I have to admit I have a thing for, a crush so to speak on
the vintage type baseball cards, Topps Heritage and Archives, Bowman Heritage,
Fleer Tradition, Fleer Vintage, 2009 OPC, and Allen & Ginter. Can some
one tell me what the difference is between Archives and Heritage?
The card I
have chosen for this week is Yadie’s 2012 Topps' Archive #14. This card
reproduces the 1954 Topps' look and feel. The front has an orange-red background
with Yadie looking up to the sky at an awkward angle.
To his left is a mini
action shot that recycles the same Yadi shot on other cards, lazy arses.
Across his chest is his facsimile signature. The Birds on the Bat is in the top
right corner and his name, team, and position in the opposite corner, all
framed in white. There is a parallel version in gold which is seeded at one in twelve packs, or two per box. The obverse of this card is also in the 1954 style
and I love it.
This is what baseball cards are missing and probably explains
why I am drawn to them. The top third of the obverse is in white and has a
blurb about Yadi with his position and team in the top right hand corner. The
opposite side of the back has the card number inside of a baseball with his
name and bio and details such as height and birth place and year. The bottom
two thirds of the card is in green with white text that contains his stats for
the previous year and for his career, the totally cool thing is the cartoons
below this which give two stories about Yadi. I can never get enough of
those! All in all I really like this card, not so much the front even if it
gives me a full on Yadi headshot, but for the back which is colorful,
informative, fun, and easy to read which makes me think of the cards from my
youth-no I wasn’t around when the originals were issued. So this year's archives release at the end of this month I am eagerly awaiting my box to arrive.
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