I had been toying with a moderately large card purchase with some of my birthday money but decided to go with the quantity over quality argument.
I should really make an official attempt at getting all of Tom's base cards from his career. Here is his 1974 Topps card which is a little dinged up:
These are my first two Topps Tek cards and I like them a lot. Although I have to keep them in top loaders otherwise they would bend in on themselves. I can't imagine the insanity of actually trying to collect an entire set of this stuff but as odd-ball singles of players I collect they are really nice to look at.
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The funny thing about this card is that I thought I was buying a Chipper Jones jersey card. Got home, scanned it, uploaded it to the blog and went to write the card number down and I had a Brian McCann jersey card staring back at me. Time to slow down a little bit the next time I'm at the LCS.
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Although I can't find an official retirement announcement for Gary it looks like this 22nd season last year will be his last.
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Y'all had better get on the Barry Zito Bandwagon 2.0 before it leaves the station! For all of us long term Zito fans it's sweet vindication to have Barry be 4-0 to start the 2010 season. He hasn't had a winning season since 2006 but I've got a good feeling that will change this year.
I should really make an official attempt at getting all of Tom's base cards from his career. Here is his 1974 Topps card which is a little dinged up:
1974 Topps #80 Tom Seaver
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1998 Topps Tek #30 Pattern #33 Ken Griffey Jr.
1998 Topps Tek #54 Pattern #26 Paul Molitor
The funny thing about this card is that I thought I was buying a Chipper Jones jersey card. Got home, scanned it, uploaded it to the blog and went to write the card number down and I had a Brian McCann jersey card staring back at me. Time to slow down a little bit the next time I'm at the LCS.
2009 Topps 206 #FR-21 Brian McCann Jersey Relic
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Although I can't find an official retirement announcement for Gary it looks like this 22nd season last year will be his last.
2002 Topps Traded Tools of the Trade #TTRR-GS Gary Sheffield Bat Relic
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Y'all had better get on the Barry Zito Bandwagon 2.0 before it leaves the station! For all of us long term Zito fans it's sweet vindication to have Barry be 4-0 to start the 2010 season. He hasn't had a winning season since 2006 but I've got a good feeling that will change this year.
2003 Upper Deck #LS-BZ Barry Zito Jersey
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