Saturday, May 30, 2009

Gone too long...

Sorry it's been a while since my last post, but family matters come before posting it seems...

I received a bunch of game-used/auto'd items I bought from theBay not long ago, and included was this little gem:


I had not seen one of these "ripped" game-used cards before, and I thought it looked kinda cool. And, it's Alomar, making it all the better. Look closely, and I am pretty sure that's him sporting an Indians uni there, too...

And then comes the back of the card:


"...a game-worn Cleveland Indians jersey, worn by ROBERTO ALOMAR...for the NY Mets." Well, if that doesn't just blow your mind... An Indians jersey worn by the 2nd baseman for the NY Mets. Now, if you are new to collecting, or new to baseball, this could seem a bit in left field. But, evidently, Fleer had already contracted to do the jersey card, then Alomar got sent over to the Mets. Rather than do a 'retro' card or create an Indians card with Alomar on it, Fleer opted to put everything Mets on the card to go with his then-current team and fix the whole thing with a little verbage. No mater how you rationalize it, "ripped" is the right word for this card....

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