Stadium Club Pack War

When I was lucky enough to find Stadium Club at my local Wally World recently, I splurged and bought two boxes. I showed off the first box already, giving my first impressions of the set.  Since each box contained 8 packs of cards, I thought it'd be fun to use the 2nd box and have a pack war!

Stadium Club is all about the photography, so that's what I'm basing my decisions on. Parallels don't get any more sway over the base set. For each pack, I'll select the card that I feel is the best overall, and pit the 8 selections against each other in a bracketed elimination.

 

Pack 1

#231 Jo Adell (RC)

#117 Max Muncy

#189 Bob Gibson

#167 Jacob deGrom (black parallel)

#120 Eddie Murray

 

Pack 2

#22 Willson Contreras

#296 Lucas Giolito

#248 Jose Ramirez

#165 Thurman Munson (red parallel)

#216 Brady Singer (RC)

 

In both packs, it was pretty easy to pick a winner.  Gibson's card is a flashback to an honor bestowed upon a select few. Ramirez's card is just insane. Despite being such a closely cropped card, there's four other people along the outskirts.

 

#189 Bob Gibson vs #248 Jose Ramirez

You couldn't ask for two more different cards. Black and white vs color. Action vs. stillness. Past vs present. It's a tough call. In the end, I think seeing Gibson mainly in profile was enough of a nit-pick for me to choose Ramirez.

Winner: Jose Ramirez

Pack 3

#15 Jeff McNeil

#238 Isaac Paredes (RC)

#203 Ian Anderson (Stadium Club Chrome Refractor)

#17 Nolan Ryan(red parallel)

#148 Alex Kirilloff (RC)

 

Pack 4

#227 Reggie Jackson

#135 David Wright

#24 Tony Gwynn

#52 Rafael marchan (RC) (Sepia parallel)

#229 William Contreras (RC)

 

Is McNeil making a sliding catch or just casually catching a ball as he lies out on the grass? One could make an argument for either. The best thing about Reggie's card (other than the fact he's not a Yankee on it) is that you can clearly see the grip he uses to throw the ball.

#15 Jeff McNeil vs #227 Reggie Jackson

Heh. Side by side, these two cards almost look like they're playing catch. I have to advance Jackson, you can almost picture the ball rocketing from his hand.

Winner: Reggie Jackson

Pack 5 

#153 Freddie Freeman

#218 Jesus Aguilar

#240 Dinelson Lamet

#VR-13 Corey Seager (Virtual Reality red insert/parallel)

#235 Rickey Henderson

 

Pack 6

#168 Daulton Varsho (RC)

#80 Walker Buehler

#160 George Springer

#12 Didi Gregorious (red parallel)

#222 DJ LeMahieu

 

Freeman's card was a contender here, but I just had to pick Rickey sliding up a dust storm. Varsho seems to have a rather pained look on his face, but that's the price you got to pay to get such a great rookie card!

#235 Rickey Henderson vs #168 Daulton Varsho

Rickey is making some unidentified Yankee look bad. Rickey joins Reggie to stack this pack war with Hall of Fame Athletics! 

 

Winner: Rickey Henderson

 

Pack 7

#8 Rafael Devers

#139 Drew Rasmussen (RC)

#65 Bryan Reynolds

#42 Jack Flajherty (red parallel)

#3 Mike Clevinger

 

Pack 8

#10 Salvador Perez

#23 Tim Anderson

#276 Mark McGwire

#SCG-13 Randy Johnson (Stadium Club Greats insert)

#72 Barry Larkin

 

I'm not being biased, but Raffy really does have the best card in this pack. You can sense the impending collision on Perez's card, and yet you can't help but think the poor runner is just going to bounce off the immovable catcher.

 

#8 Rafael Devers vs #10 Salvador Perez

OK, so maybe I am being a little biased... (and can someone explain what is on his thumb?)

 

Winner: Rafael Devers

 

Our final four is set with two All-Star third basemen and two Hall of Famers donning the green and gold.

 

Semifinal Round

 

#248 Jose Ramirez vs #227 Reggie Jackson

We can't see it, but Jose can - the base, so close, if he can only reach it. The look of a man determined to reach his destination. That glove is close, but will it tag him? There's a tenseness in this photo, an uncertainty of what is transpiring before our eyes. Reggie's rocket throw will not overtake him.

