I've not been posting as often lately, so I figured I'd do a quick, one card post. So I went and grabbed all of my Will Clark cards and chose my favorite!
I could have chosen a RC or a jersey card, but what I ended up choosing was this 2001 Pacific Private Stock - Silver Portraits
It's incongruous to me to have my favorite 'Will The Thrill' be of him on the Cardinals. Not that I dislike the Cardinals, they may be my favorite MLB team. But Will is supposed to be a Giant, plain and simple!
The dark gray borders and foil lettering on this card are actually a light and shiny silver in real life. Bad scanner. I have always liked art-like cards, and the canvas look to this one grabs my eye. I wasn't collecting when these came out, but I imagine they weren't cheap for back in the day.
Thanks for reading, I have a little more substantial post coming up soon!
I remember Clark talking about holding up at first on a should-be double so Kevin Mitchell wouldn't be intentionally walked. This was in '89 when Mitchell had a red hot first half and there was talk he could make a run at 61.
ReplyDeleteI completely tuned out of Clark's post-Giants career back then. Someone sent me a batch of cards of him playing for Texas, and I was like....he was on the Rangers??
ReplyDeleteDidn't know he was a cardinals lol
ReplyDeleteAs a Bay Area guy... Clark will always be a Giant. That being said... I remember his days with the Rangers and Orioles. Cardinals? Nope. That makes this a cool card.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to sift through my collecting to pick a proper favorite, but off the top of my head... there are two cards of his I've always liked...
A. 1986 Mother's Cookies - I went to the game and was so stoked to get this card. It was probably a Top 5 card in my collection at the time.
B. 1987 Topps - Great design. Nice photograph of the lefty first baseman.
Good stuff on the 86 and 87. That 87 is a classic.
DeleteWork still busy?
ReplyDeleteYes it is, thanks for asking. But not as crazy as it was a bit ago, I can breathe a little now.
DeleteNice little challenge! I've participated, too: https://baseballeverynight.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-z-everyone-else-is-doing-it-so-why.html
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