tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27000491030809209942024-03-19T08:55:23.665-04:00Night Owl CardsUp all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collectingnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-40912644221759094822024-03-18T19:16:00.005-04:002024-03-18T21:47:32.703-04:00Santa Rod pays a visit<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Vw5s4AyiU6TKet81Fc5laaG3ifWT3Qej0-l4HfC-d1-HIdwOuoOHAL7d9wF-zePjshyArq76QKt-49RVP8Bl5_xCBpJUIwsFuwFPUPPbF1xkYvGC97NM8-scDZ_PhIHuNAiCYIimRauYL6gC4qsHIViIXQEE72BInSRuFBxWLQN2GyZM6kAz6bhyphenhyphenMs4/s1533/rod-lopes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Vw5s4AyiU6TKet81Fc5laaG3ifWT3Qej0-l4HfC-d1-HIdwOuoOHAL7d9wF-zePjshyArq76QKt-49RVP8Bl5_xCBpJUIwsFuwFPUPPbF1xkYvGC97NM8-scDZ_PhIHuNAiCYIimRauYL6gC4qsHIViIXQEE72BInSRuFBxWLQN2GyZM6kAz6bhyphenhyphenMs4/w450-h640/rod-lopes.jpg" width="450" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">If you visited my card room -- and I still plan to do some sort of blog tour of it someday -- you would note that one blogger has a notable physical presence in the room without actually being there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's Rod of <a href="https://padrographs.blogspot.com/">Padrographs</a>. He has sent me so much quality stuff over the years. I don't just display anything in a spot where I can see it every day but Rod manages to find things that I don't mind seeing every day. Two of the posters on my card room walls -- the Ron Cey/penguins Nike poster and the owls poster -- are both from Rod. There's a Sandy Koufax children's book on display high on a shelf. That's from Rod, too. And, of course, the Ron Cey-signed birthday card greeting that Rod engineered is in full view as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The cards in my card room are mostly stored neatly in binders or in boxes, not visible unless you open them. But if you did -- and I do -- you'd see Rod's contributions there, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The number of cards from Rod in my collection grew recently because he sent me a whole bunch of them from the 21 blasters of different card product that he received for Christmas. After opening them on his blog, he distributed a lot of them to fellow bloggers. I got a whole bunch of Dodgers. But I also got a whole bunch of a couple of other teams, good for future trades. I also received a super-healthy stack of Orioles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcXRCxFyBfUSUfKEgBJpo8SSZTvHjvdRpyQs8vCBy3NfUkQJJrjrP4olkmhnmWwomnLoI9T_OHDFQun-t7sC0902wcIe0qNN34XPlmogeNCjudGHT1OTBJERGyl9aVop353tMkBnIUMXGRjt8CcqozpNU6SbK9Aq6z6bV3hqXbcsL8AJEYo4ZTlvZHoI/s1305/rod-stack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1305" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcXRCxFyBfUSUfKEgBJpo8SSZTvHjvdRpyQs8vCBy3NfUkQJJrjrP4olkmhnmWwomnLoI9T_OHDFQun-t7sC0902wcIe0qNN34XPlmogeNCjudGHT1OTBJERGyl9aVop353tMkBnIUMXGRjt8CcqozpNU6SbK9Aq6z6bV3hqXbcsL8AJEYo4ZTlvZHoI/w530-h640/rod-stack.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These came in team bags that were labeled for my nephew, who I've mentioned is an Orioles fan, like his dad. That's real nice of Rod. I selected just a few of the cards to send to my nephew -- he's going to be graduating soon and heading to college and I'm sure he doesn't need a bunch of cards weighing him down. It's generally known that attending college and collecting cards don't mix.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So there will definitely be some extras, but let's move on to the stuff I will definitely be keeping.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5jFF6U8cQaDRym-maR24BNmyOySzir3dIppVdNDLC1s40tG12P2-EEd_9j75gRkBXvvDMjlheJJJ58xJqJlnX8QI2f9glmUbGjW8HJ5GAqxs8xsNlhDF5KYdd7n2kiyETUNAWfJSDgspdGiGUAf_zTT_56VsfHOHYdYJtmlS_dBhcr_3E1X0_R9apfg/s1452/rod-23Hh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5jFF6U8cQaDRym-maR24BNmyOySzir3dIppVdNDLC1s40tG12P2-EEd_9j75gRkBXvvDMjlheJJJ58xJqJlnX8QI2f9glmUbGjW8HJ5GAqxs8xsNlhDF5KYdd7n2kiyETUNAWfJSDgspdGiGUAf_zTT_56VsfHOHYdYJtmlS_dBhcr_3E1X0_R9apfg/s16000/rod-23Hh.jpg" /></a></div><br />Rod opened some 2023 Topps Heritage High Numbers and he emailed me when he pulled the Davey Lopes insert, which you saw at the start. That card I needed. These cards I all have, but as I mentioned before, I'm trying to get to 660 total Heritage cards with the high numbers cards and these will come in handy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqtdK23io2A2X1XgVRVJbAxjF_U1pQRsYauVjHS2uOcMlUKcyUPMsN_-z3fTYzC6QWuY1wQbxNllBKGcNygZtfqH6yAwxuanIzzMlYJ0rR1kKrcdrxTtPUt1SJfiT5jYARWVHzaXJ5tEPvPht6CKtAUGlT0Yu2z388SB8d5QmQy740fgpJqADdUwLIGs/s1516/rod-buehlergq.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqtdK23io2A2X1XgVRVJbAxjF_U1pQRsYauVjHS2uOcMlUKcyUPMsN_-z3fTYzC6QWuY1wQbxNllBKGcNygZtfqH6yAwxuanIzzMlYJ0rR1kKrcdrxTtPUt1SJfiT5jYARWVHzaXJ5tEPvPht6CKtAUGlT0Yu2z388SB8d5QmQy740fgpJqADdUwLIGs/w456-h640/rod-buehlergq.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb3-tvL6pBF6OGLIRfrTcXL2Sbh_3_WxJrbLboOToGMpy8FvbZEWNUSkR03Q7vJacyiJCmTWkAZVXaAtH5m7-6FTya8GAivzjU3Oi5DORocbGLFX0-amXlkSRt9_jALstqX5kQ3O7bAz19e2YazNN36HGeuons8kvlxdqKLLu4F5sY9xM7jVOJ1onFQU/s1543/rod-freeman-pink.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkb3-tvL6pBF6OGLIRfrTcXL2Sbh_3_WxJrbLboOToGMpy8FvbZEWNUSkR03Q7vJacyiJCmTWkAZVXaAtH5m7-6FTya8GAivzjU3Oi5DORocbGLFX0-amXlkSRt9_jALstqX5kQ3O7bAz19e2YazNN36HGeuons8kvlxdqKLLu4F5sY9xM7jVOJ1onFQU/w448-h640/rod-freeman-pink.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBBCejv3n6ghBGqmVMkAWmG3tSgP24o7xSj5RpfKQrIRyxZNulmAs1VPB4TBPtisye4Azh33DqX88ZPZd-FlDJ-_DU_nhySGpMRNIlKkYE_AYG3ILXypw_MjgA5uFMTmNYtgyJ6hryOcV3Vgt5TFsrdXSmcLH71ozD2-wD1qS_lhEOz2UwFqVxrYhE_I/s1499/rod-gonsolin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBBCejv3n6ghBGqmVMkAWmG3tSgP24o7xSj5RpfKQrIRyxZNulmAs1VPB4TBPtisye4Azh33DqX88ZPZd-FlDJ-_DU_nhySGpMRNIlKkYE_AYG3ILXypw_MjgA5uFMTmNYtgyJ6hryOcV3Vgt5TFsrdXSmcLH71ozD2-wD1qS_lhEOz2UwFqVxrYhE_I/w462-h640/rod-gonsolin.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F54sLT00X3wl0f1QTjme2h3K1kiTbaj8mDkW-KK2jqwDloo5e-oQonrsrxtavTWVY_JYf8yuo-VhzUGCLxlVgKxl-Zutw5RDDtdgMVBVqjMnevXSpNZ7efnzhNWS2Wo3cdX7UIqGic2xKCg3Yhmt6va3zuvAIMbJ1bSucLDVTttmT2mgU05kwDXWPFQ/s1521/rod-robinson-bigleague.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4F54sLT00X3wl0f1QTjme2h3K1kiTbaj8mDkW-KK2jqwDloo5e-oQonrsrxtavTWVY_JYf8yuo-VhzUGCLxlVgKxl-Zutw5RDDtdgMVBVqjMnevXSpNZ7efnzhNWS2Wo3cdX7UIqGic2xKCg3Yhmt6va3zuvAIMbJ1bSucLDVTttmT2mgU05kwDXWPFQ/w454-h640/rod-robinson-bigleague.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8c_LaZtW6ZdlIKxh4NlqLmu6apPS6GyoapsQnEIrTagNyQ7EmYOvjKWOiKG8S7C4z80chRloBjL8rRMJQEFgqgWsTs3p_GpkLF8DiYoiovhlPXKP9r0XABj178BH9dFjEi3Q1X0Ixydzkv2ARLE0h50aZZ9N3Dg6F9w1v52F7KEO4lDJ_jjUFDfhm_UQ/s1080/rod-shinydodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1080" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8c_LaZtW6ZdlIKxh4NlqLmu6apPS6GyoapsQnEIrTagNyQ7EmYOvjKWOiKG8S7C4z80chRloBjL8rRMJQEFgqgWsTs3p_GpkLF8DiYoiovhlPXKP9r0XABj178BH9dFjEi3Q1X0Ixydzkv2ARLE0h50aZZ9N3Dg6F9w1v52F7KEO4lDJ_jjUFDfhm_UQ/w640-h594/rod-shinydodgers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Ah, what would modern collecting life be without parallels and inserts? I may be able to rid myself of a Bowman prospects Dodger cards but it's going to be a good while before I do the same with stuff like this. The Walker Buehler Gypsy Queen "gypsy head" parallel could not be more dumb -- like all GQ parallels -- yet I enjoyed the hell out of receiving it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lHpN3bETQrzal9Pf3ppT6rPvKxKYiKuzth-yfEHS84iIyWlx9BWiDW_8B0KlFldFXPuAewQbRCGOtqExcJhyphenhyphenuqjTESiO9DQ2-c0_4lX8zNmOTkCw5Z5F7fJ55j7syT8OC1u3BGd5aprSCbB5_L2_IP1ISfMMEQC21fLofnJG2cV2xsHioWqxfpuadCw/s1080/rod-boxexclusives.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1080" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lHpN3bETQrzal9Pf3ppT6rPvKxKYiKuzth-yfEHS84iIyWlx9BWiDW_8B0KlFldFXPuAewQbRCGOtqExcJhyphenhyphenuqjTESiO9DQ2-c0_4lX8zNmOTkCw5Z5F7fJ55j7syT8OC1u3BGd5aprSCbB5_L2_IP1ISfMMEQC21fLofnJG2cV2xsHioWqxfpuadCw/w640-h470/rod-boxexclusives.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These are exclusives from some multi-pack special box Topps is putting out on store shelves. I can't tell you more than that. I remarked that they look like something out of National Baseball Card Day sets, and they do. But I didn't know they're thicker than your average card, which isn't something a binder-user wants to hear.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-k1r2sXPx0xTCP4FxXUOUX1WVdpHhO7K4bK2y_b8ZKk_p1kpzWmh8K4S8HOTdSIaZQnhAl6AVsRLNQUWAf8aePDLDL9hUY-R5KkMq2SEUeCQo1jjxnKbW02WNJGqpV-FO_q7Z-ONKDyWaBn1SsxD2Jl4fun2l2_YtWiyiC5ghll6U8X30SozlPXHeSM/s1173/rod-stadiumclubchrome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1173" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-k1r2sXPx0xTCP4FxXUOUX1WVdpHhO7K4bK2y_b8ZKk_p1kpzWmh8K4S8HOTdSIaZQnhAl6AVsRLNQUWAf8aePDLDL9hUY-R5KkMq2SEUeCQo1jjxnKbW02WNJGqpV-FO_q7Z-ONKDyWaBn1SsxD2Jl4fun2l2_YtWiyiC5ghll6U8X30SozlPXHeSM/w590-h640/rod-stadiumclubchrome.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More parallels of the Stadium Club kind! ... Or they're from the Chrome set. Who knows! I don't! Let's make it confusing as hell for collectors so the older ones say dumb stuff like, "I miss when there was only one set to collect"! And I do! I do miss when there was only one set to collect! Thanks a lot Stadium Club Chrome or Stadium Club With Chrome Parallels, whichever one you are, for making me sound old and dumb!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLPSDYLJa9I2JTJpnYr-7obzITgLid8bpfUfyF8Z85Q0a0ylIaSkPlX0FHILR98KbCmc0te7gp5kdH1TReyCYrSVZ8s5m8c_zIE3fpbe3EZ9_8smKFw8gxwcEj3sZODSrm68a9s3REif8gX4OJGwd-6068w4-sLBu6p8AulnqDnGnBH6pEXT-s2m5jpU/s1080/rod-randoms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1080" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLPSDYLJa9I2JTJpnYr-7obzITgLid8bpfUfyF8Z85Q0a0ylIaSkPlX0FHILR98KbCmc0te7gp5kdH1TReyCYrSVZ8s5m8c_zIE3fpbe3EZ9_8smKFw8gxwcEj3sZODSrm68a9s3REif8gX4OJGwd-6068w4-sLBu6p8AulnqDnGnBH6pEXT-s2m5jpU/w640-h590/rod-randoms.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Some more random Dodger needs, including the final 2023 Bowman Platinum Dodger I needed. I sure do appreciate all the Mookie Betts cards in this package, please, everyone, don't hold back on the Mookies.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OIoYepxBJjGNXy6dRpeaJB_E5dXgPIa4OYmLQK7SS_ccFfii91QJ4bUBT2Z0CPL9BappSRQgwesa83NOMjv-jVVnkDaNILHk_Yl_qYr4JeNN5CcyhT-zvkt96JY0kvzezBcITClmpAYKeShLr7khB1k507hVbSJgoc0Acl7ma0KEaOkr0ktNTbowOCc/s1500/rod-instavision.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1500" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OIoYepxBJjGNXy6dRpeaJB_E5dXgPIa4OYmLQK7SS_ccFfii91QJ4bUBT2Z0CPL9BappSRQgwesa83NOMjv-jVVnkDaNILHk_Yl_qYr4JeNN5CcyhT-zvkt96JY0kvzezBcITClmpAYKeShLr7khB1k507hVbSJgoc0Acl7ma0KEaOkr0ktNTbowOCc/w640-h460/rod-instavision.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Like this. This is what you should be sending me. This is the first time I've seen one those Stadium Club Instavision inserts in person. These aren't easy to pull, or to buy. They're cool, but not quite as cool as I built up in my mind.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZwyN8oXRRP7ZOlALwxOQKlcuMQJqd9BO7LWX7l0FdN05htsc4khHXDJQ-WHO2DYPZn3XhSaTVegTbqOV4QWckh61-YR7yJMPc8cvqdilOAPl6bojoLh6AaR1oabeVB8bLTKTx8sTjEnJM-_f4aaB9mQpKUZvvyPWU9VG_vCP5pcgvqslw3c4V_Tj5fE/s1080/rod-minis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1080" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZwyN8oXRRP7ZOlALwxOQKlcuMQJqd9BO7LWX7l0FdN05htsc4khHXDJQ-WHO2DYPZn3XhSaTVegTbqOV4QWckh61-YR7yJMPc8cvqdilOAPl6bojoLh6AaR1oabeVB8bLTKTx8sTjEnJM-_f4aaB9mQpKUZvvyPWU9VG_vCP5pcgvqslw3c4V_Tj5fE/w640-h568/rod-minis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Rod also sent a handful of A&G minis. These two are the only ones that fit in the collection, one into the frankenset and one in the Dodgers minis binder. The others will go to others, speaking of which, I need a Phillies collector to trade with again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7on8YE3Oup1v_sqZw0VctCFiBqdyKExsgQWaardLX9T4sBje2T_vYOZgxTirMBYNnnAP-gggrjMbP6NBtkzzrjTiClsKuxPzICrBb9D4L9IfOi_icPqBZopbGjIUyT6foJm9ao2uf3gbMGuhMQ8k-W13bMAhYeVnQcBY-Z9gQr-MhDAr4sf1jU1Jqz2U/s1501/rod-worrell-circa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7on8YE3Oup1v_sqZw0VctCFiBqdyKExsgQWaardLX9T4sBje2T_vYOZgxTirMBYNnnAP-gggrjMbP6NBtkzzrjTiClsKuxPzICrBb9D4L9IfOi_icPqBZopbGjIUyT6foJm9ao2uf3gbMGuhMQ8k-W13bMAhYeVnQcBY-Z9gQr-MhDAr4sf1jU1Jqz2U/w460-h640/rod-worrell-circa.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There were just a few older cards in the box. This one actually completes the 1997 Circa Dodgers team set for me. How did Rod know that? Has he been snooping around TCDB?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KldUHO6CtP1QHxuXh8WbcbAHSsGIGLkKPLfiem_f9yYHyorky3wyRpJyyWOVjlC7zQb7RUjXLbas_ujt5smV3nqyr7L6wymiWq7OrzDC2QF95nUjgvf18399lW1_4HFFDs41AP1gWhRYU1q5j7fVKhV46k9q3vlh6mci1FQrMYHNQn3XywH8ZxM7Pc/s1440/rod-59-60.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21KldUHO6CtP1QHxuXh8WbcbAHSsGIGLkKPLfiem_f9yYHyorky3wyRpJyyWOVjlC7zQb7RUjXLbas_ujt5smV3nqyr7L6wymiWq7OrzDC2QF95nUjgvf18399lW1_4HFFDs41AP1gWhRYU1q5j7fVKhV46k9q3vlh6mci1FQrMYHNQn3XywH8ZxM7Pc/s16000/rod-59-60.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Now we've got some old cards. Rod's sent me old-timey Fleer cards before, I really like them. That Williams is just my third card from the 1959 Ted Williams set. I don't see myself trying to complete that set, but you never know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyNw2hlnfkD_L6xU0di9eRYSlK-aINxaMQr5lvVz_UoUTFHqOaqXVz70khbETRqY0wJ_ken7FpwNrCtb5wygYN2kzVwCRbAPcvZGgutdi60nBPxOLMNRK55TNSwppRiWuW2T_sf5CNsfLChu9DREE5LoMhaGYo03uJlCBN8I5FJNr_gTPAw-JEhbP9pg/s1541/rod-project2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1541" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyNw2hlnfkD_L6xU0di9eRYSlK-aINxaMQr5lvVz_UoUTFHqOaqXVz70khbETRqY0wJ_ken7FpwNrCtb5wygYN2kzVwCRbAPcvZGgutdi60nBPxOLMNRK55TNSwppRiWuW2T_sf5CNsfLChu9DREE5LoMhaGYo03uJlCBN8I5FJNr_gTPAw-JEhbP9pg/w448-h640/rod-project2020.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of Ted, Rod has found a way to get another display in my card room. This is just my third or fourth Project 2020 card. Two of them are on display and I'll get this one a spot, too, seeing as he was my dad's favorite player.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There were a lot more cards -- A LOT MORE cards -- and those Dodgers dupes boxes need sorting again (gonna have to wait until next fall for that boys). So, you know, if you like Dodgers cards, <i>I'm definitely your guy</i>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Congrats again, Santa Rod, on finding your place in my card room.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-65467845566020096002024-03-16T11:42:00.003-04:002024-03-18T08:41:47.270-04:00C.A.: 2023 Topps Stadium Club Thurman Munson<div style="text-align: left;"><i> (I was in the middle of writing this post yesterday, beginning with how March is trying to kill me again, when a fire truck came down the street and knocked out our internet by pulling down the cable wire in front of our home that had been hanging low due to a giant tree limb that fell on it during a windstorm last weekend that I didn't get time to tend to because I had to have my vehicle windshield replaced due to an unrelated mishap and because of a doctor's visit that became a whole week-long thing because I'm old and because it's the busiest damn work week of the entire year as well. So, um, no post yesterday. But I'M STILL ALIVE, you piece of shit month ... <span style="font-size: x-small;">but still 15 days to go</span>. It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 335th in a series):</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK0Hz90RkxpsoST3i_QhRWuuBaJNkpe43L-mP2ij7KbMffeimXAFfN9Z_ZKSVGZV38w7K8kqfBGrNQwLrSMV7bzBVktDsGpavDOZsfFvGBxxw9WBqREaiSVyTWm3ElsEcrIdBGywTIvCgeEm7WIbvtKrcJAKu4KlvKXqzxO5hr0AROlimRb0n0go22gk/s1080/ca-munson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK0Hz90RkxpsoST3i_QhRWuuBaJNkpe43L-mP2ij7KbMffeimXAFfN9Z_ZKSVGZV38w7K8kqfBGrNQwLrSMV7bzBVktDsGpavDOZsfFvGBxxw9WBqREaiSVyTWm3ElsEcrIdBGywTIvCgeEm7WIbvtKrcJAKu4KlvKXqzxO5hr0AROlimRb0n0go22gk/w640-h456/ca-munson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I finally acquired this card from 2023 Stadium Club.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've seen it displayed several times since Stadium Club's release almost two months ago. It's one of those cards that's cool and I've thought about adding it to my Dodgers binders for obvious reasons but I probably won't.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I won't because it marks the first moment of major disappointment in my history of being a fan, an indication that maybe your team doesn't get the calls and maybe the Yankees always get the calls.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's probably not an accurate perception but it certainly was the feeling at the time. The 1977-78 World Series was filled with "whatever they need" moments for the Yankees and deflation and misfortune for the Dodgers. I was too young to stay up for Game 1 of the 1977 World Series (kids went to bed a lot earlier then), but I do remember hearing about this play afterward.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a controversial call. It happened in the top of the sixth inning with the Dodgers ahead 2-1. Steve Garvey, who had bunted his way on base, was trying to score with two outs on an opposite-field hit by Glenn Burke. Probably not the wisest send by third base coach Preston Gomez, but images show that Garvey was likely safe at home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">He was called out by umpire Nestor Chylak, who was completely out of position to make the call (I can only imagine the uproar today if an ump was caught wandering on a home-plate call). I love Tom Seaver's reaction to the play on the telecast, referring to Chylak: "He's up the line! <i>WHERE IS HE?</i>" Howard Cosell offers his approval, saying "That's telling it like it is."<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1OhrTTo1C0KDQ1FmNHKD8SwVxIsJb7f2iviEdvmnbRHhvz11YObHRmdjrqCOog-cWk8k98bnkrLVUyY8doI2JwcDJvSY2k-bqzt_7c29Z5HOExF8kMvSvxM4cLnh-N_dkPxfexBcb_u6z0f3GdkbBPsm7Gmi-JfZKEcnoL6RQwQorWvTGkk9PX5GZ04/s1434/screencap2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1434" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1OhrTTo1C0KDQ1FmNHKD8SwVxIsJb7f2iviEdvmnbRHhvz11YObHRmdjrqCOog-cWk8k98bnkrLVUyY8doI2JwcDJvSY2k-bqzt_7c29Z5HOExF8kMvSvxM4cLnh-N_dkPxfexBcb_u6z0f3GdkbBPsm7Gmi-JfZKEcnoL6RQwQorWvTGkk9PX5GZ04/w640-h384/screencap2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />This blurry screen capture shows that it might be tough for Thurman Munson to reach Steve Garvey before Garvey reaches the plate. It also shows Chylak preparing to make his call after a trip to the concession stand.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Garvey maintained after the game that Munson tagged him on the leg, on the calf or above, which would indicate Garvey had reached the plate by then. Munson is shown hugging Garvey's leg with the ball in shots of the play's aftermath.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not clear-cut but the Dodgers had a point and the Yankees would go on to win in extra innings and I was disappointed the next day and that was the beginning of a whole bunch of ugliness for the next 45-plus years. But that's being a fan. (Due to me being young and not seeing the game originally, I thought this play happened in the wee hours of extra innings, not mid-game).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Until this game, the Yankees weren't the baddies that they'd become for me. I think I started rooting against them during the 1977 season, that's when I first got to know their clashes with the Red Sox and we were kind of Red Sox household. Players like Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella helped that year. But the prior season, I rooted for the Yankees to beat the Reds in the '76 World Series, though I was even younger and didn't see much of it and hardly know anything about teams.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, yeah, this card will go in the stack of interesting 2023 Stadium Club cards I own. For other reasons I haven't bought any Stadium Club this year. I'm certainly not <a href="https://cardsasiseethem.blogspot.com/2024/02/stadium-club-comin-at-you.html">doing this</a> with the card either. One is sufficient to remind me of the pain. And remind me of being a fan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A prompt on Twitter, showing the card, asked "safe or out?" One person, a Yankees fan to be sure, said: "Out and hurt feelings." Oh yeah, that sounds like someone I grew up with, one of dozens of Yankees fans who surrounded me and wouldn't hear a peep of dissent.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My answer to the prompt?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoMzFbAOTxaQA8A4fyF-Lgn-26TYR5dIIV5XunJTmbdzzm8sAoxZUaasdHRRMXiSVc3BjBBlsLJWVo_oT4q16naPRPAbsxA4E0RiKonfCy6ivH1vYRBKrY33Cdi8GH9_Kfm5ZBRCnrQmIcOSLrJA0j0rXeZL2sNUsqeE3rO__Tr4raPX4idvDAYohHtc/s496/screencap3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="496" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoMzFbAOTxaQA8A4fyF-Lgn-26TYR5dIIV5XunJTmbdzzm8sAoxZUaasdHRRMXiSVc3BjBBlsLJWVo_oT4q16naPRPAbsxA4E0RiKonfCy6ivH1vYRBKrY33Cdi8GH9_Kfm5ZBRCnrQmIcOSLrJA0j0rXeZL2sNUsqeE3rO__Tr4raPX4idvDAYohHtc/w640-h204/screencap3.png" width="640" /></a></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49118569719596677672024-03-14T19:26:00.010-04:002024-03-14T19:26:00.128-04:00Letting Canada come to me<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwddHaCraNbqofGvSU0rkQUI378GqZFgayrasEIIeoRmcdn0ayA2DrYHxD4P8r5jl-8-A3fMubF5T8XQYLhRUPXh16gDL9NF4FpVTHb7ueYtGz9coEBmTDgwwrSPB7_m2qiW-rklaipaJJjp0wPdbMxT0B0g9Lioc56gzAxMbNKsuACEnWgSzi1boOkM/s1512/hyc-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwddHaCraNbqofGvSU0rkQUI378GqZFgayrasEIIeoRmcdn0ayA2DrYHxD4P8r5jl-8-A3fMubF5T8XQYLhRUPXh16gDL9NF4FpVTHb7ueYtGz9coEBmTDgwwrSPB7_m2qiW-rklaipaJJjp0wPdbMxT0B0g9Lioc56gzAxMbNKsuACEnWgSzi1boOkM/w458-h640/hyc-topper.jpg" width="458" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Over recent years, I've often seen online people joking, or being serious, about moving to Canada, due to various reasons related to the government or politics.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I have no desire to move to Canada, even the thought of one day when I retire moving elsewhere within the state sounds overwhelming. Besides, the most desirable time to move to Canada would have been when I was a youngster, during the '70s and '80s, when O-Pee-Chee issued its very best baseball cards on store shelves and counter tops throughout that massive country.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I would have loved to open OPC packs, say in 1979. But not if Topps packs weren't also available, then I'd just be pining to live in the U.S.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">No, the easiest way to experience Canada for me, outside of Tim Horton's, is letting the country come to me by obtaining those OPC cards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Recently I landed a few extras from Bo of <a href="http://borosny.blogspot.com/">Baseball Cards Come to Life!</a> He had just what I'm looking for.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYi730e9ApBZ7x1gj_uQYW5bgcC6DVKDFiBwyBq4tUY55UjoEVZ9a42fjZ_8WD2z7x7dSN-Z2IQ9BSN3bsrMNh6AANN7Fk_uTa7BuUsvVMnqelwwHMIP4lapCTRtDIjkRKTtpj8IFpqvEgYiHj1ng8zzOW95Ytg4Jg4Y4nM-9_zLgTs6RuAHTO4zv-mU/s1080/hyc-all-stars.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYi730e9ApBZ7x1gj_uQYW5bgcC6DVKDFiBwyBq4tUY55UjoEVZ9a42fjZ_8WD2z7x7dSN-Z2IQ9BSN3bsrMNh6AANN7Fk_uTa7BuUsvVMnqelwwHMIP4lapCTRtDIjkRKTtpj8IFpqvEgYiHj1ng8zzOW95Ytg4Jg4Y4nM-9_zLgTs6RuAHTO4zv-mU/s16000/hyc-all-stars.jpg" /></a></div><br />It was just six cards and three of them were from 1982. I've been a little slow to come around on the greatness of the differences in 1980s OPC, concentrating on the 1970s, but most of the '80s ones are just as great with the color swapping and the FRENCH ON THE FRONT.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These two are probably the biggest gets ... well, maybe one other one beats these out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin3U1sLQ4kBEn_DmEisTDvFnbbFJd53fmqXZmjepNoKwt8ufvd9NQdmRwLakyoVq6GnYKXqBonjjwCbUZxvlNvuQFw_bw9TkPNL-FX-0u-ebJ1G8RiB4Ur4TO_CEvp4DDRaDV3DEs8QzSGYbCTxiRhn3dpcEqILpMU8KfKdUFtqHKQ8oU5RnTvR80Akc/s1450/hyc-farmer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin3U1sLQ4kBEn_DmEisTDvFnbbFJd53fmqXZmjepNoKwt8ufvd9NQdmRwLakyoVq6GnYKXqBonjjwCbUZxvlNvuQFw_bw9TkPNL-FX-0u-ebJ1G8RiB4Ur4TO_CEvp4DDRaDV3DEs8QzSGYbCTxiRhn3dpcEqILpMU8KfKdUFtqHKQ8oU5RnTvR80Akc/w476-h640/hyc-farmer.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I hope you know what I mean by the "color swaps" but just in case some newbie is reading my blog (what are the chances of that?), I will demonstrate with a visual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKye-BsvF15wNwKQqVB7wJHdzLEg3aBK0hXq3GYJSMypbEvH7JvlBfi0jP6tSEhS5dzP1z31yiW1V6_gJpBu3Hb0WgBRlqMV32K7g2qnW04jcLhyyrjpNHcZv8eGW7E9nEvqp1GagJE2YuhOzeKnCQ9riSa6ozUwBhQqPIL5QdBzixvOiJq4Vkl3RFsg/s1000/Farmer82T.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKye-BsvF15wNwKQqVB7wJHdzLEg3aBK0hXq3GYJSMypbEvH7JvlBfi0jP6tSEhS5dzP1z31yiW1V6_gJpBu3Hb0WgBRlqMV32K7g2qnW04jcLhyyrjpNHcZv8eGW7E9nEvqp1GagJE2YuhOzeKnCQ9riSa6ozUwBhQqPIL5QdBzixvOiJq4Vkl3RFsg/w460-h640/Farmer82T.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Topps card is green-and-purple, the OPC card is pink-and-orange. The top "hockey stick" on the Topps card is blank, the OPC card hockey stick features the position in English. The Topps card has a Topps cut-out logo. The OPC card has semi-circle background for the OPC logo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I can't forget to mention the transaction words stamped onto the photo. (Later in the decade, OPC stamped the transaction but didn't update the graphic colors and teams. That's too bad). <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I could see the differences in OPC cards contrasted with Topps cards hundreds upon hundreds of times and I will still get a shot of adrenaline every time I see them. Always fascinating. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzEmGfL4hzd75_kvgZdUB-xT2raKoDa6T3LYLrp7-lzeEHUppc20XZcehbZhqTPxtt1HkK2xxS2LBtyY1R3MHRvTNuyLpYNwqu9kgnC9k2UEawqL1zUsIsT_vRnwCQVLXQ_anmcXKFMzFdcmTDqOVT9Y15lZlWpkQnBPbb5fE9Qe4m9ZVrz_1E_FI1RQ/s1406/hyc-gross.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzEmGfL4hzd75_kvgZdUB-xT2raKoDa6T3LYLrp7-lzeEHUppc20XZcehbZhqTPxtt1HkK2xxS2LBtyY1R3MHRvTNuyLpYNwqu9kgnC9k2UEawqL1zUsIsT_vRnwCQVLXQ_anmcXKFMzFdcmTDqOVT9Y15lZlWpkQnBPbb5fE9Qe4m9ZVrz_1E_FI1RQ/w492-h640/hyc-gross.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">1979 OPC is another one of the greats thanks to the color swapping. Everyone knows the Greg Gross card in the set gets a red Cubs ribbon -- except in O-Pee-Chee!!! Also, don't forget the ragged borders.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKIL2rtt7zuhhGNfuqN5kwnogV0mxBcJJuJ6JYNg8wUEeT5KXcSXl8zfexo5JG9N4w_-MGKwuAZdrhnWqTCyIYr-uGo81wL8f2JbfD6mgbCVzJDzuhfsdp0eHWJy5eJGOQL-FBdVMvLiD_3TnEiYu9fhd4buFDQBGyRMHoNTooM2i-_b4pfZU3j1tfaM/s1494/hyc-jefferson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMKIL2rtt7zuhhGNfuqN5kwnogV0mxBcJJuJ6JYNg8wUEeT5KXcSXl8zfexo5JG9N4w_-MGKwuAZdrhnWqTCyIYr-uGo81wL8f2JbfD6mgbCVzJDzuhfsdp0eHWJy5eJGOQL-FBdVMvLiD_3TnEiYu9fhd4buFDQBGyRMHoNTooM2i-_b4pfZU3j1tfaM/w462-h640/hyc-jefferson.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The king of all O-Pee-Chee sets is the 1977 set and I've made the most progress with this one. This Jesse Jefferson card is another one of the Blue Jays variations in the set, everyone's first real look at the Blue Jays in their actual uniforms instead of the airbrushed weirdness in Topps' set.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2DX0pqXZqVs3Q-MUwLfYJ_NOiD2RLLLjBY3MbQeUub4GYIV517I6XSHUHtNN8mKaFzpEflwCQ5cGECwTjmsmt7VxUDav6x8q-BZOV7azYTVpZY-qexE6coP6jwVGZfEPU1k_KoEX6CQh4nw0OAVAv0LR9ZVsbAiofZJggWeAGASeiN1wWhg09HZAooY/s1468/hyc-gamble-front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2DX0pqXZqVs3Q-MUwLfYJ_NOiD2RLLLjBY3MbQeUub4GYIV517I6XSHUHtNN8mKaFzpEflwCQ5cGECwTjmsmt7VxUDav6x8q-BZOV7azYTVpZY-qexE6coP6jwVGZfEPU1k_KoEX6CQh4nw0OAVAv0LR9ZVsbAiofZJggWeAGASeiN1wWhg09HZAooY/w470-h640/hyc-gamble-front.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUrYXMRDTBX4BoT27LE0dDkPq3n1O4lS1Mr9PRbDuVirjqAQYHmqwtDSCG3VWKvY0Er0ZfxMy43CYPqLAu63jy26Evhr1lRFXCKWBqUi3OKlIAETj0ZRBtyO-u31ono9TFMSDMJgIWtZ4AoyaYD5hyyr5i04VGw74EyH4zcOlwceYU3vKh3xBxui9lkE/s1080/hyc-gamble.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1080" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUrYXMRDTBX4BoT27LE0dDkPq3n1O4lS1Mr9PRbDuVirjqAQYHmqwtDSCG3VWKvY0Er0ZfxMy43CYPqLAu63jy26Evhr1lRFXCKWBqUi3OKlIAETj0ZRBtyO-u31ono9TFMSDMJgIWtZ4AoyaYD5hyyr5i04VGw74EyH4zcOlwceYU3vKh3xBxui9lkE/w640-h478/hyc-gamble.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Final card is a great one. There isn't a lot of opportunity for me to pick up playing days Oscar Gamble cards that I don't already own. So even though this card comes with no difference on the front, it's probably the peak card of the lot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Many thanks to Bo. I've got the return cards set aside but it's March so who knows when I'll get to sending them (I've got six straight work days ahead of me, plus various life issues). But I did get a few envelopes out the door Monday so I'm not totally slacking.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-14031306172698207682024-03-13T19:18:00.004-04:002024-03-13T19:18:00.129-04:00A positive spin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbdxHTJA-H7QqKTx19MjFTcKxm9TBJLtod8XyZMM-Sulo0TR7ltp8z7YCme8XWRmRc_4Pj438-vamGVcQrOOPEYWchi6QdkVJ921aE4oKUynyAU4P_EO1m-BosbtUsdcN8TRf7dPxqWCbA5tiZh05BemvRm5TZQidF1F5IewJ04itTuQYqbXWbe8AmNg/s320/656-plummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="221" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbdxHTJA-H7QqKTx19MjFTcKxm9TBJLtod8XyZMM-Sulo0TR7ltp8z7YCme8XWRmRc_4Pj438-vamGVcQrOOPEYWchi6QdkVJ921aE4oKUynyAU4P_EO1m-BosbtUsdcN8TRf7dPxqWCbA5tiZh05BemvRm5TZQidF1F5IewJ04itTuQYqbXWbe8AmNg/w442-h640/656-plummer.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I hate to be the blog known for bringing up the deaths of past ballplayers. Part of me wishes the blog could be happy and light all the time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But whenever I hear about one of the players from my younger days moving on, I feel like I need to recognize it as a form of respect from a longtime baseball fan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Today I heard that Bill Plummer passed away. He's known as the backup catcher to Johnny Bench during the 1970s. I've mentioned before that I almost had the chance to interview Plummer. He was managing a minor league team in California at the time and a player from our area was playing for the team. But the interview with the player fell through (he wasn't keen on talking) and I never talked to Plummer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Plummer is the 181st player or manager featured in the 1975 Topps set who has died -- yes, I keep track of that, too. It's alarming that so many of those people who I collected in my first year of buying cards are no longer with us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, I decided to put a positive spin on the situation. Thanks to baseball-almanac.com, you can find the <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/Oldest_Living_Baseball_Players.php">1,000 oldest-living ballplayers</a>. This service has been around for a good while and I've used it for blog posts many times. This time I'm finding the oldest-living ballplayers who appeared in the 1975 Topps set.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">For each of them, I'll show a card I have of them in my collection, hopefully one I haven't shown on the blog before -- or at least not written about in great detail. Also, I'm not showing the '75 Topps card because I show them plenty ... and also I don't want to jinx them or the set any further.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll show just the top 10, because as ballplayers from that set are increasingly demonstrating, we don't have all day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3GjvRFdexzLTMTS16wRssD3SijD2VhybBnWGdIhjpI8ipCQjMHfdKg5NNpp2SnAFv07zXvqhMp5bJW0DsxbCEkIVl4XPMcdS7Vb8lRMnfPpgLKFwfRy12SjrvlUftoKb3_8ke-GhEQdalpSELEURhOcvzJHvkkiiVH8pX16IkoKlqGnwcs5dRwSS1Oo/s1510/ps-pena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3GjvRFdexzLTMTS16wRssD3SijD2VhybBnWGdIhjpI8ipCQjMHfdKg5NNpp2SnAFv07zXvqhMp5bJW0DsxbCEkIVl4XPMcdS7Vb8lRMnfPpgLKFwfRy12SjrvlUftoKb3_8ke-GhEQdalpSELEURhOcvzJHvkkiiVH8pX16IkoKlqGnwcs5dRwSS1Oo/w458-h640/ps-pena.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><b>ORLANDO PENA, AGE 90</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card: </b><a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/06/573-orlando-pena.html">No. 573</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1959 Topps/1975 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw: </b>1975 Topps <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 5.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There's nothing like a 1959 Topps card to hammer home how long a player has been on this earth. Remember when you would look on the back of card in the early 1980s and realize the player had been playing for four decades? Well, Pena has been living for TEN.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJza007TbgBpAgiwwSj847S_Q6e9jIGQoAbBWR6v9RYO4AcE7u3FbNJRuIW_XgT7s0C9H1wW5Mp8catNneexmLLKoCk-qZWu-3v52Dk4k3xANVjb4-s7bOcfvuKy6ubSyDiQ-uTzZgasjJ9lPikOrA8zDhyphenhyphendV-Bg4kp0L5rVX9Ims0buDtc31eLtvP2g/s1501/ps-perry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJza007TbgBpAgiwwSj847S_Q6e9jIGQoAbBWR6v9RYO4AcE7u3FbNJRuIW_XgT7s0C9H1wW5Mp8catNneexmLLKoCk-qZWu-3v52Dk4k3xANVjb4-s7bOcfvuKy6ubSyDiQ-uTzZgasjJ9lPikOrA8zDhyphenhyphendV-Bg4kp0L5rVX9Ims0buDtc31eLtvP2g/w460-h640/ps-perry.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><b>JIM PERRY, AGE 88</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/07/263-jim-perry.html">No. 263</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card:</b> 1959 Topps/1975 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw:</b> 1975 Topps <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 20</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jim Perry has outlived his younger brother, Gaylord Perry, who passed at age 84 in 2022. I selected this card because it's one of those 1969 Topps cards in which if you removed the name/position circle from the card, the photo would be wildly off-center.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3b7vjoEkfxxllLr-iRe0qTWnLHXedKIx9OH8faQyFKw22mv31jqC9_NlnUEucCbT8w2k02-skMvvRJlCyjEvuzEkMY9Ip9J396aSzVDdAv6Ntb6DyGYkgT25GQmhURgIPD8ISrasRZECBdQNUznVNzGbDrpAiogVvabt7DoORhyphenhyphenWx_olxGspxb-FMUY/s1080/ps-siebert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC3b7vjoEkfxxllLr-iRe0qTWnLHXedKIx9OH8faQyFKw22mv31jqC9_NlnUEucCbT8w2k02-skMvvRJlCyjEvuzEkMY9Ip9J396aSzVDdAv6Ntb6DyGYkgT25GQmhURgIPD8ISrasRZECBdQNUznVNzGbDrpAiogVvabt7DoORhyphenhyphenWx_olxGspxb-FMUY/s16000/ps-siebert.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>SONNY SIEBERT, AGE 87</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/09/328-sonny-siebert.html">No. 328</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card:</b> 1964 Topps/1975 Topps (or 1976 SSPC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw:</b> 1975 Topps <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 10</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I stumbled across this photo reuse while pulling cards for this post. I've always thought one of '67's main strong points is its clear visuals and this demonstrates it perfectly, though it's possible I just have a poorly registered 1969 copy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDbXNXSenBgiKAbIu029TrYSOacYNpWxYAtXi-iuBfhyphenhyphenJxFLCBTzTX9uza_agtsFq-t4g5B68xF5Th3tE95IsCiOBsaQAW0WOLjpJnVUzqKaMk5Mwe8orQzY8vDqk8LM70EqA88NjGa68AjFZQQve4B3EzxUsTPOFmOabqq2lZjdQx__2kPMeMne8sPg/s1507/ps-segui2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDbXNXSenBgiKAbIu029TrYSOacYNpWxYAtXi-iuBfhyphenhyphenJxFLCBTzTX9uza_agtsFq-t4g5B68xF5Th3tE95IsCiOBsaQAW0WOLjpJnVUzqKaMk5Mwe8orQzY8vDqk8LM70EqA88NjGa68AjFZQQve4B3EzxUsTPOFmOabqq2lZjdQx__2kPMeMne8sPg/w458-h640/ps-segui2.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><b><br />DIEGO SEGUI, AGE 86</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/06/232-diego-segui.html">No. 232</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1963 Topps/1977 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw:</b> 1977 Topps <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 15</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SSPC is great for getting better looks at players during their brief time with certain teams. For Segui and the Red Sox, you get his '75 Topps card, an airbrushed Traded card in '76 and that's about it. So this is cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0KoahkpO_Nf0hCYnmKrMQ5DjLvi-_s6odC9u28ccneTkUy-VjqvSgmL6YT8xR7rflo8q6MivY7KCgrjoaJ9swXoaP0n8uFXil_kNO0AvWe5I6fSx6GzAo9rD3H8E6Aqii1yfikUYgWEGu35UQ8rYiTRneZPHXM0S3f009m_05WYBgZSXjh6M0ktTJ1Y/s1538/ps-mota.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0KoahkpO_Nf0hCYnmKrMQ5DjLvi-_s6odC9u28ccneTkUy-VjqvSgmL6YT8xR7rflo8q6MivY7KCgrjoaJ9swXoaP0n8uFXil_kNO0AvWe5I6fSx6GzAo9rD3H8E6Aqii1yfikUYgWEGu35UQ8rYiTRneZPHXM0S3f009m_05WYBgZSXjh6M0ktTJ1Y/w450-h640/ps-mota.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>MANNY MOTA, AGE 86</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/01/414-manny-mota.html">No. 414</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1963 Topps/1981 Donruss, 1981 Fleer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw: </b>1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 60</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I have more cards of Mota, by far, than anyone else featured here. I've shown pretty much all of them, including the Expos and Pirates cards. The '76 Topps card is the first one I saw and I remember thinking he looked old as the hills <i>then</i>. It's also an interesting way to hold a bat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TCM_CCye9n88HKTmss-l4luMmFGkFlyj0NtOnr3xZ16K65eiUKNzL9Amow9MHvH4avsTCRbry6H_EBcgRXpxw_UlrRX2HZAM_zzFeMtuduBiZjqdjlH0VJ_TujBZ6EzpLXMHqX25jO6I7dCLVQ1FnIpcUqaIGJmuLueT4wMdkev2G9mzFhEXWVz4S6I/s1515/ps-williams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TCM_CCye9n88HKTmss-l4luMmFGkFlyj0NtOnr3xZ16K65eiUKNzL9Amow9MHvH4avsTCRbry6H_EBcgRXpxw_UlrRX2HZAM_zzFeMtuduBiZjqdjlH0VJ_TujBZ6EzpLXMHqX25jO6I7dCLVQ1FnIpcUqaIGJmuLueT4wMdkev2G9mzFhEXWVz4S6I/w456-h640/ps-williams.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><b><br />BILLY WILLIAMS, AGE 85</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/05/545-billy-williams.html">No. 545</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1961 Topps/1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw: </b>Either 1975 Topps mini or 1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection: </b>36</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What an interesting photo choice for Pacific.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6RJwcImWZZugGNih3VLW_L1Z3VRV0kBXhEAn_NMGHaAVafFwQ53PzbNesj1ZPMNcHF4ox5Ilc8IyCXVhahJmxPPbrQkqbAf7iK2JhZul0uj5nHe_94229DJ5dMdZnZupYpbznzuGX0-sa-6ArwvnDzK2RAzeqpjDjaqaR7u_iNVbry5_kyXcX8rM7ek/s1515/ps-oliva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6RJwcImWZZugGNih3VLW_L1Z3VRV0kBXhEAn_NMGHaAVafFwQ53PzbNesj1ZPMNcHF4ox5Ilc8IyCXVhahJmxPPbrQkqbAf7iK2JhZul0uj5nHe_94229DJ5dMdZnZupYpbznzuGX0-sa-6ArwvnDzK2RAzeqpjDjaqaR7u_iNVbry5_kyXcX8rM7ek/w456-h640/ps-oliva.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><b><br />TONY OLIVA, AGE 85</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/09/325-tony-oliva.html">No. 325</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card:</b> 1963 Topps/1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw: </b>1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 31</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I chose the 2003 Topps Fan Favorites card for comparison with Oliva's 1965 Topps rookie trophy card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRz9YM5G-99d_C8fW_K6QHDO4a0lI2Reqh_Bn3lL9C8r3npRq5yPKz17m1dgKaR7FbGfQjEQTHdRmv4S9hLW_gNzPQwK1Xz-dhmgh7nt-7cjuFTC_oY-y7a8kzb_7s8OFA-106ZpQfPBAR4YSVnNwPlm-WOsnOen_oSDX2wgCN48cv6MBemOnys9PpKw/s350/64-340Fr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRz9YM5G-99d_C8fW_K6QHDO4a0lI2Reqh_Bn3lL9C8r3npRq5yPKz17m1dgKaR7FbGfQjEQTHdRmv4S9hLW_gNzPQwK1Xz-dhmgh7nt-7cjuFTC_oY-y7a8kzb_7s8OFA-106ZpQfPBAR4YSVnNwPlm-WOsnOen_oSDX2wgCN48cv6MBemOnys9PpKw/w458-h640/64-340Fr.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The 1965 card looks a lot better, obviously. Though the photos aren't from the same time period, I view a lot of the Fan Favorites photos as discarded outtakes from Topps' files.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oXgijeqoYrX-RmAgsv4pgw9OCLwFqnGtsDa137K0gfrdiO_mUiXvzAfrryDcOVsUwBSBMKae9tqnbMusCGnG2L7iLA1zcWfhR6PIBNlgJGLmG3zFYQ8cmwUQGgrv6EhKFy5qNjyChHXENAcQAFOdhrX6Ak4matJ5AidLtVAWDcG7hTzvrMYfhVyHiV8/s1521/ps-kaat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7oXgijeqoYrX-RmAgsv4pgw9OCLwFqnGtsDa137K0gfrdiO_mUiXvzAfrryDcOVsUwBSBMKae9tqnbMusCGnG2L7iLA1zcWfhR6PIBNlgJGLmG3zFYQ8cmwUQGgrv6EhKFy5qNjyChHXENAcQAFOdhrX6Ak4matJ5AidLtVAWDcG7hTzvrMYfhVyHiV8/w454-h640/ps-kaat.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>JIM KAAT, AGE 85</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/07/243-jim-kaat.html">No. 243</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1960 Topps/1983 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw: </b>1975 Topps mini</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 38</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts: </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This is card No. 300 in the '67 set, it's easy to forget what a big deal Jim Kaat was in the mid-1960s, given his lengthy career and extended period as a relief pitcher late in his career. ... I love the billboards in the background. My copy of the card is deceptively clean in hand but it's obvious here that there are creases going every which way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3PevDNtX1Aywu89pogYCVE9uFKyHR8F7gcl8hcQqIBDkxcSLsdFyb8MWObJDwOJgtYndY1e3fMnZLENAKPFpKpVgoLL7U9sDvz8yyJn6c_xFeouBWrvPRj7a0uRMgqw0hj4dObiJfupFiAqQzoJIbUw3GGrSO4g4mfmgiK4dIzVV_z5kJXYA-5ZXeis/s1694/ps-cardenas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3PevDNtX1Aywu89pogYCVE9uFKyHR8F7gcl8hcQqIBDkxcSLsdFyb8MWObJDwOJgtYndY1e3fMnZLENAKPFpKpVgoLL7U9sDvz8yyJn6c_xFeouBWrvPRj7a0uRMgqw0hj4dObiJfupFiAqQzoJIbUw3GGrSO4g4mfmgiK4dIzVV_z5kJXYA-5ZXeis/w408-h640/ps-cardenas.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><b><br /> LEO CARDENAS, AGE 85</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b><a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/04/518-leo-cardenas.html"> No. 518</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card: </b>1960 Topps/1976 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw:</b> 1969 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 13</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts: </b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Of the 10 players mentioned here, I have 1972 Kellogg's cards for four of them. I don't know what that says: appearing on '72 Kellogg's was some sort of Fountain of Youth?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAg4NDHLNIi4han8048jgeK2yKSyOIXTq8S7EGo1VKw917mjg7tqbn1V3EQWOYI734nBUt5XkL-WSh7h3WnelrdwERfjmp_fQ7mNBc1beZntZ-NvEL0Xk-Wp2JlvBq54hE-TkmzeFTlfAf2guo0XwgsJxHKQhFyA_PFDWH7bK3q6YYL6M0X-xVb-wkzXY/s1507/ps-rojas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAg4NDHLNIi4han8048jgeK2yKSyOIXTq8S7EGo1VKw917mjg7tqbn1V3EQWOYI734nBUt5XkL-WSh7h3WnelrdwERfjmp_fQ7mNBc1beZntZ-NvEL0Xk-Wp2JlvBq54hE-TkmzeFTlfAf2guo0XwgsJxHKQhFyA_PFDWH7bK3q6YYL6M0X-xVb-wkzXY/w458-h640/ps-rojas.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>COOKIE ROJAS, AGE 84</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>No. of his 1975 Topps card:</b> <a href="https://75topps.blogspot.com/2010/04/169-cookie-rojas.html">No. 169</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card/last card:</b> 1963 Topps/1977 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>First card of his I saw:</b> 1977 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Number of cards in my collection:</b> 14</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thoughts:</b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cookie has a lot of interesting cards, which means I've shown just about all of them. So I thought I'd show what's got to be his most boring one (why am I trying to complete this set again?) Almost nothing about it is specific. No uniform markings, but you can see the Phillies pinstripes. Even his position is vague.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So that's the top 10. Congrats to those octogenarians and beyond! Apologies to Claude Osteen, Carl Yastrzemski, Rico Carty, Dave Giusti and Danny Cater, who are also 84.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Most of the players mentioned were more known in the 1960s than the 1970s. Rojas is the 252nd oldest-living MLBer, but those who performed at the top of their game in the '70s don't really start showing up until Luis Tiant (No. 323) and Pete Rose (No. 342). Fortunately, most of the '70s guys are in the back half of the 1,000.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But viewing this list is pretty dangerous. I found Ron Cey at No. 903 and and Steve Garvey at No. 991. Yikes. <br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-70865485109010714462024-03-11T19:16:00.003-04:002024-03-11T20:31:24.319-04:00More from the Braves collector who sure has a lot of Dodgers<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL4ru7KXCPuVI-MgQjxlXOoLpowAeTBWs1wRTmVWWkg0qrIrc4oYu_14rfHDQrzGT9Z5rLv4yIgQf_bQQ5IE9rtEiegDsR6olN81Fdsy2RaJIaPwxS-TKwDDIA6wBtprz0WRor32wv3XzMbwuvhEfrWKq3S_3xcjYsRJOnetNIPpLiWO0tbVd0xKKC4c/s1525/ndy-vargastopper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCL4ru7KXCPuVI-MgQjxlXOoLpowAeTBWs1wRTmVWWkg0qrIrc4oYu_14rfHDQrzGT9Z5rLv4yIgQf_bQQ5IE9rtEiegDsR6olN81Fdsy2RaJIaPwxS-TKwDDIA6wBtprz0WRor32wv3XzMbwuvhEfrWKq3S_3xcjYsRJOnetNIPpLiWO0tbVd0xKKC4c/w454-h640/ndy-vargastopper.