 

Winner: Jose Ramirez

#235 Rickey Henderson vs #8 Rafael Devers

 

Like ghosts dancing on the edges of your peripheral vision, you see them. The crowd, blended in the shadows of a bygone era, stand and cheer as their champion wins another race. No man can catch Rickey. The standings do not lie - Devers sits and wonders how can he and his team crawl from the depths and salvage their pride. Today, there is one more tally in the loss column for Boston. 

Winner: Rickey Henderson

The Finals

  

#248 Jose Ramirez vs #235 Rickey Henderson

The goal is simple: Touch each base by any means necessary. Steal that next base if you must, but fight for it always. Only then can you come back around from where you started. Only then can you come home. Success is never guaranteed, but for those who give it their all, the crowd's admiration is certain.

 

This is a tough choice between two strong contenders. When all is said and done, it was the little details on Ramirez's card that won me over.

 

Pack War Champion

 

 

Agree? Disagree? I'd love to hear your opinion in the comments.

Repack Haiku #213 (Barry Lyons)

 

The toughest hitter

That Tom Seaver ever faced

Ended Tom's comeback

 

1988 Donruss #619 Barry Lyons

 

During his retirement press conference, Seaver was asked who was the toughest hitter he had ever faced. He named Lyons, who a few weeks earlier went 6-6 against him in a simulated game. That game led to Seaver deciding to end his comeback attempt.

Random Thoughts And Musings - All-Star Edition

I try to map out my posts well in advance. It helps keep me organized and I find I can finish posts and have them scheduled days and sometimes weeks in advance. Usually I'll plan on my Time Travel Trading posts for the 2nd or 3rd Monday of the month. When planning out some July posts, I created my Time Travel placeholder post set to go live on July 19th. Somewhere in the past week, my brain convinced myself that this post was suppose to air on the 12th, and it needed to get finished sooner rather than later. Even though I still had 2 trades open, I worked tirelessly to finish the latest Time Travel Trading Update. I figured those two last trades would just have to wait until August's update, and wrapped everything up Friday morning.

You're not getting a Time Travel Trading Update today.

Why? Lo and behold, both pending PWE came in over the weekend. I decided rather than try to squeeze these cards into the post during a busy weekend, I'd just push it back to its original 7/19 date and properly update the post. That left me with no post for today however. Fortunately, it's the All-Star break, so I have lots of thoughts in my head to share. 

Apologies in advance, since this post is more wordy and less about baseball cards. We'll return to our normally scheduled programming after the break.

- The Red Sox enter the All-Star break leading the AL East with an AL-best 55 wins. There is still a lot of baseball to play, but regardless on how the second half plays out, no Red Sox fan can view the season as anything other than a huge positive. 

 

- That being said, I like their chances to win the division. The Rays will always be scrappy, but without their ace Glasnow I think they're fighting for a wild card. The Yankees will always be the Yankees and can't be dismissed, but to see their lackluster performance so far brings me joy. The Blue Jays are the real wild card in all this. They can match anyone offensively and their pitching is going to be the reason they fail or succeed. 
 

- I've followed the draft more closely this year than any other year, mainly because the Red Sox have the highest pick they've ever had in my lifetime. There were a lot of good players at the top, and it looks like the Red Sox were going to get an impact player regardless. Most of the mock drafts by analysts had the Sox likely getting either C Henry Davis (who went first overall) or P Jack Leiter (who went 2nd). Nobody, and I mean nobody, had Marcelo Mayer falling down to the Red Sox. He was the topped ranked player on MLB, and almost unanimously pegged to go 1st or 2nd. I couldn't believe it when I looked at my phone and saw the notification that he landed with the Red Sox!
 

- Best comp I've read about our shortstop of the future: offensively Corey Seager, defensively Brandon Crawford. This is a potential franchise cornerstone here.

- I mentioned that I got the draft selection via a phone notification. Despite my increased interest in the draft, I didn't watch it on TV. I was busy watching a baseball game for the first time in 2 years. The Valley League (the local collegiate summer league) had their All-Star game, so I went with my newly retired father-in-law. It was a beautiful night for baseball, and other than abruptly ending in the middle of the 8th due to some weird issue with the pitcher's mound, it was enjoyable.

