BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 39: FIRST HEYWARD

YOU KNEW JASON HEYWARD WAS GOING TO SHOW UP EVENTUALLY, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I'VE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH TCDB PLAYER RANKINGS

2007 BOWMAN DRAFT PICKS AND PROSPECTS JASON HEYWARD

TECHNICALLY THE THIRD JASON HEYWARD CARD EVER SINCE THERE ARE A COUPLE AFLAC CARDS OUT THERE THAT ARE OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU COULD GET JUST BY GOING TO TARGET AND PICKING UP A FEW PACKS. I DID NOT GET IT AFTER OPENING MORE THAN A FEW PACKS BUT I DID SOMEHOW MANAGE TO PULL THE GOLD PARALLEL AND CHROME VERSIONS AT THE TIME. NO REFRACTORS OR AUTOGRAPHS BUT I AIN'T COMPLAINING. THE PLAIN OL' BASE CARD ELUDED ME FOR A LONG TIME THOUGH AND IT STARTED TO BUG ME ONCE I ENTERED IN MY COLLECTION ON TCDB AND WHEN I SEARCHED FOR HEYWARD WITH LOWEST PRICE FIRST THIS LITTLE DUDE WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE ON TOP OF THE LIST. THIRTY THREE CENTS FOR A FIRST BOWMAN CARD OF SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY DECENT! HOW'D I DO THAT?? FOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS: CONDITION NOTES: SURFACE WEAR 

YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE PICTURE BUT RIGHT UNDER THE B IN FIRST BOWMAN IN BETWEEN THE BORDER AND TOP OF THE WALL THERE'S A BIG BUMP BROM WHERE A BINDER PAGE GOT CRUNCHED ON THE RING IN A BINDER. I AM SADLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PHENOMENON, SORRY KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR IN MY 86-87 FLEER SET. LUCKILY, CARD GRADES MEAN NOTHING TO ME AND I'M HAPPY TO PUT THIS IN THE HEYWARD BINDER WITH ITS PARALLEL BRETHEREN. THE REFRACTORS AND NUMBERED PARALLELS GET A LITTLE SPENDY SO I WILL LIKELY BE CONTENTED WITH MY THREE-CARD RAINBOW. MY RECENT HEYWARD PICKUPS PUTS ME AT 211 TOTAL CARDS LOGGED, GOOD FOR FIFTH PLACE BEHIND A COUPLE READERS JOHNNYSTRADINGSPOT AND COMMUNITY GUM. KEEP ON TRUCKIN, GUYS. JASON IS LOOKLING LIKE HE'LL BE ON THE DODGERS' OPENING DAY ROSTER SO I AM HOPEFUL WE'LL GET SOME NEW CARDS IN 2023 IN THE LA GEAR