Friday, March 14, 2025

Two In The Hand - A Set Completed!

 
1990 Topps.
 
It may seem incredible to think, especially among you set collectors out there, but this is the most recent Topps base set I have ever completed. Heck, even if I expand it to any of the big base sets of the time, that would only take me to 1991 (Donruss - although I do have an unopened set of 1991 Upper Deck as well). It's easier to believe that this 35 year gap has occurred when you factor in that I stepped away from the hobby for roughly 25 of those years. Still, for as long as I've been back collecting, 1990 is still quite a ways back. 

That is no longer the case.
 
I'm happy to say that for the first time since I was in high school, I have completed a Topps base set! The last time I checked in, I was 2 cards shy of completing the 2024 Topps set. Thanks to a TCDB member from Round Rock, TX named Shane, those last two cards are now in my possession!  
 
 
There's some nice symmetry going on there with two identically uniformed Reds hitting from opposite sides. As is often the case, one of the last cards was also one of the hot rookie cards of the set, Elly De La Cruz. I was expecting it to take awhile to get that card, but it only took three trade proposals to get someone to accept. 

Thanks for the trade, Shane! On to the next set! (whichever one that ends up being...)


Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Repack Haiku #401 (Glenn Hubbard)

In lone All-Star Game
Hit to another first-timer
Hopped past Ripken
 
1988 Topps #325 Glenn Hubbard
 
Hubbard's only at-bat came in the 7th inning of the 1983 All-Star game, when he pitch hit for Steve Sax. He got a single after the ball hopped past another first-time All-Star, Cal Ripken Jr.

Monday, March 10, 2025

Payday Pack - Flipping Out!

I got paid, so it's time to play! I picked up another hanger pack of the new base set last week. As I was flipping through the cards to find the best ones, I couldn't help but notice a theme...
 

Honorable Mention

2025 Topps #217 Rece Hinds (RC)

Who doesn't enjoy a good bat flip card? This young Reds player did something right, because he's all smiles as he discards his bat. Not a bad bat flip card, but...
 

3rd Place

2025 Topps #350 Francisco Lindor

Mr. Lindor's bat flip is better. You get the whole bat in the shot, and Lindor is following that ball off to parts unknown. Not a bad bat flip card, but...
 

2nd Place

2024 Topps #322 Josh Naylor

Mr. Naylor's bat flip is better. We need a little attitude with our bat flips! Naylor nailed it, and he doesn't want you to forget it. Not a bad bat flip card, but...
 

1st Place

2025 Topps #24 Jhonkkensy Noel (RC)

Mr. Noel's bat flip is better. You look at this card of "Big Christmas", and you can practically hear the thunderclap of the fans' collective roar. Break through that shiny card border, Jhonkkensy, because you just ruined some pitcher's night.
 
Other contestants not appearing on stage:
#21 Nolan Schanuel (FS)
#295 It Takes Two (CL)
#224 Reese Olson
#242 Logan Webb
#246 Sean Reynolds (RC)
#301 Cal Quantrill
#215 Manny Machado
#140 Andrew Abbott
#32 Chase McDermott (RC)
#244 Yordan Alvarez
#105 Dylan Moore
#97 Will Warren (RC)
#261 Mike Tauchman 
#185 Jazz Chisholm Jr.
#220 Jackson Holliday (FS)
#38 Nico Hoerner
#286 Edwin Diaz
#216 Hunter Greene
#108 Mitch Keller
#251 Ryan Bliss (RC)
#78 Corbin Carroll
#63 Jake Bloss (RC)
#GH-3 Bryce Harper (2024 Greatest Hits insert) 
#SMLB-25 Luis Robert Jr. (Stars of MLB insert)
#SMLB-28 Carlos Correa (Stars of MLB insert)
#44 Brenton Doyle
#287 DJ Herz (RC)
#138 Isaac Paredes
#35 Anthony Rizzo
#290 Pete Crow-Armstrong (FS)
#312 Dub & Drench (CL)
#37 Spencer Steer 
 
 
OK, I gotta be honest. If this pack didn't have a natural bat flip theme going for it, this Steer card would have won 1st Place easily. As far as slides into home plate go, this is dang near perfect!