- The Valley Baseball League inducted new members into its Hall of Fame, including 5 who played in the Major Leagues - Erik Kratz, Tom Browning, Brett Gardner, Reggie Sanders, and Steve Findley. If I ever have time to properly research them, I think a series of posts on Valley League alumni would be fun.

- I also got to see the Black Widow movie this weekend with my oldest daughter. I really enjoyed it, and thought it was worth the wait. As far as Marvel movies go, it's one of their better action films, with enough of that light-hearted Marvel comedy to keep things fun.

- Tonight's Home Run Derby should be fun. In my official MLB bracket, I picked Pete Alonso to repeat. In my heart, I'm rooting for cancer-survivor Mancini. In my gut, I feel it'll be another highlight in the "Summer of Ohtani". 

- I've often thought MLB should have a second home run derby featuring former players from the host city.  It might be fun to see Gallaraga, Castillo, Helton, Bichette, Holliday and Hall of Famer Walker take a few more swings in that Colorado air.

- I'll probably watch at least the beginning of the All-Star game. I admit I start losing interest once they start swapping out guys every inning to get as many people in as possible. I miss the days when the starters actually played for awhile. Give me at least one full turn though the lineup for the starting pitchers, and at least 2 at bats for the starting hitters.

- I predict the AL will win, and they'll give the MVP to Ohtani for no other reason than he'll both hit and pitch.

- If you're a baseball fan, Ronald Acuna Jr's injury is crushing. He's so much fun to watch, and here's hoping next year he's back to full health and better than ever!

- Just because I don't like the idea of this post being all text and no baseball card related content, here's a sneak preview of next Monday's post:

 

Have a good week!

First Impressions: 2021 Stadium Club

When it comes to finding cards in the wild (retail), I'm apparently having better luck in my part of the country than most. Every few weeks seem to find something. My big hope was that this run of luck would continue when Stadium Club got released. Lo and behold, last week I was able to buy two hanger boxes! Since I can now look at these cards in person, I can give you my first impression:

 

#18 Garrett Crochet (RC)

 

First card honor goes to this rookie I have never heard of before. Stadium Club continues with it's full-bleed photography and minimalist design. I'm still not a fan of the abbreviated team letters, but using all upper case letters in the name is preferable to the all lowercase letters that they used last year. It does seem the foiling on the names leads to some readability issues.

 

#2 Giancarlo Stanton

#84 Keibert Ruiz (RC)

#SCG-24 Chipper Jones (Club Greats insert - red parallel)

 

My first insert is a red parallel of the Stadium Greats set - not a fan of reproducing cards for the sake of reproducing them, even less of a fan of insets getting the parallel treatment.

 

#291 Jose Abreu

#284 Kyle Schwarber

#220 Juan Soto

#255 Aaron Judge (Stadium Club Chrome Refractor insert)

 

The Chrome Refractors are back again this year. I hate to admit, but Judge got a sweet looking card that looks great with the refractor treatment.

 

#184 Jackie Robinson (Red Foil parallel)

 

Unofficial rule of blogging: Jackie Robinson cards must always be shown.

 

#223 Ken Griffey Jr.

#13 Dominic Smith

#214 Brailyn Marquez (RC)

#110 Sixto Sanchez (RC)

#7 Nate Pearson (Sepia parallel)

 

I appreciate the attempt to do something different, but I've never really liked the Sepia cards. They just look dull.

 

#83 Edward Olivares (RC)

#163 Michael Conforto

#187 Chris Sale

 

The one Red Sox card in the box goes to the ace of the staff getting closer and closer to returning to the mound. If he's anything close to what he was before injury, the Red Sox might run away with the division.

 

#197 Johnny Bench

 

This may be the greatest card of the set. Johnny Bench with a huge bouquet of balloons and a loosly knotted tie is something you won't see often!

 

#95 Kyle Seager (Red Foil parallel)

#173 Joey Gallo

#206 Kenta Maeda

#180 Marcell Ozuna

#93 JaCoby Jones

#VR-25 Max Scherzer (Virtual Reality insert - red parallel)

I've apparently selected a red parallel hot box. Another red insert, this time of Mad Max.

#181 Jake Croenworth

#14 Braxton Garrett (RC)

#60 Ketel Marte

#21 Lou Gehrig

 

I haven't shown off the back yet, so lets correct that now. The background design seems a bit more muted than in years past, but that's OK because I can read the text and stats without a magnifying glass!

