More Fun from Padrographs

I received a nice package from Padrographs last week. I've been going through my stuff to find some interesting Padres to send back over, but for now I'll take a look at some of the cards I got. With poker being so popular these days, I'm fairly surprised that I haven't run across more product like the Bob Gibson ace of hearts above.

Mark Mulder still has baseball cards in 2009? I did not expect him to be in any sets this year, despite his pre-2006 track record. I heard during a baseball broadcast recently that Mulder could be ready in a couple of weeks for any interested team. It sounds like his agent just really wants that commission.

I have very few cards that were made prior to 1979, so this 1977 Topps Keith Hernandez was nice to see. (Insert Seinfeld reference here.)

I wonder what will eventually happen to all of the unsold Upper Deck Documentary packs and boxes. I'm guessing they will be destined for repack rebirth. Here's a card from a game that the Cards lost, no thanks to Adam Wainwright as he, of course, did not pitch.

Here's a Bob Gibson card straight out of the '60s. Oddly enough, it looks like it was cut off of a cereal box or something, but I love it anyway.

More Gibby! Those sideburns are timeless.

I continue to be confused by the fact that Jay Witasick was once in the Cardinals organization. I think I have another card of his that I posted on this blog in which I expressed similar sentiment.

Can anyone tell me what this card is supposed to be? I couldn't find it in Beckett (I know, I know, that's not too surprising.) Despite the appearance of the scan, it's actually see-through and seems to be made of plastic. A search for "Mark McGwire 2000 Tek" did not give me anything that looked right. I like getting McGwire cards, though, because I know there's about 347,325 of them and I have very few.

Thanks again to Rod of Padrographs. He will get a package sent his way in the coming week.

Big Blazers game tonight - a chance to even the series heading back home to Portland. Check it out on TNT if you're into that sort of thing.