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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Repack Haiku #383 (Chris Sabo)

Night vision issues
Led Sabo to try "Rec Specs"
Famous for eye-ware
 
1993 Topps #245 Chris Sabo


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Monday, October 28, 2024

Trapped In Time: Remnants From The 103rd and 104th Trades

 
Five more cards are being highlighted after spending over 3 years in Time Travel Trading purgatory. Warning - Action and an attractive actress ahead!
 
Trade #103 Ben (TCDB)
Traded 06/23/21: 1973 Topps #215 Dusty Baker, 1986 Donruss #580 Phil Niekro, 1986 Topps #405 Roger Maris (TBTC), 1994 Sportflics 2000 #113 Pete Harnisch, 1998 Score #74 Mark McLemore
 
Received 06/24/21:
  • 1991 Pacific (football) #97 Michael Irvin (See Trade #112)
  • 1991 Pacific (football) #166 Sterling Sharpe (See Trade #112)
  • 1989 Topps Back to the Future Part II (non-sport) #79 Next Stop ... 1885! (See Trade #111)
  • 1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport) #20 Pretty as a Picture!
  • 1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport) #49 Heavy Traffic!
  • 1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport) #50 Crashing the Gates!
  • 1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport) #54 Mad Man! (See Trade #111)
  • 1968 Topps #434 Ricardo Joseph (RC) (See Trade #134)
 

Man, my family and I loved watching "The A-Team". "Howling Mad" Murdock was my favorite. Pretty sure I even had the action figures once upon a time. I pity the fool who doesn't want to trade for these cards!

Traded 06/25/21: 1974 Topps #473 World Series Game 2, 1974 Topps #570 Ralph Garr, 1974 Topps #601 Rookie Outfielders
 
Received 06/24/21:
  • 1972 Topps #113 Rogelio Moret
  • 1970 Topps #12 John Hiller
  • 1970 Topps #257 Dennis Higgins (See Trade #111)

I have 3 copies of that John Hiller in the trade stack currently, so I don't think he'll be missed. As for Moret, it might be an upgrade to the copy I have now. Still, if anyone wants these guys, you know what to do!

All cards (plus many many more) are available for an older card in return!

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Friday, October 25, 2024

2024 World Series Tale Of The Tape


 
Golly gee, I wonder who I'm going to root for!
 
It all the years I've done this precursory post to the World Series, I've never had one be so anti-climatic as this one. Yeah, I cannot in good conscious root for New York. Sorry, not sorry. But still, if I didn't have such a strong bias against the Yanks, would they have a chance according to the arbitrary benchmarks I've put in place? Here's the criteria I've used in the past: 

Former Red Sox Players

 
Dodgers: Mookie Betts, Ryan Brasier, Enrique Hernandez
Yankees: Alex Verdugo

2024 Topps
#424 Best Of The Best (CL, CPC)
 
If I can't root for my Red Sox, I can at least root for the guys who used to play for them. This year is a particularly painful one for Red Sox fans, as we got two of the principal players from an certain trade. Of course, the Dodgers have Mookie Betts, while the Yankees now employ the outfielder we received in return in Alex Verdugo. OK, here's the deal: If Betts wins World Series MVP, I'll no longer consider the trade one of the worst in Red Sox history. Instead, it will be a brilliant example of playing the long game and defeating the Yankees on a level the Red Sox never could. Watch out Yankees! We got sleeper agents everywhere!

Advantage: Dodgers
 

Shenandoah Valley Baseball League Alumni

 
Dodgers: none
Yankees: none
 

 
Do to various things in life, I didn't get a chance to attend a Valley League baseball game this year. My lack of support is probably not the reason there are no Vally League Alum playing in this year's Fall Classic, but hopefully I can pick up next year and see a few future Major League players in my hometown.

