THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS: LAUNDRY EDITION - DAY 2

ALL RIGHTY HERE ARE TWELVE OF MY FAVORITE RELIC CARDS WITH JERSEY SWATCHES FRESH FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. I PROBABLY ALREADY POSTED ABOUT SOME OF THEM PREVIOUSLY BUT THAT WAS YEARS AGO, YOU CAN DEAL WITH SOME DUPLICATES. ALL NEW PHOTOS AT LEAST, I TRIED THAT PHONE SCAN APP AGAIN AND... I STILL DON'T LIKE HOW UNCANNY THE PICS LOOK BUT THEY TURNED OUT GOOD ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME TO NOT DRAG OUT THE ANCIENT SCANNER. TODAY'S CARD IS A WEIRD ONE

BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON. EARLY ON IN THE HISTORY OF RELIC CARDS MANUFACTURERS WISED UP AND REALIZED ALL THE SCRAPS FROM THE JERSEY THAT WERE DIFFICULT TO USE COULD BE MADE INTO PREMIUM CARDS. THUS BEGAN AN ESCALATION OF RELICRY THAT ULITMATELY RESULTED IN THE TRADITIONAL PLAIN WHITE SWATCH GETTING RELEGATED TO THE BARGAIN BINS. STILL, IT'S FUN TO PULL ONE OF THESE WEIRDO RELICS, BE IT A PATCH OR LAUNDRY TAG OR CLEATS OR THE HUMBLE BUTTON (BUT NOT CORK, THAT TURNS OUT POORLY FOR EVERYONE) FROM A PACK AT LEAST ONCE. I GOT THIS ONE OUT OF A PACK OF 2005 DONRUSS CHAMPIONS, A NOTORIOUS RELIC DUMP PRODUCT THAT DONRUSS PUT OUT AFTER THEY LOST THEIR BASEBALL LICENSE TO GET AS MUCH OF THEIR LEFTOVER RELICS OUT THE DOOR BEFORE THE PARTY WAS OVER. IT WAS A HIDEOUS OVER PRICED SET DESIGNED SOLELY FOR THE RELIC CARDS AND I WISH I HAD BOUGHT MORE BECAUSE THE SMALL NUMBER OF PACKS I DID GET HAD COOL STUFF LIKE THIS IN IT

GONNA BE UP FRONT WITH EVERYONE, WHEN I WAS A KID I LOATHED TOMMY LASORDA. HE WAS A STUPID HOLLYWOOD SHOWBOAT WHO DID TOO MANY COMMERCIALS AND HIS LOUSY STINKING DODGERS KICKED MY BRAVES' ASS EVERY YEAR BUT ONE. HIS 1954 TOPPS CARD WAS TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE. WHEN HE MANAGED THE ALL-STAR GAME HE DIDN'T LET PHIL NIEKRO PITCH AND HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH THE PHILLIE PHANATIC AND WHO IS HE KIDDING WITH THAT SLIM-FAST. SUCH A BIG JERK. MY FEELINGS TOWARD TOMMY SOFTENED AS I GOT OLDER. THE BRAVES WINNING A TON AND THE WHOLE MIKE PIAZZA STORY HELPED. PLUS MY ITALIAN GRANDFATHER LIKED ANYONE ITALIAN SO IT WAS HARD TO STAY MAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE MOVED OUT OF THE NL WEST.  HE MORPHED FROM PAIN IN THE ASS WHO BEAT UP MY TEAM EVERY YEAR TO CUDDLY OLD BASEBALL GRAMPA IN THE SPACE OF A DECADE. I LOVE RELIC CARDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE GAME BEFORE RELIC CARDS REALLY EXPLODED AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE ONE FOR LASORDA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE VALUE OF THIS THING IS AS I HARDLY EVER SEE ANY BUTTON CARDS FOR SALE BUT I MIGHT THINK ABOUT TRADING IT FOR THE '54

CAN YOU EVEN SEE THE ORNAMENTS ON THE TREE? I SHOULD HAVE PLANNED THIS OUT BETTER