Time Travel Trading Update #81

 

We've got a relatively short update this week - only 3 trades. That doesn't mean the cards are any less impressive though!

 

We'll start things off with a trio of cards from Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders). He sent an All-Star card featuring a Hall of Fame catcher, plus two great oddballs:

I feel sorry for Brewers collectors. Those Police Dept cards, which were apparently tailored to dozens of different cities, must be a challenge to collect! This particular department wasn't even listed in the TCDB when I went to add it. 

My monthly trade with Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) came in next:

 

As always, there's some great vintage baseball here, along with a lone football card.

Speaking of football, I've noticed that when football season starts up, I see an increase in football cards getting both sent and received. Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) kicks off the new season in earnest with a dozen great 80's cards.

That's all for today, although one more trade is incoming! Thanks as always to the many awesome collectors who help keep this project flourishing!

 

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:

2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day Autographs
#ODA-LWJ LaMonte Wade Jr. (AU)    

 

2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)

#7 Kevin Durant

 

2020 Topps
#304 Shane Bieber
#315 Adam Frazier
#317 Sean Murphy (RC) 

 

2020 Leaf Draft - Gold (football)
#66 CeeDee Lamb (AA)
#77 Collin Johnson (TD)  

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons

 

2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners

#CYA-1 Rick Porcello      

 

2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall

  

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

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson     

 

2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh

 

2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu 

 

2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi

 

2007 Upper Deck MLB Rookie Card of the Month
#ROM-4 Ryan Braun 

 

2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 

#92 Marques Colston

 

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green

 

2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC) 

 

2004 Just Rookies - 05 Preview Autographs

#1 Thomas Diamond (AU, SN200) 

 

2002 Fleer Maximum

#82 Dante Bichette

 

2002 Upper Deck Ovation
#117 Mark McGwire 

 

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte

 

2001 Topps Archives
#17 Warren Spahn
#20 Gaylord Perry

 

2000 BBM Diamond Heroes
#241 Hawks Checklist
#244 Marines Checklist

 

1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#12 Juwan Howard
#16 Eric William 

 

1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

 

1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders 

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

 

1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill  

 

1997 Fleer
#83 Jose Mesa (AS)
#84 Charles Nagy (AS)
#88 Kevin Seitzer
#91 Jose Vizcaino
#265 Greg McMichael (WS)
#304 Pete Schourek
#312 Quinton McCracken
#317 Kevin Ritz
#325 Kevin Brown (AS, LL)
#328 Jeff Conine
#331 Al Leiter (AS)
#340 Derek Bell

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   

 

1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

 

1996 SP

#186 Hideo Nomo (CL)    

 

1996 Topps
#380 Jeff Bagwell

 

1996 Upper Deck
#358 Todd Worrell
#442 Dennis Eckersley

 

1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     

 

1995 Skybox Jumanji (non-sport)
#31 Help Us Finish

 

1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#74 I've Always Loved You!
#75 Do You Love Me?

1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark - Holochip Etched Foils (non-sport)
#BJ3 Belle Curve 

 

1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman 

 

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal

 

1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero 

 

1994 Score
#13 Robin Yount

#384 Ozzie Smith   

1994 Topps
#391 Mike Piazza/Mike Stanley (AS)

 

1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney  

 

1994 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis 500 Champions Collection (racing)
#NNO Danny Sullivan
#NNO Mario Andretti

1993-94 Ultra - Inside Outside (basketball)
#5 Dan Majerle 

 

1993 Leaf

#76 Kent Hrbek
#79 Andy Van Slyke

 

1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 

 

1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje

 

1992 Donruss - Bonus Cards
#BC6 Jeff Bagwell (ROY, VAR: no dot after INC) 

 

1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   

 

1992 Leaf - Gold Rookies
#BC-10 David Nied

 

1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier
#24 Jose Canseco

 

1992 Pacific Nolan Ryan Texas Express II
#133 Nolan Ryan "2000th Strikeout"
#141 Nolan Ryan "Big Dollars"
#142 Nolan Ryan "Strong Houston Staff"  

 

1992 Panini Stickers
#201 Gilberto Reyes
#202 Andres Galarraga
#203 Delino DeShields
#204 Tim Wallach
#205 Spike Owen
#207 Marquis Grissom
#208 Ivan Calderon

 

1992 Pinnacle

#27 Jay Buhner

 

1992 Topps Batman Returns (non-sport)
#45 Only Eight Lives Left...
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#61 Oswald Outwitted!
#78 Batskiboat Attack! 

