bonds. barry bonds.

i haven't seen the latest james bond movie. i guess i've become used to new movies being available for streaming right away and haven't made the effort to get out to an actual movie theater. i hear good things, but am not sure that i will see it on the big screen.

i have, however, added a few cards of another bonds - barry - to some of my mini-collections over the last several months. let's start with this 2001 topps fusion card

that features bonds in front of a dodger stadium wall mural. i believe the mural says "dodgers shock yanks" in reference to the 1963 world series. remember, 2000 was the year that the murals celebrated the greatest moments in dodger stadium history.

this 1994 upper deck collector's choice card

goes in the tatooine mini-collection, while this 1993 upper deck card

featuring bonds and teammates matt williams and will clark goes in my "names/numbers on the back" mini-collection. 

i also added this 1996 upper deck sp card

and this 1999 topps stars card

to that collection. i have another post with a bunch more of these cards that will feature a better explanation of it, including the origins of the mini-collection. i've mentioned it a bunch of times on the blogs but haven't really given it its due. stay tuned.

bonds also showed up on other players' cards a few times, and i've added some of those cards to my lurkers collection. cases in point - 1991 score rookies and traded tim teufel

with teufel's arm looking almost as awkward as joel youngblood's on a card of another tim.

1993 score mickey morandini highlight

where bonds was the third out in moranidini's unassisted triple play

1996 ud collector's choice cal ripken jr collection

showing off his popularity in the all-star voting which was second only to ripken in 1995

2000 topps barry larkin

a card that is only barry, barry good, as the giant player sliding in is not, in fact, barry bonds (thanks laurens)!

and last but not least, 1999 upper deck mo vaughn

my what large pectoral muscles you have, mr. bonds!