Wallet Card 2018

It's a new year, which I love because it is a highly subjective and completely arbitrary division of time, and that means time for a new wallet card. If you recall from 2017 (how could you forget?), I rocked a 1988 Donruss Keith Atherton in my wallet. He had a very important PSA for everyone, but other than that he didn't really get out much. 

Here's what he looked like when he was added to the wallet...

And Here's Keith today... I'm actually a bit disappointed by how little damage the card suffered!

Say Hello to the 2018 Wallet Card!

I went with a 1981 card - 81, 18, I liked the symmetry. And of course, I love the Padres' uniforms from that era. I thought it was time to class the place up a bit too- Ozzie is the first Hall of Famer added to the wallet card crew.

"A," It's the Minnesota Twins!

After a long and painful ordeal hunched over some monster boxes, I've finally arranged all my Twins cards by letter.

Here's a sampling of the more notable "A" named Twins.

The best pitcher by far in Twins history with the last name "A" is Rick Aguilera. He came to the Twins from the Mets in the Frank Viola trade, and was converted to be the Twins' closer. He's second all-time on the team in saves with 254 (behind Joe Nathan) and was the closer for the Twins' 1991 World Series championship team. "Aggie" was a three-time All-Star - making the team in 1991, '92, and '93.

The best position player with the last name "A" was Bob Allison. Allison was the 1959 Rookie of the Year for the Washington Senators, and moved to Minnesota along with the rest of the Senators to become the Minnesota Twins. He played his entire 13 year career for the franchise, finishing with 256 career homers.

Was hoping to list some of the promising prospects for the Twins with the letter "A," A.J. Achter has moved on to Detroit, and Oswaldo Arcia is now a Padre. 19 year old Luis Arraez swung a hot bat in single A Cedar Rapids last season, but I don't have his card yet.

RIP Wallet Card 2016 - Long Live Wallet Card 2017

It's a new year, which I love because it is a highly subjective and completely arbitrary division of time, and that means time for a new wallet card. If you recall from 2016 (why would you?), I rocked a 1988 Score Chili Davis in my wallet. We had a couple of adventures, but he didn't really get out much. 

Here's what he looked like when he was added to the wallet...

And Here's Chili today...

Say Hello to the 2017 Wallet Card!

I decided to go with a Twin for the 2017 Wallet Card (I happened to be in the middle of sorting my Twins cards) and since this particular came up about 6 times in different boxes this weekend, He's the big winner. Not the most famous Twin, but he does have more World Series Rings than Barry Bonds...