the almost daily dodger - fred mcgriff

the 2003 topps traded set included two future hall of famers in the dodger team set. one was rickey henderson, and the other was fred mcgriff

that is, of course, mcgriff's gold parallel card, numbered to 2003. it is easier to find and cheaper than rickey's gold parallel so i'm glad i picked up the man of steal's version somewhat hidden in a lot of rickey cards a few years ago.

anyway, i thought that the crime dog was a lock to hit his 500th home run in 2003 with the dodgers, but he managed only 12 homers, leaving him ten shy of the mark. in 2004, he hit only three for the devil rays in what would be his final season. falling short of that milestone probably hampered his hall of fame chances a bit, but it's all water under the bridge at this point. besides, being tied with lou gehrig on the all-time home run list isn't the worst thing in the world.

double play progression

it's thanksgiving and hopefully everyone is full and with family and/or friends (if they so choose). here's a post of a bunch of double play cards i've added to the collection over the last several months. i've put them in a sort of order that shows the progression of the pivot at second base.

2003 topps traded damian jackson

1998 fleer tradition nomar garciparra

2000 upper deck gary disarcina

2021 topps trevor story

2021 topps heritage miguel rojas in action

2021 topps fernando tatis jr 1952 redux

2020 topps archives fan favorites autograph ray durham

2003 topps gallery jeff kent

2021 topps chrome carlos correa xfractor

1990 elite senior league sergio ferrer

1990 elite senior league tim ireland

2015 topps gypsy queen dustin pedroia

1988 score robby thompson young superstars (hello john shelby)

2006 fleer craig biggio (hello oscar robles)

2000 upper deck subway series edgardo alfonzo

now go have seconds!

rickey don't lose that #/2003

there aren't too many cards showing rickey henderson as a member of the dodgers, but his popularity has remained high and so many of the cards that do exist are hard to come by at reasonable prices. this is particularly applicable to parallels, so i was really happy to find one of his 2003 topps traded gold parallels 

for sale not too long ago. rickey didn't get a card from topps in 2004, so the back of this card

is as close as they got to a final tribute. thankfully, upper deck came through with a couple of 2004 cards of the "greatest of all-time".

the lot that i bought that included the gold parallel also featured a signed 1987 topps card

that looks decent enough. i kept this card and put it with my other ttm/in-person/non-certified autos. i will often add cards of rickey when going through bargain boxes or to fill out sportlots orders - i just wish there were more dodger cards to add!