Joey Bart is On His Way

Well back in my day, folks, we (mostly) didn't have prospect cards. In the 1970s, minor league ballplayers would get occasional representation within team sets that might be sponsored by the local Piggly Wiggly or the Circle K, but the now-ubiquitous batch of cards being created for nonentities and potential breakthroughs really just weren't being made. 

Once a player is drafted now, however, he's going to be documented six ways from Sunday on a variety of cards across a variety of brands. There's this kid Joey Bart you may have heard of. He's the heir apparent to Buster Posey at the catcher position for the San Francisco Giants baseball club. He's been a bit of a hitting monster at every level he's played thus far, and there's an outside chance he makes the 26-man roster on the big club this year - that is, if we get to play a season. (Those of you reading this post months/years from now need to think about what was going on globally in late March 2020, and then you'll understand the context).

I've decided to get in on the ground floor of Bart-mania before it happens. These are the first two cards I've got of his, with a really big batch of others now on the way from COMC. I'll post a few of those once I get them. Of course, Bart may never make the bigs; he may flame out as a third-string catcher; he may be in the Hall of Fame thirty years from now. I've never seen him play so much as an inning, so I'm just speculating on the guy, as so many have speculated on player cards before me. 

The 2019 Bowman card is something I found online, on eBay I believe, for not much money. There are many alternate versions of this card available to the buyer, and some of them are steaming their way toward me now. The 2020 Topps Heritage "Fresh on the Scene" card is very new, and I pulled it from a pack that came in a 2020 Heritage Hobby Box. The one prospect I cared to get, and I got 'em.