 

1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)

#31 Malone vs. Barkley (CC)

1991 Leaf
#174 Roger Clemens (CL)

 

1991 Milwaukee Brewers Police - The Berlin Police Dept. and Wisconsin Power & Light
#NNO Gary Sheffield 

  

1991 Score

#180 Sid Fernandez 

 

1991 Topps
#575 Robin Yount

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  

 

1991 Upper Deck

#743 Deion Sanders

 

1991 Fleer (football)

#305 Otis Anderson  

 

1991 Pro Set (football)

#387 Joe Montana (PB)

 

1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor

 

1991 Upper Deck (football)
#71 Mark Kelso
#99 Herschel Walker (CL)
#108 Burt Grossman
#131 Merril Hoge
#132 Rocky Proehl

1991 Impel Star Trek 25th Anniversary (non-sport)
#28 Symbiosis
#42 The Schizoid Man
#46 The Dauphin
#60 Home Soil
#62 11001001
#86 A Place for Families
#126 Commander William T. Riker

 

1991 Topps Desert Storm (non-sport)
#147 Working Together   

 

1991 Topps The Addams Family (non-sport)
#13 A Meeting Of Minds
#29 Egad! It's Fester Addams!
#62 Excellent, My Man!

 

1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti 

 

1990-91 Fleer (basketball)
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#195 Jeff Malone 

 

1990 Donruss
#437 Dan Quisenberry (UER, VAR: Pack border, no dot after INC)

#712 Wade Boggs (AS, COR, VAR)

1990 Fleer

#271 Roger Clemens

#622 Fernando Valenzuela (POD, VAR) 

1990 Post Cereal
#22 Pedro Guerrero 

 

1990 Topps
#7 Rickey Henderson (RB)

#510 Doc Gooden 

 

1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)

#440 Deron Cherry   

 

1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)

 

1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

#112 Ron Anderson (RC)

#119 Tom Chambers  

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

1989 Donruss
#588 Warren Spahn Puzzle (PUZ)
#588 Warren Spahn Puzzle (PUZ)
#613 Kevin Brown

   

1989 Score
#507 Brian Holton (ERR)

 

1989 Topps
#628 Matt Williams
#764 Robin Ventura (FRDP, RC)

 

1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre

 

1988 Donruss 

#161 Mitch Williams

#182 Ivan Calderon 

#384 Denny Walling
#441 Greg Gagne

#452 Guy Hoffman
#459 Jim Dwyer

1988 Donruss - Stan Musial Puzzle
#25-27 Stan Musial (PUZ)
#34-36 Stan Musial (PUZ)    

 

1988 Fleer
#1 Keith Atherton
#6 Randy Bush
#9 George Frazier
#58 Willie Hernandez
#59 Larry Herndon
#63 Bill Madlock

 

1988 Score
#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)

#649 Speed And Power (Eric Davis/Tim Raines) (AS) 

 

1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman

#30 Terry Steinbach  

 

1988 Topps Traded

#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC)

1987 Donruss
#655 Luis Aquino (RC)

1987 O-Pee-Chee

#303 Terry Kennedy
#371 Dave Schmidt

 

1987 Topps
#313 Roberto Clemente (TBTC)

#332 Joe Price
#619 Jerry Reed  

 

1986 Donruss

#287 Claudell Washington

#256 Curtis Wilkerson 

 

1986 Fleer
#117 Andre Robertson

#322 Goose Gossage

#577 Curtis Wilkerson    

 

1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers

#16 Orel Hershiser

 

1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey

#495 Mark Langston

#510 Wade Boggs
#765 Don Baylor 

 

1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler

 

1985 Topps (football)
#37 Cowboys Team Leaders (TL)
#53 Lions Team Leaders (TL)
#77 Rams Team Leaders (TL)
#89 Vikings Team Leaders (TL)
#100 Saints Team Leaders (TL)
#110 Giants Team Leaders (TL)
#177 Redskins Team Leaders (TL)
#221 Browns Team Leaders (TL)
#281 Raiders Team Leaders (TL)  

 

1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC) 

 

1984 O-Pee-Chee 

#97 LaMarr Hoyt

 

1984 Topps
#167 Marshall Edwards
#368 Hubie Brooks

 

1983 Galasso T-206 Reprint
#NNO Carl Lundgren (VAR: American Beauty back)

1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#14 Dave Kingman

 

1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)
#163 Jeff Moore (TL)
#331 Don Hasselbeck 

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
#20 Pretty as a Picture!
#49 Heavy Traffic!
#50 Crashing the Gates!

