I Spent $8 on a Milt Thompson Card

You be reading the title of this post and be thinking who is Milt Thompson and why would someone who is not related to him spend $8 for his baseball card. Thompson was drafted in the 1979 second round by the Braves and go on to play in the Majors from 1984-1996.  He was more of a pitch hitter/fourth outfielder type of player, but during the late 80s and early 90s he was somewhat of a regular for the Phillies and Cardinals.  He played for the Cardinals from 1989-1992 on some very bad teams, thus the increase in playing time. 

Just like every other player during that time period, Thompson had plenty of cards being overproduced by the 5 major companies.  Leaf entered into the mix in 1990 with a brand that was somewhat of a premium.

 Wow, look how sweet is that.  But did I really spend $8 for this card?  Of course not.  I spent $8 for this card.

This is a 2012 Leaf Memories Gold Buyback card numbered 3/5.  A nicer card than the first one, but still really $8 ?  Lets turn the card over.

In case you do not recognize him, that is Ray Lankford pictured on the back.  The same Ray Lankford I player collect.  I know this may seem like a stretch for a player card or it may even be considered a cameo, but both Becket and Trading Card Database list it as a Lankford card so I had no problem overpaying for it.  This was the 3rd Lankford I crossed off my wanlist in 2016 when it arrived last week from EBAY.  I think I will set my 2017 goal to the same number of new Lankford cards this year unless he happens to be in a new release.  I would be shocked if that happens since he had an autograph in 2012 Topps Archives, but I can always dream.