continuing the search for logo overload

it's been over four years since this post, but i have never stopped looking for more four-in-one logo cards. let's see some logos!

first up is a sticker from 1990 publications international that features the dodgers' hat logo

that is the logo that is most likely to show up on a card multiple times simply because it is the hat logo.

this 2001 topps ismael valdes gold parallel

that i bought earlier this year has four logos, but they are not all the same. topps sometimes uses teams' official logos, which in the dodgers' case is the script and flying ball design. the club still wears "dodgers" in script on their sleeves, but only with jerseys that say "los angeles" on the front. the jersey that valdes is modeling is one of the worst dodger fits of all time.

i also bought this 2014 topps ricky nolasco camo parallel for the dodger collection

it features three "la" logos, and if yasiel puig had been holding his hat the other way, we would have had four. with two players, however, it would not have counted towards a four-in-one. here's the back of the card

showing the serial numbering to 99.

topps switched to the hat logo in 2013, and they stuck with it for the most part (2021 and 2023 were the exceptions) until this year. still, i found no four logo cards. here are some three logo cards - kenley jansen's gold parallel from 2015

a rainbow foil parallel of alex verdugo from 2020

a 2022 topps chrome trea turner prism refractor

and a 2022 topps update turner manufactured relic

if only the card design included the logo as well...

tyler glasnow's 2024 topps chrome prism refractor

and tommy edman's 2025 topps holofoil parallel

are two more recent examples. there are many more dodger cards that include photos with three logos because of the sleeve logo, so it's not as big of a deal as it used to be.

i did get sort of excited by the tyler glasnow/blake snell combo card in 2025 topps update

that is the holiday foil parallel, of course, but here we have five logos! with two players, it's not much to write home about, however.

as for other teams, i found some recent-ish releases to share. 

this 2020 bowman robel garcia card

has four "c"s on it. not all are the same logos, however.

this 2022 topps kurt suzuki card

has four "a"s on it, although the one on the jersey (part of the "angels" text on the chest) is obscured.

thankfully, i was able to find a card that rivals the 1984 fleer mike vail card featured in the post linked above.

jarrod dyson's 2019 topps card sets a new standard for a four-in-one logo card! of course, i would prefer the player to be wearing three of the logos, but this is a very logo oriented card!

of course, one could cheat, like with this 2000 topps tek pattern 5 card of shawn green

or this 2024 topps jonny deluca team color border parallel

but they don't count in this endeavor.

last year i did find and purchase a dodger single player four logo card - it is james outman's 2025 topps golden mirror variation

had james' left arm been forward in the photo, we would have seen five "la" logos on the card! here's the back:

which features another logo. 

i am hoping that 2027 topps goes back to the hat logos with the card design. regardless, the search for logo overload continues!

245-8 who do we appreciate?

the answer to that question, at least for today, is jason repko. twenty years later, i finally have his 2006 upper deck card safely stored in my team binder

to be fair, i haven't been searching for this card for twenty years, but i have had a saved ebay search for "2006 repko 245" for at least the last couple of years. the reason for this is that it's an unheralded player whose singles aren't typically offered up on the site as well as being a a corrected error card. the back of this particular card tells the story

repko as card number 245 in the base set is difficult to find. in series one packs, repko's card was issued as number 283

and those are much more easily obtained. that's the version i've had in my dodger collection for the last two decades, but it is the error, so i decided to keep an eye out for the corrected version. that version was only available in fat packs (according to baseballcardpedia) and i suppose there were fewer fat packs distributed than other series 1 product.

i was compelled to create the saved search when i was entering my dodger collection into tcdb in 2022 or so (i still have a long ways to go to get the rest of the collection entered) and saw the one unchecked box in this team set. 

a year or so later, i was entering my non-certified (ttm and in person) autograph collection and came to this one in the binder

wouldn't you know it? the card i sent to jason repko back in 2010 when he was in the twins organization was the card i needed all along

obviously i was not aware of the error/corrected versions of the card back then. it's all good now, thanks to an ebay seller who sold me the card for just a couple of bucks.

when a penny is worth a quarter and other tales from the card shows

it was business as usual at the june twin cities collector club card show, with yours truly arriving as the doors opened and then making the handful of regular stops at tables with bargain boxes. as usual, the boxes included dime, quarter, dollar, and two dollar boxes, with the latter two belonging to a seller who gives good discounts from those posted prices.

one card i pulled from one of the quarter boxes was this one

it's a 2005 upper deck artifacts brad penny card. i took it because i know that my mid-2000 upper deck non-flagship dodger team sets aren't necessarily complete. it wasn't until i got home that i realized it was a promo. yes, i did not notice the "ud promo" text across the front.  here's the back:

i don't know how these promos were distributed, but there are a few dodgers included. i certainly was in need of this penny card that cost a quarter.

