Card of the Day: Ray Lewis 2009 Upper Deck #20

Card of the Day: Ray Lankford 1995 Upper Deck SP #104

Card of the Day: Ray Sadecki 1964 Topps #147

Card of the Day: Ray Kroc 1978 San Diego Padres Family Fun Centers

Card of the Day: Ray Poole 1951 Bowman #93

Card of the Day: Robbie Ray 2009 Upper Deck USA Baseball Red Ink Auto

“Pin-Up” of the Week: Ray Finkle (Fictitious Jersey Collection) Pin

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is one of my favorite movies.  It centers around the Miami Dolphins mascot Snowflake getting kidnapped.  They go on to hire Ace Ventura (Jim Carrey) to help find him.  I won’t spoil the movie for those who haven’t seen it, but I will say that Ray Finkle is the villain.  Lots of athletes make appearances like Dan Marino, Don Shula, and Randall “Tex” Cobb.  Jim Carrey even gets into a fist fight with the Eagles mascot Swoop.  Its 90 minutes of sophomoric humor with an endless amount of hilarious quotes.

Merchandise based on fictitious characters is really cool.  Especially when that character has next to nothing to collect.  Patti Lapel is a company that makes pins inspired by popular people, places, and things in pop-culture.  Its a blast browsing through their inventory because you literally have no clue what might be coming next.  Their Fictitious Jersey Collection is made up of five different pins – Clark Griswold (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation), Ray Finkle (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), Bill Murray (Space Jam), Tim Riggins (Friday Night Lights), and Bel-Air Academy (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).  I’m glad they didn’t slap the name of the movie/show on these pins.  Designing them to look like the real thing is way better.

Card of the Day: Ray Burris 1975 Topps Mini #566

Card of the Day: Ray Nitschke 1963 Topps #96

Card of the Day: Ray Lankford 1997 Fleer #446