#53 Roll Out!

 

1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints

#NNO George Browne

#NNO George McQuillan

#NNO Dolly Stark   

 

1982 Dover Publications Reprints National League
#15 Robin Roberts 

 

1982 Topps

#101 Mike Schmidt (IA) 

#412 Luis Leal

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#82 Craig Morton (IA)   

 

1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)

 
1981 Donruss  

#77 Gene Garber 

#124 Jerry Mumphrey
#147 Danny Darwin

#157 Steve Henderson
#170 Fred Patek
#180 Rudy Law

#192 Darrell Evans

#374 John Candelaria

#375 Don Robinson 

#386 Doc Medich

#386 Doc Medich  

#397 Elliott Maddux
#409 Carney Lansford

#419 Derrel Thomas 
#421 Charlie Leibrandt (RC)

#428 Terry Kennedy
#439 Jorge Orta
#450 Scott Sanderson
#474 Sammy Stewart 

#475 Tim Stoddard

#478 Steven McCatty  

#485 Lenny Randle
#531 Jerry Koosman
#565 Ken Landreaux 

 

1981 Fleer

#8 Larry Christenson  

#427 Steve Braun

1981 Topps

#40 Tug McGraw

#82 Astros Future Stars (RC)
#98 Clint Hurdle
#121 Larry Harlow

#121 Larry Harlow 
#151 Claudell Washington
#182 Bob Grich
#194 Rod Scurry  

#230 George Hendrick  

#323 Jim Morrison 
#350 J.R. Richard

#354 Mario Soto
#365 Graig Nettles

#374 Tom Hutton 

#376 Ron Reed
#402 NL Championships
#414 John Pacella 
#477 Luis Gomez
#494 Bob Walk 

#569 Al Williams

#598 George Vuckovich (RC)  
#632 Alan Bannister

#645 Rick Reuschel 
#695 Kent Tekulve
#726 Rick Monday

 

1981 Topps (football)

#32 Doug Williams

#131 Jim Smith
#142 Ken Fantetti
#171 Earnest Gray (SA)
#237 Bob Parsons 

#408 Ron Jaworski (SA)

#427 Pete Johnson

#432 Vikings Team Leaders (TL, CL)

#434 Tim Fox

#438 Mike Hartenstine

#458 Don Cockroft 

 

1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry

#90 Manny Trillo

#110 Fred Lynn (AS) 
#145 Darrell Evans

#271 Dick Drago 

#325 Dan Driessen  

#477 Buck Martinez

#516 Hector Cruz 
#572 Jerry Morales

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

#711 Bob Galasso (RC) 

 

1980 Topps (football)
#8 Mike Williams
#11 Dan Melville (RC)
#12 Matt Robinson
#18 Charley Hannah (RC)
#21 Brian Baschnagel
#22 Jon Keyworth
#24 Richard Osborne (RC)
#26 Doug Beaudoin
#29 Dick Ambrose

#30 Mike Reinfeldt (AP, RC)
#41 Mike Hartenstine
#84 Mike Bragg
#89 Don Cockroft
#126 John James

#132 Eagles Team Leaders (CL, TL)
#142 Rusty Jackson
#166 Terry Hermeling
#172 Leonard Thompson (RC)

#177 Chuck Ramsey
#199 Louie Giammona (RC)

#199 Louie Giammona (RC)

#227 Max Runager (RC)  

#279 Johnny Evans

#294 Fred Cook
#296 Wade Key  

 

1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

#26 Dan Driessen (COR) 

