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Barry Larkin
Year: 2003
Brand: Donruss Team Heroes
Card number: 139
Year: 2003
Brand: Donruss Team Heroes
Card number: 139
Parallel: Glossy
The 2003 Donruss Team Heroes set was a 548 card set released in two series. Larkin's base card was found in Series 1. In addition to the base card, there is a Stat Line parallel of Barry's and Larkin was part of the Autograph set (which was a partial parallel of the base set).
In Series 1, the Reds portion of the base set included the following:
In all honesty, probably only two-thirds of the featured players could even sort of be called a Reds "Team Hero." Take Wily Mo Pena for example. The only heroic thing he ever did for the Reds was to trick the Boston Red Sox into trading for him for some guy named Bronson Arroyo who would go on to have a number of great years pitching for Cincinnati (at a time where the Reds were desperate for any sort of competent pitcher).
While I can certainly quibble with some of Donruss' choices of Reds so-called Team Heroes, overall I actually kind of like the set. In particular, I like the write-ups on the back (though I'll never like only getting one year's worth of statistics). Still, it's a neat little card and a set that I wouldn't mind eventually trying to track down the other remaining Larkin cards from.
The 2003 Donruss Team Heroes set was a 548 card set released in two series. Larkin's base card was found in Series 1. In addition to the base card, there is a Stat Line parallel of Barry's and Larkin was part of the Autograph set (which was a partial parallel of the base set).
In Series 1, the Reds portion of the base set included the following:
- 134 Adam Dunn
- 135 Eric Davis
- 136 Johnny Bench
- 137 Joe Morgan
- 138 Austin Kearns
- 139 Barry Larkin
- 140 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 141 Luis Pineda
- 142 Corky Miller
- 143 Brandon Larson
- 144 Wily Mo Pena
- 145 Lance Davis
- 146 Tom Seaver
- 147 Luke Hudson
- 148 Sean Casey
- 149 Tony Perez
- 150 Todd Walker
- 151 Aaron Boone
- 152 Jose Rijo
- 153 Ryan Dempster
- 154 Danny Graves
In all honesty, probably only two-thirds of the featured players could even sort of be called a Reds "Team Hero." Take Wily Mo Pena for example. The only heroic thing he ever did for the Reds was to trick the Boston Red Sox into trading for him for some guy named Bronson Arroyo who would go on to have a number of great years pitching for Cincinnati (at a time where the Reds were desperate for any sort of competent pitcher).
While I can certainly quibble with some of Donruss' choices of Reds so-called Team Heroes, overall I actually kind of like the set. In particular, I like the write-ups on the back (though I'll never like only getting one year's worth of statistics). Still, it's a neat little card and a set that I wouldn't mind eventually trying to track down the other remaining Larkin cards from.
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