#168 Daulton Varsho (Red Foil parallel)

#91 Brandon Crawford

#154 Mike Piazza

#37 Shohei Ohtani

#12 Didi Gregorius

#272 Yoan Moncada (Black Foil parallel)

 

Along with the Red Foil and Sepia parallels, we also get the Black Foil set. Black just doesn't pop out at you like the red does, but at least it looks good when the team utilizes black in their uniforms.

#50 Dylan Carlson (RC)

#71 Clayton Kershaw

 

Every set should have at least one card of someone with the World Series trophy. Just my opinion.

#207 Dansby Swanson

#236 Ty Cobb

#200 Mike Trout (Red Foil parallel)

#42 Jack Flaherty

#08PDC Dylan Carlson (Original Base Master Photo Variation insert)

The bonus box card is this Master Photo Variation. I'm not sure what the thought process was here. It's not overly exciting, and its non-standard size is going to make storage a challenge. 

Love the base set, not a fan of the inserts and parallels - Stadium Club is consistent at least!

 

 

Repack Haiku #212 (Tim Burke)

Expos/Nats leader:

Four hundred and twenty five

Games pitched for franchise

 

1991 Upper Deck Final Edition
#70F Tim Burke

 

My First Sportlots Order - Part 2

I have a confession to make - in 1981, when I was 6, I was a Yankee fan. Not exactly sure why, other than they were the predominate team in the state. My favorite player was Reggie Jackson. Again, not sure why, other than he was the predominate player for the Yankees at the time. When he left for the Angels, my interest in the Yankees practically disappeared overnight, and a new favorite team wouldn't emerge until I was much older (and smarter!)

So it's fitting that Mr. Jackson would be the last card I needed to complete the 1981 Topps set. As I mentioned last week, I able to get all but this one card from a single seller on Sportlots. I needed a second seller to find Mr. October. Of course, I couldn't just buy one card from that seller, that would be a ridiculous waste of the shipping charge! So I looked to see if they had any other cards on my So Close list:

 

 

So now the 1981 Topps set is officially complete, although there may be a stray card here or there in need of upgrading. This is the oldest set I've ever completed, which doesn't seem impressive compared to some of you vintage collectors, but as the earliest set I remember from my childhood, I'm overjoyed to finally say it's done. 

On to the next set! (Whichever one that may be..)

My First Sportslots Order - Part 1

Have you ever looked at a set you were working on, and thought: "Enough wasting time, this set is getting completed now!" ? I reached that point with the 1981 Topps set. Those last dozen cards have been missing for awhile now. It was time to put this baby to bed. I decided to give Sportlots a try. I've looked at the web site before, but never bought anything until now. It seemed a little cumbersome when it came to finding what you needed without having to check out a bunch of different sellers. In the end, I was able to find most of what I needed from one seller:

 

 

"Most" being the key word. This seller had 11 of the 12 I needed, and I had no choice but to find a second seller to complete this set.

 

Overall it wasn't too bad. This seller was super quick with shipping and I had these in hand within a few days. Outside of the dreaded scotch tape, they were well protected/packaged too.

 

Stay tune for Part 2 - where the final card of the set is revealed!

Repack Haiku #211 (Rich DeLucia)

In Nineteen Ninety, 

Pitched in every pro level

A-Ball to Majors

 

1991 Ultra Update
#U-50 Rich DeLucia (RC)

 

DeLucia started the 1990 season in San Bernadino (A), then made his way through Williamsport (AA) and Calgary (AAA) until finally getting a September call-up to the Mariners.

Breaking Good - Cardboard Collections

I'm cheap, and I'm OK with that. When it comes to this wonderful hobby, I consider myself lucky f I spend more than $20/month. All it means it that I have to restrain myself with some larger expenditures, like group breaks. Fortunately, there are those who offer up cheaper alternatives, like Colbey (Cardboard Collections). Colbey offers up a lot cheap box breaks, and last year I managed to snag the Red Sox from a box of 2020 Topps Chrome Update. I also was lucky enough to get in on a free break for some 1997 Pinnacle X-Press. Those two breaks netted me 4 new cards - not much, but well worth what I paid for them! 

