it's a bird, it's a plane, it's super teams!

i used to watch superfriends religiously. do you remember the voiceover opening?

"gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe..."

actually, gathered from ebay, here are some 2021 leaf lumber relic cards that i've added to my steve garvey collection. these are in addition to the ones that i've already shown that have an all-star game focus. i don't add these sorts of cards to the dodger collection unless someone happens to send me a dupe, and with the prices of these cards remaining somewhat high, i don't expect that to happen anytime soon.  this first card is from the "super teams" subset, and it features dodger stars:

it's the bronze/base version, and even though it references both los angeles and brooklyn, all of these guys suited up for the west coast dodgers. duke snider is the only one who can claim brooklyn ties.  it's nice that two pitchers are represented given that it is a bat card, and three-quarters of the infield is here as well.

garvey also shows up on the padres version of "super teams"

this is the platinum parallel, numbered to 6. i think seeing garvey on this card is like superman spending time with the legion of doom if i am to keep up the superfriends references. anyway, he still has a solid place in padre franchise history, but is becoming less relevant as the new crop of players emerge. it was good to see him on a dodger/padre telecast earlier this year sitting behind home plate.

not to be outdone, leaf also released a set called "ultimate sports" which featured this green lantern corps ring team subset card:

world series victories are represented here from 1969 through 1983, with pete rose (1980 - that is definitely a phillie uniform color), joe morgan (1975 or 1976), mike schmidt (1980), steve garvey (1981), reggie jackson (1977 or 1978 - although i suspect that is an angel jersey piece), dave parker (1979), earl weaver (1983), and tom seaver (1969) making up the team.

but wait! from leaf lumber, here comes the fantastic franchise 4!

garvey cey piazza gibson doesn't quite have the right ring to it. how cool would it have been for this card to feature the four infielders? pretty cool is right!

similarly, leaf included this card in their 2021 ultimate sports release

instead of the franchise 4, this is mount rushmore, and it swaps out piazza and gibson for duke snider and gil hodges. this is clearly not the "mount rushmore" for the franchise but rather a sample of players for whom leaf had jersey swatches.

not to be outdone, here comes some guys from earth 8 the ocho (it's a bold strategy, cotton)

this card also comes from 2021 leaf ultimate sports and features gil hodges (with a met pinstripe), mike piazza, don sutton, walt alston, duke snider, leo durocher, garvey, and tom lasorda. this particular card is the bronze version that is numbered to 30, and it happens to be garvey's jersey number in the print run.

back to leaf lumber, we have the legion of super heroes legendary lineup

that's a pretty good group of players, with only garvey and dave parker being non-hall of famers. garvey is included on another of these cards, but i haven't been able to secure a version of it. 

finally, it's a batman v superman decade vs. decade card.  

this is a platinum version, numbered to 6. obviously the 2020's aren't over, but the johnny bench, steve garvey, reggie jackson, and willie stargell foursome is a pretty solid group and mike trout, ronald acuna, fernando tatis jr, and victor robles have their work cut out for them in this decade to match up. as an aside, i wonder if someone at leaf confused robles with another nationals outfielder - juan soto. soto would seem to be a better fit for this card.

i do have some other cards from this set to show off, including some that do, in fact, feature all four of the dodger infield. stay tuned!