2000 Upper Deck
First, a big congrats to Pedro Martinez for being elected to
the Hall of Fame today!
Second, I absolutely love this card!
It really has everything I’ve always said I love about
cards. Look at the size of that picture! It takes up the whole card, if you
count the translucent portion at the bottom. It has Pedro’s name facing the
right way. His last name is in foil, but I’ll let that slide this once. It has
the Boston Red Sox name, in foil, facing the right way. The Upper Deck logo is
nicely hidden in the upper corner. And, it’s in foil to make it even more
hidden.
The picture is simple, but great. Pedro in the home whites,
getting ready to embarrass yet another hitter.
But, that’s not my favorite part of the card. My favorite
part appears in two places. Once, prominently displayed on Pedro’s sleeve. Then
again larger than life in gold foil on the left.
The 1999 All-Star Game logo. I can never be reminded enough
of that game. Easily the best game I’ve ever been to that didn’t count for
anything. Even counting playoff games and other real contests, it’s definitely
top-five. Pedro’s performance in that game is easily 50% of the meaning of that
game. If not more. So, while I never did quite collect the entire set of
players with the ASG logo, having Pedro is probably enough. I don’t need to
remind you of how he completely dominated the best the National League could
offer. Home run kings? MVP? Future Hall-of-Famers? He struck out five of six.
It was Pedro at his best.
Which makes for a fantastic card.
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