A Big Piece of White Fabric with a Picture Beside It

I was hoping to get a bunch of posts written today (I am writing this on Saturday, January 23rd), but my kids have been jerks all day and I've had it up to my eyeballs with their crap. That makes it hard to get through writing anything at all. They all need some more sleep, but we can't let them nap right now because if we do they'll be up all night, so we just have to grit our teeth and ride it out. It doesn't help that this card is not particularly interesting. It is a pretty rare card with a big piece of fabric, but to be honest it's not very exciting. It's a 2013 Topps Five Star Jumbo Jersey Relic card of R.A. Dickey. There are a ton of parallels to this card and this is the Orange version, numbered # 08 / 15. I got it pretty cheaply on eBay.

I do wonder how much longer Dickey will stay in the game. His numbers are decent enough, but you have to think that at some point younger arms with more potential might start to crowd him out. He has a good floor, but scouts and teams are often more interested in a player's ceiling than their floor. I haven't heard any retirement buzz or anything like that. I just know the day is coming and I need to figure out what I will do with my collecting when it happens. Hakeem Olajuwon retired well over a decade ago and I still haven't found a decent replacement among active players. But Hakeem is a Legend, so he still gets cards issued every year. Dickey probably won't get many cards once he retires. I hope he keeps pitching for a few years, so I can push that problem off for a while.