As a former number one pick, Couch appears in a lot of insert sets. I already had a parallel of the Skybox Gridiron Gods card so this one looked familiar. I'm glad that I double-checked against my collection and didn't just pass it by.
Top Left: 2000 Topps Chrome - Preseason Picks #P11
Top Right: 2002 Donruss Gridiron Kings - DK Originals #CK-14 (#/1000)
Bottom: 2002 Fleer Box Score - First Edition #187 (#/100)
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I'm happy to add the Gridiron Kings card to my collection. I wonder if any of the athletes try to get the original art of themselves.
Top: 2002 Fleer Showcase - Air to the Throne #2 AT
Bottom: 2002 Score - The Franchise #FR-8
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With all the white space in the middle of the Fleer Showcase card I could understand if people don't like this card, but I think it is better in hand than in the scan.
I wish that Tim Couch had turned out to be the elusive franchise quarterback, and that it was him that the Browns were struggling to replace after a long career, but his Browns career ended after the 2003 season. With a five year stretch of starting games for the Browns, one could argue that we are still struggling to replace him. Maybe this year.
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Next up from the Christmas baseball packs that I received is...
...1992 Leaf Series 2.
Let's see what I got!
I'm not going to complain about finding a Met card in my pack. I liked Saberhagen with the Royals and was happy when the Mets traded for him.
It is interesting that all the fielder cards have photos of plays at a base.
The black border of the checklist caught my eye right away. I knew it would be something different, but when I saw that it was a checklist card, I just figured the checklists were black. I flipped it over.
Oh, okay, it is one of the Leaf Black Gold parallel cards. And Ryne Sandberg appeared on the back. Cool!
I don't remember Gary Varsho but I like the photo of him sliding.
Another action shot on the Jody Reed card.
Another crooked scan. I should probably have paid more attention to my scanning than the curling that I'm watching as I am doing this. (Page Playoff game for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in case you wondered.) I may wind up posting it later, but that's what is on right now.
Rhodes sure wound up having a long career, but I guess that shouldn't surprise me too much after he became a left-handed relief pitcher.
Bill Landrum also gets added to the list of players that I don't remember, but it is a nice photo in an Expos uniform. Too bad the shade under the cap obscures his face a little.
Once again, some good memories with this pack, and I really enjoyed some of the photos in this pack.
I love seeing Tim Couch cards. Please keep sharing. I still have my brown and orange #2 jerseys hanging in the spare bedroom closet.
ReplyDeleteVery cool Couch autographs! There's one Tim Couch autograph that I've been targeting for months... and I can't believe how much it keeps selling for. I need it for my set, but I refuse to pay Top $$$ for his autographs.
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