Who is this? Pirates third baseman Yurendell De Caster.
What is this? An autograph card from 2006 '52 Topps Rookie Card, card number 52S-YD
Where'd I get it? That same eBay guy with all the penny cards.
How much did it cost? One one thousandth of a ten dollar bill.
Why is this so special? Ok, so I probably overpaid for this one. Yurendell's entire major league career to date consists of two at bats in three games for two strikeouts. The Curacao native has played for the Dutch national team (including the 2007 European Championship gold medal winners) so we might see him again in the 2009 WBC. We won't see him with Pittsburgh because he's with the Nationals organization now, stuck in Triple-A Columbus. His realative anonymity still didn't keep some goober from videoing him looking over the DVD rack in Wal-Mart. Yurendell has an elegant minimalist signature on this card. I don't mind someone signing their name as Y d Ct when their name is 17 letters long and he's given a space smaller than the cap on a Sharpie to sign.
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