Advantage: none
 

University of Virginia Cavaliers Alumni

 
Dodgers: Chris Taylor
Yankees: none
 
  
2024 Topps #246 Chris Taylor

Go Wa-hoos! Living a short drive from Charlottesville, I've gone to a few UVa baseball games. Chris Taylor is probably one of the most successful former Cavaliers in MLB, and I wouldn't mind seeing the former NLCS MVP win some more hardware.
 
Advantage: Dodgers
 

Championship Drought

 
Dodgers: 3 years (2020)
Yankees: 14 years (2009)
 
2010 Topps Heritage
#312 Matsui Named MVP (WS)
 
My annual playoff rankings specifically state that the Yankees' World Series drought could never be long enough. But again, I'm doing this exercise as if I didn't have that particular disposition against pinstripes. Since the Dodgers won in 2020, technically I have to give the Yankees this one.

Advantage: Yankees
 

Personal Connection

 
I have zero connection to the Dodgers, outside of enjoying the blogs of a few Dodger fans. The Yankees however...

In one of the true opposites attract cliches, my wife is an avowed Yankees fan. It's actually pretty easy to tolerate her fandom because she doesn't even watch baseball. Outside of Aaron Judge, I don't think she could name another current player off the top of her head. Still she wears the garb, makes playful jabs at me when appropriate, and rolls her eyes at me when I cheer my team on. Heck, we even incorporated our fandom into our engagement picks:

 
We just recently celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, so no matter how much I don't want to give the Yankees a point here, they're going to earn this one every time.

Advantage: Yankees
 

Spring Training Adventures

 
From 2017-2019, I went with my father-in-law and a friend to Spring Training in Florida every year. The Dodgers of course train in Arizona, so guess who gets another point. Like his daughter, my father in law is a Yankees fan (or was - he stopped watching baseball when politics, corporate sponsorships, and rule changes started lessening his enjoyment). That means I had a lot of opportunities to see the Yankees in action. Just because I root against them doesn't mean I don't appreciate their part in baseball history though. I'm actually proud to have this autograph of former Cy Young winer Ron Guidry.



Advantage: Yankees
 

Best 2023 Topps Base Set Card


2024 Topps
#619 Teoscar Hernandez


2024 Topps
#184 Anthony Rizzo

Since this is primarily a baseball card blog, I figured this post should have a card show-off! I decided to pick each team's best card from the 2024 Topps base set. Both teams have great horizontal cards of players celebrating after what I can assume are significant hits. Bat flips are bad-ass, so the winner here is clear.
 
Advantage: Dodgers


Final Talley: Dodgers 3, Yankees 3

 
It's a tie! I guess this means I need a complicated, no-doubt, fair and balanced tiebreaker to determine the winner... 

Nope.


Go Mookie!

 
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Repack Haiku #382 (Queen City Kings)

Total home runs hit
By Puig and Dietrich less than
Total by Suarez 
 
2019 Topps Update #US71 Queen City Kings (VC)
 
An odd choice for a card if you ask me. Dietrich hit a career high 19 home runs in 2019. Puig hit 22 that year for Cincinati, and was actually traded to Cleveland at the trade deadline. The real King of Queen City that year was Eugenio Suarez, who placed second in the N.L. with 49 home runs - more than both of these teammates combined!
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Monday, October 21, 2024

Time Travel Trading Update #94

 
We're almost is that brief pocket where all 4 major sports overlap. Football and hockey are in full swing, baseball is close to crowning a champion, and basketball starts it's regular season tomorrow. It's a great time to be a sports fan.

I don't all have all four sports represented here this time, but I do have a couple. I even have a Hollywood celebrity in here! Let's look at some cards!
 
We'll kick things off with the latest offering from Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) He picked up a quartet of interesting cards, and sent back some pretty big names!
 
Dominic (Don Cardwell Loves This Blog) joins the list of repeat offenders with his second Time Travel Trade! He picked up a half-dozen cards and generously sent in more than that.

I don't know if anyone is hunting for the 1991 Topps "dark logo" variations, but there are a few here!