1979 Topps 

#3 1978 RBI Leaders (Rice/Foster)
#18 Tony Solaita
#33 Dave Rozema

#51 Ray Fosse

#75 Steve Yeager

#82 New York Mets/Joe Torre (TC, MGR, CL)
#85 Gary Matthews
#90 Bob Boone
#107 Jesus Alou 

#177 Ron Reed 

#220 Cesar Geronimo
#239 Willie Horton 

#255 Tommy John

#271 Rawly Eastwick 

#317 Jose Cardinal 

#336 Bobby Thompson (RC)  

#350 Garry Templeton

#447 Manny Sanguillen

#558 Jay Johnstone 

#577 Milwaukee Brewers (TC,CL)

#603 Rudy May
#612 Rick Honeycutt (RC)
#615 Ken Singleton
#625 Mark Fidrych
#630 Bake McBride
#642 Wilbur Howard 

#653 Warren Brusstar  

#656 Hosken Powell (RC)
#677 Larry Parrish
#685 Sixto Lezcano
#688 Mike Willis

 

1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson

#54 John Sanders  

#56 Steve Nelson

#100 Chuck Foreman

#107 Nick Mike-Mayer

#101 Joe Klecko 

#140 Brad Van Pelt (AP)

#158 Mike Patrick

#211 Jon Keyworth
#213 John Fitzgerald
#252 Robert Newhouse

#286 Guy Morriss 

#378 Jeff Siemon

#403 Mike Hogan
#424 Randy Logan
#493 Curtis Johnson

1978-79 Topps (basketball)

#21 Steve Hawes

#46 John Shumate

#64 Leon Douglas (RC) 

#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  

#9 Doug DeCinces
#11 Rick Manning
#13 Art Howe (RC)

#21 Steve Kemp

#137 Craig Kusick  

#145 Rick Monday

#148 Andre Thorton

#210 Jose Cardinal   

#248 Frank White

#265 Sal Bando 

#383 Mario Mendoza

#428 Joel Youngblood  

#480 Ron LeFlore

#533 Sandy Alomar

#562 Glenn Burke (RC) 

#601 Gene Mauch (MGR)

#630 Ron Cey (AS)   

#673 Steve Brye

 

1978 Topps (football)
#454 Dick Ambrose (RC)
#461 Sam Hunt
#467 Ray Jarvis
#487 Eddie Payton (RC) 

1977-78 Topps - Glossy Inserts (Rounded Corners) (hockey)

#17 Glenn Resch

 

1977-78 Topps - White Backs (basketball)
#78 Richard Washington (RC) 

 

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

#67 Joaquin Andujar (RC)

#79 Don Money 

#535 Cesar Geronimo 

#565 Mickey Lolich  

#605 Felix Millan

#607 Larry Demery

#611 Dave Lemanczyk

#619 Johnny Oats

#623 Jack Kucek

#626 Al Bumbry

#628 Mario Guerrero 

#648 Jim Spencer 

 

1977 Topps (football)

#170 Chris Hanburger (AP)

#310 Monte Jackson (AP, RC)

#317 Paul Seymour

#350 Bill Bergey (AP)

#413 Don Strock

#494 Otis Sistrunk

#516 Butch Johnson (RC) 

 

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

1976 Topps

#523 Bob Montgomery

#567 George Stone  

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

#332 1975 AFC Championship (CCG)
#432 Ron Carpenter
#481 John Bunting (RC)
#482 Ken Mendenhall
#508 Steve Owens  

 

1975-76 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#99 Checklist 1-110 (CL)

1975 Topps

#11 Bill Melton
#53 Dave Giusti

#66 Willie Horton

#79 Gary Matthews 

#166 Woodie Fryman

#170 Bert Campaneris (AS)
#227 Bob Watson

#398 Elias Sosa 

#597 Winston Llenas  

 

1975 Topps (football)
#42 Larry Hand
#47 Bivian Lee
#76 Dave Hampton
#101 Bob Windsor

 

1974 Topps  
#23 Craig Robinson (RC)

#84 Rick Wise  

#99 Brewers Field Leaders (MGR, CO)

#107 Alex Johnson

#113 Dick Drago  

#125 Nate Colbert (VAR: San Diego)
#157 Vic Harris   

#184 Texas Rangers (TC)