from the dime box vendor, i took a couple of 2020 topps 206 series 1 cards. first, a gavin lux

sovereign back

and next, a gerrit cole

polar bear back

the polar bear backs were 1:18 packs

some other dime box cards included this 2023 panini donruss gavin stone purple holo parallel

a 2021 topps archives 1989 big foil elvis andrus card

for the double play collection, and a 2024 topps lawrence butler gameday drip insert

this card caught my eye for a couple of reasons. first, unlike the other gameday drip cards i've seen, this one features the subject in their baseball uniform. this makes sense to me, although i get the other side showing players in their walk-in ensembles. anyway, i also took notice of butler wearing number 4. my high school team modeled its uniforms after the late-80's athletics look, and i wore number 4 so i definitely like the look of this card!

back to the quarter box, i rescued this "gem"

that is an honest to goodness beat up 1983 topps tony gwynn rookie. here's the back:

it's not a card that i need - i have a couple of complete sets, plus the one from my dad's collection - but i figured i would remove it from the indignity of a bargain box. who knows, maybe this will be fuji's next wallet card.

i also nabbed a couple of green parallels from 2022 topps gypsy queen. one of a retiring sure-to-be hall of famer, and one that is a "color match"

these next few came from the dollar (or 7 for $5, but really even less than that) box

2021 topps chrome platinum anniversary babe ruth

2005 topps heritage moises alou sp

2010 topps warren spahn legends variation

i will always pick up a legends variation when i see it in these boxes. same goes for cards of the bambino on the 1952 topps design. heritage short prints are in the "sometimes always" category.

there were some 2026 inserts and parallels that i also purchased, including these 8 bit ballers

this pair of andrew mccutchen varieties

and a series 2 holiday parallel of juan soto

soto got a hero number in series 2

which is absolutely justified by those stats.

one more card from the dollar box - a 2026 topps heritage kris bryant black parallel

these have a print run of 50 so i was surprised to see it. there is a touch of damage to the bottom border, similar to the black border card that i pulled (and returned to topps but have not yet received my replacement) so i am guessing that's why it was in the bargain box. it was with some other color parallels from this year's heritage, including some dark grays, so it was obvious that it is a black border.

from the same seller i took this 2020 topps heritage christian yelich card

seeing these cards back-to-back here reminds me of how my mind was blown a bit when i realized that 1977 topps is just a revision of 1971 topps with capital letters for the player name, white borders, and a position pennant. small changes with the same basic design. seeing the bryant card makes it more obvious how similar the two designs are.

anyway, i picked up the yelich card because it's a mini, numbered to 100 on the back

i have been stockpiling some brewer cards in anticipation of thorzul's "trade me anything" event which was postponed from its usual timing last winter. hopefully it is a tradition that has not yet come to an end.

more topps heritage black borders from 2018

and 2019

plus another topps legend variation - this one from 2011 topps

robin roberts passed away in 2010 so i am sure he was in the minds of the topps folks who determined who would be included on these cards.

a couple more cards that i couldn't pass up - these are vintage stock parallels from 2025 topps update

i need to track down a 2026 example. these are much more interesting to me since topps started putting more thought into them in 2024.

as for more obvious cards for my collection, i found some from each of the sellers i visited.

here's a 2016 topps perspectives insert of randy johnson

for the tatooine collection, and a 2026 topps 1991 insert of vladimir guerrero

for that pc that i maintain.

as for dodgers, here's an alex freeland 1991 insert

a tommy edman sandglitter parallel

and a teoscar hernandez rainbow foil parallel

from this year's flagship.

other needed cards i picked up included a 2019 pedro baez rainbow foil parallel

a 2019 topps heritage kenta maeda chrome purple refractor parallel

and the same parallel, but of walker buehler from 2020 topps heritage

another buehler parallel - the aqua wave refractor from 2021 topps chrome platinum anniversary

here's a 2024 panini prizm pink ice parallel of emmet sheehan

and a couple of 2025 freddie freeman cards - chrome all-etch insert

and holiday gold lights parallel

finally, from 2025 topps update i found a hyeseong kim 1990 insert

and a purple holofoil parallel of evan phillips

overall, a pretty good haul for my collection.

i will also mention that one of the sellers had quite a few of these 2019 topps cross-product inserts of the greatest players, greatest seasons, and greatest moments across the 150 years of professional baseball. 

whenever i see them i get the urge to build the sets, but then remember that some of the cards are harder to find than others. maybe if i just stick to the series 1, 2, and update inserts. we will see, but in the meantime, ruth, lou gehrig, and fighter pilot ted williams were no-brainers to pick up at the card show.