Finally, we have the latest and greatest from Brendan (The View From The Third Floor). I sent some great oddball cards and a 1955 Topps his way. Here's what he sent back:
I'll admit, I'm not familiar with Robert Taylor, but another 1930's card is always a fun item to find in a trade package! Now if I can only find someone interested in trading for some pre-World War II cards...

Thanks as always to my trade partners! Oh, just an FYI - the next Trapped In Time post will be a bit delayed since I have a World Series post set for Friday!
 
As always, these cards are all available in exchange for an older card. You can claim your cards below, or through the TCDB (Kep75). Let's make some trades! 
 

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

 
 
 
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
 
2021-22 Donruss (soccer)
#183 Jose Macias (RR)
 
2020 Leaf Draft - Gold (football)
#77 Collin Johnson (TD)    

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
 
2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall
 

2012 Topps Stickers
#237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)     
 
2010 Topps (football)
#249 David Garrard
 
2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 
2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu  
 
2009 Donruss Americana (non-sport)
#50 Francesco Quinn
 
2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi
 
2008 Topps (football)
#301 Larry Fitzgerald (PB) 
 
2007 Upper Deck MLB Rookie Card of the Month
#ROM-4 Ryan Braun 
 
2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 
 
2006 Topps Updates & Highlights
#UH172 Mike Piazza (SH)
 
2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC)   
 
2004 Topps
#366 Frank Thomas (AS)
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte
 
 
1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#16 Eric William 
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders  
 
1998 Donruss - Diamond Kings
#6 Kenny Lofton (DK, SN10000, PR9500)
 
1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

1998 Upper Deck Pop Weaver (racing)
#PW3 Rusty Wallace 
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   

1996 Leaf
 
1996 SP
 
1995 Cardtoons
#7 Fowl Boggs
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     
 
1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#75 Do You Love Me?
 
1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman  

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal
 
 
1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero  
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney   
 
1993-94 Score (hockey)
#442 Mark Recchi (LBM) 
 
1993 Leaf
#367 Tim Laker (RC)
 
1993 Action Packed Hall of Fame (basketball)
#37 Connie Hawkins
 
1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
 
 
1992 Score
 
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
#77 Greg Maddux  
#83 Jose Rijo 

1992 Score - The Franchise
#1 Stan Musial (PR150000)

 
 
1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#127 John Cullen

1991-92 Pinnacle French (hockey)
#252 Paul Ranheim
 
1991-92 Pro Set - Collectibles (hockey)
#CC5 Wayne Gretzky (LL)  
 
1991-92 Pro Set French (hockey)
#306 Brian Skrudland (AS)
 
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
 
1991 Classic Best
#346 Steve Vondran 
 
#650 Steve Balboni (VAR) 
 
 
1991 Score
 
1991 Topps
#62 Lee Guetterman (VAR: dark logo)
#178 Dave Valle (VAR: dark logo)
#299 Scott Radinsky (ASR)
#511 Steve Balboni (VAR: dark logo)
#727 Mookie Wilson (VAR: dark logo) 

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  
 
1991 Upper Deck
 
1991 Fleer (football)
 
1991 Pro Set (football)
 
1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor
 
 
1991 Impel WCW (wrestling)
#157 Missy Hyatt

 
 
1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti
 
1990-91 7th Inning Sketch QMJHL (hockey)
#205 Eric Bissonnette

1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#46 Jody Hull (RC)
 
1990-91 Fleer (basketball)
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#21 Kelly Tripucka
 
1990-91 Hoops (basketball)
 
1990-91 Skybox (basketball)
#93 Isiah Thomas 
 

1990 Fleer
 
1990 Pacific Legends
#34 Don Kessinger
 

 
1990 Score (football)
 
1990 Topps Kay-Bee Kings of Baseball
#20 Dale Murphy
 
1990 Upper Deck
#356 Andres Galarraga
#366 Bobby Bonilla 
 
1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)
 
