This will do

 

Just a short post today. I seem to be in a period where the ideas aren't coming as quickly and also time is limited.

 

I finally -- FINALLY -- received this Topps Now card of Walker Buehler's reaction to recording the final out in the 2024 World Series. I ordered it almost immediately after the World Series ended and it didn't show up until yesterday. So about a month-and-a-half.

I shouldn't have been impatient because it was a preorder deal, which I didn't notice right away (too much partying). But even then, shipment was marked for Dec. 2 and that didn't happen. 

In general, it seems to be taking awhile to produce a card set of the Dodgers' World Series title. The 15-card Topps Now commemorative set has just hit the online sites and after taking a brief stroll through ebay to gauge pricing -- well, this card of Walker Buehler will do nicely for now. Spending $150 for 15 pretty ugly cards is wild.

This card isn't part of the commemorative set, it's part of the season-long Topps Now set that's almost 900 cards in total. This is card #884. But I'm glad I got it when I did. It cost $4.85. Most offers for this same card are going for $9.00. And a bunch of other Dodgers World Series Topps Now cards are going for quite a bit more.

I don't know what's so difficult about producing a special blaster box tribute set for around $25. Didn't Topps used to do that? Maybe I'm mixing that up with those premium sets Topps did for teams around 2008. Or maybe something else is still coming.

I should be more patient. But I still have my doubts and I'm not paying anything close to $150 for some Topps Now cards. They're World Series champions, make some real cards of them!!

I realize I grew up during an era when World Series winners were recognized only in the following year's set, and, yes, I'm looking forward to that, too.