Friday, March 7, 2025

A Trio Of Tiny TCDB Trades

Sometimes when I do small 1 or 2 card trades, I feel like they aren't enough to warrant their own blog post. I've done a lot of these trades since the calendar flipped to 2025, so in an effort to catch up a bit, I decided to bundle some together.
 
First, I have a TCDB trade with Samuel from Stromsburg, NE. It was a small 2 card trade, but one of those cards ended up in the Time Travel Trading stack. The one card I got for myself was this great Yaz from the 2016 Topps Bunt set. I can't help but look at the positioning of the catcher's mitt and think he's holding Yaz up!
 
 
Next was a trade proposed to me by Steffan of Austin, TX. I still haven't seen any of the 2024 Topps Update set locally, so I've been picking up the Red Sox from the set when I can. I also knock off the old desired list a card of World Series MVP Steve Pearce!
 

Our final trade of the day comes from John over in Lumberton, NJ. His original trade proposition was a very lopsided trade where I sent two cards and he would have sent 10 needed cards from my pursuit of the 2024 Topps set. Unfortunately by then I had those cards coming in from elsewhere, but I was able to counter with these two cards from the 1st Series of the 1980 Cramer Baseball Legends set. These are the only 2 Red Sox in Series 1, so that's one more team set complete!
 
 
My sincerest thanks to Samuel, Steffan, and John! These cards may not have been worth the stamp you used to send them, but they are greatly appreciated!

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Repack Haiku #400 (Billy Spiers)

No World Series games
But won a championship
On staff with Clemson
 
1993 Topps #619 Billy Spiers

Spiers never reached the World Series in his 13-year career in MLB. Afterwards, he joined his alma mater's football staff and was a student assistant coach when the Clemson Tigers won the National Championship in 2017. He is currently in his third season as Clemson’s director of special teams.
 
Hey look at that! Haiku #400! 

Monday, March 3, 2025

Free Cards From The Angels In Order

Back in January, Tom from The Angels In Order graciously had a giveaway on his blog. Over 150 cads were available, and commenters were allowed to pick up to 8. There was a lot of great stuff, and I'm quite happy to add some cards to the 'ol collection!
 

2002 Topps #704 Ichiro (GG) - Fresh off of his election to the Hall of Fame, I guess I had Irichro on the brain!
 
1994 Studio #159 Roger Clemens - I'm always glad to grab a Clemens I don't need. Tom actually had two Clemens available, but I already had the other one.
 
1986 Topps - 1986 All-Star Set Collector's Edition (Glossy Send-Ins) #12 Ron Guidry,  #32 Tom Herr, and #56 Rich Gossage - I have a soft spot for those mail-in cards from the 80's. I never sent away for them as a kid, and I kind of wished I did.
 
1984 Topps Ralston Purina #3 Ted Simmons - I also have a soft spot for the Purina food-issue cards, for no other reason that there was a Purina plant in my hometown and there were days the surrounding neighborhood would smell like cat food. (It's weird what you remember as a child sometimes, isn't it? I didn't even live near that part of town..)
 
1973 Topps #136 Orioles Field Leaders (MGR, CO) - Couldn't pass up an early 70's card featuring a Hall of Fame manager!
 
1964 Topps #270 Rich Rollins - I watch the games now and occasional wonder how so many ballplayers back then wore glasses. Did Rollins ever lose his specs while making a play?
 
Thanks for the great cards Tom!

Friday, February 28, 2025

Plugging Along, Down To Just Two!

I'm getting there. Slowly but surely (Don't call me Shirley!), I'm still working on that 2024 base set, and have made lots of progress thanks to some great people!
 
Greg (Night Owl Cards) generously sent along some extras he had, saving me from hunting down  a couple of extra trade partners on the TCDB:
 
 
One of those trade partners was Brian from Mt. Juliet, TN. It was just a small trade that took out 3 cards from the set, but I did get a couple of Red Sox from the Update Series as well!
 
 
Tim from Charles Town, WV also had a few cards I needed, including the last 3 cards I needed for the 2000 Topps Red Sox team set.
 
