it's hard for me to believe that the anchor of the infield of my youth, steve garvey, is 62 years old today. or that i am now older (just barely) than he was when he took his final major league swing in 1987. still, time does march on, and today i celebrate the garv and his p-e-r-f-e-c-t 1974 topps card.
this beat up old version of it is the one i carried in my wallet for a few years after reading about bob costas and his mickey mantle card he carried around. i have no originality. whether it is abstract expressionism or post modernism, it is indeed art. i love love love that card.
i recently received a couple of fulfilled ttm requests from the birthday boy (including one that was over a year old). these were the third and fourth successes i have had which also blows my mind. here's his 1980 topps card
the garv also included a note - it's a copy, not an original handwritten note - thanking me and asking if i would like to make a donation to his foundation.
you know what? i think i will, and i'll ask him to sign my tattered 1974 topps card too. happy birthday number 6!
Even though it is a copy, someone on a trade site got one and sent it my way. Another unique oddball for the Garvey collection.
ReplyDeleteDid you happen to catch the grammatical error on the card? I know that nobody is perfect, but c'mon man..if you are going to send these out, have someone proof it! Yikes! He might be a gold glover in the field for not making errors, but not on paper. Someone said it makes him more human...to each their own? He is a college grad. He should know better!