2012 SP Signature Edition Bay/Francouer/Mauer/Willis Auto /20
I found this card on eBay not long after it listed and put it on my watch list. I pretty much hate everything about this card and yet here we are. Please make fun of me in the comments as I deserve every insult for owning this card. The allure of adding a new Jason Bay to my collection was just too much for me to handle.
While I'm not a super collector, Bay holds a special place in my collecting heart. I just enjoy adding cards of his no matter how crappy the design. You put Polanco or Cutch on this card and I easily pass on it.
Good lord this card is ugly......but it is mine.
Thanks for reading.
Ugly, I guess, but it's a fun group of players. Looks like Mauer (49.8 and counting) wins the bWAR...uh...war, followed by Bay (24.3), Willis (15.4), and Francoeur (6.1), which is pretty much what you'd expect.
ReplyDeleteI know what it's like to have to add a card like this to a supercollection--hell, almost everything at this point is Topps and it's so U-G-L-Y it ain't got no alibi, but at least this is a signature card, and a four-player version at that!
The weird thing is I have a couple Mauer autos in my collection. He was also featured with Freddy Sanchez.
DeleteUgly is correct. Nice auto card with 4 sigs helps?? Probably would have been a great blog bat around. Ugliest card in your collection. Would have been more fitting if you posted this card two days ago on 4/20.
ReplyDeleteYeah I missed out on the 4/20 post.
DeleteYup. That's an ugly card. The Mauer auto makes it worthwhile tho
ReplyDeleteMan, Mauer looked like one of those guys that was destined for the Hall of Fame. He and Morneau just couldn't stay on the field. Now Mauer's numbers don't look that great as a first basemean.
DeleteIs that a serial number, or are they admitting they were high when they designed it?
ReplyDeleteBut I'd buy that kind of card if it were a player I collect, and the price was right...
The prices is pretty much always right with this set. It has been universally panned as a sticker dumpster fire. While the 4 of 20 is the serial number, it would have made much more sense if they were high.
DeleteAm I seeing notebook paper-like lines behind the signatures? Wow. Just wow.
ReplyDeleteJust another layer of suck to sift through....
DeleteJason Bay has the most legible signature of the bunch, so that's a win for you!
ReplyDeleteIt is weird that they didn't bother to include little headshots of each playing instead of the silhouette, They had an MLBPA license at the time, didn't they?
I think they had lost their license by this time.
DeleteWhile the card is butt, I'm always happy to be reminded of Dontrelle Willis. Always loved watching that guy pitch.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you just never know when a pitcher is going to lose their mojo. Look at Lincecum too!
DeleteYou are not alone buddy! If you have a few seconds... check out this card I purchased awhile back...
ReplyDeletehttp://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2011/04/chronicles-of-cardfoolery-1-2008.html
Cut autos of living players are always a little cringe worthy.
DeleteI hate mine equally as much as you, but I had to buy them! I have all the Garvey autos from that same set, including the one numbered to 2 with Koufax!
ReplyDeleteA Koufax auto is cool no matter what.
DeleteMan, 2017 Joe Mauer is so so bad. But that card is so so cool, in spite of it's lack of design. And nothing against Willis, but I'm bothered they didn't pick another player whose name started with J like Jimmy Rollins or Jim Edmonds or Jeff Bagwell.
ReplyDeleteHa....Well I guess they ran out of options from the class of 2002. Man, peak Mauer was impossible to get out.
DeleteJoe Mauer to the 7th power! Nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you sir!
DeleteIt may be ugly but there are no stinkers on the quad-sweet.
ReplyDeleteAll guys ended up having multiple seasons as major leaguers....Plus it is a unique combo of players.
DeleteMaybe not as ugly as just not much going on there but the signatures. I'd say that's enough to make the grade tho.
ReplyDeleteThe autos are the only saving grace.
DeletePart of me died reading this post.
ReplyDeleteProbably just your eyes from looking directly at this card.
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