 
Max from Hartsel, CO is up next, with a half dozen more cards I needed for last year's set, as well as one of the remaining non-SP cards I needed for the 2016 Topps Archives set. (I haven't done much with that set at all!)
 

Although not part of the set build, I also have to give a big shout out to Johnny (Johnny's Trading Spot) who sent along most of the Red Sox from the 582 Montgomery Club parallel set.
 
 
It's still a parallel set many of us don't see a need for, but at least Topps tried to make it stand out for this year's edition.
 
Thanks to all of these wonderful people, I'm down to just TWO cards left to complete the set! Granted one of the key cards from the set, the Elly De la Cruz rookie, is one of those cards... There are over 100 TCDB members with that card in their For?Sale Trade list, so I'm hopeful I'll eventually find someone I can match up in a trade.
 
Will I get this set done by Opening Day? I'm hopeful!
 
Thanks again to Greg, Johnny, and my trio of TCDB traders! You guys are awesome!

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Repack Haiku #399 (Brad Fullmer)

Faced high school teammate
Giants pitcher Russ Ortiz
In the World Series
 
2001 Fleer Tradition #64 Brad Fullmer
 
Fullmer attended Montclair College Preparatory School in Van Nuys, California along with Ortiz. In 2002, Fullmer's Angels and Ortiz's Giants squared off in the World Series. Fullmer got a hit off Ortiz in each of the two games Ortiz pitched as the Angels defeated the Giants in 7 games.

Monday, February 24, 2025

First Impressions: 2025 Topps

New year, new baseball cards! Sure, I know that these cards have been all over the internet now, and opinions have been given en masse, but you still haven't heard my thought on them have you? That is why you're here, right? So as I opened up my first tantalizing pack of 2025 Topps, I made a note of my first impressions, which I'm happy to share with you now
 
#209 Taylor Ward
 
 
The honor of the first card goes to Mr. Taylor. Right off the bat, I noticed the bat! Swing that giant pencil Taylor! Unfortunately, the next thing I noticed was the LAA team abbreviation on the side (or in this case "AA" since the bat almost perfectly wipes out the "L"). Turns out this is how Topps decided to notate teams on horizontal cards. One could argue that this was done because of the smaller amount of space on the ribbon, but then again for the city-less Athletics, they didn't have any trouble squeezing the whole team name on there. It doesn't look good to be honest, and the design team could have easily made the set look  a whole lot more cohesive with just a bit more effort.
 
#135 Maikel Garcia
#101 Nolan Arenado
#67 Trey Sweeney (RC)
#257 Korey Lee
 

Another design fail comes with a player's last name in black. It doesn't show up well, especially on scans/photos. Other than that, the design itself is OK. It's not as exciting as last year's design, but a solid design nonetheless. I do like the attempt to do something new with the positional dots on the baseball diamond. It works and makes this set unique.

#56 Ranger Suarez
#217 Rece Hinds (RC)
#216 Hunter Greene
#108 Mitch Keller
#183 Taj Bradley
#99 Cincinati Reds (TC)
#21 Nick Lodolo
#147 Bryson Stott
#270 Andres Gimenez
#337 Ben Rice (RC)
#175 Ha-Seong Kim 
 
 
As far as the backs go, the 2025 design is pretty straightforward and bland. The card numbers are nice and readable, so kudos for that.
 
#161 Bradley Blalock (RC)
#190 Miguel Vargas
#7 Alec Bohm
#320 Drew Thorpe (RC)
#227 Ty France
#113 Marco Gonzales
#36 Greg Jones (RC)
#139 Jordan Beck
#125 Jackson Merrill (ASR)
 

As long as MLB is going to shove the City Connect jerseys down our throats, the cards are going to do likewise. Part of the allure this year's card set design is that the colors match the team's traditional colors. The City Connect uniforms take away from that.
 
#T90-68 Albert Pujols (1990 Topps 35th Anniversary insert)
 

In keeping with the numerous ways Topps rehashes their old designs, we once again have the completely arbitrary 35th Anniversary set. Personally, I have always liked the 1990 set design, so I don't mind this too much, but now that Topps has reached the 90's, we are rapidly approaching the time I stepped away from the hobby and thusly will no longer care about this yearly insert...