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://johnnnystradingspot.blogspot.com/">Johnny's Trading Spot</a> sent me a big box of Dodgers-and-such a little more than a month ago. It was so large that it took me <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2024/01/loose-ends-ii.html">three</a> <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2024/02/scribbles-and-cloth-bits.html">posts</a> <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-rest.html">to go through</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, apparently he wasn't done because another box of cards showed up a week or two ago. It was mostly Dodgers this time. As I've said before, Johnny sure has a lot of Dodgers for a Braves fan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can tell he's cutting back -- maybe not enough for my taste -- because of the very obvious former collections that I've received. This is the most notable one:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FyaDQ8K029Ewk9EEVbQdBNUyUYNYQtEvcTTx1HhUYjpiH8HXrOzwNhzBmESPb7H9hRHaaL5Bl-39Sg4W-rT7Zznr9OlXxoO4lNnhur-YveJfMdmHltY-cfSgNYkeAhj48W_vN_DTNSMViBsuQU2W8Nqrq5yhxrmLMOTqdiTqVOLS4-uGOsdpGuB57tU/s1080/ndy-puigs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1080" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FyaDQ8K029Ewk9EEVbQdBNUyUYNYQtEvcTTx1HhUYjpiH8HXrOzwNhzBmESPb7H9hRHaaL5Bl-39Sg4W-rT7Zznr9OlXxoO4lNnhur-YveJfMdmHltY-cfSgNYkeAhj48W_vN_DTNSMViBsuQU2W8Nqrq5yhxrmLMOTqdiTqVOLS4-uGOsdpGuB57tU/w640-h516/ndy-puigs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Even more Yasiel Puigs. And these are just the ones that I needed. I'm a bit conflicted by this, firstly a little embarrassed that I may not have had as many Yasiel Puigs as a Braves fan and secondly a little scared that Puig is shooting too far up my TCDB list of the player with the most Dodgers. (He's 26th now, even after the last two sends from John).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But that wasn't the only hand-me-down cards I welcomed into my collection.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiakl72k3k6Jm0b_menK5ylvaj75iNl5kzudUSPYMsQiRo4jjZTJNFinoqa9zFsQrqNOmstSlph4WxX5An6H0ghVGRv-MIn3vBitrRQA8QTaKpv_Ta7lXsGKzomLiLfk3fW4EVN95xVjlvHxBHzzCs9y0I_vzVaAX9axUDSzYET3uHda2VUSXNo8Sahuw/s1080/ndy-braves-dodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1080" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiakl72k3k6Jm0b_menK5ylvaj75iNl5kzudUSPYMsQiRo4jjZTJNFinoqa9zFsQrqNOmstSlph4WxX5An6H0ghVGRv-MIn3vBitrRQA8QTaKpv_Ta7lXsGKzomLiLfk3fW4EVN95xVjlvHxBHzzCs9y0I_vzVaAX9axUDSzYET3uHda2VUSXNo8Sahuw/w640-h548/ndy-braves-dodgers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Johnny just mentioned ridding himself of cards like this in the comments of a post of mine last week. I admit, I don't really know what to do with these Braves-Dodgers either. Upper Deck really liked doing this but I don't know who these appeal to, it just makes two fan bases feel awkward.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">(One day I'll need to figure out why it annoys me when UD does this but I'm thrilled when OPC does it).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT6pvaTgvkn-H_xkqJf5hAFJ_0LF1in51zlTJUOnRwauA8RjcYK4xKn3tMwqXfGs6G3bzhvUuh2_1AKid2LxZQwLDA71DKobBRBXXHcY0X12UVlfKCOxShvij_E7fDI7wJ7OnOSA_QtsJ9mh_r96B9vq-x13PIK4EshEEE5aVH-o7HODHMyxgD_0RszI/s1080/ndy-stacks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1080" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT6pvaTgvkn-H_xkqJf5hAFJ_0LF1in51zlTJUOnRwauA8RjcYK4xKn3tMwqXfGs6G3bzhvUuh2_1AKid2LxZQwLDA71DKobBRBXXHcY0X12UVlfKCOxShvij_E7fDI7wJ7OnOSA_QtsJ9mh_r96B9vq-x13PIK4EshEEE5aVH-o7HODHMyxgD_0RszI/w640-h492/ndy-stacks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Aside from those cards, there were plenty of others I needed, although this picture doesn't quite tell the story -- cards needed on the left.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've compiled a top 10 of the most welcome by me. Yup, it's another inside look at what really fits into my collection and why.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Yrxo5NxDoT0TNACzZAMVjVsGfn_Vk3iOzmajV2eBRoPZzvXMFdPx8tot9rslNnNWB6rfo43QW1F-hzZPKYU3tILgs1mcGj5FA2xqGYmRIYimzJ0s_E2PehyphenhyphenPkTJXO2FF5YHOW1pxCfS1s0YAhsK-OOHSUKtINrzD5uenAB9FahIjoapabfUvuk1oB8c/s1521/ndy-gagne.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Yrxo5NxDoT0TNACzZAMVjVsGfn_Vk3iOzmajV2eBRoPZzvXMFdPx8tot9rslNnNWB6rfo43QW1F-hzZPKYU3tILgs1mcGj5FA2xqGYmRIYimzJ0s_E2PehyphenhyphenPkTJXO2FF5YHOW1pxCfS1s0YAhsK-OOHSUKtINrzD5uenAB9FahIjoapabfUvuk1oB8c/w454-h640/ndy-gagne.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">10. Eric Gagne, 2005 Topps Total</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Every Topps Total arrival feels like an accomplishment. The team sets are very large in Total and since I never go out of may way to seek out Total cards, it could take me the next 400 years to land all the Dodgers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvsD4amTb0Wo3jgwHP0EBoTCIubbA6AtqhyAgP8Jbs-MnSJwGNDHGlUa6HlFOQJaJYb3QiGqkkry2_wEpqWGcZ_SEK2fbsObBgfe0Vyh8jwj8mcGwWUa0iKrlPoYEfF2cJ-dS-clyILindogn_V46wM4K71AY1aqb86iABYOlbnU2F04Vo1mUyXoK-aQ/s1520/ndy-jackson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvsD4amTb0Wo3jgwHP0EBoTCIubbA6AtqhyAgP8Jbs-MnSJwGNDHGlUa6HlFOQJaJYb3QiGqkkry2_wEpqWGcZ_SEK2fbsObBgfe0Vyh8jwj8mcGwWUa0iKrlPoYEfF2cJ-dS-clyILindogn_V46wM4K71AY1aqb86iABYOlbnU2F04Vo1mUyXoK-aQ/w452-h640/ndy-jackson.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">9. Andre Jackson, 2020 Donruss Optic</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Andre Jackson cards seem to arrive at my house at the same rate as St. Jude return address labels, but for some reason this was the last Dodger I needed to finish this particular team set. Weird.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2csB09BsT5UheS3kBWLw16Pl3Y30xlUmHBJ_y6yUdvbc9blPMMNd_lF3FypYfRMIF-DWJye7vYxKXphR28YhNqcvFx_9_6O5IqjyHWgrYS5XhREFCm3BE00dAXzL5MG31A332IhbhH9MLBwWDHpMQr6amjD1WLXP9zDfSu3VWQqM0Qzh-SZvfW2MlqI/s1529/ndy-ramos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2csB09BsT5UheS3kBWLw16Pl3Y30xlUmHBJ_y6yUdvbc9blPMMNd_lF3FypYfRMIF-DWJye7vYxKXphR28YhNqcvFx_9_6O5IqjyHWgrYS5XhREFCm3BE00dAXzL5MG31A332IhbhH9MLBwWDHpMQr6amjD1WLXP9zDfSu3VWQqM0Qzh-SZvfW2MlqI/w452-h640/ndy-ramos.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">8. Jose Ramos, 2022 Bowman Chrome, It Came to the League insert</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't ever expect to find Bowman inserts interesting, so a comic-book treatment is a surprise. Ramos was just sent down by the Dodgers but I had my first look at him this spring training. He seems to be a confident young dude.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLXG-_IgWYo15K5MNTx3fgrnswMQVe-yYWlklS6cYVr-4wp2sMjkelLlnncJ_IFIRYa76DUB_QQ8L6IyvC5iIVGgPmAzAj1Cz-9f8m5BdJdOF3GOkFlAQSO5OXjF2nk0zpQfA88Ci1kURVF7gAOHczPiYfIEdESPNQPfcDrJoSYIjdX3fgIfAufadxmE/s1520/nds=heyward.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLXG-_IgWYo15K5MNTx3fgrnswMQVe-yYWlklS6cYVr-4wp2sMjkelLlnncJ_IFIRYa76DUB_QQ8L6IyvC5iIVGgPmAzAj1Cz-9f8m5BdJdOF3GOkFlAQSO5OXjF2nk0zpQfA88Ci1kURVF7gAOHczPiYfIEdESPNQPfcDrJoSYIjdX3fgIfAufadxmE/w454-h640/nds=heyward.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">7. Jason Heyward, 2023 Topps Chrome, prism refractor</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">How much do I enjoy getting Jason Heyward Dodgers cards? I don't mind receiving the same photo over and over again, that's how much.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOowuexo9Cmy0lrwLWbLX_3AjY32ufO4EMuwFbbAIUpSjHAXDHJO0VsmFFlYswj7ZYMzhwjaHoZWT07I91xBr3IwAVjY-KcFB9N_VfrYgEvmPdvPu8EEESuKXDdHee_0939XV8JYpR9nf92lLJAo_gFPmHdGAZ4VnL9vr2TMJqC1xMGSQJXF-FY6Ul1ww/s1519/ndy-stone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOowuexo9Cmy0lrwLWbLX_3AjY32ufO4EMuwFbbAIUpSjHAXDHJO0VsmFFlYswj7ZYMzhwjaHoZWT07I91xBr3IwAVjY-KcFB9N_VfrYgEvmPdvPu8EEESuKXDdHee_0939XV8JYpR9nf92lLJAo_gFPmHdGAZ4VnL9vr2TMJqC1xMGSQJXF-FY6Ul1ww/w456-h640/ndy-stone.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">6. Gavin Stone, 2023 Topps Update, 1988 insert</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This card completes the '88 insert team set for me for Update. Still need to do something about Series 2 though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZDe4JXxMxGjeizTGKGUoE-L4QlvX_WykZ9t-2bZyv7J4qO_T4PuWb467nZUKqK0hRBRT_T4VtpWr8m44s5vFdbZvMQrKwtsSik0OgwSAx4lBjIBn5VPt19LtlD5z6r81-ywcudLj2xZ2KHXjgH8PXk_D0HnxITi0rtuogRfU77zPf4KQHqKVN4oPbIQ/s1080/ndy-newcombe-campy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1080" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZDe4JXxMxGjeizTGKGUoE-L4QlvX_WykZ9t-2bZyv7J4qO_T4PuWb467nZUKqK0hRBRT_T4VtpWr8m44s5vFdbZvMQrKwtsSik0OgwSAx4lBjIBn5VPt19LtlD5z6r81-ywcudLj2xZ2KHXjgH8PXk_D0HnxITi0rtuogRfU77zPf4KQHqKVN4oPbIQ/w640-h446/ndy-newcombe-campy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">5. Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella, 2001 Bowman Chrome 1950 Bowman reprint inserts</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More team set completion, this three-card reprint insert set is finished as I've had the Gil Hodges card for a long time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSevZpK2GXSe3L5u3lMLSEOJgpErAQJV5RjaGFOl8WYnstl0IY_u_hPZeijxhRajRYGxEKxRqxergXQKNQmwz-uyk8e2_ckfXL4ergXcdzFwC7uqyyfD0FzkAft3ZPvGpL3SwSP0qblZIvfmtevsY5fPMnS2xbjoaUsM3Ag5KcAQiSjqjOpAvrpojzKfc/s1531/ndy-kershaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSevZpK2GXSe3L5u3lMLSEOJgpErAQJV5RjaGFOl8WYnstl0IY_u_hPZeijxhRajRYGxEKxRqxergXQKNQmwz-uyk8e2_ckfXL4ergXcdzFwC7uqyyfD0FzkAft3ZPvGpL3SwSP0qblZIvfmtevsY5fPMnS2xbjoaUsM3Ag5KcAQiSjqjOpAvrpojzKfc/w452-h640/ndy-kershaw.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">4. Clayton Kershaw, 2023 Topps Favorite Sons insert</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Weee, a Kershaw card Johnny doesn't need that I did needed!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerv86sXeiz2_Iw1C2vS8Tl0zqH-Idfvs7DEOgXrJLBl-wG_pKt3N5sOyR8PsGh2xmI1lwUrNw_w4b-r1NddYbnD2gdLeruCDMvmsAsd3SbcFKFgH8alZNcQl7FhyphenhyphenaBljuGEghDf2Q1nO_zO94J_yBqx4ib64LiMx6CnZggSm1VGaxvZLssmSctWl0ixg/s1080/ndy-buehler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerv86sXeiz2_Iw1C2vS8Tl0zqH-Idfvs7DEOgXrJLBl-wG_pKt3N5sOyR8PsGh2xmI1lwUrNw_w4b-r1NddYbnD2gdLeruCDMvmsAsd3SbcFKFgH8alZNcQl7FhyphenhyphenaBljuGEghDf2Q1nO_zO94J_yBqx4ib64LiMx6CnZggSm1VGaxvZLssmSctWl0ixg/w640-h456/ndy-buehler.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">3. Walker Buehler, 2024 Topps</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One month after 2024's release, I'm down to needing the Jonny DeLuca card and the Ohtani-Betts card to finish the team set. Buehler's arrival scratched that want and cards like those are the most wanted cards in the early days of flagship's release.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Plus it's one of the best Dodger cards in Series 1.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCStR-d3oSlMLva33C34MAdai3JbKyamIR_Yq3iIGlO_QUkueSwbrYLwNZlpO6ujMz93oFfo998Qztl4uScjtOQ70z52MRWeRh-fz3TN_9ho1OtKoWysReC37mBpG3ITpcRxKmv8qfKRto3OyekTiQrKrFT0LPVplXVSPKCSdMgD9baIH_Y5-bMfCdYSU/s1080/ndy-ethier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1080" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCStR-d3oSlMLva33C34MAdai3JbKyamIR_Yq3iIGlO_QUkueSwbrYLwNZlpO6ujMz93oFfo998Qztl4uScjtOQ70z52MRWeRh-fz3TN_9ho1OtKoWysReC37mBpG3ITpcRxKmv8qfKRto3OyekTiQrKrFT0LPVplXVSPKCSdMgD9baIH_Y5-bMfCdYSU/w640-h450/ndy-ethier.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">2. Andre Ethier, 2015 Topps, purple parallel</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is when purple parallels were Toys R Us exclusives and my gosh I have to drive an hour to get to a Toys R Us?!?!? So I still have PTSD from these things and any one of these is very welcome.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44m3RnN4hNOIrQUMChLHhboEDMVuidUgg456fQ9AU8VTs6-cAHfqLac3ZSGVArzcaq59bteo6AoWlqpC4EjRxbv_cShaw2tK14799L0sQlj0lNxUCIkNhhUvRS5VTpHphhRfdM77QXH4VzoZDMQ89Ih-0wiMgh7nDOjVFzXIKYlLr83ancUj-cFDJWKg/s1514/ndy-snider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44m3RnN4hNOIrQUMChLHhboEDMVuidUgg456fQ9AU8VTs6-cAHfqLac3ZSGVArzcaq59bteo6AoWlqpC4EjRxbv_cShaw2tK14799L0sQlj0lNxUCIkNhhUvRS5VTpHphhRfdM77QXH4VzoZDMQ89Ih-0wiMgh7nDOjVFzXIKYlLr83ancUj-cFDJWKg/w456-h640/ndy-snider.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">1. Duke Snider, 2004 Donruss World Series, Blue</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, any card from between 2001-05 seems elusive so I really like getting cards like this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There were a few non-specific Dodgers cards in the box, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-cFJPmSVH8U4utbeMR0x796-ojZIlmvrOUj1kSnJUQ9JkDHvn8wNLx-q6FUt32ZtRNsBl6HODSu8dH7Pn3QruaWzNP4gqH-rDXoybPrrni77VrEsNjiS2f561pG0oNQ0FTum9kYOKsvpv5Wje1QinHoPHSV7O0hHOTfuZdRJU1Jde1h-R2SgZ055JME/s1080/ndy-anc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1080" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-cFJPmSVH8U4utbeMR0x796-ojZIlmvrOUj1kSnJUQ9JkDHvn8wNLx-q6FUt32ZtRNsBl6HODSu8dH7Pn3QruaWzNP4gqH-rDXoybPrrni77VrEsNjiS2f561pG0oNQ0FTum9kYOKsvpv5Wje1QinHoPHSV7O0hHOTfuZdRJU1Jde1h-R2SgZ055JME/w640-h618/ndy-anc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Mostly a bunch of night cards from mostly 2023 Stadium Club. I'll be checking which ones make the night card binder in a couple of days. One of these days I need to feature that binder on the blog.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8IAS1OQv_nPTJmk5GWivDYP0Ccs1JkroevFaR-bnZLqRfGlLFKUGI4Xge_HSe0YtC_Or4c8hcrgr1La29QtojGusr8EaBB_4bXpS7jvi07ttjTZuIPFmFSUSQU4EVmfjssp_XGXqfLSEsvoEMFBO51LM94zqsQ84DMU8yIBbGQ7zfe5atZS33Ey4Gf4/s1338/ndy-sticker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8IAS1OQv_nPTJmk5GWivDYP0Ccs1JkroevFaR-bnZLqRfGlLFKUGI4Xge_HSe0YtC_Or4c8hcrgr1La29QtojGusr8EaBB_4bXpS7jvi07ttjTZuIPFmFSUSQU4EVmfjssp_XGXqfLSEsvoEMFBO51LM94zqsQ84DMU8yIBbGQ7zfe5atZS33Ey4Gf4/w516-h640/ndy-sticker.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Also there was this sticker that I'm guessing arrived in boxes of Frosted Flakes. Those were the days!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried to guess when these might have showed up. My guess was the early 1980s, just from the logos and the orientation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN7fSNphmDSQTI9e0ZfSmyY1MbgbD-jlhnTkrP1u8VcqO475CPzL10cHkGkdwY-H_XyUyO5e2RXSZ7YiakzNrpd_zHuuveVZhonmwZSqMvC2iDIo4Ifak_YqDWyZEKJfJDsbb_tVFigwTDISKdoXVdDCOwjXkTM0VizecewRDRFrayfHBSIeFwz3OK5E/s1920/ndy-stickerfull.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisN7fSNphmDSQTI9e0ZfSmyY1MbgbD-jlhnTkrP1u8VcqO475CPzL10cHkGkdwY-H_XyUyO5e2RXSZ7YiakzNrpd_zHuuveVZhonmwZSqMvC2iDIo4Ifak_YqDWyZEKJfJDsbb_tVFigwTDISKdoXVdDCOwjXkTM0VizecewRDRFrayfHBSIeFwz3OK5E/s16000/ndy-stickerfull.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">But folding it out showed me it was from the early 1990s. Perhaps on occasion of the Rockies being named an expansion team?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can't relate to being a kid in the '90s at all ('90s was for a career), so I'll keep it folded to the Dodgers side. Bonus: these are also listed on TCDB!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I'll have some more binder-updating to do. Anything pre-2015 though will have to wait until the next round.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79444957784703313182024-03-09T19:01:00.007-05:002024-03-09T19:01:00.128-05:00The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 260-241)<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNnqXuT6HlaabgCMCel2jYh4oM8mg0lP8w_5BkkQTIUXZhgnC3zqrks68ajSRdkQCOEjTWyQUtZcCxHzZioO19Ne_EyoKTfTfdy55JpU_MzxRx3Zzs84YWI7CsNi-P0vI3LuxH0RVgLczKdo96vTHE2cwYcYsE0Dc9FMnul4P6cteT2QWojYBe2qUl9c/s640/75ranking-topper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="640" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioNnqXuT6HlaabgCMCel2jYh4oM8mg0lP8w_5BkkQTIUXZhgnC3zqrks68ajSRdkQCOEjTWyQUtZcCxHzZioO19Ne_EyoKTfTfdy55JpU_MzxRx3Zzs84YWI7CsNi-P0vI3LuxH0RVgLczKdo96vTHE2cwYcYsE0Dc9FMnul4P6cteT2QWojYBe2qUl9c/w640-h568/75ranking-topper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The first details on 2024 Heritage, featuring the 1975 Topps design, have <a href="https://www.beckett.com/news/2024-topps-heritage-baseball-cards/">come out</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's nothing about the key info -- release date -- but there's enough to get people fired up. The main complaint is that the short-prints are shifting from the back fifth of the set, cards 401-500, to the front fifth, 1-100.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't really know why Topps did this. For me, if I'm going to ignore short-prints, it doesn't matter where they are in the set, I can ignore the numbers on the back just fine, so this doesn't affect me. The major offense, for the second straight year, is that there are short-prints at all. Topps, I guess, is just going to keep ignoring tradition -- even though that's all Heritage is -- and pretend there were short-prints in mid-1970s sets. I was there. There were no cards in the 660-card sets that were more difficult to get than others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, this won't stop me. It didn't stop me with last year's Heritage set. I finished it despite the SPs. If I can do it for the '74 design, I'm sure I can do it for the '75. I know there will be more people collecting this set than last year, but unless they get really obnoxious about it, I can handle it, SPs at the front or the back, whatever.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Other than that, there was a little bit of info on the inserts and parallels, which I won't bother with. 1975 was probably about the time when I started being a little aware of what was going on in the world, so the flashback set might be interesting to me. But the parallels stuff is Heritage nonsense and I don't care.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This set will definitely be about the base set -- like the one I'm celebrating with this countdown series. We will almost have gotten through two-thirds of the set by the end of this post. Let's see what will get us there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMyoOA8-bRRmojznP04B9sPS5bBp7bNnsh9B6SEbEKx666NLoh_eIJsrZiOxCx7aXA4y0D-Dzhy7ZRJNP99Eflt_wSz-iMD1KkKChpiEd0B0lM7dpzsxE_shu6WPaiiORyWNvxfCa-TpMfxM2eveKpvxNPx50JXdnoLzKpzHMx2bHEPWv6dUkAUp5eOU/s1514/75-grubb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMyoOA8-bRRmojznP04B9sPS5bBp7bNnsh9B6SEbEKx666NLoh_eIJsrZiOxCx7aXA4y0D-Dzhy7ZRJNP99Eflt_wSz-iMD1KkKChpiEd0B0lM7dpzsxE_shu6WPaiiORyWNvxfCa-TpMfxM2eveKpvxNPx50JXdnoLzKpzHMx2bHEPWv6dUkAUp5eOU/w456-h640/75-grubb.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>260. Johnny Grubb (card 298)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Classic batting shot in front of a nice crowd.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwbirWsXqBBslBdOrDpciBS0cFA4ELBpqOwhJdSnpzna6VRXdxUFAppfISpZzpRUMsg8N1lpz1mVQz0nUeWQvt1Ug3xxc6jE-dhBSuIoTXyioiG_46Hn60_out0UH9gmTGcNana8c3KpYLaZtoxAilVRXM1NCxBRjkFgXjOcgxxPRM7iG9hO8zCYo96w/s1517/75-taylor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuwbirWsXqBBslBdOrDpciBS0cFA4ELBpqOwhJdSnpzna6VRXdxUFAppfISpZzpRUMsg8N1lpz1mVQz0nUeWQvt1Ug3xxc6jE-dhBSuIoTXyioiG_46Hn60_out0UH9gmTGcNana8c3KpYLaZtoxAilVRXM1NCxBRjkFgXjOcgxxPRM7iG9hO8zCYo96w/w456-h640/75-taylor.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>259. Tony Taylor (card 574)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tony Taylor hanging out in Candlestick Park, a long way from some of his teammates. I like how the Phillies colors correspond with the border color, not quite matching but sort of matching.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrydtGxGIPcBjPWTFehzO9CwaYX-EhUjSdTFsXyVJJS6yZUwuldrGibmgbXMYzhKcElw0DoNEh1pcjH0nubMQAAkxyP_pJNPzfCcVM17Tt9JOnmL8rA4cockGuSSI0NMDVobYu39PueGn-1wcK0hZY3yzKOA8I3G1lgR5LQQXy5KlioPB_Br_IDd6Zeek/s1535/75-geronimo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrydtGxGIPcBjPWTFehzO9CwaYX-EhUjSdTFsXyVJJS6yZUwuldrGibmgbXMYzhKcElw0DoNEh1pcjH0nubMQAAkxyP_pJNPzfCcVM17Tt9JOnmL8rA4cockGuSSI0NMDVobYu39PueGn-1wcK0hZY3yzKOA8I3G1lgR5LQQXy5KlioPB_Br_IDd6Zeek/w450-h640/75-geronimo.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>258. Cesar Geronimo (card 41)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A lot of the spring training shots on the Reds cards are very nice. Lots to take in, even if you can't see any people. I also like the look at Geronimo's name on the back of his jersey and look how nice he signed his long name.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk5N9ZGLlIrux5DaTHomD51e4eNU03EYPuuTufirF6zcBL14B7vyP2S3UK-Nwbi3lhpxaK0wz3YsVHPSXapox4TR0Vk5ktD3FGeeVhurHumZDBe1laeJonxs3N5TeH_AN83jgL6SMtOchtOU9eN7kazA32tA6jXg2D4qui9B0wAirvpGBUORqyjh_scA/s1524/75-martinez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk5N9ZGLlIrux5DaTHomD51e4eNU03EYPuuTufirF6zcBL14B7vyP2S3UK-Nwbi3lhpxaK0wz3YsVHPSXapox4TR0Vk5ktD3FGeeVhurHumZDBe1laeJonxs3N5TeH_AN83jgL6SMtOchtOU9eN7kazA32tA6jXg2D4qui9B0wAirvpGBUORqyjh_scA/w454-h640/75-martinez.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>257. Ted Martinez (card 637)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have always liked this card. Martinez is all in, full uniform, decent mid-1970s facial hair and invested in that pose. Flag and the Mets scoreboard logo in the background always a plus.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfAHGQhBCQqP_vT4B5Xqvpu3kQNL7ZJohOq-7EyHqLtSkOBlzRtFlF8tpMAsJp4luudck_9FsOgw_nzL7tAeawX1uBHBsev5VvxmFZI0ImNRN_dRqhyphenhyphenYgzFEE5TSl4kztD7bkKnnSyGFvdB9HfM7dXp8AYsrXFtyMlbs2rQaTPGjPFtnmGMCGbRMx-AY/s1514/75-porter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfAHGQhBCQqP_vT4B5Xqvpu3kQNL7ZJohOq-7EyHqLtSkOBlzRtFlF8tpMAsJp4luudck_9FsOgw_nzL7tAeawX1uBHBsev5VvxmFZI0ImNRN_dRqhyphenhyphenYgzFEE5TSl4kztD7bkKnnSyGFvdB9HfM7dXp8AYsrXFtyMlbs2rQaTPGjPFtnmGMCGbRMx-AY/w456-h640/75-porter.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>256. Darrell Porter (card 52)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Darrell Porter's card could very well show the same photo session as <a href="https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/74/cid/31101/1974-Topps-194-Darrell-Porter">his 1974 card</a>. Same stadium, same spot. But Porter's more active this time and includes his looping signature, which is a nice touch that doesn't get enough love among collectors these days.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcg4YuqmrE4SjA2bFWVx-fCWQxC9ef8gDLhY9qIdbJHrjPm-HGbCKWqjtlDEnWFqtNGQAwcaCnBClzf2Pca-oxNg1p0YJcqxz0tOyo4KbdZKbYQ0q3fmAC2EOo6n_i-Z81DIBgbQDOlEOGzrBioKANuRJACuXkRs-sxYVoJNmr4IG55RSH63Sl6rZzSo/s1529/75-may,%20lee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcg4YuqmrE4SjA2bFWVx-fCWQxC9ef8gDLhY9qIdbJHrjPm-HGbCKWqjtlDEnWFqtNGQAwcaCnBClzf2Pca-oxNg1p0YJcqxz0tOyo4KbdZKbYQ0q3fmAC2EOo6n_i-Z81DIBgbQDOlEOGzrBioKANuRJACuXkRs-sxYVoJNmr4IG55RSH63Sl6rZzSo/w452-h640/75-may,%20lee.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>255. Lee May (card 25)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like a few of the Astros cards in this set, May and his uniform seem like the most interesting thing in this photo for miles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4rCb62JJ9FUmV95BFoP-m62UzPp6fiHIoh_udEjybTMCTRBMeo35gCSaPaNEr9przPnNiFoXoz-2mM_J_NCTjVwHlaE9QMr5o-94rYVdvph8I3LvmrkpObYYa1sLyb68_sGXF6VFis0PGGpn90lqXhsq1RO3oV-_iVCdhOtyUMk7fd2hzKLDbIf89Bc/s1516/75-kendall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4rCb62JJ9FUmV95BFoP-m62UzPp6fiHIoh_udEjybTMCTRBMeo35gCSaPaNEr9przPnNiFoXoz-2mM_J_NCTjVwHlaE9QMr5o-94rYVdvph8I3LvmrkpObYYa1sLyb68_sGXF6VFis0PGGpn90lqXhsq1RO3oV-_iVCdhOtyUMk7fd2hzKLDbIf89Bc/w456-h640/75-kendall.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>254. Fred Kendall (card 332)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, more mid-swing pose shots. Give me all the mid-swing pose shots! Kendall's uniform and helmet goes well with this color combo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_lpU4H1M8PJJ8uCXisjvbW_3_gAZulm0RewVUGn8VAMIF1XMRlA7cxDgKMvJqRK7TUgq6n_PLe9GgqN6tb-igk6gFwFzgVivTNqlvTfXUY6TipCVc7pJNep1oHROg21MZeE6eZNXLy739zU5VbmkvJwkcZoch2uAU23Hgf4853AVTO9okxTNgKZPb38/s1514/75-beniquez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_lpU4H1M8PJJ8uCXisjvbW_3_gAZulm0RewVUGn8VAMIF1XMRlA7cxDgKMvJqRK7TUgq6n_PLe9GgqN6tb-igk6gFwFzgVivTNqlvTfXUY6TipCVc7pJNep1oHROg21MZeE6eZNXLy739zU5VbmkvJwkcZoch2uAU23Hgf4853AVTO9okxTNgKZPb38/w456-h640/75-beniquez.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>253. Juan Beniquez (card 601)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All of them! This was a favorite Red Sox card among us youngsters in '75. I like the old-school Fenway look (at least I think that's what that is).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2RGmOpaTulWxEHhgiB0IXQc60huYlI1jloPTh8mFrfLbeyu1wxzaY8-3rRNJy-ZcovOKi0iyj_sYwCHlg-YPfJSK2qU5FlHFZwiHu8MrxpidgZiJASFJSGUamq7zE2ckDx-Qb9tHlhQ3J4kS-iXpBONmYLz3RL4jwUTRtpPfyGcYoJTtwDykdocGdPY/s1527/75-gentry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2RGmOpaTulWxEHhgiB0IXQc60huYlI1jloPTh8mFrfLbeyu1wxzaY8-3rRNJy-ZcovOKi0iyj_sYwCHlg-YPfJSK2qU5FlHFZwiHu8MrxpidgZiJASFJSGUamq7zE2ckDx-Qb9tHlhQ3J4kS-iXpBONmYLz3RL4jwUTRtpPfyGcYoJTtwDykdocGdPY/w452-h640/75-gentry.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>252. Gary Gentry (card 393)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another childhood favorite, Gary Gentry looked so regal. I remember being stunned when I found out he's mostly remembered for being a clean-cut Met.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMt0nZZ4nPbzNL2uN-AkD4_2Af6bwheH9uc4bkfpBZxrv46ZU7ERb8Z9bCwER_hH5sSrrJf5jb3xpldfUI3_ut0OCgLi9jTNNO_dTN5EUKspqhBoBqM6j6n29oIWI9sfdCiiCClc7PZb9Aq3-k2Gm61BEaBqLwGo60e8Gzx7UjujCHjzcSCQNHulRTcY/s1527/75-burgmeier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMt0nZZ4nPbzNL2uN-AkD4_2Af6bwheH9uc4bkfpBZxrv46ZU7ERb8Z9bCwER_hH5sSrrJf5jb3xpldfUI3_ut0OCgLi9jTNNO_dTN5EUKspqhBoBqM6j6n29oIWI9sfdCiiCClc7PZb9Aq3-k2Gm61BEaBqLwGo60e8Gzx7UjujCHjzcSCQNHulRTcY/w452-h640/75-burgmeier.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>251. Tom Burgmeier (card 478)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fascinating card back in '75. Why is this Burgmeier guy so happy about playing leapfrog? Why is head so big and his body so small? One of the wildest cards in the set to our eyes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pBa1wnUiXHDITI8NLEfoxR5hXZqI9vNeqXyUkmj46RngHl_LWFa5lFOrS094EmM03Ukkm5s9-niMCMtuPM9o9DfFvBiWAGfzG5kSH55n9dikt0EeGZk80El361D3t1Wv_cQzL7CZSfuaQw20tLSJk42iYVq3VNKOaMsB_YyYhTCv1YorHU2ZKqQjZvQ/s1509/75-melton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pBa1wnUiXHDITI8NLEfoxR5hXZqI9vNeqXyUkmj46RngHl_LWFa5lFOrS094EmM03Ukkm5s9-niMCMtuPM9o9DfFvBiWAGfzG5kSH55n9dikt0EeGZk80El361D3t1Wv_cQzL7CZSfuaQw20tLSJk42iYVq3VNKOaMsB_YyYhTCv1YorHU2ZKqQjZvQ/w458-h640/75-melton.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>250. Bill Melton (card 11)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was too young for the Beltin' Melton days, I mostly remember him as an Angels bust, but I did have the mini version of this card (that went through the wash), and I recall thinking that he seemed like a powerful dude.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RbkXSeai8KEQkNwrK0WD-RzgWbhX9H9Sn-EIRoVdQs7ho6EtXU12jk7XtRnAi6pbgWJEpp-8K1azVmtLvqwfztrayjHEkPMPiZEfcpwWzaKK0GMF-IiV_T8VNTlsqXH6Y2_Y3L2WoGysXNnT27PCsJzaXbDY7sg54MHXR80ZCJS1MGLvMCSA2PHOYk0/s1514/75-foucault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RbkXSeai8KEQkNwrK0WD-RzgWbhX9H9Sn-EIRoVdQs7ho6EtXU12jk7XtRnAi6pbgWJEpp-8K1azVmtLvqwfztrayjHEkPMPiZEfcpwWzaKK0GMF-IiV_T8VNTlsqXH6Y2_Y3L2WoGysXNnT27PCsJzaXbDY7sg54MHXR80ZCJS1MGLvMCSA2PHOYk0/w456-h640/75-foucault.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>249. Steve Foucault (card 283)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've held off on posting this card for as long as I could. This is one of my favorite cards in the set, in fact, if you were to ask me for a card that represents the set best, maybe as a template for the set, I'd pick out this card. I'm trying to dial down on personal bias with this countdown but it's just going to be a factor. The perfect matching on this card is what got me. And I loved the bearded look. It's just now occurring to me that Foucault (I've still never learned how to pronounce his name) is pretending to look in for the pitch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZK0waEf79FzL9hoRKErRlZT6dWckLUM0pqwDkA8Wz1qMUUV9BdLKkX9loG6qWk-KTg_rECux9639cXv8SVXYZ-duoUwCliMTxtAgHH2ZivB-f8IUfA-fdd7mg8pCvJzt3ROaqhc7UpK9-5cBE-QhH6GO2tkak-Gq6xCPmv-oxxNKS13g78RBvWWx82k/s1514/75-concepcion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZK0waEf79FzL9hoRKErRlZT6dWckLUM0pqwDkA8Wz1qMUUV9BdLKkX9loG6qWk-KTg_rECux9639cXv8SVXYZ-duoUwCliMTxtAgHH2ZivB-f8IUfA-fdd7mg8pCvJzt3ROaqhc7UpK9-5cBE-QhH6GO2tkak-Gq6xCPmv-oxxNKS13g78RBvWWx82k/w456-h640/75-concepcion.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>248. Dave Concepcion (card 17)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lots of activity on this card. That spaceship-looking seating appears on a couple of Reds cards in this set and I definitely took note in '75 (see a future card in this countdown).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxcDLSbMMjdSCAH4GlxVOJF4aHzgu703mfbTRYfaGZN5kYtcHQV0dVEXUpidYSN96W3jVIY8IPdbH0RJzRh-NcNARMUhIG84TRXBSIQ7yRVbFNjYS-E9eiroupKAorAjbHmKBXO6lKpmKR0fjxeJwwJA52v2GkVhyphenhypheniMlL9YGAaVJzJ7mFi1Ksl7PtX6I/s1493/75-reed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxcDLSbMMjdSCAH4GlxVOJF4aHzgu703mfbTRYfaGZN5kYtcHQV0dVEXUpidYSN96W3jVIY8IPdbH0RJzRh-NcNARMUhIG84TRXBSIQ7yRVbFNjYS-E9eiroupKAorAjbHmKBXO6lKpmKR0fjxeJwwJA52v2GkVhyphenhypheniMlL9YGAaVJzJ7mFi1Ksl7PtX6I/w462-h640/75-reed.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>247. Ron Reed (card 81)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ron Reed had a long career but this is his only card in which he's wearing a mustache. I'm willing to bet it's also his only card in which he's sharing photo space with six towels.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ9oI71qcgd5AKdW-JDOdEMroMQpi-wouoxmfUpT1XUVXyG_2mU84Sn2Ba0QPHUTr_I0VrUPVPhvDtfLPprb2My2vglanhEmqX5i4I_DQXCyqcrk7MnQLCKQrLFuljo2mTjL6-1y3ac36sBaoCZV8AeO40S_8-WaS6PAAo1oZurn4VEhuqKPJIvHXIqA/s1512/75-oliva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZ9oI71qcgd5AKdW-JDOdEMroMQpi-wouoxmfUpT1XUVXyG_2mU84Sn2Ba0QPHUTr_I0VrUPVPhvDtfLPprb2My2vglanhEmqX5i4I_DQXCyqcrk7MnQLCKQrLFuljo2mTjL6-1y3ac36sBaoCZV8AeO40S_8-WaS6PAAo1oZurn4VEhuqKPJIvHXIqA/w458-h640/75-oliva.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>246. Tony Oliva (card 325)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Standard batting shot but it's Tony Oliva and his ever-present card grin is worth a few extra points as is "Des. Hitter".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFK4FIoBV7hyJ_mDILAs-YMTOqSgxNPSjXDcKunqz3ZfLI7D3Kn14jiR2AXm0F0RTV5u5C1KYIAPRtEOimGzj14CkJv1hP4iNy5s31tosdFUgwduh-ma4u3tm3kN_aNd4Ne-WMddnZECZ-_1Bhyphenhyphen1tBoq1iqOTlbyF7l-6k3W95bNepPjveejO8J8qacE/s1508/75-rudi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFK4FIoBV7hyJ_mDILAs-YMTOqSgxNPSjXDcKunqz3ZfLI7D3Kn14jiR2AXm0F0RTV5u5C1KYIAPRtEOimGzj14CkJv1hP4iNy5s31tosdFUgwduh-ma4u3tm3kN_aNd4Ne-WMddnZECZ-_1Bhyphenhyphen1tBoq1iqOTlbyF7l-6k3W95bNepPjveejO8J8qacE/w458-h640/75-rudi.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>245. Joe Rudi (card 45)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have not covered all the head shots in this set, there are still a fair number left. That's because certain ones really show character, like this pleasant, droopy-dog shot of Joe Rudi. Once again an excellent color combo for an A's card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDRje7FD4d1wQvhYTni3l4biauZ0f_vfWbxi6aFoefqCQWVYN0uGAg1K0h8kYwaGhBN_2czJ-4tcKKlq5Otz4OC0XFk6UVpSo-XdnXq_gIWm6JmE4yRz0iEVFuY0ReNmDiJ297LFKKtMWHsyZzf4ua8xcn_Si6iFe2kGzKTjfeZxhP2JdEYEfona9ce8/s1527/75-koosman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDRje7FD4d1wQvhYTni3l4biauZ0f_vfWbxi6aFoefqCQWVYN0uGAg1K0h8kYwaGhBN_2czJ-4tcKKlq5Otz4OC0XFk6UVpSo-XdnXq_gIWm6JmE4yRz0iEVFuY0ReNmDiJ297LFKKtMWHsyZzf4ua8xcn_Si6iFe2kGzKTjfeZxhP2JdEYEfona9ce8/w452-h640/75-koosman.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>244. Jerry Koosman (card 19)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another head-and-shoulders shot that I really love. This card was one of the original cards I pulled out of the first three packs I ever bought. I was a fan of Koosman from that point.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnAkFnARZq3TXDD-anhryyvHd42or8nH69aG4cmlukzxGxwhWWj3qHsuE5EHEoqhzNSeEA2OsEnOhY5fsrPvkESQYm-XrK2nfuNhF9QPGm1hVOBA_dRMSBn10jA_fzpTqJ4VBcyxaAMRHbg6alKs05Xho0uqgRfc-NrmwM5CZpRVqmXhPp4_yra7QC1M/s1521/75-metzger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnAkFnARZq3TXDD-anhryyvHd42or8nH69aG4cmlukzxGxwhWWj3qHsuE5EHEoqhzNSeEA2OsEnOhY5fsrPvkESQYm-XrK2nfuNhF9QPGm1hVOBA_dRMSBn10jA_fzpTqJ4VBcyxaAMRHbg6alKs05Xho0uqgRfc-NrmwM5CZpRVqmXhPp4_yra7QC1M/w454-h640/75-metzger.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>243. Roger Metzger (card 541)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Roger Metzger seems to really be enjoying himself here. That's why I like it, and that pose is classic.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUPL_X0fwlWOeuerQjp9D5-f2c5iFPapXpfbpKzPXwN_hFQwrgL8SmwjUjSDcuIDwo4Jmwbed35HuDiDY8meViZcMLcLoZcpu7o3lm2ne438P0NgeaPJTCJbiWpwfFS0jf79F9Hn_iYzM9ehk0YVY5u4Hi7AhcLHQnuxitTfU0YqG5BkmvehAdmpTzv8/s1504/75-miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1075" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUPL_X0fwlWOeuerQjp9D5-f2c5iFPapXpfbpKzPXwN_hFQwrgL8SmwjUjSDcuIDwo4Jmwbed35HuDiDY8meViZcMLcLoZcpu7o3lm2ne438P0NgeaPJTCJbiWpwfFS0jf79F9Hn_iYzM9ehk0YVY5u4Hi7AhcLHQnuxitTfU0YqG5BkmvehAdmpTzv8/w458-h640/75-miller.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>242. Bruce Miller (card 606)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Who is Bruce Miller? I don't know! I didn't know then when I had the mini card, and I've done absolutely no work on it since. But I love this pose and the composition of the photo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfPUKWNsfDmBG0RfXVR3Y1fa0Mhrg1vf9N0GbhvMvUiM-e2-HgJkJjCSlaKqYog9iOdCUdQAMi43dyLjNRSK6wxQP3hv221u5i7d_2YUgnu3K3KZ9Sl2NOvcc9_fclCRTSgr9tUxJNQSZ-JOz8cGe46X98LxZVHyDx94ebZqhWN8G_pVT_hA4VbxfTWw/s1551/75-harris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfPUKWNsfDmBG0RfXVR3Y1fa0Mhrg1vf9N0GbhvMvUiM-e2-HgJkJjCSlaKqYog9iOdCUdQAMi43dyLjNRSK6wxQP3hv221u5i7d_2YUgnu3K3KZ9Sl2NOvcc9_fclCRTSgr9tUxJNQSZ-JOz8cGe46X98LxZVHyDx94ebZqhWN8G_pVT_hA4VbxfTWw/w446-h640/75-harris.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>241. Vic Harris (card 658)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">See? I like it. Vic Harris seems to be getting more velocity into his throw than Miller (glove down vs. glove up). I like the view of the stands, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I want photos like this in 2024 Heritage. I'm hoping they're really paying attention to this countdown over at Topps and noting what the cards actually looked like. I don't want to see any shots of players staring vacantly off into the distance with bat on shoulder or wild upper-cut swings.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Probably hoping for too much. But when you love a set more than any other, standards must be met.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-69952524192845245082024-03-07T19:24:00.006-05:002024-03-07T21:59:43.425-05:00Cast-offs<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7gM-d7PMuEgB-_SnzUhqfBqnrM61co-DBUanpBbyfnCK3aUA5NaHuZIh5CNDiWND7fB0Fa0sIDLOeXRPl1Xx2x02cHPAHqobnUiDSvNYLx_rhtYJZVA6QCpe6dblaA2UmWO90amneAnsW42iIvBVBjv815MFmzRe0Uq3AFoz1_8RMmRCgcmDVw6KxNU/s1523/banished-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7gM-d7PMuEgB-_SnzUhqfBqnrM61co-DBUanpBbyfnCK3aUA5NaHuZIh5CNDiWND7fB0Fa0sIDLOeXRPl1Xx2x02cHPAHqobnUiDSvNYLx_rhtYJZVA6QCpe6dblaA2UmWO90amneAnsW42iIvBVBjv815MFmzRe0Uq3AFoz1_8RMmRCgcmDVw6KxNU/w454-h640/banished-topper.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I've begun thinning out my Dodgers binders.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've known from the moment I returned to the hobby and restarted collecting my team that my stated mission to "collect them all" and be a completist when it comes to the Dodgers was impossible. Even before the explosion of parallels and super short-prints about a dozen years ago, it was a pipe dream. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Putting that knowledge into action though has been a slow process. I just don't like giving up my Dodgers. But it started almost unconsciously, by ignoring most, if not all, super short-prints. Then I drew the line on many parallels, although the acceleration in number made it easy. No human has time or brain capacity for all that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, thanks to some looming space issues and some bulk sends from <a href="https://johnnnystradingspot.blogspot.com/">Johnny</a>, I've started removing Dodgers from my binders. In many cases this was a long time coming. I didn't actually think that some of these cards were Dodger cards or separate parallel cards. In other cases, I had to take my brain aside and have talk. What are we doing here? We just can't keep acting like there's unlimited space.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0aZSbTFb0hWVBqU9nxepyqmOYqSwHPg_ad3mbRABYDi4Gxfj0SpnY7D2xroWaSiU1_vomwbRwMcuHj7QyerS_J5dIYaTUj-IxrolxamKGJcEGoqcxjfiPz2OuESv5I5rB1AQW4WY3rzJR-VEtsBLisJ5MehGDYnQUoZe22xhOT4EBn48cXnWXjfJ-x4/s1080/banished-box.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0aZSbTFb0hWVBqU9nxepyqmOYqSwHPg_ad3mbRABYDi4Gxfj0SpnY7D2xroWaSiU1_vomwbRwMcuHj7QyerS_J5dIYaTUj-IxrolxamKGJcEGoqcxjfiPz2OuESv5I5rB1AQW4WY3rzJR-VEtsBLisJ5MehGDYnQUoZe22xhOT4EBn48cXnWXjfJ-x4/w640-h480/banished-box.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, these are the cards that have been removed so far. I happen to be updating my Dodger binders anyway, so as I go along from year-to-year, I remove cards that just don't fit anymore and banish them to this box.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My primary target right now is Bowman sets.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfoskXnibOHMrV4WIrea9YDW2LHEg51aY8rWSBY4PWxcha_YriZEfkQELxk8qqpD8m9iYEKQLimH3GoRru-Os18_zuZeQf_w-4mQCh5evPERWqtHiwwnzUbFPyOaXOTc0YVgVoBiFq0uWH8UlU7wxL5PeSRXwJpR9ZMAmU1fk9gyeNf-V7sBjPan48LE/s1080/banished-bowman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="1080" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfoskXnibOHMrV4WIrea9YDW2LHEg51aY8rWSBY4PWxcha_YriZEfkQELxk8qqpD8m9iYEKQLimH3GoRru-Os18_zuZeQf_w-4mQCh5evPERWqtHiwwnzUbFPyOaXOTc0YVgVoBiFq0uWH8UlU7wxL5PeSRXwJpR9ZMAmU1fk9gyeNf-V7sBjPan48LE/w640-h308/banished-bowman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is 2004-2011. I need to go back to when Bowman started putting guys in its sets that never made the major leagues, I think that's mid-'90s? And I haven't gone past 2011 in my binder updates yet so there's more to come.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll leave alone Bowman sets from, say, 2018-present on the chance some of those guys do make the majors. The rule is: if you play in one major league game, for any team not just the Dodgers, then you get to stay in the binders. Otherwise, you're banished and what the hell was Bowman including you in a set anyway, that's not even a real MLB uniform you're wearing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I haven't done the same for similar sets like Pro Debut. I think it's because in many cases Pro Debut uses the Topps design from that particular year and Bowman's designs are so unappealing. But Pro Debut's time could be coming.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilufilIL5AGVHLLhn9B0Wb0g2OOGvwMCAiThAG_5cpXm63Que7dPDiK2wBs_yI861jhHMLH2kv-OKslW9LmV7MnA1jvOUtiIw2X77Kogp-0dLk4qahCouGd7F7wvuC2Y_Sh22IQIbkRVU8qS24jlXCIqwLsFZGBxn5fw-T3_Ge4_TGifir49vAAPE6RA4/s1080/banished-paniniugliness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="1080" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilufilIL5AGVHLLhn9B0Wb0g2OOGvwMCAiThAG_5cpXm63Que7dPDiK2wBs_yI861jhHMLH2kv-OKslW9LmV7MnA1jvOUtiIw2X77Kogp-0dLk4qahCouGd7F7wvuC2Y_Sh22IQIbkRVU8qS24jlXCIqwLsFZGBxn5fw-T3_Ge4_TGifir49vAAPE6RA4/w640-h350/banished-paniniugliness.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Likewise, all of the freakin' ugly Panini sets, Prizm and such, with players who may have been drafted by the Dodgers but didn't reach the majors, are now stashed in the box. Don't matter if it's numbered, stuff like that has no meaning if you aren't in the majors! I don't even know what the Werner Blakely card is doing in my collection, he's been in the Angels organization his whole career.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCvwZTkVnkALSAI5Uwyo964YIGqtH3DshtlpJgAEmdtYCjuURUNkqq40l7QA1725RD-g1y0Sf6fhgUzR4ahy-r021VPZeLCyFbqrYMCh0MmCrYLuYRXeXLpotfkgj6F4CrxPLABCEwHp5x_ChWTT_0QD9oEPY4oVZuYkdhGMYKri_x7Ygkh0rXcWAIz0/s1080/banished-minorleaguecards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1080" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCvwZTkVnkALSAI5Uwyo964YIGqtH3DshtlpJgAEmdtYCjuURUNkqq40l7QA1725RD-g1y0Sf6fhgUzR4ahy-r021VPZeLCyFbqrYMCh0MmCrYLuYRXeXLpotfkgj6F4CrxPLABCEwHp5x_ChWTT_0QD9oEPY4oVZuYkdhGMYKri_x7Ygkh0rXcWAIz0/w640-h410/banished-minorleaguecards.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> The rules are even more stringent for minor league cards. It's fun getting minor league cards of players in the Dodger organization who are known more for playing for another MLB team, but the shelves in my card room are forcing me to make difficult choices. As much as I like minor league cards, they're not major league cards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPmGEKzpnGEedO-qp0jdArrPIbvaCuP0Ap4LB-DuoV9owj9Sm-4tzy3dvZP9LcBUJk7XXap87cwU0CEq4x2ORcQ3tUgQ00_VgbqKkBvMCPltTYIrmLWk9o5PEKIjOlDAV97d7fH4czdLyY89CK1cfb8oSXWb-QslMBGcs2iYx4ic5DocGwMn6iDIesBs/s1011/banished-backs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1011" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPmGEKzpnGEedO-qp0jdArrPIbvaCuP0Ap4LB-DuoV9owj9Sm-4tzy3dvZP9LcBUJk7XXap87cwU0CEq4x2ORcQ3tUgQ00_VgbqKkBvMCPltTYIrmLWk9o5PEKIjOlDAV97d7fH4czdLyY89CK1cfb8oSXWb-QslMBGcs2iYx4ic5DocGwMn6iDIesBs/w640-h340/banished-backs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was a quick turnaround. I think I was briefly brainwashed by TCDB into thinking back variations of this sort was worth page pockets in my binders. I don't think that anymore. If the "variation" is a copyright symbol or an amount of asterisks or a dumb period, you're in the box, baby. That ain't no variation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYPnxoxBU0wLMSsOX_5y4MynAQjmgH1bHyOusVbL-b0vZpp-cQ6OLFno4fxsHvrpTTi0JXkuPtD_sY0raAyOyVLmZiSWnQX3uHDFcIiTQdCTbQgzXPfcUNnPJdsVj0x4eUFgZ89KcmEFpCYbyAPfymW0-LU5YbbJDMoHam6CNOLz4kfaNXs73xaIwLY/s1703/banished-bugsbunny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYPnxoxBU0wLMSsOX_5y4MynAQjmgH1bHyOusVbL-b0vZpp-cQ6OLFno4fxsHvrpTTi0JXkuPtD_sY0raAyOyVLmZiSWnQX3uHDFcIiTQdCTbQgzXPfcUNnPJdsVj0x4eUFgZ89KcmEFpCYbyAPfymW0-LU5YbbJDMoHam6CNOLz4kfaNXs73xaIwLY/w406-h640/banished-bugsbunny.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These were the first to go. I loved watching Bugs Bunny as a kid. It's cool seeing him on cards. But just because a team's hat was painted on the character doesn't mean it's now a Dodger card. I've stared and stared at these in my binders and wondered what they were doing there, and every time I update the binders, moving these feels like a chore. So now I don't have to move them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that's all I've gotten to so far. I'm sure if people could peak into my team binders, they'd wonder why some other cards are staying but these ones aren't but that's why you don't get to peak into my binders!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I make the rules and it's been overdue for some of these. There will be others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For now these cards will stay in a box (hopefully just one), but in a lot of cases I have zero use for them -- it's just a pain to remove them from my TCDB inventory. But if anyone wants a Leon Landry card or a Mike Christopher card with no period after U.S.A., I won't turn them down. Just give me a couple weeks.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79446657857516245802024-03-06T19:12:00.002-05:002024-03-07T01:46:17.960-05:00Old days<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtRsgaYes7a86jpa3L-7l11yGFgsZK3SU6-eyYQz5Py5VD63PjcMcBKfYftA11bx3VRSHjqdF6j7y3AmLNNGvD4GOWDxlGEYP5oGEdrwd_mApEj5ezIucaXRfS5yuuFznkGo3saZ_OGnY9qdusPiDYqXiq-6eAqPD9uUJMP2uvTih5-zLE-x0xJ6ZYSo/s639/washington81T.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtRsgaYes7a86jpa3L-7l11yGFgsZK3SU6-eyYQz5Py5VD63PjcMcBKfYftA11bx3VRSHjqdF6j7y3AmLNNGvD4GOWDxlGEYP5oGEdrwd_mApEj5ezIucaXRfS5yuuFznkGo3saZ_OGnY9qdusPiDYqXiq-6eAqPD9uUJMP2uvTih5-zLE-x0xJ6ZYSo/w454-h640/washington81T.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">U.L. Washington passed away Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was a little distressing when I found that out, not because I had a firm connection to Washington, who was the shortstop for the 1980s Kansas City Royals teams that repeatedly made the postseason, but because it took a long time to find credible information on the news.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One big reason for that is the demise of traditional news sources, which ain't good, but also the immediacy of social media, which often doesn't place a lot of importance on <i>how they discovered that information</i>. But another reason is a lot of folks on earth now just don't remember the 1970s and 1980s. It's not important to them. Now <i>that </i>is more than a little distressing to me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So Washington falls into that category of "incidental" baseball players of the past for many people. He wasn't George Brett or Tony Gwynn, someone who enters into fans' consciousness automatically whether they were around for that player's games or not. Washington's career ended before the '90s began.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Perhaps that's on my generation for not promoting players like this enough, I just assumed everyone knew about Washington and his toothpick.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XM4FGKhoOLBwpv3drrBWc0P1RjTY_L6hwED50vuar82vlRnbsIzsfVyBpv0kzHS3MfiaRXXrhyROEBy3kPpG9Hc9XNoTrc4_XqgYr5ekqYycXxodzKR04fwibEE44ZQCLK8qZ4D7u_eZCoPCCu6Twx70FLYMTixUz1KxSqkFNVjdQiPjt-FW5FaYp7M/s640/COMC-7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XM4FGKhoOLBwpv3drrBWc0P1RjTY_L6hwED50vuar82vlRnbsIzsfVyBpv0kzHS3MfiaRXXrhyROEBy3kPpG9Hc9XNoTrc4_XqgYr5ekqYycXxodzKR04fwibEE44ZQCLK8qZ4D7u_eZCoPCCu6Twx70FLYMTixUz1KxSqkFNVjdQiPjt-FW5FaYp7M/w446-h640/COMC-7.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br />I've written a handful of posts about Washington, including specific ones that displayed the two cards I've just shown. Washington was a past Brush With Greatness post as he's the first person with Major League experienced that I interviewed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's why I acquired the Welland Pirates card of him as a manager because that was the year I talked to him and he was working in that capacity. In fact I talked to him during Welland's first-ever game as a Class A franchise in the New York-Penn League.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I mentioned previously that I wrote a sidebar during that game (it was also the first game for our beat team, the Niagara Falls Rapids, and our main writer did the game story) and talked to Washington face-to-face on the field, just me and him. There was that toothpick.