COOL STUFF - DEFACED VINTAGE

ARGH I ACCIDENTALLY A MONTH AGAIN. I FOR REAL HAVE LIKE 20 POSTS I LEGIT WANT TO WRITE BUT THE SIREN SONGS FROM MY STEAM LIBRARY AND A TEETERING STACK OF DVDS KEEP LURING ME AWAY FROM THE TYPEY TYPEY. I FIGURE I CAN TYPE THIS UP WHILE THE HAWKS GAME FINISHES UP AND GET IT OUT THERE TO BREAK THE SEAL SO TO SPEAK. HERE'S A COOL CARD I GOT A WHILE BACK

1967 TOPPS/2016 HERITAGE WADE BLASINGAME

I LOVE TOPPS BUYBACKS. NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS SOME PEOPLE BUT I LOVES 'EM. BACK WHEN I COULD ACTUALLY BUY HOBBY BOXES I ALWAYS HOPED TO GET THAT SMALL CARD-SIZED BOX TOPPER INSTEAD OF SOME BIG PANEL NONSENSE. MY BUYBACK COLLECTION IS SMALL AND NOT WELL ORGANIZED BUT I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. THIS ONE HERE WAS SENT IN A PACKAGE A WHILE BACK BY SOMEONE NAMED FISHER WHO LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE PACKAGE ALSO CONTAINED SOME OTHER ASSORTED BRAVES AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A COMPLETE 1989 BOWMAN BRAVES TEAM SET. MY BRAINS STARTED SLOWLY LEAKING OUT AROUND THAT TIME AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT SO BELATED THANKS TO MY PENNSYLVANIA FRIEND

THE REASON I LOVE BUYBACKS IS OBVIOUS, I LOVE OLD CRUMMY CARDS SO WHY WOULDN'T I LOVE GETTING THEM IN NEW EXPENSIVE PACKS. SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE DEFACING OLD CARDS WITH A GAUDY FOIL STAMP, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND SOME KID SCRIBBLING A MUSTACHE AND/OR A NEW TEAM NAME ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD. AND I LOOOOOOVE CARDS LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT LIKE THIS CARD IS GEM MINT ANYWAY THERE'S A BIG OL BEAUTIFUL VERTICAL CREASE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE ON THIS ONE SO WHY NOT GILD IT UP WITH A GIGANTIC STAMP. WADE PITCHED A FEW SEASONS FOR MILWAUKEE AND ATLANTA AND DID MANAGE TO BOUNCE BACK IN '67, ALBEIT IN A TRADE TO HOUSTON. I HAVE A PAGE OF BUYBACKS IN MY BRAVES AUTOGRAPH BINDER, TIME TO PUT THIS BABY WHERE IT BELIONGS