Dang! He got laid? Post #3

 When I drafted this post up, I didn’t really have much to write about as far as new cards, but as you will see later, that would change. 

First up, let’s make fun of some guys! Lance Parrish was a big star for the Detroit Tigers in the ‘80’s, and it’s easy to see why somebody would want to possibly choose him as a bedmate. He had a World Series title by then, and a nice contract. Judging from some of his ‘80’s cards, he might have got a few ladies during the decade. Apparently he got married in 1978 according to the almighty internet, and had David in 1979. I’m not arguing the fact that he could’ve got laid in the ‘70’s or late ‘80’s, but come the start of the ‘90’s, Lance was starting to grow a nice mullet. I guess he let himself go, but I feel sorry for his poor wife. Just look at him on the ‘91 Fleer card. Mullet, mustache gently caressing his bat, creepy smirk on his face. Maybe it was his birthday and he was imagining what would happen in the bedroom after midnight. Again, his poor wife. 

Another ‘90’s guy who let himself go is Doug Drabek. He married, and had a son Justin in 1986. He had Kyle in 1987, and a daughter Kelsey in 1991. This 1994 Topps card shows a photo from 1993, where Doug just seems like he didn’t care what he looked like and frankly, didn’t care. Mullet flowing freely, mustache like Parrish, hat backwards even though he’s not Griffey, and playing out of position. He’s just a rule breaker and doesn’t care. I guess he was happy getting some each year on his birthday and Valentine’s Day, because with the mullet and attitude like that, I figure those were the only 2 days he would even have a chance. I had my hair long at one point in my life in early 2006,

but the last time I wore a hat backwards was probably in 2008 when I was doing construction work outside and I was 25. Doug was 31 in 1993. 

In case you think Doug gave up his ‘don’t care’ ways, check out his ‘98 Score card. 

I don’t even know what to say. 

I’ll just leave those disturbing images and get to the new cards. CJ from Brainiac Baseball sent me a few cards I picked from his Mercari page in exchange for some of the customs I’ve made him. 

The George Korince card is the corrected version. I got a Jack Morris rookie which I was very happy to snag. Just need the Trammell, Whitaker, and pre-don’t care Lance Parrish and I’ll have the ‘78 Tigers rookies from that Topps set. A Zach Simons autograph, 2 Bowman Nick Castellanos rookies, aTopps Now Akil Baddoo, and a Topps Holiday Jordan Hicks round out my selections. 

CJ has put my ‘83 Topps customs on his Mercari page, and I haven’t sold any yet, but a few got likes. 

Along the lines of some of my customs getting appreciated, I was looking for an image of Larry Rothschild as a Marlin because I was making his 1995 Topps Traded custom. While googling for a photo, I found a site (which I’m still not sure of what it is exactly) that must’ve found one of my customs (a 1999 Topps Greg Riddoch to be exact) online and probably thought it was a real card. It’s down the page, but it’s there. Pretty cool. 

Yesterday I went out to eat with my wife, and we went to Target afterwards. Going by the card section, I was completely surprised to find the 2022 Topps complete set on the shelf. I picked it up and started sorting it when I got home. 

I was surprised that it was there, as stuff I read online made me think it wasn’t going to be out until the middle of August or so. Now I just need to find a decent priced Update set and I’ll have the whole set and the Rays and Tigers team sets. 

While sorting the cards, I found a card of Spencer Torkelson. I thought it was an SP or something, but I looked it up, and apparently him, Bobby Witt, Jr., and Julio Rodriguez got cards added to the ‘22 Topps complete sets. They replaced the final 3 cards in the set, so I guess my set isn’t technically complete. I also found out that Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. got a card in the 2019 complete set that replaces the final card, so after getting the 2019-2022 sets, I’m 4 cards short. It may be more, I haven’t really looked. If anyone can steer me in the right direction, I’d love to know what cards I’ll need to look for from the 2019-2022 sets that I am missing. I’m still happy that I have the Torkelson card, and also the new one that will come in the Update set. Makes me anxious for it to come out. I’ll get the Rays and Tigers sets, I’ll finally know if I’ll have to make a 2022 Brody Koerner custom or if he’ll get a 2022 Topps card, and I’ll also be able to finish my 2022 Topps missing player checklist.  

The complete set had the Wander Franco and Shane Baz rookie photo variation cards, and also came with a Chrome version of  1 of the 5 cards that I didn’t know about. Unfortunately, it was that Duran guy from the Red Sox and not Franco, but maybe I’ll find one for a decent price. All in all, I’m happy I found the set, and after a few eBay orders, I should fill in the holes. 

Thanks for checking out my latest post. 

-Jeremy