double plays don't turn themselves

i recently considered putting a moratorium on picking up new double play cards.  i really didn't know just how many there were until i started to more seriously collect them a few years ago.  now i am behind on adding them to my have list and the binder(s).

but, when i come across a card as cool as billy ripken's 1991 topps stadium club issue, i am not going to pass on it.

that ripken is the rare double play card that shows the first baseman.  i like it very much.

double play master brent gates is back on his 1993 upper deck sp card

as well as his 1997 upper deck card

the opposing player seems to be kneeling at the altar of the double play turn.

master leaper jose lind shows his skills on this 1994 score select card

while royce clayton returns for some dp action on the back of his 1994 upper deck card

chris snopek turns two on a 1997 pinnacle new card

while derek jeter gets parallel to the ground on his 1998 fleer tradition card

pirate time - kevin polcovich looks like he has made the turn at dodger stadium on his 1998 pacific crown collection card

i would guess that brett butler is the guy sliding in, by the way; and tony womack introduces his knee to ray lankford's back on his card from that same set

womack is at it again on his 1998 pinnacle card

with slammin' sammy trying to break things up

from pirates to braves, here is a 2002 upper deck keith lockhart card

and a 2008 upper deck first edition edgar renteria card

for the purposes of this post, i will ignore the fact that the card says 'detroit tigers' on the bottom.

more double play cards to come!  stay tuned!

in which i commence the double play dumping

let's start off this next installment with mike bordick and his 1993 donruss spirit of the game card

on which he is seen

that's right!  i think this play is captured on another bordick card.  or, maybe dave winfield was forced out on the front end of a different double play in oakland in 1992.  it's possible.  we'll see that other card sometime this week.

here's a 1993 fleer flair (i don't just say flair for some reason) barry larkin

again with barry bonds, just like his 1994 fleer ultra card we saw earlier today.

1993 upper deck sp eric young

featuring a lurking kurt stillwell, owner of many double play cards himself.

here's another ryne sandberg dp card, this one is from 1994 leaf

and this one is from 1994 score

we saw the gold rush version in the previous post.

here's another 1994 score dp card - this one features mickey morandini

in dodger stadium with brett butler sliding in

now, it's felix fermin time!  here's his 1994 score select card

and here's his 1994 topps stadium club card

which looks a lot like jody reed's 1994 topps stadium club card

reed has another dp card in the set that shows him with the dodgers.  i showed that card in this post.

jeff treadway also has two cards in the 1994 topps stadium club set.  this one seems to show him making the turn

his other one shows him as a dodger applying a tag at second, sort of.  it's nice, but not a dp turn.

stay tuned, more double play cards to come!