Mel Almada was the first Mexican baseball player to play in the major leagues.

Home white must be Fenway dirt.

Pulled this the other day. Figured with the white uniform (home) this has to be Fenway park infield dirt on this patch.

How soon people forget… Nomar and Jeter both entered the league around the same time. There was a debate over which player was better at the time. Sadly, Garciaparra‘s injuries prevented him from having as distinguished a career as Derek Jeter. Still, for a time, Nomar’s cards, especially his 1992 tops of gold traded, were the hottest cards on earth. I love being able to collect this rare parallel at a reasonable price.