 

 

  

Favorite Card: Nomar's uniform look like a throw-back, but I'm not positive. Regardless, Nomar gets my vote!

Thanks for the cards, Colbey!

It's The Little Things

Thanks to some unexpected kindness from Jim (Cards As I See Them), I have completed another set!

OK so the set itself isn't that impressive - it's just an insert set...from the junk wax era...consisting of a total of six cards...but that doesn't matter! It's finished, and I'm happy!

 

 

These were the final three cards I needed to knock off the League Standouts set from 1990 Fleer. They were inserted one per rack pack (Does anyone else besides me miss rack packs? I loved those things.) This particular insert always stood out to me because of the multiplicity effect used with each player. It was cool then, and still cool now. 

 

Thanks for the cards Jim!

 

 

Repack Haiku #210 (Cavan Biggio)

Cavan Biggio
Bats in Dodger Stadium
While Lasorda sits

 

2020 Bowman Heritage
#8 Cavan Biggio

 

 

This week's haiku comes courtesy of Jim from Cards As I See Them. Thanks Jim!

Free Bubblegum And Pop*

*Yes, I grew up in Western New York - we call it "pop", not "soda".  Even after living down south for 15 years, I still insist on calling it by my preferred regional dialect. Don't judge me.

 

Last month, Jay (Card Hemorrhage) had a Free Card Friday, and while there weren't any Red Sox in that day's group, I did snag a couple of fantastic cards:

 

 

That Griffey has to be one of the greatest cards the 90's ever produced. It's such a fun card and the look on his face cracks me up. I also couldn't pass up a young Nolan Ryan holding a bat. He looks like he just got out of school.

Thanks for the cards, Jay!

Trade Post: Even More Cards From Forest Hills, NY

I recently made another trade with blog reader Oren. In exchange for some cards of guys he collects, he sent me a bounty of good Red Sox cards:

Inserts:

 

Oddballs:

 

Parallels:

 

Even a couple of hits:

 

Favorite Card: The pink Napoli is sweet, but ultimately I'm going to "Cowboy Up" and say an auto of fan-favorite Millar is tough to beat!

Thanks for the cards Oren!

Repack Haiku #209 (Bob Boone)

Named first manager

Of hopeful expansion team

Orlando SunRays

 

1989 Upper Deck #119 Bob Boone

 

When his stint with the Royals ended after the 1990 season, he agreed to become the first manager of the Orlando SunRays. This of course was contingent on Orlando winning one of the two expansion teams in 1993. That obviously never happened, and Boone didn't get a chance to manage until 1995.

Time Travel Trading Update #54

 

With this month's batch of trades, I hit a couple of pretty awesome milestones. As of today, I have traded away exactly 400 cards as part of the Time Travel Trading Project. What I find even more noteworthy is that I have also surpassed 100 trades! My thanks to all of you who have traded with me over the years. I never thought this idea would grow to what it has become today. 

I've got four trades to show off this month, so let's see what's new!

 

Our first trade comes from  Jim (Cards As I See Them) who sent a trio of Hall of Famers plus a sweet 50's vintage card:

 

Technically, these next three batches of card all arrived on the same day, so they all have a claim for the title of the 100th trade. For my records, I went in order as they appeared in my mail pile. Kicking things off as the 99th trade is some great vintage (and a not so vintage Red Sox) from Greg (Night Owl Cards):

 

 

That gives the 100th trade title to Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) which seems appropriate since this batch of cards includes another autograph!

 

I have no idea if Harrison Bryant is any good or how desirable this auto may be, but we'll find out!

The last trade I have for you today comes from none other than Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) In addition to the gift he gave me, Bo added some Canadian flavor to the stack with some 1985 O-Pee-Chee (oh and a few 1958 cards to boot!)

 

Thanks for the trades, guys!

21 new cards for your personal collection if you want them! Trading is simple - just agree to send a card older than what I send you!

