1997 double plays on the wall

double play cards keep seeping out of my collection and into my scanned folder.  today, i have a bunch from 1997 that haven't been previously seen here on the blog.

first up, 1997 upper deck derek jeter rock solid foundation subset card

it is weird to think that after this season, no yankee will ever wear a single-digit jersey again.  numbers 1-9 will all be retired (although they may wait to retire jeter's until next season).  number 8 is even retired twice - for bill dickey and yogi berra.

1997 best miguel tejada

a minor league dp!

1997 bowman felix martinez

martinez played in the majors for the royals and later the rays.  he spent about a month in the dodger organization during the 2002 season.

1997 bowman ryne sandberg

and 1997 bowman chrome ryne sandberg

both with craig biggio sliding in

1997 donruss shawon dunston

1997 fleer mark grudzielanek

here's biggio on a card of his own - 1997 fleer ultra (gold medallion edition)

and another shawon dunston card from the same set

fernando vina turns two on his 1997 pinnacle card

with a scott stahoviak sighting

here's another grudzielanek card - a 1997 upper deck sp card

i don't have too many cards from this set in my collection, but i'm happy to have this one.  more double play cards from 1997 coming soon...

the nl central for jackie

continuing the salute to jackie robinson today with the national league central teams sporting their 1997 anniversary patches.

astros - 1998 topps craig biggio

remember? the astros used to be in the national league central! as recent as two years ago!

pirates - 1998 fleer tradition tony womack

the pirates, like the giants, white sox, and indians, only wore the patch half of the time.  they are the only team not to wear the patch at home, which is where they wore their patch recognizing the 25th anniversary of the death of roberto clemente.  i don't know if all minor leaguers wore the patch, but the pirates' high-a team did, as seen on aramis ramirez's 1997 best card

reds - 1998 upper deck barry larkin

the reds wore the patch on their right sleeve when they weren't wearing their vest jerseys.

cardinals - 1998 upper deck mark mcgwire season highlights checklist

cubs - 1998 fleer tradition mickey morandini

card show dime box dodger haul

at the card show last weekend, i picked up a couple of nice vintage dodgers from the bargain bin (plus a couple of 1973 topps cards for nick), but most of my time was spent looking through a couple of random dime boxes.  i wound up with some stuff for other bloggers, too, but these are some of the dodgers that i found for me.

1992 score eric karros

i can't believe that i need any 1992 score, but this card didn't look familiar to me.  even though i haven't looked at my 1992 score dodgers for years, i threw a dime down for karros.  this card reminds me of his rookie year when he did some commercials for your friendly southern california nissan dealers.  he feigned trouble fielding a ball in the showroom and tommy lasorda walked by shaking his head.  i did not buy a nissan.

1993 fleer ultra pedro martinez

hall of fame class of 2015?  i think so.

1995 best paul konerko

in 1995, the dodger affiliate in san berdoo was the spirit.  by 1997, it was the stampede

1997 best adrian beltre

see?

1999 fleer metal universe adrian beltre neophytes

i am getting very sleepy looking at this card.

2005 fleer adrian beltre league leader

i am thankful for fleer going three-deep on the leader cards so that beltre gets an appearance.  however, beltre was actually fourth in the league in batting average in 2004. helton was second and loretta was third behind barry bonds who didn't bother to license himself with the card companies.  

2010 topps duke snider/andre ethier legendary lineage

i have about 37 of the matt kemp/jerry sands ll card, but this one didn't look familiar to me.

2013 bowman paco rodriguez international/state parallel

paco hails from florida.

2013 topps aj ellis emerald parallel

i can't wait to see who else is on ellis's card in 2014.

i've got more of my card show haul coming up this weekend, including some double plays and a whole mess of mike piazza inserts.  stay tuned.