#185 Jose Cardinal  

#192 Mario Guerrero

#199 Mike Kekich

#199 Mike Kekich 

#210 Bill Singer
#216 Ray Sadecki

#217 Tim Foli 

#237 Ken Brett 

#237 Ken Brett

#247 Rick Miller

#305 Tito Fuentes  

#305 Tito Fuentes

#317 Richie Zisk 

#322 Ernie McAnally

#345 Bill North

#347 Sandy Alomar 

#410 Pedro Borbon 

#412 Chuck Taylor

#412 Chuck Taylor 

#435 Dave Concepcion 

#461 John Odom

#466 Dick Billings 

#470 1973 A.L. Playoffs (ALCS) 

#511 Toby Harrah

#512 Joe Lahoud
#519 Bill Sharp (RC) 
#522 J.R. Richard
#534 Eddie Watt

#583 Marty Pattin  

#631 Steve Barber
#646 George Foster 

#656 Adrian Garrett
#660 Larry Dierker

 

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#73T Mike Marshall 

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo
#458T Jim Ray

#485T Felipe Alou

#485T Felipe Alou 

 

1974 Topps (football)
#3 Don Hansen
#44 Randy Jackson
#57 Milt Sunde
#72 Ron East
#80 John Niland
#104 Zeke Moore
#118 Bill Butler (RC)
#174 Benny Johnson (RC) 

1973 Topps
#2 Rich Hebner
#9 Johnny Oats

#32 Fred Norman

#32 Fred Norman 

#156 Cesar Geronimo

#243 California Angels (TC)

 

1972 Topps  

#24 Ted Ford

#26 Andy Etchebarren

#31 Cleon Jones 

#34 Billy Martin (IA) 

#36 Jerry Johnson (IA) 

#40 Bob Barton (IA)

#42 Tommy Davis (IA) 

#44 Rick Wise (IA)
#48 John Ellis (IA)

#53 Bud Harrelson 

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)
#55 Clyde Wright   

#55 Clyde Wright

#56 Rich Chiles (RC)
#57 Bob Oliver

#58 Ernie McAnally

#62 Angel Mangual (ASR) 

#70 Mike Cuellar 

#83 Dalton Jones

#94 1971 AL Pitching Leaders
#96 1971 AL Strikeout Leaders

#99 Ross Grimsley (ASR, RC)

#109 Jerry May

#110 Ron Hunt 

#113 Rogelio Moret  

#137 Dick Williams (MGR)  

#138 Mike Kekich

#174 Clay Kirby (IA)

#196 Mel Queen 
#197 Johnny Briggs

#219 Rennie Stennett (RC) 

#223 1971 World Series Game #1 (WS)
#225 1971 World Series Game #3 (WS)
#231 Casey Cox

#233 Jay Johnstone
#239 Tom Timmermann

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

#276 Gene Mauch (MGR)
#289 Syd O'Brien  

#308 Steve Renko (IA)

#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

 

1971 Topps

#90 Joe Pepitone

 

1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)

 

1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui

#3 Darrel Chaney

#3 Darrel Chaney

#4 Tom Egan

#7 Indians 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#8 Jose Martinez (RC)

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#13 Jack Hiatt
#18 Carlos May

#18 Carlos May  

#18 Carlos May

#19 John Boccabella

#28 Billy Wilson

#29 Sandy Alomar 

#31 Marty Pattin

#34 Willie Crawford

#36 Reds 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)  

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)

#47 Bob Miller

#52 Bruce Dal Canton

#56 Phillies 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#57 Pat Kelly

#59 Dick Ellsworth

#59 Dick Ellsworth

#60 Jim Wynn

#74 Angels 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#76 Carl Taylor

#77 Frank Linzy

#81 Dave May

#85 Max Alvis

#86 Lum Harris (MGR)

#87 Steve Renko (RC)

#90 Tim McCarver  

#91 Rich Morales

#93 Rick Renick 

#97 Joe Moeller

#99 Bobby Pfeil (RC)

#115 Alex Johnson  

#117 Don Young

#122 George Stone    

#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR)  

#125 Deron Johnson

#127 Joe Coleman 

#130 Ollie Brown

#203 Rudy May
#206 Clete Boyer

#222 Jim Rooker

#245 Leo Cardenas  

#266 Wally Bunker

#268 Claude Raymond 

#274 Gerry Arigo

#274 Gerry Arigo

#276 Ron Hunt  

#276 Ron Hunt

#277 Paul Doyle (RC) 

