(Some) Baseball via Michigan

 More from the TMV mailer!

Here's the second mini-jersey of the mailer! Carlos Beltran's entry into the genre. The buttons on it are merely decorative a non-functional. Although at that size I don't really think I'd be able to open and close them even if they were. 

Here's the numbered/parallel Mets in the mailer. I had no memories of Lindstrom, seeing as he'd be traded from the Mets before he reached the bigs, but did end up bouncing around 6 teams over 8 years. 

Relic time! Although a piece a wood being defined as a 'thread' seems painful. Although I've seen, and own worse in terms of painful attire.

The switch away from the Mets will be gradual, as the Mike Piazza content was half-and-half. I miss holograms. 

2020 Gallery was definitely late in Roberto Alomar's Topps career. He got banned in April 2021, but still had a few appearances that year. Stadium Club 2021 was probably his last. While he still shows up in Panini sets, I'm kinda indifferent on that beyond "Oh well, there he is". Shoeless Joe is probably the only one on the 'banned' guy who I enjoy seeing in such sets.

Especially with the edited uniforms, this could conceivably be either a Jays or a Mets card based on the player and the swatches. But it is the tiny, sorta cursive text at the bottom that makes it a Toronto card. After a handful of appearances with the Jays, and a return and actual big league time with the Mets, he spent 2024 in Japan.

I would have bet that this card was a 2/14 collection dupe. I would have lost that bet. 

But these were known needs! I'm now 1 card away (see my Top 10 list) from completing the base sets of 2022 Heritage, Heritage High Numbers and Heritage Minor Leagues. WOO-HOO!

And that's it for baseball and the mailer!

Is what I would have said, but there's still one more baseball item to get to.

You thought those repacks were the only wax in these? Since it would be too bulky to send the blaster, it was opened and the contents were sent as both unopened wax and the inserted 'ornament' card. Those will show up in a later post, probably next week to make a perfect Christmas post in March.

There you have it!