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    Do you have a favorite baseball card of your favorite player that is valued at less than $15?

    If so, then you too can enter Peter's contest over on his blog: Baseball Every Night.




    1983 Topps #482

    Most of you already know which direction I'll be heading in with my response. Ever since I started this blog, I have made it loud and clear that Tony Gwynn is my favorite athlete of all-time. I've also confessed my love on numerous occasions for the 1983 Toppsbaseball card design.


    The price restriction isn't a concern either. Had Peter asked us to write this post twenty-five years ago, I might have had a hard time finding Gwynn's 1983 Toppsrookie card for under $15. However these days you can easily find a nice copy for under$10 and if condition isn't an issue, I've seen these sell for under$5.




    1983 O-Pee-Chee #143

    Honestly... the only problem I'm having is deciding if I like his O-Pee-Cheerookie card better. Both cards utilize the exact same photos and are almost identical in design. I go back and forth between which card I like more. The O-Pee-Chee features the brighter card stock, bilingual text, and is rarer, but the Toppscard is the one I'm familiar with from my childhood.


    I've flip-flopped numerous times over the past five years and I'll probably continue to do so over the rest of my life. But since Peter'scontest entry requires one card. Today, I'm going with:





    Congratulations Peter on your 1 Year Anniversary and thank you for hosting this contest. I'm really looking forward to reading all of the contest responses.


    Happy Friday and sayonara!


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