Card #53: Beautiful Photography

I promise to get better with my updates on this blog.  I have scanned in about 40 Clemente cards so that I can do more regular updates here.

I never got a chance to see Clemente play in person having been born a decade after his death. 

From all the video footage, articles, and photos I have seen I can only imagine how great it must have been to see him play in his prime.

I often knock on Topps for using the same photos over and over, but Stadium Club is a release that they get right year after year.

Take this 2008 Stadium Club base card for example.

Such an awesome image and unique angle of Clemente holding the bat like he is a sniper.

The back features the same image along with career stats.

Card #34: Welcome To the Hall Vlad

Yesterday it was announced that Vladimir Guerrero would be joining the likes of Ken Griffey Jr, Roberto Clemente,  Joe DiMaggio,  and many others in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The back makes mention not of their offensive abilities, but what they accomplish defensively.

The Hall of Fame class this year will consist of Vlad,  Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, and Jim Thome.   Congrats to the Class of 2018.