pace checker

it's april 6th and shohei ohtani is already ahead of his 2024 home run pace. this card comes from the topps 50/50 shohei ohtani set

and it shows him hitting his third home run of the season on april 8, 2024 at target field in minnesota. here's the back:

not a lot of information - not even the pitcher's name (it was jay jackson) - but it's at least photo correct. that was his 13th game of the season, by the way. this season, ohtani hit home run number 3 on april 2nd - his 8th contest of the year. that homer was a walk-off against raisel iglesias and the braves. he's also 1 stolen base ahead of his pace from last year.

i wound up picking up this single card (two of them, actually) because i was in attendance at the game and i am always on the lookout for cards that feature games i witnessed in person. the other card goes in my dodger collection. there's no chance of me collecting the entire set unless prices come down drastically at some point, so i drew the line at the one game i attended that is represented in the set.

i'm not sure if i am going to get to a dodger game this year, but i do have a couple of games coming up the next few weeks at which i am hoping for something exciting to happen. stay tuned!