one of the nicest cards that i've seen from 2018 topps series 2 features fireworks and dodger stadium
but not the dodgers. that's the diamondbacks' team card which uses a photo from the pregame ceremony prior to the 2017 nlds game one.
there is another anti-dodger team card in series 2 - that of the pirates
that was at pnc park, obviously, but we head back to dodger stadium courtesy of ehire adrianza's card
h/t to brian at highly subjective for noticing the 'la' logo in the lower right of the card which places ehire in the visitor's dugout at the ravine.
also included in series two are a number of 1983 style all-star cards, one of which was hall of famer rod carew. the back is all about carew's performance at the 1980 midsummer classic which was held at dodger stadium:
no cards for steve garvey, davey lopes, bill russell, reggie smith, bob welch, or jerry reuss unfortunately, although of that group of dodgers who appeared in the game, only reuss did anything of note - he struck out the side (a real murderer's row, too - darrell porter, buddy bell, and tommy john (!)) in his lone inning of work and wound up with the win for his trouble.
i don't plan on keeping that carew card, but i did pick up another that i will keep - the walmart manufactured relic thingy showing the all-star game logo
the back references dodger stadium, so i'll put this in my dodger stadium collection. as an aside, i am not so patiently waiting for 2020 topps update that should be full of dodger stadium cards thanks to the all-star game's return to blue heaven in july of that year.
back to team cards - this is more my style
even though the celebration above was short-lived (the photo is from game 2 of the 2017 world series - a game that the dodgers ultimately lost).
and this one is really what i want a team card to be
Those 1980 All-Star patch cards trigger all kinds of good feelings, it's just a shame I haven't seen any Dodger players on them. There WERE 5 L.A. starters in that game!
ReplyDeleteEr, I meant 4 starters.
DeleteThe 1980 style looks pretty good horizontal.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started collecting back in the early 80's, my neighbor gave me a box of 1979 Topps. Couldn't stand the team cards back then. But nearly four decades later, I kinda like them.
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