2024 Card-vent Calendar: December 10

December 10, 2024:

1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice #111 Luis Gonzalez

I think this is one of those instances where the makers of the Card-vent Calendar (sold at Walgreens, CVS, Piggly Wiggly, and a bunch of regional drugstores and supermarkets you've never heard of) intended this to be a back-of-the-card showcase.

Rumor has that Luis's cousin Walter died of a broken neck trying to, well... you know.  A spring training workout is no place for any such attempt, but Luis was always known for his superior body control, so he probably knew when to go for it and when to take his foot off the accelerator.  The human spine is not something to mess around with.

"Balls resting on his lips."

"Wow, he really made it."

"Yeah, but at what price?"