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When Jarred Kelenic homered for his 1st career hit, he became the 10 Seattle Mariner to accomplish that feat. Who else belongs to the club?

Former reliever spent time with the Mariners, Dodgers, Indians and Rangers. Would rather sprint to the mound than be chauffeured in the Tugboat. Latest feature on my blog, Tridents and Trading Cards

https://tridentsandtradingcards.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/dreaming-of-ed-vande-berg/

Colored parallels have become the norm in just about every modern baseball product. And because they are parallels, with the same card number on the back, there's really not much to get confused by. There is at least one product, however, that could cause a collector some confusion.

2012 Heritage featured a number of 'Rookie Stars' who appeared on multiple cards. I'm not going to do a comprehensive list here, but will feature three cards of former Mariner Alex Liddi, who just happened to be the first MLB player to be born and raised in Italy.

As you can see, each card features a different background color, as well as three different prospects per card (in addition to Liddi). At the very least, Topps should have used blue towards the top of card #191.

One of the biggest complaints I hear from fellow collectors is that Topps often recycles photos- with single photos being spread out over many different brands. This isn't a new practice, nor has Topps cornered the market on this transgression.

I recently came across these four cards of former Mariners legend Dan Wilson. The photos are not what we would call 'recycled,' but they do feature an interesting sequence of photos that seem to have been taken within a very short time of one another.

Among the number of cards I picked up at the recent card show were nine cards of Griffey,Jr.