get mattingly!

i refrained from going to the card show today, but i did want to showcase a card i picked up last weekend while digging through dime boxes at the monthly collector's club show. it's a 1994 pinnacle joe carter card

i had not seen this one before, but the ball carter is trying to catch lines up perfectly with the t-shirt image of don mattingly. in fact, it obscures the interlocking ny logo on his cap. or is the ball part of the t-shirt design? no, it's not part of the design - here's the same t-shirt for sale (vintage!) at a very steep price. anyway, it looks like the fan to the mattingly-shirt guy's left is settling in for a basket catch. no way to confirm whether or not any of the fans in the front row are jeffery maier.

i took a look at baseball reference and there was only one game in which yankee players hit home runs to the field carter was playing in a 1993 game at yankee stadium. on august 5, in a getaway game, both paul o'neill and (you guessed it) don mattingly hit home runs to right field where carter was stationed. there's no way to know, but i like to think it was mattingly himself who took aim at his image on the shirt and let it fly.