You got some splaining to do!

I picked up this 2014 Topps Museum Primary Pieces quad relic featuring Rickie Weeks on a whim.  I'll be honest as a Brewers fan I'm torn on Rickie.  Rickie had been very dependable at second for quite a few years now. Of course last year wasn't all that hot and then his season ended early due to injury.  There were quite a few rumors running around before the season that Rickie was going to get traded.   But he's still here and sharing second base duties with Scooter Gennett.  While looking over the auctions on ebay for some Brewers Museum Collection cards I couldn't pass up picking up this awesome card for under $3.00.  All told with shipping I add a beautiful card to my Brewers team collection for right around a five spot and I'll take that any day.  How much longer will Rickie be a Brewer?  Will he rebound and have a stand out season?  Who knows.

The lines on the card are from the penny sleeve.

Hey Rickie!!

Ah Rickie Weeks. Like a flag in the breeze, sometimes Rickie is red hot and other times not so much.  And the fact that Rickie took the rest of this year off doesn't lend much to his collectability, but when you can pick up an early auto card of one of your team's franchise players for cheap, well that's not a bad thing. 

Rickie became a fixture on the Milwaukee diamond in 2005 and while some years are better than others, especially this year, he's still one of my favorites.  Rickie signed a 38 million dollar extension in 2011, so it looks like he'll be with the team at least one more year, maybe, there are are always rumors. Rickie also has the unfortunate distinction of leading the league with the most errors of all second baseman for a couple years in a row and even was ranked as the worst starting second baseman in the majors in 2009, ouch. 

Poor Rickie, I'm hoping he comes roaring back from injury next year, it would be nice. But in the mean time I really wanted to add a nice auto to my collection, since I didn't own any and I never got Rickie to sign anything for me at Spring Training or TTM. 

2004 Fleer Platinum Rickie Weeks Inscribed autograph card I-RW #d 036/200

I really like the look of the autographs from this set. So much better than those clear auto stickers they use now. There's also at least one other Brewer auto in this set and it's fairly cheap as well and that's Scott Podsednik.