Vern Ruhle. It seems like every freakin' pack I busted as a kid had at least one Vern Ruhle card. I must have had a dozens of his '79 and '80 Topps.
Rip a pack. Rip a box. Rip a whole damn case. Rickey Henderson? Nope. Vern Ruhle. Reggie Jackson? Nope. Ruhle.
A couple of years ago, I bought some new Topps pack while standing in line in Wal-mart; and I won some redemption for a real vintage Topps card. I remember I was super excited; who would it be? Nolan Ryan maybe? Willie Mays? Maybe even a Mantle?
You know where this is going, right?
Maybe it is time to embrace my destiny, and become the #1 Vern Ruhle collector on PSA.