i've been meaning to have andre ethier be the subject of one of these posts for a while now as i had quite a few of his cards languishing in my scanned folder. however, it was only after acquiring this card
that i got around to putting this post together.
that is a 2007 topps 2006 topps all-star rookie team insert or retail hanger exclusive - however you look at it. ethier's teammate russell martin was also included in the set and i have had his card for about 18 months. ethier's was much more elusive and the one i purchased (as part of the set) is the only i've seen offered for sale over the last couple of years.
it just so happens that it was my 301st andre ethier dodger card according to my inventory listed on tcdb. here are some of the other 300 cards i have of ethier that i've added over the last few months, each of which are parallels.
2006 bowman gold parallel
2009 bowman chrome refractor parallel
2010 topps chrome refractor parallel
being essentially a lifelong dodger resulted in a lot of cards, and he's shown up in a recent set or two (although i can only think of an allen & ginter set) following his retirement.
with 301 ethier cards (all as a dodger), he sits 21st in my list of players - 23 cards behind kevin brown and 33 cards ahead of ramon martinez. of course, some of those cards are duplicates in other player and/or minicollections so tcdb tells me i have only 295 unique ethier cards loaded. either way, i am behind night owl by about 20 cards in terms of the top ethier collectors on the database.
There were times I was really bummed that the A's didn't hold onto Ethier... but honestly... the trade to LA was for the best. He ended up being a one franchise player. Had the A's kept him, he would have played a few seasons and been shipped off eventually.
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