2005 Topps AL Strikeout leaders
I just talked about what a great idea it is for the card
companies to make League Leaders cards. This is certainly a clear example of
that. Topps got to make a card with Johan Santana, Pedro Martinez, and Curt
Schilling on it. Not sure there were bigger names in the pitching arena in
2005. Of course, the bittersweet part for me is that Pedro was no longer a Red
Sox by the time this card came out.
But, I like this card, because sometimes I forget how good
Pedro still was in 2004. He certainly wasn’t up to Pedro standards. And, there
was a championship and a new guy in Curt Schilling who was taking up some of
the attention. Some people even being foolish to suggest Curt was the new “ace”
of the Sox. So, sometimes I forget that Pedro was still one of the top
pitchers. As this card clearly shows, only one pitcher struck out more guys
than he did in 2004.
Otherwise, the card is really nothing special. It features
the twisted ribbon design common with all 2005 Topps cards. It lines up the
three players in a format that become all too familiar with the recent LL
cards. The card should be centered properly. My scanner, for some reason,
disagreed. So, there isn’t even any creativity from that.
But, the card is all that it’s made out to me. It gets three
stars on one card. It celebrates the best strikeout pitchers in the league. It
has two Red Sox players on it.
And it has Pedro.
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