I have a lot of Dodgers cards.
Many of them I don't need. They're extras. They just sit there and sit there, waiting and waiting. I suppose I could do a frankenset with the dupes or some other such thing, but that would mean finding another binder and devoting time to duplicates. That doesn't sound like fun.
I have so many of these extras that I'd love to distribute them. Sometimes I offer up an invitation to Dodger collectors reading the blog that I'll be glad to send out some Dodger cards to them. I just did that in yesterday's post, in fact, about my OPC Dodger doubles.
No Dodger collector responded.
That happens a lot. I don't really know why. I know that the number of Dodger collectors on the blogs has decreased over the years. Some have stopped blogging. Some are still blogging but have stopped reading -- or at least commenting. The other Dodger collectors, well, I don't know what your excuse is. Explain yourselves!
I know who the usual Dodger blogger card collectors suspects are. And when I get out from under all the other people sending me packages, I try to ship some cards to those Dodger fans. But there are so many more extras that I have.
It's a great hoot when a Dodger fan like Alex of Chavez Ravining sends me some cards and I know that I can send some to him in response. I just sent out a package to him this afternoon. I loved putting it together. It's so much more fun to put together a card package for a fellow Dodger collector than any other kind of collector.
And I can do the same for you, if you like the Dodgers. Just make a comment that you want some of my Dodger cards and then email me your address (nightlite77@yahoo.com). I'll get some cards out to you in my own sweet time. But I promise there will be minimal junk wax if any at all. I will mix it up as best I can. But I'm gearing this toward team collectors. If you tell me, "I collect Bellinger and Buehler and that's it," well, there won't be much I can do.
So, enough with the gentle hinting. It's right there in the blog title. You collect Dodger cards? I got Dodger cards.
All right, now let's see those Dodger cards from Alex:
Many of them I don't need. They're extras. They just sit there and sit there, waiting and waiting. I suppose I could do a frankenset with the dupes or some other such thing, but that would mean finding another binder and devoting time to duplicates. That doesn't sound like fun.
I have so many of these extras that I'd love to distribute them. Sometimes I offer up an invitation to Dodger collectors reading the blog that I'll be glad to send out some Dodger cards to them. I just did that in yesterday's post, in fact, about my OPC Dodger doubles.
No Dodger collector responded.
That happens a lot. I don't really know why. I know that the number of Dodger collectors on the blogs has decreased over the years. Some have stopped blogging. Some are still blogging but have stopped reading -- or at least commenting. The other Dodger collectors, well, I don't know what your excuse is. Explain yourselves!
I know who the usual Dodger blogger card collectors suspects are. And when I get out from under all the other people sending me packages, I try to ship some cards to those Dodger fans. But there are so many more extras that I have.
It's a great hoot when a Dodger fan like Alex of Chavez Ravining sends me some cards and I know that I can send some to him in response. I just sent out a package to him this afternoon. I loved putting it together. It's so much more fun to put together a card package for a fellow Dodger collector than any other kind of collector.
And I can do the same for you, if you like the Dodgers. Just make a comment that you want some of my Dodger cards and then email me your address (nightlite77@yahoo.com). I'll get some cards out to you in my own sweet time. But I promise there will be minimal junk wax if any at all. I will mix it up as best I can. But I'm gearing this toward team collectors. If you tell me, "I collect Bellinger and Buehler and that's it," well, there won't be much I can do.
So, enough with the gentle hinting. It's right there in the blog title. You collect Dodger cards? I got Dodger cards.
All right, now let's see those Dodger cards from Alex:
I am starting with these three cards as each came off my Nebulous 9 list. They're three of the final four 1992 Bowman cards that I need to complete the team set. This is quite possibly the most annoying junk wax era set in terms of completing it.
Those of you who assume the last card I need to finish this set is Mike Piazza are not familiar with the baseball card gods' warped sense of humor. The last card I need is of Greg Hansell. No, I don't know who Greg Hansell is. Nobody does, except the baseball card gods.
Those of you who assume the last card I need to finish this set is Mike Piazza are not familiar with the baseball card gods' warped sense of humor. The last card I need is of Greg Hansell. No, I don't know who Greg Hansell is. Nobody does, except the baseball card gods.
Alex sent a fourth card from my Nebulous 9 list, this 2018 Fire card of Kershaw that somehow eluded me.
Many of the cards Alex sent were straight from Parallel Madness, but that's the best way to find a card I need. Imagine if I eliminated parallels from my collecting wants. I would be done trading with people by now!
Finally, a few cards from sets I refuse to buy. Thank goodness, some people do buy Bowman and Triple Threads, so the scraps come to me. And I can't imagine the disappointment on a Triple Threads collector's face when he or she pulls a Juan Pierre card.
All right, that's it. Dodger card collectors, you know what to do!
(This was my first post in the new Blogger interface. It was challenging).
All right, that's it. Dodger card collectors, you know what to do!
(This was my first post in the new Blogger interface. It was challenging).
Comments
Not asking you to send those guys, just thinking about a few of the cool Dodgers I have in the collection. I'm sure you will find folks willing to take yours off your hands!!
-brian in nyc
Obviously a tough card to find.
That Kershaw is sweet.
It is nice to match cards up with a “loving home”. I recently sent some duplicate Mets cards to a guy and he gushed about how nice they were and how excited he was to have them in his collection. Made me realize that I should do that more often.
As always, thanks for your blog.
btw, I do have a (so far rather small) stack of cards for you (including a '75 buyback #433 and a Topps Heritage black border parallel of a former Dodger).