 

 

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

 

2020 Sage Hit - Rookie Autographs Black (football)
#A17 Harrison Bryant (AU)

2017-1018 Pocket Schedule
Carolina Hurricanes

2017 Bowman
#12 Trea Turner

 

2017 Topps Americal League Standouts
#AL-14 Jackie Bradley Jr.

 

2010 Bowman - Prospects Black
#BP51 Chase D'Arnaud
#BP56 Rolando Gomez

2010 Bowman Chrome
#13 Brian Roberts
#122 Hanley Ramirez

2010 Bowman Chrome - Prospects
#BCP178 Nathan Adcock
#BCP186 Jhan Marinez

 

2009-10 Panini Season Update - Christmas Cards Materials
#22 Jeff Pendergraph (MEM, SN499)

1998 Score
#68 Scott Rolen
#74 Mark McLemore

 

1998 Topps Chrome - Measures of Greatness (football)
#MG2 Marcus Allen

 

1995 Action Packed (football)
#13 Steve Young 

1994 Sportflics
#113 Pete Harnisch

1993 Leaf
#271 Jay Buhner

1993 Classic Draft Picks (basketball)
#33 Will Flemons
#67 Bennie Seltzer

1991 Leaf
#174 Roger Clemens (CL)

 

1991 Stadium Club

#327 Terry Pendleton

#332 Dennis Eckersley 

1991 Upper Deck
#778 Dave Righetti

 

1990 Donruss
#712 Wade Boggs (AS, COR, VAR) - Pack border, dot after INC 

1990 Fleer
#271 Roger Clemens

#629 Jose Canseco (POD)

1990 Upper Deck
#626 Frank Viola

1990 Pro Set - Theme Art (football)
#10 Super Bowl X Pittsburgh Steelers / Dallas Cowboys

 

1989 Score
#495 Larry Parrish

 

1988 Score
#657 Mike Schmidt (HL) 

 

1988 Topps (football)
#233 Eagles Team Leaders - Randall Cunningham (TL)

1987 Topps
#313 Roberto Clemente (TBTC)

 

1986 Donruss
#580 Phil Niekro 

1986 Topps
#5 Rose Special '75-'78

#5 Rose Special '75-'78
#6 Rose Special '79-'82

#159 Orel Hershiser 
#401 Fernando Valenzuela (Turn Back The Clock)

#405 Roger Maris (TBTC) 

 

1986 Topps - Glossy All-Stars

#9 Carlton Fisk

#13 Steve Garvey

#21 LaMarr Hoyt 

1986 Topps Major League Leaders Minis
#65 Tony Gwynn

 

1986 Topps (football)
#229 1985 NFL Interception Leaders (Daniel/Lewis/Walls)

 

1985 O-Pee-Chee
#7 Cliff Johnson
#13 Tim Lollar
#105 Ron Kittle
#176 Buddy Bell
#366 Ron Cey 

1985 Topps
#694 Joe Carter

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC)

1983 Topps
#70 Steve Carlton

 

1983 Topps (football)

#11 1982 AFC Championship (CCG)

#82 Mark Lee

#109 George Rogers (TL)

#186 John Riggins (TL)

#337 Mark Van Eeghen

 

1983 Donruss
#157 Rich Gossage
#518 Andre Dawson
#531 Don Sutton

1982 Donruss
#NNO Checklist 545-653

1982 O-Pee-Chee E.T. The Extraterrestrial (non-sport)
#15 Among Elliott's Toys

1982 Topps
#125 Danny Ainge

#303 Bill Caudill
#399 Pat Zachry  
#462 Dave Chalk
#480 Steve Carlton  
#754 Joe Morgan

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#82 Craig Morton (IA) 

1981 Donruss 
#374 John Candelaria
#383 Jose Cruz

#386 Doc Medich 
#409 Carney Lansford
#420 Tommy Lasorda (MGR)
#421 Charlie Leibrandt (RC)
#427 Leon Durham (RC)
#496 Mickey Rivers
#531 Jerry Koosman
#565 Ken Landreaux

1981 Topps
#65 Scott McGregor

#82 Astros Future Stars (RC)
#98 Clint Hurdle
#121 Larry Harlow
#151 Claudell Washington
#182 Bob Grich
#194 Rod Scurry  
#250 Ron Guidry
#259 Mets Future Stars
#277 Alfredo Griffin (RC)
#350 J.R. Richard

#354 Mario Soto 
#363 Geoff Zahn
#365 Graig Nettles

#374 Tom Hutton 
#402 NL Championships
#414 John Pacella  
#465 Bill Russell
#477 Luis Gomez
#494 Bob Walk 
#569 Al Williams
#632 Alan Bannister

