This is the kind of thing that makes the modern world of baseball card trading a wonderful experience. First, a while ago the Nennth Inning sent us an autographed Barry Zito ticket. Just out of the blue. We did a post about it, and will always remember that it was our first Zito auto.
Recently, along comes a reader, Paul W., who saw a card that we posted of Scott Eyre...and offered to trade two BZ autos for it. We sent the Scott and a couple of other cards and received two Barry autos AND a chrome Barry, none of which we already have (remember the Zito Effect from previous posts). We are looking for something appropriate that will even the trade up a bit; in the meantime, we feast on the greatness of these cardboards.
After an admittedly cursory internet search, we couldn't find out much about the Diamond Authentics baseball cards. This one appears to be the 2000 edition, Magnificent Seven series, with the other six magnificents being Eric Gagne, Luis Rivera, D'Angelo Jimenez, Jackson Melian, Scott Comer, and Jeff DaVanon. These names lead one to believe that perhaps the cards were cursed, considering that five of the players didn't go far, and then two went pretty well and then flamed out. Although as you know, we are quite certain that Barry Zito will rise again.
The "Copyright Diamond Authentics" doesn't mention the year, but it is 2000.
Does anyone who collects minor league cards perhaps know about Diamond Authentics? Our favorite element is that the photograph of BZ looks like a photocopy of a photocopy of a xerox. And even in the minors, Barry wore the high stockings. Mm hm. Further evidence of the extent to which he is worthy of our loyalty.
More to come about the Barrys that Paul sent. Thank you, Paul!
3 comments:
I found 36 of these in my dad's basement - too bad the best were (2) D'Angelo Jimenez cards and (1) Jackson Melian.
And no Zito.
I am sorry, does that say "1hp" on the back???
One horse-power, while not good for a motorized vehicle, is exceptional for a pitcher. He really is the workhorse of the staff.
Sorry, no... it says "1hp," which means "One-handed pitcher." This is to distinguish Young Barry from other pitchers of the two-handed variety.
For statistical purposes, you know.
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