#283 Angel Bravo (RC)

#284 Jack Baldschun

#287 Fred Talbot  

#324 Tony Taylor

#332 Bobby Wine 

#338 Paul Schaal 

#363 Tom Shopay (RC)  

#372 Dave Giusti

#390 Willie Davis    

#404 Rich Reese

#430 Andy Messersmith

#445 Vada Pinson 

#512 Billy Harris
#513 Preston Gomez (MGR) 

#517 Joe Gibbon

 

1970 Topps (football) 

#87 Bob Lilly
#110 Bob Trumpy (RC)

#167 Tim Rossovich (RC)

 

1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#2♦ Paul Casanova

#8Hearts Jim Wynn

 

1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez

#72 Ron Taylor

#74 Preston Gomez (MGR) 

#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)

#183 Don Shaw

#195 John Odom

#317 Bruce Look (RC)
#383 Casey Cox 
#484 Joe Gordon (MGR)

 

1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 

 

1968 Topps

#15 Ron Hunt

#52 Hawk Taylor 

#53 Gene Alley 

#81 Larry Jackson  

#81 Larry Jackson

#112 Woody Fryman

#121 Jimmie Hall 

#159 Don Kessinger 

#202 Adolfo Phillips 
#208 Willie Davis

#217 Turk Farrell  

#229 Fred Klages

#245 Tony Gonzalez  

#292 Art Shamsky

#493 Jim McGlothlin 

1967 Topps

#7 Don McMahon 

#18 Gene Oliver

#24 Bob Allen 

#27 Bob Saverine

#54 Dick Green 

#116 Herman Franks (MGR)

#118 Bernie Allen  

#119 Wade Blasingame

#192 Fred Gladding

#206 Dennis Bennett

#214 Tom Kelley

#227 Paul Lindblad 

#281 Bob Rodgers 

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger
#13 Lou Johnson

#46 Howie Koplitz

#47 J.C. Martin 

#56 Sandy Valdespino  

#57 Jim Lefebvre

#145 Bill Freehan

#189 John Roseboro   

#333 Senators 1966 Rookie Stars (Coleman/French) (RC, RS)
#378 Dick Tracewski
#392 Cubs 1966 Rookie Stars (Hands/Hundley) (RC, RS)

 

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano

#149 Wayne Schurr

#181 Senators 1965 Rookie Stars (Loun/McCabe) (RC, RS)
#409 Astros 1965 Rookie Stars (Beauchamp/Dieker) (RC, RS)

1964 Topps 

#20 Bob Friend
#22 Jerry Adair

#95 George Altman

#255 Lee Thomas  

#398 Mets 1964 Rookie Stars (Haas/Smith) (RC, RS)

#421 Camilo Carreon

 

1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore

 

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#38 Gene Stephens
#67 Harvey Haddix 

#68 Ken Hunt 

#79 Ed Hobaugh

#93 John Blanchard 

#124 Bill Pleis (RC)
#182 Bob Nieman

#203 Jack Fisher

#364 Ken Hunt

 

1961 Post Cereal (F278-33)
#15 Bobby Shantz 

 

1961 Topps

#11 Curt Simmons
#14 Don Mossi

#22 Clem Labine
#24 Ken Johnson
#26 Wes Stock

#32 Ray Sadecki

#32 Ray Sadecki 

#53 Russ Nixon 

#53 Russ Nixon

#64 Alex Grammas 
#83 Bob Bruce

#105 Carl Willey
#111 Jack Meyer

 

1960 Topps

#61 Eddie Kasko  

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS) 

#154 Jim Davenport

#201 Larry Osborne

#269 Gene Green

#277 Harry Bright 

#367 Bill Tuttle 

 

1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps

#61 Dick Brown

#79 Harry Chiti 

#132 Don Lee (RS)

#168 Carroll Hardy 

#245 Ned Garver (VAR; grey/darker back)

#263 Buddy Daley (VAR: white back) 

#283 Russ Heman (RC, VAR: white back)

#385 Sherm Lollar

#405 Roy McMillan

 

