Something you don't see too often on a baseball card

I love getting boxes of cards in the mail.  No, not boxes of unopened packs, but a nice 200 count box of singles from various sets.  Sometimes, the possibilities can go on for days at a time.

I received one such box today from reader Greg A., who sent me a load of cards from a couple of sets I'm working on, along with a bunch of Blue Jays (of course!!).

But leafing through the cards for a 2nd time, this particular card of Pat Borders caught my eye, because there is a lot of something that you don't usually see on a baseball card.

Blood.

I had to magnify this card for you to give you an idea of just how much blood is on the card.  The towel has a fair bit of blood on it, but look at Borders' neck and jaw, a nice stream of blood running down.  I would have to say that this is a result of taking a batters back swing right in the side of the melon. 

I've always liked the 90's SP sets from Upper Deck, even though I own very little of them, and this card just gives me another reason to do so.  Love the expression of pain on Borders' face; he was a tough son of a gun during his playing days. 

I've seen hockey cards and football cards with blood on them, but baseball cards?  Anyone out there have a baseball card with blood on it?  Would love to see them in posts out there in the blogosphere...

Thanks for reading, Robert