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Barry Larkin
Year: 2002
Brand: Leaf
Card number: 63
The Leaf brand was never a brand that appealed to me much. As a kid, I found the early years of Leaf to be drab and then later on I always thought of Leaf as being more expensive than they were worth. Thus, by the time the year 2000 rolled around I can safely say that I basically ignored all things Leaf. Therefore, as I go through my various Barry Larkin cards, I've been finding that I have a lot to learn about Leaf products!
For the 2002 set, once again I think that the Leaf design is pretty dull. The front design screams "cereal unlicensed set" to me, despite the fact that there is a team logo in color. I do like the back alright, though giving me a single year's worth of statistics will always get my goat a bit.
Besides the base card, Barry also has a sample version of the card that was distributed in Beckett magazine. Most of the sample cards have silver foil stamping on the back but about 10% have gold stamping. As of now, I don't own either of those cards. Barry also shows up in the "Burn and Turn" insert set on a combo card with Todd Walker and in the Shirt Off My Back relic set. I don't (yet?) own either of those cards which is a bummer since the Burn and Turn set design actually looks pretty cool.
From what I can tell, the inserts in 2002 Leaf are much nicer than the base cards - perhaps Leaf's insert designers should team up with Topps' base card designers to make the ultimate set (since usually I feel that Topps' flagship inserts are lacking in originality and uniqueness).
Year: 2002
Brand: Leaf
Card number: 63
The Leaf brand was never a brand that appealed to me much. As a kid, I found the early years of Leaf to be drab and then later on I always thought of Leaf as being more expensive than they were worth. Thus, by the time the year 2000 rolled around I can safely say that I basically ignored all things Leaf. Therefore, as I go through my various Barry Larkin cards, I've been finding that I have a lot to learn about Leaf products!
For the 2002 set, once again I think that the Leaf design is pretty dull. The front design screams "cereal unlicensed set" to me, despite the fact that there is a team logo in color. I do like the back alright, though giving me a single year's worth of statistics will always get my goat a bit.
Besides the base card, Barry also has a sample version of the card that was distributed in Beckett magazine. Most of the sample cards have silver foil stamping on the back but about 10% have gold stamping. As of now, I don't own either of those cards. Barry also shows up in the "Burn and Turn" insert set on a combo card with Todd Walker and in the Shirt Off My Back relic set. I don't (yet?) own either of those cards which is a bummer since the Burn and Turn set design actually looks pretty cool.
From what I can tell, the inserts in 2002 Leaf are much nicer than the base cards - perhaps Leaf's insert designers should team up with Topps' base card designers to make the ultimate set (since usually I feel that Topps' flagship inserts are lacking in originality and uniqueness).
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