Good ol' John from Johnny's Trading Spot recently sent me a fistful of cards that filled out some missing Dodgers team sets from the 90's, and some fantastic Oh-Pee-Chee cardboard. Let's have a look.
First up is Score '96, led off by the Dodgers lead off batter, Brett Butler. Ex-Giant, sure. But LA came to love Brett as a guy who played every inning of every game, and did it pretty well.
That guy way in the back is Delino DeShields. The scrub the Dodgers got in exchange for Pedro Martinez.
Here's a bunch of Score '95. Front and center is Pedro's big brother, Ramon. Big head in the back is the scrub.
Final team bunch is '96 Upper Deck Collectors Choice. The photos on these are great, including the rear photos. The blue borders work well with the team colors also.
Shawn Green, Diamond King. Details Bonus: Dodger Stadium 40th Anniversary patch on the uni.
Now I'm thinking of Adrian Gonzalez's 2017 cards as "sunset" issues.
You will never go wrong dropping a brushback Don Drysdale card in for me.
Call me out of touch. I have no idea who this EDM DJ (or whatever he is) is, and I don't care. He did get my binder page of first pitches at Dodger Stadium one step closer to completion.
I'm aware enough to know who these youngsters are. I may not know EDM, but I sure do know RBIs...
And now, le piece de resistance (sorry, can't figure out how to make fancy accent marks on my laptop) of the trade. Le Oh-Pee-Chee.
Note the bilingual text. Monsieur Garvey is le 1st But.
Le lancceur tragique.
Here's a look at the backs in case you haven't seen these before. How do you say "awesome" in French?
Tres bon, Johnnie. Tres THANKS!
Aloha!
HO HO HO!
ReplyDeleteHe He He! Thanks for the cards, buddy!
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ReplyDeleteimpressionnant.. That's awesome in French :P
Gracias! :)
DeleteOPC love. I get it now :)
ReplyDeleteLe amour!
DeleteTo type accented letters on a Mac, I believe you hold down Option when you type the letter.
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