Friday, May 1, 2009

What is this?

This Mark Teixeira "relic" card came from my last box break of A&G. I've never had the pleasure of pulling a patch card before, and thought that was what I had at first glance. There are no patch cards in Allen & Ginter, and the number on the back of this card is that of a standard jersey relic, AGR-MT. As you can see, it's a nice little swatch, 3 colors included and what looks like the number 50. My question is what part of the Braves jersey is this from? I've got a bunch of A&G jersey relics, and the rest all have boring old single color swatches.

Let's take a closer look:
Upon closer inspection, we can see that there is a blue swatch, a red swatch, and a cracked white strip in the middle with some sort of text on it and a gray stitch. There's certainly a lot going on here.

This might be one of the cooler jersey cards I've ever pulled. What a shame that it's of a player who's name defies the "i" before "e" rule, and a player who let's his wife decide where he should play baseball (yes, we're still a little bitter in Baltimore).

If anyone can identify what part of the Braves uniform this is from, please share, because I am baffled. Wristband? Jockstrap? Garter? I have no clue.

3 comments:

  1. It also looks like it has little pinholes along the top of the numbers. Is the white part leathery? I have no idea what that might be from.

    Does it look like it might be a label off of A-Rod's steroid bottle or something?

    BTW, who is this Summerbelle person and why is she booing you? That's just mean, man.

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  2. No, it's not leathery, more rubbery or plasticy.

    Summerbelle is my girlfriend, and that boo was clearly for Mr. Teixeira, and his grammatically incorrect name.

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