[djohn]

I would've gone to the Rays games this weekend if I had known Ortiz was so close to hitting #500. It would've been awesome to be there in person.
Funny how for some players the lead-up to a significant homerun is all over the media and others there is no lead-up and even once he hits the HR there is little talk about it. Maybe with so many players getting to 600 HRs the 500 HR mark isn't such a big deal to the media anymore.

[pjrussell529]

The Five Star kinda speaks for itself.


Only 2 autos I have for now but I do own a nice patch and Papis Ultra RC

[Kingofallmarks]

Here is my only PC card of the big boy...

OMG, that's amazing. Congrats

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I have a couple of nice autos but unfortunately my phone and only source of internet doesn't like to get along with photobucket.

[zeprock]

Dear Red Sox Fans,

You're welcome!

Sincerely,

Minnesota Twins fans

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

No autos but I found this 1997 card in a box of commons once and paid 10 cents for it.

[DrMitchJ]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
No autos but I found this 1997 card in a box of commons once and paid 10 cents for it.

David Arias? I don't remember ... Was that an error or an alias or a name change to Ortiz? If he hit any HRs under another name, do they count for his current total?

[zeprock]

David Arias? I don't remember ... Was that an error or an alias or a name change to Ortiz? If he hit any HRs under another name, do they count for his current total?

He was born David Américo Ortiz Arias and signed with Seattle before being dealt to the Twins for Dave Hollins. Once he got to Minnesota, he informed the organization that he wanted to go by Ortiz. The name Arias on that card probably accounts for why it was in a box of commons.

[djohn]

The name Arias on that card probably accounts for why it was in a box of commons.

The name had something to do with it but moreso the fact that he wasn't a huge name star rookie and didn't make an impact for several years led to this card littering commons bins. I remember back in the mid-2000s when he started hitting 30-40 homers a season and people started looking through the common bins for this card. I actually found one in my own box of 1997 Fleer commons. There are probably quite a few of these cards sitting in boxes of commons that people haven't touched in over a decade. The same holds true for his 1997 Ultra rookie.