#645 Rick Reuschel 
#650 Buccky Dent (AS)
#695 Kent Tekulve
#726 Rick Monday

 

1980 Topps 
#90 Manny Trillo
#143 Bruce Bochte
#145 Darrell Evans
#157 Willie Wilson
#325 Dan Driessen  
#406 Paul Molitor

#516 Hector Cruz 
#572 Jerry Morales

#595 Don Money 
#642 Ken Forsch
#655 Tug McGraw

#690 Tommy John

1979 Topps
#25 Steve Carlton
#130 Bob Watson
#214 Boston Red Sox (TC)
#388 Jack Billingham
#465 Reggie Smith

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#21 Steve Hawes

#37 Mike Gale
#46 John Shumate

#53 John Mengelt 
#55 George Johnson
#62 Anthony Roberts

#64 Leon Douglas (RC) 
#66 Lonnie Shelton
#76 Brian Winters

#118 Kevin Porter 
#129 Ray Williams (RC)

1978 Topps
#148 Andre Thorton
#373 Jim Willoughby
#385 Tito Fuentes
#424 Boston Red Sox (TC)
#482 Rick Miller
#706 Rookie 1st Baseman (Cage/Cox/Putnam/Revering)

 

1977 Topps

#607 Larry Demery

 

1976 Funky Sales Corp Funky Facts Baseball
#2 In A Trance
#3 Fans Vs Players
#5 Baseballeese

1976 Topps
#70 Roy Smalley/Roy Smalley Jr. (FS)

#101 Pete LaCock 
#196 1975 AL RBI Leaders (Scott/Mayberry/Lynn)

#567 George Stone 

1975 Topps
#66 Willie Horton
#310 '74 Victory Leaders
#378 Derrel Thomas
#402 Bob Tolan

 

1974 Topps
#38 Don Kessinger
#67 Tommy Helms 
#107 Alex Johnson
#141 Pat Bourque
#158 Jack Billingham
#158 Jack Billingham
#227 Mike Lum
#248 Tom Hall

#305 Tito Fuentes 
#349 John Vukovich

#461 John Odom
#473 World Series Game 2 (Mays)
#506 Ed Farmer

#512 Joe Lahoud
#519 Bill Sharp (RC) 
#534 Eddie Watt

#570 Ralph Garr 
#572 Enzo Hernandez

#583 Marty Pattin
#601 Rookie Outfielders 
#638 Ken Sanders
#660 Larry Dierker

1974 Topps - Team Checklists
#NNO Montreal Expos

1974 Topps - Traded
#270T Ron Santo
#458T Jim Ray
#496T Tom Murphy

 

1974 Topps (football)
#46 Gene Washington
#63 Gene Washington
#316 Thom Darden (RC, UER)
#513 Bill Lueck (RC)

 

1974 Visual Panographics US Presidents (non-sport)

#9 William Henry Harrison 

1973 Topps
#102 Rudy May

#215 Dusty Baker

#322 Garry Maddox (RC)

1972 Topps
#22 Rob Gardner

#33 Billy Martin (MGR)

#36 Jerry Johnson (IA) 
#43 Rick Wise

#44 Rick Wise (IA)

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)

#58 Ernie McAnally

#83 Dalton Jones

#99 Ross Grimsley (ASR, RC)

#109 Jerry May

#137 Dick Williams (MGR) 

#163 Tug McGraw

#174 Clay Kirby (IA)

#192 Chicago Cubs (TC)

#196 Mel Queen 
#197 Johnny Briggs
#225 World Series Game 3 - Manny Sanguillen
#231 Casey Cox
#239 Tom Timmermann

#262 San Diego Padres (TC)
#266 Bobby Bolin

#312 Clay Carroll (IA)

#334 Rangers Rookies - Bill Fahey / Jim Mason / Tom Ragland (RS, RC) 

#344 Dave McNally (BP)
#363 Ron Klimkowski
#373 John Mayberry
#438 Maury Wills (IA)

1971 Topps
#16 Ken Singleton (RC)
#63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell)
#63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell)
#69 AL 1970 Pitching Leaders (Cuellar/McNally/Perry)
#71 AL 1970 Strikeout Leaders (McDowell/Lolich/Johnson)
#80 Bill Melton
#90 Joe Pepitone
#95 Luis Tiant
#105 Tony Conigliaro
#123 2nd Series Checklist #133-263 (CL, VAR)
#146 Ralph Houk (MGR)
#195 AL Playoffs Game 1 - Powell Muscles Twins!
#328 World Series Game 2 - Buford Goes 2-4 (WS)

