Time Travel Trading Update #66

 

A belated Happy Father's Day to all you daddies out there! I hope you had a good day. Today I've got 6 trades to show off, including one that netted me my first Goudey! What wondrous new cards await you this time? Let's take a look!

 

Our first trade comes from Brendan (The View From The Third Floor), who helped himself to some football cards and sent a nice variety of stuff in return. It's not often I get a card back that was released this year as a bonus! 

 

Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) has been making some big trades as of late, and this big trade has all sorts of fascinating cards. Bo sent along an octet of Post cards:

Along with some Pinnacle and other assorted goodness (A certain Dodger fan might want to take note of those *ahem* Marlins cards...)

Capped off with some of that sweet, sweet vintage!

This is the second straight month I've received a 1961 Topps Ray Sadecki, which brings me to a point of order I should try to clarify. You see, last month's Sadecki has a lot of pen marks on it, while this one is in much better shape. In the past when I've had multiple copies of a card, I would trade the one that has been there longer (Condition-wise, they've always been close). Since there is a stark contrast between the quality of these two, I want to make it clear that the first person to trade for one of the Rays here will get the better of the two cards (unless the trader specifically requests the pen-marked card). I don't want anyone to feel like I'm giving them a lesser quality card when I have a better one available.

Moving on, we have a new trade partner via the TCDB named George. He made quite the first impression too!

It's a little worse for wear, but I'm happy to include the first Goudey brand card to the stack! The 1978 card is an O-Pee-Chee if you weren't aware, and is whippet racing still a thing?

Tom (The Angels In Order) has made a couple of unexpected appearances a year after retiring his blog. I was more than happy to send him a few cards in exchange for a trio of cards with no longer existent team names:

Our fifth trade was a simple one-for-one on the TCDB with a collector named Timothy:

Last, but certainly not least, we have Greg (Night Owl Cards) who picked up 4 cards for himself and one for another collector, sending this nice mix along the way. I also want to thank Greg once again for claiming the 1970 Red Rose Polar Bear from last month's Trapped In Time post. Not only did he get a great card, but the ALS Association got a donation out of it too!

Over 50 new cards this go-around! Thanks as always to my wonderful trade partners!

 

As always, these cards are all available in exchange for an older card. You can claim your cards below, or through the TCDB (Kep75). Let's make some trades!

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

2021 Topps
#2 Roberto Osuna
#178 Albert Pujols

 

2021 Topps Big League
#286 Los Angeles Dodgers (HL) 

2017 Stadium Club
#31 Salvador Perez

2011 Topps Heritage Minor League
#191 Wilin Rosario

  

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

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson  

 

2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu    

2009 Team Zone AFL Team (Austrlian football)
#50 Dale Morris
#148 Jason Akermanis

 

2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi

 

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green
#46 Barry Zito
#49 Edgar Renteria

 

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#85 Tino Martinez
#88 Andy Petitte

 

2001 Fleer Greats Of The Game
#77 Lester Lockett 

 

2001 Topps Post Cereal 500 Home Run Club
#4 Willie McCovey 

 

1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

1998 Pinnacle Inside
#25 Andruw Jones

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo
#37 Gary Sheffield
#52 Charles Johnson
#87 Bobby Bonilla 

 

1997-98 Score New York Rangers (hockey)
#8 Alexander Karpovtsev

1997-98 Score Philadelphia Flyers (hockey)
#18 Vaclav Prospal

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio 

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

1995-96 Kraft Peanut Butter Discs (hockey)

#NNO Ed Belfour

 

1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer  

 

1994 Post Cereal
#9 Darren Daulton
#23 Andres Galarraga 

1993 Post Cereal
#18 Darren Daulton
#29 John Kruk

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

 

1992-93 Humpty Dumpty I (hockey)
#NNO Troy Murray

 

1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian  

 

1992 Post Cereal

#4 Wally Joyner

 

1992 Score
#162 Omar Vizquel

 

1991-92 7th Inning Sketch OHL (hockey)
#258 Brandon Convery

1991 Leaf
#174 Roger Clemens (CL)

 

1991 Post Cereal

#5 Vince Coleman
#6 Sandy Alomar Jr. (RS)
#25 Todd Zeile (RS)

#30 Kevin Maas (RS) 

 

1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor

 

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

 

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

1990-91 7th Inning Sketch OHL (hockey)
#236 Tony McCabe

1990-91 Bowman (hockey)
#19 Peter Zezel
#127 David Volek

 