1958 JCM 30a Doyusha Team Name Back (solid front w/o borders)

#1472954 Hasegawa

1958 Topps

#6 George Zuverink

#12 George Crowe
#23 Bill Tuttle (VAR)

#59 Dave Sisler

#73 Pete Daley

#92 Clint Courtney (VAR: white letters)  

#103 Jerry Lynch

#124 Bobby Usher 

#147 Don McMahon (RC)

#207 Solly Hemus 

#208 Cal McLish  

#237 Bill Wight

#273 Hal Smith

#336 Bert Hamric

#380 Charley Maxwell

#441 Jim Marshall (RC) 

#447 Ray Monzant
#473 Bill Renna (UER)

 

1958 Topps (football)

#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 Topps

#179 Ernie Oravetz

#234 Dick Cole  

 

1956 Topps (football)
#42 Tom Fears
#51 Ted Marchibroda

 

1955 Bowman

#122 Al Corwin

#145 Bob Nieman (RC)

 

1955 Topps

#101 Johnny Gray (RC)  

#121 Bill Renna

 

1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer

1955 Topps All-American (football)
#46 Arnie Lassman

 

1954 Topps

#38 Eddie Stanky (MGR)

#215 Ed McGhee

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

1953 Topps

#101 Ted Wilks (VAR)

 

1951 Bowman
#147 Ken Heintzelman

1948 Bowman
#10 Buddy Rosar (RC)
#15 Eddie Joost
#15 Eddie Joost

1948 Bowman (football)
#28 Paul Governali (RC) 

 

1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#46 Sweet Sultan 

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

#46 Sam Russell
#47 Johnny Sharpe

#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

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

 

1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting 

 

1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)

#37 Whippet Racing

 

1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound

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)

#NNO Jim Stewart 

 

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: 265
Unique trading partners: 71

Number of cards mailed out: 1,448
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,150
Year of oldest card received: 1890

 

Repack Haiku #323 (Mike Heath)

Lone World Series game:

Ninth inning sub at catcher

For Thurman Munson

 

1990 Donruss #209 Mike Heath

 

The only World Series appearance he made over his 14 year career happened during his rookie year with the Yankees in 1978. In Game 5, he took over at catcher in the top of the 9th inning as battery-mate Jim Beattie faced the minimum three batters. His World Series moment lasted all of 5 pitches, but he got a ring out of it!

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Apropos of nothing, this card represents the last card from a particularly bad repack box. Did you happen to notice how many 1990 Donruss and 1989 Fleer these haiku have been showing off this this year? Thankfully, the last repack box I bought has a lot more variety to it...

Red Sox Frankenset: Choosing Cards #1-3

I got to be honest, I've hit a bit of a rough patch when it comes to writing posts. Outside of a repack box to fuel my haiku series, I haven't bought many cards this summer. Also, I haven't done much trading outside of the Time Travel Trading Project. I do have a few posts I'm working on but aren't ready yet, thanks to a little bit of writer's block.

So I decided to move ahead with an idea I had. Being a team collector means that I often end up with a lot of copies of various Red Sox cards, and I've been toying with the idea of taking some of those cards and creating a Frankenset. I figured it would be fun to show off what I have, and get you all to help vote which cards should make the Frankenset.

A couple of thoughts as to how I hope to build this set. For starters, I don't want it to be comprised all of All-Stars and Hall of Famers. I want to give equal billing to the fan favorites, the bench and bullpen guys, the one season wonders, and so forth. In a perfect world, a player would only appear once in the Frankenset, but I know as of now that will not be feasible. Until it is, I'm going to try and limit a player to once per page. 

I'm using the TCDB to see what cards of each number I have doubles of. In the future I'll probably consider cards with letter incorporated in the card number (i.e. traded sets), but for now, I'm sticking with just the plain numbered cards. 

Lets start with the top row of the first page. Leave a comment and pick your choices!

#1

 

Just a heads up: since my collecting peak was in the late 80's and early 90's, you are going to see a lot of the same players, especially Roger Clemens and Wade Boggs. Again, my goal will be to hopefully only feature them each once per page. We'll see how that goes. I have some great Red Sox cards that lead off different sets, and it's a shame I don't have doubles of either the 2019 Stadium Club Mookie Betts or the 2019 Heritage Red Sox team card. That being said, there is something to be said for the Roger Clemens card. Not only was he my favorite player growing up, but that 20 strikeout game was a big factor how he ended up so. By becoming my favorite player, the Red Sox became my favorite team, and the rest is history. Plus, the 1987 Topps set was the first set I ever hand completed.