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOm3wj1AsEHPoeJzDJl1T_eGhazKHxl6tzMyw3yZowN5wzxHyuBZFEuAnliRkv3694fs3WDdxGOlByIPdtSeet5h7E_S6cKvjeeGVWVYpfaRTHUqkOXZYFCr5dqgqQ4usScHG4Ox8Rfki_oIm8t7ZAKTk4F6vOursEkgDQuJFXO78nDcVYaPs1wB5jTw/s1080/olddays-paper1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="1080" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOm3wj1AsEHPoeJzDJl1T_eGhazKHxl6tzMyw3yZowN5wzxHyuBZFEuAnliRkv3694fs3WDdxGOlByIPdtSeet5h7E_S6cKvjeeGVWVYpfaRTHUqkOXZYFCr5dqgqQ4usScHG4Ox8Rfki_oIm8t7ZAKTk4F6vOursEkgDQuJFXO78nDcVYaPs1wB5jTw/w640-h332/olddays-paper1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> That's the quote I got from Washington in the middle column shown here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What I didn't remember until going through the clips that I've long stored away is that I talked to Washington twice. I interviewed him in Welland, Ontario, the following day during the Rapids' first road game.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember the game, it was played in a public park where high school teams played because Welland's new stadium wasn't finished yet (I would later cover a game in that new stadium at the end of the season when Niagara Falls needed a win to clinch -- they didn't get it).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfLWq5mLD-39DmLtj0ED7NrvP9GN89uy0Yaj1mFD2TBTD0EB3x_BtitDDvFrjhu5M_HmjRMAaYceiD1jDUsM4VhGam3H451M_Mv_TCjT-QopUXf7zQwfZF2LSco3tsi-KbCbVu4heq9tgVhS3GAjxDarJ_AyRlycWt2w904xN1K52X3Q2wqLIwjqWOlk/s1532/olddays-paper2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfLWq5mLD-39DmLtj0ED7NrvP9GN89uy0Yaj1mFD2TBTD0EB3x_BtitDDvFrjhu5M_HmjRMAaYceiD1jDUsM4VhGam3H451M_Mv_TCjT-QopUXf7zQwfZF2LSco3tsi-KbCbVu4heq9tgVhS3GAjxDarJ_AyRlycWt2w904xN1K52X3Q2wqLIwjqWOlk/s16000/olddays-paper2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There are a couple of quotes in there from Washington, unsurprisingly mentioning speed as a key aspect of the team. Washington was known as a speedster during his career.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Those articles were written when I was very early in my pro journalist days (please excuse any newbie writing or typos). That was 35 years ago!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also Washington was 70 when he passed. Just about everyone I followed in baseball as a youngster is in their 70s now. These are old days when these players played. Just about everything I collect is from the old days.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97QxFJaa92TNslI4GKja0hr7tuO_eSbXxb42cY8_nDK43X_T26fwCMCd5bYAevhmYMtHBg1ay2YED49__VBGrHVKsp_m0pGcDWR-6rKPuN3BTOYsaVA_OUEYtJfKzL6OrX3OXaOl64D3N9m3M0muaoNeqmHOivNwO4dEXoJ15Xqey1xMoJpUBu5BDIjc/s1518/dj-tino94.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97QxFJaa92TNslI4GKja0hr7tuO_eSbXxb42cY8_nDK43X_T26fwCMCd5bYAevhmYMtHBg1ay2YED49__VBGrHVKsp_m0pGcDWR-6rKPuN3BTOYsaVA_OUEYtJfKzL6OrX3OXaOl64D3N9m3M0muaoNeqmHOivNwO4dEXoJ15Xqey1xMoJpUBu5BDIjc/w456-h640/dj-tino94.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For example, this card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No way, you're saying, that's a card from 1994 Fleer. That slickness is NEW.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No it's not. 1994 Fleer is 30 years old, you guys. It's OLD.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But that was almost the newest card that I landed in the latest Time Travel exchange I made with Matt at <a href="https://diamond-jesters.blogspot.com/">Diamond Jesters</a> (I hope to get the return out the door this weekend). With a couple of notable exceptions, everything else was mad old. Like decades and decades ago. Ye Olden Tymes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEhBlJ5LPP8eH-tSxvcAL9894EhpPsz04ENOjNsByoHN_-xeGndc_-2EFiqcU8WVegtSYuezcSxB9OesNpqk8uUpvMT_DUJj2Gi8KIOhaKFD99OTYmA75GEMFX6pEX5_rfxT2sE668FdFFRwp3ZdgmXzzqQFMqr7Wyv_HeSd0-wSvwgl5xWnE2grjO4o/s1529/dj-guidry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEhBlJ5LPP8eH-tSxvcAL9894EhpPsz04ENOjNsByoHN_-xeGndc_-2EFiqcU8WVegtSYuezcSxB9OesNpqk8uUpvMT_DUJj2Gi8KIOhaKFD99OTYmA75GEMFX6pEX5_rfxT2sE668FdFFRwp3ZdgmXzzqQFMqr7Wyv_HeSd0-wSvwgl5xWnE2grjO4o/w452-h640/dj-guidry.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This awesome 1983 O-Pee-Chee card of Gator is 41 years old. That's right, it's not even my 40-year high school reunion year anymore.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEPEKdGaK9GQL62b_13peq6FQyiVG0NPs9gFcODlyLCdzgrafR4oi767OYrfP08ERIly45SvtLGJcWIX5MpI5P5IH49myNeW6hhgA0fhYb9hvjXpUnhKGEsSW4ohdQbjiMvzY2-vYDLPvVIX3wPxRb_d2j4bMn0UuG038_YZUS0XpEIrj8i2zX-6LYWs/s1414/dj-87opc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEPEKdGaK9GQL62b_13peq6FQyiVG0NPs9gFcODlyLCdzgrafR4oi767OYrfP08ERIly45SvtLGJcWIX5MpI5P5IH49myNeW6hhgA0fhYb9hvjXpUnhKGEsSW4ohdQbjiMvzY2-vYDLPvVIX3wPxRb_d2j4bMn0UuG038_YZUS0XpEIrj8i2zX-6LYWs/s16000/dj-87opc.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These O-Pee-Chee cards are a little newer but nearing their 40th anniversary as well. I like how Schmidt and Kennedy seem to be speaking their transactions.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrbp0VCdCZN_FuSZ2YAf65G2LBFQ0osuaBliPV_7gkwOYEDavwPXgOvpcgHSv8pzCmc3SvfdxcKMNbGg4IUYQ9xtF_cO2LvH9-kb9lzmjZmkRmaqriDcR2qfF6eSWjr04RQ5yKoBcribT9jsvUW_kCugoup-DkGuqRA8NjFfugQRw9W_WCPJ2s6cf4dg/s1456/dj-purkey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrbp0VCdCZN_FuSZ2YAf65G2LBFQ0osuaBliPV_7gkwOYEDavwPXgOvpcgHSv8pzCmc3SvfdxcKMNbGg4IUYQ9xtF_cO2LvH9-kb9lzmjZmkRmaqriDcR2qfF6eSWjr04RQ5yKoBcribT9jsvUW_kCugoup-DkGuqRA8NjFfugQRw9W_WCPJ2s6cf4dg/w474-h640/dj-purkey.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This card is as old as me and that's enough of that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdZV9WQg7_Bw_FCo7ST2iXTetUgIhIWI3O3_UxjyXuCli5deHnzLxBT6Nj9YhrENtI-HOh83C_b4GTR1SCSHKnC7RnfNPlD1kg-Qg-hWU_fEJTWctjOnxaLXgV5hDgb1ES_OcTe4wgI-x5xnY9sGADj6cwfS83s22V1ccRsvEOrsjm3X0qwmrF_hbvRQ/s1419/dj-williedavis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdZV9WQg7_Bw_FCo7ST2iXTetUgIhIWI3O3_UxjyXuCli5deHnzLxBT6Nj9YhrENtI-HOh83C_b4GTR1SCSHKnC7RnfNPlD1kg-Qg-hWU_fEJTWctjOnxaLXgV5hDgb1ES_OcTe4wgI-x5xnY9sGADj6cwfS83s22V1ccRsvEOrsjm3X0qwmrF_hbvRQ/w488-h640/dj-williedavis.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A little younger than me but still old as all heck. I already have this card but no one had claimed it at Diamond Jesters for months (what the hell) so I had to take it home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Now for some newer stuff just so people under 40 can have something to relate to.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sSevXbCVpqyLL4TftBcXg7YsDsJwRti30YNmxJ_8PhLMC98N0G0S0_pwJd8gLSzZlc_TuM9GptYWEUL4CZRf8Ly5NO8nUU-yfM9l5wLerleg7Qkzswh_VcF76K5YKrLBIPPw2KquhoLCY6hczwnuk-fVsjX6yhvMOCQlZkkKaECcXI1AcGjWdBmD1Ag/s1501/dj-auto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sSevXbCVpqyLL4TftBcXg7YsDsJwRti30YNmxJ_8PhLMC98N0G0S0_pwJd8gLSzZlc_TuM9GptYWEUL4CZRf8Ly5NO8nUU-yfM9l5wLerleg7Qkzswh_VcF76K5YKrLBIPPw2KquhoLCY6hczwnuk-fVsjX6yhvMOCQlZkkKaECcXI1AcGjWdBmD1Ag/w460-h640/dj-auto.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br />I snagged this autograph for <a href="https://njwv.wordpress.com/">Nick</a>. I think Wade Jr. is wearing one of those City Connect precursors, remember those awful all-white and all-black uniforms MLB players were forced to wear that one year? A few years later, they lose all perspective and make this look like an unlicensed Topps card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0gHVhf_HQ1eZ7Nc0Qeg305o1T-Rz4GGlcb1zxFia7UF2UUDj5NzoHxKjovHQHp7Ky0DViYZddFW895gootynVPGR1cHhjyO7IOCNYB0Q2Y0y_pJVa1tjT4oaTkcwozD-SIcjO6Wt5OFvPQMTlSabbVe0KzYGIv2smHV0PJVDcUIGof_XmZeAR0f7eL4/s1080/dj-2024dodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1080" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0gHVhf_HQ1eZ7Nc0Qeg305o1T-Rz4GGlcb1zxFia7UF2UUDj5NzoHxKjovHQHp7Ky0DViYZddFW895gootynVPGR1cHhjyO7IOCNYB0Q2Y0y_pJVa1tjT4oaTkcwozD-SIcjO6Wt5OFvPQMTlSabbVe0KzYGIv2smHV0PJVDcUIGof_XmZeAR0f7eL4/w640-h462/dj-2024dodgers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I added the two 2024 cards for the team collection. (I've since pulled the Graterol card, but no matter since I like the set so much).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ABUgh0mPr2ISHCVvWMgK-WcCXrvJuP4fAEfclNmmpDl79cJiZET-_0lC7ygNuy3YUF4yJcCMFxJ1hEZllZ0KyF8XRxW3-l85Y3PF199RKqgC6aaRWcib80VMcjNcI5tzUXuDDcYWqZjnDtcoHy0a-WboCLHgktq_RKT6nNv_B5DU_M5AkPVarKFxovU/s1508/dj-kershawbp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ABUgh0mPr2ISHCVvWMgK-WcCXrvJuP4fAEfclNmmpDl79cJiZET-_0lC7ygNuy3YUF4yJcCMFxJ1hEZllZ0KyF8XRxW3-l85Y3PF199RKqgC6aaRWcib80VMcjNcI5tzUXuDDcYWqZjnDtcoHy0a-WboCLHgktq_RKT6nNv_B5DU_M5AkPVarKFxovU/w458-h640/dj-kershawbp.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I think Matt awesomely threw in this Blue Print Kershaw card to go with the others.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So NOT ALL of the cards that I want in my collection are Old As Dirt, just most of them. And if I still need some convincing that almost everything I collect a bunch of people think is archaic, there was this other thing I came across in another story I wrote back in 1989 regarding the Rapids baseball team, referencing Niagara Falls native Sal Maglie.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The story was about the Welland Pirates team that U.L. Washington managed. It mentioned that Maglie played in Welland in 1944.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember back in the '80s when 1944 felt like so damn long ago. Black & white pictures. World wars. The Andrew Sisters and Glenn Miller. Just completely unrelatable moments from my grandparents' time.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">In 1989, 1944 was 45 years ago. Today, 45 years ago is ...<i> 1979!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">😮</span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-91615741129177517032024-03-04T19:15:00.004-05:002024-03-04T20:11:12.771-05:0030 teams, 2024 edition<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJbi0iTzdIUrEe7Jr0Y39wkLUX_CKGDhyOP_9aR0YnmecM2bV9zTNFRR46Py0_dZF6kgbFU2Qu7rZXiMY1NCiotHT-v7BLOTnr6cFOlV5_J4sa_GxddPz_Rg2XSItuGLhcdNgXCiVVSQlfM1hnXDqrOrEyuodRH70yelKyVGBOne4fig8gNucQT2XIBU/s1517/30teams-cc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJbi0iTzdIUrEe7Jr0Y39wkLUX_CKGDhyOP_9aR0YnmecM2bV9zTNFRR46Py0_dZF6kgbFU2Qu7rZXiMY1NCiotHT-v7BLOTnr6cFOlV5_J4sa_GxddPz_Rg2XSItuGLhcdNgXCiVVSQlfM1hnXDqrOrEyuodRH70yelKyVGBOne4fig8gNucQT2XIBU/w456-h640/30teams-cc.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I bought some more 2024 Topps last week, a blaster and a couple of loose packs to balance off the hanger boxes and jumbo pack I bought the last time. I thought that might limit the collation issues, but that is greatly overestimating Topps. I think I'm on my fifth Matt Olson card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I did get the nifty CC Sabathia relic with the gray swatch that doesn't match the pictured pinstripes, but does give me hope the cloth bit is actually from some other less-yucky team with gray road unis.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The new purchases also gave me enough new cards of each team so I can use nothing but 2024 Topps cards for the annual exercise of ranking all the major league teams in order of my preference.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, I still really like 2024 Topps. Yes, I really don't like some of the below teams, they don't deserve 2024 Topps, maybe I should pick out a nice 2016 card for those ones.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, you know how this goes. I've been doing this for 16 years now! And longer when I include all those times I ranked teams as a youngster in my bedroom on sheets of lined paper.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Not many people use lined paper these days. But you can print out this post to place it next to your viewing device for this season as a guideline. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm still going to include with each team a player I didn't know was on that team's roster. I'm more up on teams a little more than last year since I've regained my MLB subscription because I couldn't handle another year of ESPN.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Here we go:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYpW3BZwChsqyBwqWfyTFcwaUaGkKlee4GhnAeMxcl0il376wAYMLeAP9rHeca8dIuzScQ_Yn4V0uHUP-ysGvpDy2oJDgBPydniRRdwkGVsr_s1C_voNyNDYPp35Kd8fZzAkbirK7QXKn6etcMBHvLu8Z3vipiBbwKL5jHANWAFNS-Whk3lBO7OzSxDU/s1080/30teams-dodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="1080" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYpW3BZwChsqyBwqWfyTFcwaUaGkKlee4GhnAeMxcl0il376wAYMLeAP9rHeca8dIuzScQ_Yn4V0uHUP-ysGvpDy2oJDgBPydniRRdwkGVsr_s1C_voNyNDYPp35Kd8fZzAkbirK7QXKn6etcMBHvLu8Z3vipiBbwKL5jHANWAFNS-Whk3lBO7OzSxDU/w640-h460/30teams-dodgers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>1. Los Angeles Dodgers (highest ranking: 1st; lowest ranking: 1st)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> I've watched more spring training games of the Dodgers than any other team by far, so I know everybody on the roster -- well, I know all their names, can't tell you much more on some of them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFQmDxWWeQr2_W6YRlH69vwYXBuCj9xPk8UyCRET40-A-IjgGfD9HUol5oKYQuv_SDJOXMRuO4gch5ZXp7_zNOqrjApCQpA47f-ZuNvr9tA8zhv6xBMOIAFDJdr_C1vqwJT-gkxgIEq19wkDDFnYZk6sUUzMqu6MKuplQP5AFtLRl-5WuqQQEG6y4s1s/s1512/30teams-orioles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFQmDxWWeQr2_W6YRlH69vwYXBuCj9xPk8UyCRET40-A-IjgGfD9HUol5oKYQuv_SDJOXMRuO4gch5ZXp7_zNOqrjApCQpA47f-ZuNvr9tA8zhv6xBMOIAFDJdr_C1vqwJT-gkxgIEq19wkDDFnYZk6sUUzMqu6MKuplQP5AFtLRl-5WuqQQEG6y4s1s/w458-h640/30teams-orioles.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><b><br />2. Baltimore Orioles (highest ranking: 2nd; lowest ranking: 18th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I think this is the year the Orioles are supposed to really contend? Last year was a bit of a surprise. O's are already dealing with injuries so hopefully the jinx isn't in effect. This teams is more appealing with the youngsters and the knowledge that it's my nephew's favorite team (along with my brother's).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Craig Kimbrel. This isn't great news, O's fans.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmlq2G9iR0foxX0oFdBiSP-L16McoM7YhJ3lu_NXcevAylJDH1GiZiP0rsUgGiw4TIp1UjXRf6ktTkiGfSdQ3EY273eWZZNLHuvA-Eyk7ZG7Lax89vHHGIydq-NKbMswNPgNLZYzNhVP3lDNhxu-EXFw3e6L7tcuxqVhDZ6nzGOS7FVfsVJsaNnVwdkQ/s1516/30teams-royals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmlq2G9iR0foxX0oFdBiSP-L16McoM7YhJ3lu_NXcevAylJDH1GiZiP0rsUgGiw4TIp1UjXRf6ktTkiGfSdQ3EY273eWZZNLHuvA-Eyk7ZG7Lax89vHHGIydq-NKbMswNPgNLZYzNhVP3lDNhxu-EXFw3e6L7tcuxqVhDZ6nzGOS7FVfsVJsaNnVwdkQ/w456-h640/30teams-royals.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>3. Kansas City Royals (highest ranking: 2nd; lowest ranking: 5th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Royals should slip more considering their lack of contending but they at least seem to try. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Seth Lugo. Good to see he got out of San Diego, he can be likeable again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLc0Jc_rc7QODommq751c5IgjE0XYPnBc5OU_TVPi4ySg1w77Ji0StLlMVoopRlLAGkt2QrljLF1hBkI6OUUv0hmiYu_IjijlxyoJeYa2OXKMB0Gc-xbPZRteG5qtwkP34z3U3AzpsDSnE4hXLxZdPunfPad7PiDSfYIaFOD2iSyq2i8CbAy_ZoYN_q4/s1519/30teams-bluejays.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLc0Jc_rc7QODommq751c5IgjE0XYPnBc5OU_TVPi4ySg1w77Ji0StLlMVoopRlLAGkt2QrljLF1hBkI6OUUv0hmiYu_IjijlxyoJeYa2OXKMB0Gc-xbPZRteG5qtwkP34z3U3AzpsDSnE4hXLxZdPunfPad7PiDSfYIaFOD2iSyq2i8CbAy_ZoYN_q4/w456-h640/30teams-bluejays.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>4. Toronto Blue Jays (highest ranking: 2nd; lowest ranking: 8th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Blue Jays couldn't stay my second-favorite team for very long, but they're not playing in Buffalo anymore. I was watching a spring game of theirs the other day and I realized that George Springer and Justin Turner are on the same team now and wondered how that was working out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Isiah Kiner-Falefa. I saw him during the same spring game. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ088nSoprAR7rJrmixuFSOJs7ZVBXV4dj0c40-35a18EquDrOr4jx1oAawlfkrbO4pufQ7o2K_yly5_n5GYSSpComVrLFE7x2Ef3FISszrEYhmxv250KOoK6PK1FBZnxtuwD2kjjFQ-Xv6p6ompupOsFc_QRu2z0XzVkMVy_6lZEenwfSdJDy_qGUf7E/s1521/30teams-phillies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ088nSoprAR7rJrmixuFSOJs7ZVBXV4dj0c40-35a18EquDrOr4jx1oAawlfkrbO4pufQ7o2K_yly5_n5GYSSpComVrLFE7x2Ef3FISszrEYhmxv250KOoK6PK1FBZnxtuwD2kjjFQ-Xv6p6ompupOsFc_QRu2z0XzVkMVy_6lZEenwfSdJDy_qGUf7E/w454-h640/30teams-phillies.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>5. Philadelphia Phillies (highest ranking: 2nd; lowest ranking: 10th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Phillies were the most recent great hope against the Astros, so that's still helping. Philadelphia fans' fickle-and-loud nature rubs me wrong, but that's mostly with the Eagles.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Spencer Turnbull.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYI1HkPGGJdH4X4hsNrwoXN-81oGC50iBiBqbPTHn0ehGDzBjCvmZvHgY4_BzKr45a2hKPYOU5ZQRsf133UT5ja2Kcem5b2P6Yr05POc-vMfRK8A40DrvKTs_RsHPA1Y-xsd14rE7g9Tp5co67KyexzzXn7Fxyh3HHbPdZ1nppDvwkpg1cozTk44C7os/s1512/30teams-pirates.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYI1HkPGGJdH4X4hsNrwoXN-81oGC50iBiBqbPTHn0ehGDzBjCvmZvHgY4_BzKr45a2hKPYOU5ZQRsf133UT5ja2Kcem5b2P6Yr05POc-vMfRK8A40DrvKTs_RsHPA1Y-xsd14rE7g9Tp5co67KyexzzXn7Fxyh3HHbPdZ1nppDvwkpg1cozTk44C7os/w458-h640/30teams-pirates.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>6. Pittsburgh Pirates (highest ranking: 3rd; lowest ranking: 7th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still not convinced the Pirates front office is behaving like a major league one and even watching their games in the spring I get a little sad, but I couldn't drop them lower this year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Yasmani Grandal</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK02bKUSVCxIkxfmY5mmBbS2yTTcCgfKRlAVJaMh8oOm39k7-5i1RpA7DVyIVFCZiKY2jeUwTDyYOY-ovNbAv-9rn4jgniUCQXP1mref9LIS3CjS0r2105AemupXcDkSMl1LyTwKdlyQbgNMJMSquOe75zeW_bvTP76RSedvyvXjeRYyx738secCpTU_4/s1080/30teams-redsox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1080" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK02bKUSVCxIkxfmY5mmBbS2yTTcCgfKRlAVJaMh8oOm39k7-5i1RpA7DVyIVFCZiKY2jeUwTDyYOY-ovNbAv-9rn4jgniUCQXP1mref9LIS3CjS0r2105AemupXcDkSMl1LyTwKdlyQbgNMJMSquOe75zeW_bvTP76RSedvyvXjeRYyx738secCpTU_4/w640-h462/30teams-redsox.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>7. Boston Red Sox (highest ranking: 2nd; lowest ranking: 7th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ESPN has kind of ruined this team for me due to its overexposure habits.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Vaughn Grissom</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakKcY6k4jeU6ABNEE1fyKFP8uUTwzb-XHZPqCRxaWCSvWaNTGUPFch34LKw-QQIfg4b8EDdAayV3KN5txqy69f6m0WSfSrpgzhwF9N4UTxyX0Xcl8XtLi0VzfKNr-i2UISQ0WtWNER6YMXq3TQqjc9HLI3perrL84b8giF2OWO_GWwV9PNhe53iGSijE/s1512/30teams-rangers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakKcY6k4jeU6ABNEE1fyKFP8uUTwzb-XHZPqCRxaWCSvWaNTGUPFch34LKw-QQIfg4b8EDdAayV3KN5txqy69f6m0WSfSrpgzhwF9N4UTxyX0Xcl8XtLi0VzfKNr-i2UISQ0WtWNER6YMXq3TQqjc9HLI3perrL84b8giF2OWO_GWwV9PNhe53iGSijE/w458-h640/30teams-rangers.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>8. Texas Rangers (highest ranking: 5th; lowest ranking: 12th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rangers jump four spots thanks to ensuring that no one perpetuates the travesty that the Diamondbacks are a World Series-winning team. Thank you, Rangers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> As often happens with World Series winners, their roster didn't change much. No real surprises. Don't know Owen White though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl5lAt5z57MqTOSjefI5nYmzqTOeZPOc7H2voDKwJWjwHExZ6X9W1zJwo55nUrA7qudBqJPOQCdUQW804_Zy8Af9-zKXb4yR0l4gdzmgfFJE31rEX9f3qHSRsFzZZEc2lfa_NT3Ng00bnbhY2pZMkMCOXM1YbeYr5v-pA5R3dwfGbfTB7y7mUSxdh0_Q/s1080/30teams-tigers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDl5lAt5z57MqTOSjefI5nYmzqTOeZPOc7H2voDKwJWjwHExZ6X9W1zJwo55nUrA7qudBqJPOQCdUQW804_Zy8Af9-zKXb4yR0l4gdzmgfFJE31rEX9f3qHSRsFzZZEc2lfa_NT3Ng00bnbhY2pZMkMCOXM1YbeYr5v-pA5R3dwfGbfTB7y7mUSxdh0_Q/w640-h456/30teams-tigers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>9. Detroit Tigers (highest ranking: 7th; lowest ranking: 13th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's funny over the years which teams are popular among fellow traders, either bloggers or otherwise. Suddenly in the last year I'm hoarding Tigers cards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Mark Canha</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAliq0fuMWin83y_wEqYWoCcjUk319wHpgrTZ8f88vMp78_M_Jor1_58j2gg0jn2Ji60zxeF0y9GI7hIULZVX6LO4ncPdvhAtOm62wH0_vD_F_RDQW1i3aePpv5TQutMa7YNCMCVcbnsTHz3Gnci9pD2H7snS91p9G2gqcqgSeENOjqslMtyqeNIU0zc/s1080/30teams-guardians2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAliq0fuMWin83y_wEqYWoCcjUk319wHpgrTZ8f88vMp78_M_Jor1_58j2gg0jn2Ji60zxeF0y9GI7hIULZVX6LO4ncPdvhAtOm62wH0_vD_F_RDQW1i3aePpv5TQutMa7YNCMCVcbnsTHz3Gnci9pD2H7snS91p9G2gqcqgSeENOjqslMtyqeNIU0zc/w640-h456/30teams-guardians2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>10. Cleveland Guardians (highest ranking: 6th; lowest ranking: 17th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> No real surprises.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNOssdA693VTzWOAa5sDUlXGBzvYdgCkgiMj2Qqs0rXSu5sbaBUh-n1tJs5nhuXQ6gDjwtt_3hhABIEZDYCjE9q6lq3OdsUN4GLKAqeQrJt3BvUngpmLDSv6mPixuPqVxJ3i8yDLpdGGnNZDpp-R0-8j4IT8KvT89Fyfd8obTGhh7au-ZOE_1iRHFGtc/s1521/30teams-reds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNOssdA693VTzWOAa5sDUlXGBzvYdgCkgiMj2Qqs0rXSu5sbaBUh-n1tJs5nhuXQ6gDjwtt_3hhABIEZDYCjE9q6lq3OdsUN4GLKAqeQrJt3BvUngpmLDSv6mPixuPqVxJ3i8yDLpdGGnNZDpp-R0-8j4IT8KvT89Fyfd8obTGhh7au-ZOE_1iRHFGtc/w454-h640/30teams-reds.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>11. Cincinnati Reds (highest ranking: 9th; lowest ranking: 16th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Proof that these rankings are nonsense, in most interleague matchups between Cincinnati and Cleveland, I'm rooting for Cincinnati.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Frankie Montas. Good luck with that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1Q5jK7ZshUD-nwMNFUmXUx3dugdw4g8gf5OZzPGD7f-LOWjLEDmfnil0S27TY9_4INlEmlL6L7LQO1wF4utLdI9koYxB92bgHa3538c1A5GCwxh8w2UNJ6u1sIcNs1g8b8Y2ux_H66Z_-oSo3rbTmZdBtL3t4Zecop1SsS2J9ZxwgVP3Lir6jp5-Tk0/s1080/30teams-twins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="1080" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1Q5jK7ZshUD-nwMNFUmXUx3dugdw4g8gf5OZzPGD7f-LOWjLEDmfnil0S27TY9_4INlEmlL6L7LQO1wF4utLdI9koYxB92bgHa3538c1A5GCwxh8w2UNJ6u1sIcNs1g8b8Y2ux_H66Z_-oSo3rbTmZdBtL3t4Zecop1SsS2J9ZxwgVP3Lir6jp5-Tk0/w640-h458/30teams-twins.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>12. Minnesota Twins (highest ranking: 9th; lowest ranking: 14th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Chris Paddack</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3mbJ9zt68DhcF6xoVrgbVIwwtzRzm_Aj0YWLXZNpvsNhTbW6w-XmQUURhqTAdbu012F3C6b9-qCLaNGijdFv9B2w42ov4IHafvV_miSxpLUxabhIu2yK2whVx1Ubpk5emOCOUyaGojTV_fpc2iM222QJ5aKdcZ1I795Rvl-Voo83uqIaOhjXHAzIL3U/s1521/30teams-athletics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3mbJ9zt68DhcF6xoVrgbVIwwtzRzm_Aj0YWLXZNpvsNhTbW6w-XmQUURhqTAdbu012F3C6b9-qCLaNGijdFv9B2w42ov4IHafvV_miSxpLUxabhIu2yK2whVx1Ubpk5emOCOUyaGojTV_fpc2iM222QJ5aKdcZ1I795Rvl-Voo83uqIaOhjXHAzIL3U/w454-h640/30teams-athletics.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>13. Oakland Athletics (highest ranking: 4th; lowest ranking: 13th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The organization's follies and disregard for fans puts the A's at its lowest point since I started doing this for the blog. I know the A's moving every other generation is in their DNA but this is ugly.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Ross Stripling</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcIiSgrUZU6qMSpwQoR63UDyECe9Yu2uxxV4NuHWlQDPH0HBkfMBO5B2ViUAh0wDfqiH6ofhnTff1whoXFee1Ro9yzTkXPvN6cc_2VT6SuimtT2JdWsnTIciChck-I_PVTZpuHf3Fn7OS6LHXfgrMymKbo3IrVDIMWvykllNNZXur2TKrMvBzUjVUPQ4/s1529/30teams-mariners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpcIiSgrUZU6qMSpwQoR63UDyECe9Yu2uxxV4NuHWlQDPH0HBkfMBO5B2ViUAh0wDfqiH6ofhnTff1whoXFee1Ro9yzTkXPvN6cc_2VT6SuimtT2JdWsnTIciChck-I_PVTZpuHf3Fn7OS6LHXfgrMymKbo3IrVDIMWvykllNNZXur2TKrMvBzUjVUPQ4/w452-h640/30teams-mariners.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>14. Seattle Mariners (highest ranking: 13th; lowest ranking: 20th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Jorge Polanco (I probably knew this at some point in the offseason).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRS0Ldk868pnbMcN_qB8IHtN-ZSE2VB9PowzmgwQLL5QkvCMfKRhwmrz-xB2Mxx0Y_id07NKW530g0_fb35F_3S-Y_p0Bpv71YAmj5W10eiRrHvB22CMKU1UPWdRRarvYcd6w_POqzuuvf82IWR1anlibqwy_60q0cu_bTT93gThEMsFwwGH90f4YwTA/s1526/30teams-rays.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRS0Ldk868pnbMcN_qB8IHtN-ZSE2VB9PowzmgwQLL5QkvCMfKRhwmrz-xB2Mxx0Y_id07NKW530g0_fb35F_3S-Y_p0Bpv71YAmj5W10eiRrHvB22CMKU1UPWdRRarvYcd6w_POqzuuvf82IWR1anlibqwy_60q0cu_bTT93gThEMsFwwGH90f4YwTA/w452-h640/30teams-rays.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>15. Tampa Bay Rays (highest ranking: 14th; lowest ranking: 23rd)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still hate watching their home games on TV.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Amed Rosario.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaszDMcGgH494A8NLZWGR7DoOqkzdRuVO2VtX61X4ZNr1yZmqQVMIb_uXws0uLMy2RInl1qzEnWdjREHxSYxKJ6srdKIfmF9bm5VU0E0S0FFcPq9sBAzba4zu7Zpf2qkEHqFoV_KZUDk8iRytYtEYc8Dz7WLY_ijE98MP2G2ZIKlh1w0-hg1I_sCteo8/s1529/30teams-mets.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaszDMcGgH494A8NLZWGR7DoOqkzdRuVO2VtX61X4ZNr1yZmqQVMIb_uXws0uLMy2RInl1qzEnWdjREHxSYxKJ6srdKIfmF9bm5VU0E0S0FFcPq9sBAzba4zu7Zpf2qkEHqFoV_KZUDk8iRytYtEYc8Dz7WLY_ijE98MP2G2ZIKlh1w0-hg1I_sCteo8/w452-h640/30teams-mets.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>16. New York Mets (highest ranking: 16th; lowest ranking: 21st)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I went almost an entire year without watching the SNY crew and it hurt.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Joey Wendle</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVGVsUnoMpEk_NLVK-Ab-mQCe3CJRrX2bzrM39jbedzQU8qYYIo-mSKAN4G_UfH96pvaWisUvQdD7CAhpA9Ujb_ZXXJIo_q9l1D8IzwgXG2VOW4rnaYTzgqJIiaRufnBKmDK2U0cNPsV7y7deRgMxodclfzn221DVyNCDwsGSUJjLSe-b081n43w93tE/s1525/30teams-whitesox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVGVsUnoMpEk_NLVK-Ab-mQCe3CJRrX2bzrM39jbedzQU8qYYIo-mSKAN4G_UfH96pvaWisUvQdD7CAhpA9Ujb_ZXXJIo_q9l1D8IzwgXG2VOW4rnaYTzgqJIiaRufnBKmDK2U0cNPsV7y7deRgMxodclfzn221DVyNCDwsGSUJjLSe-b081n43w93tE/w454-h640/30teams-whitesox.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>17. Chicago White Sox (highest ranking: 6th; lowest ranking: 17th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Tim Hill</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p7ddeahJcjamKkbo5ixGHNHCkXyxwet4TZbhieOU6QBvhKt3Excr-Ji3TJ668DUu9zRBWIB495th6NhtyJdjerEB6KN0CO9iGFyTVpZEkpxFKzee_dbazYpWJhcrcV4xGcZrOT-930R8lLErRT7wDTorBF94XtWpl0FEqXS1JEIhLJM8POefdYQYBvs/s1518/30teams-marlins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p7ddeahJcjamKkbo5ixGHNHCkXyxwet4TZbhieOU6QBvhKt3Excr-Ji3TJ668DUu9zRBWIB495th6NhtyJdjerEB6KN0CO9iGFyTVpZEkpxFKzee_dbazYpWJhcrcV4xGcZrOT-930R8lLErRT7wDTorBF94XtWpl0FEqXS1JEIhLJM8POefdYQYBvs/w456-h640/30teams-marlins.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>18. Miami Marlins (highest ranking: 13th; lowest ranking: 20th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So much nicer now that they are no longer the "Florida Marlins".</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Ryan Weathers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4AkKkJru8985M_8OUYuuK77bAzKzozWAtlbh9VqN-8lup7cZuCaW1FKEoFajDGQ6nTJZqdaWICtCTjNJLRqIaqAy4XkUYt4eM9r1b9VNo7OgQ7bV7AN32BTLNrQrmOvpacO4AaDzS0GM1KvGqOHcFPMfRDqNXM2ZCMi_DkCXpViYXFoWkBdbXpQeWwo/s1525/30teams-brewers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4AkKkJru8985M_8OUYuuK77bAzKzozWAtlbh9VqN-8lup7cZuCaW1FKEoFajDGQ6nTJZqdaWICtCTjNJLRqIaqAy4XkUYt4eM9r1b9VNo7OgQ7bV7AN32BTLNrQrmOvpacO4AaDzS0GM1KvGqOHcFPMfRDqNXM2ZCMi_DkCXpViYXFoWkBdbXpQeWwo/w454-h640/30teams-brewers.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>19. Milwaukee Brewers (highest ranking: 10th; lowest ranking: 23rd)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Gary Sanchez</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3ogXP8-j2yvmsr_jZy9m54sCYuOvvm8-8WxRhU8XuNCe04zmpDUP4Kj-LvENvc6OXG4EkCbLBi0NwrYuXx-K8PR_wdk2jm7pXxQEv0XU5cjRQm7lFEHEUx7SV85EQJC4WZK9pA3jXJ_UokFUVmU6EmUx1UtEYG-jlPJ4Z9K0zlrq4-BipuWgZaBWLe4/s1080/30teams-cubs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3ogXP8-j2yvmsr_jZy9m54sCYuOvvm8-8WxRhU8XuNCe04zmpDUP4Kj-LvENvc6OXG4EkCbLBi0NwrYuXx-K8PR_wdk2jm7pXxQEv0XU5cjRQm7lFEHEUx7SV85EQJC4WZK9pA3jXJ_UokFUVmU6EmUx1UtEYG-jlPJ4Z9K0zlrq4-BipuWgZaBWLe4/w640-h452/30teams-cubs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>20. Chicago Cubs (highest ranking: 18th; lowest ranking 25th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Hector Neris</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LHjvLpMDn7MS87S-LC_UHuBTUycsw4jkpMYhWMrnDK1v8mW1wqSaYW_90ZU6zvUWKuWPh4_Q-pLvmwRvmOydZFYtvFZkVerBmND313tX2_uUXDPMlZ_Zykq7I4qhIDHVMZ_3t8KumxneGRhiaaEWi833j5CNA739b42-JnOC_PV3rlCmCbt-4HhNDCc/s1533/30teams-nationals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LHjvLpMDn7MS87S-LC_UHuBTUycsw4jkpMYhWMrnDK1v8mW1wqSaYW_90ZU6zvUWKuWPh4_Q-pLvmwRvmOydZFYtvFZkVerBmND313tX2_uUXDPMlZ_Zykq7I4qhIDHVMZ_3t8KumxneGRhiaaEWi833j5CNA739b42-JnOC_PV3rlCmCbt-4HhNDCc/w450-h640/30teams-nationals.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>21. Washington Nationals (highest ranking: 19th; lowest ranking: 24th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Joey Gallo</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDWepeNKhy4hePL0AkHBtIJEk9tqUg_8PQfoZw2ql3kyWUvmIo7gVyhxJlRJ-WsdlP0djAclSJuXAZ0-ozKNHUoOvC2Fuo1vZHcr8rHBn7Zqmhxt_2pvDXFnQu7Rb0zQWylle5iE1Rq4k4itoaGw4ycEjyXJSNh3ZLpw-AqZ9njDubUv32gdLsePj3eg/s1531/30teams-cardinals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDWepeNKhy4hePL0AkHBtIJEk9tqUg_8PQfoZw2ql3kyWUvmIo7gVyhxJlRJ-WsdlP0djAclSJuXAZ0-ozKNHUoOvC2Fuo1vZHcr8rHBn7Zqmhxt_2pvDXFnQu7Rb0zQWylle5iE1Rq4k4itoaGw4ycEjyXJSNh3ZLpw-AqZ9njDubUv32gdLsePj3eg/w452-h640/30teams-cardinals.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>22. St. Louis Cardinals (highest ranking: 6th; lowest ranking: 25th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not having to worry about the Cardinals at all last year was a relief and a blessing. Doesn't move them much higher though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Brandon Crawford is the obvious one, but I knew about that. There's nobody else really.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvsusMjzoGAtJv6alwrFQwc3675ZDC9_VwIYrRw5gcTVTHfsPHtfSuyQA1AVOPAk0ePw8Rl9ebP-rLuWFLRFq8sOyGh6UZc7pamzLEWrEnr1TCYf2qgtD_ZkB6q72BL3iFG1sxKT_-X4W9vJWrIBP8277RNJw1YtXBuOqgm7g2T_libyTYd-TzNc6HE/s1518/30teams-angels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhvsusMjzoGAtJv6alwrFQwc3675ZDC9_VwIYrRw5gcTVTHfsPHtfSuyQA1AVOPAk0ePw8Rl9ebP-rLuWFLRFq8sOyGh6UZc7pamzLEWrEnr1TCYf2qgtD_ZkB6q72BL3iFG1sxKT_-X4W9vJWrIBP8277RNJw1YtXBuOqgm7g2T_libyTYd-TzNc6HE/w456-h640/30teams-angels.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>23. Los Angeles Angels (highest ranking: 23rd; lowest ranking: 26th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These particular Easter parallel, blaster-exclusive things are terribly ugly, especially in hand. I don't know what that pattern is, bird heads? This is the type of parallel where I don't even want to collect Dodgers on it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Brandon Drury</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQMem1an2aB8NOxkBrxxgS0Nu-4JRJt6JhqW2MwQTyHGuw5Zao9XQPsIKvZtUj6D8d_hqaD5bxlwwNyiWtcPnttb0dEfLi65YuTb1alrwx59GzZnPGNdezrkgjo_DjG2mt2VaSWEZOz98xN6bmJXHb6PGRvrEGPwdM1fREaeX8-839icg6LnDziq7XtI/s1533/30teams-rockies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQMem1an2aB8NOxkBrxxgS0Nu-4JRJt6JhqW2MwQTyHGuw5Zao9XQPsIKvZtUj6D8d_hqaD5bxlwwNyiWtcPnttb0dEfLi65YuTb1alrwx59GzZnPGNdezrkgjo_DjG2mt2VaSWEZOz98xN6bmJXHb6PGRvrEGPwdM1fREaeX8-839icg6LnDziq7XtI/w450-h640/30teams-rockies.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>24. Colorado Rockies (highest ranking: 22nd; lowest ranking: 26th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The City Connect uniforms that are wildly different from the team's regular uniforms, such as the Rockies and Padres (and Red Sox, though I really dislike those things) fascinate me and are easier to take than the other ones.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Cal Quantrill</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2ehrpW9nSlGh1KDANwWU5re_fHhjxk8hZqQbSxiZbljfX25t6WSQkSDM1tAxkrA2iD2w0m-2MhjqeTRgYrqNSlSCwAk9TWcetHeSnkuHsZqnuMTY2rvlSUdfK4BQiwgaHGdhllzYxzY49-Yva40D9sBYyTNjSzeOqMP0vViE1MbR8f49ZvuaZFK8dgY/s1519/30teams-braves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1519" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2ehrpW9nSlGh1KDANwWU5re_fHhjxk8hZqQbSxiZbljfX25t6WSQkSDM1tAxkrA2iD2w0m-2MhjqeTRgYrqNSlSCwAk9TWcetHeSnkuHsZqnuMTY2rvlSUdfK4BQiwgaHGdhllzYxzY49-Yva40D9sBYyTNjSzeOqMP0vViE1MbR8f49ZvuaZFK8dgY/w640-h456/30teams-braves.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>25. Atlanta Braves (highest ranking: 19th; lowest ranking: 25th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The most annoying thing about the Braves last year is how nobody got hurt the entire season.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster:</b> No surprises.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RXJ8XoVpXPyd_5L_vixbRR59mHIjbKxtIiDsrX1s9Yh4NNcWztqbk7FNzQw2gmE8RnnUR7oPqN-KOc75Jf9jLvH6y1F0nwK7v0a5Pny_78gu_vv2-Nm73CvIOztH23XIhYe9Nr3vUzSFlb6pA2EnZfUuXgHQtsKKOKM1ZEMdIot0ClyeXOJBKNfPL4U/s1521/30teams-astros.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RXJ8XoVpXPyd_5L_vixbRR59mHIjbKxtIiDsrX1s9Yh4NNcWztqbk7FNzQw2gmE8RnnUR7oPqN-KOc75Jf9jLvH6y1F0nwK7v0a5Pny_78gu_vv2-Nm73CvIOztH23XIhYe9Nr3vUzSFlb6pA2EnZfUuXgHQtsKKOKM1ZEMdIot0ClyeXOJBKNfPL4U/w454-h640/30teams-astros.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>26. Houston Astros (highest ranking: 5th; lowest ranking: 28th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Astros started trending upward a little but then I pulled this guy. Also Dusty Baker is no longer part of the team.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Kendall Graveman</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZtC5Cuy-36e6jNEAsItsYpegxKb88fsVk6Ohy_VDLEx6npCIelqUhk_3QSTiYKaemH_ij6V1W3qmhlB7uhYAOCt7lkA7AqN71Zs_VdToOkt70nF7Xv3He8C1IB5C11LI5sdAJDQVAAJC0uF7s0ADODHjDTHAZz_6s9YeUO-A65kQXJdyp3bwgAK6Gso/s1524/30teams-diamondbacks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZtC5Cuy-36e6jNEAsItsYpegxKb88fsVk6Ohy_VDLEx6npCIelqUhk_3QSTiYKaemH_ij6V1W3qmhlB7uhYAOCt7lkA7AqN71Zs_VdToOkt70nF7Xv3He8C1IB5C11LI5sdAJDQVAAJC0uF7s0ADODHjDTHAZz_6s9YeUO-A65kQXJdyp3bwgAK6Gso/w454-h640/30teams-diamondbacks.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>27. Arizona Diamondbacks (highest ranking: 26th; lowest ranking: 29th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We're at the spot now where any team from this position onward could sink to the bottom at any point in the season.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Joc Pederson. I would have preferred that Pederson chose the Rockies as his latest NL West affiliation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpedU3T0VFLUK5ADell6xCZfGgXgnWC0jLweZ-LYwrwt1L54Sj2UJUldRTPCkpSj5M3mlgl0YbPbhYgw_IMOrLRpV1F_6i9J6Wj5qg5WSXiDnDUk7OgqCjlaXtc9QHRvARUT8GMLdwjtgjuctPuClikYijX0vK-jBK-7kT2xKrHUXNG4_SGE_aSV3pco/s1515/30teams-giants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpedU3T0VFLUK5ADell6xCZfGgXgnWC0jLweZ-LYwrwt1L54Sj2UJUldRTPCkpSj5M3mlgl0YbPbhYgw_IMOrLRpV1F_6i9J6Wj5qg5WSXiDnDUk7OgqCjlaXtc9QHRvARUT8GMLdwjtgjuctPuClikYijX0vK-jBK-7kT2xKrHUXNG4_SGE_aSV3pco/w456-h640/30teams-giants.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>28. San Francisco Giants (highest ranking: 28th; lowest ranking: 30th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Very uncomfortable with having the Giants this high for the second year in a row.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?: </b>Tom Murphy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7o-Ks02sypALu6qsePp65gjwPr439IozVTJqzcApW6w4QQi9Tnf7wmROK03jwi59jP6Gz1fPYoBglLQioQXC7L1vQqjDnHh0LdNsb5LFrlUKmwlvP1MWlPLA5Ng00HqyBka95R2XfeLBECzDU1RM4ZtSSVjnIlVlkOHNTBnwf-GU2mvtNSR3rS8GsVI/s1520/30teams-yankees.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7o-Ks02sypALu6qsePp65gjwPr439IozVTJqzcApW6w4QQi9Tnf7wmROK03jwi59jP6Gz1fPYoBglLQioQXC7L1vQqjDnHh0LdNsb5LFrlUKmwlvP1MWlPLA5Ng00HqyBka95R2XfeLBECzDU1RM4ZtSSVjnIlVlkOHNTBnwf-GU2mvtNSR3rS8GsVI/w454-h640/30teams-yankees.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>29. New York Yankees (highest ranking: 28th; lowest ranking: 30th)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster?:</b> Too familiar with this team unfortunately.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9Nu6RQ4IJCmTr73nD4kiRHriYjc7k1z2UcSdaqqhzBm2F4j3LDqPCKGQM1yywijxvAFVFWu2K-hQNgzHclYHQOzcUn27lz-Qz4hyMeEw7b5LtF5Qzw8MP601g9A1rfRkMEqnJgIFNrRrbrLbm9NIvd0rXDOF_74LkAt3WLmJFt4j00n1fNcEVo8yQdc/s1525/30teams-padres.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9Nu6RQ4IJCmTr73nD4kiRHriYjc7k1z2UcSdaqqhzBm2F4j3LDqPCKGQM1yywijxvAFVFWu2K-hQNgzHclYHQOzcUn27lz-Qz4hyMeEw7b5LtF5Qzw8MP601g9A1rfRkMEqnJgIFNrRrbrLbm9NIvd0rXDOF_74LkAt3WLmJFt4j00n1fNcEVo8yQdc/w454-h640/30teams-padres.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>30. San Diego Padres (highest ranking: 26th; lowest ranking 30th).</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quite the difference for Grisham going from this to the Yankees. Hope it's another fall-on-their-face season for San Diego!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>He's on the roster: </b>Nothing I didn't know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All right, that's enough rooting for one post. I always forget about how long this takes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But more relaxing days are ahead. By the end of this month, there will be real ballgames again. <br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-5725547725107420262024-03-02T18:48:00.006-05:002024-03-02T18:48:00.125-05:00Nothing in common<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFeO_NI7JAW_hSUWJw12BCTecCnKOxBNsi8EMa5fzA5AeFyOf9hKRGGQ-6twTeP6ecDATt2MUK38v2hOLN9qOUy-RvO9Rlr49YqKNO7jqanHkvW3BeWkFf6CCK7BKqFErKALTLwOFAyyjCt1JvlIuQwq0IOlsRCW1Isk_yHx6yA_ZKJz_x2un8heVIpo/s1248/nic-topper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="813" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFeO_NI7JAW_hSUWJw12BCTecCnKOxBNsi8EMa5fzA5AeFyOf9hKRGGQ-6twTeP6ecDATt2MUK38v2hOLN9qOUy-RvO9Rlr49YqKNO7jqanHkvW3BeWkFf6CCK7BKqFErKALTLwOFAyyjCt1JvlIuQwq0IOlsRCW1Isk_yHx6yA_ZKJz_x2un8heVIpo/s16000/nic-topper.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Do you ever stare at some recent card arrivals and think that they have absolutely nothing in common enough to write a post about them and then think, 'nah, I'll come up with something."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They sit on your desk day after day waiting for the light bulb to go off.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcHEoIlnVjCNgXYS63Mi_H2qigV84WqApsS-kV_-WMjB44q1b7_ihRyXlfnQzIkj_-bUBwL5qGkst6ktSr2AZNq79uANStVil7m9cZ5u54oC9tAZubNrTxV2oIvIY7RBLv1QFz8cbie85cGGBsZkN_7jNO35UOk4jZ9ksbHJu8KzuiEFQfwjjIqjoKfk/s1054/nic-phonecardsfronts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1054" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHcHEoIlnVjCNgXYS63Mi_H2qigV84WqApsS-kV_-WMjB44q1b7_ihRyXlfnQzIkj_-bUBwL5qGkst6ktSr2AZNq79uANStVil7m9cZ5u54oC9tAZubNrTxV2oIvIY7RBLv1QFz8cbie85cGGBsZkN_7jNO35UOk4jZ9ksbHJu8KzuiEFQfwjjIqjoKfk/w640-h426/nic-phonecardsfronts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You think you might have the glint of an idea so that keeps you going for a few more days. Then you forget about it because life says, "you think coming up with a post idea is hard, THIS is hard" and then that shelves any thought there was about these uncommon cards.<b><span style="color: red;">*</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOy1pUMFvu_ABBdwsxzkJN4Y5wKcolQeMof5hwN9JUfPmLzHwBVRmT1uKDopUhkD7AZxOsvQMWcFRzy6xrtuyqOyIQQIVh1d0xPvYSl8woNvsFcgsuxfnIrfgO8sVsRba4Mxy_bmgcNrQ29fNvssURcwK3lDzDFrSNbNd-gBGxiw1LtaNgBf4f4SBYAQ/s731/nic-cey-front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="701" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOy1pUMFvu_ABBdwsxzkJN4Y5wKcolQeMof5hwN9JUfPmLzHwBVRmT1uKDopUhkD7AZxOsvQMWcFRzy6xrtuyqOyIQQIVh1d0xPvYSl8woNvsFcgsuxfnIrfgO8sVsRba4Mxy_bmgcNrQ29fNvssURcwK3lDzDFrSNbNd-gBGxiw1LtaNgBf4f4SBYAQ/w614-h640/nic-cey-front.jpg" width="614" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Cards are so varied and come from so many different eras and my interests are somewhat eclectic but maybe there's an idea there? Something about variety and who wants the same old super-shiny, super-prizmy card over and over? Something that I haven't written about before?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I come up with nothing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6crc35E-DfIGqEu8ypEcAApf9Cc8APNrsnOGzAU5OrquXKG11S2Va6cheIkQiWqd61JXzblu1-xnQMgNDETuuBdH69E4nxdjeVuoeeECwedR232_LCTiIvQkEuPuW38tCfw_qT9yj4W2KZ3rhMC78BJoSvJKp_rPZe5vhB97ldkTOz72Rkxw1pMxUdM/s749/nic-cey-back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="742" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6crc35E-DfIGqEu8ypEcAApf9Cc8APNrsnOGzAU5OrquXKG11S2Va6cheIkQiWqd61JXzblu1-xnQMgNDETuuBdH69E4nxdjeVuoeeECwedR232_LCTiIvQkEuPuW38tCfw_qT9yj4W2KZ3rhMC78BJoSvJKp_rPZe5vhB97ldkTOz72Rkxw1pMxUdM/w634-h640/nic-cey-back.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing.<b><span style="color: #fcff01;">**</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I do feel bad about this. Ideally, for the cards that arrive from a fellow collector, I'd devote a whole post to just that send. This used to be a rule. But that eventually went by the wayside. It's too difficult to do every time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes the ideas just don't fall out. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxbG05y5EPEIUw43M2riy5rCbjHZ_fsomkm1V-mfWTOhuuzXfRjFp8Et1RZoEaP_3QZfwtGJI4b9MGkvNa-wCb_FAhJt6etu-HOx9Yn_gUQpi5ls3ejPLrpjHd13mxt4YOptLN_IDf35N9-_1RXnpJFbFkHb6DbZj8Ao4myWxGDyr26Wbglm8wHjlyuw/s1505/nic-beeter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxbG05y5EPEIUw43M2riy5rCbjHZ_fsomkm1V-mfWTOhuuzXfRjFp8Et1RZoEaP_3QZfwtGJI4b9MGkvNa-wCb_FAhJt6etu-HOx9Yn_gUQpi5ls3ejPLrpjHd13mxt4YOptLN_IDf35N9-_1RXnpJFbFkHb6DbZj8Ao4myWxGDyr26Wbglm8wHjlyuw/w460-h640/nic-beeter.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Not even a guy named "Beeter" can get the brain going. That's kind of sad.<b><span style="color: #ffa400;">***</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried one more time today to find a common thread among the cards waiting on my desk. I actually stood there for 7 or 8 minutes, staring, staring, waiting for inspiration to come.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBNqJlGHdXgfYIut49DjzAaquWtwNbRwO_dGF22V9P-c3IT3OEtUtxGi_x67eOl-Ie_FMSD-uTkV5BtTOd9lJAgDRMmqZ1B9IQngyr98gtPzEYXfJFWG2Xkbc_3-8IV5DSq5qhYPhrEcD49VuP3LrWC79-xh8MAnfkf5pyw1KnfyzQOEF8yfasREr9Y8/s1314/nic-70-sadecki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="941" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBNqJlGHdXgfYIut49DjzAaquWtwNbRwO_dGF22V9P-c3IT3OEtUtxGi_x67eOl-Ie_FMSD-uTkV5BtTOd9lJAgDRMmqZ1B9IQngyr98gtPzEYXfJFWG2Xkbc_3-8IV5DSq5qhYPhrEcD49VuP3LrWC79-xh8MAnfkf5pyw1KnfyzQOEF8yfasREr9Y8/w458-h640/nic-70-sadecki.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">So here they all are, together in one post. Each distinct in their own way but nothing like each other.<b><span style="color: #04ff00;">****</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The only thing they have in common is they are now all in my collection. They are owned by me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But that's the best thing for cards to have in common.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: red;">*</span></b> - The Mike Piazzas are from Matthew Glidden of <a href="https://www.number5typecollection.com/">The Number 5 Type Collection</a>. They are Japanese phone cards from the '90s. They are much slimmer than the U.S. ones that I'm used to seeing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">** </span></b>- The MSA Ron Cey disc is the latest variation to land in my collection. It's the exceedingly dull "blank back" version. Mostly what's left are more difficult to get but I have my eye on a couple.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">***</span></b> - The Clayton Beeter autograph is from <a href="http://cervinupcards.blogspot.com/">Zippy Zappy</a>. He was concerned when I mentioned that I'm ridding my binder collection of Dodger prospects who never made an MLB dent. Beeter is not with the Dodgers anymore but he could still potentially make the majors, so there's hope for his cards -- though there is no sign of a Dodger uniform here.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>****</b></span> - Another logo-less card but part of a set chase. Ray Sadecki's high number card gets me down to the final six cards to finish the 1970 Topps set. If I stopped chasing all those other cards and sets I could get this done sooner. But you know how I am.</span><br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33510098876573724002024-02-29T19:23:00.015-05:002024-02-29T21:07:21.178-05:00Joy of a team set, gold parallel edition<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihniNG6HFIQEmGJ6A7M5t1naH85l4WydQhl7dK5wMqlGb0YAgovGULbKb78kbx_C-v2aYiksx_USe-PmklaVLrs6C4X5EtzRHT3E5Q4Oz7qyHz8NSnewD55Gewoh54oYD1OSutqV31xNR7DUnsXhvqwe64w7leobN4zP7lN2IcjmZgjXO-v9TQyF_ON7c/s1521/08goldies-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihniNG6HFIQEmGJ6A7M5t1naH85l4WydQhl7dK5wMqlGb0YAgovGULbKb78kbx_C-v2aYiksx_USe-PmklaVLrs6C4X5EtzRHT3E5Q4Oz7qyHz8NSnewD55Gewoh54oYD1OSutqV31xNR7DUnsXhvqwe64w7leobN4zP7lN2IcjmZgjXO-v9TQyF_ON7c/w454-h640/08goldies-topper.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The bit-by-bit, card-here, card-there strategy of adding to my collection the first couple of months of the year continues for just a couple more weeks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But you can accomplish a lot even when cards are just trickling in. Just the other day I completed the gold parallel team set for the 2008 Topps Dodgers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">No, that doesn't include the Update set, the Kershaw is still out there (I landed more than a couple of the Kershaw rookie, along with the gold-letter version back in 08-09, but the goldie eluded me when his cards were cheap).