Yes, I know it’s a Leaf card (unlicensed). And while I wish I could have an Upper Deck game used logo, man patch or bat barrel card, I’ll have to settle for this for now. You can say what you want about Leaf, but the fact that many of their high-end products feature game-worn jerseys, patches, and swatches lets you enter the market for big players at an affordable price. I’d much rather have this than a random Bomwan Chrome prospect auto of a player who might never play in the majors - this card was in the $500-600 range for an all-time great.

This is a nice, clean, pretty looking Ichiro rookie. It’s a place holder until I can get this in Essential Credentials parallel form. If anyone has one they want to sell or trade to me….comment here and I’ll hit you up! Imagine the MLB records he would hold if he played his entire career in the USA! He was skilled, fast, dynamic, durable, and consistent. Loved watching him play - wish I could have watched him more, but being on the West coast and not living in a town with a pro baseball team in the Midwest made it hard.

I still can’t believe Griffey didn’t…