2018 National Paid Signer - Dwight Evans

I continued on with my 1987 Topps theme when I bought a voucher to meet Dwight Evans.  He has two cards in the 1987 set, but my good friend, Gerard, hooked me up with one.

Evans also was cool enough to do a selfie with me, which was nice!

Evans (b. 1951) played in the majors from 1972 to 1991 for the Red Sox and Orioles.  He had 2,446 hits, 385 home runs and a .272 batting average.  He was a three-time All Star (1978, 1981 and 1987) and an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner (1975, 1978, 1979, 1981 to 1985).  His best finish in the AL MVP voting was third in 1981.

Surprisingly, Evans only appeared on three Hall of Fame ballots between 1997 and 1999.  He only received a maximum of 10.4% of the vote in those three years.  He may not be a Hall of Famer, but surely, he should have received more of a look.

Some New Signed 1987 Topps For The Set

Recently, I added a ton of 1987 Topps to my collection.  The above Larry Parrish was a purchase from PastPros from their leftovers  from the recent signing in Montreal.  My good friend, Jacob, tried to get Parrish for me, but he wasn't able to.

These three came from blog reader, Ray.  He saw that I was working on the set and was kind enough to send along these three that I needed.

I took some 50/50s for a guy named John on Instagram, and he sent these three that I needed.

Finally, my amazing friend, Gerard, sent me these 8 cards for my set.  The Dwight Evans was the biggest surprise.  I was planning on getting two vouchers for him at this year's National, but now I only will need one!

Thank you so much for the cards, guys!  I now have 223 signed 1987 Topps out of the 792 card set.  I'm a lot farther along than I thought I would be, so I feel like I am doing really well with it!