Andy LaRoche

Who: Third Baseman Andy LaRoche

Team: Pittsburgh Pirates

Card: 2009 Topps Heritage

Acquired: TTM 1/1 7/22/2009 (20 days)

Comments: This return was waiting for me in my mailbox the day that Andy's brother, Adam, was traded to the Red Sox. Kinda crazy. I've been meaning to mail a card to him too.

Not the greatest of signatures from Andy here, but beggers can't be choosers. I'll take it. These '09 Topps Heritage cards are great, but Andy's head shot falls a little short of expectations. What's up with the people's legs and that equipment behind Andy? Looks like Topps did some work to darken up the background to allow Andy to stand out, but it's still really busy back there. The "in-game" photo on the left is great. Ah well.