#SMLB-7 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Stars of MLB insert)
#SMLB-28 Carlos Correa (Stars of MLB insert)
 

Another returning insert series is the Stars of MLB. This is probably the best design they've come up with since they started doing this insert in 2022.

#324 Masataka Yoshida
 

The "Macho Man" gets the honor of being my first 2025 Red Sox card! Not a bad card at all, and despite his struggles last year, I still think we haven't seen the best of him yet. I will point out that Yoshida gets the LF designation, despite only appearing in the field for 1 game last year. He should be listed as a DH.
 
#225 Tyrone Taylor
#288 Evan Carter (FS)
 
 
I've always had a soft spot for Future Stars cards, especially when they use a script reminiscent of the original 1987 ones.

#81 Minnesota Twins (TC)
 

This is an early contender for best card of the year. Such a fun card!
 
#114 Ryan O'Hearn#279 Trevor Larnach
#342 Davis Schneider
#151 AL Wins Leaders (Skubal/Berrios/Lugo) 


We end the pack with a League Leaders subset card. I'm glad they're actually showing the players who led the league, but once again Topps would rather stick to a trifecta of players rather than give proper due to Skubal and all three players who finished second with 16 wins (Poor Carlos Rondon...)
 
Overall I like the set, even though in some cases it seems to get in it's own way. I think some minor tweaks could have made this set even better.
 
 

Friday, February 21, 2025

Trapped In Time: Remnants Of The 115th And 116th Trades

 
It's time to thin the herd! Chances are if a card has been sitting in the trade stack for over 3 years, it isn't going to get traded. (Obviously there have been exceptions to this, but for the most part it's true.) Today I offer up leftovers from two more 2021 trades.
 
Trade #115 Tim C. (TCDB)
Traded 08/27/21:  1971 Topps #63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell), 1971 Topps #69 AL 1970 Pitching Leaders  (Cuellar/McNally/Perry)
 
Received 08/30/21:
  • 1970 Topps #222 Jim Rooker
  • 1961 Topps #256 Billy Hoeft (See Trade #125)

It's funny how sometimes things circle back. Over three years since this trade, Tim made his 2nd Time Travel Trade. I showed that trade off just this Monday!
 
Fun Fact: Rooker was the first Royals player to hit 2 home runs in a game! 
 
Trade #116 Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders)
Traded 08/27/21: 2017 Donruss Certified Cuts - Highlight Reels Silver (football) #23 Carson Wentz (SN99), 1982 Topps #480 Steve Carlton, 1972 Topps #438 Maury Wills (IA), 1971 Topps #90 Joe Pepitone, 1970 Topps #90 Tim McCarver, 1970 Topps #324 Tony Taylor
 
Received 08/30/21:
  • 1982 Fleer Team Action (football) #49 Giving Second Effort (See Trade #122)
  • 1971 Topps #237 Cesar Cedeno (RC) (See Trade #228)
  • 1970 Topps #93 Rick Renick
  • 1970 Topps #445 Vada Pinson
  • 1969 Topps #516 Earl Weaver (MGR) (See Trade #215)
  • 1968 Topps (football) #138 Ken Gray (See Trade #121)
  • 1962 Topps #364 Ken Hunt 

Our next wayward cards come from a trade with Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) . This lot is highlighted by 4x All-Star Pinson. Personally, I'm amused that all 3 caps have a "C" on them. (The things I notice!)
 
These 4 cards will be retired and added to my personal collection unless someone makes a last minute claim! All it takes is a card older than what you're getting, so let's make with the offers!

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Repack Haiku #398 (John Ericks)

Injuries cost him
A chance to earn big money
Led him to Wal-Mart
 
1991 Upper Deck #57 John Ericks (TP)

Ericks's story is of the more unfortunate ones in baseball. After establishing himself as a key bullpen member with the Pirates, his agent was close to what would have been a multi-million dollar contract. Unfortunately, Ericks got hurt before it happened, and never played again. He ended up working three jobs to make ends meet, with a minimum wage job at Wal-Mart being his main source of income.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Time Travel Trading Update #98


Hard to believe it has been 7 years. I started this idea with a single pack of 2018 Topps, and from there it has grown and grown. Over 300 trades and thousands of cards later, it's still going strong! Every year I've done this, I've added a pack from the latest Topps base set. I'm happy to say that this year I continue the the tradition with some cards from the new 2025 Topps base set:
 

I'm hoping to have a post with my initial impressions of the set soon, but for now I'll say it's a solid looking set. I'll also add that I'm not entirely sure which of the multitude of parallels the Jacob Wilson card is, but I'm fairly confident it comes from the Diamante Foil parallels.

