I miss Yu Darvish. I was exhilarated to see him pitch well for the Dodgers leading into the World Series; I was crushed to watch him get crushed. I was furious that Yulieski Gurriel made a racist joke toward Darvish's Asian heritage, and even more pissed that MLB essentially gave him a slap on the wrist for the action.
I'm still holding out hope that he re-signs with the Rangers.
In the meantime, I've picked up a few Darvish cards via eBay. I have to admit - these were low bids that I didn't expect would stand up...but they did! I'm not complaining. Let's get to it.
This is a gold wave refractor from 2017 Topps Chrome. I've never been one to complain about parallels, but when Topps essentially has two gold refractors, both numbered to 50...well, perhaps we've gone a bit overboard.
I also snagged this no nameplate variation from 2017 Topps Gypsy Queen. Whereas the gold wave was a bit too far, I think these are just lazy. "How can we make a new variation?" "Hmm. Let's just leave the name off the front. It worked for Frank Thomas, right?" Yet, I still purchased it.
Speaking of variations...
This is one of the photo variations from 2017. As you may remember, I complained about the over-abundance of photo variations in 2017 Topps Update a little while back. I'm clearly biased, because for some reason, I don't mind this one (or the other Darvish photo variation featuring him on the mound in a Dodgers uniform). I'm going to give myself a pass.
When I began writing this post, I definitely did not mean for it to become a gripe-fest! I apologize! What are your thoughts about some of the "variations" in the various 2017 sets?
The variations did well on my "Favorites of 2017" contest. I think there were four or five variations chosen from the 40+ entries.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan for this reason: if you have an awesome photo, then just use it the first time!
It's good for us to let out our frustrations from time to time. I'd love to see Yu land back on the Rangers or even the Astros. I just hope it's not with the Yankees. As for variations... I'd be annoyed if I was a master set collector or one of those diehard player collectors. But I'm not. If I get one for a reasonable price, I'm happy. If not, it wasn't meant to be.
ReplyDelete