100 Days of Barry Larkin

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Day 4: 1987 Donruss Opening Day. A junk wax gimmick that still continues today, Opening Day has spread to Topps and other brands. But the crimson border looked great, rather than just a foil stamp.
Edit: it was brought to my attention that Topps ended their opening day set in 2022! I'm certain it'll come back as an insert somehow.



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[Bigdaddy]

Will be looking forward to updates to your thread. Being a Reds fan, Barry was my favorite active player for much of his career.

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Will be looking forward to updates to your thread. Being a Reds fan, Barry was my favorite active player for much of his career.

glad this is bringing you an ounce of joy! that's better than crickets chirping.

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[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by todeen

glad this is bringing you an ounce of joy! that's better than crackers chirping.

Cracker Jack chomping while watching Barry Larkin add to his stolen base total might give you more than just an ounce!



Incidentally, what do you think of Elly De La Cruz? Could he join the pantheon of legendary base stealers?

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Originally Posted by Balticfox

Cracker Jack chomping while watching Barry Larkin add to his stolen base total might give you more than just an ounce!







Incidentally, what do you think of Elly De La Cruz? Could he join the pantheon of legendary base stealers?

I think Elly has lots of potential. He's being compared to Eric Davis, potentially the most exciting player in decades. I like him. Joey Votto was good, but he didn't inspire people like Elly does. Elly is already better than Billy Hamilton. Elly can get on base at a higher clip than Billy. His K/9 ratio will hopefully drop with more experience, and he'll get more walks, giving him more opportunities to run. I think it'll be 3 years before he's in MVP form.

I think people are going to hold him to unrealistic expectations. Multiple MVP and titles or it means nothing. They crucify his errors on the Reds fan pages. People point out that Larkin had some poor fielding percentages early in his career and turned out okay. But nobody wants to listen. Everyone recognizes that with Scott Boras as his agent he will not sign long term in Cincinnati. So they are getting anxiety that we could have a generational talent on our team and not win the WS . Like the Angels with Pujols, Trout, Ohtani. It's going to be a long 6 years hearing then complain about every little thing. They'll have to trade him of course before his contact is up. His return trade package will then of course be too little. More complaining. The signing of Tito Francona is very inspiring though.

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