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But this feels like an accomplishment to me. I honestly don't know if I've completed the gold parallels for any of the other Dodgers team sets since gold parallels became a thing. So I decided to try to finish a few of them, beginning with some of the easier ones. 2008 falls into that category.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a lot of them already -- wow was I accumulating Dodgers like mad in '08 and '09 -- so I needed just six more. In order, I added Derek Lowe and Juan Pierre first, followed by Andy LaRoche and Joe Torre and then finally Jeff Kent and Brad Penny.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNpRybpASyr_Sr7zK8Kexd4Oh56blRycoWcx3NeHQCT1qCTmtn95WkrIYOongk4_dM9vH13Vevl7myGh2dV1KQTCIKFAoPlyX08_Oo-9Vyq6NTPRiVyb_czAWGgTFsCccp-1yzSGEGikmU5LYr6K6cDEBH2cbaS4vRXlQzJHYJ9STHhkAy8WbM09kF5Y/s1044/goldies-08.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1044" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNpRybpASyr_Sr7zK8Kexd4Oh56blRycoWcx3NeHQCT1qCTmtn95WkrIYOongk4_dM9vH13Vevl7myGh2dV1KQTCIKFAoPlyX08_Oo-9Vyq6NTPRiVyb_czAWGgTFsCccp-1yzSGEGikmU5LYr6K6cDEBH2cbaS4vRXlQzJHYJ9STHhkAy8WbM09kF5Y/w640-h460/goldies-08.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The final two. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Gold parallels still looked great then and they had to if I'm going to attempt to collect a parallel set. I do not see myself ever having enough inspiration to complete the 2016 Dodgers gold parallels.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I'll finish up this completion post with a Joy of a Team Set rundown.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kZM8_f6E8jo07SRmBLOlzyyDdetf3HS2FYy5-wUZlKSWXU-fYHkEGW0DpfGTp1PGTdPOsM2XhoSRXyiQq0sVjZa4htE0SvQ_AdQtQkh0Gqk8rf4WCNSgBcnVuM6xG1a5mhbgq8VgG71SQ55ji0Fjp41gNS1Kypho2mOx7YnyPV4CM1DOQNh_yybGX34/s1381/08goldies-page1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4kZM8_f6E8jo07SRmBLOlzyyDdetf3HS2FYy5-wUZlKSWXU-fYHkEGW0DpfGTp1PGTdPOsM2XhoSRXyiQq0sVjZa4htE0SvQ_AdQtQkh0Gqk8rf4WCNSgBcnVuM6xG1a5mhbgq8VgG71SQ55ji0Fjp41gNS1Kypho2mOx7YnyPV4CM1DOQNh_yybGX34/s16000/08goldies-page1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULNbS-iSEV6KoV0KN_XUQf2NgOnr_clsndxHkkxWmxoOUHlVft29Pwpt7faYhkNGX5or2TeBg4bI1Vd8OD-5D6TONseNDWzIBlFhNxFe-cqlFjOEDnHyr7BIBpvFqukmKsZ3Q_2yYRv4OKx0ZUQWMv88JCoQpxa5095-AEvB1HijO5IyzGMdu8tfvCO8/s1341/08golds-page2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULNbS-iSEV6KoV0KN_XUQf2NgOnr_clsndxHkkxWmxoOUHlVft29Pwpt7faYhkNGX5or2TeBg4bI1Vd8OD-5D6TONseNDWzIBlFhNxFe-cqlFjOEDnHyr7BIBpvFqukmKsZ3Q_2yYRv4OKx0ZUQWMv88JCoQpxa5095-AEvB1HijO5IyzGMdu8tfvCO8/s16000/08golds-page2.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gIhdquRM5nc3iU1E82fr7RZhPSM04b6cqd9TCLep3_vNU-o7qc5voPHyH-coyXTgUPXMB1xfqsJbB5GmViLiE5IbM7hTyRbdtehJVorQdj-SOLWUFvR4qeTS4DXmRcdCbBHYycODkWIU-RyGO8WfV-OJfxnZrIHr0kc1xQDDTu8e6B07g_FuR9bB9is/s1399/08goldies-page3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gIhdquRM5nc3iU1E82fr7RZhPSM04b6cqd9TCLep3_vNU-o7qc5voPHyH-coyXTgUPXMB1xfqsJbB5GmViLiE5IbM7hTyRbdtehJVorQdj-SOLWUFvR4qeTS4DXmRcdCbBHYycODkWIU-RyGO8WfV-OJfxnZrIHr0kc1xQDDTu8e6B07g_FuR9bB9is/s16000/08goldies-page3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's a small team set. A lot of these Joy of a Team Set posts have reached four pages and even gone into five.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">OK --</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Favorite cards, runners-up:</b> James Loney, Russell Martin, Juan Pierre, Derek Lowe</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Team's claim to fame: </b>The 2008 team was the first team to win a playoff series since the 1988 team won the World Series. It's probably difficult for some detractors to believe but the Dodgers were pretty incompetent for 20 years there, only sometimes contending. The '08 team -- with the help of a few players not shown in this team set, like Manny Ramirez, Casey Blake and Kershaw -- was really the start of the team being relevant again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Famous error card:</b> None</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Famous flops:</b> Andruw Jones or Jason Schmidt, take your pick.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Notable absences: </b>Not including players who would later appear in the Update set, the most notable absence is Nomar Garciaparra, who did not have an agreement with Topps at the time. Other notables missing are all relievers. Chan Ho Park appeared in more than 50 games in '08 and Hung-Chih Kuo more than 40 but neither are in Update. Park shows up in 2009 but Kuo does not (except for Upper Deck sets).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Players I've talked to:</b> I wish.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Players who grew up near me: </b>Nobody really. Russell Martin is from East York, Ontario, which is outside of Toronto (or maybe part of Toronto? I'm not Canadian). But that's not super close.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Card I'm glad I didn't have to pick up now:</b> Hiroki Kuroda's rookie card is in this set. I haven't looked to see how much it's going for but I know he has fans on a couple of continents.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Favorite card in the team set:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfCaAy7XGtOrdOzvpRnH_fUR2xbtoY4szyIcoDdgR-9YwefgDllAYPND788NeDK540l3WPYVtXiKpjiTy3dSzi-De597bj5oJqjbgT3u5uTgMC4-t-b7fbm5EXb0rOeoC4Ena5JJolNE6d1L367PdR8k2QbbIWUl2SrP3ju6u3rwHJ25pCeMU5AsaaIY/s1526/08goldie-ethier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfCaAy7XGtOrdOzvpRnH_fUR2xbtoY4szyIcoDdgR-9YwefgDllAYPND788NeDK540l3WPYVtXiKpjiTy3dSzi-De597bj5oJqjbgT3u5uTgMC4-t-b7fbm5EXb0rOeoC4Ena5JJolNE6d1L367PdR8k2QbbIWUl2SrP3ju6u3rwHJ25pCeMU5AsaaIY/w452-h640/08goldie-ethier.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />Andre Ethier. Have always liked this card. No offense goldie, but I like the blue chrome refractor version better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Now that the 2008 parallel set is done, I think I'll go for 2009 next. I thought about 2006 or 2007 but I need a lot for each set and much less for 2009.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Also we'll see how closely I stick to this mission when I'm able to buy cards "in bulk" again and when the card show season heats up more with the warmer weather. <br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-70664321675606427002024-02-28T19:16:00.007-05:002024-02-28T22:04:55.930-05:00The most Hall of Famers, update 19<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcyS-jOrht8zx2C43zTuSwcv-xHSnd9ABj_1Xsx_4wUkPJ0G6Otv3NrGydntrEofYt_CWr2olT8Jni_0s0_zrZcqQZrilgzR0uBzv4xDDDXdsEI7ozTMtjq1CVuvMQG4R4POPyw7Ny3boFrzU662TDmP63jD9A9rwFYYx0O0StFoqreujgafGqUy4fEI/s1080/92-leyland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1080" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcyS-jOrht8zx2C43zTuSwcv-xHSnd9ABj_1Xsx_4wUkPJ0G6Otv3NrGydntrEofYt_CWr2olT8Jni_0s0_zrZcqQZrilgzR0uBzv4xDDDXdsEI7ozTMtjq1CVuvMQG4R4POPyw7Ny3boFrzU662TDmP63jD9A9rwFYYx0O0StFoqreujgafGqUy4fEI/w640-h454/92-leyland.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The excitement over the selection of the most recent Baseball Hall of Fame class has passed, but I haven't addressed it with my usual Hall of Fame update yet. I'll cite the usual laziness and busyness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are four more people to add to the list of the most Hall of Famers for each Topps flagship set -- Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland. Also, I always find more sets to include in the rundown and this time I'm finishing off the 1950s. I also take the opportunity of the most recent class to update sets in which those inductees appeared.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are all recent guys in this class so the sets I'm adding this time are 1999, 2014 and 2015 (the sets Leyland appeared in I've covered already).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once I'm finished with this update, there will be just one more update to go! I've been doing these for more than 10 years so I'll be happy to cut back on this -- though I'll have to update one a year when a new class is elected.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All right, here we go. Some may be surprised I'm including 1951 Topps, but it was a set, you guys.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATABW_Wza-LdE5QcUOCjx6qI1nIPlBRT2k8FyxwxKXONo14baWqSmPzgYxDRTXXnBnlEKEZfaD1PA7jx5RxBbGn8G3oyhIOb00bT5o6d41tNwuzfdtEjfb7K2v2p0F5yyEaSuPsfg4TEmnjmuBC2KeznaAJJFlZgNTB0qid6r8Yvepgg3jsiohNL4RJo/s320/51-snider.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="251" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATABW_Wza-LdE5QcUOCjx6qI1nIPlBRT2k8FyxwxKXONo14baWqSmPzgYxDRTXXnBnlEKEZfaD1PA7jx5RxBbGn8G3oyhIOb00bT5o6d41tNwuzfdtEjfb7K2v2p0F5yyEaSuPsfg4TEmnjmuBC2KeznaAJJFlZgNTB0qid6r8Yvepgg3jsiohNL4RJo/w314-h400/51-snider.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1951 (14):</b> Richie Ashburn, Yogi Berra, Bobby Doerr, Bob Feller, Gil Hodges, Monte Irvin, Ralph Kiner, Johnny Mize, Phil Rizzuto, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Early Wynn<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKdsAd6zzktgU_JuN0tUNBepuhEEXub9Qxs4PbaJvuUGzNCKU-d3549NMRuS8ds84iRaOjnz8r6HoY_lwpM81a6W2nh-LQkd7Tav2_N7FuQGGCOXm9KWzq_PQmb_wh6PakBKC0rmGtbvjsEql6rS1OJSRdA7ITHm4xnSnIPtWIIU67VBe6T8Tx20JuWc/s375/52-roberts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKdsAd6zzktgU_JuN0tUNBepuhEEXub9Qxs4PbaJvuUGzNCKU-d3549NMRuS8ds84iRaOjnz8r6HoY_lwpM81a6W2nh-LQkd7Tav2_N7FuQGGCOXm9KWzq_PQmb_wh6PakBKC0rmGtbvjsEql6rS1OJSRdA7ITHm4xnSnIPtWIIU67VBe6T8Tx20JuWc/w448-h640/52-roberts.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>1952 (28): </b>Richie Ashburn, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Bill
Dickey, Larry Doby, Leo Durocher, Bob Feller, Billy Herman, Gil Hodges,
Monte Irvin, George Kell, Bob Lemon, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews,
Willie Mays, Minnie Minoso, Johnny Mize, Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzuto,
Robin Roberts, Jackie Robinson, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Duke
Snider, Warren Spahn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Early Wynn</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEf-Abd-yrlWbDdvKWHQPjKxlMH05j8vmrb1kCjT9HCKz9QIjZvXsu1QG36fU3zLSJrRwAZFIqomjZ_NJM_TiVcYvlOAlevi-fYcwogmvYNj4aSEok1dAMqqXybP0N4TgDdT_Xhf7MZ3_Joay61WpUtDdIrTUYo_EMxhzPtwpcwENu0rW65fxvJv7VQc/s375/53-feller.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="262" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGEf-Abd-yrlWbDdvKWHQPjKxlMH05j8vmrb1kCjT9HCKz9QIjZvXsu1QG36fU3zLSJrRwAZFIqomjZ_NJM_TiVcYvlOAlevi-fYcwogmvYNj4aSEok1dAMqqXybP0N4TgDdT_Xhf7MZ3_Joay61WpUtDdIrTUYo_EMxhzPtwpcwENu0rW65fxvJv7VQc/w448-h640/53-feller.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1953 (23):</b> Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Monte Irvin, George Kell, Ralph Kiner, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Minnie Minoso, Johnny Mize, Hal Newhouser, Satchel Paige, Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzutto, Jackie Robinson, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Warren Spahn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Early Wynn<br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-M5sbhhqKz5Fge8uCpBu4uzQERAs6uDn3AbNBzEFcRUO3mQqo_HcT9EnzCJtmfeP4ucRPC8u93z9Re27vrb25U3-ofIfoyRBwQ76Td5WbZWUf51XUb9v1pFyD4KBU_RyLHqUoo7NbpZMY7QhIzeiYo6J_D5Lc7_tpT6KHPwfQkZLKbphxy92hkVvIsE/s1000/54-robinson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="703" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-M5sbhhqKz5Fge8uCpBu4uzQERAs6uDn3AbNBzEFcRUO3mQqo_HcT9EnzCJtmfeP4ucRPC8u93z9Re27vrb25U3-ofIfoyRBwQ76Td5WbZWUf51XUb9v1pFyD4KBU_RyLHqUoo7NbpZMY7QhIzeiYo6J_D5Lc7_tpT6KHPwfQkZLKbphxy92hkVvIsE/w450-h640/54-robinson.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1954 (21):</b> Hank Aaron, Richie Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Earl Combs, Larry Doby, Whitey Ford, Billy Herman, Gil Hodges, Monte Irvin, Al Kaline, Tom Lasorda, Heine Manush, Eddie Matthews, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Phil Rizzuto, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ted Williams, <br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEd87b5PuH8iUCCLfcXOq4eR53HYtboPGtyyR24kfnpNtOvjDis62_RXDn6oOer16vTfdH0h1jY5X_frV1lTK_nuz3HqPoJ8B8jZjNnnl1h_7otaZvNocUj6Xmpq1ZdLNO-6KLOJtVkQDp5w2pOzKVAf0birqX66GdOZjpmoI04-P4u_vTyNDuwcNIEY/s1000/55-aaron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1000" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEd87b5PuH8iUCCLfcXOq4eR53HYtboPGtyyR24kfnpNtOvjDis62_RXDn6oOer16vTfdH0h1jY5X_frV1lTK_nuz3HqPoJ8B8jZjNnnl1h_7otaZvNocUj6Xmpq1ZdLNO-6KLOJtVkQDp5w2pOzKVAf0birqX66GdOZjpmoI04-P4u_vTyNDuwcNIEY/w640-h448/55-aaron.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1955 (18):</b> Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Roberto Clemente, Billy Herman, Gil Hodges, Monte Irvin, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Hal Newhouser, Phil Rizzuto, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Ted Williams </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15xHfBDooIleOOLbUo6hqZ8wpA8-JVa7H13Yg8pqRWtzCs-wC01w9IQMAgmVEAHO2cYgWcIiX63XPHoFvipkPm-6KC8B9YwSf0gFQR_xirExetPVKEVKv43-T1GV4GxeATrQfnI0EiskZuEY-JBTXitPpl1GiXHeyQbrDFjrXrIv8EjxWUSJ0OxvjOPk/s560/56-berra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="560" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15xHfBDooIleOOLbUo6hqZ8wpA8-JVa7H13Yg8pqRWtzCs-wC01w9IQMAgmVEAHO2cYgWcIiX63XPHoFvipkPm-6KC8B9YwSf0gFQR_xirExetPVKEVKv43-T1GV4GxeATrQfnI0EiskZuEY-JBTXitPpl1GiXHeyQbrDFjrXrIv8EjxWUSJ0OxvjOPk/w640-h452/56-berra.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1956 (36): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Richie
Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Roberto Clemente,
Larry Doby, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Warren Giles, Will
Harridge, Gil Hodges, Monty Irvin, Al Kaline, George Kell, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy
Koufax, Bob Lemon, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Minnie Minoso, Pee Wee
Reese, Phil Rizzuto, Robin Roberts, Jackie Robinson, Red Schoendienst,
Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Ted Williams,
Early Wynn</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyPcUocx3HNMqrET5BsnbdjTqfe6fbgjlQhse_oaZrWyjg2hCTLxNpT8PONGjt6E_LwEjRtlE3eN7jvfau7ZP_jJcWUlqA2LtBYO0cNlrhimkG_EkbF68meVLd8SKvlzWr8hEwbn21YAkbJLI7f57W3xQBrsAkn7PdsueMEwAr7_DxxAFB5ml5fP8q5I/s350/57-kell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyPcUocx3HNMqrET5BsnbdjTqfe6fbgjlQhse_oaZrWyjg2hCTLxNpT8PONGjt6E_LwEjRtlE3eN7jvfau7ZP_jJcWUlqA2LtBYO0cNlrhimkG_EkbF68meVLd8SKvlzWr8hEwbn21YAkbJLI7f57W3xQBrsAkn7PdsueMEwAr7_DxxAFB5ml5fP8q5I/w458-h640/57-kell.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1957 (36): </b>Hank Aaron, Luis Aparicio, Richie Ashburn, Ernie
Banks, Yogi Berra, Jim Bunning, Roy Campanella, Roberto Clemente, Larry
Doby, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Warren Giles, Will
Harridge, Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Al Kaline, George Kell, Sandy
Koufax, Bob Lemon, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Bill Mazeroski, Willie
Mays, Minnie Minoso, Pee Wee Reese, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson,
Frank Robinson, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren
Spahn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Early Wynn</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVYmRjcHw2A20buKR67mpyqDX4mWxgDfODcMm40WqkjtPENJa1eekRAj1qf1rT5g3NTgQAxbwoNUgvnfxCyUnOwPDLQoPyj7cHqAtygIVll4D0h3R6J5Iif7Mp1biADyjIZWu_Ci-wFLek47v53sn1_7Hmg5pAtYeKFk_y0xHHQwLT8gigf5vE3vnuw4/s1000/58-mantle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="712" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVYmRjcHw2A20buKR67mpyqDX4mWxgDfODcMm40WqkjtPENJa1eekRAj1qf1rT5g3NTgQAxbwoNUgvnfxCyUnOwPDLQoPyj7cHqAtygIVll4D0h3R6J5Iif7Mp1biADyjIZWu_Ci-wFLek47v53sn1_7Hmg5pAtYeKFk_y0xHHQwLT8gigf5vE3vnuw4/w456-h640/58-mantle.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1958 (40): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Richie Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Jim Bunning, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Larry Doby, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Warren Giles, Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Al Kaline, George Kell, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Bob Lemon, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reese, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Casey Stengel, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Ted Williams, Early Wynn</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ivaosVJJ02cwfuQxSb0-qb6-awnI6OOHNZnOpFYZTxmw0WdqV6aeyOnTKVKlpfprJ5W8wJyGwljQ2B_Z3sg5ZJuu5Wf9dmH4dCiLr5LX-SnpMcT3rVsOnM9C6qXuN2tC0Z5_ORpzrrNCHUHv2n6affAqGRhrQyv6oCbSpxcPhlguvEA_L3itgOUiwxo/s350/59-banks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ivaosVJJ02cwfuQxSb0-qb6-awnI6OOHNZnOpFYZTxmw0WdqV6aeyOnTKVKlpfprJ5W8wJyGwljQ2B_Z3sg5ZJuu5Wf9dmH4dCiLr5LX-SnpMcT3rVsOnM9C6qXuN2tC0Z5_ORpzrrNCHUHv2n6affAqGRhrQyv6oCbSpxcPhlguvEA_L3itgOUiwxo/w458-h640/59-banks.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1959 (38): </b>Hank Aaron, Sparky Anderson, Luis Aparicio, Richie
Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Jim Bunning, Roy Campanella, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Larry Doby, Don Drysdale, Al Kaline, Whitey
Ford, Nellie Fox, Ford Frick, Warren Giles, Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Harmon
Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Eddie Mathews, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Bill
Mazeroski, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson,
Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Casey
Stengel, Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Early Wynn</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiM6fEC4xVBthETrtcW3CoiTy6njli2t2RqU2oF13k5v3h5MMjDh4XD8-seP-aNKlmowZlyBuF1HasZv72GJJxLHEW1dejnm1WR4kx0vZLo9R8nNjXGDT04dmDclYyhnnqztYdapGA8JXXCP_T0eShuxFzvOR8zqjDaeNdgTeXyg6VQEMjRJIRD6cyJKA/s400/60-koufax.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="400" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiM6fEC4xVBthETrtcW3CoiTy6njli2t2RqU2oF13k5v3h5MMjDh4XD8-seP-aNKlmowZlyBuF1HasZv72GJJxLHEW1dejnm1WR4kx0vZLo9R8nNjXGDT04dmDclYyhnnqztYdapGA8JXXCP_T0eShuxFzvOR8zqjDaeNdgTeXyg6VQEMjRJIRD6cyJKA/w640-h460/60-koufax.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1960 (39): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparicio, Richie Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Jim Bunning, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Joe
Gordon, Bob Gibson, Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy
Koufax, Al Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Bill Mazeroski, Eddie Mathews, Willie
Mays, Willie McCovey, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Red Schoendienst, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Casey Stengel,
Hoyt Wilhelm, Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZdWe-hav4viGu6m14tEsfNmSgLUDXSJPq1Gsf1M-Xr0IDT4j9SbxPJxGUxL52InSCLcSKD1QQRo-pez1EEv9GzNJ137wkSoPhw1RU6FsjjXrCsBxiDPAH1ZCvM2fP3LT1urc1D-442KZMd16_DqHwh4yRx9e3d_YBRIN-mXr2ycyQRmq0xPO_l2VNpY/s350/61-ford.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="246" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZdWe-hav4viGu6m14tEsfNmSgLUDXSJPq1Gsf1M-Xr0IDT4j9SbxPJxGUxL52InSCLcSKD1QQRo-pez1EEv9GzNJ137wkSoPhw1RU6FsjjXrCsBxiDPAH1ZCvM2fP3LT1urc1D-442KZMd16_DqHwh4yRx9e3d_YBRIN-mXr2ycyQRmq0xPO_l2VNpY/w450-h640/61-ford.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1961 (41):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Richie
Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Jim Bunning, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto
Clemente, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Bob Gibson, Joe Gordon,
Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Al Lopez,
Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Bill Mazeroski, Willie
Mays, Willie McCovey, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Hoyt
Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Dick Williams, Early Wynn, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNGHx3XVtw1R2zvpyio8nEGcrItt3VA_qRNs7f9Rixx_KPfkt0khWGAddPqYfBL1H2joaOt4_IH4R9QVRHTmZjAVy2LacsBWJrt7Thb1CfTXi1D1Rv7gt_VINtkta-wChIMFuQ5IMf3VyZAv96uAeVrOkkDeN7lkc3stSK1f85V1Oe0gG2bqLmfwqBIA/s640/62-spahn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="461" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNGHx3XVtw1R2zvpyio8nEGcrItt3VA_qRNs7f9Rixx_KPfkt0khWGAddPqYfBL1H2joaOt4_IH4R9QVRHTmZjAVy2LacsBWJrt7Thb1CfTXi1D1Rv7gt_VINtkta-wChIMFuQ5IMf3VyZAv96uAeVrOkkDeN7lkc3stSK1f85V1Oe0gG2bqLmfwqBIA/w462-h640/62-spahn.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1962 (44):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Richie
Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Bob
Gibson, Whitey Herzog, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Al
Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Bill
Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial, Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts,
Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Duke
Snider, Warren Spahn, Casey Stengel, Joe Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy
Williams, Dick Williams Early Wynn, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRQQyWLf6Vg_aNNFxrleodSJfFrPkLcOi3Pc9STmPAyP9TE35oTc9yQZlwxTrKvUF9IaqreuJhF0W17mRbCxvSerZZB8UVnK2E33-JwvACiy4Qa7wwVa7VKzCIGy8mWlpc0wZhUNmDv09h6Kj3otz6nbokS5jXDSVm-l_l9oibdR1nyUWkblNH_YX7Js/s400/63-alston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="287" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRQQyWLf6Vg_aNNFxrleodSJfFrPkLcOi3Pc9STmPAyP9TE35oTc9yQZlwxTrKvUF9IaqreuJhF0W17mRbCxvSerZZB8UVnK2E33-JwvACiy4Qa7wwVa7VKzCIGy8mWlpc0wZhUNmDv09h6Kj3otz6nbokS5jXDSVm-l_l9oibdR1nyUWkblNH_YX7Js/w460-h640/63-alston.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1963 (43):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Richie
Ashburn, Ernie Banks, Yogi Berra, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Bob Gibson, Whitey
Herzog, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Al Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Juan
Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Bill Mazeroski, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Minnie Minoso, Stan Musial,
Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron Santo, Duke Snider,
Warren Spahn, Willie Stargell, Casey Stengel, Joe Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams,
Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYMbdAQS2zaOyGw7cA6hHTeyaflF6lzdwo0Us326hh7evXAuCSD6xsl3smsoBF78A71lsKC0mUny103hnGfq8kNUfYUgFi0tBRMzh7MXwahF_A8qeoj8JAaQAdc3XEjYD-nM9hTdkn_wJ6OMIfqOIgev0lxLBYpA1j6UwVCSMA0V1G5dGbHoCh3wHCzg/s640/64-drysdale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYMbdAQS2zaOyGw7cA6hHTeyaflF6lzdwo0Us326hh7evXAuCSD6xsl3smsoBF78A71lsKC0mUny103hnGfq8kNUfYUgFi0tBRMzh7MXwahF_A8qeoj8JAaQAdc3XEjYD-nM9hTdkn_wJ6OMIfqOIgev0lxLBYpA1j6UwVCSMA0V1G5dGbHoCh3wHCzg/w454-h640/64-drysdale.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1964 (43): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Yogi Berra, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente,
Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew,
Sandy Koufax, Tony LaRussa, Al Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal,
Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Minne Minoso, Phil Niekro,
Tony Oliva, Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron
Santo, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Willie Stargell, Casey Stengel, Joe
Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj84qzP_HOygjV5B4ATKM0oBJv7SDdn0xiSSa5Axy-YURW5OqHMXIt-s2DHQC-ZbFLwapHC4xj-3hPnP9j1F0nSzFi1iR-JYL47S5d9ihKmlUGSxRVhhW9yap5u8nuizHT15-I7SuvGXkpIL3f7NWWgcgMLf1Nd6Jo5J300RB7zOhEyC_l19OEz8KERGI/s639/65-marichal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj84qzP_HOygjV5B4ATKM0oBJv7SDdn0xiSSa5Axy-YURW5OqHMXIt-s2DHQC-ZbFLwapHC4xj-3hPnP9j1F0nSzFi1iR-JYL47S5d9ihKmlUGSxRVhhW9yap5u8nuizHT15-I7SuvGXkpIL3f7NWWgcgMLf1Nd6Jo5J300RB7zOhEyC_l19OEz8KERGI/w454-h640/65-marichal.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1965 (45):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Yogi Berra, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda,
Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Whitey Ford, Nellie Fox, Bob Gibson,
Billy Herman, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Al
Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Bill
Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Tony Perez, Gaylord
Perry, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron Santo, Red
Schoendienst, Warren Spahn, Willie Stargell, Casey Stengel, Joe Torre,
Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij33upXZRqwNS2BoLT4tQfZRRaZlOkxnEmaQQvL_4aZvGYcNYLpGwDJ8VBUcPtJnIFjrbMCuVagIe45JFXOZOMoasOOZ3Y8tYZJrfbQXyYsGEA-XpU806WR9zjvlHC1PSxTrdB9QIOAGwkIdEBkH1QuUEjlBvefj0BNZIKZ9qMemfP-l_eWSb9wsMvjtI/s350/66-brobinson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij33upXZRqwNS2BoLT4tQfZRRaZlOkxnEmaQQvL_4aZvGYcNYLpGwDJ8VBUcPtJnIFjrbMCuVagIe45JFXOZOMoasOOZ3Y8tYZJrfbQXyYsGEA-XpU806WR9zjvlHC1PSxTrdB9QIOAGwkIdEBkH1QuUEjlBvefj0BNZIKZ9qMemfP-l_eWSb9wsMvjtI/w458-h640/66-brobinson.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1966 (43):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale,
Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Billy Herman, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon
Killebrew, Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, Joe
Morgan, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony
Perez, Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron Santo, Red
Schoendienst, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm,
Billy Williams, Carl Yastrzemski </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjcO72JpikJtQj8kN6kX7iQAy9y_pAY5k1HqnveDO8bqMF727nq4mU93v_XRI8-H_LQ8WONxXN_WUKyRfA8Hr9hWhhbmQZYpdQUzYuQW3eR0WAP0JVVRywDk6sSG2deFk1_NW8B5UOFwUlX0_rmbZwBTq5WqIGSWr8e-rcRvwZZEhitLctBAkbSLEx9g/s640/67-jenkins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjcO72JpikJtQj8kN6kX7iQAy9y_pAY5k1HqnveDO8bqMF727nq4mU93v_XRI8-H_LQ8WONxXN_WUKyRfA8Hr9hWhhbmQZYpdQUzYuQW3eR0WAP0JVVRywDk6sSG2deFk1_NW8B5UOFwUlX0_rmbZwBTq5WqIGSWr8e-rcRvwZZEhitLctBAkbSLEx9g/w454-h640/67-jenkins.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1967 (44): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda,
Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Leo Durocher, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson,
Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Mickey Mantle,
Eddie Mathews, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie
McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry,
Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Tom
Seaver, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy
Williams, Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPBECcfbiKpfQYkKuvJ-nE3Y_s3mO1kh_8M0SQCQKHRU9Gy9yvBbiBwWGTCQJ6ypTefBisAwhOsrz8PgQwyyn776e3r2KZOv5kkpKyf7QYVJEhssI5Noak_qACnt5ljkUNHv41dOdNi26SXAu18MudpOR4DpQKSE4gC9jTvf01Ui8z7RPeZxJcq5EFHo/s399/68-aparicio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="285" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglPBECcfbiKpfQYkKuvJ-nE3Y_s3mO1kh_8M0SQCQKHRU9Gy9yvBbiBwWGTCQJ6ypTefBisAwhOsrz8PgQwyyn776e3r2KZOv5kkpKyf7QYVJEhssI5Noak_qACnt5ljkUNHv41dOdNi26SXAu18MudpOR4DpQKSE4gC9jTvf01Ui8z7RPeZxJcq5EFHo/w458-h640/68-aparicio.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1968 (45): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Johnny Bench, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Fergie
Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Tony La Russa, Mickey Mantle, Juan
Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey,
Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Brooks
Robinson, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Tom
Seaver, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy
Williams, Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna5yz6Tuali3BgrO05Le-Rr8WgEAuTPzn9hu6S2W86KN3bqKcGp0KGX2puthWxu_RiJ2v_7EqWBcdZ4BsfeXwpNs_Vy9QPzNBFLUB1s7muDUvT5X_ki_iu7UGHcXtkG1_MgD3c1OuxhAoZdmX4JE03IZi8kLJgUgzJKgceQNNLLGOZ15sbBmjw28bIlQ/s400/69-kaline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgna5yz6Tuali3BgrO05Le-Rr8WgEAuTPzn9hu6S2W86KN3bqKcGp0KGX2puthWxu_RiJ2v_7EqWBcdZ4BsfeXwpNs_Vy9QPzNBFLUB1s7muDUvT5X_ki_iu7UGHcXtkG1_MgD3c1OuxhAoZdmX4JE03IZi8kLJgUgzJKgceQNNLLGOZ15sbBmjw28bIlQ/w458-h640/69-kaline.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1969 (51): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks,
Johnny Bench, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Orlando
Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Bobby Cox, Don Drysdale, Leo Durocher, Rollie
Fingers, Bob Gibson, Joe Gordon, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie
Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Al Lopez, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal,
Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva,
Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson,
Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Willie Stargell,
Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Dick
Williams, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcN_LXx1f14djLf0Jlv-2BKLBZxiIfw9mp5q8V94UssFLvJDRDOaXiU0r3ycQ2O24pMdKHFIGDsofozfnqpwKXwd3qHXTLx-AqG9FOZoU_l7ZLtAauPBmF4jozJJFGH6iZtx39XwZkG_L2WuPNuUWmNjCyamd2bnQK0VmEC3kMLDM6UyhNom9LuGVN4k/s400/70-brock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcN_LXx1f14djLf0Jlv-2BKLBZxiIfw9mp5q8V94UssFLvJDRDOaXiU0r3ycQ2O24pMdKHFIGDsofozfnqpwKXwd3qHXTLx-AqG9FOZoU_l7ZLtAauPBmF4jozJJFGH6iZtx39XwZkG_L2WuPNuUWmNjCyamd2bnQK0VmEC3kMLDM6UyhNom9LuGVN4k/w458-h640/70-brock.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1970 (46): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparcio, Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Rod Carew,
Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Leo Durocher, Rollie
Fingers, Bob Gibson, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al
Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski,
Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord
Perry, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Red
Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl
Weaver, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WC5vJ2o0Yqagg9suvhPTwKN6_L-4CLgLypa46EhDdRsImcYZq9zHtw8CLOFCCDWIiJWFJT9Du09xiOG98Ev0HH6KARfUNUyRY7W05MhWeXoJTeBTFBVi98hxjof7yjYN6oK8gLnGDLNkK94wUL1jT6lXl_E5mhyXH5uYHMFS9o8lmR6UV5CsahpGpv4/s400/71-williams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WC5vJ2o0Yqagg9suvhPTwKN6_L-4CLgLypa46EhDdRsImcYZq9zHtw8CLOFCCDWIiJWFJT9Du09xiOG98Ev0HH6KARfUNUyRY7W05MhWeXoJTeBTFBVi98hxjof7yjYN6oK8gLnGDLNkK94wUL1jT6lXl_E5mhyXH5uYHMFS9o8lmR6UV5CsahpGpv4/w452-h640/71-williams.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1971 (50):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, Lou Brock, Jim
Bunning, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Leo
Durocher, Rollie Fingers, Bob Gibson, Gil Hodges, Jim (Catfish) Hunter, Reggie
Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Bob Lemon, Juan
Marichal, Bill Mazeroski, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil
Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Brooks Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Willie
Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy
Williams, Dick Williams, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8G_SfYbSCC5zPL7AOMkvPbXIdAtJGDBYe3vkundjR9AB3AfCoOhXLLr8-kij6RPDkYN283KBdd6hwS2DCKp5NNtZnWURH4_KD1GShOXgR132-0QB_jjZwZlE4bTUeYPwVsU1mwnVQFgWlCpzK7lLmquA874dZjab2ossc6GRd7tgEvbYlPCaS9fvniA/s400/72-bench.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="291" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8G_SfYbSCC5zPL7AOMkvPbXIdAtJGDBYe3vkundjR9AB3AfCoOhXLLr8-kij6RPDkYN283KBdd6hwS2DCKp5NNtZnWURH4_KD1GShOXgR132-0QB_jjZwZlE4bTUeYPwVsU1mwnVQFgWlCpzK7lLmquA874dZjab2ossc6GRd7tgEvbYlPCaS9fvniA/w466-h640/72-bench.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1972 (50): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparicio, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, Lou Brock, Rod Carew, Steve
Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Leo Durocher, Rollie Fingers,
Carlton Fisk, Bob Gibson, Gil Hodges, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins,
Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Tony La Russa, Bob Lemon, Juan Marichal,
Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva,
Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Tony Perez, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson,
Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Willie Stargell,
Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Dick
Williams, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m8Of8N03SjlUe73INLyykgZFyZrwG06FgeLBtA4XIHrDftwZ6mHV1wPMLbOVKK_i5xrCMYvZqb5qgOkGQFq3EKuPDihgwS73cwvKP9_u7DWPYHy4nS63mfSET2XfIjBmv04YlRapDfLCc3YDwzNS6mShQq65qhFPF44ApcsW-hCsVsIGYbtvqKkQtvw/s640/73-simmons.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9m8Of8N03SjlUe73INLyykgZFyZrwG06FgeLBtA4XIHrDftwZ6mHV1wPMLbOVKK_i5xrCMYvZqb5qgOkGQFq3EKuPDihgwS73cwvKP9_u7DWPYHy4nS63mfSET2XfIjBmv04YlRapDfLCc3YDwzNS6mShQq65qhFPF44ApcsW-hCsVsIGYbtvqKkQtvw/w452-h640/73-simmons.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1973 (47): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparicio, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Bert Blyleven, Lou Brock, Rod Carew,
Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Leo Durocher, Rollie
Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Bob Gibson, Whitey Herzog, Jim
Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew,
Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan,
Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Tony Perez, Brooks Robinson,
Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Mike Schmidt, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Billy
Williams, Dick Williams, Carl Yastrzemski </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSECazEOMBCDmwQROgDgv4LfPmDX5Z52qj-XhUgP2mJ1fqTbXL5Lv7iR9OM28LZMYdFF_3eQnBtiLYVzxDdxRwe18qs9bkaN7Lpw2GJ51KJWb7bEREAW5zK4FbvH1OI7CYywhFZKPHhMJbdVy06PvcbcCMCk14gDGMqPiQxAhmIqjAnJg2jSgVpT9g_0/s640/74-morgan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSECazEOMBCDmwQROgDgv4LfPmDX5Z52qj-XhUgP2mJ1fqTbXL5Lv7iR9OM28LZMYdFF_3eQnBtiLYVzxDdxRwe18qs9bkaN7Lpw2GJ51KJWb7bEREAW5zK4FbvH1OI7CYywhFZKPHhMJbdVy06PvcbcCMCk14gDGMqPiQxAhmIqjAnJg2jSgVpT9g_0/w452-h640/74-morgan.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1974 (45):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Luis
Aparicio, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Bert Blyleven, Lou Brock, Rod Carew,
Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Bob
Gibson, Rich Gossage, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim
Kaat, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, Eddie Mathews, Willie
McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez,
Gaylord Perry, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo,
Mike Schmidt, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Willie
Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Billy Williams, Dave
Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYls5UJkh9PBgYucr-hfYG92IVRaJbMwW0tp5So7cwNmMSz8N5KYqRGlXgGolt5-aRpPj7s6AYU75TfSQ4A54VLdmUayN9ZO-_99LHfTHEhc8-hrI09R8mfyOyGFm2Sx04_CA2xeOdS5bdVClovGhc5NIBUusR5feXtUSiOETNKEiQcPVoNrfdNXoTtuc/s320/75-jackson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="229" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYls5UJkh9PBgYucr-hfYG92IVRaJbMwW0tp5So7cwNmMSz8N5KYqRGlXgGolt5-aRpPj7s6AYU75TfSQ4A54VLdmUayN9ZO-_99LHfTHEhc8-hrI09R8mfyOyGFm2Sx04_CA2xeOdS5bdVClovGhc5NIBUusR5feXtUSiOETNKEiQcPVoNrfdNXoTtuc/w458-h640/75-jackson.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1975 (47):</b> Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Johnny
Bench, Yogi Berra, George Brett, Lou Brock, Bert Blyleven, Rod Carew,
Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Bob Gibson,
Rich Gossage, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Al Kaline,
Harmon Killebrew, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer,
Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Jim Rice, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson,
Nolan Ryan, Ron Santo, Mike Schmidt, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Billy
Williams,
Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHxGozDnzVA2LVRzTKoD35c3jU79WS8rXlyll0BjfgHtW6DVMmRCCRA7zQAihWKnekQS37F-y380RmBX48s1n0ducT9zjbmCrKoDXKntZuqLhpLcUk_NBK7JF5PyLdQwVYFQtM0-gwISXr9umXQmTZWDQPnUvShOhaLudzPWM8hQPabnbHrC1wuQeKpU/s639/76-hunter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivHxGozDnzVA2LVRzTKoD35c3jU79WS8rXlyll0BjfgHtW6DVMmRCCRA7zQAihWKnekQS37F-y380RmBX48s1n0ducT9zjbmCrKoDXKntZuqLhpLcUk_NBK7JF5PyLdQwVYFQtM0-gwISXr9umXQmTZWDQPnUvShOhaLudzPWM8hQPabnbHrC1wuQeKpU/w454-h640/76-hunter.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1976 (43): </b>Hank Aaron, Walter Alston, Sparky Anderson, Johnny
Bench, Bert Blyleven, George Brett, Lou Brock, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton,
Gary Carter, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich
Gossage, Whitey Herzog, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim
Kaat, Willie McCovey, Joe Morgan, Phil Niekro, Tony Oliva, Jim Palmer,
Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Jim Rice, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson,
Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons,
Willie Stargell, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl Weaver, Billy Williams,
Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYRxrnEbvswMgfcE_z4f9gNplhKLEDE0IJQ-KhtiIgC4NMkv-G-FQ4DdqB7xAeg5uqGIIdPFZCuBRTvpCSckoal-ZlWzDdCx3zAKNJxNlRcsbLp5MYB3TYc7zTQWeaFv9RHRS-2hhmmbUuOt9RVr6OzBB0B4Od765sy_VVIWLjz12V5npo7ft1SqAjeQ/s639/77-schmidt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYRxrnEbvswMgfcE_z4f9gNplhKLEDE0IJQ-KhtiIgC4NMkv-G-FQ4DdqB7xAeg5uqGIIdPFZCuBRTvpCSckoal-ZlWzDdCx3zAKNJxNlRcsbLp5MYB3TYc7zTQWeaFv9RHRS-2hhmmbUuOt9RVr6OzBB0B4Od765sy_VVIWLjz12V5npo7ft1SqAjeQ/w454-h640/77-schmidt.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><b>1977 (43): </b> Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven,
George Brett, Lou Brock, Rod Carew, Gary Carter, Steve Carlton, Andre
Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage,
Whitey Herzog, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Tom
Lasorda, Bob Lemon, Willie McCovey, Minnie Minoso, Joe Morgan, Phil
Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Jim Rice, Brooks
Robinson, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Willie Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl
Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mYmexQP-z37_KkRkubN2SBkfsBEvJY60oEMmNx7h3I1n4INvPj-zrhD7_c6zCD1GywbazqqTSa0ZG4ocBQO-dVWCFGEPY9RKQgsebph4qTD0AukRLfcMr3AMdpuBYgyy2V-yC8TJbvhJHZy7GTbYVlalNcRlmW8I8pe1KoxtctAVKu0Xsa0mK_VUMfY/s400/78-carew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mYmexQP-z37_KkRkubN2SBkfsBEvJY60oEMmNx7h3I1n4INvPj-zrhD7_c6zCD1GywbazqqTSa0ZG4ocBQO-dVWCFGEPY9RKQgsebph4qTD0AukRLfcMr3AMdpuBYgyy2V-yC8TJbvhJHZy7GTbYVlalNcRlmW8I8pe1KoxtctAVKu0Xsa0mK_VUMfY/w454-h640/78-carew.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1978 (46):</b> Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, Lou
Brock, George Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Bobby Cox,
Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich
Gossage, Whitey Herzog, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Tom
Lasorda, Bob Lemon, Willie McCovey, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack
Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord
Perry, Jim Rice, Brooks Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver,
Ted Simmons, Willie Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Alan
Trammell, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski,
Robin Yount</div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-OPRnJGeMWp6TgY8GS2uHGqgR_62vqjtwUCcfyNmQmqqP1L9WtBg9gqVK6LltCrPwIu9b6KrD-xvfNcXRpkAO49Y73xUUPj0TCmLADVqVYxsfCxqHdovznVGwaOyqiVGPvgK47qw0b44rpH_CpAMSG6AwbXPTgAaYwK7DykeE01yQkoPkmXzvlSzoBw/s640/79-winfield.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-OPRnJGeMWp6TgY8GS2uHGqgR_62vqjtwUCcfyNmQmqqP1L9WtBg9gqVK6LltCrPwIu9b6KrD-xvfNcXRpkAO49Y73xUUPj0TCmLADVqVYxsfCxqHdovznVGwaOyqiVGPvgK47qw0b44rpH_CpAMSG6AwbXPTgAaYwK7DykeE01yQkoPkmXzvlSzoBw/w450-h640/79-winfield.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1979 (45):</b> Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, George
Brett, Lou Brock, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Bobby Cox,
Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich
Gossage, Whitey Herzog, Jim Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Tom
Lasorda, Bob Lemon, Willie McCovey, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack
Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord
Perry, Jim Rice, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons,
Ozzie Smith, Willie Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Earl
Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOORiXU8kbzmhPeJDjmD2P6tfY7NV3Hr3n5s7wwTj_tXEXKOgrpdzgdYN8N05ouCdz-gxjRjnVVp6xsu8-PfJWhjQDKH1YIW-PAY0FloCPVEJ4Lt9i6U6YDa6jtns5DYF0tQyAwYts9zP0xKgI5mr3jK9AIvEToRSPzV58qS7gUe6g002Et3WiXjQ8Uw/s639/80-brett.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOORiXU8kbzmhPeJDjmD2P6tfY7NV3Hr3n5s7wwTj_tXEXKOgrpdzgdYN8N05ouCdz-gxjRjnVVp6xsu8-PfJWhjQDKH1YIW-PAY0FloCPVEJ4Lt9i6U6YDa6jtns5DYF0tQyAwYts9zP0xKgI5mr3jK9AIvEToRSPzV58qS7gUe6g002Et3WiXjQ8Uw/w454-h640/80-brett.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1980 (44):</b> Sparky Anderson, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, George
Brett, Lou Brock, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson,
Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Rickey
Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Tony La Russa, Tom
Lasorda, Willie McCovey, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack Morris, Eddie
Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Tony Perez, Jim Rice,
Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Ozzie Smith, Willie
Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Alan Trammell, Earl
Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhKQ3pkw0YZqfoT2oYFVPRhK8rt0ydD_ttTFFrTamdh9oVm3Ohl7fYGiTZcskySoF-WUdHcsNKatEvJ4L6dxnHPwZnlTOxrRIlqauxUerPscN_7TtEl-klqTMcRvk-aXOw-XOrkBEHA6Z_MfSZiL5QlOp9dzvvFC_E7GUU8odIedJy1y5RqR3ePnrBH4/s640/81-yount.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhKQ3pkw0YZqfoT2oYFVPRhK8rt0ydD_ttTFFrTamdh9oVm3Ohl7fYGiTZcskySoF-WUdHcsNKatEvJ4L6dxnHPwZnlTOxrRIlqauxUerPscN_7TtEl-klqTMcRvk-aXOw-XOrkBEHA6Z_MfSZiL5QlOp9dzvvFC_E7GUU8odIedJy1y5RqR3ePnrBH4/w452-h640/81-yount.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1981 (45):</b> Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Johnny Bench, Bert
Blyleven, George Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Bobby
Cox, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk,
Fergie Jenkins, Rich Gossage, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Reggie
Jackson, Jim Kaat, Tony LaRussa, Tom Lasorda, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan,
Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord
Perry, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Ozzie Smith, Willie Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe
Torre, Alan Trammell, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl
Yastrzemski</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-7mjmm85XFEbJnOvTdhDCphKQzZT720WzOinRKGgEoqp7F8lCOC-6ljZINlv8Ffjuk2ZxK1z7OZaAsB7ySs9DpX33mmRlUWEqhIzlAOCL3QD9SZpO7f49hVk07vcZbByJNEFmLf2oHPCETnwLgfC66djwkztKqulWdHV9d65nsR0N-pgxqJCZZz64Vk/s400/82-sutter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="287" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM-7mjmm85XFEbJnOvTdhDCphKQzZT720WzOinRKGgEoqp7F8lCOC-6ljZINlv8Ffjuk2ZxK1z7OZaAsB7ySs9DpX33mmRlUWEqhIzlAOCL3QD9SZpO7f49hVk07vcZbByJNEFmLf2oHPCETnwLgfC66djwkztKqulWdHV9d65nsR0N-pgxqJCZZz64Vk/w460-h640/82-sutter.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1982 (40): </b>Harold Baines, Johnny Bench, Bert Blyleven, George
Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Dennis
Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Rickey Henderson,
Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack Morris,
Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Tim
Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Willie Stargell, Bruce Sutter, Don
Sutton, Alan Trammell, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAh4uHbeflYXcr323ab97v693ab7CEp3t5za2hT1WbJgGJ7g2QXxVdPaGW8aQuI2csV10lHDqKBjXHtvcWPl_jkM_tmngr4I_U-cjB2WxMGDZEkGn98lowhYWWSgUjSLTHLAlaZsraL03ZerKhu1FIJr2H7azhh1QpnVs7IT64KHb0gGO4AtjOijALb0/s399/83-murray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="285" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAh4uHbeflYXcr323ab97v693ab7CEp3t5za2hT1WbJgGJ7g2QXxVdPaGW8aQuI2csV10lHDqKBjXHtvcWPl_jkM_tmngr4I_U-cjB2WxMGDZEkGn98lowhYWWSgUjSLTHLAlaZsraL03ZerKhu1FIJr2H7azhh1QpnVs7IT64KHb0gGO4AtjOijALb0/w458-h640/83-murray.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1983 (51): </b>Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Johnny Bench, Bert
Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary
Carter, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers,
Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog,
Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Paul
Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer,
Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Frank
Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Lee
Smith, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre, Alan Trammell,
Earl Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYC1Dok2HrglriXB5XJ3tXG3ex5-FQwsTeR4x09Zs-ETY8v8wfuir9-Z79cKiY2d-Fd7egL8gDpdiJedxkqW1618GI7T0fRSz5hp08E13FLpwWPKeeLMevtXcaZ3qvXSWfb_qM57U-bAq2qSb7uK2sYzPuy6-RiO04rzhMcJIZTjWg5XUdsPUpQvvHs4/s639/84-smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYC1Dok2HrglriXB5XJ3tXG3ex5-FQwsTeR4x09Zs-ETY8v8wfuir9-Z79cKiY2d-Fd7egL8gDpdiJedxkqW1618GI7T0fRSz5hp08E13FLpwWPKeeLMevtXcaZ3qvXSWfb_qM57U-bAq2qSb7uK2sYzPuy6-RiO04rzhMcJIZTjWg5XUdsPUpQvvHs4/w448-h640/84-smith.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1984 (49): </b>Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Johnny Bench, Bert
Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary
Carter, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers,
Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Tony Gwynn, Ricky Henderson, Whitey Herzog,
Reggie Jackson, Fergie Jenkins, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Paul
Molitor, Joe Morgan, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer,
Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Frank
Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted
Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Joe Torre,
Alan Trammell, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski, Robin
Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvs2PoWzUCQC0RYT12STWR4Sp6cNUxtKKzF_-BpTUkV6zPyBTg0P9XRhz-o028ogcKa8go7YWyez2F9R2uAc7Kg7AzE3fDT01F3B4mBzym_orfSzv_c7nCbwcv035GGxRpp09787QpRStVso115iJeC_74_i5zwUZGx2wnfh_mN1t3qt-kFlYx1JtSmw/s400/85-raines.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="281" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvs2PoWzUCQC0RYT12STWR4Sp6cNUxtKKzF_-BpTUkV6zPyBTg0P9XRhz-o028ogcKa8go7YWyez2F9R2uAc7Kg7AzE3fDT01F3B4mBzym_orfSzv_c7nCbwcv035GGxRpp09787QpRStVso115iJeC_74_i5zwUZGx2wnfh_mN1t3qt-kFlYx1JtSmw/w450-h640/85-raines.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1985 (45):</b> Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Yogi Berra, Bert
Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Gary
Carter, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers,
Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog,
Reggie Jackson, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris,
Joe Morgan, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Tony Perez, Kirby Puckett, Tim
Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt,
Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don
Sutton, Joe Torre, Alan Trammell, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Robin
Yount <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJEUWMu9M_lOoj4OZslWFoTwSRRjTpy-Ard77TSNLotwuJ4VuOyzUZ-liWr8_LT_y-e-5yPzPraIh6ICyAEavix6G2mjgYdr66wDlfP7yxo645FgC9Fz6oxNp4m9YvIz4QD5GaGRxyysuoBDd1SvRNkCo-eeOlqdto_lW72t3KP0qIYSjsk3EVsh9OQc/s350/86-perez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="245" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJEUWMu9M_lOoj4OZslWFoTwSRRjTpy-Ard77TSNLotwuJ4VuOyzUZ-liWr8_LT_y-e-5yPzPraIh6ICyAEavix6G2mjgYdr66wDlfP7yxo645FgC9Fz6oxNp4m9YvIz4QD5GaGRxyysuoBDd1SvRNkCo-eeOlqdto_lW72t3KP0qIYSjsk3EVsh9OQc/w448-h640/86-perez.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1986 (43):</b> Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Wade
Boggs, George Brett, Steve Carlton, Rod Carew, Gary Carter, Bobby Cox,
Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Rich
Gossage, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Reggie Jackson,
Tony LaRussa, Tom Lasorda, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil
Niekro, Tony Perez, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken,
Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Bruce Sutter, Ted
Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Don Sutton, Alan Trammell, Earl Weaver,
Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheraiD7jvbpHVNQvI5lt7IX3ZyqKNylc9AsW7Dd5Pzij8c0ciXlX8grTEDH3kLlK11Ib4qiptxM4raOvnl5kCN7uF4pBLfkqqlhf5VSLFY4sTYbmqBlPPxjNOCyViy94Qo5LectSSAg1UGRD9lsQ-Qt8pJ1crU4C4oil8BL0cntopD79tqkPKe3miUYUY/s400/87-molitor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheraiD7jvbpHVNQvI5lt7IX3ZyqKNylc9AsW7Dd5Pzij8c0ciXlX8grTEDH3kLlK11Ib4qiptxM4raOvnl5kCN7uF4pBLfkqqlhf5VSLFY4sTYbmqBlPPxjNOCyViy94Qo5LectSSAg1UGRD9lsQ-Qt8pJ1crU4C4oil8BL0cntopD79tqkPKe3miUYUY/w460-h640/87-molitor.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1987 (43):</b> Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Yogi Berra, Bert
Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Steve Carlton, Gary Carter, Andre
Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Tony Gwynn, Rickey
Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Reggie Jackson, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa,
Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Kirby
Puckett, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg,
Mike Schmidt, Tom Seaver, Ted Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don
Sutton, Alan Trammell, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Robin
Yount </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxDGiWr9QIeZ82VT99r6XkLDHUAoisAdfHQNYkM7lZpvxAqvBAkra6fF-BrsOXUbrJegIZElwGVEsCmPV2I8VsnxviyUhd_DSnGCTwD05PiO-4Z2bkYhMfhsy-X8K8iVinFl1XmCNybA8T0PWwZye1bPgbmx_lB-jSRrP5AT87kzndLq8LzeSStP_qAs/s640/88-mcgriff.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxDGiWr9QIeZ82VT99r6XkLDHUAoisAdfHQNYkM7lZpvxAqvBAkra6fF-BrsOXUbrJegIZElwGVEsCmPV2I8VsnxviyUhd_DSnGCTwD05PiO-4Z2bkYhMfhsy-X8K8iVinFl1XmCNybA8T0PWwZye1bPgbmx_lB-jSRrP5AT87kzndLq8LzeSStP_qAs/w452-h640/88-mcgriff.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1988 (39): </b>Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Wade
Boggs, George Brett, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley,
Carlton Fisk, Rich Gossage, Tom Glavine, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson,
Whitey Herzog, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux,
Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett,
Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike
Schmidt, Ted Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton,
Alan Trammell, Dick Williams, Dave Winfield, Robin Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-HVFwC9MegAC0Z2B7CMgGDrbnLd2OMfmV9zqdJGJTFyFLwYRz_Fu-a1_5AVWgmDe0J8RiuPJhzWhN2sxT6aFlch9aOUb6uNFOjhuMN3GNIYhosfhkN9DalygZLYAavM2Fb00T1OF8WHgVHDTXVUpSqK3FTebh6Ru_ZxdNmfqjGlwxs28RQlLQdyttuw/s350/89-gwynn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-HVFwC9MegAC0Z2B7CMgGDrbnLd2OMfmV9zqdJGJTFyFLwYRz_Fu-a1_5AVWgmDe0J8RiuPJhzWhN2sxT6aFlch9aOUb6uNFOjhuMN3GNIYhosfhkN9DalygZLYAavM2Fb00T1OF8WHgVHDTXVUpSqK3FTebh6Ru_ZxdNmfqjGlwxs28RQlLQdyttuw/w454-h640/89-gwynn.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1989 (40):</b> Roberto Alomar, Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary Carter, Andre
Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Tom Glavine, Rich Gossage, Tony
Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Randy Johnson, Barry Larkin,
Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor,
Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Jim Rice, Cal
Ripken, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Lee
Smith, Ozzie Smith, John Smoltz, Bruce Sutter, Alan Trammell, Robin
Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ltLtczZnMPC06LXVqdOH4WhngBICl_uaSPFlfmGZ1ZGbUygWuhh30e-wyVKqrDzSmTDGZGp5VvUOoI1exExsPqepnlG5hA1dN0ylRlykamYokOh2VrX9OvjNtj64hMhHF1s1E2yCWi3Ck226c06rQeBREMbIrKE_a9jZerzjVfwQKC5Hcd5sh8P_ZY/s400/90-biggio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ltLtczZnMPC06LXVqdOH4WhngBICl_uaSPFlfmGZ1ZGbUygWuhh30e-wyVKqrDzSmTDGZGp5VvUOoI1exExsPqepnlG5hA1dN0ylRlykamYokOh2VrX9OvjNtj64hMhHF1s1E2yCWi3Ck226c06rQeBREMbIrKE_a9jZerzjVfwQKC5Hcd5sh8P_ZY/w454-h640/90-biggio.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1990 (42): </b>Roberto Alomar, Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary Carter, Andre
Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr.,
Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Randy Johnson, Barry
Larkin, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul
Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Jim Rice,
Cal Ripken, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Ozzie
Smith, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker, Dave Winfield, Robin
Yount</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkUEcY3TCKphxuF5FLxVv8Evyqlww6kVstPVWt2kITZ8vGo5yI7F1XSdkpOOPwzhwzN0gIoT6QNpuggyzu-le5ZGWxLD_jvdWglFhepi3Ak76jD4xjPFKENOD6DW9Jz34Vfd8svamfMHHY6eeG7Hb2p8rjIWRDGudUoOTnVbO3towE5ADraWP51vdbRA/s639/91-maddux.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkUEcY3TCKphxuF5FLxVv8Evyqlww6kVstPVWt2kITZ8vGo5yI7F1XSdkpOOPwzhwzN0gIoT6QNpuggyzu-le5ZGWxLD_jvdWglFhepi3Ak76jD4xjPFKENOD6DW9Jz34Vfd8svamfMHHY6eeG7Hb2p8rjIWRDGudUoOTnVbO3towE5ADraWP51vdbRA/w446-h640/91-maddux.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><b>1991 (42): </b>Roberto Alomar, Sparky Anderson, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary Carter, Bobby Cox,
Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey
Jr., Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry
Larkin, Tony LaRussa, Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul
Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Cal
Ripken, Frank Robinson, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, John
Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Joe Torre, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker, Dave
Winfield, Robin Yount <br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NZ_Oh-ZiSzH37j30qUzhHX8PJ4b_abuYRwIHPO7jvCc_iZOlZH7Tn2BbIBFDJkLpjRIqAsaNVkx-jAPXi8i9DFz2yUQWzOSsc9FPgYtkMLdJVt1ymIDEejocJcogddipGPO5JSVwX_T1SvI0t4q1QYFXcUg6vW0kWd-zabg14RQKQrCGwZ7rq4zjA7g/s400/92-sandberg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="285" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NZ_Oh-ZiSzH37j30qUzhHX8PJ4b_abuYRwIHPO7jvCc_iZOlZH7Tn2BbIBFDJkLpjRIqAsaNVkx-jAPXi8i9DFz2yUQWzOSsc9FPgYtkMLdJVt1ymIDEejocJcogddipGPO5JSVwX_T1SvI0t4q1QYFXcUg6vW0kWd-zabg14RQKQrCGwZ7rq4zjA7g/w456-h640/92-sandberg.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1992 (46):</b> Roberto Alomar, Sparky Anderson, Jeff Bagwell, Harold
Baines, Craig Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary
Carter, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Tom Glavine, Rich
Gossage, Ken Griffey Jr., Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Randy Johnson,
Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux,
Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina,
Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Ivan Rodriguez, Nolan Ryan, Ryne
Sandberg, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome,
Joe Torre, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker, Dave Winfield, Robin Yount <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqQlLDCvCrCAa_yJuOjs22mjK9fNhM-9Mod9TE6uqkAI_-1FDFxQWp4lLHxYWp71oSq5fdsrvjHpvkZnBi7R9in5zS9OyfJRHwubIsGmedfeSrkZotdnxY4cTdrXjZJKguI4qssPBmDjoY65LTyeXE-qkizwkOVpTwXeofgxxfuDbuANDEDWI24Zi8a8/s400/93-boggs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqQlLDCvCrCAa_yJuOjs22mjK9fNhM-9Mod9TE6uqkAI_-1FDFxQWp4lLHxYWp71oSq5fdsrvjHpvkZnBi7R9in5zS9OyfJRHwubIsGmedfeSrkZotdnxY4cTdrXjZJKguI4qssPBmDjoY65LTyeXE-qkizwkOVpTwXeofgxxfuDbuANDEDWI24Zi8a8/w448-h640/93-boggs.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1993 (47): </b>Roberto Alomar, Sparky Anderson, Jeff Bagwell, Harold
Baines, Craig Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary
Carter, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Carlton Fisk, Tom Glavine, Ken
Griffey Jr., Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy
Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Edgar
Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Jack Morris, Eddie Murray, Mike
Mussina, Mike Piazza, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Ivan
Rodriguez, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, John
Smoltz, Alan Trammell, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Larry Walker, Dave Winfield, Robin
Yount <br /></div><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CsaI29wT9XlRrFA7tWrhgXA1Q4Qq2xDuXkVCpLuOJxPS_t2c8QaaXEA3uBJjRITBEHTNouDDq4VP3Rm6oOkJ14pV8yKBf4AtI3BAqnqgMRi1A1dzGwk8EH4iCFh_5BV9Z-YDkmyDFnGFDSsgq3k5wKp51dhK1PTqBSzG3bAdadKbaNHjh-IlffUCEtA/s350/95-griffeyjr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CsaI29wT9XlRrFA7tWrhgXA1Q4Qq2xDuXkVCpLuOJxPS_t2c8QaaXEA3uBJjRITBEHTNouDDq4VP3Rm6oOkJ14pV8yKBf4AtI3BAqnqgMRi1A1dzGwk8EH4iCFh_5BV9Z-YDkmyDFnGFDSsgq3k5wKp51dhK1PTqBSzG3bAdadKbaNHjh-IlffUCEtA/w454-h640/95-griffeyjr.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1995 (35): </b>Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Wade Boggs, Dennis Eckersley, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Tony
Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson,
Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Pedro
Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Mike
Piazza, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Ivan Rodriguez, Lee
Smith, Ozzie Smith, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Alan Trammell,
Larry Walker, Dave Winfield</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnB0x1zCH2XI-nCOX1USlpG2_kt4YWkzgDR-O2pvuocyU1l0ZalKsZwYn-EvqFRWJDKtDvAMgFn4Fc2J07NpWyrL3o5EKKKLRyz5XBUfCbjMjFktKB_azVqec07gHde98MowG9aC2LOY2DLYSONEoNZIi6m6MpLFBwv2jObzhGg0UARUAOH0wQn4MThs/s400/96-dawson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnB0x1zCH2XI-nCOX1USlpG2_kt4YWkzgDR-O2pvuocyU1l0ZalKsZwYn-EvqFRWJDKtDvAMgFn4Fc2J07NpWyrL3o5EKKKLRyz5XBUfCbjMjFktKB_azVqec07gHde98MowG9aC2LOY2DLYSONEoNZIi6m6MpLFBwv2jObzhGg0UARUAOH0wQn4MThs/w448-h640/96-dawson.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1996 (37): </b>Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Wade Boggs, Andre Dawson, Dennis Eckersley, Tom Glavine, Ken
Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Trevor
Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Edgar
Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Mike Mussina, Mike
Piazza, Kirby Puckett, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, Ryne
Sandberg, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Larry Walker <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcP_vq4CGQqYSgPmozbaozlCcOhlM62T1d1Krdx02nt_BZ-nCMm4fqTUhH2p7GI-iR5RGzMihAGxtaFsPO-sRbFgCAOODSVjrKHO_YJukkPIJxorPQw7tHIgguge-975QtKJtf6NwygP6Lwckk15VUja29ymXaM9xbYJrOTMdgdfdnBaE8CfD-1l1yMA/s350/97-mussina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcP_vq4CGQqYSgPmozbaozlCcOhlM62T1d1Krdx02nt_BZ-nCMm4fqTUhH2p7GI-iR5RGzMihAGxtaFsPO-sRbFgCAOODSVjrKHO_YJukkPIJxorPQw7tHIgguge-975QtKJtf6NwygP6Lwckk15VUja29ymXaM9xbYJrOTMdgdfdnBaE8CfD-1l1yMA/w458-h640/97-mussina.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1997 (34):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Wade Boggs, Dennis Eckersley, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr.,
Vladimir Gurrero, Tony Gwynn, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek
Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Edgar
Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Mike
Mussina, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Mariano Rivera, Ivan
Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, Ryne Sandberg, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim
Thome, Larry Walker</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjg4_ZjO6TRTKmib-0enFQCKoP7ig3_9j_EiPAtiPZ6JPlJe0aCWGbEpcIikgMe2saTzUGAcimLs-UiSBqdO-QNFc1VLTvHA9ILGhDnizmaoCNiJcp7Kjd1A22km31wU7WLdUa7ER1XBwpuVZ1AcpUILwfNStjENK45Hy6MH5ar7NHv6FQjkd5MaLpqQ8/s640/98-piazza.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjg4_ZjO6TRTKmib-0enFQCKoP7ig3_9j_EiPAtiPZ6JPlJe0aCWGbEpcIikgMe2saTzUGAcimLs-UiSBqdO-QNFc1VLTvHA9ILGhDnizmaoCNiJcp7Kjd1A22km31wU7WLdUa7ER1XBwpuVZ1AcpUILwfNStjENK45Hy6MH5ar7NHv6FQjkd5MaLpqQ8/w458-h640/98-piazza.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1998 (33):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Craig
Biggio, Wade Boggs, Dennis Eckersley, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr.,
Vladimir Guerrero, Tony Gwynn, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek
Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Edgar
Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Paul Molitor, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Cal
Ripken Jr., Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas,
Jim Thome, Larry Walker</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMT-7QjkQh50KfBbgzRzGDlrQAdpdm35RJoYliT34tj2-vh_RBz4vgjJ48mbivwdxhRsys1xO479-HxqL7RLoPjops1xVFzDQhdOMPZXQ72mNMhjJxTX7A9mEmk1QqzEWnM5zS-My7YP2V4mYU_EGA5vn4kTEg3hLXwnHnLkXZRZgo96InLbbiQZSFqM/s1525/1999-helton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMT-7QjkQh50KfBbgzRzGDlrQAdpdm35RJoYliT34tj2-vh_RBz4vgjJ48mbivwdxhRsys1xO479-HxqL7RLoPjops1xVFzDQhdOMPZXQ72mNMhjJxTX7A9mEmk1QqzEWnM5zS-My7YP2V4mYU_EGA5vn4kTEg3hLXwnHnLkXZRZgo96InLbbiQZSFqM/w454-h640/1999-helton.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>1999 (32):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Wade Boggs, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Tony Gwynn, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Cal Ripken Jr., Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Larry Walker<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx4sKKSEew3BdhOelNoTsanp8XMzV1D_S-L7vuxVQ8u69CFr6iz1tPzoPxj4DY4P1w0mV5vuPrT7Yvt_hSokah4nVMB-Dyb3oad9nyhZCvP_HsQAfv5-bzDweitfMN69uc6yNdREcFqugSAc6L5byQd6vVzjAR0SyFE38tn2n_wwWbb1fmiNiJ9Lprms/s400/00-smoltz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx4sKKSEew3BdhOelNoTsanp8XMzV1D_S-L7vuxVQ8u69CFr6iz1tPzoPxj4DY4P1w0mV5vuPrT7Yvt_hSokah4nVMB-Dyb3oad9nyhZCvP_HsQAfv5-bzDweitfMN69uc6yNdREcFqugSAc6L5byQd6vVzjAR0SyFE38tn2n_wwWbb1fmiNiJ9Lprms/w458-h640/00-smoltz.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2000 (34):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Adrian Beltre, Craig
Biggio, Wade Boggs, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero,
Tony Gwynn, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy
Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez,
Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Cal Ripken, Ivan
Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, Mariano Rivera, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Larry Walker </div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8GZTZHR__NStHSGIIlFUTJANG0XPNRQ-lO7tSIAqBv3_MPSlVtcHzX3uvFO7O-auAe6VCBM3sH1xR4TxIlb5Axs45FSuvhhoSw6ZLt0zX7AydkwwUdx6NIBKAy0ioRjad6NmGdURlaBE1oHEt0ti8YQgdyThw8Ajw07HXqbC01oU_l-WToUJKvJKyvE/s518/01-walker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8GZTZHR__NStHSGIIlFUTJANG0XPNRQ-lO7tSIAqBv3_MPSlVtcHzX3uvFO7O-auAe6VCBM3sH1xR4TxIlb5Axs45FSuvhhoSw6ZLt0zX7AydkwwUdx6NIBKAy0ioRjad6NmGdURlaBE1oHEt0ti8YQgdyThw8Ajw07HXqbC01oU_l-WToUJKvJKyvE/w458-h640/01-walker.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />2001 (35):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Harold Baines, Adrian Beltre, Craig
Biggio, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero,
Tony Gwynn, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Rickey Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter,
Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Greg Maddux,
Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina, David
Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Cal Ripken, Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott
Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre, Larry Walker <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfyo7NzbaT0k85z50C_olMgHWm_vc5ODYcWBCg0YkbM-7o7PCic1qWSQjedZrKxJFsunmL3tizJlW6yVyWFOd0YSUI46Il3_eOVjh5BbxG95QkJb0UePi5sfjmqKPBXwGcG3ynaFv6GBlpZW1w0k35mXJiRFhh2lXd2IW8TeiYWK30F_A_UdMm2oy_K4/s520/02-larkin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfyo7NzbaT0k85z50C_olMgHWm_vc5ODYcWBCg0YkbM-7o7PCic1qWSQjedZrKxJFsunmL3tizJlW6yVyWFOd0YSUI46Il3_eOVjh5BbxG95QkJb0UePi5sfjmqKPBXwGcG3ynaFv6GBlpZW1w0k35mXJiRFhh2lXd2IW8TeiYWK30F_A_UdMm2oy_K4/w456-h640/02-larkin.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2002 (34):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox,
Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Tony Gwynn, Todd Helton, Rickey
Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones,
Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Pedro
Martinez, Joe Mauer, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Tony Perez, Mike
Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank
Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre, Larry Walker</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaIAHTEiHNuoBXyuQixe5wo1MGb8D6CVLkPhQE5l7QCcvQZGtEqh0LnMeAn2Y8OgX1HETmT12HUcf4GQgbKjiI_qFH5b0LpbPBwjPgRowbeNgKy9L36J-_eohlauKDnAsGuhmMrMrv8MHx1fWQGYGzqw7RnztSJU5WPpflHiQ6st1iyMb4dlPtroVSMU/s400/03-thome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="400" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaIAHTEiHNuoBXyuQixe5wo1MGb8D6CVLkPhQE5l7QCcvQZGtEqh0LnMeAn2Y8OgX1HETmT12HUcf4GQgbKjiI_qFH5b0LpbPBwjPgRowbeNgKy9L36J-_eohlauKDnAsGuhmMrMrv8MHx1fWQGYGzqw7RnztSJU5WPpflHiQ6st1iyMb4dlPtroVSMU/w640-h454/03-thome.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2003 (33):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox,
Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Rickey
Henderson, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin,
Tony LaRussa, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz,
Mike Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Frank Robinson, Ivan Rodriguez, John
Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre, Larry Walker <br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEA9cRGR29dx4LODnnbWH-thB40NDVLdhB730HRIIgB-6D2vC77ajfaCDVUE2nNl8qCNWwATKz8S-5PncvqW567FGt8oNhTvQ8Np42lapBh-RfN98UeOuyZ5XPUG3Bq1T64WLOFbtIXie1FpAeag6am8oqwfBFp7JLvHzBXIyy4umJrKUA44Oh4J9fko/s350/04-halladay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaEA9cRGR29dx4LODnnbWH-thB40NDVLdhB730HRIIgB-6D2vC77ajfaCDVUE2nNl8qCNWwATKz8S-5PncvqW567FGt8oNhTvQ8Np42lapBh-RfN98UeOuyZ5XPUG3Bq1T64WLOFbtIXie1FpAeag6am8oqwfBFp7JLvHzBXIyy4umJrKUA44Oh4J9fko/w458-h640/04-halladay.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2004 (34): </b>Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox,
Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor
Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Barry Larkin, Tony
LaRussa, Greg Maddux, Edgar Martinez, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Fred McGriff, Mike Mussina,
David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Frank Robinson, Ivan
Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre, Alan
Trammell, Larry Walker</div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsiwCiUQD2BcUu6-NLR-MtdjgrgCk_ZU779VVsRRKlSUQCh0gETI_4EidtuHYqcnbk9ODE7NTszS-uPacGRhGgy8h_uvHpgyg6BcVehgdq_1EDtC7D0qVWnTfolQI2yKUsPrt2WEOY7yYfFKw5vIDJLDBzMzBXc53MpIVOqKt8othZiwQcRJUNrWWfNM/s639/05-guerrero.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="452" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsiwCiUQD2BcUu6-NLR-MtdjgrgCk_ZU779VVsRRKlSUQCh0gETI_4EidtuHYqcnbk9ODE7NTszS-uPacGRhGgy8h_uvHpgyg6BcVehgdq_1EDtC7D0qVWnTfolQI2yKUsPrt2WEOY7yYfFKw5vIDJLDBzMzBXc53MpIVOqKt8othZiwQcRJUNrWWfNM/w452-h640/05-guerrero.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><p><b>2005 (31):</b> Roberto Alomar, Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox,
Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor
Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Tony LaRussa, Greg
Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Frank
Robinson, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe
Torre, Alan Trammell, Larry Walker </p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt15uhY1d-HtfrGewOlwfnYMqlzjCjmG6X6ohquwLuHqsOZP1CPsXOnSEfgRRJMWXbX1jl8XSjT9-OkNx0rIN8h5bGr38IkFPwfETYo3P0eO_-z1hPsrqQfPkSdEXcjbN6P7PjlRFPj-LL2w73_tuvgRzu-eYUoiRXbu3EeCHexiwzu2jhwonCrLYD7-4/s640/jeter06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt15uhY1d-HtfrGewOlwfnYMqlzjCjmG6X6ohquwLuHqsOZP1CPsXOnSEfgRRJMWXbX1jl8XSjT9-OkNx0rIN8h5bGr38IkFPwfETYo3P0eO_-z1hPsrqQfPkSdEXcjbN6P7PjlRFPj-LL2w73_tuvgRzu-eYUoiRXbu3EeCHexiwzu2jhwonCrLYD7-4/w460-h640/jeter06.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2006 (30):</b> Jeff Bagwell, Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine,
Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Randy Johnson, Chipper
Jones, Tony LaRussa, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Mike
Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Frank Robinson, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz,
Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre, Larry Walker</div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTpSJjKUqfuPuojQtboltrlSkr07kn8HB952AGc9BqtmVoKx5xLQ160hYuQh4nNTLLY1gnOdlBCJi-KPW8iFvjTiyFJIBUBn3yWsZc2HEYf0SsBydDJo87IPssI8DfibPacO0PjqLwfdTMjba3hbjftGXAL6tkwdSzjOiFjyB1bvvPbdPnAiMwju-eeU/s640/mhof-hoffman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTpSJjKUqfuPuojQtboltrlSkr07kn8HB952AGc9BqtmVoKx5xLQ160hYuQh4nNTLLY1gnOdlBCJi-KPW8iFvjTiyFJIBUBn3yWsZc2HEYf0SsBydDJo87IPssI8DfibPacO0PjqLwfdTMjba3hbjftGXAL6tkwdSzjOiFjyB1bvvPbdPnAiMwju-eeU/w456-h640/mhof-hoffman.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2007 (27):</b> Adrian Beltre, Craig Biggio, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr.,
Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy
Johnson, Chipper Jones, Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Mike
Mussina, David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John
Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JXfWUINyMlgTWGkaimj3kycsYWHiy-Sh-kk-cdRWboepdaB6ANBMhsMV24GeEg4l_xRjB6lAOPNJtYn6TyndsBVk_HT3zsKkYMNWIk6-9TYSDwuca7Ch8kSxGYv1jzZjQ72l7D4tid889Wf9_1GmSVrcX6dd6oqDm_v484D-ypOjfTca5OC7VpQJ0Ro/s522/mhof-martinez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="370" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JXfWUINyMlgTWGkaimj3kycsYWHiy-Sh-kk-cdRWboepdaB6ANBMhsMV24GeEg4l_xRjB6lAOPNJtYn6TyndsBVk_HT3zsKkYMNWIk6-9TYSDwuca7Ch8kSxGYv1jzZjQ72l7D4tid889Wf9_1GmSVrcX6dd6oqDm_v484D-ypOjfTca5OC7VpQJ0Ro/w454-h640/mhof-martinez.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><p><b>2008 (26): </b>Adrian Beltre, Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir
Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Chipper Jones,
Randy Johnson, Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez, Joe Mauer, Mike Mussina,
David Ortiz, Mike Piazza, Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz,
Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre</p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqhRuSG8yIMh8Bx0eUAnB4JR9Ex-wZyKdr_KfSWpLTr8O3z5lcO9UClrWdhyphenhyphen_L9b3M4C4nawMy2qL60QkL1KhDNJpCEAsNUK28ylzLGeAB3jZ22clOQ59wnbsMjaKRHv4QFUPgDb-Hkx4Bgtuk8uIz05p9Mx6mANPcqabZjyQGftHNT_Hydl83ysYWGs/s640/mhof-larussa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqhRuSG8yIMh8Bx0eUAnB4JR9Ex-wZyKdr_KfSWpLTr8O3z5lcO9UClrWdhyphenhyphen_L9b3M4C4nawMy2qL60QkL1KhDNJpCEAsNUK28ylzLGeAB3jZ22clOQ59wnbsMjaKRHv4QFUPgDb-Hkx4Bgtuk8uIz05p9Mx6mANPcqabZjyQGftHNT_Hydl83ysYWGs/w454-h640/mhof-larussa.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2009 (23):</b> Adrian Beltre, Bobby Cox, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy
Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones,
Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Greg Maddux, Joe Mauer, Mike Mussina, David Ortiz, Mariano Rivera,
Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Frank Thomas, Jim Thome, Joe Torre <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshI6Nr5AQ_AoWcPxHWZ-NOcE2Ztgmv73e9aTu7xIumX_-hfQmpswnFGVbQ6_44qY2NtO8wtPgXXnx4MUbYrLCZCHGix3QhmDZwNXgsEp5fhVhUv66YyLRIMlH18GXEHK1a3dioHl55rOl-oPbxKFyDvNcHlP6uwfkYwL5ke6IfBi74A43W51EgBOXkMM/s350/mhof-irodriguez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshI6Nr5AQ_AoWcPxHWZ-NOcE2Ztgmv73e9aTu7xIumX_-hfQmpswnFGVbQ6_44qY2NtO8wtPgXXnx4MUbYrLCZCHGix3QhmDZwNXgsEp5fhVhUv66YyLRIMlH18GXEHK1a3dioHl55rOl-oPbxKFyDvNcHlP6uwfkYwL5ke6IfBi74A43W51EgBOXkMM/w460-h640/mhof-irodriguez.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2010 (16):</b> Adrian Beltre, Ken Griffey Jr., Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay,
Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek Jeter, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz,
Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, John Smoltz, Jim Thome </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47QCoDPY8yCze4C0Dz88IYZ753r8H1rQI227buMCBxn2vu7qA1l1pKjKATNbMe8K2CIagYtc3dp2Ue2qIv95UNFSaSXBKsl8K-c8LXEnWOwimPtRbPWB6ia_uX8G0pWhKfe4iSe8wJfuXsvbU47W5trit6_-tIBMD6dm2mGdOfc0y5osx1uwOXAzCpBU/s350/mhof-cjones.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="350" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh47QCoDPY8yCze4C0Dz88IYZ753r8H1rQI227buMCBxn2vu7qA1l1pKjKATNbMe8K2CIagYtc3dp2Ue2qIv95UNFSaSXBKsl8K-c8LXEnWOwimPtRbPWB6ia_uX8G0pWhKfe4iSe8wJfuXsvbU47W5trit6_-tIBMD6dm2mGdOfc0y5osx1uwOXAzCpBU/w640-h454/mhof-cjones.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2011 (13):</b> Adrian Beltre, Vladimir Guerrero, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Trevor Hoffman, Derek
Jeter, Chipper Jones, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz, Mariano Rivera, Ivan Rodriguez, Scott Rolen, Jim
Thome <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4KeHaohskkW-FIXxQlSfoWyCgwp5HDnHne7_jTiaF-2FpsinK0_O3Bzh8mmO3zD_6yLaCuIuxZub7vDiCbEhvmrgXOYT5fKsHHC71FtGTo38J41-K8UaSSeI4_BVzDhuPNUbzMT_RUZ1gHBwryyn9XkSe30i9ndBxRSpGYgqq7sst6zoL2rUGKXFgpo/s639/mhof-rivera.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4KeHaohskkW-FIXxQlSfoWyCgwp5HDnHne7_jTiaF-2FpsinK0_O3Bzh8mmO3zD_6yLaCuIuxZub7vDiCbEhvmrgXOYT5fKsHHC71FtGTo38J41-K8UaSSeI4_BVzDhuPNUbzMT_RUZ1gHBwryyn9XkSe30i9ndBxRSpGYgqq7sst6zoL2rUGKXFgpo/w456-h640/mhof-rivera.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2012 (10):</b> Adrian Beltre, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Chipper Jones, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz, Mariano Rivera, Scott Rolen, Jim Thome</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybFK2P9yZmoKn_k0Kk3OQ04SyeeR8AbStxSV0Jrskwx_ySFYrRuA03sLuuRQVLsiHqobiWagEU4BBv5DE-70hEv9Ln0tW7NTsBq15iyfeITlNCY8oDDzkuIHKtgAKghqNpkpjA2HIjA489gQ6liGlp9Okw9p0FAFSHKF4yG0FBNpDbGsbaX4OWkAtLUU/s400/mhof-ortiz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="286" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybFK2P9yZmoKn_k0Kk3OQ04SyeeR8AbStxSV0Jrskwx_ySFYrRuA03sLuuRQVLsiHqobiWagEU4BBv5DE-70hEv9Ln0tW7NTsBq15iyfeITlNCY8oDDzkuIHKtgAKghqNpkpjA2HIjA489gQ6liGlp9Okw9p0FAFSHKF4yG0FBNpDbGsbaX4OWkAtLUU/w458-h640/mhof-ortiz.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2013 (7):</b> Adrian Beltre, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz, Mariano Rivera</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3EoS-aGYM2WNqVdtnMMhnoEuAM01tKNOz5Wmkr4XiCSitxSqDHnXfJUeiejE2tvHVlQTzDXo8-Q_u-rBXOi6_ju9jfhPjiS6WfHs_U10wIKrs-suqwM6oqlMg7SThsu0lhdgSWSlIU3V36TOVB-jELpabzMiaDeaZnvk_IC4xkWPgCU4r9gpl8VpHsk/s1521/2014-mauer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3EoS-aGYM2WNqVdtnMMhnoEuAM01tKNOz5Wmkr4XiCSitxSqDHnXfJUeiejE2tvHVlQTzDXo8-Q_u-rBXOi6_ju9jfhPjiS6WfHs_U10wIKrs-suqwM6oqlMg7SThsu0lhdgSWSlIU3V36TOVB-jELpabzMiaDeaZnvk_IC4xkWPgCU4r9gpl8VpHsk/w454-h640/2014-mauer.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2014 (7): </b>Adrian Beltre, Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz, Mariano Rivera</div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgFqee_DBrFvhcnB413SNH0LnPL-8AS6aNUOwwZBleLpPxQgzVlRIstInXwQyzLfd3GrIiazn6LYGiaFgF39J4jlR7hkKI9FrstPnsl7VZRf8KBfq0E9mQAu41uFClxkpLSNPz7S9thKDagCID6-55ddoeuSYBl1TDWbw129Lxp2fALt8XYTdBFvymtc/s1527/2015-beltre.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgFqee_DBrFvhcnB413SNH0LnPL-8AS6aNUOwwZBleLpPxQgzVlRIstInXwQyzLfd3GrIiazn6LYGiaFgF39J4jlR7hkKI9FrstPnsl7VZRf8KBfq0E9mQAu41uFClxkpLSNPz7S9thKDagCID6-55ddoeuSYBl1TDWbw129Lxp2fALt8XYTdBFvymtc/w452-h640/2015-beltre.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2015 (4):</b> Adrian Beltre, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2016 (3):</b> Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2017 (3):</b> Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, David Ortiz</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2018 (2):</b> Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Phew, that was a two-day project but the 1950s are done. I knew that none of those years would have a lot of Hall of Famers. The limited set size and especially the parceling of stars between Topps and Bowman cut down on the numbers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Jim Leyland's addition helped sets in the late '80s and early '90s, but especially the late '00s sets when included with Beltre, Helton and Mauer. 2012 broke into double digits. Also, the 2018 set has its first Hall of Famers in Beltre and Mauer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">As for the top 10, the leaders remain the same but the lower half changed a bit. 1993 jumped to tied for sixth and 1992's move to 46 total cut off previous top 10 sets from 1968, 1974, 1979, 1981 and 1985, which all have 45.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">1. 1969 Topps - 51<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. 1983 Topps - 51<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. 1971 Topps - 50</div><div style="text-align: left;">3. 1972 Topps - 50</div><div style="text-align: left;">5. 1984 Topps - 49</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. 1973 Topps - 47</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. 1975 Topps - 47</div><div style="text-align: left;">6. 1993 Topps - 47<br />9. 1970 Topps - 46<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">9. 1978 Topps - 46</div>9. 1992 Topps - 46 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Outside of any future Hall of Famers who appear in Topps sets from 2019-2024, there is just one set to update. It's 1994. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll do that in the final edition -- at least as far as doing these multiple times a year, it'll just be a once-a-year project afterward. That update with '94 will probably be around late July when the 2024 class is inducted.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, I think 1969 and 1983 are the sets with the most Hall of Famers for the forseeable future!<br /></div></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-81019920404616298152024-02-26T19:50:00.003-05:002024-02-26T22:33:25.407-05:00Complete opposites<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDdu0YIqrbo5jMe-aHB_avLYsEC0BFdRrj-nLNutSstonVQzkYCCwTBf0nVFbJnFkBS7y4zFmulLMeRfI0H2sRsGz4NTB-psKa7wCl8-LCqMUKX9_kjpRyabdjdiLL_eYxb0wUnFN9ugMCFmyN_q5JZTXvO5OgXOfFNyDDERb3V0aB9OhA34a9cCuzUA/s1499/scfds-malarchuk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDdu0YIqrbo5jMe-aHB_avLYsEC0BFdRrj-nLNutSstonVQzkYCCwTBf0nVFbJnFkBS7y4zFmulLMeRfI0H2sRsGz4NTB-psKa7wCl8-LCqMUKX9_kjpRyabdjdiLL_eYxb0wUnFN9ugMCFmyN_q5JZTXvO5OgXOfFNyDDERb3V0aB9OhA34a9cCuzUA/w462-h640/scfds-malarchuk.jpg" width="462" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I received another card package of complete opposites from <a href="http://buckstorecards.blogspot.com/">Sportscards From The Dollar Store</a> a week or two ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Like usual, the cards contained players from sports at opposite ends of the spectrum in regard to weather. Though both sports are taking place right now, baseball is played in outdoor warmth and sunshine and hockey is played indoors to get away from whatever nastiness you walked/drove through to get to the game. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Often, Douglas sends me Bills cards, but I've got no room for those anymore for the most part, so this is much more manageable.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The baseball cards were customarily fancy. I usually don't come across stuff like this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGOlEkV8EXI9aWDCJnv4ced5tmSevY5ve9YV7vJP19BWSDXa1Fpd8Gb-9jhSPtCDUyU8eQ0NSj2BRjwxttn1Z_uvPQwnqtzJmTaavWT9tX6bs659sfR8kIyuhxdARfLU1rjo_A9euQ3fEkyl54AE6qHi7nrNIa9QB0Qgs-EmcAcVDPU_tLcrgAEsP-YY/s1526/scfds-lasorda.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGOlEkV8EXI9aWDCJnv4ced5tmSevY5ve9YV7vJP19BWSDXa1Fpd8Gb-9jhSPtCDUyU8eQ0NSj2BRjwxttn1Z_uvPQwnqtzJmTaavWT9tX6bs659sfR8kIyuhxdARfLU1rjo_A9euQ3fEkyl54AE6qHi7nrNIa9QB0Qgs-EmcAcVDPU_tLcrgAEsP-YY/w452-h640/scfds-lasorda.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2omshPj8P9syKivogd35dRfFGpNykCX2EzQZI_jO3fhyVPyXMYr6H04_XqBeEBGj7PE9c6hEvdaTIzt2jns3X9fdatv2VizRCrwEAlVJ5XgXSTYsEmHJJ6y6Ncn7ME3VSIvE-L8xKUmC3HHIhI72zXVoa11W74WB0atqsgqqh7bM8SI-LCGnhyhkNLPA/s1507/scfds-busch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The Duke Snider Gypsy Queen mini is a numbered purple parallel from 2016, nice to have somebody more notable than Frankie Montas for that parallel.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally, the Bobby Miller is from 2023 Chronicles, the Clearly Donruss set and a numbered blue parallel. Is that enough sub-categories for you? Since the card is clear, the background is from one of the recliners in the house. It's the chair's last day here before it's replaced, so kind of a tribute there. It's been around for awhile.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Miller changed his uniform number from 70 to 28 for this season. But the 28 Miller is wearing is not Panini seeing into the future. He's wearing an Oklahoma City Triple A jersey. He was wearing 28 then. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzkejw_YlTGs3rDxbrcGCt1PSn6Kk_N9i9Zbfpyf2ADNiraMjz-FL-P4fY8eRO1ArIgiYdw9GQhgO1UGkZQ2D-D4WbOoVlVYPmvzDbYXI6KD3WhdgGeqU4O9XjBhZ850CdkzpSiECqg4s0vas8tM4UANuNabj-_cA7Z1HNUH34g-1j9D5-ctSuGTnKqM/s1080/scfds-autos2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1080" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzkejw_YlTGs3rDxbrcGCt1PSn6Kk_N9i9Zbfpyf2ADNiraMjz-FL-P4fY8eRO1ArIgiYdw9GQhgO1UGkZQ2D-D4WbOoVlVYPmvzDbYXI6KD3WhdgGeqU4O9XjBhZ850CdkzpSiECqg4s0vas8tM4UANuNabj-_cA7Z1HNUH34g-1j9D5-ctSuGTnKqM/w640-h626/scfds-autos2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Some nifty autographed Dodgers. Each one of these is the player's first entrant into my Dodgers autograph binder. That's pretty cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I recently jettisoned some autographs from the binder of so-called Dodgers, either minor leaguers or prospects who never made the team (there's been a lot of binder-banishing lately, I'll get to a post on that I think). I think because of that, I'm back down under 200 unique Dodgers autographs after having surpassed it <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2022/02/no-202-of-55-on-04-from-91.html">a few years ago</a>. So I've got some work to do!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">OK, I'm done with the hot-weather sport. Now for the cold-weather one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbli9l2qmpZFq390eYDrudmgxCMgBncvVh1wT1fIoDlz23BTmRJK1iGPWIpQxHv5f1Gh-VhtkAQyXYVC3n-0NbyJujmKMLwbRxbbLKfuAarq2F7iDvwY_FAC1mpMvNY5f7dO_wju_DBMDjNN2Sijt_ZRize29vbww_3tp7TlhAiMvCyadZJPayZJ4JrzY/s1080/scfds-sabres.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbli9l2qmpZFq390eYDrudmgxCMgBncvVh1wT1fIoDlz23BTmRJK1iGPWIpQxHv5f1Gh-VhtkAQyXYVC3n-0NbyJujmKMLwbRxbbLKfuAarq2F7iDvwY_FAC1mpMvNY5f7dO_wju_DBMDjNN2Sijt_ZRize29vbww_3tp7TlhAiMvCyadZJPayZJ4JrzY/s16000/scfds-sabres.jpg" /></a></div><br />There are the Sabres now. They've been a disappointment this season, although they're on a bit of an upturn the last few games. I guess the Metal brand has been revived for hockey cards. They don't look as exotic as they used to be.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOgGzsdp0lRXg5Urit9sMYoEaCiUM5fCnF42QWSkjWMxKi3cnjIJk9f76xv2Zb78JHMc7Gp3RojkjJdCBB_b1gti3O9Bx9O-_b0OMldGSYueToidieaHLvhG6NgBlDa6GPKT4fnkoJqc89_0Rd40RUEENVI9oL9pXnJZSVtN8TRrUqb1GqLRQ-PgiyXw/s1080/scfds-relics.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1080" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOgGzsdp0lRXg5Urit9sMYoEaCiUM5fCnF42QWSkjWMxKi3cnjIJk9f76xv2Zb78JHMc7Gp3RojkjJdCBB_b1gti3O9Bx9O-_b0OMldGSYueToidieaHLvhG6NgBlDa6GPKT4fnkoJqc89_0Rd40RUEENVI9oL9pXnJZSVtN8TRrUqb1GqLRQ-PgiyXw/w640-h554/scfds-relics.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Woo, some fancy relics in all kinds of hockey-themed shapes, too. One half of these guys are still with Buffalo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bGFgAtfhH928GMsO_UBUq3DB8rsb4gNq3A_Swh8Ft7448q1OSi1qMmg6hFMxfHbN20lxj-w6LxkV-IHfJWtGo8JgnD2pEkXawNWh9cVVXiJxJE8efY3PWsW6o5bQSNHn14BOElJ_8H_M8qZU6uHDhuuChhE3VZOHNap9p0tX9DDg68o2LbKqmY_UO1A/s1430/scfds-91-92proset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bGFgAtfhH928GMsO_UBUq3DB8rsb4gNq3A_Swh8Ft7448q1OSi1qMmg6hFMxfHbN20lxj-w6LxkV-IHfJWtGo8JgnD2pEkXawNWh9cVVXiJxJE8efY3PWsW6o5bQSNHn14BOElJ_8H_M8qZU6uHDhuuChhE3VZOHNap9p0tX9DDg68o2LbKqmY_UO1A/s16000/scfds-91-92proset.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More 91-92 Pro Set needs! I continue to pretend I don't need to buy a box of this and be done with it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgqVju4zBH5RcauDvhes77C4Fa-8jlX3JFxaLhUeUzn_-SZN1NJQIKgbWc-MNG08OVF-2RvDqcy9cbEn9kaDkM17BdTjrITrpdH7pRVUVjoxOlY0eE8U7HUoZp2DLr4aGBBsAf3Cgc3EQisnEYkYorO55ReCCWZPwjh82ZNGgxnNAx8Zwu0HFP2TbY_U/s1499/scfds-malarchuk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgqVju4zBH5RcauDvhes77C4Fa-8jlX3JFxaLhUeUzn_-SZN1NJQIKgbWc-MNG08OVF-2RvDqcy9cbEn9kaDkM17BdTjrITrpdH7pRVUVjoxOlY0eE8U7HUoZp2DLr4aGBBsAf3Cgc3EQisnEYkYorO55ReCCWZPwjh82ZNGgxnNAx8Zwu0HFP2TbY_U/w462-h640/scfds-malarchuk.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Finally this odd card. The back is more interesting than the front. It says he's a horse dentist on his ranch, as well as advising athletes on mental illness and addiction. The suit-and-tie must be from the advisory role. I wanted to see him staring into a horse mouth.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sorry you had to see that card twice.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-19903583501647932802024-02-25T19:16:00.021-05:002024-02-26T16:44:19.869-05:00Back to the original<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKTNpGxfauzcXfzQp5jhiQfyYNBAxIoQOQH_u5WH1rFqUqsbe5YpEpWc8QBmpacjkKJ9jz02JG_Kka2OHy7AEFKOMkgtd7R0G2XYp55zs9Oep9CsOv95k5LtfeSghP7zyoXeMhbFj2oYaG7agP2Uh5nT1C1CvQV-nIep-kWuScI9EKNa0RWmjiAAP1gI/s2704/eh-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKTNpGxfauzcXfzQp5jhiQfyYNBAxIoQOQH_u5WH1rFqUqsbe5YpEpWc8QBmpacjkKJ9jz02JG_Kka2OHy7AEFKOMkgtd7R0G2XYp55zs9Oep9CsOv95k5LtfeSghP7zyoXeMhbFj2oYaG7agP2Uh5nT1C1CvQV-nIep-kWuScI9EKNa0RWmjiAAP1gI/w454-h640/eh-topper.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I finished my 2023 Topps Heritage High Numbers Dodgers team set when the last three cards arrived Thursday and Friday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">They're all horizontals, in keeping with the 1974 Topps theme, although I think '23 Heritage went a little bit overboard with them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-RaYJoU70oAERSBKyflGrWpa4Hoygd9h-mCIbOIGwyfb33wovNdhJcUO4pw5xoTvd2vq-xAEewDzJ36hDFaUJJhWSr4eo_LdPpESQ9BTb5rxjR7uFoRZaCKrZ2UwOBJLOIZItDk5FOjLeMXX2AAd617-H_aZvjNcSTGPts5dcaU5WSuZYUjeMXFDvLM/s1080/eh-busch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-RaYJoU70oAERSBKyflGrWpa4Hoygd9h-mCIbOIGwyfb33wovNdhJcUO4pw5xoTvd2vq-xAEewDzJ36hDFaUJJhWSr4eo_LdPpESQ9BTb5rxjR7uFoRZaCKrZ2UwOBJLOIZItDk5FOjLeMXX2AAd617-H_aZvjNcSTGPts5dcaU5WSuZYUjeMXFDvLM/w640-h456/eh-busch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLEOmwLnjrlCZ4Qm47XF4dx32QWb_MGR0eeVl6GjhMnfsguX_727wsW5idfzhZNTKLAfP_h0G4KncCn9v33JjA9il2qkC6lh7akfl_Wn5IoQpA5eqN3_iN3YPfcFB4BBqdN61QVB3NGGXXS8sN8GhyphenhyphenUQalQNTm8Q96WhdymJHfHw7xHRANlWjPPPEYNk/s1080/eh-eh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLEOmwLnjrlCZ4Qm47XF4dx32QWb_MGR0eeVl6GjhMnfsguX_727wsW5idfzhZNTKLAfP_h0G4KncCn9v33JjA9il2qkC6lh7akfl_Wn5IoQpA5eqN3_iN3YPfcFB4BBqdN61QVB3NGGXXS8sN8GhyphenhyphenUQalQNTm8Q96WhdymJHfHw7xHRANlWjPPPEYNk/w640-h452/eh-eh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdeqUZ5uJltucVVNQwHhjFJ7A1Jeu8PyglJbcMOKYp6NJbFXkOybjTyJ9D-eajTCy63AozlczMZnFtk85eb9MzOq9FdiBdZkfqtewmmgf1CE4MArw5Thn4uDw6tvyKbFUYAwINL2qzJpxf7fgjlgA9nvdLzlC7M1S49aLPAIYTQmdDfd5HKCaIBbFZ3c/s1080/eh-rojas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYdeqUZ5uJltucVVNQwHhjFJ7A1Jeu8PyglJbcMOKYp6NJbFXkOybjTyJ9D-eajTCy63AozlczMZnFtk85eb9MzOq9FdiBdZkfqtewmmgf1CE4MArw5Thn4uDw6tvyKbFUYAwINL2qzJpxf7fgjlgA9nvdLzlC7M1S49aLPAIYTQmdDfd5HKCaIBbFZ3c/w640-h456/eh-rojas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Just one of the players is currently with the Dodgers now as Busch was traded to Tampa Bay and Hernandez is supposed to be joining another team soon. (Update: He's apparently <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/enrique-hernandez-dodgers-contract-2024-manuel-margot-trade">coming back to the Dodgers</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The Hernandez card is a short-print but it didn't cost me much, barely over a buck.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It's also a card that "rights a wrong" if you're into the editorial sanctity of photos (which Topps definitely is not -- lots of evidence over the decades on that). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Hernandez card probably looks familiar to some collectors, most probably Red Sox collectors, who first came across the image in the 2021 Topps flagship set. It's another great photo on a Kiké Hernandez card.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3Z21mpYRubqgFZzrkGNcqZyS0J3ty85y4CNc4_oL5ympWr9MvDt2DwUVqYfKB5I22hJQMm013S2AzhAXK24fb87yIrS6HbxXKN2BCxFicQSkKWkFw1vBTbIHnVTMLq2XCTzsTy8RFhb4TQNlglPg-pO82xmIei1UqS5C3Ebd8PvNeqO7Hp3LS2g4EE8/s1080/eh-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3Z21mpYRubqgFZzrkGNcqZyS0J3ty85y4CNc4_oL5ympWr9MvDt2DwUVqYfKB5I22hJQMm013S2AzhAXK24fb87yIrS6HbxXKN2BCxFicQSkKWkFw1vBTbIHnVTMLq2XCTzsTy8RFhb4TQNlglPg-pO82xmIei1UqS5C3Ebd8PvNeqO7Hp3LS2g4EE8/w640-h456/eh-2021.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was one of the better cards in the 2021 set. In fact, Diamond Jesters named it his <a href="https://diamond-jesters.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-greatest-red-sox-cards-of-2021.html">greatest Red Sox card of 2021</a>. But Hernandez isn't really wearing Red Sox gear in this photo (the light blue glove is the tip-off if you know the story ahead of time).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The image is from the following Getty photo:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkX2tSCaAmiKVKeTCpPfap7yQ64frqaOp6VKerLn6rJoOz9Sh9_bUp7iDE9a0xZvRqE6IGMcg3rqerDXNmt_XqbgbtxZQTbcAf7MGFFsXYUWcN87Ven4yJoSCSoYfvMjyeTIH-ZZFSzMzq5cMKkEKc39etKrjTW050O_cbM0jwrB4n502CIByxPclp2g/s921/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20134857.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="921" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkX2tSCaAmiKVKeTCpPfap7yQ64frqaOp6VKerLn6rJoOz9Sh9_bUp7iDE9a0xZvRqE6IGMcg3rqerDXNmt_XqbgbtxZQTbcAf7MGFFsXYUWcN87Ven4yJoSCSoYfvMjyeTIH-ZZFSzMzq5cMKkEKc39etKrjTW050O_cbM0jwrB4n502CIByxPclp2g/w640-h406/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20134857.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It was taken during Game 6 of the NLCS against the Braves in 2020, which took place in Arlington, Texas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So I guess it's a good thing that Hernandez returned to the Dodgers so Topps could get that picture on record as actually happening during a Dodgers game.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH5W3dDTVAkv0prHDW0E77ucVECxRdMZQeRQVhyphenhyphentWZvuzeSDmtMIxi8jE_tuDOunSx6ShC993bB6R7qpuPiWoSTHUAwPIr0O60HzUBruujgHMeGvacwiAsJ-lPusNku87hAk99k-8VibKOQSfp52nKNYWE61iLaVpuUNWCNXLa6mryJyNOsclblIwv7g/s1080/eh-eh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH5W3dDTVAkv0prHDW0E77ucVECxRdMZQeRQVhyphenhyphentWZvuzeSDmtMIxi8jE_tuDOunSx6ShC993bB6R7qpuPiWoSTHUAwPIr0O60HzUBruujgHMeGvacwiAsJ-lPusNku87hAk99k-8VibKOQSfp52nKNYWE61iLaVpuUNWCNXLa6mryJyNOsclblIwv7g/w640-h452/eh-eh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />It probably would be a little annoying if it only showed up as a Red Sox card and I'd have to stare at it saying, "hey, he was <i>a Dodger</i> when he did that."