My choice: 1987 Topps #1 Roger Clemens (RB)

#2

 

I told you there would be a lot of Clemens and Boggs! Although it's probably my least favorite of the quartet, the fact I lead off with a Clemens card makes this the de facto choice. (I suppose I could go with my second choice for spot #1, the Greenwell, so I could put a better Rocket card here, but again that Clemens Record Breaker is a great testament to my fandom.)

My choice: 1989 Topps #2 Wade Boggs (RB)

 

#3

 

Finally, some diverse choices, and none of them are Clemens! Boggs has been picked, so he's out despite being a great food-issue card. Evans suffers from being another 1987 Topps card. Doerr would be a great choice except for one little issue - my extra copy of this Hall of Fame player is autographed and will remain well protected. That leaves two - do I complete the trifecta of Record Breaker cards with Reardon, or do I go horizontal and celebrate an important highlight from the team's latest World Series Championship?

My choice: 2019 Topps #3 Eduardo Nunez (WS)

So unless any of you can convince me otherwise, my top row of page 1 will look like this.

 

 

OK, not going to lie...having a horizontal card there bothers me a little, but I'm hoping once the page is filled out, I'll be OK with it.

What say you? Which cards would you choose?

Repack Haiku #322 (Mike Stanton)

"Four rings" club member

Won three straight with the Yankees

One post-trade with Braves

 

1992 Pinnacle #350 Mike Stanton

 

Stanton earned three World Series Championship rings during the Yankee dynasty. He was also given one by the Braves in 1995, even after he was traded at the deadline to the Red Sox.

Enjoying Some Light Reading With 4 Hall Of Famers*

*OK technically 3, but it's only a matter of time for the fourth one!

 

It's reasonable to expect that those of us in the blogging world have (at the very least) some level of writing competence. Some of us are actually rather talented. Take Chris (The Collector) for example. In addition to being a good writer, he's also a good storyteller. Recently, he shared a story he wrote up on his blog page. It's quite good, and you can still read it if you haven't had a chance.

As a thank you to a few of us that commented, Chris offered up some cards we could claim. I snagged a quartet of guys who don't have much representation in my collection:

 

 

Prior to these cards, I had less than 10 cards of each player. Baker finally reaches double-digits, but not the others. It's always good to boost the numbers!

Favorite Card: I'm a sucker for those Conlon Collection cards. Sisler wins!

Thanks for the cards Chris!

 

 

An Overdue Thank You

 

I suck at writing thank you notes. 

I always have been. It's not that I'm not thankful, I'm just one of those people that will quickly put it on the back-burner and then forget about it until months later when it randomly pops back into my brain. The "Oh sh!t, I forgot to do that!" moments have probably just gotten worse as I've gotten older. 

It dawned on me the other day that when I write blog posts about cards others have sent me, I'm essentially writing a thank you note to that person. Just like their stationary brethren, I'll occasionally put one off until later until it gets forgotten. Then I remember, get embarrassed at myself, and remind myself that it's not too late.

Today's overdue acknowledgement of gratitude goes to Jon at A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts. Remember back in April when he was giving away all those cards? I do, because I ended up with a stack of them. I still haven't shown them off, and that needs to be rectified.

Ahem...

Dear Jon,

Thank you for the generous gift of cards you sent me. I appreciate the chance to add new Red Sox cards to my collection.

 

I've always loved Laughlin cards, so it was nice to add a couple of those...

 

 

...along with a company I appreciate, the short lived Ted Williams sets.

 

It's always great to add Hall of Famers to my collection too!

 

 

I especially like this Upper Deck set. I may have to try and complete that one!

 

Even these cards will be a welcome addition to my collection. Kellogg's are always fun, as are cards of larger than life personalities like Martin and Manny. I'm not an Ichiro collector, but how could you not love a mother's day/breast cancer card or one of Topps few tributes to 1987?

 

All of these cards have made my collection even better, and every time I look at them I will be reminded of your kindness. Thank you again, Jon!

Sincerely, 

Matt