Enrique "Kiki" Hernadez is a mortal man. One who plays baseball, and plays it well. He's not a superstar, and not likely to ever join their ranks. He's never been an All-Star, nor contended for a major award. However Kiki, above all others, has been blessed by the cardboard gods.
Early in his Topps portfolio, his cards were solid - not a bad one in the bunch, although nothing memorable. The powers that be clearly had their eyes on him, to see if he was truly worthy of cardboard greatness.
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2015 Topps Update #US117
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2016 Topps #435
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2017 Topps #685
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2018 Topps #680
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He was indeed worthy. In 2019 we began to see a run of sports card beauty that has been unmatched in the annals of the hobby:
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2019 Topps #117
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2020 Topps #135
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2021 Topps #465
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Even a team subset card of his proved to be fun and memorable!
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2021 Topps Update #US287
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The cardboard gods have shown their favor to Mr. Hernandez yet again this year:
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2022 Topps #90
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Wow. Just wow. This is the best one yet.
I ask you, has any player received such a stretch of great cards? Not even the venerated Kirt Manwaring can hold a candle to Enrique Hernandez!