Featured autograph - Kevin Mitchell

I picked up the 1994 Topps Gold for my 'inking it up' mini-collection and go figure, ended up getting the card signed at the 2016 MLB All-Star Fan Fest - the focus of my 'image based' mini-collections is on the cards and I like the keep the cards unsigned because when a card is autographed, it usually obscures the image on the card.

On the other hand, an autograph signed in a controlled, organized situation - can make a 5-cent card with a unique picture stand out a little more than a similar, unsigned card.

1991 Upper Deck Sid Fernandez #242

OK Doc, one more fat joke and I'll whack your head off like Mitchell did to that cat a few years back.

Featured player: Kevin Mitchell [and Schottzie?] 1994 Upper Deck SP card #160 - Mitchell looks as if he is enjoying a tender moment with the dog of Marge Schott, one of the most infamous owners of professional sports teams in history.

Hopefully the dog didn't suffer the same fate - as Mitchell's girlfriend's cat back in 1986.

Besides supposedly lopping off a cat's head - Mitchell won the 1989 National League MVP with 47 home runs and 125 RBIs.

One of the things I like to do is scour through common bins looking for cards like the Mitchell pictured - I might not find any of the 'has been' hits out of a pack break, but I'm actively looking for cards, instead of doing this 'faux pack break,' where I'm supposed to be excited, leafing through a pack of cards I wouldn't have bought five, 10 or 15 years ago.