2023 COMC BINGE - PART 17: CANADA COOKIE

NORMALLY ON MY COMC BINGES I ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO PICK UP A VINTAGE BRAVES SET TEAM NEED AND A MARK LEMKE CARD I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE. THIS TIME I DID NOT DO SO AND SINCE REALIZING THIS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY I WAS THINKING. VINTAGE BRAVES ARE ALL EXPENSIVE NOW, I GET THAT. THE ODDBALL LEMMERS I AM MISSING CAN GET A LITTLE SPENDY, SURE. THIS WAS AN EXTRA-CHEAPSKATE BINGE WHERE I CONSISTENTLY CHOSE QUANTITY OVER QUALITY. STILL, NO BRAVES OR LEMKES? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME??

OH WELL, SCREW IT. HAVE A COOKIE

1975 O-PEE-CHEE #169 COOKIE ROJAS

MY 1970S O-PEE-CHEE GAME IS PRETTY DIRE. ASIDE FROM SOME BRAVES I HAVE ACCUMULATED THROUGH THE YEARS I HAVE MAYBE TWELVE CARDS TOTAL FROM THAT DECADE INCLUDING THE ONE THAT SERVES AT THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS BLOG. THIS MIGHT EVEN BE MY FIRST 1975 OPC BUT I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT BECAUSE MY CANADIAN BASEBALL CARDS AREN'T ORGANIZED ENOUGH TO KNOW FOR SURE. I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THIS CARD GOT GOT AFTER I WAS DISCOURAGED BY SEEING MARK LEMKE PARALLEL CARDS WITH SALE PRICES OVER FIVE BUCKS AND THEN SEEING THIS FOR LESS THAN TWO QUARTERS WHEN SEARCHING FOR COOKIES. AND WHY NOT? A NICE LOOKING COOKIE, A VINTAGE O-PEE-CHEE CARD AND A MISCUT? HOW COULD I PASS ON THAT?

I WISH THE 2024 HERITAGE CARDS USED THIS CARD STOCK COLOR FOR THEIR BACKS, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO READ. I ALSO LIKE THE CARTOON ON THIS ONE, LOOK HOW FAT THEY DREW POOR BABE RUTH. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS CARD IS A TINY BIT LEFT/RIGHT OFF CENTER. MOST PREFER 1975 CARDS TO BE OFF CENTER IN THE OTHER DIRECTION SO YOU CAN GET A NEW TEAM NAME ON THE BOTTOM BUT I'M OK WITH THIS ONE. THERE'S ONLY A TINY SLIVER OF THE TEAM NAME ON THE LEFT ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD WHICH NORMALLY WOULD MAKE HUNTING FOR THE PLAYER ON THE OTHER CARD ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE TEAM NAME ENDED WITH X INSTEAD OF S SO THE AMOUNT OF POSSIBLE CARDS IT COULD BE WAS GREATLY REDUCED. I CAME UP WITH TWO POSSIBILITIES: TERRY HUGHES OF THE RED SOX AND STAN BAHNSEN OF THE WHITE SOX. ODDLY ENOUGH, THE SCAN ON TCDB FOR BAHNSEN WAS ALSO MISCUT AND SEEMED TO FIT WITH MY COOKIE

I WISH I MY PICTURE WAS TAKEN STRAIGHT NOW. THIS WAS A FUN COINCIDENCE BUT I WOULDN'T BE CONFIDENT IT WAS COOKIE'S ACTUAL PAIR UNLESS I COULD GET MY HANDS ON AN UNCUT SHEET. OH WAIT, I HAVE THE INTERNET. A FEW IMAGE SEARCHES LATER I FOUND THIS GOLDIN AUCTION FOR A FULL SHEET INCLUDING DAVE WINFIELD, STEVE CARLTON, FERGIE JENKINS, CARLTON FISK AND PHIL NIEKRO. AND STAN BAHNSEN AND COOKIE ROJAS! HERE'S A SCREENSHOT FOR POSTERITY SINCE WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THIS LINK WILL LAST

HOORAY! WE HAVE OUR PAIR CONFIRMED! MAYBE THAT ONE ON TCDB REALLY IS FROM THE SAME SHEET