Sour Grapes

The Cardinals came up short last night, so rather than showing off a shiny group of Cards cards that I got in a trade, you get a cruddy pack of 1991 Donruss Series 2, donated by Captain Canuck of Waxaholic. We exchanged a few 2009 Allen & Ginter cards and this found its way into the padded envelope. Enjoy?

671 - Gary Varsho (Starting things off with a lousy Cub.)

BC-19 - George Brett Highlights (I always had an irrational hatred for George Brett.)

721 - Jeff Gray

716 - Mike Stanton (One of the last few guys from the '80s to retire.)

710 - John Mitchell

704 - Reggie Harris (I love the elephant.)
697 - Al Leiter

693 - Sandy Alomar Award Winner (Nice blurry press conference photo. I thought these were reserved for players who had just switched teams.)

688 - John Barfield

682 - Roberto Alomar (Two-for-two with the Alomars.)

676 - Mike Jackson

670 - Ken Hill (Hey, at least I got a Cardinal. Maybe it's a good omen.)

666 - Willie McGee (Nice card of Willie Dean in the wrong uniform. This was the year that he won the NL batting crown while playing for Oakland.)

720 - Bob Kipper

715 - Terry Leach

19/20/21 - Willie Stargell puzzle pieces complete with wax residue.

So, there you go. Come on, though. 30 LOBs? That was one of the worst playoff games I've ever seen. Let's hope for some better baseball (and pitching) tonight.

Ozzie Mystery

Look here. We have a 1991 Donruss Series 2 Ozzie Smith All-Star card. Nothing special, right? This entire set (series 1 and 2) can probably be had for a couple of bucks on eBay and Beckett lists it at $3.00 - $8.00. I have stacks and stacks of this stuff. But Erin discovered something about this card that I had never noticed before. I have 14 copies of this card, and for some reason 13 of them look like this:

Note the stripey patterns on each side of the card border. For some reason one of the cards that I own has a totally different pattern. Does anyone know anything about this? Does anyone care? Have I completely wasted everyone's time reading this with cards that probably have a negative value in the real world?

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I posted the Topps Finest pack over at A Pack A Day. No one guessed the player correctly. Night Owl was closest as he picked a guy from the same team, while the rest of you were at least on the right track by selecting pitchers.