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

#712 Wade Boggs (AS, COR, VAR)

1990 Fleer

#271 Roger Clemens

 

1990 Leaf
#16 Hubie Brooks  

1990 Post Cereal
#22 Pedro Guerrero

 

1990 Score
#3 Dwight Evans

 

1990 Topps
#510 Doc Gooden 

 

1990 Upper Deck
#626 Frank Viola

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

 

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

 

1989-90 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#236 Craig Ludwig
#307 Montreal Canadiens (TC)

1989 ProCards Triple A
#544 Jay Buhner 

 

1989 Score
#495 Larry Parrish

 

1989 Topps Big

#102 Roberto Alomar 

 

1988-89 Frito-Lay Stickers (hockey)
#NNO Cam Neely

 

1988 Topps (football)

#233 Eagles Team Leaders - Randall Cunningham (TL)

 

1987 Fleer Update
#U-82 Kevin Mitchell

 

1987 Topps
#313 Roberto Clemente (TBTC)

 

1986 Fleer
#322 Goose Gossage 

 

1986 Topps Baseball Champion Superstars
#18 Fred Lynn 

 

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

 

1985 O-Pee-Chee

#4 Jim Wohlford

#21 Dave Concepcion

 

1985 Topps - Glossy All-Stars
#18 Chet Lemon

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC) 

 

1984 O-Pee-Chee 

#16 Omar Moreno
#97 LaMarr Hoyt

#169 Larry Parrish
#175 Graig Nettles
#262 Doug Flynn
#288 Jim Beattie

 

1984 Topps
#167 Marshall Edwards
#368 Hubie Brooks  

 

1983 Donruss
#240 Doug Flynn

1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#14 Dave Kingman

 

1983 Topps (football)

#82 Mark Lee

#109 George Rogers (TL)

#264 Rich Karlis (RC)

#337 Mark Van Eeghen

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

1982 Donruss
#239 Dwayne Murphy

#NNO Checklist 545-653

 

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

1982 Topps

#237 Rusty Kuntz 

#303 Bill Caudill
#399 Pat Zachry  

#412 Luis Leal
#462 Dave Chalk
#754 Joe Morgan

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#82 Craig Morton (IA) 

1981 Donruss  

#192 Darrell Evans

#215 Jerry Remy

#374 John Candelaria
#383 Jose Cruz

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

 

1981 Fleer

#2 Larry Bowa

#8 Larry Christenson 

1981 Topps

#82 Astros Future Stars (RC)
#98 Clint Hurdle
#121 Larry Harlow
#151 Claudell Washington
#182 Bob Grich
#194 Rod Scurry 

#323 Jim Morrison 
#350 J.R. Richard

#354 Mario Soto
#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 
#695 Kent Tekulve
#726 Rick Monday

 

1981 Topps (football)
#18 Frank Lewis  

 

1980 Topps 
#90 Manny Trillo

#110 Fred Lynn (AS) 
#143 Bruce Bochte
#145 Darrell Evans

#271 Dick Drago 

#325 Dan Driessen 

#516 Hector Cruz 
#572 Jerry Morales

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

 

1980 Topps (football)
#132 Eagles Team Leaders (CL, TL)

1979 Topps 

#255 Tommy John

#465 Reggie Smith

#465 Reggie Smith 

#558 Jay Johnstone    

 

1979 Topps (football)
#325 Roger Carr

 

1978-79 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)

#48 Dennis Hextall

#86 Don Lever

#89 Bob Murray

#92 Ron Ellis

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#12 E.C. Coleman
#18 Steve Mix

#21 Steve Hawes

#46 John Shumate

#62 Anthony Roberts 

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

#93 Ricky Sobers 

#105 Jim Chones 

#118 Kevin Porter 
#129 Ray Williams (RC)

 

1978 O-Pee-Chee

#31 Roy Howell 

1978 Topps  

#22 Charlie Hough

#148 Andre Thorton

#210 Jose Cardinal  

#383 Mario Mendoza

#412 1977 NL Championships (NLCS) 

#533 Sandy Alomar

#562 Glenn Burke (RC) 

#601 Gene Mauch (MGR)

 

1978 Topps (football)
#41 John Ebersole

#339 Joe Ferguson 

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

#10 Dave Maloney

#16 Jean Ratelle

#17 Glenn Resch

 

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

 

