A couple of weeks ago I did a segment on my blog what's in my PC 5000ct box. One of the comments I got was I sure got a lot of good things & I mentioned that I got a 2008 Upper Deck Timeline Autograph of 1 Clayton Kershaw well, after seeing my phone blow up of messages on Thursday after hearing that Clayton was announcing his retirement from the Dodgers to take place as soon as the Dodgers season which might last a long time in the post season. I thought I would share with you photos of the card I got of this class act of a pitcher. Its numbered 07/95 I remember the day I pulled it from a blaster box. I was first shocked then amazed that a blaster box released 6 years prior when I pulled it in 2014 & it came a few days after Clayton threw his only No-Hitter on June 21(Clayton's No Hitter was on the 18th) plus the blaster was a priced at $4.99 it was buried with lot of other discontinued blasters that I purchased at a Meijer.
I guess the reason I put it within the screwdown like I did is Clayton was an 11 time All-Star Pitcher,an MVP winner,a 3 time Cy Young Award winner, plus I saw Clayton pitched when he was in the minors when he was with at the time the Great Lakes Loons when they took on my Lansing Lugnuts sadly Clayton lost to them in his only appearance against them. Plus I remembered hearing when playing Little League ball his catcher growing up as a kid a few doors down from his house was none other then Matthew Stafford current Los Angeles Rams Quarterback that once played for my team the Detroit Lions.
I remember seeing the banners they hung around the stadium where the Loons play at the Kershaw banner was at antique store the asking price $700K cause it was signed by him.
I wanted to show this card with the likes of Mr Owl whom I know who has an very elaborate collection of Kershaws through the years mainly he focuses on the Topps Gold versions he has from 2008 to the present. Then I also wanted to show GCRL as well this card since those 2 are competitive Dodger collectors makes me wonder if other than the 3 cards featured in the Mega Card set devoted to Babe Ruth how competitive they would both be if they made a Babe Ruth card of him as a Dodger would be I hope they both chime in with comments on who would want that card more lol.
Clayton has come a long way when he was a youngster in the 2008 Topps Traded set to the present day card of him in 2025 he certainly will be 1 Dodger will have his number retired & 5 years from now will see up in Cooperstown I only wish he was able to get that mark of 300 Career wins but injuries caught up with him so I can now only hope that Justin Verlander still can make it but time is against him as well hopefully someone will get to that milestone again before he gets impossible to get. I know Max Scherzer is also a candidate for 300 career wins but his slow start this year with the Blue Jays is hurting his chances as well.
Until then I hope to hear from many others on what they think of my Kershaw Autographed that I was nice to share with just remember what Rogers Hornsby once said about signing autographs "Any Ballplayer who refuses to sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."
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