No, I'm not putting together a new feature. I'm just showing off three cards that I've recently added to my collection. Because I can.
Another one of those ugly printing plates, and poorly scanned. But I'm always glad to have them for my type collection! This is Trevor Cahill, from 2012 Bowman. Cahill debuted with the A's in 2009, but has played for a total of nine teams through 2020, returning to the A's for a second stint in 2018. I'm counting his time with the Dodgers, since he did play in their minor league system.
This card didn't scan very well either. I'm still learning how to use this new scanner, and apparently the sun shining through my window in the morning causes my scanner to register edges of things poorly. Atsuya Furuta is another legendary Japanese player that most MLB fans probably don't know anything about. This card is part of the Upper Deck Ovation NPB mini-master set I'm attempting to complete. Again, I'm so close!
Haraguchi probably won't be winning any Best Nine awards, but he is a two-time All Star and a cancer survivor. And this jersey card is a nice addition to my NPB type collection.
Cool BBM jersey card. Not familiar with Furuta, but it's nice to hear he's a cancer survivor. As for Cahill... he had one season where A's fans were pretty pumped about his future. I'm sure the following season he was traded ;D
ReplyDeleteHaraguchi was the cancer survivor... but yeah, that kind of information is interesting to know. And as for trading future stars, I think that's the status quo for the A's. Keep 'em while they're cheap? I wish they would get a new stadium, since that would probably sell more tickets. The coliseum was never really a good place to see a game.
DeleteI have a few printing plates. They are a curiosity for sure. Wondering if they only used one plate for the entire print run or if they had to use few plates but only released one to collectors.
ReplyDeleteI know for sure that they used multiple plates about 30 years ago, before they started putting them in packs. These days, for the nicer sets, I'm guessing they might only use one set, though something I read says metal plates are good for "thousands" of impressions; for something like Series 1, Topps might need to replace the plates several times, or use one set of metal plates for the plate cards, and switch to more durable printing plates for the remaining run.
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