The A's and Padres won. The Giants and Dodgers lost. Yesterday was a good day.
With the A's being the A's... and the Giants and Dodgers having the second best record in baseball, this probably won't happen again this season, so let's celebrate with some cards featuring these four teams that arrived in my mailbox earlier in the week from Oregon:
Let's start with my beloved Athletics. They're sitting in last place in the AL West, but at least they decided to hold onto some of their young fan favorites like Tyler Soderstrom:
2024 Topps Archives #187
He's currently one of MLB's home run leaders. Yeah. Yeah. It's early in the season. But I'm an A's fan... give me this one day to enjoy this.
The A's also held on to their all-star closer:
2024 Topps Archives Black Foilboard #255
Miller recorded the save last night. It's his fourth of the year and he still hasn't allowed an earned run in 2025. More importantly... he will forever be known as the last player to throw a pitch in a MLB game at the Oakland Coliseum.
The main guy I've been eyeballing in the box scores is the A's 2023 first round draft pick:
2025 Topps #314
Wilson currently has a fifteen game hitting streak to start the 2025 season. He also leads the team in hits and batting average going into today's game. Let's go!
Rod (@ Padrographs) sent me a flat rate mailer with a bunch of 2025 Topps cards, including the entire Series 1 A's team set:
Out of the nine guys who made the checklist, Abraham Toro is the only player no longer on the team. It's a shame the team couldn't hold onto guys during their final decade or so in Oakland.
Now let's talk about the team who currently has the best record in baseball. Yeah. Yeah. It's early in the season. But I'm an Padres fan... so let me enjoy this.
Fernando Tatis Jr. is a big reason for their bright start:
2025 Topps Celebration Power Players #PP-14
2025 Topps Stars of the MLB #SMLB-4
Not quite as cool as the other insert, but I collect every and any Tatis card I can get my hands on. It's nice to see him earning that money he signed for back in 2021... both at the plate and on the field. I'm guessing Rod is pretty happy about that too.
The Padres can't afford to let up, because the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers are right behind them in the standings.
The Giants are one of those teams that I dislike when they're winning. It doesn't usually have to do with them, but their fans. And when they're winning, the Padres are usually losing. It's kinda fun watching both teams play competitive baseball.
2025 Topps #277
Jung Hoo Lee has been playing really well. I remember being excited for the Giants last season when he signed with them. He's currently leading the team in WAR and the league in doubles.
Finally there's the Los Angeles Dodgers... who most fans expect to represent the National League in the World Series this year. It sucks that the Padres have to look up at them in the standings almost every season.
But today they aren't and I'm going to enjoy this.
That being said... the Dodgers are loaded with players I enjoy rooting for. Most notably... there's this guy:
Thank you Rod for another cool care package. I had a lot of fun watching the A's and Padres win yesterday... but I enjoyed opening this up today and seeing all of these goodies a tad bit more.
Let's go A's and Padres!
Happy Sunday and sayonara!
Extra Innings
I almost forgot to show of the top loaded cards from Rod's mailer:
Rod and I share an interest in collecting autographs. Pretty sure these are the first four signatures of any of these guys in my collection. Thank you Rod!
11 comments:
I don't suppose it will surprise you if I say that I was just thinking last night: "What a garbage day of MLB games, they should've just skipped Saturday."
No problem with the A's of course.
My Braves grabbed another win too! Hoorah! Rod sure did hook a lot of us up this early in the season.
My Astros offense finally showing life
Jacob Wilson is such a beast. That kid's going places
Great cards from Rod! I enjoyed my Cubs taking 2 of 3 from the Dodgers and hopefully they can keep it up in San Diego!
There's been at least 15 games already?
If Panini does baseball cards this year - I wonder what they would do with A's player - would they continue to put Oakland on the front or maybe use Sacramento
Right? JustinSteeles's having season ending surgery and the article's like "through 4 starts..." I went no way he's started 4 times already!
Rod's always good for a fun trade package! I'm happy you're getting to enjoy the Padres, and I hope Cronenworth returns to health soon to contribute.
Honestly a little surprised that you're still rooting for the A's. More power to you for sticking with them. And I'm hoping that the Giants, Padres and Dodgers go neck and neck all season long (even though if this is the case there's a high probability that two will play each other in the wildcard round and the winner of that wildcard will play the third).
night owl - weren't you happy that the giants lost?
johnnys trading spot - hoorah indeed. the braves had a rough start, but have been playing .500 ball as of late. it's only a matter of time before they get hot.
rebel coyote - i'm rooting for altuve. love that guy
ginko-5 - sure hope so. and i hope the a's hold onto him. it's been a while since the a's have had a bonafide superstar that they've held onto and let the fans embrace
jafronius - good game last night. rubber match today. padres need this win to tie the series and stay ahead of them dodgers
anonymous - time flies
john bateman - great question. i kinda hope they do release some baseball cards this year so we can find out
dennis - haven't heard an update on his injury, but i'll be excited when he returns
nick vossbrink - i have too many years invested in them to move on. i just won't buy any gear while fisher is the owner. as for the padres, dodgers, and giants... it'll make things interesting if they all continue to play good baseball. plus there's the diamondbacks. they're pretty good too
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