A few new cards to show off today! First is a 1971 Topps Willie McCovey that I got in a TCDB trade for a 1972 card that was staining my eyes everytime I looked at it and harming my brain, just knowing its hideousness was in my house. It's got. And I got this lovely card in return, even though 1971 is near the bottom half of my 1970s designs rankings. I'm not a fan of all lowercase. The English Major in me scorns it when Topps channels ee cummings. I also don't like the back design which features an ungenerous one year's worth of stats in addition to "LIFE" stats.
Next up is a 2022 Topps Orange Stars Andrew McCutchen which was a gift from my father. There were only 99 of these printed, apparently, and it was rather thoughtful of him to get it for me as it's not something I would have sought out myself, I don't think.
Another TCDb trade receipt was this 1993 Stadium Club Master Photo oversize card. I've never understood these, but that's ok.
I hope that you are enjoying the baseball season after about 12 or so games for each team. I have watched or listened to games everyday, taking advantage of my MLB TV free subscription through T-Mobile. I have not been that impressed with the service since ESPN took over; but I am also hopeful that it improves. For example, one game the other day, Cubs versus somebody, the radio was actually static-y like I was in a car in 1987 listening to the AM station. It was so bad I had to switch to Tampa Bay, or something like that.
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