I received this bat relic card of Roy Campanella in the mail today. I knew it was coming. Jeff of Cardboard Catastrophes had emailed me and said that he had picked it up cheaply at a show and wondered if I wanted it. Of course I did. Relics may not mean what they once did, but relics of Hall of Fame legends will always mean something. It also happens to be my first relic card of Roy Campanella and I think it's about time this Dodger fan had one of those. The other card that Jeff picked up was also a Hall of Fame Brooklyn Dodger. But I owned that one already. This is one of three relic cards I own of Pee Wee Reese. It still seems crazy silly that I have THREE relic cards of one of the biggest legends in Dodgers history, but I certainly am not sad about that. These are the others: Being able to produce two Hall of Famers from one of the most famous teams to ever play, the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers, instantly made me wonder how close I was to owning a relic card of...
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