1970 Brooke Bond North American Wildlife In Danger (non-sport)
#32 Polar Bear

1970 Topps
#3 Darrell Chaney

#16 Charlie Metro (MGR)
#18 Carlos May
#18 Carlos May 
#38 Mack Jones

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)
#47 Bob Miller

#81 Dave May

#90 Tim McCarver

#115 Alex Johnson 

#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR)
#206 Clete Boyer
#238 Jose Laboy (ASR)
#390 Willie Davis

#457 Rico Petrocelli (AS)

1969 Topps
#66 Orioles Rookies
#75 Luis Aparicio
#80 Norm Cash
#131 Chris Cannizarro
#139 Andy Kosco
#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)
#484 Joe Gordon (MGR)

1969 Topps - Deckle Edge
#13 Mel Stottlemyer

 

1968 Topps
#4 1967 AL RBI Leaders (Yastrzemski/Killebrew/Robinson)
#7 1967 NL ERA Leaders (Niekro/Bunning/Short)  
#44 Frank Kostro
#181 Jerry Zimmerman

#202 Adolfo Phillips 
#208 Willie Davis
#309 Ken Henderson
#320 Frank Howard
#449 Gene Oliver
#519 Jerry Stephenson

1967 Topps
#1 The Champs (F. Robinson/Bauer/B. Robinson)

#18 Gene Oliver

#27 Bob Saverine

#60 Luis Aparicio

#116 Herman Franks (MGR)

#118 Bernie Allen 

#192 Fred Gladding

#206 Dennis Bennett

#281 Bob Rodgers 
#366 Andy Kosco

1966 Topps
#46 Howie Koplitz

#56 Sandy Valdespino 
#104 Alex Johnson
#154 Chuck Hiller

#189 John Roseboro 
#575 Earl Wilson

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#27 Dick Bertell
#86 Les Narum
#87 Nelson Mathews
#108 Don Mincher
#111 Lee Thomas
#178 Dalton Jones
#307 Barry Latman
#352 Alex Johnson (RC)

1964 Topps
#18 Billy O'Dell
#45 Milt Pappas
#95 George Altman

 

1964 Topps - Coins
#7 Frank Malzone

 

1963 Topps
#32 Tony Gonzalez

#174 Larry Burright 

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#79 Ed Hobaugh

1961 Fleer Baseball Greats
#56 Dolf Luque

1961 Topps
#21 Zoilo Versalles (RC, RS, UER)

#38 Bob Lillis
#83 Bob Bruce
#96 Billy O'Dell
#98 2nd Series Checklist 89-176 (CL, VAR)
#111 Jack Meyer

#212 Haywood Sullivan

#258 Jack Sanford
#399 Cliff Cook (RC)

1959 Topps
#424 Ken Aspromonte

1958 Topps

#59 Dave Sisler

#65 Von McDaniel (RC)

#73 Pete Daley

#147 Don McMahon (RC)

#273 Hal Smith

#274 Rocky Bridges 

#290 Dick Donovan

#380 Charley Maxwell  

1958 Topps Zorro (non-sport)
#83 Rude Awakening

1957 Topps
#68 Ray Crone

#212 Rocky Colavito (RC)
#249 Dave Pope

1956 Topps
#80 Cincinati Redlegs (TC, VAR)
#103 Willie Miranda (white back)
#156 Johnny Antonelli
#211 Murray Dickson

#274 Frank Baumholtz 
#284 Ike Delock

1956 Topps Flags of the World (non-sport)
#70 Jordan

1955 Topps
#45 Hank Sauer

 

1954 Topps

#124 Marion Fricano  

1954 Bowman
#73 Don Mueller

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

1953 Topps

#213 Ray Scarborough

1952 Bowman
#57 Clyde Vollmer

1947-66 Exhibits W461 

#NNO Al Evans

#NNO Ferris Fain 

 

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson

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

 

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: 101
Unique trading partners: 49

Number of cards mailed out: 400
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 634
Year of oldest card received: 1890