Today's post isn't special just because the new cards, but I also have a lot of great trades that have added some amazing cards to the trade stack. I'm going to kick things off with a personal swap I did. I had a TCDB proposal come through where the other collector requested some 80's cards from the stack. To get the trade done I swapped them out for a couple of 1980 Topps cards:


The first "real" trade from this post comes from Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!)
 


Food Issues/Oddball cards do fairly well here, so I'm hoping these Drake's cards will be a hot commodity!

I'm super excited to show off this next one. A TCDB member named Jay sent a proposal where he would get some vintage cards, and originally offered to send close to 30 newer cards from my personal want list! It was tempting, but I ultimately decided to stick with the Time Travel Trading parameters and request older cards in return. I'm glad I did, because now I can add these beauties to the stack!
 

Up until this trade, I have never held a 1951 Topps Red Backs card before, let alone own one. They're not in the best shape, but they are still awesome. As it turns out, Jay was one of the very first Time Travel Traders, claiming a card from that original 2018 pack! Our second trade was every bit as great as the first!

Tom (The Angels In Order) clocks in next with a trio of 90's cards plus a great 1963 Topps:


I love the little insert picture for Maye!
 
Our next trade comes once again via the TCDB. A collector named Tim, who also did a Time Travel Trade with me years ago, contacted me for another match-up. This trade netted me 2 very nice football cards.
 

I am not a football card collector myself, but there's just something appealing about those vintage sets that even I can appreciate!

So far, I've been going back and forth between trades from fellow bloggers and TCDB members. This next one if from a blogger who normally uses the TCDB for our trades! Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) always sends back a nice mix of cards, and this time is no exception:


The 2009 TriStar Obak is a card in particular I'd like to highlight. It's a fun minor league card of Sammy Baugh, who wasn't much of a baseball player but eventually became a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame!

Yet another TCDB trade, this time a single card from a gent named Samuel.


Our last trade of the day is also the biggest! Once again a TCDB member who Time Traveled once years ago comes back again for a second trade. Ben traded with me back in 2021, and this time around he was in the hunt for a large amount of 1972 Topps cards, among others.



Just want to point out that the Joe Foy is actually an O-Pee-Chee card, which is why I had him separate from the photo of 1970 cards. 1970 Topps is easily the largest set represnted in the trade stack now.
 
Thanks to all my trade partners this past month! Here's hoping for a flurry of trades!
 
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:

2025 Topps
# 5 American League Leaders (Skubal/Blanco/Valdez) (LL)
#47 Blake Perkins
#52 Will Benson
#82 George Springer
#122 C.J. Abrams
#250 Bryce Harper
#294 Tamps Bay Rays (TC)
#304 Raisel Iglesias
#309 Adam Mazur (RC)
#336 Jorge Alcala
 
2025 Topps - Diamante Foil
#314 Jacob Wilson
 
2025 Topps - Stars of MLB
#SMLB-1 Nolan Arenado
 
 
 
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 TriStar Obak
#96 Sammy Baugh
 
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)   
 
 
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
#22 Tony Gwynn
 
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 Donruss Elite
#39 Jason Giambi
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio    
 
1997 Scoreboard Mickey Mantle
#71 Mickey Mantle Day (1965)
 
1997 Stadium Club
#52 Rusty Greer 

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 Score
#61 John Smoltz 
 
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 Diet Pepsi
#9 Bryan Harvey
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
 
 
1992 Post
#26 Tony Gwynn 
 
1992 Score
 
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
#77 Greg Maddux 

 
1992 Topps Batman Returns (non-sport)
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#61 Oswald Outwitted!
 
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 Score Canadian English (hockey)
#349 Joe Sacco (TP, RC) 
 
