the almost daily dodger - pedro guerrero

my ears perked up a couple of weeks ago when i read that pedro guerrero was going to be the marlins' hitting coach. it turned out to not be the pedro guerrero i first thought of - the dodger player who shared the 1981 world series mvp with steve yeager and ron cey - but rather a former dodger farmhand who had previously worked in a similar capacity with gabe kapler, who is the marlins' gm these days.

i was reminded that i had added a card of the pedro guerrero i knew about to my collection earlier in the fall - his 2005 topps all-time fan favorites refractor parallel

i like this card so much.  the base version was my favorite dodger card that i added to my collection back in 2005, and it was featured prominently in my original blog header. 

i keep an eye out for these refractors, and have pulled the trigger on a couple more. i picked up another one of dusty baker's refractors and put it with my 1978 topps "master" set. it fittingly is numbered 078/299 as the card features the 1978 topps design

i also added another of rick monday's refractors to put with the set, but it's not numbered as nicely

most recently, i added a different dodger's atff refractor to my collection, but i'll save that for a different post. stay tuned!