Jesse James

I hope you all had a great Christmas yesterday!  I mentioned last time that I had received a package from COMC.  It's time to see the rest of what was in it.

First is a card of the hero of the Steelers-Patriots game a couple of weekends ago.  This is the 2017 Panini Prizm Prizms of Jesse James, whose catch and reach of the ball over the goal line put the Steelers ahead with just seconds left in the game.

Oh wait, I just remembered something.  The officials said that catching the ball, turning his body, and extending the ball out over the goal line didn't constitute a catch.  And when the nose of the ball crossed the goal line, it wasn't actually a touchdown because he had to bring it down a foot into the end zone gingerly enough where the ball wouldn't move at all.  Hmmm....

Next are several Los Angeles Lakers cards from the new 2017-18 Panini Prizm Silver Prizms set.

Julius Randle.  He's been solid the past three years, averaging a dozen points and eight rebounds a game.  A seventh overall pick, he was one and done at the University of Kentucky.

Brandon Ingram.  Another high draft pick, number two overall, he was one and done at Duke University.  This is his second season, and he's picked up his game and averages 16 points per game.

Larry Nance.  He was a late first round pick a couple of years ago.  He still spells relief off the bench.

Brook Lopez.  He's not producing like the Lakers had hoped.  He's only 29 but it feels like he's been around the league a long time.  Interesting Lakers card with him wearing his Brooklyn uniform.

Luke Walton.  In his first season as the Lakers head coach, he's losing a lot more games than he's winning.  But he is a marked improvement over his predecessors.

I also chipped away some more at the 1973 Topps baseball set, picking up some star cards.

I like any Reggie card from back when he was on the A's.  And this Bench card is an all-time great photo.

That 6,172 total base number on Hank Aaron's all-time leader card is still best all-time.  It's been 43 years and the closest anyone has come since is Barry Bonds with 5,976.  Vida Blue had a career adjusted ERA of 108, twice as good as his teammate Catfish Hunter's, but Blue is not in the hall of fame.  Check out how far the batter is choking up in the picture.

And finally, I found a couple more Bowman Red Sox from the 1950's of players who weren't in the Topps sets those years.

 Hoot Evers, 1953 Bowman Color and George Kell, 1954 Bowman.