Happy Monday, everyone. Today's TCDB mailbag is light (only a single card), but it's a good one! Sometimes less is more.
Last week's lone swap* came courtesy of user Bob Obert.
That's a Season Stat Line parallel of Barry Larkin's 2003 Donruss card. As was Donruss's shtick, the card is serially numbered up to a specific number for a statistic from the player's previous year. In Barry's case, his Season Stat Line card is numbered out of 47 copies, exactly equal to the number of RBI he had in the previous year. Are parallels like this stupid? Of course, but as a player collector, I collect everything I can, stupid or not!
*I should have another trade to show off that was supposedly sent a month ago, but the trader has "ghosted" me and not replied, and, of course, no package has shown up in my mailbox. I am still hopeful this trade ends up okay, but I don't feel great about the chances of that at the moment.
Getting back to the Donruss Barry Larkin card, I am now within two Larkin cards of finishing off the 2003 Donruss set. Unfortunately, both of the cards I still need are "sample" cards:
- #259 Sample Silver
- #259 Sample Gold
I am guessing I'll never get either of those, except by some stroke of dumb luck, but hey, maybe I'll be surprised. The other Larkin cards in the set are his base card (which I have) and his Career Stat Line card (#/188), which I also own.
The above is the binder page that now holds the Season Stat Line card, as you can see, I need to star working on the various 2003 Donruss Champions needs next!
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