1998 Leaf 50th Anniversary # 32

2008 Trading Card Day UD 9


Featured players: Manny Ramirez and Ken Griffey Jr.

Manny Ramirez connected for his 500th home run against Chad Bradford of the Baltimore Orioles on May 31 and Ken Griffey Jr. is one shy of hitting his 600th home run after hitting his 599th off Jair Jurrjens of the Atlanta Braves on the same day.

Votto, Votto, Votto

Joey Votto just had a three home-run game [3-for-4 with 4 RBIs, helping his Cincinnati Reds to a 9-0 win against the Chicago Cubs on May 7].

2007 Bowman Draft Joey Votto patch card serial #'d 2/99 [$10.99 BIN plus $3.50 s/h on Ebay] - I don't claim the card is anything special but it was shiny and had a patch piece on it. He is about ready to in his first full Major League Baseball season in 2008, likely battling for National League Rookie of the Year honors. I figured this was an appropriate card to blog about. His first cards came out back in 2002 Bowman Draft and he also had a Futures Game material card from 2006.