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Thanks for the comments and encouragement. I still haven't found any new cards to purchase since my pack of Opening Day back in the spring so this thread has given me another avenue to enjoy my collection. It's been fun going through my boxes and binders picking out cards to scan and display in this thread and the cards invoke memories, as they should, which I enjoy sharing. Are some of you still unable to see the images or has that rectified itself?

Just as I can't understand why Fred McGriff isn't in the Hall, I felt the same way about Bert Blyleven. It took forever for him to be elected. He was 13 wins short of 300 for his career spent mostly with bad to mediocre teams. He had 3701 strikeouts, good for third place all-time when he retired plus 60 shutouts. I doubt if any current pitcher will ever amass those numbers. He did win two World Championship rings over his 22 year MLB career. He was born in the Netherlands and was known as the "Frying Dutchman" due to his affinity for setting fire to his teammate's shoelaces. I currently have 201 different Beckett recognized cards of Bert. Here are nine from my collection including a couple of rookie cards, an autograph, a game used, a short print, an insert and some parallels.

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1971 O-Pee-Chee #26 Bert Blyleven RC (The front looks the same as the Topps rookie so I'm showing you the very different back of this Canadian issue.)
1971 Topps #26 Bert Blyleven RC
1972 Topps #515 Bert Blyleven

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1975 Topps Mini #30 Bert Blyleven
2000 Greats of the Game Autographs #7 Bert Blyleven
2004 Leaf Certified Materials Fabric of the Game #153 Bert Blyleven Jsy/100

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2011 Topps #570B Bert Blyleven SP
2011 Topps Update Diamond Anniversary #US58B Bert Blyleven SP
2013 Panini Cooperstown International Play #2 Bert Blyleven