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
 
1991 Classic Best
#346 Steve Vondran   

1991 Conlon Collection TSN
#21 Eddie Collins (HOF)
 

1991 Donruss - Bonus Cards
#BC-9 Mark McGwrire (VAR)
 
 
1991 Score
#849 Cal Ripken Jr. (FRAN)
#892 Ken Griffey Jr. (DT) 
 

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 Pacific Senior League
#154 Wayne Nordhagen 
 

1990 Upper Deck
#13 Deion Sanders (SR)
 
1990 Score (football)
#327 Dalton Hilliard (GF)
 
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 Classic
#176 Kirby Puckett 

1989 Donruss
#255 Mark Grace (VAR)
   
 
1989 Star
#51 Rich Garces
 
 
1989 Pro Set (football)
#58 Boomer Esiason
#180 Neil Smith (RC)
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
 
 
1988 Pacific Legends I
#11 Harvey Haddix
#71 Chuck Connors
 
1988 Score
#385 Tony Gwynn
 
1988 Topps
#70 Roger Clemens
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded
 
1988 Topps (football)
#12 Art Monk
#144 Brian Bosworth (SR, RC)
 
1987-88 Topps (hockey)
#119 Kelly Hrudey 

1987 Donruss
#404 Bud Black
 
1987 Drake's Big Hitters/Super Pitchers
#1 Darryl Strawberry
#2 Wally Joyner
#26 Dwight Gooden
#27 Jack Morris 
 
1987 Fleer Update - Glossy
#U-69 Bill Madlock 
 
1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 
 
1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer
 

1987 Topps 
 
1987 Topps Traded
#93T Pat Pacillo
#116T Mike Stanley

1987 Zoot U.S. of ALF (non-sport)

#43 Texas - The Lone Star State
 
1986 Donruss
 
1986 Donruss Highlights
#1 Will Clark
#25 Fernando Valenzuela
 
 
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 
 
1986 Topps (football)
#243 Eric Hipple
 
 
1985 Fleer Update
#U-10 Hubie Brooks
 
1985 Topps
#403 Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)    
#758 Ray Burris 
 
1985 Topps Woolworth All Time Record Holders
#5 Lou Brock
 
1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 
 
 
1983 Donruss
#22 Johnny Bench (DK)  
 
 
1983 O-Pee-Chee
#179 Luis Tiant (SV) 
 
1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
 
1982 Topps
 
1982 Topps (football) 
#7 1981 AFC Championship
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)
 
1981 Donruss  
#8 Mark Fidrych
 
1981 Fleer
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
#271 Dick Drago
#558 Alfredo Griffin 
 
 
1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

1979 Topps 
 
1979 Topps (football)

1978 Topps  
#711 1978 Rookie Pitchers (Camper/Lamp/Mitchell/Thomas) (RC) 
 
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
 

 
1972 Topps  
#32 Cleon Jones (IA)
 
1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 O-Pee-Chee
#138 Joe Foy
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#31 Marty Pattin 
#57 Pat Kelly
#74 Angels 1970 Rookie Stars (Washburn/Wolf) (RS, RC) 
#89 Juan Rios
#95 Earl Wilson 
#102 Joe Rudi 
#108 Tom Burgmeier 
#115 Alex Johnson
#122 George Stone
#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR)
#126 Marty Martinez 
#132 Jim McGlothlin 
#153 Gary Gentry 
#164 Ty Cline
#287 Fred Talbot   
#495 Dave Morehead
#513 Preston Gomez (MGR)  
#514 Steve Hovley (RC)
 
1970 Topps (football)
#139 Craig Morton
 
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
 
1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger
 
1966 Topps (football)
#122 John Farris (RC)
 
1965 Topps
#316 Cincinnati Reds (TC)
 
1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game
#NNO Ball

1964 Topps 
 
1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore
#109 Lee Maye
 
1962 Topps
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps
#342 Casey Wise 

1959 Topps

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

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)
 
1953 Topps
#206 Ed Bailey (RC)
 
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
 
1951 Topps Red Backs
#13 Dale Mitchell
#51 Eddie Robinson 
 
 
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: 349
Unique trading partners: 84

Number of cards mailed out: 1,843
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,666
Year of oldest card received: 1890