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So, uh, thanks Topps. I guess. There's the matter of using a photo that's more than three years old though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">(Why'd Topps photoshop the shoe color on the Red Sox card?) <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-8511290194450854812024-02-23T19:08:00.007-05:002024-02-25T08:44:01.521-05:00Too much of a good thing<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u8WZASU-THVQ-MrDt1CjIaoodO-eysnVtQ6qtWh1tO-K85ZWsIPwFHz5JlL8o-hWlzorfRyfCDoZMFgPiRaIB-0yjPPguALjFaIMZT-AworpMxyczCBNYGi8H6CfUqNPgd_6lJv0R8T5wHk4aC4HV45nEi9bOEVVmQyFYHIWYEms9uhmKniTEMFSki4/s724/2024-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="706" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1u8WZASU-THVQ-MrDt1CjIaoodO-eysnVtQ6qtWh1tO-K85ZWsIPwFHz5JlL8o-hWlzorfRyfCDoZMFgPiRaIB-0yjPPguALjFaIMZT-AworpMxyczCBNYGi8H6CfUqNPgd_6lJv0R8T5wHk4aC4HV45nEi9bOEVVmQyFYHIWYEms9uhmKniTEMFSki4/w624-h640/2024-topper.jpg" width="624" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Yesterday while shopping for furniture I knew that this would be my chance to finally get to Target to see if the 2024 cards were there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had checked for cards once before last week during a quick spin through Walmart. The area where the cards were was being replaced by Easter baskets and decorations for sale. The new card station was vacant except for some fantasy something or other.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I don't know what's going on at the Walmart nearest me but it doesn't matter because Target's got cards!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNk5Nqke03X6o3xuebABCQW-Qb44ICv9M9FW49QBuEXNGuYAomLr7LS9TpeBpHPE1v1L7iF40VTrN5UR3AzHuYCXB8TIhtpADAkfhM3YggpnBuUYH-15YzdxmWP1zewSDxzWL3n18sK3tbrtWOpD4W7Bs5l9Jidv31OhF7rYabpuwnoamD95dPGr3Y1Q/s978/2024-display.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="621" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNk5Nqke03X6o3xuebABCQW-Qb44ICv9M9FW49QBuEXNGuYAomLr7LS9TpeBpHPE1v1L7iF40VTrN5UR3AzHuYCXB8TIhtpADAkfhM3YggpnBuUYH-15YzdxmWP1zewSDxzWL3n18sK3tbrtWOpD4W7Bs5l9Jidv31OhF7rYabpuwnoamD95dPGr3Y1Q/s16000/2024-display.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Look, 2024 Topps has its own separate display of jumbo packs! I don't think I've seen that stand-alone display for cards since I was trolling for cards 2006-08 in Walmart. They used to have them in the main aisle in individual kiosks along with the other kiosks for hair care products and batteries and acid relief.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It makes it look like Target's treating the hobby seriously again rather than let the card shelf deteriorate in disarray.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I guess it wasn't inviting enough though, I grabbed just one and then took two hanger boxes off the usual display over to the left. I don't know why I gravitated toward the hanger boxes. I guess I wanted more cards than what the jumbos offer. Also hangers sometimes have decent stuff, while also are notorious for collation issues, which we'll soon see.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But there were no blasters that I saw and I guess loose packs are out (booooooo!) so that's what I took with me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The cards still look great so I'll keep from repeating myself and focus on other things. I'll start with the jumbo pack.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxRVbR3HoHtZ0hYRb1x5gG84HuiVFjUCQxCG1ouRGQM__x2Q1l2uYd2Lq9y8jSeKcK6VhsuakFmOsAgYDlbVBvVrNrsYYO4_IIkvm0r_5_mQ-1URMloVWUyej2NIO20BrlEwLbw32sncELstrnZpzjPsMfbGr4c_OX1qATyOpDyEoQlXXHQCzu3qT5IU/s1514/2024-olson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxRVbR3HoHtZ0hYRb1x5gG84HuiVFjUCQxCG1ouRGQM__x2Q1l2uYd2Lq9y8jSeKcK6VhsuakFmOsAgYDlbVBvVrNrsYYO4_IIkvm0r_5_mQ-1URMloVWUyej2NIO20BrlEwLbw32sncELstrnZpzjPsMfbGr4c_OX1qATyOpDyEoQlXXHQCzu3qT5IU/w456-h640/2024-olson.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /> 308 - Reese Olson, Tigers (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">First card of the year is a player I don't know, which is getting to be a tradition in itself when the first cards of the season show up. At least Olson appeared in 21 games last year, so it's more me not paying attention to the AL Central.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_WSmYd1s8YKGAFVd_fKj_jFK-mSx77B2S2oHk_XXIYznGTSB5TYo5E3qImBP6jfFmBB9U17JiEPWPwrjhWYVRS0FAlc8S7co6PCS6xaJQ68WnUDGyY17szCYcdh1_2pN89y7KoCa3dYqS2dkdEaKrCRODBkGp2I9puHV5Bl8moU4vmgNBQTq-AHUUGA/s1516/2024-amaya.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_WSmYd1s8YKGAFVd_fKj_jFK-mSx77B2S2oHk_XXIYznGTSB5TYo5E3qImBP6jfFmBB9U17JiEPWPwrjhWYVRS0FAlc8S7co6PCS6xaJQ68WnUDGyY17szCYcdh1_2pN89y7KoCa3dYqS2dkdEaKrCRODBkGp2I9puHV5Bl8moU4vmgNBQTq-AHUUGA/w456-h640/2024-amaya.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">319 - Miguel Amaya, Cubs</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another guy I don't know. Maybe I should get an MLB subscription again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOu-XcSqjiQFnfDWMKANNtRVIWAIpa2qWjUj4qr3Izz3H3INa1jvzXHB9v1fjKejfyLow-1NS4kaicKGA_SP9LIwZVkipPHQG3vXMHOtGtD2aOXAM-qoQyPAmjQh6ZzxZeT7fN5Pu5yy9TDXdPVYeumjoMAeIFRMvDnOn_QprXCNKr8efhNgFHF9UNcQ/s1080/2024-back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoOu-XcSqjiQFnfDWMKANNtRVIWAIpa2qWjUj4qr3Izz3H3INa1jvzXHB9v1fjKejfyLow-1NS4kaicKGA_SP9LIwZVkipPHQG3vXMHOtGtD2aOXAM-qoQyPAmjQh6ZzxZeT7fN5Pu5yy9TDXdPVYeumjoMAeIFRMvDnOn_QprXCNKr8efhNgFHF9UNcQ/w640-h456/2024-back.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">247 - Clay Holmes, Yankees</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A Yankee is a good time to show the back. It's super-clean. The lettering is a bit tiny for me but I haven't figured out whether that's my eyes or font choices. I'll have to compare with a card from the '70s and get back to you. Flagship card backs have been fairly utilitarian recently. I'd like to return to the days with pictures on the back ... or, I can dream -- cartoons.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LsOO5Ma9kZnE_bmtwio0uZoF4N24pXotB4NkHyREvDDPEqlrH8J0cLYTCoweeFcRuS1Gy1bcAZAByJIh8FqI7G1uXFEV98Lfju8Ow9x6UbGCYH7IcbItP4j82vV8_Lc13lnUaWGHWW8LL7Cf4BDrIf1CjIL0RSu-nVfncb_9zGxN3bjt1sD0oj-aUZc/s1080/2024-redscard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LsOO5Ma9kZnE_bmtwio0uZoF4N24pXotB4NkHyREvDDPEqlrH8J0cLYTCoweeFcRuS1Gy1bcAZAByJIh8FqI7G1uXFEV98Lfju8Ow9x6UbGCYH7IcbItP4j82vV8_Lc13lnUaWGHWW8LL7Cf4BDrIf1CjIL0RSu-nVfncb_9zGxN3bjt1sD0oj-aUZc/w640-h452/2024-redscard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> 133 - Checklist, Resilient Reds Rookies (Elly De La Cruz and Matt McLain and Reds broadcast guy).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLVJ_uxu8TPeVHagHpcXdNFppZy18-p8CvJW0LkRHbhVMzpIfQyrERrZewkgv3HQ8QabzcnE9W6n3ytsEkVHuR2zgHsyuICFLS1aGySz3c68ET5WWY-x2qFGg7QjwKSISv9WsbLdFFKgPqv2kOOF964lkemGUHvqZvC2rC8A-g0pNxYu7Vrif0fmgNZU/s1486/2024-duran.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1078" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLVJ_uxu8TPeVHagHpcXdNFppZy18-p8CvJW0LkRHbhVMzpIfQyrERrZewkgv3HQ8QabzcnE9W6n3ytsEkVHuR2zgHsyuICFLS1aGySz3c68ET5WWY-x2qFGg7QjwKSISv9WsbLdFFKgPqv2kOOF964lkemGUHvqZvC2rC8A-g0pNxYu7Vrif0fmgNZU/w464-h640/2024-duran.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">108 - Jarren Duran, Red Sox</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cards are still neon-esque. <a href="https://njwv.wordpress.com/">Nick</a>, with his printing background, guessed that metallic ink was used for the neon parts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hBIfmbrtqqZQLiVhPi-uQEdrmD4Fb77gGb3ye9QK5WFfxZaR6yA5mUP4bXgxaWYQ7H3X0EnWdv-Yc-8UOHLQYqUqmUZ2JU46mxHQ0DjZ5z6KzHSDp5RJZptumVVzbDcodfznzQ73r2Oy-kglvzMxZ58fxt4dj5NvA9u9gtPSRpTMjuNr-UeoK-uRP8A/s1500/2024-marte.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hBIfmbrtqqZQLiVhPi-uQEdrmD4Fb77gGb3ye9QK5WFfxZaR6yA5mUP4bXgxaWYQ7H3X0EnWdv-Yc-8UOHLQYqUqmUZ2JU46mxHQ0DjZ5z6KzHSDp5RJZptumVVzbDcodfznzQ73r2Oy-kglvzMxZ58fxt4dj5NvA9u9gtPSRpTMjuNr-UeoK-uRP8A/w460-h640/2024-marte.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">317 - Starling Marte, Mets</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">OK, do you have those six cards memorized? Good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fb82aZZuGTU58iN3qJWox00p76ii1vYL-x07iP_XoIG17YmH0IdOF7UEK-0qwI-6q_KUrKYwgh-ZLlPqHt3NlDnSj3g19kZgAIU7GlzQYOMeo0T91LYOC8exymvYcNziyRBUNHlsSsjrOYHLQAuBTlQRnJdZ2PxtxidxTNOKJXJHfrb6436jRsQFbaM/s1069/2024-alleaders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1069" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fb82aZZuGTU58iN3qJWox00p76ii1vYL-x07iP_XoIG17YmH0IdOF7UEK-0qwI-6q_KUrKYwgh-ZLlPqHt3NlDnSj3g19kZgAIU7GlzQYOMeo0T91LYOC8exymvYcNziyRBUNHlsSsjrOYHLQAuBTlQRnJdZ2PxtxidxTNOKJXJHfrb6436jRsQFbaM/w640-h454/2024-alleaders.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMW61EytFJHJ6G2EYUD5g82WXEB4Ne5oaZKBVOF_CC7PtogzBwifzqhZvz3VjL-G-mLyxh1B00XHB8PB4KqXdFBPTJmvGKSwNiO2heN7Avfg31c6vJnkNT2RQe5Qe-BMCY_cfS-ALeJIrZt3WXaK4ALaPfUO_hztN-Ew1sP4D-aODBcuteEIHYPyQjuc/s1080/2024-alleaders-back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMW61EytFJHJ6G2EYUD5g82WXEB4Ne5oaZKBVOF_CC7PtogzBwifzqhZvz3VjL-G-mLyxh1B00XHB8PB4KqXdFBPTJmvGKSwNiO2heN7Avfg31c6vJnkNT2RQe5Qe-BMCY_cfS-ALeJIrZt3WXaK4ALaPfUO_hztN-Ew1sP4D-aODBcuteEIHYPyQjuc/w640-h456/2024-alleaders-back.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">106 - American League RBI Leaders</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The head shots are a nice addition, really livens things up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt38bIOo99OsfAPbYUuGCkVb7NY2pzUlzSeEZ3IXSLzu-WLlTU85Q0idWa8-1D4XE1Od8MsC4tUF3teiK_xLRvQUWIFKzdMnI_ZKMFL6ILzEbV4HHnsp_hKq9pKj2ai_ogH_XrtgT0CCYcFahNwlIUwiGK8smPG3F4CuB1WZXE-BFvtQGruOmMgFaM2w/s1496/2024-davis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt38bIOo99OsfAPbYUuGCkVb7NY2pzUlzSeEZ3IXSLzu-WLlTU85Q0idWa8-1D4XE1Od8MsC4tUF3teiK_xLRvQUWIFKzdMnI_ZKMFL6ILzEbV4HHnsp_hKq9pKj2ai_ogH_XrtgT0CCYcFahNwlIUwiGK8smPG3F4CuB1WZXE-BFvtQGruOmMgFaM2w/w454-h640/2024-davis.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">295 - Henry Davis, Pirates (RC)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Always a plus when I've heard of the guy with the rookie card logo.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs8jB8STcGziUq0hUUFPKG8nKpWTf7heiKaLt2CedT_67FLQKaxX20_lKchSETCNHPoHV3n1dsgZfcXmnuS8CSy6spSdNgr2sbypmU0_5j0yfS3Ebr_-qp4t1i9fjgEjXQygjjHfFELbRxCDM6tTxXxvbsHb7LSRd0vJcILcEI4eRLpb_vAo8rzmlNCk/s1506/2024-steele.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs8jB8STcGziUq0hUUFPKG8nKpWTf7heiKaLt2CedT_67FLQKaxX20_lKchSETCNHPoHV3n1dsgZfcXmnuS8CSy6spSdNgr2sbypmU0_5j0yfS3Ebr_-qp4t1i9fjgEjXQygjjHfFELbRxCDM6tTxXxvbsHb7LSRd0vJcILcEI4eRLpb_vAo8rzmlNCk/w456-h640/2024-steele.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">318 - Justin Steele, Cubs (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm counting rookie card logos and City Connect uniforms because there are too many of both. I may miss a CC uni or two though because who can keep track of them all?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">264 - Clarke Schmidt, Yankees</div><div style="text-align: left;">212 - NL ERA Leaders</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVxTGMi-x8V_OtazTF8REuOHcByp12HrE9-CMXtsymZplrnrQRCX2pvfrgGsP13J6bKnbUTZyw0rJJc3d0JoYlclhhDJ0L3npEQsLD6LKzTkZnUN8PmQSWV9RPbGpr9VoTbHSzktEc4a1X8dMN6l1OgU76vh3cgOm1UsxnxChM9aF4i1nMF_tVH6DHqA/s1075/2024-rays.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1075" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVxTGMi-x8V_OtazTF8REuOHcByp12HrE9-CMXtsymZplrnrQRCX2pvfrgGsP13J6bKnbUTZyw0rJJc3d0JoYlclhhDJ0L3npEQsLD6LKzTkZnUN8PmQSWV9RPbGpr9VoTbHSzktEc4a1X8dMN6l1OgU76vh3cgOm1UsxnxChM9aF4i1nMF_tVH6DHqA/w640-h454/2024-rays.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">211 - Rays team card</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">119 - Hunter Greene, Reds</div><div style="text-align: left;">71 - Brandon Marsh, Phillies</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bi-LMHVtOxzoswQdlgnNAX6fHoCBhVRBggZxHsMHxfhpgfq7yu3dkHCPiqM91LULFdAgxWKPFq07U8pNtFMjSC-QQeEtXw_GliCkFTcpTZ2lC9qWjBA9xoSE0mqvKIYBT9djtZgxPXYdVmfXzZP7-muDfWaWf-7z1UXHUrvrgUuNq7A6655DCYgX8Pc/s1512/2024-morel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bi-LMHVtOxzoswQdlgnNAX6fHoCBhVRBggZxHsMHxfhpgfq7yu3dkHCPiqM91LULFdAgxWKPFq07U8pNtFMjSC-QQeEtXw_GliCkFTcpTZ2lC9qWjBA9xoSE0mqvKIYBT9djtZgxPXYdVmfXzZP7-muDfWaWf-7z1UXHUrvrgUuNq7A6655DCYgX8Pc/w458-h640/2024-morel.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">128 - Christopher Morel, Cubs</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've seen this card a bunch. You've seen this card a bunch. The Future Stars logo is foily and I like the rainbow treatment but not crazy about it replacing the team name.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">343 - Rowdy Tellez, Brewers</div><div style="text-align: left;">28 - Luis Matos, Giants (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">25 - Andy Ibanez, Tigers</div><div style="text-align: left;">54 - Luis Castillo, Mariners</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82H2rn3Bflu2Z5cdojlFliq0r45pZLwUv3rHc_qjrlsu-o7onog7CTLH5Q7s0Mzl0i1Bpgbr-bn3BkEHCeyvaF_i9WCrsz9f-n7ndvnlMCOHahOMCwJYjWr22eYc2XHgzeQc7ExShYPpBqDnMfdVK7XrKHTmCQZqvyiWOZOiHu6us8TFw-XrjL_PmVIQ/s1499/2024-jacques.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82H2rn3Bflu2Z5cdojlFliq0r45pZLwUv3rHc_qjrlsu-o7onog7CTLH5Q7s0Mzl0i1Bpgbr-bn3BkEHCeyvaF_i9WCrsz9f-n7ndvnlMCOHahOMCwJYjWr22eYc2XHgzeQc7ExShYPpBqDnMfdVK7XrKHTmCQZqvyiWOZOiHu6us8TFw-XrjL_PmVIQ/w456-h640/2024-jacques.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">187 - Joe Jacques, Red Sox (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's a great shot. I hope he gets more cards in the future and isn't know as The Rain Man. But I guess it's not such a bad thing for it to be the card people know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK37NaaG5-fSpylwjeIDWDXVaAuqX7CkKU45w-JDEY-KztNJ3z5P8gv1Zs_C_hTPDIUPuN7BvW_TNB_stkNnnTMj_0WLt4HaZGh3zmRjYxI67Rvtbcf8eeTJIveu1TU_Z7y0Gb8K9_Gx1nRh20l9buiOWMFhteDm_aAmMjDloMK8Jgs6NrYk3zDmGGv8/s1520/2024-guerrero.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsK37NaaG5-fSpylwjeIDWDXVaAuqX7CkKU45w-JDEY-KztNJ3z5P8gv1Zs_C_hTPDIUPuN7BvW_TNB_stkNnnTMj_0WLt4HaZGh3zmRjYxI67Rvtbcf8eeTJIveu1TU_Z7y0Gb8K9_Gx1nRh20l9buiOWMFhteDm_aAmMjDloMK8Jgs6NrYk3zDmGGv8/w454-h640/2024-guerrero.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">330 - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">173 - Brady Singer, Royals</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl1bLG3etY175n6-aWcuuGH7iHpJWvAXSdTfSazyisduX6YdW_wWmDqizWGVGsZojikAlk5WyMXxEHjCSOpM9nEQW3IV6njHXw7CTLWKIJjwg3SWB6YOmaXafgEjXqVnDX305b6TTCLM4LeyKBpMU2IycE1jPtVYUZ-sncNagnX52zP4ye-H55S63OU0/s1515/2024-glasnow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1515" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl1bLG3etY175n6-aWcuuGH7iHpJWvAXSdTfSazyisduX6YdW_wWmDqizWGVGsZojikAlk5WyMXxEHjCSOpM9nEQW3IV6njHXw7CTLWKIJjwg3SWB6YOmaXafgEjXqVnDX305b6TTCLM4LeyKBpMU2IycE1jPtVYUZ-sncNagnX52zP4ye-H55S63OU0/w640-h456/2024-glasnow.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">89 - Tyler Glasnow, Rays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Current Dodger breaking through the frame. Awesome.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnLINzO3l_sJ2hHJv9DGgXlaG6-N_UDeRac3WJ-Tqayv7XXTiLA1JDQ5lFbJ0_y4O2OqjCymcZmTQ0Cyeg8tTDanskiyyq-_w938iUw0m_SK8zxtKdTtg2DhHSXve7wAAVTBT2mjSf-iMojJrm5hR6UF5u1EAXFS0TKD4v62AltKbrvGkSPiHzFfRYzI/s1008/2024-inserts-jumbopack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1008" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnLINzO3l_sJ2hHJv9DGgXlaG6-N_UDeRac3WJ-Tqayv7XXTiLA1JDQ5lFbJ0_y4O2OqjCymcZmTQ0Cyeg8tTDanskiyyq-_w938iUw0m_SK8zxtKdTtg2DhHSXve7wAAVTBT2mjSf-iMojJrm5hR6UF5u1EAXFS0TKD4v62AltKbrvGkSPiHzFfRYzI/w640-h596/2024-inserts-jumbopack.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Parallels and inserts portion of the jumbo pack. Nothing here does anything for me but nice to get a Dodger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBvhroxHslEp0JrSCtoocMzty4gdS3ZhsGEcJmJgL-cN51qKY2zBv8NK6SAnDkoihTeSMMtlJN6Old5iacu8IDLMe30OqXbVW974GM5zy34bWkyONFds-cJqaQulxWmxfbRnt4D6FnRaXtUjWHeA2FQqce0gEBjm6oT40BpNzx27XBgjcrgXpg0YU454/s1080/2024-verticals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1080" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBvhroxHslEp0JrSCtoocMzty4gdS3ZhsGEcJmJgL-cN51qKY2zBv8NK6SAnDkoihTeSMMtlJN6Old5iacu8IDLMe30OqXbVW974GM5zy34bWkyONFds-cJqaQulxWmxfbRnt4D6FnRaXtUjWHeA2FQqce0gEBjm6oT40BpNzx27XBgjcrgXpg0YU454/w640-h468/2024-verticals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">238 - Reds team card (CC)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">11 - Spencer Strider, Braves (CC)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">81 - Nick Fortes, Marlins</div><div style="text-align: left;">101 - Jordan Romano, Blue Jays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The vertical parade continues.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">310 - Abner Uribe, Brewers (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">69 - Griffin Canning, Angels (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnVGMU7lq7AFsh-q5BDz5qt7rXIML5GkdfJ4vHIwwtjv5SNRttkuo3052lH-M3ZD5DRPODKSKDGIhOWyi6fmflafc6-1B1jQh_t7bTmZhLJGuk8MnXP3uYY0QM0Yrr4Qu5TJVaovaHJz49KmICpFMR-njh2FeTeliO0MtVs-GDNluxIxVR1b-DbBM6sU/s1528/2024-freeman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnVGMU7lq7AFsh-q5BDz5qt7rXIML5GkdfJ4vHIwwtjv5SNRttkuo3052lH-M3ZD5DRPODKSKDGIhOWyi6fmflafc6-1B1jQh_t7bTmZhLJGuk8MnXP3uYY0QM0Yrr4Qu5TJVaovaHJz49KmICpFMR-njh2FeTeliO0MtVs-GDNluxIxVR1b-DbBM6sU/w452-h640/2024-freeman.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">102 - Freddie Freeman, Dodgers. DIRT!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">First base Dodger is also Freeman. His cards seem easy to pull.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">253 - Josh Lowe, Rays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All right, that's the end of the jumbo pack. At this point all is right with the world and I didn't suspect a thing, although I should have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hanger Box #1:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3yGSRcVqTrQChyphenhyphenIdwZ1aML2rWu9Ji3jg5VRCFdkNh8t2sNGJ88pZ56IW7clSJM6WzaQIx_2NUMxtYQd0yB2Y36KYJRgBlsfGK3-QL5AZrmAOuZI8NN9D5WXzsyKvQcg7osmkzUvuLBQYrlSMoaQ2G_-vnfJsGN9k3xBosGodGtYIx0Au2aiJ4xOOTdY/s1523/2024-acuna.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3yGSRcVqTrQChyphenhyphenIdwZ1aML2rWu9Ji3jg5VRCFdkNh8t2sNGJ88pZ56IW7clSJM6WzaQIx_2NUMxtYQd0yB2Y36KYJRgBlsfGK3-QL5AZrmAOuZI8NN9D5WXzsyKvQcg7osmkzUvuLBQYrlSMoaQ2G_-vnfJsGN9k3xBosGodGtYIx0Au2aiJ4xOOTdY/w454-h640/2024-acuna.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">1 - Ronald Acuna, Jr., Braves (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's the cover boy. With all the City Connect displays it's been guessed that this is Fanatics' attempt to sell uniforms to the gullible fans. Next, your official Fanatics sliding oven mitt.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoERn28ink1CU4Liel1aCBgzQqvr-mODmB3bHoVjlnMVS77VuHv2A8L6rnVRpHFLAO_z0l4Fqxrrm9XDoGVd3InyecyL14mOYoYESZMh7kngZkdQf49q4MbKb8L6rrAn_S-7kOrem4cw-M5nFWXROORMBfnS6wDz3Xg6wNELxuXZl78A4J-xDvW5BngYc/s1520/2024-javier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoERn28ink1CU4Liel1aCBgzQqvr-mODmB3bHoVjlnMVS77VuHv2A8L6rnVRpHFLAO_z0l4Fqxrrm9XDoGVd3InyecyL14mOYoYESZMh7kngZkdQf49q4MbKb8L6rrAn_S-7kOrem4cw-M5nFWXROORMBfnS6wDz3Xg6wNELxuXZl78A4J-xDvW5BngYc/w454-h640/2024-javier.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br />269 - Cristian Javier, Astros</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UQnxDZ8KF4Nq_PkYZrKrMKQJZxD9J4IWOOaZdktkPht29ZjChkR6DJTo7rKBx54f-hZmRAQCgtWBoqCrTMw6qArCR4ZJbIro1c-PmW60H-XCxdR6jqzSJPg9wqAzfzyuthdtzc9KjtkS_pN4SxQdd_EbbgJpEpZJm8L5lIvUN6J4bc7oOiq4JMCs_jc/s1508/2024-arenado.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UQnxDZ8KF4Nq_PkYZrKrMKQJZxD9J4IWOOaZdktkPht29ZjChkR6DJTo7rKBx54f-hZmRAQCgtWBoqCrTMw6qArCR4ZJbIro1c-PmW60H-XCxdR6jqzSJPg9wqAzfzyuthdtzc9KjtkS_pN4SxQdd_EbbgJpEpZJm8L5lIvUN6J4bc7oOiq4JMCs_jc/w458-h640/2024-arenado.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">118 - Nolan Arenado, Cardinals</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think back to when I was doing first-cards-of-the-year posts for sets like 2017 and 2021 Topps and I feel sad for younger night owl.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">226 - Grae Kessinger, Astros (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I should have scanned this card. The Topps logo is not in the top left but in the bottom right between the rookie card logo and the position ball. Odd.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">112 - Merrill Kelly, Diamondbacks (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfoBhgKBfoRipOYs8l8GM8RS6asxxjMt1LFNDGA61HQqDyVI8a1HjACheUK-6OyZlIC2qoudGrnvaVdwfUKokBZsDX-aaKFlV3Q1gyE_9Rr9O-PCcH0RFQxXjF4ZPLGE36YB9sgpXaqD8avhnRS4u-fY3zrOqt4lbUcbveMdiKLBJgieiD4abjXWYeeE/s1510/2024-arraez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfoBhgKBfoRipOYs8l8GM8RS6asxxjMt1LFNDGA61HQqDyVI8a1HjACheUK-6OyZlIC2qoudGrnvaVdwfUKokBZsDX-aaKFlV3Q1gyE_9Rr9O-PCcH0RFQxXjF4ZPLGE36YB9sgpXaqD8avhnRS4u-fY3zrOqt4lbUcbveMdiKLBJgieiD4abjXWYeeE/w458-h640/2024-arraez.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">299 - Luis Arraez, Marlins</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">199 - Leody Taveras, Rangers</div><div style="text-align: left;">188 - Dane Myers, Marlins (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">34 - Ryan Mountcastle, Orioles</div><div style="text-align: left;">61 - William Contreras, Brewers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARLDcaaxEbcoo2I5HEfDemRYiP_7b_hRRYVP_rBdnIztuOFX4blBHVSxU399WvzwPTXc_txZXkC7aY09TOYghxw5zM317FzH_ifV6JL5iAoQ8jSpJnFQUbCjMaxg5h-kR9BTLYbVdSlR3Omk_t6eemmvQuA9YUpZoUtumaZlThVj26max_cKsuqq-17Y/s1528/2024-finnegan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARLDcaaxEbcoo2I5HEfDemRYiP_7b_hRRYVP_rBdnIztuOFX4blBHVSxU399WvzwPTXc_txZXkC7aY09TOYghxw5zM317FzH_ifV6JL5iAoQ8jSpJnFQUbCjMaxg5h-kR9BTLYbVdSlR3Omk_t6eemmvQuA9YUpZoUtumaZlThVj26max_cKsuqq-17Y/w452-h640/2024-finnegan.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">153 - Kyle Finnegan, WSH (CC). Yuck.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">36 - Prelander Berroa, Mariners (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I should count up how many players I know and how many I don't. I've been proud of being able to keep up relative to my age, but it's got to be at 50-50 now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">78 - Mark Vientos, Mets</div><div style="text-align: left;">293 - NL RBI Leaders</div><div style="text-align: left;">126 - Phillies team card</div><div style="text-align: left;">307 - Austin Hays, Orioles</div><div style="text-align: left;">227 - Jhoan Duran, Twins</div><div style="text-align: left;">348 - Dale Dunning, Rangers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAq5M9er9vOiUuLFBrx6XW45sBJNv3b_lYR_yzmCPTYcI9g05tvQcPzez9B54UUzB1KNMT1e6pa28BcMhxDoIGE_MFAsutJV0xjWu2Q0WVFWzScwG2-wB-V61fqZ8UYJv2tjJ_jyMb0Xc3B9OnXt1uubWSqe_pobhuGF4OQjJ1KBx05ojsZhYwDx0Qnk/s1080/2024-repeats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAq5M9er9vOiUuLFBrx6XW45sBJNv3b_lYR_yzmCPTYcI9g05tvQcPzez9B54UUzB1KNMT1e6pa28BcMhxDoIGE_MFAsutJV0xjWu2Q0WVFWzScwG2-wB-V61fqZ8UYJv2tjJ_jyMb0Xc3B9OnXt1uubWSqe_pobhuGF4OQjJ1KBx05ojsZhYwDx0Qnk/s16000/2024-repeats.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My first run of repeats. No need to list all the cards and names. It won't be the last.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">166 - Zack Gelof, Athletics (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">335 - Ryan O'Hearn, Orioles</div><div style="text-align: left;">290 - Thairo Estrada, Giants</div><div style="text-align: left;">117 - AJ Smith-Shawver, Braves</div><div style="text-align: left;">341 - Elehuris Montero, Rockies</div><div style="text-align: left;">122 - Cal Raleigh, Mariners</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiJQi53nyYPsIflnUyefvI4w6jELDrIZ48hrR4C2ETsIB0Y_aJvJPKiSpoLAx913J1CFIIuHJWHzrob0x3taoekgHwc49KoZSit3-D-4dzNrFKHCSPJG2Sf6B7DlfLZMp2-BWAtJM8bQxH2hXtwxsuprn4b2uUo4PvoQsd0GKogfx6yJgJtGLDoa8Vtw/s1080/2024-repeatsolson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1080" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiJQi53nyYPsIflnUyefvI4w6jELDrIZ48hrR4C2ETsIB0Y_aJvJPKiSpoLAx913J1CFIIuHJWHzrob0x3taoekgHwc49KoZSit3-D-4dzNrFKHCSPJG2Sf6B7DlfLZMp2-BWAtJM8bQxH2hXtwxsuprn4b2uUo4PvoQsd0GKogfx6yJgJtGLDoa8Vtw/w640-h512/2024-repeatsolson.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Hey! More repeats! These are the guys who led off the post. I did not choose that jumbo pack wisely.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrshna3-VVV1CD6KAYxGLCn7B6qYtHhOoQbIW6amIMTG1CPQaGQa8weLQZ-zd81LApxmiEi-GJ24D4Lg3tbH2jzuyHfflBTIWohGfF9S_cDRAD67Qh21SAc-rHDxADJzlD8qgSZfaC__C82Set6iz8pT9diBM8SsP_zMjnTBuY-14_1s0pFvwyK3xdpcE/s1080/2024-inserts-hangerbox.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1080" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrshna3-VVV1CD6KAYxGLCn7B6qYtHhOoQbIW6amIMTG1CPQaGQa8weLQZ-zd81LApxmiEi-GJ24D4Lg3tbH2jzuyHfflBTIWohGfF9S_cDRAD67Qh21SAc-rHDxADJzlD8qgSZfaC__C82Set6iz8pT9diBM8SsP_zMjnTBuY-14_1s0pFvwyK3xdpcE/w640-h608/2024-inserts-hangerbox.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I forgot to list the parallels/inserts the last time so I'm going to keep not doing that. The Lane Thomas is the gold foil parallel while the Diaz and Contreras cards are the hanger box-exclusive yellow parallels, which are OKish. Both are headed to fellow trade folks as is the much fancier Hunter Brown numbered card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, keep those Stars of the MLB cards in mind, too. (Will we see them again? Take a wild guess!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">211 - Rays team card (dupe)</div><div style="text-align: left;">119 - Hunter Greene, Reds (dupe)</div><div style="text-align: left;">71 - Brandon Marsh, Phillies (dupe)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM_JdFqh4ZyQvo0E4_3Hlwb17lrkGDEgAmkVYAMnJQyA2uD2JJ8725x2-hANGLQWku_j2lx2bVuScPdSetVMJ0Y-rxNzupRhdOu4T_TThi8c3algI-QuaQJMtSpHZRB61bL8wJabHwN5HMbA2_WrK2B2hCV_SB_9xOepHoqnvkG4Jt7jBKwKMwDpdL6c/s1509/2024-varsho.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpM_JdFqh4ZyQvo0E4_3Hlwb17lrkGDEgAmkVYAMnJQyA2uD2JJ8725x2-hANGLQWku_j2lx2bVuScPdSetVMJ0Y-rxNzupRhdOu4T_TThi8c3algI-QuaQJMtSpHZRB61bL8wJabHwN5HMbA2_WrK2B2hCV_SB_9xOepHoqnvkG4Jt7jBKwKMwDpdL6c/w458-h640/2024-varsho.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">43 - Daulton Varsho, Blue Jays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cool card. Don't know if the ball's in his glove though. I don't have time to figure it out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">195 - Dominic Canzone Mariners (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">156 - Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWRd4hLYP_-aeUYak4vGzp47W2O_AlbOuEhEtaKf8usaBElMvLo_ILcItQ5dR8VCxJTR4_wl47rGVl0ttSO8NBBjpU5yWL1EfgXQQHsVIeori_UJawacnbofO6YX8yxSvkpd7iP1KEOaSmJ1iAgo_ZBu7lml2F1kUFJivepirlpK6QNdaAzvkGvTh0_s/s1525/2024-taylor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1065" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWRd4hLYP_-aeUYak4vGzp47W2O_AlbOuEhEtaKf8usaBElMvLo_ILcItQ5dR8VCxJTR4_wl47rGVl0ttSO8NBBjpU5yWL1EfgXQQHsVIeori_UJawacnbofO6YX8yxSvkpd7iP1KEOaSmJ1iAgo_ZBu7lml2F1kUFJivepirlpK6QNdaAzvkGvTh0_s/w446-h640/2024-taylor.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">246 - Chris Taylor, Dodgers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nice to see Taylor not relegated to Update or a team set refugee.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">174 - Nathaniel Lowe, Rangers</div><div style="text-align: left;">270 - Victor Mederos, Angels (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm7lH3pwgfxCgKJ6xEaepDamaFRSbTFN-hfNgIeCK221mBcMNGViG6ObLJYb_sIoIrPWtDrjVb80Mu-Hner5wCOIvakTsCi5rGAxv_PWmWehccdFYWXsXQUy4G0eYELPJYzIj7UPtuY0wLMwRItO-rnPQKB4-Zq_oc5GbroAVBfAv80x4yc3CvwC8mDQ/s1503/2024-alonso.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm7lH3pwgfxCgKJ6xEaepDamaFRSbTFN-hfNgIeCK221mBcMNGViG6ObLJYb_sIoIrPWtDrjVb80Mu-Hner5wCOIvakTsCi5rGAxv_PWmWehccdFYWXsXQUy4G0eYELPJYzIj7UPtuY0wLMwRItO-rnPQKB4-Zq_oc5GbroAVBfAv80x4yc3CvwC8mDQ/w456-h640/2024-alonso.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">20 - Pete Alonso, Mets</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm pretty sure if I was a major leaguer I would refrain from celebrating in this fashion for fear that it would become my baseball card the next year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0OPCtUd0GQ-y4QUDrMBbSm_6Zb3Y4GHwcxwKAWWlMeZLCioH8uS2XOT_lKV4173ymR_3RhcSWh2YFfHpzXdlizEsQg43IrIOCsdLN4504BxytiaYVmIclTr3S6RolV9P0jZLUIZNT9C4-OhXNe1lgyHQLcqU1zrD-WHFEGbnAWeVgPVi_kW9kZpBFYQ/s1080/2024-final2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1080" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0OPCtUd0GQ-y4QUDrMBbSm_6Zb3Y4GHwcxwKAWWlMeZLCioH8uS2XOT_lKV4173ymR_3RhcSWh2YFfHpzXdlizEsQg43IrIOCsdLN4504BxytiaYVmIclTr3S6RolV9P0jZLUIZNT9C4-OhXNe1lgyHQLcqU1zrD-WHFEGbnAWeVgPVi_kW9kZpBFYQ/w640-h374/2024-final2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">254 - Bobby Witt Jr., Royals</div><div style="text-align: left;">284 - Randy Arozarena, Rays</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two notable ones to finish it out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, after two openings it doesn't look all that great with the dupes, but we're actually doing better than it looks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On to Hanger box #2:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmevo5b9PZM6RomQII6wIfJGagw3-GGHep0WWmcL6nvvBm5EQONQeOedOSre8mSgzclzjfzdSnaEqO2ytL-NIkY9lmrCLa_j12k9oWIbysiAV9YHPxpb9FfQhRVpTc35ldyn52YGkRC8tjZAJZOzLNd9OnENMLw3qW3dmCMrfr8wF62D7NDj9RFdcTKw/s1080/2024-repeats3rdtime.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1080" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmevo5b9PZM6RomQII6wIfJGagw3-GGHep0WWmcL6nvvBm5EQONQeOedOSre8mSgzclzjfzdSnaEqO2ytL-NIkY9lmrCLa_j12k9oWIbysiAV9YHPxpb9FfQhRVpTc35ldyn52YGkRC8tjZAJZOzLNd9OnENMLw3qW3dmCMrfr8wF62D7NDj9RFdcTKw/w640-h558/2024-repeats3rdtime.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Ha, ha! You guys again! That is a first -- pulling triples on the first day of opening cards for the season.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I've been collecting for quite some time since Topps broke its flagship set into two series (three if you include Update) and that has never happened. I wasn't collecting when there were multiple series in the '60s and early '70s so I don't know if it was more common then, but I know when I was a kid if we pulled dupes we practically had a meltdown.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">279 - Angels team card</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9ahjnUnLiKyYgJ-5CzzypTDEPPbhVOaWG_lEzi_A3wdW2PdxV1LLQDSyOGFJRzx5EwtoLVmwKPv7kSXQMLVOFewZnO8veNiDOvSJPrycgZbWcOOzhCMWmbmb4HB3zBp-Pi8XuEQbfpUOAKLxAPK0Ajj0czNXkkuJpp7TuIWo9NPaPjXmbn-PKljO3Vk/s1504/2024-rutschman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9ahjnUnLiKyYgJ-5CzzypTDEPPbhVOaWG_lEzi_A3wdW2PdxV1LLQDSyOGFJRzx5EwtoLVmwKPv7kSXQMLVOFewZnO8veNiDOvSJPrycgZbWcOOzhCMWmbmb4HB3zBp-Pi8XuEQbfpUOAKLxAPK0Ajj0czNXkkuJpp7TuIWo9NPaPjXmbn-PKljO3Vk/w460-h640/2024-rutschman.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /> 35 - Adley Rutschman, Orioles</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">240 - Andruw Monasterio, Brewers</div><div style="text-align: left;">239 - Keibert Ruiz, Nationals</div><div style="text-align: left;">265 - Alika Williams, Pirates (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJU3j-HBI9Ld2qjI94weIyKgHwGqAwRyYKZqdhEooItgkloA2Rch1fE3i7gqwGnGw-Bxk2SBZGngtj4PEgqvQZrEWq_yAtLXrcJev5v3eQfYQM499QUD8it3IIPvI_zllVGZ_yj7czq2TwCknEhLzTILDmhdIBINR0nOZdxYo1ygyhg5RQ7byyRO5V_M/s1080/2024-morerepeats.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="1080" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJU3j-HBI9Ld2qjI94weIyKgHwGqAwRyYKZqdhEooItgkloA2Rch1fE3i7gqwGnGw-Bxk2SBZGngtj4PEgqvQZrEWq_yAtLXrcJev5v3eQfYQM499QUD8it3IIPvI_zllVGZ_yj7czq2TwCknEhLzTILDmhdIBINR0nOZdxYo1ygyhg5RQ7byyRO5V_M/w640-h570/2024-morerepeats.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">MOAR DUPES!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">144 - Jacob Amaya, Marlins (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">158 - Yennier Cano, Orioles</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi16vNgVGTwFbxzt-lZFWLVy0Q7wk6MIYUBjOK2lMdYTVfm7fWS4O_FfAl5_-xDX-qYoyXNYr8sIGwalRPqIEQIeAifebHUhLS7NPGQJyaKJ4Gd2lv9Rm2_Xan1ku5TtsoPT2bYgRDK-1DsgCY5G1-6d2bXd7UisVm6KTnvBU5FELthbMK_Yg6OcPoyD8/s1080/2024-castro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1080" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi16vNgVGTwFbxzt-lZFWLVy0Q7wk6MIYUBjOK2lMdYTVfm7fWS4O_FfAl5_-xDX-qYoyXNYr8sIGwalRPqIEQIeAifebHUhLS7NPGQJyaKJ4Gd2lv9Rm2_Xan1ku5TtsoPT2bYgRDK-1DsgCY5G1-6d2bXd7UisVm6KTnvBU5FELthbMK_Yg6OcPoyD8/w640-h446/2024-castro.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">285 - Willi Castro, Twins</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">162 - Matt Waldron, Padres</div><div style="text-align: left;">221 - Charlie Morton, Braves (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">33 - Willy Adames, Brewers</div><div style="text-align: left;">142 - Joey Meneses, Nationals</div><div style="text-align: left;">321 - Trey Cabbage, Angels (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">316 - Kutter Crawford, Red Sox</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1080" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScxXVqD7PhCemR8lLy1pS2eckm1Y-jzq6NZXi3pveh0CkD-4MCU4DFZLUlop0GGRf2XuWMUUHIKerOBI5a0f84Q-gZ4w-GjZsrg5sL-NNRdSnWfY44Rt8msz5nPQmIWWeyfLGr6M8G70fZgkqMY-DxzsxsbwTOT7QSAdHm3oZqj1JmYkrpFszs9Dg5oc/w640-h458/2024-NLleaders.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">206 - NL Batting Leaders. More Freeman!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had to check if that was the same Arraez photo that's on his own card, but it's different.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4FK0NEwhj-Ie62DZAbk00RAiPO7lfW_FrnJdhEWs74bOFf4iGc7WNTdqNbmQXSVDtE_QkMvVLIazKrQ_VWL-f-RwkS8hRmVcW8ZblBIvhDNiHWfBpiwalzrEMU95ZIYPpdJrGyGJN93t8SwRXYx3zuJuHCFu4kwB0Eoy0bt5kk4Z9Cx4-p3_p00Fgno/s1080/2024-arraezcomparison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1080" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4FK0NEwhj-Ie62DZAbk00RAiPO7lfW_FrnJdhEWs74bOFf4iGc7WNTdqNbmQXSVDtE_QkMvVLIazKrQ_VWL-f-RwkS8hRmVcW8ZblBIvhDNiHWfBpiwalzrEMU95ZIYPpdJrGyGJN93t8SwRXYx3zuJuHCFu4kwB0Eoy0bt5kk4Z9Cx4-p3_p00Fgno/w640-h390/2024-arraezcomparison.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Slightly.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">192 - Orioles team card</div><div style="text-align: left;">276 - Gregory Santos, White Sox</div><div style="text-align: left;">80 - JP Sears, Athletics</div><div style="text-align: left;">329 - Checklist, Astros No-No</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaKWpiBXhSwbXkFdAbjBvpS1Y4-p_eUAb0tocrK9gTMd86Aoq8tBjSgvqCpwkg4EuHWabo4mkSFkyUJSQbmygdUszn6r16sr1NAxE6A-tY-mIjZNXbPaH70ldbaz36qqnMxHDFM6x-O8vS_Ct7YdBrgbdNmDE8P5XKyH7f2lqbdNFRthDpNMcHPdjk7U/s1080/2024-inserts-hangerbox2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1080" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUaKWpiBXhSwbXkFdAbjBvpS1Y4-p_eUAb0tocrK9gTMd86Aoq8tBjSgvqCpwkg4EuHWabo4mkSFkyUJSQbmygdUszn6r16sr1NAxE6A-tY-mIjZNXbPaH70ldbaz36qqnMxHDFM6x-O8vS_Ct7YdBrgbdNmDE8P5XKyH7f2lqbdNFRthDpNMcHPdjk7U/w640-h526/2024-inserts-hangerbox2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Inserts and Parallels part 3, but THE SAME STARS OF MLB CARDS. 😒</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a very Reds-friendly break, though those blue print cards don't do a thing for me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xA_wd2j9X5y9E3f5ciR_SheKZxztY_3QZSmGPKuTBjkCIE6LNFMES95v-eiLWhrmuxgcrXyr_QVVBET-_tlbwR2QcV4Q4H4NdMNGkrNyHDNOhNW8nWOkEKcllRT_PsOC1VIUkawaYdts2ARJV-MahtTl9MvDuqWqeJEXn1mdY-qBoKtpJODqMvd_ndA/s1501/2024-greene.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xA_wd2j9X5y9E3f5ciR_SheKZxztY_3QZSmGPKuTBjkCIE6LNFMES95v-eiLWhrmuxgcrXyr_QVVBET-_tlbwR2QcV4Q4H4NdMNGkrNyHDNOhNW8nWOkEKcllRT_PsOC1VIUkawaYdts2ARJV-MahtTl9MvDuqWqeJEXn1mdY-qBoKtpJODqMvd_ndA/w460-h640/2024-greene.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">274 - Riley Greene, Tigers (Greene seems to approve of the Future Stars logo).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">312 - Steven Kwan, Guardians</div><div style="text-align: left;">160 - Ji Hwan Bae, Pirates</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWep1mMJa_MxTAZd2LJ9B2bDCRG4pVQjfUX2q7d61IZk-rTNDFzw2qzOjtJdhROw-dt1xxpWD3nd-1Xfw6RcKa3fG4-UXiC9O2xVsDs634WLwaTkiacqnmMVuAQ_gtO52vb8Wqqa1DsZZ8Z1ShaLzQ9jPnm1RvV_T4ltt4Ibtg-PObm65JixPCcAW8KQ/s1496/2024-dominguez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWep1mMJa_MxTAZd2LJ9B2bDCRG4pVQjfUX2q7d61IZk-rTNDFzw2qzOjtJdhROw-dt1xxpWD3nd-1Xfw6RcKa3fG4-UXiC9O2xVsDs634WLwaTkiacqnmMVuAQ_gtO52vb8Wqqa1DsZZ8Z1ShaLzQ9jPnm1RvV_T4ltt4Ibtg-PObm65JixPCcAW8KQ/w462-h640/2024-dominguez.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">60 - Jasson Dominguez, Yankees (RC) - Wooooo, hot rooooooookie card alert!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYi0CSfWjWp3uDu1v5qLefmwxmpIujgOvhMg99W1hAwojI5dPXVErBmxX51ysMZAdIdHa9D2P3nHt_riPKktx5m4MvVKw4SijbuGWbDAA72OllRhleSBGj-eW5VXNmMQvYN86rPt2q1x10jQKjjoHOzBhHEcwbzBT98ne7r7-rn8INdhJDwYE_HK6A6Y/s1080/2024-bieber.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYi0CSfWjWp3uDu1v5qLefmwxmpIujgOvhMg99W1hAwojI5dPXVErBmxX51ysMZAdIdHa9D2P3nHt_riPKktx5m4MvVKw4SijbuGWbDAA72OllRhleSBGj-eW5VXNmMQvYN86rPt2q1x10jQKjjoHOzBhHEcwbzBT98ne7r7-rn8INdhJDwYE_HK6A6Y/w640-h452/2024-bieber.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">107 - Shane Bieber, Guardians</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was something on Twitter about the ball being photoshopped but I think it was just the Matt Manning card (EDIT: No it's<a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/cleveland-guardians-starting-pitcher-shane-bieber-delivers-news-photo/1258494719"> Bieber, too</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">185 - Spencer Torkelson, Tigers</div><div style="text-align: left;">125 - Jake Burger, Marlins (CC)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">219 - Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Reds (CC) (his name is brutal when you're running out of patience with a post)</div><div style="text-align: left;">336 - Dean Kremer, Orioles (CC)</div><div style="text-align: left;">234 - Wilmer Flores, Giants</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GDPPoOFksWVM640wFEr53JTr8wU3Jl49dGhGnv2D4OywiHp00akh2sV_-c_3s-B63jmDN8sVMPWomVBrTBOGIhin9SiT5pzCS2AuouPi38hBbqZ-YTPRsUttcgZ7HeuQIBkSbLjv6dUFWJdEsLkxWc7474H_g1JKZit-F1EwC3rKZM8Nrqms3_QtaOE/s1484/2024-sheehan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GDPPoOFksWVM640wFEr53JTr8wU3Jl49dGhGnv2D4OywiHp00akh2sV_-c_3s-B63jmDN8sVMPWomVBrTBOGIhin9SiT5pzCS2AuouPi38hBbqZ-YTPRsUttcgZ7HeuQIBkSbLjv6dUFWJdEsLkxWc7474H_g1JKZit-F1EwC3rKZM8Nrqms3_QtaOE/w460-h640/2024-sheehan.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /> 283 - Emmet Sheehan, Dodgers (RC)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There you go, there's the traveling Topps logo. It would have fit fine in the upper left.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">109 - Michael Kopech, White Sox</div><div style="text-align: left;">147 - JJ Bleday, Athletics</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">AND WE'RE DONE.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Seventeen rookie cards by my count, not counting the repeats.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I lost track of the City Connect uniforms. But it didn't seem quite as much as I expected. Even with all the doubles I still landed enough cards for 28 percent of the set, which I guess isn't too bad on first try.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Retail isn't the best for card purchases -- I know that -- but it used to be better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Glad I don't have to wait for them anymore. I'll probably grab a pack here and there in the months to come, they look too nice to stay away. I think I'll still like it a lot when Series 2 comes out, which is always the test of how much I truly like a set.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciZGSZgqC7BvyBzTpbtzmuLatdT-RYC0vz1HDLCjVpPnNZWa77yVSyYlUqb1G-kwTzhUY3pGYG6q7IO2D3_41mmnr073PI3EsnmQe07-TNxoOmXTnFBROBXJvpvkJayWYC9D3-X8IIP9-nNd9wJcjOgsPewjApBm3NXNsGPHW8JdN-cHD7UiOQEyRcWk/s1143/2024-triplicates.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciZGSZgqC7BvyBzTpbtzmuLatdT-RYC0vz1HDLCjVpPnNZWa77yVSyYlUqb1G-kwTzhUY3pGYG6q7IO2D3_41mmnr073PI3EsnmQe07-TNxoOmXTnFBROBXJvpvkJayWYC9D3-X8IIP9-nNd9wJcjOgsPewjApBm3NXNsGPHW8JdN-cHD7UiOQEyRcWk/s16000/2024-triplicates.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And if it can overcome this ...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-62016466511934879122024-02-21T19:18:00.005-05:002024-02-21T19:57:31.533-05:00C.A.: 2024 Topps Mookie Betts<div style="text-align: left;"><i>(Hello. Holiday Insights says <a href="https://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/february/cardreadingday.htm">today</a> is Card Reading Day. I had no idea there was a day devoted to reading the backs of your baseball cards. This world isn't so bad after all. It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 334th in a series):</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIzR_TZIL3PN82J5EyjjicsLASZGgITta6r9peaG3yUm_cXT8TK61Y286_L-4NhbEhxNyV1RuHe8k7GSl-czAQiodvUgdcsY6TphOYiaG-eCShG8m25tlwZu7KnA0Q2EfJYMlWl4nP9_7Acxtgogau0Zid4bZ4xzhtum7hgLLhPkeUrtdAFn4I1UTUIM/s1519/ca-bettstopper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIzR_TZIL3PN82J5EyjjicsLASZGgITta6r9peaG3yUm_cXT8TK61Y286_L-4NhbEhxNyV1RuHe8k7GSl-czAQiodvUgdcsY6TphOYiaG-eCShG8m25tlwZu7KnA0Q2EfJYMlWl4nP9_7Acxtgogau0Zid4bZ4xzhtum7hgLLhPkeUrtdAFn4I1UTUIM/w452-h640/ca-bettstopper.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />I received my first 2024 Topps flagship card in the mail yesterday. It arrived from Jeremy of <a href="https://toppscardsthatneverwere.blogspot.com/">Topps Cards That Never Were</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I expect I'll find some 2024 packs for myself by the end of the week, if the stores cooperate, but this is an excellent start, might I say a phenomenal start.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I was captivated right away by the 2024 Topps design. A neon lights theme for a card set is sure to be popular but I've explained my fondness for lights at night and built my blog look around it (in several iterations) since the very start of this blog more than 15 years ago. This set is built for me -- what took you so long, Topps? -- so, please excuse the love letter that starts now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I know it's not cool online to like new things, especially cards created by Topps. I've done my share of ragging on their cards -- more than my share some (ex) readers would say, and they're right -- so I can like something a lot if I want. I like this look a lot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">How much? Well, at first I thought it was the best-looking flagship set since 2015 Topps. That's the most recent set that I wholeheartedly enjoyed, and collected. But I like it more than 2015. I like it more than all the other 2000s Topps sets that I've liked -- 2013, 2011, 2009, 2005, 2003. I definitely like it more than anything that Topps flagshipped in the '90s.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So we're at the '80s now. This set looks most like 1986 Topps with the black on top, white on the bottom (with just about the same amount of both) and the team name in color at the top. I was not collecting in '86 but I was fascinated with it back then. Once again, bright lights/words on a dark background. And when I got back into collecting, it's one of the first sets I finished. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I like the 2024 set more than 1986.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So that brings me to 1983 and that's where 2024's streak ends. But still, I like 2024's design better than every flagship set for the last 40 years. This is why I can't comprehend folks I've read online saying "maybe it will grow on me." OK, I'm going to assume you're color blind. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXcLeKPIofmFbJG_gm7VJZkwf-A6jCOG0iBL-5_Vq4vObMhOcsF4Hu1puXA6MWE7_JNN_2Y0qhE1D-gtA9vZHV7j8QQKyqA3p4jOOLhdtkiBXPtqS3odLs-U6wOIAPBTJfi5w8gZcVTTsM9czqYsk1WuixaH9tBbqhiQNkvDUWlV3QSwQm-89_t7QfQQ/s1440/ca-betts1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXcLeKPIofmFbJG_gm7VJZkwf-A6jCOG0iBL-5_Vq4vObMhOcsF4Hu1puXA6MWE7_JNN_2Y0qhE1D-gtA9vZHV7j8QQKyqA3p4jOOLhdtkiBXPtqS3odLs-U6wOIAPBTJfi5w8gZcVTTsM9czqYsk1WuixaH9tBbqhiQNkvDUWlV3QSwQm-89_t7QfQQ/w480-h640/ca-betts1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Like others have said, the cards look even better in person. This is because of the "neon lines" on the card that glisten under light when the card is tilted. Yes, I know I've said I'm sick of tilting cards. But this isn't like those '90s-'00s cards where you had to tilt it to read the damn card, You can already read it. But the neon "tubing" -- the team name and the home plate outline and the position circle and the inner border -- all have a sheen to them. I don't know what they did to treat these cards, I'm sure there's a term for it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The effect is impossible to capture with a camera -- at least with my phone camera -- so it's best viewed in person.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rzIfYnq8YKDfB7slJ21unPEO4AnAaA3mZ6GIQLBYHM6Oto-y6mdo7fDLkyo8gaFxquMAYoDnLkRtMjZnGCe2XAQE-o6sEccKq3zJ7pFXt3G7ynOm8bZWe8ipjlXjcSBfpcfxV0dqc7Uas3A3UqGLvcYwguoiAhGoM5m_x8dERFkJkUeH1PO0MBorA0s/s1379/ca-betts-night.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rzIfYnq8YKDfB7slJ21unPEO4AnAaA3mZ6GIQLBYHM6Oto-y6mdo7fDLkyo8gaFxquMAYoDnLkRtMjZnGCe2XAQE-o6sEccKq3zJ7pFXt3G7ynOm8bZWe8ipjlXjcSBfpcfxV0dqc7Uas3A3UqGLvcYwguoiAhGoM5m_x8dERFkJkUeH1PO0MBorA0s/w502-h640/ca-betts-night.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's Betts lit up at night, I guess you can see the red parts shine a little better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, aside from personal preferences that attracted me to this, I'm interested in it because there haven't been a lot of instances where Topps has altered its flagship set in some way (excluding on parallels). There are plenty of other Topps off-shoot sets that have some kind of effect on it, but flagship's changes can be boiled down to:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Shrink the card size (1957)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Change the card stock from gray to white to gray to white (1963, 1971, 1992)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3. Add the Topps logo (1979) <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Add foil to the front (1995)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Probably forgetting something there, but that's what jumps out to me. And now we have this subtlety, which is so much better than foil.