He sent over a package of cards while I was on vacation and one of the cards he included was this 1973 O.P.C. Texas Ranges team card. He included a note that said "Don't forget to respect the O-Pee-Chee." He's right of course.
He sent over a number of cards that were new to me. I don't recall ever seeing this 1993 Pacific Beisbol Amigos card which includes Julio Franco, Jose Canseco and Rafael Palmeiro.
If you never got to see Ivan Rodriguez gun down a runner in person, you missed out.
Reggie, Reggie, Reggie. You are not allowed to bowl over the catcher. At least not this year.
Oooh, purple! I like purple refractors.
Next to the vintage O-Pee-Chee, this is my favorite card of the package. This is my first 2012 Panini Cooperstown Field Generals card and I want them ALL! I know it's Panini, but I love this little set of catchers and need to track the rest of them down. There are 9 others so it shouldn't be that hard.
Jim, thanks for a great package and some good advice.
Nice pickups. I too am guilty of not giving OPC cards the attention they deserve. For the most part the OPC sets were nearly identical to the Topps. Some years they were a smaller count so the numbering was different some years and sometimes they used a different photo than the Topps release. Usually recently traded guys were shown in the old team uni with a "traded to..." line on the front. I think most checklists use the team pictured (which was usually the team named on card) for ID purposes. gcrl has a "finished" blog out there called "Oh My O-Pee-Chee" where he points out the differences between the OPC and Topps issues for each year. I don't think he covered each and every card for each year, but I think any time there was a card with a different picture or a "traded" card he does a nice analysis of the cards.
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