Sunday, December 8, 2024

m-m-m-my share of a team break

i joined a team break featuring 2024 topps update, and one of the cards i received as result is this silver pack insert of landon knack
when i hear his name, i think of the knack, whose song "my sharona" is a definite earworm that hasn't fully left my brain for over 40 years. it also inspired a young al yankovic to write a parody song and the rest is history. it's a pretty skeevy song, actually, so i doubt there is any reference to it at dodger stadium when knack is on the mound.

i also received most of the team's base set
and after i scanned these cards i realized that the mookie betts card was actually his all-star game insert card. like rafael devers, he didn't play in the game due to injury and so is featured in his regular duds. the use of team rather than league or the asg logos confuses me.

here are the more obvious all-star game inserts i received - shohei ohtani
and freddie freeman
combined with the tyler glasnow and will smith inserts i already owned, i was able to complete the dodger team set related to the midsummer classic.

another freddie freeman insert 
and three of the 1989 inserts
just about round things out. i am thankful for the ohtani card there as it shows him doing the oblique crunch that dodger hitters did when they reached base in 2024. it seems like every team has a number of these routines these days which sometimes seems silly to me based on the situation.

the last card that came from the team break was this all-class insert of jackie robinson
it is the black parallel version, so is numbered to 299 there in the lower right corner.

i've since bought another blaster of update and haven't advanced my 2024 dodger collection a bit. let me know if you can help me out!

3 comments:

  1. Highly recommend Veruca Salt's cover of My Sharona.

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  2. Had never heard that version before even though I’ve heard a few of their songs. It’s more my style than the original. Thanks for recommending

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  3. Can't believe I'm gonna say so many positive things about these Update inserts, but...

    A. The Mystical inserts are kinda cool. The cards are colorful... and there's something cool about a random panda being part of the card.

    B. The photos of Ohtani and Koufax are fantastic on the 1989 inserts. Both are great looking cards.

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