Baseball players don't have the luxury of preparing like that for their baseball card closeups. Nevertheless, Jered Weaver appears just fine on this baseball card. He is focused on delivering a Strike to Home Plate, not worrying about some super duper obscure baseball card blogger 6.33 years in his future.
When the live action cards get this close-in to the player, there isn't always much to consider on the card. The only thing really goin' on on this card is Weaver's momentum making his hair stream out behind him. Topps likes a good hair day on a baseball card, that's for sure.
Uniform Hero? The players with the big red uniform #s right on the front of the card really make this checklist format work the best.
Where’d the egg hatch? Jered Weaver was selected by the Angels in the same draft as the previous card for Justin Verlander, in 2004, though he was picked 12th.
How about the migrations? Weaver debuted soon enough in Anaheim, pitching a solid 123 Innings in 2006.
This card captures him coming off 3 straight All-Star Game appearances and a 20 Win 2012 campaign which included throwing a No Hitter. There were still some more solid seasons on the way.
My memory of Jered Weaver is one of intensity, something this up-close card does hint at. Somehow, he and the Detroit Tigers developed a "beef," the details of which I doubt can be remembered by many, and I am certainly not one of them. When a Tiger reached base against him somehow, there was a palpable tension between the mound and the basepath as if the 60' distance between the 2 was still a little too close.
He almost completed his career as a California Angel for 100% of his MLB service time; the Angels declined to re-sign him after his final contract extension with them ended after the 2016 season. He was still a Major League Pitcher, but was just becoming hittable in his mid-30s. Weaver gave it 'one more go' with the Padres, appearing in 5 games for them in 2017 before finally retiring during the season, his 12th.
Don’t flip over real Turtles.
3 undefeated Aprils in a row. Neat.
Can the Turtle Catch the Rabbit?
CAREER CHASE: With 102 wins, Weaver is 409 away from Cy Young's all-time record of 511.
Well, he was just coming off a League Leading 20 Win season, so I guess he had a shot at it. Whaddya think?
Jered Weaver finished his solid MLB career with a nice round 150 Wins.
Subspecies? All-Stars do well on Topps checklists and Weaver was no exception in 2013. This card # would not be tied to any photo variants, and the same image did appear in Chrome.
But in 2013 Opening Day, Jered Weaver did receive a unique card - quite a rare feat in that set, until just recently at least, especially for a player that wasn't switching teams in the just preceding off-season. I think this was the only such card in 2013 Opening Day. So here we get a bit of a bonus Sea Turtle:
Bling That Shell The end of the page draws near and it is time to make an easy choice. Even All-Stars can be acquired very easily on the Emerald parallel. I do think the best cards for these are the super close-ups like this one. Every other element of the image largely disappears on a foil parallel, so this one works just fine -
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