THE TWELVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS - DAY THREE - SAD TIGERS

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T I POST THIS BACK IN 2009. I WOULDA GOT SO MUCH MOLDY OLD COLLECTOR CRED BACK THEN. DSFLKJASDLFKJASD

T206 vs T205 Tiger Battle

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE - 8/10/2009

THIS ONE'S BAD BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAD PEOPLE VOTE IN A POLL TO TELL ME WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE AND THEY TOLD ME AND I TOTALLY BLEW IT. STORY OF THE BLOG TBH

You guys voted in the poll and said you wanted really old stuff. So now you're gonna get it!

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The Battle for Tobacco Card Supremecy will be waged right here and right now between two worthy competitors, both from the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club!

LEAVING THE TYPO FOR POSTERITY

IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS GOING TO DO A HEAD TO HEAD COMPETITION BETWEEN T205 AND T206 TO DETERMINE THE BEST CARD

IT'S T205.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN T205

NOW I CAN FORGET ALL THAT MESS AND JUST COMMENT ON THE CARDS

IMAGES ARE BROKE AND STUCK ON MEDIUM AGAIN, SORRY

HERE'S A GOOD LOOKING CARD OF GERMANY SCHAEFER IN HORRIFIC CONDITION. ALMOST ALL OF THE T206S IN MY COLLECTION ARE FROM THIS ONE GROUP I GOT AS A KID THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE STAPLED TO THE SIDE OF A BARN AND THEN LEFT OUT IN THE RAIN FOR A FEW DECADES. I LOVED THESE TERRIBLE TINY CARDS AND WOULD HAVE TWICE AS MANY AS I DO NOW IF NOT FOR AN INCIDENT AT THE SHOP SELLING THEM WHICH WILL NOT BE ELABORATED UPON BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SAD.
THIS IS A VERY STRIKING CARD WHAT WITH THE BRIGHT YELLOW AND GREEN THAT SHOWS UP THROUGH THE STAINING AND THE UNIQUE POSE FROM JOKESTER GERMANY. YOU'LL RECALL HE'S THE DUDE WHO STOLE FIRST BASE IF YOU'VE READ THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES

THE T205 IS OF TOM JONES, A GREAT FIELDER WHO APPARENTLY HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST ALL TIME RANGE FACTOR FOR 1ST BASEMEN?? I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUCK YOU CALCULATE THAT FOR SOMEONE WHO PLAYED 110 YEARS AGO BUT WHATEVER. HE WAS ALSO A ROOKIE ON THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES BEFORE THEY TURNED EVIL. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS IN THE MID 80S WHEN I FOUND THE CARD IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP MY MOM LIKED TO GO TO. I KNEW WHAT T205S WERE BACK THEN THANKS TO DOVER REPRINTS AND MY EYES BUGGED OUT WHEN I SAW THE BORDERS WERE KINDA SHINY. MY MOM GOT IT FOR ME FOR FIVE BUCKS AFTER A HARD SELL FROM THE GUY RUNNING THE SHOP. I LOVE OL TOM BUT I SORTA WISH THAT DUDE HAD A CARD FROM THE BOSTON BRAVES HE COULD HAVE SPOUTED A SALES PITCH ON. AHLTHOUGH THEY WERE RUSTLERS BACK THEN AND I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WTF A RUSTLER WAS

ALL THE WATERLOGGED CARDS I HAVE ARE PIEDMONTS AND I BELIEVE PIEDMONT 150S ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE AN ODDBALL 350 HERE AND THERE. TOO BAD THERE WASN'T A VARIETY BUT I ALREADY HAD A GOOD SELECTION FROM MY REPRINT CARDS. YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW TRASHED THIS CARD IS FROM THE BACK. IT'S AMAZING THE FRONT LOOKS AS GOOD AS IT DOES, THE FACT THE WATER LINE ONLY RISES UP TO WHERE THE HORIZON IS ON THE FRONT PROBABLY HELPS

ANOTHER PIEDMONT! THIS BACK IS THE REAL DEAL HERE. THIS IS A MODERN-ASS BACK OF A BASEBALL CARD. NAME AND FULL BIO INCLUDING TRADED TO MILWAUKEE LINE, THREE! LINES! OF! STATS! 400 DESIGNS, BRAND LOGO AND EVEN A TINY LINE OF LEGALESE. THE ONLY THING MISSING IS A CARD NUMBER AND THOSE ARE GOING OUT OF FASHION ANYWAYS

SEE T205S ARE BETTER THAN T206S. BETTER BACKS, BETTER FRONTS, AND HEARTWARMING INSTEAD OF EMBARASSING AQUISITION STORIES

MURRAY CHRIS & M'ASS EVERYONE, FOR NINE MORE DAYS I GUESS 

LAST MINUTE UPDATE JUST BECAUSE

THE TITLE IN THIS POST IS A REFERENCE TO THE TWITTER ACCOUNT @SaddestTiger WHICH WAS A NOVELTY ACCOUNT BASED ON THE RIDICULOUS POORLY-DRAWN LOGO FOR THE NINETEEN-THIRTY-SOMETHING DETROIT TIGERS THAT POPPED UP AS A MEME. LIKE ALL NOVELTY ACCOUNTS IT PETERED OUT AS A WHILE BUT THE THING IS STILL POSTING follow friday dave dittell EVERY FRIDAY LIKE CLOCKWORK YEARS LATER AND EVERY TIME I SEE IT JOY SPRINGS INTO MY HEART IN REMEMBERANCE OF A TIME WHEN EVERYTHING DIDN'T SUCK COMPLETE ASS

GOD BLESS YOU SAD TIGER

 

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— Sad Tiger (@SaddestTiger) December 12, 2020