Saturday, January 22, 2022

those three little words really make my day

i'm not referring to those three words, although they certainly fit the bill. "you've got mail" certainly applies, as this post shows off some cards that i received recently from brian at highly subjective completely aribitrary. however, i am thinking of three other words. let's take a look...

here's a 1969 walt alston card
and a 1965 bob miller card
and their backs
you might have noticed from the card backs that i'm talking about these three words:
"printed in canada" typically equates to o-pee-chee and that is exactly what the two cards above are!

equally as cool is this 2005 topps pristine need:
orel hershiser never looked so cool.

the dodgers have a strong history of developing guys named clayton from texas, and i am hoping that becomes a trend with this guy in the pipeline
i think that 2021 bowman chrome refractor of clayton beeter (who hails from fort worth) is my first card of the dodgers' 2nd round pick in the 2020 draft.

here are a couple of cody bellinger highlights from 2021 topps
and the gold label mookie betts insert from 2021 topps update.
all were easily identifiable and needs!

the one card that made me tilt my head was this one:
i was not familiar with the topps future stars club, but a quick check of comc let me know that this is a thing and more digging revealed that it's one of topps' online membership offerings. the backs are pretty generic to the theme of the month: 
although the cartoon question (not the image) is different for each player featured.

thanks brian! always appreciate the cards you send!

7 comments:

  1. Keep that Bowman Chrome refractor as a wallet card until Beeter becomes a Beater.

    Never seen that Jackie photo - cool card.

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    1. i think that jackie photo is from the 1955 world series as the dodgers returned to the clubhouse. it's been on a few cards but looks great on this one.

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  2. thank you for all the packages you've sent my way during the pandemic, I'm still catching up and my organization skills (which were not so hot to start with) seem to be deteriorating with each new variant strain...

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    1. i hear you. i have four stacks of cards on my desk right now. that wouldn't have been the case a couple of years ago.

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  3. Love that Jackie Robinson card! And Orel's shades too.

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    1. there should be more hershiser cards with big glasses. they would fit right in with other cards of the late 1980s

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  4. I certainly can't remember ever seeing Orel looking cooler than he does there with those sunglasses.

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