You may have heard that there is a new documentary out on artist Dick Perez, who is well-known for drawing the Diamond King cards for Donruss through the 1980s and 1990s. I've seen the trailer for the movie and I might watch the whole documentary, but it's not appointment-viewing for me. "Diamond Kings" are a big part of childhood for collectors of a certain age and SABR has been hyping the project, but I've never been interested in the Diamond Kings. I wrote about this once before, 13 years ago now , and my thoughts are still the same mostly. As a short recap, I first viewed Diamond Kings in 1982 as a 16-year-old when I bought packs of Donruss. I was instantly puzzled by seeing drawings on baseball cards, which had always been photos since I started collecting. I didn't like it, I didn't like the cards. They didn't seem like a full card to me. I've come around a little since then, mostly by appreciating the first two editions of Diamond...
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