Ichiro

It's not exactly breaking news that Ichiro announced his retirement on Thursday following the Mariners game against the Athletics at the Tokyo Dome that night.  I've done a couple posts dedicated to Ichiro in the past - one when he got his 3000th hit in MLB and another when he "retired" last May - and I've shown a lot of his cards over the years.  I thought I'd do a quick post showing cards of Ichiro that I'm pretty sure I've never used on the blog before.

1995 BBM Orix Team Set I #26

1996 Takara BlueWave #51

1998 BBM Diamond Heroes #158

1999 BBM #572

1999 BBM "Dream Team" insert #D8

1999 BBM Diamond Heroes #180

2000 BBM Diamond Heroes "90's Franchise Player" insert #F6

2000 Epoch Pro Baseball Sticker #042

2000 Konami Field Of 9 #FON00T-257

2006 Upper Deck Special F/X "WBC Counterparts" insert #CP3

2009 Bowman Draft Picks "WBC" insert #BDPW1

It's probably not obvious from the scans but the 1999 BBM "Dream Team" insert is die-cut while the 2000 BBM Diamond Heroes "90's Franchise Player" card is on transparent plastic.