So I've ran out of cards to talk about, partly because I have absolutely no money to buy any boxes, or packs for that matter.
So like last time, I've randomly picked 4 cards out of my box to write about. This time I've gone with 2 older cards and 2 new ones. I picked 2 newer cards to try out a little experiment in which you Topps haters should enjoy.
As Alan Narz would say..."LETS RIP!"...just kidding, god I hate that guy.
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1990 Topps - Scott Lusader - OF
I wonder if they called this guy any of the following...
"Laser", "Crusader", "Darth Lusader".
I love the glasses. So many cards from this era, being pre-contact lenses, have players with insanely gigantic glasses. They were the flat-bill's of the 80's and early 90's, only the bad-asses wore them (see
Jim Snyder).
Can't see them in this picture? Allow me to enhance. Doesn't look like the glasses are working because this University of Florida graduate is either squinting or has his eyes closed all together.
It also looks like Scott got moved around a lot. Minors in '86, went up to the major's in '87. Then got moved back down in '88, then moved back up in the same year. Then down in '89, and up again in the same year. His major league totals as of 1990 was 79 games with a .253 average.
On the back it says "Scott was signed as a 6th round Draft selection of the Tigers, June 21, 1985 by Scout Jax Robertson." Since when do scouts get props on cards.
1987 Topps - Tim Leary - P/Male Model?
For being such an advocate of psychedelic drugs, this guy looks great...
While looking like James Franco from Spider-Man, Tim pitched for Team USA who finished 2nd in World Cup Tournament in Bologna, Italy in 1978.
In 1981 he pitched 2 innings, had 3 K's, 1 walk, and a 0.00 ERA. Um, what?
Now lets skip forward 20 years.
Here is a 2008 Topps Series 1 Nate Schierholtz card.
In 2007, his rookie year, he played 39 games and had a .304 batting average, and has a career .300 average in both the Majors and the Minors. But thats not what I want to talk about. First let me show you the next card.
2008 UD - Jake Westbrook - P
Ok, so go get your box of cards and pull any Upper Deck card, then pull a random Topps card. Notice anything? On one hand, I've got a half blurry picture of Nate's backside and on the other, a clear, edge to edge crisp balancing act by Mr. Westbrook.
Topps needs to realize that they are losing the war. People seem to getting pissed off
over and
over again at their gimmicks, their cost, and as you can see, their quality. I flipped through an entire stack of Upper Deck Series 1 cards and could not find one picture of a players back. Is it that hard to pay for a better picture? Maybe one from the other side of home plate? Maybe that's just too much to ask.
That's all for now, enjoy.
G
