this challenge to my first blog's name:

g - steve garvey 

a - walt alston

r - jackie robinson (2010 topps turkey red)

v - fernando valenzuela (2017 topps 1987 all-star)

e - andre ethier 

y - steve yeager (2004 upper deck legends timeless teams gold)

c - ron cey

e - scott erickson

y - eric young (1999 upper deck)

r - bill russell

u - julio urias (2019 topps chrome sapphire edition)

s - reggie smith

s - don sutton 

e - aj ellis 

l - tom lasorda (2001 topps tribute patch)

l - lee lacy (1976 topps)

l - davey lopes 

o - al oliver (2005 donruss throwback threads throwback collection)

p - mike piazza (1996 score big bats)

e - bruce edwards (1951 bowman)

s - duke snider (1980-87 sspc baseball immortals)

fun stuff. thanks for the inspiration nachos and fuji!