Tonight Denny Martinez is scheduled to throw out the first pitch prior to game six of the World Series.
This gives an opportunity to present a fun card of Martinez from his Expos days.
1991 Upper Deck Final #50F Dennis Martinez Perfecto!
Hopefully I will return to this post at some future time, but for now I will just mention that the card was part of UDs 1991 Final Set and honored the Perfect game pitched by Martinez earlier that year - which as close as we got to Topps Now in 1991.
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1991 Upper Deck Final #50F Dennis Martinez Perfecto! (b-side / image swiped from COMC)
Nice summary on the back of the card including quotes from not just Dennis Martinez but also his catcher Ron Hassey. Your not going to get that kind of quality write up on any card much less a Topps Now issue today.
Ticket
The Baseball Hall of Fame has a ticket to the perfect game on display as part of their Viva Baseball exhibition. It is one of 45,560 tickets that the Dodgers sold for the game.
Notice that the Viva Baseball exhibit is curated with the artifact descriptions presented in Spanish - and the Spanish is expressed first.
Sources and Links
No-Hitter Index
Hall of Fame
VWellsArt
Baseball Almanac
Cleveland.com
Check Out My Cards
This gives an opportunity to present a fun card of Martinez from his Expos days.
Hopefully I will return to this post at some future time, but for now I will just mention that the card was part of UDs 1991 Final Set and honored the Perfect game pitched by Martinez earlier that year - which as close as we got to Topps Now in 1991.
flip
Nice summary on the back of the card including quotes from not just Dennis Martinez but also his catcher Ron Hassey. Your not going to get that kind of quality write up on any card much less a Topps Now issue today.
Ticket
The Baseball Hall of Fame has a ticket to the perfect game on display as part of their Viva Baseball exhibition. It is one of 45,560 tickets that the Dodgers sold for the game.
Notice that the Viva Baseball exhibit is curated with the artifact descriptions presented in Spanish - and the Spanish is expressed first.
Sources and Links
No-Hitter Index
Hall of Fame
VWellsArt
Baseball Almanac
Cleveland.com
Check Out My Cards
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