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some online folks have wondered how this design will hold up in the future. Yeah, I suppose that's valid. For me, the foil years have not held up very well in many case. But as for this design, we'll probably have to wait just as long -- 25 years or so -- to evaluate it again. And it's very possible I won't be around for that. So I'll just enjoy how wonderful it is right now and be happy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This doesn't mean I plan to try to complete the set. There are an avalanche of rookies and City Connect uniforms in this set that will turn me off if I see them all together in a binder (though if my sister-in-law revives her habit of sending me a full set for Christmas, I won't mind). Also I want my set bidding -- outside of 1970 Topps, etc. -- to go toward 2024 Heritage.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I like these so much that I know I'm going to be annoyed by any inserts that get in the way of my pack-opening experience. Inserts haven't done it for me for years and now they will be even more irrelevant.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jeremy sent me a few other cards along with Betts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwgat8gEJ69SoG5Ik8Y6uIaEPMWsgEzx8yiErjDEOYTmC_RjRl6bBaRYlpJhRgdnvx-LYUIUl5U1nBIhhyphenhyphenjIFFOkou6QXq7AMv2VLmZtaDTfl9dbtN8wVyVRh47W2kbaNC0q7XdbtKk4zBoXE9alxm1VKMUeY0bhWztzx5lm8Rmw1fMIdongXjJCf4MU/s2240/2023Heritagehigh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwgat8gEJ69SoG5Ik8Y6uIaEPMWsgEzx8yiErjDEOYTmC_RjRl6bBaRYlpJhRgdnvx-LYUIUl5U1nBIhhyphenhyphenjIFFOkou6QXq7AMv2VLmZtaDTfl9dbtN8wVyVRh47W2kbaNC0q7XdbtKk4zBoXE9alxm1VKMUeY0bhWztzx5lm8Rmw1fMIdongXjJCf4MU/w548-h640/2023Heritagehigh.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A few more 2023 Heritage High Numbers SP cards plus a Dodgers combo card (these things are as lame as ever).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAd85vGHVbncRShJrlF6UfBsfMkqighi6c7br0Riqz8ZsIK8SuZRqIX98ikdWIoInCl0LUDq-m86Qi617MO5Hj_tDyFfKD52Z7_I3gmO7OL2rm2AnwM3gBRT-xbQLHiPzG-YOlHAHZg8IA8ma9u1HTVYVTKcvMC2VSFZ0Ssld9Get1FiE6SjHOk4GPsI/s1920/martinez-sc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1920" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAd85vGHVbncRShJrlF6UfBsfMkqighi6c7br0Riqz8ZsIK8SuZRqIX98ikdWIoInCl0LUDq-m86Qi617MO5Hj_tDyFfKD52Z7_I3gmO7OL2rm2AnwM3gBRT-xbQLHiPzG-YOlHAHZg8IA8ma9u1HTVYVTKcvMC2VSFZ0Ssld9Get1FiE6SjHOk4GPsI/w640-h474/martinez-sc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And a sepia parallel of former Dodger/Free Agent in Limbo J.D. Martinez.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, that was a lot of words about one 2024 Topps card. Expect a bunch more when I land a blaster/hanger boxie thang, hopefully soon.</div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-47103521008941498962024-02-20T19:32:00.014-05:002024-02-20T19:43:27.819-05:00Gotta have goals<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByqslaH6QsnU_rAH88lb_iA_xXA3gXi793a0oykwWtFq2nuVniQcNX_OwmSf6ZD3tzFp6K-LhTyP-MOQRQtWHcJB2T6Ek69UXNX1vWP-u4GEZKB5QNBN_eZmY2PQTou3LAs3qyKrFftl_JOlU_sxTvTUBawDEyIb9BaWn-KfwrwcCEZRzN0TUi4wonxE/s1525/ghg-bo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgByqslaH6QsnU_rAH88lb_iA_xXA3gXi793a0oykwWtFq2nuVniQcNX_OwmSf6ZD3tzFp6K-LhTyP-MOQRQtWHcJB2T6Ek69UXNX1vWP-u4GEZKB5QNBN_eZmY2PQTou3LAs3qyKrFftl_JOlU_sxTvTUBawDEyIb9BaWn-KfwrwcCEZRzN0TUi4wonxE/w454-h640/ghg-bo.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a full cart over at sportlots that is just waiting for me to have time and money. Veteran readers know that this is not a great period for spending cash on cards for me, but the wallet loosens by mid-March.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">One of the first things I will do when that time comes is click that ship button. The majority of my sportlots order is set needs and in a couple cases will finish off sets I've been chasing the last few years. Happy, happy, joy, joy!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I've mentioned <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2019/10/laughter-joy-and-loneliness-and-sets.html">before</a> that set collecting makes the most sense to me, even in this age of Topps playing head games with the few set collectors who remain. While other kinds of collecting feels a little disjointed or scattered, collecting a set comes with a goal: finish the set. There is a defined end. And I've gotta have goals.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This brings me the most peace in collecting and even if that sportlots order feels like it's stagnating, I'm still working on those sets. Not too long ago I finished a TCDB trade with Mokolai that brought me quite a few cards for my set pursuits.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The most cards arrived from 1985 Donruss:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoo9UiJk827p6tD_1nB3W-McLdKu6S5XJOilAb3xJAbCe-Yta9qqRDsk2tXAMHB-UjFBa9s-y5vOCvBfNd_ZGVKeMjxsrXn7qBx8eha709dBWda0txRN3KU5U4ZwYylIFnLGCFyVgSGtYs4_4TmQYZbO98RdOgWVLfbB0nYpZiuLQP7VN8j9u5AEUZ88/s1425/ghg-85D-stack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCoo9UiJk827p6tD_1nB3W-McLdKu6S5XJOilAb3xJAbCe-Yta9qqRDsk2tXAMHB-UjFBa9s-y5vOCvBfNd_ZGVKeMjxsrXn7qBx8eha709dBWda0txRN3KU5U4ZwYylIFnLGCFyVgSGtYs4_4TmQYZbO98RdOgWVLfbB0nYpZiuLQP7VN8j9u5AEUZ88/w486-h640/ghg-85D-stack.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That is 101 former needs in that stack. I'm up to 555 cards for the set, meaning I need 105 to finish it. Of course the Clemens and Gooden cards are still on the want list, but I at least got some notables in this trade.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYsZDhBhwtqS1_XXrta-NOe-oEHwg-y0wj7FaIXC4LJTU15uB8TKqXDY0OtlvQ4o-EuYxElRP0fFu5x6dHdlgv7JixDI6cLSNtAOwtqnhN_vX5mnaaiMJFyol_9o3SqYcG4rJmCPCa1KIUcDlkMgMOl1opf2TLFWJXeVHCYeTw26YkqBs_aUCc7p4pnU/s1445/ghg-85D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYsZDhBhwtqS1_XXrta-NOe-oEHwg-y0wj7FaIXC4LJTU15uB8TKqXDY0OtlvQ4o-EuYxElRP0fFu5x6dHdlgv7JixDI6cLSNtAOwtqnhN_vX5mnaaiMJFyol_9o3SqYcG4rJmCPCa1KIUcDlkMgMOl1opf2TLFWJXeVHCYeTw26YkqBs_aUCc7p4pnU/s16000/ghg-85D.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Very nice. The Cal Ripken card is interesting because that's one of the cards I pulled out of the few packs of this set I bought in 1985. I think I sent it off in some trade several years ago when I didn't think I'd be trying to complete any Donruss sets ever.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> I now need to get my act together and find a binder for this thing. Half the fun of finishing a set is filling the empty slots!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8FShHv-V5_Kkz0u_eL57OFHeN13Ero2ks7ryVwPJkMP6WVatTlojlpJOr88sL2MYXivb7KicZtBsbMPpEI97vNULzVvfp1jAFVlhNsMq5VCVo4kGsEvbLwQryZ0Fd2dX5HDv4pYdcQW32MYoPV1wMJ8iCT3A6UppUDbahQ81DrFGgPIMqYfqqfChSX0/s1519/ghg-tejada.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8FShHv-V5_Kkz0u_eL57OFHeN13Ero2ks7ryVwPJkMP6WVatTlojlpJOr88sL2MYXivb7KicZtBsbMPpEI97vNULzVvfp1jAFVlhNsMq5VCVo4kGsEvbLwQryZ0Fd2dX5HDv4pYdcQW32MYoPV1wMJ8iCT3A6UppUDbahQ81DrFGgPIMqYfqqfChSX0/w456-h640/ghg-tejada.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br />Moving forward 20 years, here is one card from Mokolai for my 2005 Topps chase. Not a lot of enthusiasm for this set lately so I expect to still be trying to complete a year from now, maybe a year after that. But I'm 90 cards away from finishing it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsqGjaRSIAqewM4iVlFn08435lBZ1gyRoVQxmIOiKSEar8tNmIge6qtlM3hmrl9RDeQdIA9P0OgEWaytQ6ikrw2qJCJqN-i4oY_M_tXsn3iiVotOkYfFvoW-08AnxaSxK1HNJsePaTKwVpslvCT5n7uApT0hX566qeOWlR5hpmpmCg2EzKYOnNHjt4js/s1440/ghg-81F(Stk).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsqGjaRSIAqewM4iVlFn08435lBZ1gyRoVQxmIOiKSEar8tNmIge6qtlM3hmrl9RDeQdIA9P0OgEWaytQ6ikrw2qJCJqN-i4oY_M_tXsn3iiVotOkYfFvoW-08AnxaSxK1HNJsePaTKwVpslvCT5n7uApT0hX566qeOWlR5hpmpmCg2EzKYOnNHjt4js/s16000/ghg-81F(Stk).jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I also received four needs from the 1981 Fleer Star Stickers set (this is my kind of trade!). All of the other needs from this set are in my sportlots cart, in fact I got to remove the Morgan and Lynn cards from my cart -- always a thrill.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkaKS-DdMVoa-sLkKnR0DnUXQDN1k61nELxEsq5BxoNiAomkh4RCIyw5zLVr_1kAUTIKj6un1FkjEXgUm4U1BrO_UpqHHMXoX0IMmgLPhuiM7fWXUKMBMk9blkRiOBSpBEbPGoFptAWKYtMjoPWcfaOQCVj2kgBEc-9EUz9QwhjPphVsOpJPOiGnGvqc/s1464/ghg-86Tr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkaKS-DdMVoa-sLkKnR0DnUXQDN1k61nELxEsq5BxoNiAomkh4RCIyw5zLVr_1kAUTIKj6un1FkjEXgUm4U1BrO_UpqHHMXoX0IMmgLPhuiM7fWXUKMBMk9blkRiOBSpBEbPGoFptAWKYtMjoPWcfaOQCVj2kgBEc-9EUz9QwhjPphVsOpJPOiGnGvqc/s16000/ghg-86Tr.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Finally four needs from 1986 Topps Traded, including the Barry Bonds card! I won't have to surrender any coins for Barry! Super sweet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I anticipated, it didn't take long to close in on completing this set. I am down to needing one card to wrap it up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But it's not the Bo Jackson card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROwtooHCbwnV2nv_L5tgqtqHdZvrLGuzO6ygYQR9lKb57__MvEUgbyxX2PruvkoPq-ygXx2DNCT1494BxgW5sxmmPKeajDLwfCSQU3NtC8FcgRlDyLqJ8qPVXf8E8QWFa7NiLVf_tZK-PsW6e0WMaEfk1dMt_Y6fBWc1Q1OhnttymCLaDTULBGeI1YO0/s1252/ghg-bo-phone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="923" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROwtooHCbwnV2nv_L5tgqtqHdZvrLGuzO6ygYQR9lKb57__MvEUgbyxX2PruvkoPq-ygXx2DNCT1494BxgW5sxmmPKeajDLwfCSQU3NtC8FcgRlDyLqJ8qPVXf8E8QWFa7NiLVf_tZK-PsW6e0WMaEfk1dMt_Y6fBWc1Q1OhnttymCLaDTULBGeI1YO0/w472-h640/ghg-bo-phone.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's because that card showed up in another TCDB trade with sometimes blogger Steve, who I've traded with many times before I knew what TCDB was.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's a very nice example and again I'm pleased I won't have to chase his card on ebay or somewhere else. I still think all 1980s cards should be free. None of them are scarce.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Except the '86 Traded Billy Hatcher, apparently, which IS the last card I need to finish that set.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6nvPNi3jEyLzrMI4MoCgamqPKUHp7pau2rWzoR5wFCAtjeysfNra6LOhqZq4P62d0FNzxXHqK6UHXYZ_2AfZMbs2g_QT2N3XZJLXUuK26ICywxzs9zXpRaJCnzRqZPNP5OkbTgK10PCVsrmsFVCzwG6EKMWjU2B_KRHXnw8gHFwUDmXyUN6XtaBm65U/s1528/ghg-appling.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6nvPNi3jEyLzrMI4MoCgamqPKUHp7pau2rWzoR5wFCAtjeysfNra6LOhqZq4P62d0FNzxXHqK6UHXYZ_2AfZMbs2g_QT2N3XZJLXUuK26ICywxzs9zXpRaJCnzRqZPNP5OkbTgK10PCVsrmsFVCzwG6EKMWjU2B_KRHXnw8gHFwUDmXyUN6XtaBm65U/w452-h640/ghg-appling.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Steve also sent this "artist's rendering" Luke Appling off my 1990 Pacific Legends want list. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That was all the recent damage from TCDB on the set-finishing front but there is one more set I'm chasing that isn't really conducive to TCDB trades, at least in my experience.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrU8Pkmtcn9nHGJrKeEiPgaRaC-Bz_ZpUK_V85X5sQ3zJACfVcLnKUBoqfiSPx6G3M-ypxKEYxl7Oj14MB5hvblcA77m8JIcklQoiCUaktR6MTQHLjpiztybh22sXWc29q3u3tQ7jjU39KpJx1n5U4G_-8yhf_gjD-2asPaBfhRiq2pQCjnSTyxTXg0w/s1080/ghg-70T.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1080" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrU8Pkmtcn9nHGJrKeEiPgaRaC-Bz_ZpUK_V85X5sQ3zJACfVcLnKUBoqfiSPx6G3M-ypxKEYxl7Oj14MB5hvblcA77m8JIcklQoiCUaktR6MTQHLjpiztybh22sXWc29q3u3tQ7jjU39KpJx1n5U4G_-8yhf_gjD-2asPaBfhRiq2pQCjnSTyxTXg0w/w640-h470/ghg-70T.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These are two former needs from 1970 Topps. The Cleon Jones was a nice send from JJ, who is <a href="https://twitter.com/jj9892454">on Twitter</a>. I landed the Ernie Banks myself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm now down to the final six cards to finish this set. There are still three biggies (Gibson, Mays and Kaline) but I've landed tougher cards from this set so I hope to have a nice Completion Post at some point in future months (I just grabbed the Ray Sadecki card!).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And you know those kind of posts make me the happiest. Because I've finished a goal.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-4619013812606253572024-02-19T19:19:00.002-05:002024-02-19T19:53:10.429-05:00The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 280-261)<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz0qOrz0OXIymxooWGr10hPcCyuA4dcpwZXKv2hBEy42y08RnfhVV9AvWhLFdISD194jOUbceXuZIBnoLJ-pqb2Yh-0cFu-TiF8Q17mdBVh6F_HgcSyVGOLyHtQ6FVhoLX7js0ajguGmJn4MFUObSm5sFgCa0IIT12ROFFfmKbSNEF9c2XL8ECxs_6Bk/s640/75ranking-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="640" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIz0qOrz0OXIymxooWGr10hPcCyuA4dcpwZXKv2hBEy42y08RnfhVV9AvWhLFdISD194jOUbceXuZIBnoLJ-pqb2Yh-0cFu-TiF8Q17mdBVh6F_HgcSyVGOLyHtQ6FVhoLX7js0ajguGmJn4MFUObSm5sFgCa0IIT12ROFFfmKbSNEF9c2XL8ECxs_6Bk/w640-h568/75ranking-topper.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">If Topps Heritage is coming out at the same time it did last year, we're about three months away from this year's edition, which I've been looking forward to since I first knew what Heritage was.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As we get closer, I've started to think about how I'm going to react to the product. I think overall I will love it, if my appreciation for the 2023 Heritage set is any indication. But my enthusiasm for the 1975 set is even greater than for '74 and any differences in 2024 Heritage's version are going to bug me more than any previous Heritage set.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm not talking about Heritage having inserts when '75 Topps didn't. In fact I'm looking forward to the '75 color scheme being used with those inserts. I'm not talking about the color swapping, which I'm sure will set an all-time high with this set, or other variations either.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Specifically I want to see how closely the base cards look, front and back. I would like to have unique cartoons instead using the same 12 over-and-over (a big ask, I'm sure), I would like all the fonts to be accurate, which generally Heritage is good about. If any of it looks like this year's 1989 Topps inserts, though, I will freak out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I especially want to see all the same color schemes -- every one -- and All-Star treatment for all-stars. I'm not as particular about the subsets, but they'd be nice to see -- hopefully the postseason ones, if they exist, will be less sloppy than the ones in 2023 Heritage.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can bet I will have a very detailed review when that time comes, but it's not that time yet. Heck I haven't even shown 2024 flagship here yet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nope, we're traveling back in time for another countdown episode. Join me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi861IfFBE3w2jdZIUtEsw8OnPW5CMXvyjncLdMNy0DrlQnWtxb3hQbx8lSUHl803_9K0RNis65ZPUCDnjrme2xjwEKjSeAGsJ4zb7J0eWoBoFIzwMrjiJn9h-vzOFNwTjZnVfwBPlO1Sasp59BngFARFXbWHp8I5aMuMmp2e-qpviGq8yci2yLhBL47dE/s1538/75ranking-mendoza.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi861IfFBE3w2jdZIUtEsw8OnPW5CMXvyjncLdMNy0DrlQnWtxb3hQbx8lSUHl803_9K0RNis65ZPUCDnjrme2xjwEKjSeAGsJ4zb7J0eWoBoFIzwMrjiJn9h-vzOFNwTjZnVfwBPlO1Sasp59BngFARFXbWHp8I5aMuMmp2e-qpviGq8yci2yLhBL47dE/w450-h640/75ranking-mendoza.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>280. Mario Mendoza (card 457)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As a kid, I didn't want this card in my collection. My brother and I were horrified by it. I have an improved opinion of it. I like Mendoza's quizzical expression and his glasses and his signature. Plus a batting cage. Heck, this card has it all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vBgzFNl1egZdDlgOS7URfie4w9dPg3soitx-26q389pnDiYefuAr50fa_knonBN8tgXnmZRM6Z4Ld5CjECbTM4C4147ZoKgCzkWHzSXiC5a1jlqkrkOaBA8HPLx7nroZ9RhA05awZ9L7PNsG6QQ9t1vbYg1vJOx2X-9aMvU42t4RFjQPHVfzWqzUKy4/s1503/75ranking-rau.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vBgzFNl1egZdDlgOS7URfie4w9dPg3soitx-26q389pnDiYefuAr50fa_knonBN8tgXnmZRM6Z4Ld5CjECbTM4C4147ZoKgCzkWHzSXiC5a1jlqkrkOaBA8HPLx7nroZ9RhA05awZ9L7PNsG6QQ9t1vbYg1vJOx2X-9aMvU42t4RFjQPHVfzWqzUKy4/w460-h640/75ranking-rau.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>279. Doug Rau (card 269)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have always liked this card of Rau throwing casually in front of the bleachers. colored to represent Dodger Stadium seating. This card and his '76 Topps card made him one of my favorite Dodger starters, above more noted ones like Burt Hooton and Tommy John.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwOR7efCCmBkwC-j_iE4PqgUehih1W1L2HQDZALRSyKfH1gSKQ17lBKo6YMoJwbAdApxwrFHQJtnq1r9zLmO7fKnA_5OMF3ZYzD0v0i5qRxjriYFL3sWCg0QaSkjFl6WRerP1puH0xyxGKqlCNCwniLYSi0cnF5AwNLH5QbX9UNXf5fDkz06ylrR5MXM/s1505/75ranking-borbon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwOR7efCCmBkwC-j_iE4PqgUehih1W1L2HQDZALRSyKfH1gSKQ17lBKo6YMoJwbAdApxwrFHQJtnq1r9zLmO7fKnA_5OMF3ZYzD0v0i5qRxjriYFL3sWCg0QaSkjFl6WRerP1puH0xyxGKqlCNCwniLYSi0cnF5AwNLH5QbX9UNXf5fDkz06ylrR5MXM/w460-h640/75ranking-borbon.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>278. Pedro Borbon (card 157)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A bit hazy, but the expression on Pedro Borbon's face is everything. Reds cards with the yellow-red combo are sweet.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5ALrosenPb9pLlTJGrFYAhoOWRkwb3xQg33O8GABzwdB34UMJUf2pAMIVyk6aIgWE0o2zCJeOkw_S7rqJy0pJbJDyQUpPZHtlGXRAXXyTScvxu0ciwrv132kqAbtNpSBYTsKn6n248i-Sp9pn5OHq-CrkXu-mQQv3ktn-_Fs9cpznnZhwvBIx-T8za8/s1507/75ranking-mangual.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1507" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu5ALrosenPb9pLlTJGrFYAhoOWRkwb3xQg33O8GABzwdB34UMJUf2pAMIVyk6aIgWE0o2zCJeOkw_S7rqJy0pJbJDyQUpPZHtlGXRAXXyTScvxu0ciwrv132kqAbtNpSBYTsKn6n248i-Sp9pn5OHq-CrkXu-mQQv3ktn-_Fs9cpznnZhwvBIx-T8za8/w458-h640/75ranking-mangual.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>277. Angel Mangual (card 452)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An alternate view of the traditional hands-on-knees baseball pose. One of the rare A's cards in this set without a border color that matches the team's colors (at least the team name is yellow), although there is another one coming up in this episode.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg8N3nkweUnrUwH7gw-nE2PpSpNa-H-J3aV48JGwQZIaf0nPwbv6Ohedx6aMj5Aefv0qxsQyJVIARa6Lp2-PxkN2YpoA-P9iJL5WelcfZgyFkr65GYAqaYVpZOzBmaDTcXJw-5bMnZsdyridgrENtexs6E9T7s0benlcnBBR-nNq5AzsyiwJGpcl8yxw/s1517/75ranking-hutton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGg8N3nkweUnrUwH7gw-nE2PpSpNa-H-J3aV48JGwQZIaf0nPwbv6Ohedx6aMj5Aefv0qxsQyJVIARa6Lp2-PxkN2YpoA-P9iJL5WelcfZgyFkr65GYAqaYVpZOzBmaDTcXJw-5bMnZsdyridgrENtexs6E9T7s0benlcnBBR-nNq5AzsyiwJGpcl8yxw/w456-h640/75ranking-hutton.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>276. Tom Hutton (card 477)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A pretty pleasing color match with the border and the Candlestick Park ballpark. Nice signature, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFtlquw2pLwx3SLQihP4hDyeWzINE7FCTY3AccYexDy2I0JfCz8bZpxAcJ5_GSLguO5qerENcE37yW9EZwnBvkhMzrYqM2k7IVdBvdEBQmP4IGAW6Cqkdw2HMBQ2vIJSrPA7RoK8At-ApbXV_9xqwixcHQrQxBoTrxJIZUnTAyx9uJPVtDCiQ8zvCG58/s1525/75ranking-north.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFtlquw2pLwx3SLQihP4hDyeWzINE7FCTY3AccYexDy2I0JfCz8bZpxAcJ5_GSLguO5qerENcE37yW9EZwnBvkhMzrYqM2k7IVdBvdEBQmP4IGAW6Cqkdw2HMBQ2vIJSrPA7RoK8At-ApbXV_9xqwixcHQrQxBoTrxJIZUnTAyx9uJPVtDCiQ8zvCG58/w454-h640/75ranking-north.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>275. Bill North (card 121)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is the other A's card without green or yellow in the border combo, but the team name is yellow once again. I kind of like the "all-of-the-colors-of-the-rainbow" look. There are a couple other A's cards that have the same color explosion, which will arrive later in the countdown. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0lWsfpBYTp94v9muBQRZqLzQ9zvMGaY_Yo-VAwsdHw6gSIzDfCMZW4DV8rsxrTuAoV1hcKcmkZFRJWGKgWdtzY1nuCDz9PBzO14niWfPo7ZHVbvIbLWUBr_1NhyIMIHMSAubxmWY18rtRl3K-3F-YluF3p2JF-Y1a-L7zgLap766iaXmVgo8KXv-0Vw/s1527/75ranking-perez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0lWsfpBYTp94v9muBQRZqLzQ9zvMGaY_Yo-VAwsdHw6gSIzDfCMZW4DV8rsxrTuAoV1hcKcmkZFRJWGKgWdtzY1nuCDz9PBzO14niWfPo7ZHVbvIbLWUBr_1NhyIMIHMSAubxmWY18rtRl3K-3F-YluF3p2JF-Y1a-L7zgLap766iaXmVgo8KXv-0Vw/w452-h640/75ranking-perez.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>274. Tony Perez (card 560)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not very much going on in Tony Perez's '75 card, though that signature kills. Perez would make up for it with his excellent '76 and '77 Topps cards. That's what happens when you're a two-time World Series champion.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloPPf5fNOc0_39NdlZVo1BHFEJ7DQQVGqs6DtYnN3iINX0VxJFTYRAQHZiLAKbtlp29owEBBmLhc7bnxZO_1Mye1ZIyd3op5PlKHp7Cel76myLo_7ywqZc6Hz9jIYKnOXY_Vf7yY6-fkbLIkQd9uBqS1lx4YOVX20lwM4bRYoeX6vkru77fr6Hi5RRWs/s1527/75ranking-leon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloPPf5fNOc0_39NdlZVo1BHFEJ7DQQVGqs6DtYnN3iINX0VxJFTYRAQHZiLAKbtlp29owEBBmLhc7bnxZO_1Mye1ZIyd3op5PlKHp7Cel76myLo_7ywqZc6Hz9jIYKnOXY_Vf7yY6-fkbLIkQd9uBqS1lx4YOVX20lwM4bRYoeX6vkru77fr6Hi5RRWs/w452-h640/75ranking-leon.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>273. Eddie Leon (card 528)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have long appreciated this card ever since I saw it at my friend Jennifer's house back in '75. The green photo background and Leon's bright red helmet goes nicely with the border combo/lettering used. In my mind, Leon is batting and moving at the same time, because that's what I thought as a kid.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi08snEbWGcpIQnPskNcJWWnmObkploE9leeYOQY0uDnSerUK3RkUZa99ZriBNjN9_t1tLRmavhliRp0dqU0etY3Jw4TcLKa7ZnLPWWS2hIVQ2I9NfilX5lCFZlHjEJxdlUnxNIINvTrORu0w0_89CPB1i3ey3JQtCMsot97QPxL4nMLPgN1jDnUzkuTY/s1525/75ranking-white.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi08snEbWGcpIQnPskNcJWWnmObkploE9leeYOQY0uDnSerUK3RkUZa99ZriBNjN9_t1tLRmavhliRp0dqU0etY3Jw4TcLKa7ZnLPWWS2hIVQ2I9NfilX5lCFZlHjEJxdlUnxNIINvTrORu0w0_89CPB1i3ey3JQtCMsot97QPxL4nMLPgN1jDnUzkuTY/w454-h640/75ranking-white.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>272. Frank White (card 569)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another border combination that goes well with the featured player's uniform. It looks like one of those bright-but-cold days in spring training and Frank White doesn't seem to be fielding anywhere near where you field.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9Ks2P-tJByxxgk2eUQPnfhy7uCdh2ZY-o7u4O1CF8PSmQe9vZTgy8zPk6cTPr0Cql-BgSbxSXT6LOgbKv7kmSiB2oalaaaVWL0F4fWJpAwoXXEd0jjhyphenhyphenaxefiBbSwuiWoVK6deOQSg1OXSGTknZIUokwkYc1rli2pFkXnnjt4RoaNeossHgnsuksoss/s1514/75ranking-dacquisto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9Ks2P-tJByxxgk2eUQPnfhy7uCdh2ZY-o7u4O1CF8PSmQe9vZTgy8zPk6cTPr0Cql-BgSbxSXT6LOgbKv7kmSiB2oalaaaVWL0F4fWJpAwoXXEd0jjhyphenhyphenaxefiBbSwuiWoVK6deOQSg1OXSGTknZIUokwkYc1rli2pFkXnnjt4RoaNeossHgnsuksoss/w456-h640/75ranking-dacquisto.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>271. John D'Acquisto (card 372)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This card is a vibe. Not a lot happening but the smile and another orange-brown border around Candlestick Park makes this card work. It's also one of the first cards I pulled out of a pack, and, yes, I still have it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineOAYAJqUnltECab10_szRM8GBMsYk0dEMsZgh03kTqnyxDkatrgW0q-Zoz3sVxawnut7uUyCtEeK7V5E5fs-RPy6QjpU1Lcbzzqan6SXi06RrAI8m9l6F-WWAcm-VKVcdSV4hyphenhyphenOTgqgu3aEWr3oQ2S2vf2-qE_bM0N0xV-rG8h1v3eJhqWbrC5o2-jM/s1519/75ranking-beckert.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineOAYAJqUnltECab10_szRM8GBMsYk0dEMsZgh03kTqnyxDkatrgW0q-Zoz3sVxawnut7uUyCtEeK7V5E5fs-RPy6QjpU1Lcbzzqan6SXi06RrAI8m9l6F-WWAcm-VKVcdSV4hyphenhyphenOTgqgu3aEWr3oQ2S2vf2-qE_bM0N0xV-rG8h1v3eJhqWbrC5o2-jM/w456-h640/75ranking-beckert.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>270. Glenn Beckert (card 484)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are a handful of cards in the '75 set where the player is posed but shot from so far away that their entire frame (or almost, in this case) is in the photo. This is the first one I saw back in '75 and I thought Beckert looked extraordinarily tiny. Today I'm curious about the person dressed all in brown in the background.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHXprYAn4OXaIRz8g78-g-7mRvwzoqxO9aBeJutpreIsCdViAA_pno9EXyIbSraMhR0m82saq_T1TjrS38C49s_KjtOtZCqZ-iWj-FffGkB41aLwj9JdtNJD224zPxDKzRrU0zx4f5KeExuzDA7on5W4_0vC_8YxeHyE3qYaI65Cax0nhyphenhyphenDP_BWqVWbA/s1510/75ranking-brinkman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHXprYAn4OXaIRz8g78-g-7mRvwzoqxO9aBeJutpreIsCdViAA_pno9EXyIbSraMhR0m82saq_T1TjrS38C49s_KjtOtZCqZ-iWj-FffGkB41aLwj9JdtNJD224zPxDKzRrU0zx4f5KeExuzDA7on5W4_0vC_8YxeHyE3qYaI65Cax0nhyphenhyphenDP_BWqVWbA/w458-h640/75ranking-brinkman.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>269. Ed Brinkman (card 439)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Delightful card. Another glasses-wearer and Brinkman is holding HIS bat because it says "Brink" on it. He's also stepped aside so you can see the Oakland A's going through their workouts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jrh7VFCOnddhD3pZFLHvmE13V9aL1ze8kwx2OTiXMbvhgN2cCdftgI3ZCpKkJufJcFRvovFnkcqssGwZwfhjmC09fxjBzmzj9r0x2kUgP77Fpq5UELJnfNqn-TOztZQH6N1BBxyKq5azFLT8VoamePsDPyeUwoelf0okkzMTnKaD6WOknMCymzlCZEg/s1499/75ranking-forster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jrh7VFCOnddhD3pZFLHvmE13V9aL1ze8kwx2OTiXMbvhgN2cCdftgI3ZCpKkJufJcFRvovFnkcqssGwZwfhjmC09fxjBzmzj9r0x2kUgP77Fpq5UELJnfNqn-TOztZQH6N1BBxyKq5azFLT8VoamePsDPyeUwoelf0okkzMTnKaD6WOknMCymzlCZEg/w462-h640/75ranking-forster.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>268. Terry Forster (card 137)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More spring-training doings. Seems very bright and shiny and so is Forster's uniform.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKFNQxnw0n37go31J_gPHfiYT8ZL_s0qRcllt6dy0A0vV1YGZ9BMkoyia_xOrkJqu6w_4W1YZiPFnyCFLMweRnJ8mf1Q6R2QHN4hyNKETh0FvhbdyHoD69ZZ0RtMNg-mnabcxC1wmNqrmwe-i1r6xjvT-4OUS_-mf3ZSfS4jFOXjOfGKWWX2CRl5ZgYc/s1080/75ranking-MVP53.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1080" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKFNQxnw0n37go31J_gPHfiYT8ZL_s0qRcllt6dy0A0vV1YGZ9BMkoyia_xOrkJqu6w_4W1YZiPFnyCFLMweRnJ8mf1Q6R2QHN4hyNKETh0FvhbdyHoD69ZZ0RtMNg-mnabcxC1wmNqrmwe-i1r6xjvT-4OUS_-mf3ZSfS4jFOXjOfGKWWX2CRl5ZgYc/w640-h458/75ranking-MVP53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>267. 1953 MVPs (card 191)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There will be a streak of MVP cards in the countdown later, but right now this is just the third to show up. All three I think aren't as cool as the others. The first two had fake cards on it, this one doesn't have that issue, it just showed up at a time when I was kid and I thought these were the worst photographs I had ever seen. I haven't recovered from that misconception, although as a kid I probably would have ranked this card in the bottom 50.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE-igAlYfOlTZSqKwFF4Og7k8aDuAFVLagdOLYaZWNOrqEHyWStfrB5vbOHZsIZeztffNhV1z9CH69EaqKzbSNVSxlb5lWaUkOn-XHnp7N6lj48DiqXsPbz43WFdJWtUDvFZ0VYL1o5u5t4Mpn8bmbH63JbvAYb0VadF50pMu2L1mSpZV3op69q3KCo0/s1500/75ranking-dempsey.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqE-igAlYfOlTZSqKwFF4Og7k8aDuAFVLagdOLYaZWNOrqEHyWStfrB5vbOHZsIZeztffNhV1z9CH69EaqKzbSNVSxlb5lWaUkOn-XHnp7N6lj48DiqXsPbz43WFdJWtUDvFZ0VYL1o5u5t4Mpn8bmbH63JbvAYb0VadF50pMu2L1mSpZV3op69q3KCo0/w460-h640/75ranking-dempsey.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>266. Rick Dempsey (card 451)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rick Dempsey is randomly squatting somewhere near the on-deck circle? As catcher shots go, it's OK.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCO7X9dxBVSFvhAZzh1BYIt2YVB_E6Hm26w-pTqpowQwHoyuybRf_grdrqb_iTtous35r0tEpQb8jMcQDcwk1sgRzAqeqLdNDhkLXmhkQF0R6rWOmDPYR7EF6fZOjAgm5W8tPiQd_RNNlhyPF0hLn_fOBe7KTOLehDc5vxnWzthASH3Le_1oFB5OZKd7c/s1540/75ranking-sundberg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1540" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCO7X9dxBVSFvhAZzh1BYIt2YVB_E6Hm26w-pTqpowQwHoyuybRf_grdrqb_iTtous35r0tEpQb8jMcQDcwk1sgRzAqeqLdNDhkLXmhkQF0R6rWOmDPYR7EF6fZOjAgm5W8tPiQd_RNNlhyPF0hLn_fOBe7KTOLehDc5vxnWzthASH3Le_1oFB5OZKd7c/w448-h640/75ranking-sundberg.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>265. Jim Sundberg (card 567)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sundberg looks a bit more convincing, and he was a better hitter. Still isn't catching anywhere near home plate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtB_lSE90LzI9PmgBll81YVeorlgnQvLLfKq2Go_4eVQNUgcpeEjPt3bOfeqr1t6Jvy9s8AhuBhmRJfehmGEv8Xgx6oIKC8Kn3PyqGCtE-Rij8N2COPLzNsyQqESWEhsqmC06h9aKyWzTkG-GLXe0MknERfAG9HHzWoFOk1nDNNeGF-F5yI294ZPFp6AA/s1517/75ranking-chambliss.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtB_lSE90LzI9PmgBll81YVeorlgnQvLLfKq2Go_4eVQNUgcpeEjPt3bOfeqr1t6Jvy9s8AhuBhmRJfehmGEv8Xgx6oIKC8Kn3PyqGCtE-Rij8N2COPLzNsyQqESWEhsqmC06h9aKyWzTkG-GLXe0MknERfAG9HHzWoFOk1nDNNeGF-F5yI294ZPFp6AA/w456-h640/75ranking-chambliss.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>264. Chris Chambliss (card 585)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pretty cool batting cage set-up here with a couple guys working in the background. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7O1rl-ALgPBsamBLZI58b73Bsrr-YDGYN69ilhx44t2wesZcDTpnVDQGLzLtjkRSz6u2zyCJMvYwG8h-bmGGmUffLq4S6mhlf4BYOs7Q82WB048mNReoMD6ufWS4gurIK01FaMrl5g2GX8k2gBzNErcGdv0jjoVc-bRvnnwAWRn9ngODIndFkkCJw9I/s1518/75ranking-sands.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7O1rl-ALgPBsamBLZI58b73Bsrr-YDGYN69ilhx44t2wesZcDTpnVDQGLzLtjkRSz6u2zyCJMvYwG8h-bmGGmUffLq4S6mhlf4BYOs7Q82WB048mNReoMD6ufWS4gurIK01FaMrl5g2GX8k2gBzNErcGdv0jjoVc-bRvnnwAWRn9ngODIndFkkCJw9I/w456-h640/75ranking-sands.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>263. Charlie Sands (card 548)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I prefer my catchers equipped and that is why Charlie is where he is (but there are other catcher shots we haven't gotten to where they aren't equipped because the heart likes what it likes).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDN6TSMok91PjJPq0-qGQC4ME5ZswLBDkCRwuP3UnqSSytAXgbP-fl9ibjGfmSdvPRnYMkaamk3_cyPPu0SwnEHH5MLjywi6WhyMse7Lr4HE-ieMolni62PfjgypIklZgUAqHXQ_rB8CuVxWIOb1zFbi2ANh2ELSDQ3inphTXjyDLv1JK6bgJgy7S4Ds/s1510/75ranking-sutton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDN6TSMok91PjJPq0-qGQC4ME5ZswLBDkCRwuP3UnqSSytAXgbP-fl9ibjGfmSdvPRnYMkaamk3_cyPPu0SwnEHH5MLjywi6WhyMse7Lr4HE-ieMolni62PfjgypIklZgUAqHXQ_rB8CuVxWIOb1zFbi2ANh2ELSDQ3inphTXjyDLv1JK6bgJgy7S4Ds/w458-h640/75ranking-sutton.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>262. Don Sutton (card 220)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last of Don Sutton's pre-afro days cards, although this photo is quite old as Sutton is displaying the stripe-along-the-shoulder uniforms that the Dodgers wore only in 1971.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBubhbVgNqG-V6zzS-lhCSONejpY6STgnCfGIJOYeJRgbJwbVy7DSlnR1aZfwvMsehekgEvp4er5McrtCaMFrzR0pw5diaRiyqXUEnO_NDsOxRiYKc0J5Hh63zdKc9fzmjZsupb-X8LcFVpHvQyKxBq0TUIe6FO0WQUdPHjuRY2t7FkpLocTHO6ZjF0cQ/s1514/75ranking-cleveland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBubhbVgNqG-V6zzS-lhCSONejpY6STgnCfGIJOYeJRgbJwbVy7DSlnR1aZfwvMsehekgEvp4er5McrtCaMFrzR0pw5diaRiyqXUEnO_NDsOxRiYKc0J5Hh63zdKc9fzmjZsupb-X8LcFVpHvQyKxBq0TUIe6FO0WQUdPHjuRY2t7FkpLocTHO6ZjF0cQ/w456-h640/75ranking-cleveland.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>261. Reggie Cleveland (card 32)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another early favorite card of mine, there is a LOT going on behind him. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thus ends another edition of the 1975 Topps worst-to-best countdown. Hope you enjoyed. Who knows, maybe by the time the next episode appears we'll have more information on 2024 Heritage.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-9373447237342816022024-02-18T19:01:00.005-05:002024-02-18T19:01:00.137-05:00Black hole on the sports calendar<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU4QNiIgp8pE6HZ8uIS10Kwih5J9kJ-BmIN5_73BG5XxlJSptpnwo563pEgw_cgFRu3uOnjTVLlC0rOcEFzrHg5dj0yyVh2PrGYtOiLjGkHZsmj97BJE0JHNsOTu09CZm8HpgGaH0CzFQc93M9O-zFYAxCyQglgwGOgRedG9PvMacIq3idYEHzsu0Aao/s426/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20142136.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="426" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLU4QNiIgp8pE6HZ8uIS10Kwih5J9kJ-BmIN5_73BG5XxlJSptpnwo563pEgw_cgFRu3uOnjTVLlC0rOcEFzrHg5dj0yyVh2PrGYtOiLjGkHZsmj97BJE0JHNsOTu09CZm8HpgGaH0CzFQc93M9O-zFYAxCyQglgwGOgRedG9PvMacIq3idYEHzsu0Aao/w640-h464/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20142136.png" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Today is the absolute nadir of the sports calendar for me. There are two major U.S. professional sports events happening today and I have always had zero interest in both of them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I often say today is the black hole on the sports calendar. I usually don't bother turning on the TV on this day, maybe I'll look around for a hockey game or find an old baseball game on youtube to watch. But mostly what I'll do is look forward to baseball and miss football.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With the weather outside (lake effect!) and no live sports of interest, it's a perfect time for blogging. I'm doing posts for both my blogs today, which is a rarity these days. Neither take a lot of effort though. Here I'm going through the latest gets from <a href="https://diamond-jesters.blogspot.com/">Diamond Jesters'</a> Time Travel Trade series.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This time I added six cards, none are major chases for me, just some fun cards. So let's see why I picked up what I did.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmSepBGkQ0BKNROLhyphenhyphenGfXTre4Bei1PXBXHPwexG3VeaNhpvVW3PDPfAQDwORXTJlbUcYGvJEMkpO77eWL9tTBdC1eG871b8Tw9E11bYG9Dg5nRISSf9LuSqfor9q88axX7ng8YQPrYfaf8zR79jIuhxEAHG-CkMigVRVoZV9E8zYQ8X3u0SkAbk32JFI/s1517/01T(arc)-spahn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmSepBGkQ0BKNROLhyphenhyphenGfXTre4Bei1PXBXHPwexG3VeaNhpvVW3PDPfAQDwORXTJlbUcYGvJEMkpO77eWL9tTBdC1eG871b8Tw9E11bYG9Dg5nRISSf9LuSqfor9q88axX7ng8YQPrYfaf8zR79jIuhxEAHG-CkMigVRVoZV9E8zYQ8X3u0SkAbk32JFI/w456-h640/01T(arc)-spahn.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2001 Topps Archives, Warren Spahn</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is where that Archives set makes perfect sense to me. When am I ever going to own a 1952 Topps Warren Spahn? Never! Might as well get the next-best thing. He's also a Buffalo native and I should fill a few binder pages with those guys.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ32MF028rHv8hbriALsjmi_1w1qOC9zqWVYISlbVCpWO_Sg7Zi3VPeuVs0AgcOwNoJiDn5Jk2WAKHQlcEB-SUFHujliwymtYBCwIrjDfDo8Ux5UZoWPQpUdelPOHYxAyVbkbzu6ErCt20pRLIrGQ9_RX0In1C3jTmJE5mQbpq8drGFegV8LXnNxbASJw/s1517/97F-ritz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ32MF028rHv8hbriALsjmi_1w1qOC9zqWVYISlbVCpWO_Sg7Zi3VPeuVs0AgcOwNoJiDn5Jk2WAKHQlcEB-SUFHujliwymtYBCwIrjDfDo8Ux5UZoWPQpUdelPOHYxAyVbkbzu6ErCt20pRLIrGQ9_RX0In1C3jTmJE5mQbpq8drGFegV8LXnNxbASJw/w456-h640/97F-ritz.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1997 Fleer Kevin Ritz</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've mentioned my failed period of fantasy baseball participation before. It happened in the mid-1990s, around 1993-96. I like to have cards of the players on those teams to remind me never to be tempted to try fantasy sports again. Most of the Kevin Ritz cards I own are of him as a Tiger. But he "played for me" as a Rockie. (Yeah, I know, why was I drafting Rockies pitchers?).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgdMBgYVQ2WG6noFVYiOEF6duuvfsfi2Ejidyep-BQ0ctoVHt0bOR9-NBSXM19-_KPuOgrt04w-1e7fcYi2OrHJtMsTd7x4jGiOq5cUw2Vn9OGeHvznHm7Uv5erqqeZlH6MAtBQo8WnnR5RyrAozJVRWBJ7rSvCUyd1aun5vetMNjyDcnqStgQzUW3CI/s1503/95-hatcher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgdMBgYVQ2WG6noFVYiOEF6duuvfsfi2Ejidyep-BQ0ctoVHt0bOR9-NBSXM19-_KPuOgrt04w-1e7fcYi2OrHJtMsTd7x4jGiOq5cUw2Vn9OGeHvznHm7Uv5erqqeZlH6MAtBQo8WnnR5RyrAozJVRWBJ7rSvCUyd1aun5vetMNjyDcnqStgQzUW3CI/w460-h640/95-hatcher.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1995 Skybox Lois & Clark "Belle Curve" insert</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A brief detour into nonsports, because a pretty girl has been spotted! I never watched this show, nor am I a fan of the "etched foil era," but Teri Hatcher burned up the screen in whatever she was in. I'll add this in with <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2022/07/old-crushes.html">the others</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHI88vLpFGTcH8GC3cVOMoVDGYETlLcuERFeQNBnAj5VfxYJQgmGM6OVVho3Edk3lJx4Fuv-uayBd61iYEI2_7TRs1zy1CeuOudJ0sBSw2M8T2kbS0xjJYzo6Fh_VCq2KoZHGzpyc9sUkaGZD9O38H5eIJ_1U36Gtd9x6-oqx9Bo5IHGAbssrZt7Lt8U8/s1523/90post-guerrero.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHI88vLpFGTcH8GC3cVOMoVDGYETlLcuERFeQNBnAj5VfxYJQgmGM6OVVho3Edk3lJx4Fuv-uayBd61iYEI2_7TRs1zy1CeuOudJ0sBSw2M8T2kbS0xjJYzo6Fh_VCq2KoZHGzpyc9sUkaGZD9O38H5eIJ_1U36Gtd9x6-oqx9Bo5IHGAbssrZt7Lt8U8/w454-h640/90post-guerrero.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1990 Post Pedro Guerrero</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My brain draws an imaginary line between food-issue sets from the '70s and '80s and those that came afterward. It shouldn't do that. The early '90s food-issue sets are pretty much an extension of the 1980s and should get just as much love. Not the most attractive unlicensed set but it's interesting to see Guerrero dressed all in red. I was sad when the Dodgers dealt him.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8HaRYPnYiLZzN9FM68FQ1NmSjcDan9R-pKz6rL9uJcPWRssocF8ltuKeajnGcCtiPyujdsChFteG8NtUzeJdan0gguHpK3LA9XyE4vwseLsPlFprBaNjaCqILzza2F4iURQ2I-5pwrtvz6ZbJENkFFtaodbIRdL8tnzJsDMwDX1VkGmrkQ24VBWqA7Y/s1510/dj-84opc-kennedy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8HaRYPnYiLZzN9FM68FQ1NmSjcDan9R-pKz6rL9uJcPWRssocF8ltuKeajnGcCtiPyujdsChFteG8NtUzeJdan0gguHpK3LA9XyE4vwseLsPlFprBaNjaCqILzza2F4iURQ2I-5pwrtvz6ZbJENkFFtaodbIRdL8tnzJsDMwDX1VkGmrkQ24VBWqA7Y/w458-h640/dj-84opc-kennedy.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1984 O-Pee-Chee Terry Kennedy</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I almost always snap-up every OPC card offered on the Time Travel board as soon as they're posted. But I hold off if it's not one of those showing two different teams, just in case someone else is interested in them. This one sat there for too long, it be mine now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyDY6TfwdgdN4wqiiIFNjYFrEV4JX3GkpIFzjIu4DSALCVjXRRbClO4CyV-HtMPEvBWiCwBUC9oV4ZF3PtfqOTS1f69a0dOYLsAFxq1nkGdyEJ67dCEbAFLHAmEI2cYnxLeQemNKnBXf1qq0zEi6VtGQRpbiZYGCY8CCugA3aLFL8YrxePB67buOJP-4/s1489/dj-59woodling.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyDY6TfwdgdN4wqiiIFNjYFrEV4JX3GkpIFzjIu4DSALCVjXRRbClO4CyV-HtMPEvBWiCwBUC9oV4ZF3PtfqOTS1f69a0dOYLsAFxq1nkGdyEJ67dCEbAFLHAmEI2cYnxLeQemNKnBXf1qq0zEi6VtGQRpbiZYGCY8CCugA3aLFL8YrxePB67buOJP-4/w464-h640/dj-59woodling.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1959 Topps Gene Woodling</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I got lucky and hopped on Matt's post early, which meant this card was available. I'm not collecting the '59 Topps set, but it's among my favorites of the '50s and in the top 20 of Topps flagship sets for me. Gene Woodling was a solid player who doesn't get much mention outside of his Yankees days. Also the well-loved-but-not-too-well-loved condition fits right in with the few other '59s I have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll be sending off my part of the Time Travel trade this week. This series is about the closest thing to what I used to see on the blogs when I was first blogging. It's a cool way to casually add some cards without a lot of commitment or cash.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-71552735426367886002024-02-16T19:33:00.033-05:002024-02-16T19:44:59.166-05:00Trying to capture the spirit of the thing<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMPdqbtrDbGjkLL14t2TIYzT73gkBHf3YLCPKUYATkDazupkSh0ZsQqbP0W2dAwcXF6E7DX-SWDPiMFfzBDzaTT2fB04TX9G197NgAugKo-sGzCprLwleUb6qHjHSCduKGxw5foOr7rCQrTCJX22lqfxtow3oN81qczKiDRR8rdbS2j2f3trLhz8lYd8/s436/2023sc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMPdqbtrDbGjkLL14t2TIYzT73gkBHf3YLCPKUYATkDazupkSh0ZsQqbP0W2dAwcXF6E7DX-SWDPiMFfzBDzaTT2fB04TX9G197NgAugKo-sGzCprLwleUb6qHjHSCduKGxw5foOr7rCQrTCJX22lqfxtow3oN81qczKiDRR8rdbS2j2f3trLhz8lYd8/w500-h640/2023sc.jpg" width="500" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't buy a blaster of 2023 Stadium Club. This image is here to make a proper intro.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've avoided this set because it's arrived so late and a number of the cards are out of date. Plus, Stadium Club is only really good when you're super-excited for its arrival and can gloss over the boring inserts and limited number of cards per box/pack. When it shows up six-to-seven months later than usual, that enthusiasm disappears.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I am keeping in the spirit of the thing. While 2024 Topps flagship openings are exploding all over the internet, I'm showing off my '23 Stadium Club Dodgers team set that arrived today, fashionably late. Hey, at least I'm not posting it six months late.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are 12 Dodgers in this year's set, and I'd say the images are maybe about average for a Stadium Club team set. Not too much exciting here actually. But I'll let the ranking explain my feelings, because you know there's going to be a ranking!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Excuse the wonky lighting on these. It's super-bright today. We had snow last night and the sun is now shining aggressively.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw6ukmgfIi4xqBCADiOOxFBoCDGIXCgeZ3mKxGuw6akwfDUKRY0_tH8qO5XYLyPH8u_pmuMC_UTDYdsPiyqd43LVxOMUeaMoQPESOLw87vlaUt7if2MN7nP_rZ1sNeF2ch4dAKhzZFwCNaRld1r0vaoS0SC3q4jFc4-kkTHk2Q7Y075NkzVXBbT4TaGQ/s1080/sc-urias.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1080" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw6ukmgfIi4xqBCADiOOxFBoCDGIXCgeZ3mKxGuw6akwfDUKRY0_tH8qO5XYLyPH8u_pmuMC_UTDYdsPiyqd43LVxOMUeaMoQPESOLw87vlaUt7if2MN7nP_rZ1sNeF2ch4dAKhzZFwCNaRld1r0vaoS0SC3q4jFc4-kkTHk2Q7Y075NkzVXBbT4TaGQ/w640-h453/sc-urias.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>12. Julio Urias</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's example one of 2023 Stadium Club arriving too damn late. Urias was yanked out of post-mid-year sets due his domestic issues but I'm sure this checklist was made last March.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ979H9zZQuLwpQ2jtTyFGxB0fsGvwYvXCrbKmFch9QuTWp07RmJpU4dlkabCEaCvPcBuC0wIYAbl-jdBaBnGhwtP8ReZZDjmrEQ0GABa8tcj-SYqZCKvhoQp2KdScQPcw1b1Kyb9V1M5MlT_RIxncncYNbvM23LLbjr_ksnx9mXsYYIiasDnX0mjLBY/s1520/sc-syndergaard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJ979H9zZQuLwpQ2jtTyFGxB0fsGvwYvXCrbKmFch9QuTWp07RmJpU4dlkabCEaCvPcBuC0wIYAbl-jdBaBnGhwtP8ReZZDjmrEQ0GABa8tcj-SYqZCKvhoQp2KdScQPcw1b1Kyb9V1M5MlT_RIxncncYNbvM23LLbjr_ksnx9mXsYYIiasDnX0mjLBY/w454-h640/sc-syndergaard.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>11. Noah Syndergaard</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One thing nobody talks about with SC is that there are quite a few average photos in the set. There's nothing wrong with this picture and it's probably sharper than if it appeared in flagship, but it's a flagship image. Also, Syndergaard didn't pitch for the Dodgers beyond July. (Almost surprised they didn't include Andre Jackson in this set).<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiK8rEZ8gNBl_NO8u_VAGsCv8U06BHdzDWhrm8LMGAT2ZUsHz9I93nj3Ox8fuOjgYc7EgWP4yxFLrC6xmk1qJAfSx19IH0BUxhcH0HQ3w4WHbXKi8OPNL1zg1MxhgXhLzpZR27ociRzXa9hyphenhyphen5wUd_zNXLIHfFUo3_J4IYbeYx6xc_ALgiM2B-BaVt_b1Y/s1493/sc-freeman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiK8rEZ8gNBl_NO8u_VAGsCv8U06BHdzDWhrm8LMGAT2ZUsHz9I93nj3Ox8fuOjgYc7EgWP4yxFLrC6xmk1qJAfSx19IH0BUxhcH0HQ3w4WHbXKi8OPNL1zg1MxhgXhLzpZR27ociRzXa9hyphenhyphen5wUd_zNXLIHfFUo3_J4IYbeYx6xc_ALgiM2B-BaVt_b1Y/w462-h640/sc-freeman.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><br /><b>10. Freddie Freeman</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Freddie is modeling the Dodgers City Connect uniforms, which I don't mind as much as some, what's wrong with more blue? But in general I think MLB's City Connect fetish is getting very annoying and it's starting to feel like the players are dress-up dolls for the league.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsf1tXaCLHimprYS8nno6NR1fmY72igkTykzdy0hyphenhyphench_txf7iRbteFh6s_FQRMA93cggHk4gNvark_X0gIDNn5jz03B6wOuijj5HDUzoWAyIUY77DKVz6z9_MVjvdt9BjusDTFGtKGzZoNs0GmFEmEZ7llvV-LBF7AUOu0DvQRUza83RmCpgfkKXg8yk/s1482/sc-smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsf1tXaCLHimprYS8nno6NR1fmY72igkTykzdy0hyphenhyphench_txf7iRbteFh6s_FQRMA93cggHk4gNvark_X0gIDNn5jz03B6wOuijj5HDUzoWAyIUY77DKVz6z9_MVjvdt9BjusDTFGtKGzZoNs0GmFEmEZ7llvV-LBF7AUOu0DvQRUza83RmCpgfkKXg8yk/w458-h640/sc-smith.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>9. Will Smith</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Freddie shows up indirectly on this card with Will Smith doing "the Freddie". This was kind of cute at first, got old and now makes me fear for this season's choreographed celebration.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqpp9SgUIU7NgFHdBmWlKi0z7o0UsNwbs9xSFfVzfudbzHhh8FP8P6Ll_v0-wqmAvTqwTmdInyq7VhxxvbRQiic8cY5AgwTefOECQaA2CptdYGdh0foBzBwUMSi0T9gVAzX0pl6gt0FhNABTuryucJ8MdieGDK3sl2VS2xR6j_WPYXnLyGI0y9zMCIr0/s1080/sc-vargas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1080" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqpp9SgUIU7NgFHdBmWlKi0z7o0UsNwbs9xSFfVzfudbzHhh8FP8P6Ll_v0-wqmAvTqwTmdInyq7VhxxvbRQiic8cY5AgwTefOECQaA2CptdYGdh0foBzBwUMSi0T9gVAzX0pl6gt0FhNABTuryucJ8MdieGDK3sl2VS2xR6j_WPYXnLyGI0y9zMCIr0/w640-h454/sc-vargas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>8. Miguel Vargas</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Extra points for Vargas sliding head-first without an oven mitt. Vargas will be lucky to make the major league roster this year. The absence of Jason Heyward in this set is glaring.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8arWpUxZ3ySbNEhbKJjXDxAYnkpWfRvB6Xtz83YBOgiszzVC7SNMptZV309pEKgAJS_cIf9EKIxNkphwKLGckz3-uUZm7XkKWhxpiIq8h_w7KfIkhjbAwn72ue-QfmzitziReKNnEePTgxfKzo294RDrvTiDfqTqfij2W1sR6T1MpI6-eU0iYn228hQ/s1519/sc-kershaw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8arWpUxZ3ySbNEhbKJjXDxAYnkpWfRvB6Xtz83YBOgiszzVC7SNMptZV309pEKgAJS_cIf9EKIxNkphwKLGckz3-uUZm7XkKWhxpiIq8h_w7KfIkhjbAwn72ue-QfmzitziReKNnEePTgxfKzo294RDrvTiDfqTqfij2W1sR6T1MpI6-eU0iYn228hQ/w456-h640/sc-kershaw.