Wallet Card #6- Diamondbacks Game

Last night my daughter’s choir was part of a group of middle school choirs who sung the national anthem at the Diamondback’s game. She got in free and parents got tickets at half price (first level outfield bleachers) through the school.

The game was a barn burner of a game and ended with the Diamondbacks winning 13-11 and it seemed like everyone hit a homerun except for the one guy I wanted to see hit a homer, Giancarlo Stanton. There were 7 homeruns (3 Miami and 4 Arizona) with Miami’s Marcell Ozuna knocking two and Arizona’s Chris Iannetta also knocking two with one of those being a grand slam in the 6^th that put the D-Backs ahead 12-9. It was definitely an entertaining game that I got to enjoy with my baby girl.

Wallet card Griffey made a couple of appearances but because we were sitting in the outfield I didn't get the best pictures, here he is with Stanton at bat.

Here he is with Goldschmidt at bat

The First Card Of 2014

My first card purchase of the year, a 1998 Flair Showcase Wave of the Future Travis Lee

   I have seen a couple of the Wave of the Future cards showing up in blogs recently and I decided to look in to them. I dig the wacky inserts of the 1990s and this one is definitely on the wacky side. The 12 card set was made up of young players and each card was made of two acetate cards with vegetable oil and sparkles between them to give the impression of ocean water.

For someone who has been a Diamondback fans since the expansion team was announced in 1995 I have very few of their cards so going with Travis Lee was an obvious choice. Travis Lee was one of the original Arizona Diamondbacks, he also has the distinction of having the first hit as well as the first homerun in team history. He was later traded to Philly for Curt Shilling, so you can say he was part of the catalyst for the team winning the World Series in 2001.