Luis Aparicio Collection - 2002 Topps Archives

I don't have anything new scanned so I figured today was a good day to throw out a random  Luis Aparicio card.

This one is from the 2002 Topps Archives set. I miss the old Archives sets. You know the ones that only had retired players in them? They gave us glossy versions of classic cards like this Lil Luis All-Star card from 1960. Good stuff all around.

Luis Aparicio Collection - 2007 Topps Heritage Auto

I've wanted this card for five years but never pulled the trigger. For the past year or so I've been waiting for another one to pop up on eBay at a decent price. This card came up last week and was labeled as being from the "2007 Topps Archives" set instead of Heritage. I'm not sure if that helped keep the price lower but I got this for just over $26 so I was happy.

I'm usually a pretty low end collector so there aren't many cards I've ever spent over $20 on. That's what has always prevented me from getting any of the Lil Luis autos from any of the Heritage sets. The 1958 Topps / 2007 Heritage set is probably my all-time favorite card design so this is the one I had to have. I'm glad we finally got it. 

2012 Topps Heritage Minor League Diamondbacks

The 2012 Topps Heritage Minor League set came out last week. It's the second year they've done a minor league version of Heritage. I like both of them and hope Topps continues with this line.

I grabbed five out of the eight cards from the Diamondbacks team set. I have Andrew Chafin, Jonathan Griffin, David Holmberg, Chris Owings, and Tyler Skaggs. I'm missing Archie Bradley, Raywilly Gomez, and Anthony, Meo plus Matt Davidson who is an SP. If you have an extra one of those guys, I'd be happy to take it off your hands. 

Luis Aparicio Collection - 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game

Friend of the blog, Brain, sent over two cards for our Luis Aparicio collection. You may know Brian from his blog 30-Year Old Cardboard.

The second is from the 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game set. I want to say this is my favorite design from the different Greats of the Game sets but it's really hard to choose. They're all so amazing.

Thanks again, Brian. You always come through with the best stuff. 

Luis Aparicio Collection - 2009 Topps Ring of Honor

Friend of the blog, Brain, sent over two cards for our Luis Aparicio collection. You may know Brian from his blog 30-Year Old Cardboard.

The first is from the 2009 Topps Ring of Honor insert set. It remembers Lil Luis and the 1966 Baltimore Orioles.

I really like this set. It had a nice simple design and a big checklist.

Thanks, Brian. This card is great. 

Ticket Stub - Detroit Tigers - July 25, 2008

I recently won a lot 17 different of Detroit Tigers season tickets. These are pretty cool because they're all from 2008 and were made in the design of 2008 Topps cards. I figured they'd fit in nicely with the rest of our collection.

The seventh is from July 25, 2008. It features Tigers manager, Jim Leyland.
 
In case you were wondering, the White Sox beat the Tigers 6-5. Jermaine Dye hit a two run home run in the ninth inning to put the Sox ahead.

# 454 - Mike Hampton

There was only one card that I really wanted to get signed at the Diamondbacks Alumni Game. It was Mike Hampton's 2008 Topps card.

Most people probably don't even remember that Mike was on the D-Backs. He was only on our team for a little over a month in 2010.

I remember Mike's time in Arizona because on September 4th of that year, my dad and I took my son to his first ever D-Backs game. Before the game Mike signed autographs all the way down the third base line. We had tickets a few rows up and the whole time I was sitting there kicking myself for not bringing his 08 Topps card with me. I've thought about that day everytime I stumble across this card.

After a few years of waiting, I finally got Mike to sign that card. It's the 498th for our set.

# 454 - Mike Hampton

Progress: 498/990