1989-90 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#141 Mike Allison 
 
1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

   
 
1989 Star
#77 Charles Nagy
 
 
1989 Topps Hills Team MVP's
#27 Dave Stewart 
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
 
#348 Ellis Burks (RC) 
 
1988 Pacific Legends I
#11 Harvey Haddix
 
1988 Score
#385 Tony Gwynn
 
1988 Topps
#70 Roger Clemens
#745 Bill Doran 
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded
#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC)

1987 Donruss
#404 Bud Black
 
1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 
 
1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer

1987 Topps 
#139 Devon White (RC)
 
1986 Donruss
 
 
 
1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
#7 Rickey Henderson
 
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
 
 
1986 True Value Super Stars
#6 Fernando Valenzuela 
 
 
1985 Fleer Update
#U-10 Hubie Brooks
 
1985 Topps
#403 Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)   
 
1985 Topps Woolworth All Time Record Holders
#5 Lou Brock
 
1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
#241 Tom Jackson 
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 
 
 
1983 Donruss
#22 Johnny Bench (DK) 
 
 
1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
 
1982 Dover Publications Reprints National League
#15 Robin Roberts
 
1982 Topps
#300 Reggie Jackson
 
1982 Topps (football) 
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)
 
1981 Donruss  
 
1981 Fleer
#196 Johnny Bench
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
 
 
1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)

1978 Topps  
 
1978 Topps (football)
#461 Sam Hunt
#467 Ray Jarvis
 
1977 Dover Publications Classic Baseball Cards Reprints
#10 Lefty O'Doul
#18 Jimmie Dykes
#99 Hal Chase
#NNO Melvin Harder
#NNO Fred Merkle
 
1977 Topps
 
1977 Topps (football)

1976 Topps

1975 Topps
 
1975 Topps (football)
#47 Bivian Lee
#101 Bob Windsor
 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn
 

 
1973 Topps (football)
#192 John Didion (RC)
 
1972 Topps  
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#287 Fred Talbot   
 
1970 Topps (football)
 
1969-70 Topps (hockey)
#21 Phil Goyette
 
1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez
 
1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 
 
1968 Topps
 
1968 Topps - Game
#20 Antonio Gonzalez 
 
1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming

1967 Topps

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger
 
1965 Topps
 
1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game
#NNO Ball

1964 Topps 
 
1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore
 
1962 Topps
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps

1959 Topps

1957 Topps
 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer
 
 
1954 Topps
#215 Ed McGhee

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)

1953 Topps
 
1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
#75 Elias Howe
 
1952 Topps Wings Friend or Foe (R707-4) (non-sport)
#129 PO-1W Lockheed
 
1951 Bowman (football)
#118 Frank Reagan
 
 
1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#38 Petunia

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler
 
1938 Churchman's Boxing Personalities (boxing)
#45 Ted Broadribb
#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson
 
1936 Godfrey Phillips Screen Stars Embossed (Series B) (non-sport)
#4 Robert Taylor 
 
1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay
 
1935 Stephen Mitchell & Son "A Gallery of 1934" (non-sport)
#47 Lord Trenchard 

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting  
 
1930 All-Fair Authors Card Game (non-sport)
#13 Louisa May Alcott 

1928 Player's Flags of the League of Nations (non-sport)
#42 Roumania
 
1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)
 
1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound
 
1924 Lambert & Butler Wonders of Nature (non-sport)
#25 Army-Worms and Fly 

1922 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Third Series (J7) (non-sport)
#7 Prothonotary Warbler

1915 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America First Series (J5) (non-sport)
#1 Quail
 
1910 Champions (T218) (multi-sport)
 
1890 N245 Sweet Caporal Actors & Actresses (non-sport)
#NNO Frankie Raymond

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: 325
Unique trading partners: 80

 Number of cards mailed out: 1,764
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,536
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 
 
 
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