Billy Williams 2006 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts
For some strange reason, Billy Williams has not been included in any new releases for the last few years.
What that means is that I have to go back, go back to when Upper Deck was still in the game. Hopefully I can continue to find ‘new’ cards for my collection that honors him – luckily I found this one.
This card comes from the 2006 Upper Deck SP baseball card set. It seems like UD enjoyed putting Williams in their modern sets as he has a lot more cards issued by them than by Topps over the last ten years.
As for the card, it looks great – bold coloring, and a very sweet nameplate!!
And the picture used of the ‘Sweet Swinger’ is pretty sharp as well!!!
I’m always complaining that there aren’t any new Ron Santo cards but I noticed the same thing about Billy. It seems to be all about Ernie and Ryno lately. And of course Andre (which you’re more than alright with). I like 2006 Legendary Cuts too. I have a complete base set and some of the short prints (Santo is one of them) and inserts.
Hackenbush- You’re spot on with this one. I would love more Santo and Williams and a lot less Sandberg. It should also be noted that Fergie Jenkins is not on any 2012 checklists yet…