sparky lyle, time traveler?

i continue to keep a lookout for 2004 upper deck legends timeless teams parallels to add to my collection, and had some good success late last year adding a few autographs. one of them was this sparky lyle card

showing him in old yankee stadium. here's the back, showing the newer-old yankee stadium

something was off about the card, however, and i quickly figured it out when i put the card in my binder. the front shows sparky as part of the 1985 yankee team (check out the shield underneath the autograph), 

but the back correctly id's him as a member of the 1978 squad. as you know if you followed my timeless teams blog, the team sets are numbered in chronological order, so his card sticks out among the other autographs i have from the members of the bronx zoo. besides, lyle wasn't even with the yankees in 1985 - he threw the final pitch of his career in 1982 as a member of the white sox.

it's a pretty weird error, especially when you realize that his base card has the year correct on the front

and back

i haven't noticed any other cards like this in the set, but i only have 183 of the 300 autographed cards in the set so there may be another time traveler out there. i did also pick up lyle's other yankee auto card from the set

which gets the year right on both sides of the cardboard. overall, lyle has four cards in the set (he is also featured as a member of the 1967 red sox and the 1980 phillies), and i have all four in autograph form. none are as interesting as the 1985/1978 card, however.

bonus content!

the concert last night was really great! as i mentioned in my post yesterday, craig finn is a twins fan, and for the encore he came out sporting a game worn baby blue twins hosken powell jersey

he said the jersey was from 1979, but since powell's topps card from that year shows him in the home whites, here's his 1980 topps card instead

and, they did play "carlos is crying".