Tuesday, February 15, 2022

now with 100% more hall of famers!

i've had this card for over 15 years
and for almost all of that time, it featured one hall of famer. these days, it features two!  it's a team tandems card from 2005 playoff absolute memorabilia featuring harmon killebrew and the newly elected hall of famer tony oliva.  being here in twins territory, i have developed a sort of affinity for the team and was on the lookout for cards like this back in the early years of their renaissance under ron gardenhire.

similarly, you might think that this card
went from two hall of famers to three with the election of david ortiz. however, there are three more players on the back:
none of whom will be enshrined. i'm happy torii hunter has been getting some votes, but i don't see him ever being enshrined unless a future eras committee is stacked with his old managers and teammates. that second card is from the same set as the first, but is a team six spectrum card. that means it has a refractor type quality to it.

both of these cards were tucked away in my neglected monster boxes that i've been going through. it's been fun to see these non-dodger cards that i obtained in the early 2000s again.

6 comments:

  1. Nice! Sadly I feel like the Hall is getting watered down, so there may be hope for a player like Torii.

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    1. i am a big hall guy, but that would be too big even for me.

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  2. Both of those memorabilia cards are sweet! And thankfully Playoff reserved the front for the three hall of famers on that Team Six card.

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    1. in 2005 it was probably safe to project ortiz to the hall of very good if not the hall of fame.

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  3. That must be a thick card to have the memorabilia pieces doubled up like that. I agree the Hall is getting watered down, but Oliva and Ortiz are fine selections.

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    1. not too thick - the embedded pieces are offset between the front and back. i am also ok with oliva and ortiz getting in to cooperstown.

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