let me count the ways (2007 topps heritage)

How do you pass the time while the home team is on the road? I usually get tangled up in all sorts of strange activities, but things that must be done include watching the Isotopes play on MiLB.TV (where available) and pulling cards to be autographed during the next homestand(s). This week I also managed to get caught up on my weeding and planted several rows of popcorn in the garden, but that is a topic for a different blog altogether.

While sifting through cards in preparation for the upcoming series against Salt Lake City and Colorado Springs, I realized that I may not get an opportunity to have Jeff Weaver sign his 2007 Topps Heritage baseball card. Not long after that, I caught myself wondering how many cards from that set I have managed to get autographed in person to date. Before I knew it, I was pulling those cards and thinking of the best way to include them in a blog article. I decided to include them all, but since there are 27, I think it makes sense to break it up into a small three-part series.

For those of you born in the past couple of years, the 2007 Topps Heritage design is based on the 1958 Topps baseball series. The 1958 Topps card represented in my “baseball card type collection” features Dodger pitching sensation Sandy Koufax (no. 187). The card numbered 187 in the 2007 Topps Heritage set features Randy Johnson. Did you realize that, as of this posting, Koufax hit twice as many career homers as has Johnson? Of course Sandy had nearly 200 more at bats than Randy has.

koufax_sandy_1958_topps_187

Since they are both pitchers, I will continue with that theme today and post scans of all of the cards of twirlers I have gotten autographed from the 2007 Topps Heritage set. If I’ve said it once, I’ve probably said it five times or more, a baseball card isn’t complete until it has been autographed by the player(s) it depicts.

capellan_jose_2007_topps_heritage_407

Jose Capellan – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 407

——–

diaz_jose_2007_topps_heritage_367

Jose Diaz – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 367

——–

humber_philip_2007_topps_heritage_449

Philip Humber – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 449

——–

milton_eric_2007_topps_heritage_172

Eric Milton – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 172

——–

misch_patrick_2007_topps_heritage_211

Patrick Misch – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 211

——–

narveson_chris_2007_topps_heritage_65

Chris Narveson – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 65

——–

nolasco_ricky_2007_topps_heritage_399

Ricky Nolasco – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 399

——–

santana_ervin_2007_topps_heritage_264

Ervin Santana – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 264

——–

tankersley_taylor_2007_topps_heritage_472

Taylor Tankersley – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 472

——–

turnbow_derrick_2007_topps_heritage_124

Derrick Turnbow – 2007 Topps Heritage no. 124

I will be posting scans of the rest of the cards from this set that I have gotten signed over the next couple of days, so be sure to check back if you want to see which ones they are. Heck, even if you don’t care you might as well check back in to see if I actually manage another post in less than a month.

– Kris

Tags: autographing, autographs, Kris, minor league baseball, Topps, Topps Baseball Cards

This entry was posted on May 15, 2009 at 2:47 am and is filed under what I collect. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Cards in the Attic