Am I just overestimating Don Drysdale? Was I tricked into thinking he was a legend by the Brady Bunch episode he was in? Am I wrong to think a 1965 (!) Topps card of Don Drysdale has no business being in a dollar box? There was a 1966 Drysdale in there too! That one had a nibble taken out of a corner by a mouse and well, it was an inferior '66 Topps card, but still! The guy is a Hall of Famer, right??
as good as the front is, the back is better. Lookit that stat line - 237 Ks with a 2.19 ERA. And a record of 18-16 which means the win stat is - and has always been - fucking useless. The best is the cartoon. Don hit 7 homers 7 years before this card came out. so of course this could only mean...
ANOTHER RUTH?
Also inexplicably in the dollar box:
1961 Topps second year Hondo (there must not be a big demand for Dodgers 'round these parts)
And a 1951 Bowman Stan Lopata. Ok, it's in *ahem* well-worn condition, but how do you sell a card with a purple cinderblock wall for a background so cheaply? It's a wonder these guys stay in business....
