#AGA-LL Lisa Leslie
For the first time on this blog, here is a non-baseball related autograph. That is one of the fun things you run into with Allen & Ginter. Surprisingly, this is the only signed non-baseball related A&G card that I own. While I have pondered sending out a few to get signed TTM, I have never pulled the trigger. A few that I wouldn't mind getting are Mark Spitz, Henry Rollins, Richard Petty, and Tommy Lee. Whether I ever get around to getting any of those signed is another question.
As for this card, I won it in a contest from Night Owl back in the day. I have no clue what I had to do to win it or why it was being given away. But, it featured an autograph, so I entered and obviously won. It also came with a relic card of Mark Buerhle.
Back whenever I won this card, I was always getting in on blog contests. Some I would win and most I would lose. But, anymore, it seems like I rarely bother entering contests. While there a many cool ones out there, I just don't care enough to enter. All I really care about are autographs. If those are not part of the prize, I am not interested. I figure it is better to let someone win that might actually enjoy the non-autographed prize then for me to enter just for the sake of entering.
Having said that, if Night Owl were giving this card away now, I am not sure if I would even enter. Sure, it is an autographed card. But, I don't like basketball and really do not like women's basketball. On the other hand, though, it is Allen & Ginter and it is of a person I have actually heard of. Lisa Leslie is one of two female basketball players I am aware of.
One year, I bought a box of Ginter and got a redemption card. I was pretty excited until I read who it was. It was the head basketball coach of the UConn women's team. Luckily, Topps was unable to fulfill it and they sent me a signed card of Gary Sheffield instead. That is a win in my book.
Editor's update: I lied. I also have an '09 A&G signed and framed card from a volleyball player. My bad.
I thought that card looked familiar!
ReplyDeleteLike you, I don't follow basketball, but folks who played in the Olympics kind of transcend my disinterest in basketball, so I think this is a cool little item.
I didn't even think about the Olympic tie-in. Nice call!
ReplyDeleteRegardless of my interest in basketball, it is definitely a cool item. Afterall, it is probably the best female basketball player on an Allen & Ginter framed card.
I never really watched women's basketball... but I remember Leslie making headlines. I even bought a ton of WNBA card in the late 90's. Damn that sounds so stupid. Should have invested more money into baseball. Wait. Then I'd just be sitting on more Kerry Wood rookie cards.
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