For a player in his old uniform, I suppose I could go with a Dale Murphy card. I still get shivers whenever I see him in that nasty Ph*ll**s uniform. But I'm going with the 2022 Gypsy Queen Autograph of William Contreras: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JMAAAOSwPshnJVC4/s-l1200.png
It's also bittersweet, because I made a bet with a friend that Contreras makes the HoF and I bought this card. A few months later the Braves foolishly traded him.
A little different take here, since Nolan Ryan was long past his time with the Mets by the time this card was issued, but I'm going with 1990 Topps #2 since the Nolan career highlights subset was what immediately popped into my mind as a young Texas Ranger fan at the time... but if I'd thought about it more, the 1990 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan Baseball Heroes #18 checklist card with the career montage painting was also a beautiful piece of art and would probably be my preferred choice here. Either way, a collector couldn't go wrong with Nolan back then and I still have a big box devoted to just his cards.
For a player in his old uniform, I suppose I could go with a Dale Murphy card. I still get shivers whenever I see him in that nasty Ph*ll**s uniform. But I'm going with the 2022 Gypsy Queen Autograph of William Contreras: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JMAAAOSwPshnJVC4/s-l1200.png
It's also bittersweet, because I made a bet with a friend that Contreras makes the HoF and I bought this card. A few months later the Braves foolishly traded him.
Contreras is off to quite a start, that’s for sure.
A little different take here, since Nolan Ryan was long past his time with the Mets by the time this card was issued, but I'm going with 1990 Topps #2 since the Nolan career highlights subset was what immediately popped into my mind as a young Texas Ranger fan at the time... but if I'd thought about it more, the 1990 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan Baseball Heroes #18 checklist card with the career montage painting was also a beautiful piece of art and would probably be my preferred choice here. Either way, a collector couldn't go wrong with Nolan back then and I still have a big box devoted to just his cards.