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: left;"><b>7. Clayton Kershaw</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Good shot of Kershaw in Dodger Stadium for the All-Star Game, despite the gold jerseys. The patch gives it away (or maybe the gold jerseys do) that this is the 2022 All-Star Game, and the guy next to Kershaw is Carlos Rodón, who was not a Yankee at this point but a Giant. You could call this photo a Golden Oldie.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLPInuZNtUJP73vmhLjrQi_sCXFAlxKqktn8KP0RZ1kdUclBANLS98GJ8KKMLN1CjmAormQ-TE2QsHlrSvgxYF_GTUCtNIOYU5ZL4IfXHhe1haupvqZ04ceuWNTINmvZDdgpj-UW8tOOMle3_s6JdIczBd_1EwNko6YIRLWA8x0SZT9Y0h2ofwo0mzm8/s1069/sc-martinez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1069" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLPInuZNtUJP73vmhLjrQi_sCXFAlxKqktn8KP0RZ1kdUclBANLS98GJ8KKMLN1CjmAormQ-TE2QsHlrSvgxYF_GTUCtNIOYU5ZL4IfXHhe1haupvqZ04ceuWNTINmvZDdgpj-UW8tOOMle3_s6JdIczBd_1EwNko6YIRLWA8x0SZT9Y0h2ofwo0mzm8/w640-h440/sc-martinez.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br />6. J.D. Martinez</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Nice sky shot and I appreciate the palm tree. It really feels like Spring Training here. No real evidence of Martinez being with the Dodgers aside from his blue shirt.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZm6KpaftVXsCBBRivcpd7IE2v4klkBXw-7-mYYvYAXYEUqz0x1LTCM8-_AeotfkgFmYHRXhRiNpwF1moIXGdwIDK-6VwJY3OP7tOQh62lA_hzv2v49SvEelrX-806XeROU7xg3dG6Xk43thyphenhyphenpOhWrsd3yZn0W9aOuAT0xC7ayx8jLwZsYcqMqoQb448/s1506/sc-outman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1074" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZm6KpaftVXsCBBRivcpd7IE2v4klkBXw-7-mYYvYAXYEUqz0x1LTCM8-_AeotfkgFmYHRXhRiNpwF1moIXGdwIDK-6VwJY3OP7tOQh62lA_hzv2v49SvEelrX-806XeROU7xg3dG6Xk43thyphenhyphenpOhWrsd3yZn0W9aOuAT0xC7ayx8jLwZsYcqMqoQb448/w456-h640/sc-outman.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>5. James Outman</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I love candid shots. There aren't enough of them now but they used to be Topps' bread-and-butter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiS0hswlQAP-EVQ3HOj6MfXopIZhS8-geAd-a-wSMFLqYGwZG6qTSpaxQgaujyQQNVO5KDrAW6TzCQ6Vt1tVoLCcvwUihUlaEmwK9i2oNLCYZYhqedD-Nj-IyR5F9lMbF48tqZNbaPCM3O-jomg0ZHH95wuIuLvX-zVz8UFhewN2d8JSZMghF3uli6oSs/s1080/sc-muncy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1080" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiS0hswlQAP-EVQ3HOj6MfXopIZhS8-geAd-a-wSMFLqYGwZG6qTSpaxQgaujyQQNVO5KDrAW6TzCQ6Vt1tVoLCcvwUihUlaEmwK9i2oNLCYZYhqedD-Nj-IyR5F9lMbF48tqZNbaPCM3O-jomg0ZHH95wuIuLvX-zVz8UFhewN2d8JSZMghF3uli6oSs/w640-h452/sc-muncy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><br />4. Max Muncy</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Really like the third-base greeting shot on home runs, it seems to clinch the feat, even more than stepping on home plate. I also like this angle, too, maybe it was taken by one of those cable cameras -- is that one at the left?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh4YbyNnZ1Zv18rI_3FsyG0ZxFLtd628VyLUooiknhJn3eqOIl7QHpXe70XkBKSalAvcQtRctkz18spmsj8czWjy65I_1on5QA2VF150hHImNbFykajfekl4Ca0wYxta2o525-pvo3r3h12AfMMRrajAUt2GPpWaSYd5Enx3_QNwwsReKurF108AhZn0/s1497/sc-robinson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh4YbyNnZ1Zv18rI_3FsyG0ZxFLtd628VyLUooiknhJn3eqOIl7QHpXe70XkBKSalAvcQtRctkz18spmsj8czWjy65I_1on5QA2VF150hHImNbFykajfekl4Ca0wYxta2o525-pvo3r3h12AfMMRrajAUt2GPpWaSYd5Enx3_QNwwsReKurF108AhZn0/w456-h640/sc-robinson.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><b>3. Jackie Robinson</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Robinson is the only legend in the Dodgers team set, which makes me a little sad. The Orioles and Braves have four in their team sets. The Red Sox have five. But it's fun getting an off-the-field photo of Robinson. I don't know what's going on here or what kind of car that is (it's definitely from the 1940s) or why part of Robinson's forehead is weirdly shiny, but it's cool.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B-F5q2EmTucLzV7EAXw3kL1Rp1Hu4wvdOETEPgTlcrGa2PBGl4x_M9vuQlx7IMbRrOQAt9eqsp-BcFfORZCFdZmap9OAtgqVIZwW11jN1yQUlWEG3qHCBKKGNCEayWiMBDYOKdnezGrtD_-Wg-uSx73H8KPo5Igyhf6lxAE6SdXgm30sOrYBa6NIqus/s1080/sc-betts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1080" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-B-F5q2EmTucLzV7EAXw3kL1Rp1Hu4wvdOETEPgTlcrGa2PBGl4x_M9vuQlx7IMbRrOQAt9eqsp-BcFfORZCFdZmap9OAtgqVIZwW11jN1yQUlWEG3qHCBKKGNCEayWiMBDYOKdnezGrtD_-Wg-uSx73H8KPo5Igyhf6lxAE6SdXgm30sOrYBa6NIqus/w640-h456/sc-betts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2. Mookie Betts</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A lot to like. It's Mookie. He's having fun. It's a batting cage shot. There are people gathered (maybe a few too many?)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2P6pgKRdzw36V9xeb9zlUFpiBGdabngQRUmxU6y8zf0qDnVDq7izATSDaMqZz8AN3b5iPKfA-W4hoZ_iy4ZF_ufGt3Rtm7DkZPc-GgmMnHqTMDYUJUThGwUHGiVotq-3rhVnK6kobyhXHEInbvy8r0HOPAlsbYntO2keMZ0ILtlHLdu_lqiARZYqJGw/s1074/sc=grove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1074" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2P6pgKRdzw36V9xeb9zlUFpiBGdabngQRUmxU6y8zf0qDnVDq7izATSDaMqZz8AN3b5iPKfA-W4hoZ_iy4ZF_ufGt3Rtm7DkZPc-GgmMnHqTMDYUJUThGwUHGiVotq-3rhVnK6kobyhXHEInbvy8r0HOPAlsbYntO2keMZ0ILtlHLdu_lqiARZYqJGw/w640-h456/sc=grove.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>1. Michael Grove</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Easy pick for the best shot. That's a good chunk of Dodger Stadium there. Look, you can even see the gate that torpedoed Aaron Judge's season. I've never been to a Union 76 gas station but I've seen it so long in Dodgers yearbooks, etc., that I have nostalgia for it like the Gulf station my dad always went to when I was a kid.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's all I've got.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't see myself tracking down any of the parallels, the colored ones have worn out their welcome for me. Same with the inserts although I may add one or two and certainly welcome any of them (same with parallels).</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">As for buying any Stadium Club generally and featuring it here, that will probably happen only if I really get bored later in the year, which I don't see occurring with Topps flagship and Heritage this year. But you never know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">SC missed its shot with me this time. You snooze, you loose. <br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-41173373674204671872024-02-15T19:53:00.003-05:002024-02-15T19:53:30.342-05:00It's The Penguin's day. Celebrate if you have time<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenf2KRviGzciPLonW8wsLv6nmCr2px7dCkZvT3w5lV7w0_D-1nfmdPhOK1pYDEJwZmYYOcA_rbrq_r4HTk7cVYuqmKNNMbRSoQnxwSV-tog68cMqojrh3o1ji7xKqqGk70Cnj23m1N8Rs2-l73hVblK2i6jmr-q8emmkv_VREZQVDj0wsUqEN499Q7CM/s350/cey-76.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenf2KRviGzciPLonW8wsLv6nmCr2px7dCkZvT3w5lV7w0_D-1nfmdPhOK1pYDEJwZmYYOcA_rbrq_r4HTk7cVYuqmKNNMbRSoQnxwSV-tog68cMqojrh3o1ji7xKqqGk70Cnj23m1N8Rs2-l73hVblK2i6jmr-q8emmkv_VREZQVDj0wsUqEN499Q7CM/w458-h640/cey-76.jpg" width="458" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've been pretty damn busy today, really pretty damn busy the last few weeks, and it makes me sad that I can't spend all the live long day looking for 2024 Topps.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's partly Topps fault for deciding to release its flagship set on The Relationship Holiday and two days after The Biggest Football Thing Ever. Give us a chance to breathe, man!</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It's also the time that I recognize the birthday of my all-time favorite player, Ron Cey. Today is that day. He's 76 today and wow, I hope I get to be 76.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Last year, on his 75th birthday, I showed all of the 1975 cards in my collection. I'll do that for you now with '76.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4BFQl4hzp7aJvQDrMvvwqIzKcgJwfDllcv9H81XteBQnIbppzWg96LD9-XxCDBJ2V9C1oXlVm5Z1f_Ge1keNR9yiMIaeVcSn1Ji4ePYEu-EJTYXW9b623ArgCr_MIHwZeWZXglTN_0uvssZ6PUwUyz9CJ983pQGenqtYxa77-ZMO7XOTXRFmxF-ESSo/s1115/76ceys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu4BFQl4hzp7aJvQDrMvvwqIzKcgJwfDllcv9H81XteBQnIbppzWg96LD9-XxCDBJ2V9C1oXlVm5Z1f_Ge1keNR9yiMIaeVcSn1Ji4ePYEu-EJTYXW9b623ArgCr_MIHwZeWZXglTN_0uvssZ6PUwUyz9CJ983pQGenqtYxa77-ZMO7XOTXRFmxF-ESSo/s16000/76ceys.jpg" /></a></div><br />Lots of round cards to go with the square ones. (I swear those four that look almost exactly alike are different). I also have that Linnett Superstars oversized item somewhere, but there's zero time to search for it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Usually I take the time to find a new Ron Cey card for my collection on this day. I've done that -- sorry, it's another MSA disc. There just aren't a lot of Cey cards out there that I don't already have and I most definitely am not going to start collecting his Cubs cards.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also have my eye on another MSA disc of his. There are few other oddballs I can see myself getting at some point, too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also took the occasion of his birthday to officially start reading this:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkRhN1mneLAkNvHbVoGxY_1F_rqK7d_pfQvctitbvQV3ELHtOu_cC5HhPRv4cMmRua29bjcvCo0w9s-zUAnEB6Q38den5yg-WIeucQWfe3U9ABlJqgIQEDFrBpEh6bb0VqVassDTTDVtLgEMrpYp81L9iggIg22UTsLUcsZlbiw4Q25ADmFUCtisN7Kw/s639/dd-cey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkRhN1mneLAkNvHbVoGxY_1F_rqK7d_pfQvctitbvQV3ELHtOu_cC5HhPRv4cMmRua29bjcvCo0w9s-zUAnEB6Q38den5yg-WIeucQWfe3U9ABlJqgIQEDFrBpEh6bb0VqVassDTTDVtLgEMrpYp81L9iggIg22UTsLUcsZlbiw4Q25ADmFUCtisN7Kw/s16000/dd-cey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah, I know, when did I get time to read a BOOK?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know, I think there was a moment around 11:43 this morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My plan was to have this book all read and then give you a book report on Cey's birthday, but that failed miserably. I'm on page 5. (Although, like I said earlier, I did read like half of this in a bookstore over the summer).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope The Penguin enjoyed his day -- I know he has a book-signing coming up, way over there on the other side of the country. And I hope I have more time next year for his 77th birthday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I still can't believe that player I rooted for as a kid is that freakin' old. <br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-81699240971912014382024-02-13T19:32:00.033-05:002024-02-13T19:34:28.326-05:00Still making good time<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fpBX57VKhb-99q4aEKtgDhstTGNvXImOQClT7QNjOX-JZBEhewLC8NgpMKpiXpnOxiq7a7bzeNTAquL1Am6Swky3LtqM2fO4MukD0RT6L7ddKACxO-FnqfertYUlVHBdVKoxI-wb1vWbj5-RqJE2eOgTqswVAue_y379EcbfjEZSidQVjuQQ2ZnXasE/s1192/yrbyr-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fpBX57VKhb-99q4aEKtgDhstTGNvXImOQClT7QNjOX-JZBEhewLC8NgpMKpiXpnOxiq7a7bzeNTAquL1Am6Swky3LtqM2fO4MukD0RT6L7ddKACxO-FnqfertYUlVHBdVKoxI-wb1vWbj5-RqJE2eOgTqswVAue_y379EcbfjEZSidQVjuQQ2ZnXasE/w580-h640/yrbyr-topper.jpg" width="580" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It's that time of year when I update the numbers on how many Dodgers cards I have for each year since I started the blog.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I wrote a post on this <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-good-time.html">last year</a> and it revealed a definite divide among collectors. Some really like charting their collection progress. Some leave it to a simple "complete!" and move on. I like charting. I'd feel lost without it, like I didn't really know my collection. Plus, it's one of the more fun aspects of collecting for me -- seeing your progress in numbers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But this does take some time to do and I have even less time than ever for whatever reason. How did I post twice a day, send out six trade packages a week, make a card aisle run twice a week, all while raising a rugrat? What happened to me?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Fortunately, there is Trading Card Database. They are the Charting Your Collection guys so I make that work for me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I was through updating my Dodgers-per-year in a matter of a few minutes using TCDB. Here is my progress from the previous time I did this last year and for three years before that:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2008</b>: 859 (in 2023: 777) (in 2020: 737)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2009: </b>747 (649) (617)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2010: </b>587 (525) (469)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2011:</b> 620 (583) (539)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2012: </b>512 (451) (440)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2013: </b>739 (654) (618)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2014:</b> 681 (606) (566)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2015: </b>608 (593) (508)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2016: </b>580 (494) (479)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2017:</b> 620 (551) (504)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2018: </b>765 (707) (626)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2019: </b>601 (543) (463)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2020:</b> 709 (594) (506)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2021:</b> 758 (615) (n/a)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2022: </b>658 (323) (n/a)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>2023:</b> 310 (n/a) (n/a)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">All right, even with TCDB, there are inaccuracies here for sure. I'm not certain how I added 82 Dodger cards from 2008 in the past year, I doubt I did. 2020 and 2021 took a large leap, too, which I suppose is possible as I've been back-collecting for those years since cards were so unavailable then. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Everything else shows steady accumulation and a healthy collection. Yay me!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As usual, 2023 will catch up to the other guys the next time I do this. 2024 will be about collecting 2023 as much as 2024, an easy example of that is my 2023 Stadium Club Dodgers team set will be arriving any day now. Just look at 2022 and how much it jumped -- that's thanks to 2023.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I want to get to showing these numbers in a better way, like with a graph, but, again, that takes more time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For those who don't like numbers and just want to see cards, I'm here for you, too. One of the most recent additions to the totals above was a package from gcrl of <a href="https://cardsasiseethem.blogspot.com/">cards as I see them</a>. He's one of the best Dodger senders I know. If you didn't realize, we're the top two Dodger card collectors on TCDB!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLPFXbj9K-KUqbthyphenhyphen2fEy4RnaU42vUE2-zDpGTOMZl241DjUB05rMKr69snfTwl0YPNPDqxrNwEKFArbCBInoXU9jBy-LZxGO4YW_r8IlH-PAL4PnLOadToAyAFWnvyeQcTLo72eST0ABN3hL4OxiVDBQ9JtRmgPeYDPeCVWLFxGbeRWLekK6sxy5pGU/s1498/yrbyr-dodgerscurrent.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLPFXbj9K-KUqbthyphenhyphen2fEy4RnaU42vUE2-zDpGTOMZl241DjUB05rMKr69snfTwl0YPNPDqxrNwEKFArbCBInoXU9jBy-LZxGO4YW_r8IlH-PAL4PnLOadToAyAFWnvyeQcTLo72eST0ABN3hL4OxiVDBQ9JtRmgPeYDPeCVWLFxGbeRWLekK6sxy5pGU/s16000/yrbyr-dodgerscurrent.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some more current needs, mostly from 2023. Topps has got to mix up photos a little better -- take some shots so the guys are facing left once in a while.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTCaLMxBz2pkCYhsxItyd5dsM7Megl_4uoN8e5Y3C46fmrl-bLpcTReNfBqMIrxnH_xSGOfLCePF-PZLopKZMY4vLVmCLpa991bJaVA7M60IkhdchJHL8usfvUi3ETTor6wPanWs0GMvS1IrGnYykGYA1DFVZZj9C6aFw74k33bk19yhstSVMEkFy7yY/s1080/yrbyr-dodgersearlier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTCaLMxBz2pkCYhsxItyd5dsM7Megl_4uoN8e5Y3C46fmrl-bLpcTReNfBqMIrxnH_xSGOfLCePF-PZLopKZMY4vLVmCLpa991bJaVA7M60IkhdchJHL8usfvUi3ETTor6wPanWs0GMvS1IrGnYykGYA1DFVZZj9C6aFw74k33bk19yhstSVMEkFy7yY/s16000/yrbyr-dodgersearlier.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some older Dodgers needs. Always nice to get another David Ross-Was-A-Dodger card.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvalqUKrqS5I6VvEKaRwXsu5ktXyYvbsrr8nG8vVa-gUAR8-WCInOaCRQ4iHPbbOlwcXy2Y5ru8hudISAW0kZv8X9wgoGV7gvueMjGUELlVow2SHApgJgxrCX6ePdpJrvo3k8WRhs-WmM2LvSG_xqAuhd3G9d2Fje9njTLLwEGebWZ8MGZm0uNU64JZZY/s1472/yrbyyr-03T(F).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvalqUKrqS5I6VvEKaRwXsu5ktXyYvbsrr8nG8vVa-gUAR8-WCInOaCRQ4iHPbbOlwcXy2Y5ru8hudISAW0kZv8X9wgoGV7gvueMjGUELlVow2SHApgJgxrCX6ePdpJrvo3k8WRhs-WmM2LvSG_xqAuhd3G9d2Fje9njTLLwEGebWZ8MGZm0uNU64JZZY/s16000/yrbyyr-03T(F).jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Jim found my 2023 Finest want list (I guess I actually made one of those, huh?). This is from one of my favorite periods of Finest, though I like the 2004 ones better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFNe-DIsM2UEaxa1el86lnfF1WE73yJ5qdVpOnEJcCVlQCOeJ48Gz8rKayUrdilED9ucERZNo08KXxs47D20RHxG_4IA6fhyphenhyphenUhAbFMLbUzvn_tXtun_DG_KNgQTU7bDsQ4HkYEYT8b8QtyojrCqzCU1ey_db1aY2tQoVhWJ0ssPcuX9vVkOnhChBEu-w/s1080/yrbyr-long-nc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1080" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFNe-DIsM2UEaxa1el86lnfF1WE73yJ5qdVpOnEJcCVlQCOeJ48Gz8rKayUrdilED9ucERZNo08KXxs47D20RHxG_4IA6fhyphenhyphenUhAbFMLbUzvn_tXtun_DG_KNgQTU7bDsQ4HkYEYT8b8QtyojrCqzCU1ey_db1aY2tQoVhWJ0ssPcuX9vVkOnhChBEu-w/w640-h450/yrbyr-long-nc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">He also sent a couple of night cards from 2020 Stadium Club. Both are already in my night card binder, but upon closer inspection, the Shed Long is a chrome refractor! That's a way to fancy up the binder!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">OK, I'm glad I got that update in. Usually I do this in January but the timing is good anyway because 2024 Topps is supposed to be released tomorrow!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I see some breakers already have got their hands on it. I saw a couple breaks yesterday and today. I still really like the cards, which is a feat when you're listening to people stumble over the names of the players. The name is "Yastrzemski" dude. Come on.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-21199424770984255172024-02-12T19:14:00.012-05:002024-02-12T20:13:17.740-05:00Better in my mind<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7mlpSGvJfo0KBhUVjINIm-5eac60GnOjAKsohoOkRRvm07tvviWGiRft7UECcNtgySU9Nysw5ktAdHLnbjFeUmFMxIUp_L-Lo161UDsUHg4g41wRg88SSBWFvcMRE23OFXR9QSBe9XnYHZoNxGgpFtmA33l9F7eqPOyk30yFGHDgFlvEJiip7wldUrw/s1521/bimm-topper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF7mlpSGvJfo0KBhUVjINIm-5eac60GnOjAKsohoOkRRvm07tvviWGiRft7UECcNtgySU9Nysw5ktAdHLnbjFeUmFMxIUp_L-Lo161UDsUHg4g41wRg88SSBWFvcMRE23OFXR9QSBe9XnYHZoNxGgpFtmA33l9F7eqPOyk30yFGHDgFlvEJiip7wldUrw/w454-h640/bimm-topper.jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">For about 90 percent of the life of this blog, I've known around 2-3 card shows a year. Each of those shows were at least an hour away, so I've equated card shows for the past 15 years with excursions. Better make it a day, because it's going to be awhile!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Because of this the "monthly card show in town" sounded so nice. I wondered what that was like. I'd be envious of bloggers who "just got back from the monthly card show." -- <i>the </i>monthly card show, because it had been there for awhile, maybe it's always been there. Must be nice.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember what I'd think reading those posts about monthly shows. "If I had a monthly show, I'd be there every month, what a wonderful world."</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So in the last year or so, my town has set up its own monthly card show. I've written about it. But 2008-22 night owl would be very disappointed. I haven't kept up with the schedule very well. And I actually <i>skipped</i> a show last month, something that I thought I would never do.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But "a monthly show" is one of those things that sounds better in my mind. Like "dessert after every dinner" when I was a kid. It sounds great. But in practice, it doesn't live up to the fantasy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't get me wrong. I loved having a show to go to Saturday. I loved being able to roll out of bed, take a quick shower (there's a tip, show-goers), grab a bite and drive three miles down the road to the show. It's wild. Almost dream-like still.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">And it's great to still be able to find cards at this show. The room is small (I think they're expanding next month) and I know, stepping in, there will be maybe four tables where I can find things suited to me. I'm used to larger shows where I can blow some cash. I bring much less to this show.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This time they had someone stationed at the front to take your admission fee. I mentioned <a href="https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2023/12/one-table-only.html">the last time I went</a> that there was no one there to take my money. Not coincidentally, I'm sure, the show reported one of their raffle-prize cards was stolen from the front table.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0-DCGbT99k3IOlPThKL9KJVZp1AXJlb4T0Ff9X9sGqCLBzIMa81hTFLYfQctRWZgwPHLK1nWyWI1_mI-P3tctRCMpvJmwBDiV9XX0RZXeTMaZq0o_JCdMQichlCiKbs4qyisCdIWJpSRz_wX9Dd-YUpuBbAjrF3LhhwM0kTgVXQNqQHkZEh1-jg7tlI/s1080/bimm-70K.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1080" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0-DCGbT99k3IOlPThKL9KJVZp1AXJlb4T0Ff9X9sGqCLBzIMa81hTFLYfQctRWZgwPHLK1nWyWI1_mI-P3tctRCMpvJmwBDiV9XX0RZXeTMaZq0o_JCdMQichlCiKbs4qyisCdIWJpSRz_wX9Dd-YUpuBbAjrF3LhhwM0kTgVXQNqQHkZEh1-jg7tlI/w640-h506/bimm-70K.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The best cards I found in the hour I was there were the first two purchases I made. I added these two very flat 1970 Kellogg's cards. I didn't realize it for awhile but these came from John of <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportscardnati1">Sports Card Nation Podcast</a>, where I made a guest appearance a couple years ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7qMZN-mpo1VweDZ8mS6wy54n1kaqEBWmRxLCyHLBTUJ5r9-GTvnecAXd9UON_LkZeS654Glf6MJ2xqOSZprtXGjhzYIbJbQpsl4wNJV6q9w5K591d_1mPLeacRQ3_DrTOmip6CzwKz0a6FzEtSI88-Cn80Yz4QvoVTRGeZyhhm_zlTptddp4F3jsjmU/s1459/bimm-schoendienst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7qMZN-mpo1VweDZ8mS6wy54n1kaqEBWmRxLCyHLBTUJ5r9-GTvnecAXd9UON_LkZeS654Glf6MJ2xqOSZprtXGjhzYIbJbQpsl4wNJV6q9w5K591d_1mPLeacRQ3_DrTOmip6CzwKz0a6FzEtSI88-Cn80Yz4QvoVTRGeZyhhm_zlTptddp4F3jsjmU/w474-h640/bimm-schoendienst.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><br />The second purchase, this semi-high number 1967 Topps Red Schoendienst and the most "expensive" buy of the day at 5 bucks. This came from the dealer next to John (their tables merged together so you didn't know where one ended and one started). I'd come back to this table at the end.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_8oRjVwr_rqd6Gf4rbKQmQNxOb_CeNAeAFyJ1txu2L9drAmjk8GuO-E0RDzlA7p_IDVmA-XCPs-Ml-Yiv1tx60O35mWf1ESULi0CMKV0n2JBHqGh5WJ_C7LuDllL1w2WhGb3z2kgt41r8WYCAVXMT88SD5ur9sKFzPnCbb26i6RnpFtPfp1z_FraNBU/s1214/bimm-sc23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_8oRjVwr_rqd6Gf4rbKQmQNxOb_CeNAeAFyJ1txu2L9drAmjk8GuO-E0RDzlA7p_IDVmA-XCPs-Ml-Yiv1tx60O35mWf1ESULi0CMKV0n2JBHqGh5WJ_C7LuDllL1w2WhGb3z2kgt41r8WYCAVXMT88SD5ur9sKFzPnCbb26i6RnpFtPfp1z_FraNBU/s16000/bimm-sc23.jpg" /></a></div><br />My next buys were at a table I went to the last time I was there. He has a modest line-up of discount boxes. Since I didn't get there until around 12:30, I'm sure a lot of it was picked over, it seemed like a bunch of football and basketball. But then I found some 2023 Stadium Club.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is just how I want to buy Stadium Club this year. Since it's a delayed product, I have no patience for a rash of rookies, boring inserts and players in old uniforms just so I can find 3 or 4 cool photos per pack. Better to pick them up at 20-cents-per.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I would've liked the Devers studio shot to be the regular picture, but it wasn't there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1tkBtE7kMiYz82QnpyUuvMqJRPwCCxBhqMF6V2vl48saSvbk_60x0H1kCPac3HsyVyOCcBb9uWeZkt3YKBqO20BgJpugDCc8251wL8EPaVhdX90Qqmxx4rNtgp6odDbYkD2mgIZxMDSsP0tXKXlYMb2GwCRqvAQ-p5GqV23c2iu6UrB8pma8iRfzh08/s1175/bimm-randoms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1tkBtE7kMiYz82QnpyUuvMqJRPwCCxBhqMF6V2vl48saSvbk_60x0H1kCPac3HsyVyOCcBb9uWeZkt3YKBqO20BgJpugDCc8251wL8EPaVhdX90Qqmxx4rNtgp6odDbYkD2mgIZxMDSsP0tXKXlYMb2GwCRqvAQ-p5GqV23c2iu6UrB8pma8iRfzh08/w588-h640/bimm-randoms.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More randoms from the cheapy binz. By now I knew there would be nowhere else I'd find anything I could want/afford. It's really a small show, you guys, 20 tables at the most.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXatMpcY-MxH9SQjhhFuFFCJRTuf1v2e2M4zw-ZOOqgRDBOarU2kCkSVT_l6-ZI28YkJUuCrLu9gfw4hpVkweKKTFNhQE12iqKYRJ7giI_3ZOeFuHbHo8yJQ-oZgvALZYoRipc6IElXPAkRKYNS7Byyd7w7Yj5YsGBm-rplrDJSir_XLBkTukxrdkxU0/s1217/bimm-dodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaXatMpcY-MxH9SQjhhFuFFCJRTuf1v2e2M4zw-ZOOqgRDBOarU2kCkSVT_l6-ZI28YkJUuCrLu9gfw4hpVkweKKTFNhQE12iqKYRJ7giI_3ZOeFuHbHo8yJQ-oZgvALZYoRipc6IElXPAkRKYNS7Byyd7w7Yj5YsGBm-rplrDJSir_XLBkTukxrdkxU0/w568-h640/bimm-dodgers.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That's the entirety of the Dodgers that I added. (I'll take a neat-looking '74 Sutton for a buck any day, this must be my 5th or 6th one). I could have added several cheap Kershaw cards but all of them were unappealing Panini things and that's not what I want from a show -- at least Chris Taylor was colorful.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4umcVmqp_D4INl06hSeA9VV04oVLhW1BPowfig8dIvGqFjj3s8VBnZySMSJY1AKS_qPHZrdxd_yAKgha4d4X5685tqC7h5g7fG4QMxhntKe0tTbG7OU_ZSN-lzAD5GJewGGAS3E-I9QMEVZHy_lcGQp4Bwh2s8GhBDxWsSDCBUU3QXugfBQt8jRRyIs/s1080/bimm-70supgrades.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1080" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4umcVmqp_D4INl06hSeA9VV04oVLhW1BPowfig8dIvGqFjj3s8VBnZySMSJY1AKS_qPHZrdxd_yAKgha4d4X5685tqC7h5g7fG4QMxhntKe0tTbG7OU_ZSN-lzAD5GJewGGAS3E-I9QMEVZHy_lcGQp4Bwh2s8GhBDxWsSDCBUU3QXugfBQt8jRRyIs/w640-h466/bimm-70supgrades.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Along the lines of the Sutton, I'll add 1970s cards that I have already if they're in good shape and cheap. There was actually a lot of '70s cards for sale, I had just about every one. But if I wanted to go on an upgrade spree, I bet I could have done it there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Near the end I began to realize there would be nothing else for me, but the cards in the one discount bin were kind of nice so I searched for a few cards for others, paid up and was out the door.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I drove home and had a good chunk of the day left for whatever I wanted to do, which is often not the case for the excursion card shows.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still, the finds are very casual and I can definitely see skipping more of these in the future (but also going to some), based on my schedule. So now I know why people were saying "I skipped the last one." Familiarity will do that.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But, hopefully, I will be saying THE monthly card show for a good long time.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-48629731338246386582024-02-10T19:05:00.006-05:002024-02-10T21:36:27.452-05:00I'm weak<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mBG3rlhNZeLw9lXC1wWYbw9HxoSFV3c2h6ptl4oy5B174nLkGRqDDoP6FvV3Vt462lDN4yBdx5BHA4llZGXfVO6MJ-DrimYRgV3wNRW9wU2zfdKA-cYON5_Ei2qhcFwuAxCYRpPqd5GLIbQReQN5y5kViYiPVyLuKZhyphenhyphenRkqRU9uHLosY9_2-50Ctg3Q/s1520/weak-76T(fb).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mBG3rlhNZeLw9lXC1wWYbw9HxoSFV3c2h6ptl4oy5B174nLkGRqDDoP6FvV3Vt462lDN4yBdx5BHA4llZGXfVO6MJ-DrimYRgV3wNRW9wU2zfdKA-cYON5_Ei2qhcFwuAxCYRpPqd5GLIbQReQN5y5kViYiPVyLuKZhyphenhyphenRkqRU9uHLosY9_2-50Ctg3Q/w454-h640/weak-76T(fb).jpg" width="454" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Look at that card. Isn't that fantastic? That's what a football card should look like. Why shouldn't I have that card? No one can tell me I can't have that card. So I have it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Because I'm weak.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I've told myself over and over not to think about tackling another vintage football set, not until I finish the 1979 Topps set. Certainly I shouldn't try the '76 Topps set with a known expensive card that will surely be at the end of my completion rainbow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But '70s cards are a weakness. They speak to me like no other cards. This is why I will never get to collecting old tobacco card Dodgers or Goudey Dodgers or whatever 100-year-old card because they do not have the magic that '70s cards do. Also, I'm weak.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzBlxUp2W28mPHmTsX3fYuGRQhdbDCa3MpSl8VpRwnY44LKzhwV7CN7kDDzoBBOOMXWR0iHo0sjc9GW0gDALiu6QwIx2SgRQjb5auQjcz9sp1x2z-43RY9NLmohNESQfEA5zMTu4x1gteDo_07B1xq6nDCdn-kGBsRnT9ScnpbuEpBi69IY42lgETDDc/s1080/weak-83T(fb).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1080" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzBlxUp2W28mPHmTsX3fYuGRQhdbDCa3MpSl8VpRwnY44LKzhwV7CN7kDDzoBBOOMXWR0iHo0sjc9GW0gDALiu6QwIx2SgRQjb5auQjcz9sp1x2z-43RY9NLmohNESQfEA5zMTu4x1gteDo_07B1xq6nDCdn-kGBsRnT9ScnpbuEpBi69IY42lgETDDc/w640-h588/weak-83T(fb).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> More football sets I shouldn't be chasing. 1983? I shouldn't be even thinking about this until '70s stuff is out of the way. THERE MUST BE ORDER.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I can't resist. All of these were available at the baseballcardstore.ca and I had to get them. The '76 Charles Sanders card came from another Twitter sale from Mitch. Both of these places are cheap ways to pick up cards, hopefully so cheap that the 1979 Topps football set doesn't suspect a thing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I figured I'd show those off since it's Super Bowl weekend and we've got to pay attention to it even though we just went through this matchup four years ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But those football cards are the only nonbaseball cards I picked up at both places -- not that I came back to reality. Just a couple days ago I nabbed four more 1976 football cards. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JITu_VX3j4SCKk2S4vfi5-Q1IsV_Ibshn_SzFliUJTtWL9ZONUlT3ickAG9WNDRhP6qBWkaHwQF3uNdZPj-LEH_Q3Jb2zOwVdDx15lO3Eu82xhoPdJCYYzpQDZr0PMyVkBDQ7arh4a5UnJZsQfbOiXQ4z6GH0LqZJ6Bqb32lcYFYzxdPMLV3cMDi8pk/s1289/weak-97T.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JITu_VX3j4SCKk2S4vfi5-Q1IsV_Ibshn_SzFliUJTtWL9ZONUlT3ickAG9WNDRhP6qBWkaHwQF3uNdZPj-LEH_Q3Jb2zOwVdDx15lO3Eu82xhoPdJCYYzpQDZr0PMyVkBDQ7arh4a5UnJZsQfbOiXQ4z6GH0LqZJ6Bqb32lcYFYzxdPMLV3cMDi8pk/w536-h640/weak-97T.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Look, see? What's this stuff? Why am I adding late 1990s cards, I don't collect late 1990s cards! But I do have a weakness for 1997 Topps if it's going to be super-cheap like it was at the baseballcardstore, so here we are. At the very least I need to have more of these cards than I do 1996 or 1998 Topps and I don't right now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z1lct0M4y6izH_WOell5jbJCh-vDVSV_03l-Mmm8dAjkhMT0Ayb9TpHJAPPBJYnAq4gpXr22ebr2a4yZext9TNHc95pci0ibkC-tY0SMow3kO42ZytuacyLinNAVpcym4Nhgw27LNXyw6EtIUGbDGVOI6b-Cbsu4maGAXEyc91oUZpPAEpLYRLQnR7g/s1524/weak-sanders.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z1lct0M4y6izH_WOell5jbJCh-vDVSV_03l-Mmm8dAjkhMT0Ayb9TpHJAPPBJYnAq4gpXr22ebr2a4yZext9TNHc95pci0ibkC-tY0SMow3kO42ZytuacyLinNAVpcym4Nhgw27LNXyw6EtIUGbDGVOI6b-Cbsu4maGAXEyc91oUZpPAEpLYRLQnR7g/w454-h640/weak-sanders.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here is a 1998 card now. Deion Sanders' presence as a football coach means cards like this are suddenly a little more interesting. There was a little Discord discussion about how Sanders is sporting the cut-off sleeves he wore in tribute to Jackie Robinson and how Bud Selig got all NFL-like in cracking down on Neon. Bud, Bud, Bud.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApQEhYSOGximN1_KvRTFTXpY9n_X_ZamVSc-wEqNCWE4hPeWsOACeQNm_lsIA13kSQXf78jw46jXYclQsN2IRsZQ7uOxCTYWHOpGlIdZoxkCs2aB75vPLaFMLGYB-hyksOvfVGRevBbK0_qBMR69erfjhrLyROnprH5T3PLAOQuTeBue6qBMsZmjrUsc/s1080/weak-platinumanniversary.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApQEhYSOGximN1_KvRTFTXpY9n_X_ZamVSc-wEqNCWE4hPeWsOACeQNm_lsIA13kSQXf78jw46jXYclQsN2IRsZQ7uOxCTYWHOpGlIdZoxkCs2aB75vPLaFMLGYB-hyksOvfVGRevBbK0_qBMR69erfjhrLyROnprH5T3PLAOQuTeBue6qBMsZmjrUsc/s16000/weak-platinumanniversary.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah, I know, what am I doing? This set is like 800 cards and has probably <i>grown </i>in the two years since it was issued. But I will add them if they don't cost anything, which these didn't ... because they are White Sox and Marlins.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPTwjfZVGOTCuOaFGkeBLEakqgqdWd1EX5-1xU_9Y_qer9EuCwqVWvqCpA9JsiFC-L-xEZzTnMFmLYQ1Z56ZLKleBnuwyqHLlY1LOGQKbf4i-WqCSgHVoqwHTvY72FcabDu-85IIsj7V0sWBRUGvUeCQgpT48RAdzzFXjAtvcEuRJLemcPF1_A7mmUqc/s1359/weak-sportkings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1359" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPTwjfZVGOTCuOaFGkeBLEakqgqdWd1EX5-1xU_9Y_qer9EuCwqVWvqCpA9JsiFC-L-xEZzTnMFmLYQ1Z56ZLKleBnuwyqHLlY1LOGQKbf4i-WqCSgHVoqwHTvY72FcabDu-85IIsj7V0sWBRUGvUeCQgpT48RAdzzFXjAtvcEuRJLemcPF1_A7mmUqc/w508-h640/weak-sportkings.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p>Again, they were super-cheap as they should be. These Sport Kings cards are pretty flimsy, but sucker me in with 1970s guys. I find some of the non-baseball subjects in these sets rather horrifying in appearance but the baseball doesn't bother me.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51cX6Wvo0dL9LgczySxGkZ29Ihs6j30L4gkXv8f01hXEo_4ICaR1mtc9wqFSlzWavB6Ql6GUBMH2JHbw4TM9XED7CntaP2UbCfAGW9NTqgbr51F4Byy4xxcDW-8NIZPwmjEIyl2-DZVIjSAimURs1HZVsi9-3Mx0gzXfNnoIt1eQVWQTJqe8YnuHD4Pk/s1406/weak-rest%20of%20twitter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51cX6Wvo0dL9LgczySxGkZ29Ihs6j30L4gkXv8f01hXEo_4ICaR1mtc9wqFSlzWavB6Ql6GUBMH2JHbw4TM9XED7CntaP2UbCfAGW9NTqgbr51F4Byy4xxcDW-8NIZPwmjEIyl2-DZVIjSAimURs1HZVsi9-3Mx0gzXfNnoIt1eQVWQTJqe8YnuHD4Pk/s16000/weak-rest%20of%20twitter.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Some stuff I can explain better in terms of fitting int my collection. Clockwise from top left we have: Dodger, SP for the 2020 Heritage set that supposedly I need, a 1989 box-bottom (I recently discovered I never added the '89 box bottoms to TCDB and rectified that right away), and that '94 George Brett that I've seen 3,000 times since starting a blog, 'bout time I got it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx28OIjnvewx45RcfiikDexQHMGNYx553-4gazuH8L3tNEXF4Umrc8HEWAPoeMEZmvQI-WyKIehzkWVVkdGkzDIINd9gHh70WNmHjtaplhErIdVtykZXPRQbgdKDmk3ZLIuzn_1tnA7-g7QZnB30uPHY4ecxp0I2BQy8zYsaa4K_XnjXUtM3EYz4TWJ88/s1080/weak-bbcs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx28OIjnvewx45RcfiikDexQHMGNYx553-4gazuH8L3tNEXF4Umrc8HEWAPoeMEZmvQI-WyKIehzkWVVkdGkzDIINd9gHh70WNmHjtaplhErIdVtykZXPRQbgdKDmk3ZLIuzn_1tnA7-g7QZnB30uPHY4ecxp0I2BQy8zYsaa4K_XnjXUtM3EYz4TWJ88/s16000/weak-bbcs.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I can't quite convince anyone about this selection falling in line with what I collect, except the O-Pee-Chee card. But every single one was intriguing at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjYjmaDdlv6NWpIUBUv8Fom8vUxy5gxKFCTzyZRgR8etk9pq1VmbcWgnqJnsarQB0t0EF8GZGkb4S5f3n5pF0eKc8FSqXbOMnE7qAIKOBfw7kHubQFMou4dz2eBWk3-0E3KpoUfM2N-smbEI4i-Yhcwlzbj-M41hyphenhyphenSkL3uUWyERjjDQOYUvchoGOE9S8/s1757/weak-seguignol.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1757" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjYjmaDdlv6NWpIUBUv8Fom8vUxy5gxKFCTzyZRgR8etk9pq1VmbcWgnqJnsarQB0t0EF8GZGkb4S5f3n5pF0eKc8FSqXbOMnE7qAIKOBfw7kHubQFMou4dz2eBWk3-0E3KpoUfM2N-smbEI4i-Yhcwlzbj-M41hyphenhyphenSkL3uUWyERjjDQOYUvchoGOE9S8/s16000/weak-seguignol.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Besides, I think <a href="http://baseballdimebox.blogspot.com/">Nick</a> is finally rubbing off on me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_nduELm0kk2-DKfChaA2MrvnQia0mnyu4zxxSCktX6Mp1B6lvJSjGGZymjV07Yhk9Y4nCSxGX46GcdHtz7n0J57_EMaMJBB4Nf-B_6Cp8TofwM99g8rMkNjq773Ii7MvnRrBpb2jYhqiWWzdY3E1BZ_PL-7e0PYbxQfQzb_xb3dXIy1th_5nP6kX4qY/s1080/weak-83D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1080" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_nduELm0kk2-DKfChaA2MrvnQia0mnyu4zxxSCktX6Mp1B6lvJSjGGZymjV07Yhk9Y4nCSxGX46GcdHtz7n0J57_EMaMJBB4Nf-B_6Cp8TofwM99g8rMkNjq773Ii7MvnRrBpb2jYhqiWWzdY3E1BZ_PL-7e0PYbxQfQzb_xb3dXIy1th_5nP6kX4qY/w640-h464/weak-83D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More like it, a couple of 1983 Donruss needs. I'll probably have a want list up for this one day because I won't be blowing cash on buying this all at once.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbppobV602AR2tPi-XVKya4SQCVw2Jx-S4EP_OLnJ6oka1YpEUnsJkCiMHUSIyhI_43Pg0R93yGBfN_U4QScyFwd-DqUSPbtwt9-e9mwsQmaWo8vXvPTtuD_8CLGeAgtr8wZWJMey44diKyXPeLxiy89VgJk7_3IVZbyoNMiMw5v-_BNPI2y0pv_1iZQ/s1091/weak-90Pac.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1091" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbppobV602AR2tPi-XVKya4SQCVw2Jx-S4EP_OLnJ6oka1YpEUnsJkCiMHUSIyhI_43Pg0R93yGBfN_U4QScyFwd-DqUSPbtwt9-e9mwsQmaWo8vXvPTtuD_8CLGeAgtr8wZWJMey44diKyXPeLxiy89VgJk7_3IVZbyoNMiMw5v-_BNPI2y0pv_1iZQ/w634-h640/weak-90Pac.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There we go, a bunch of 1990 Pacific needs, I've got a binder set aside for that and everything. This is night owl core.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcMFZ4UcpCW0yZRiX2SG56V1LJ43ZrUd0Aa5QjBGvm10m9X5HxDfvh6xeta5vBBXYWcqG2JBugMOkEM1HGbSHoJRBjuVxuTcL9080WLNlLzIrj2wh7bZrIneDLPtfXV_8RFZMywa1KOkSt_5Cyome2fEgLNg0hRC0KhXYXATtfbUI2fqPVTssDpvNi1Q/s1522/weak-86Tr-clark.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcMFZ4UcpCW0yZRiX2SG56V1LJ43ZrUd0Aa5QjBGvm10m9X5HxDfvh6xeta5vBBXYWcqG2JBugMOkEM1HGbSHoJRBjuVxuTcL9080WLNlLzIrj2wh7bZrIneDLPtfXV_8RFZMywa1KOkSt_5Cyome2fEgLNg0hRC0KhXYXATtfbUI2fqPVTssDpvNi1Q/w454-h640/weak-86Tr-clark.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Now, the only reason I would get this card is because I have a set to finish. This is one of the 1986 Traded "biggies." After a recent TCDB trade, I'm down to the final two cards to finish off this set, Bo Jackson and .............. Billy Hatcher.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaEqZh-cTzqeJ251m851G6k75qL3WG67EDCGIrUHALcx6MXrnkXM6q7A2yxt15NNGHH15j6b5iMaD6Pk-0tymoj5CrYxLsgfqzO73hGBCJoihIck1dTOYu5P-6Aj3xlFA-EaduYPvA_0eYQXHbfKkRQJ9pNmVJDP_AZ-zMnga070FTgbjP9WXJCHEoJ0/s1080/weak-dodgers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1080" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaEqZh-cTzqeJ251m851G6k75qL3WG67EDCGIrUHALcx6MXrnkXM6q7A2yxt15NNGHH15j6b5iMaD6Pk-0tymoj5CrYxLsgfqzO73hGBCJoihIck1dTOYu5P-6Aj3xlFA-EaduYPvA_0eYQXHbfKkRQJ9pNmVJDP_AZ-zMnga070FTgbjP9WXJCHEoJ0/w640-h450/weak-dodgers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Lastly, TWO DODGERS THAT I NEED. Finally, focus!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These both came from the baseballcardstore. At some point soon, I'll be getting a Dodger-centric package from that place so I can get myself back on track instead of all of the above randomness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still, staying focused probably doesn't matter as much as I think it should. I may be weak, but a card collection is one place that benefits from weaknesses.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-7300337758023201612024-02-08T19:17:00.012-05:002024-02-08T20:22:00.652-05:00C.A.: 2005 Donruss Inside View Hideo Nomo<p><i> (Hey look, part-time blogger night owl has another post up! Sorry again for the infrequency. I should be back to the regular 5-days-a-week-but-not-quite-8-hours-a-day posting schedule next week. For now, it's just one card, because it's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 333rd in a series):</i></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohJ-Fmevdustu-qQTi_fLI0ALbxGnbUhpOzFCd5Ff6WuMNd4DG38YBgQOpHL-eerhSdbBsizHNGuPqIqiFGj15tZaO6j70G4x3_jKd3h2EWQa_9nnTr11CA-9lGuhmZri4IkXuhsFscbrN0xMpmRWLgPVFclqYK7oPbjviY2qA-a-3cwh4zTJ9cYbBQ/s400/donruss-coc-1-1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDohJ-Fmevdustu-qQTi_fLI0ALbxGnbUhpOzFCd5Ff6WuMNd4DG38YBgQOpHL-eerhSdbBsizHNGuPqIqiFGj15tZaO6j70G4x3_jKd3h2EWQa_9nnTr11CA-9lGuhmZri4IkXuhsFscbrN0xMpmRWLgPVFclqYK7oPbjviY2qA-a-3cwh4zTJ9cYbBQ/w452-h640/donruss-coc-1-1-1.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />Today is the anniversary of the Dodgers signing Hideo Nomo so I've got a timely post. I like those.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I keep telling myself to cut back on all the social media outlets but then I go and add another one with the Baseball Card "House of Cardboard" Discord site. (I've cut back on Facebook and Twitter, so I suppose it evens out). The attractive part of social media for me still is: I find out baseball card things.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like the card above, for example.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This card is from an insert set from 2005 Donruss called "Inside View". Now comes the part I didn't know until I saw a discussion on Discord:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The set was pulled from production by Donruss, but somehow some of the cards wound up in packs. The cards were intended to be serial-numbered to 1,000 but the cards that showed up in packs are not serial-numbered. It's estimated that anywhere between 5 and 25 cards of each of the 20 players in the set showed up in packs, according to the baseballcardpedia.com <a href="http://baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/2005_Donruss#Inside_View">write-up</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So they are super-rare -- ugly as hell -- but rare.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I knew when I read the Discord discussion that I had the Hideo Nomo card. Thanks to my sometimes-reliable blog archives, I discovered that I received this card in 2019 from <a href="http://cardsoncards.blogspot.com/">Cards On Cards</a>. I didn't have a clue what it was at the time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFnvXX0Y08OfJsZv66naB4GoF7HbFgalofh7mEGcOronZ0t4rqaJmnO7xeqYnFC9hKx0D-5CfEA_akaFCz72i5isIh8RRXiRRJgreBCgv6qoFqGDFjnYcUN8RgqVR3vC4jt1Z0aQ-Iz4ZmVIahN4ZIkcaHv4fnZpDgae83VC9rbv9mIuco1BhgjOIv4E/s1517/iv-nomo-back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFnvXX0Y08OfJsZv66naB4GoF7HbFgalofh7mEGcOronZ0t4rqaJmnO7xeqYnFC9hKx0D-5CfEA_akaFCz72i5isIh8RRXiRRJgreBCgv6qoFqGDFjnYcUN8RgqVR3vC4jt1Z0aQ-Iz4ZmVIahN4ZIkcaHv4fnZpDgae83VC9rbv9mIuco1BhgjOIv4E/w456-h640/iv-nomo-back.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There's the back. No serial number. So this is one of no more than 25 copies.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is what it goes for on COMC:</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JjIR5kEilZ46maIYNAEL0ghqtxSnWFaGvlobJR-bVhjrD1_HNRUn94C5BV8Uu76yTis_w-OVSGLnL_kiKsP8hq-EtKRdki4GcmmTeph7lYg7dsFLaO0YR9hrXAmE_0KwwXvZK-v-sEO8Ou-wLh9bef0v1K1XPJZ64TOPRRZd3LenVhXgd0AMIW_uqLI/s402/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20142900.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JjIR5kEilZ46maIYNAEL0ghqtxSnWFaGvlobJR-bVhjrD1_HNRUn94C5BV8Uu76yTis_w-OVSGLnL_kiKsP8hq-EtKRdki4GcmmTeph7lYg7dsFLaO0YR9hrXAmE_0KwwXvZK-v-sEO8Ou-wLh9bef0v1K1XPJZ64TOPRRZd3LenVhXgd0AMIW_uqLI/w468-h640/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20142900.png" width="468" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">This is what it goes for on ebay:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1TL7HoUazkWg0pXIzQcr5nJ-cUFAehvMTUJpAJv-3Th6_CZ0bh0-jmid1vDGyY7EzGpRwd7cKlvbA5ohZQC-xhYUWLTrjA7aTu5a8iWjc0OR_nuQFttdtuL2jv46R-XoZZAVxTcCK_6vJ78LppJ11GWQ6QNTN699rxCuX4tNUHA-_pDBbjL_sjYdiZ0/s788/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20143141.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="788" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1TL7HoUazkWg0pXIzQcr5nJ-cUFAehvMTUJpAJv-3Th6_CZ0bh0-jmid1vDGyY7EzGpRwd7cKlvbA5ohZQC-xhYUWLTrjA7aTu5a8iWjc0OR_nuQFttdtuL2jv46R-XoZZAVxTcCK_6vJ78LppJ11GWQ6QNTN699rxCuX4tNUHA-_pDBbjL_sjYdiZ0/w640-h352/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20143141.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Those are the only copies I found.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">You may have noticed that my card up at the top has loads of scratches on it. Here's a different view:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap2w0gEawUDX4B-dPOlCLiihwznWFx7YFvqGK4FHHJFpaXLDdlATMhUkHB_NWIK7xIkud0g5bNno-RYJcsUMqvPMcu2tHw9WJaTnIxuYZimn4P4Mf0RPhO8ZH4CDnFXo13_jjGylhRmA84qaaZrwEfCjfn3QkrKTM3KGBO_5cscq5loFnRbjHungkBow/s1071/iv-nomo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="769" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap2w0gEawUDX4B-dPOlCLiihwznWFx7YFvqGK4FHHJFpaXLDdlATMhUkHB_NWIK7xIkud0g5bNno-RYJcsUMqvPMcu2tHw9WJaTnIxuYZimn4P4Mf0RPhO8ZH4CDnFXo13_jjGylhRmA84qaaZrwEfCjfn3QkrKTM3KGBO_5cscq5loFnRbjHungkBow/w460-h640/iv-nomo.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><br />But there are "scratches" on the Nomos-for-sale I showed and on other set examples I've seen. I <i>think </i>that's part of the design. Like any card between 1995-2005, me knowledge is limited.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It doesn't matter because at only 25 copies, if someone wants it, they'll probably pay for it regardless of what it looks like, outside of it being chewed up and spat out.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It also doesn't matter because I don't intend to sell it, no matter how ugly.<br /></div>night owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.com4