My addeled brain

 

I don't know how many card collectors can relate to this, but I'm writing about just one collector here.

 

I pretty much wrapped up my second straight Beckett Vintage article this past weekend. I sent the images today and will give one more read before sending the article. I basically wrote two magazine stories back-to-back, and let me tell you, they always take more time than I realize. I took the entire afternoon Sunday to finish up the first half I had written Saturday. Good thing it was so hot out that I wanted to stay inside.

 

The magazine stuff takes me away from my hobby, which is ironic. I've got a lot of incoming cards that I can't get to -- so I do weird things that only make sense to me:

 

When I receive cards from someone I separate them, cards I need and cards I have. Because there's limited room on the card desk (because all the incoming cards), I usually put the cards in one stack but the ones I own already, I flip them over. 

 

But then I go and do things that are fine if you're 30 but just too much for my addeled brain now. I collect sets twice. I collect the main set and I also collect the team set. So I need two cards for each Dodgers player. A few bloggers can relate to this but I wonder how many regular collectors can, especially those just picking up singles here and there. And I'm also now wondering if maybe I should transition to that kind of collecting. The older I get the more daunting it seems to have to keep tabs on so much.

 

So this is where a package from Jeremy of Topps Cards Never Were comes in. He sent me a bunch of 2025 Heritage and Dodgers. And then I let it sit for a couple weeks, which is super dangerous for my addeled brain. I looked at the cards today and I really had no idea if I still needed some of them. Heritage has been arriving fast and furious and it's tough to keep up.

 

Do I need these, do I not? I still haven't sorted things out. I'm sure the inserts were needed. Since the top-row Dodgers were grouped with the inserts, I'm assuming I marked those as needed, too, but I swear I've seen that Flaherty card come through the house at least four or five times already.

 

These Dodgers were separated from the other Dodgers. Why? Do I not need them? Honestly, it's like I'm two people. I'll sort it out, but first I have cards to post!

 

 

These are both chrome cards. Certain that I need both.

 

 

I think I need these Heritage cards, too, but I have to go through my Heritage stacks to know for sure.

 

 

OK, I do know that I needed all these -- they're all SP's!!!!! Nothing makes me happier than knocking Heritage SP's off my list, especially when someone got it done for me. Thanks, Jeremy!

 

I thought there was more 2025 Heritage to show but I don't see any other uploaded images. Like I said, addeled brain!

 

 

Let's move on to regular 2025 flagship. I haven't done much with getting the base Series 2 Dodgers, so a couple of these help. The rest are part of the 87 different silver parallels Topps put in the set this year.

 

I was at Target a few days ago and checked the card aisle. It was filled with 2025 Series 2. Packed. But it was all the expensive boxes, the $39.99 things and the $49.99 things. I left without anything. I don't like 2025 Topps nearly that much.

  

Some 2025 Dodgers inserts -- hey, there's that great Nomo card again!

 

 

And a couple Archives cards appropriate for tonight's Home Run Derby -- last year's winner (black border version) and, hopefully, this year's winner ... OK, I really don't care who the winner of HR Derby is. I think you know that (Scratch that, Ohtani's not in the Derby).

 

My first Hyeseong Kim card, I believe. Those players really look weird with the double oven mitts, it's like something happened to their hands and the hospital put them in casts.

 

Some other Dodgers stuff. Fancy. I don't quite know where to file those Sandy Koufax cards. They don't make sense in my non-player-focused collection, but I'll figure it out ... eventually.

 

OK, that's it. I've got some sorting to do, and it will be a relief finally figuring out what I need and what I don't for good.

 

Take a load off, brain ... until the next 2025 Heritage package arrives.