Tony Taylor walked along the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame and found the plaque with his name on it. A tidal wave of memories came to him - days of pure joy on a baseball diamond. He missed those days, and now he had been blessed with an opportunity to go back again. Thanks to some miracle machine he couldn't quite explain, he now stood here in a body 40 years younger. Young enough to play again, if the Phillies were willing to give him a shot. He glanced at his watch and checked the time. His meeting with the organization's executives was still a half-hour away. Plenty of time to stroll out to the field, maybe take a grounder or two. Yes, that feeling of pure joy will be back soon...
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It's been awhile, hasn't it? Almost 6 weeks without new cards to show off here. Fortunately, Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown came to the rescue! He's putting together the 1978 Topps set, and grabbed three cards from the Time Travel Trade Stack. In return, he sent me some more 70's goodness:
Tony the Tiger and a couple of '75 Padres in all their brown and mustard colored splendor! These guys are great additions to the stack, and they can be yours easily! Help me keep this project flowing! Make me an offer!
The Time Travel Trade Stack:
2008-09 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#128 Tim Thomas
2001 Upper Deck - e-Card (golf)
#E-TW Tiger Woods
1993-94 Fleer (basketball)
#224 Michael Jordan (LL)
1990-91 Hoops (basketball)
#168 Glen Rice (RC)
1990 Topps
#18 Carlos Quintana
1986 Sportflics
#122 John Tudor
1986 Topps
#5 Rose Special '75-'78
#6 Rose Special '79-'82
#401 Fernando Valenzuela (Turn Back The Clock)
1985 Topps
#694 Joe Carter
1983 Topps (football)
#219 Joe Cribbs (LL)
#280 Mike Renfro
#307 Jim Plunkett
1982 Donruss
#NNO Checklist 545-653
1982 O-Pee-Chee E.T. The Extraterrestrial (non-sport)
#15 Among Elliott's Toys
1981 Topps
#63 Steve Renko
#704 Bill Travers
1980 Topps
#143 Bruce Bochte
#157 Willie Wilson
#671 A's Future Stars
1980 Topps (football)
#280 Jack Lambert (AP)
1979 Topps
#130 Bob Watson
#465 Reggie Smith
1978 Topps (football)
#126 Rick Kane (RC)
1977 Topps
#524 Rowland Office
1977 Topps (football)
#206 Cleveland Browns (CL)
#269 Archie Griffin (RC)
#405 Joe Greene
1975 Topps
#378 Derrel Thomas
#402 Bob Tolan
1974 Topps
#38 Don Kessinger
#67 Tommy Helms
1974 Topps - Team Checklists
#NNO Montreal Expos
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#53 Richard Lemieux
1973 Topps
#18 Leroy Stanton
#29 Tony Taylor
#36 Steve Barber
#79 Jim Willoughby (RC)
#98 Dick Woodson
#99 Carl Taylor
1972 Topps
#43 Rick Wise
#109 Jerry May
1971 Topps (football)
#22 Ken Avery (RC)
1970 Topps
#47 Bob Miller
#56 Phillies Rookies - Joe Lis/Scott Reid (RC)
#103 Frank Reberger
1970 Red Rose and Blue Ribbon North American Wildlife In Danger (non-sport)
#32 Polar Bear
1969 Topps
#139 Andy Kosco
1969 Topps - Deckle Edge
#13 Mel Stottlemyre
1969 Topps (football)
#73 Bennie McRae
#154 Sam Baker
1968 Topps
#4 1967 AL RBI Leaders (Yastrzemski/Killebrew/Robinson)
#348 Larry Colton/Dick Thoenen
1968 Topps - Game
#15 Steve Hargan
1968 Topps (football)
#7 Earl Gros
1966 Topps
#154 Chuck Hiller
1967 Philadelphia (football)
#109 New York Giants (TC)
1966 Philadelphia (football)
#104 Rams vs. Browns
1965 Philadelphia (football)
#193 John Paluck
1964 Philadelphia (football)
#172 Ken Gray (RC)
1964 Topps
#60 Frank Malzone
#79 Bob Heffner (RC)
#352 Eddie Bressoud
1963 Topps
#111 Al Jackson
#155 Bill Stafford
#246 Lee Strange
#343 Johnny Pesky (MGR)
1962 Topps
#278 Ken Johnson
1960 Topps
#95 Frank Thomas
1959 Topps (football)
#80 Joe Perry
1958 Topps
#371 Marty Keough (RC)
1958 Topps Zorro (non-sport)
#83 Rude Awakening
1957 Topps
#66 Brooks Lawrence
#235 Tom Poholsky
#249 Dave Pope
#371 Bob Lennon
1956 Topps
#21 Joe Collins
#103 Willie Miranda (white back)
#156 Johnny Antonelli
1956 Topps Flags of the World (non-sport)
#70 Jordan
1955 Topps
#126 Dick Hall (RC)
1954 Bowman
#16 Jim Wilson
#73 Don Mueller
1952 Bowman
#57 Clyde Vollmer
1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler
The Time Travel Trading Project is simple in concept. I started out with a random pack of 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards. My aim was to trade every card in that pack for something older. Each card I receive in turn is then made available for trade, with the goal to get the oldest card I can get.
Number of trades completed: 26
Unique trading partners: 21
Number of cards mailed out: 57
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1956
Number of cards received: 134
Year of oldest card received: 1938
Thanks again for the trade!
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