1977 Topps

#67 Joaquin Andujar (RC)

#231 George Brett (RB) 

#535 Cesar Geronimo 

#565 Mickey Lolich 

#607 Larry Demery

#648 Jim Spencer 

 

1977 Topps (football)

#413 Don Strock

 

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

 

1976 SSPC
#7 Elias Sosa 

1976 Topps

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

#255 Fritz Peterson 

#567 George Stone  

 

1976 Topps - Traded
#28T Dusty Baker 

#58T Ron Reed

#380T Bobby Bonds

#528T Dock Ellis 

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

#481 John Bunting (RC)

1975 Topps
#41 Cesar Geronimo

#66 Willie Horton 

#378 Derrel Thomas
#402 Bob Tolan

#445 Felix Milan  

 

1974 Topps  
#84 Rick Wise

#84 Rick Wise 

#107 Alex Johnson

#113 Dick Drago 
#158 Jack Billingham
#158 Jack Billingham  

#185 Jose Cardinal 

#199 Mike Kekich

#237 Ken Brett

#247 Rick Miller

#305 Tito Fuentes  

#305 Tito Fuentes
#349 John Vukovich

#427 Bobby Bolin 

#461 John Odom

#495 Dick McAuliffe  

#511 Toby Harrah

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

#543 Danny Carter 

#583 Marty Pattin  

#590 Rogelio Moret

#631 Steve Barber

#656 Adrian Garrett
#660 Larry Dierker

 

1974 Topps - Team Checklists (2 Stars)
#NNO Los Angeles Dodgers

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo
#458T Jim Ray

#485T Felipe Alou 

 

1974 Topps (football)
#39 Mike Siani

#63 Gene Washington 

#513 Bill Lueck (RC)

 

1973 Topps
#4 John Milner

#85 Ted Simmons 

 

1972 Topps  

#1 World Champions (Pittsburgh Pirates) (TC)

#11 Bobby Valentine

#12 Jose Cardinal
#24 Ted Ford

#36 Jerry Johnson (IA) 

#40 Bob Barton (IA)

#42 Tommy Davis (IA) 

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

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)
#55 Clyde Wright   

#55 Clyde Wright

#56 Rich Chiles (RC)
#57 Bob Oliver

#58 Ernie McAnally

#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)

#192 Chicago Cubs (TC)

#196 Mel Queen 
#197 Johnny Briggs

#219 Rennie Stennett (RC) 
#225 World Series Game 3 - Manny Sanguillen
#231 Casey Cox

#233 Jay Johnstone
#239 Tom Timmermann

#250 Boog Powell

#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
#16 Ken Singleton (RC)

#24 Rich Hand (RC) 
#63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell)
#71 AL 1970 Strikeout Leaders (McDowell/Lolich/Johnson)
#80 Bill Melton  
#105 Tony Conigliaro
#123 2nd Series Checklist #133-263 (CL, VAR)

#141 Frank Quilici 
#146 Ralph Houk (MGR)

#178 Dave Duncan 
#195 AL Playoffs Game 1 - Powell Muscles Twins!

#237 Cesar Cedeno (RC)

#491 Jim Hardin  

 

1970 Topps
#3 Darrell Chaney

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#16 Charlie Metro (MGR)
#18 Carlos May
#18 Carlos May

#18 Carlos May 

#31 Marty Pattin 
#38 Mack Jones

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)

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

#59 Dick Ellsworth

#81 Dave May

#90 Tim McCarver 

#93 Rick Renick 

#115 Alex Johnson 

#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR) 

#125 Deron Johnson
#206 Clete Boyer

#222 Jim Rooker 
#238 Jose Laboy (ASR)

#252 Lowell Palmer (RC)

#276 Ron Hunt 

#287 Fred Talbot  

#324 Tony Taylor

#363 Tom Shopay (RC) 

#390 Willie Davis  

#445 Vada Pinson

#457 Rico Petrocelli (AS)

 

1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue

#6Spades Tommy John 

1969 Topps
#32 Sammy Ellis

#66 Orioles Rookies

#72 Ron Taylor  
#80 Norm Cash  
#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)

#317 Bruce Look (RC) 
#484 Joe Gordon (MGR)

#516 Earl Weaver (MGR)

1969 Topps - Deckle Edge
#13 Mel Stottlemyer

 

1968 Topps

#15 Ron Hunt

#53 Gene Alley 

#81 Larry Jackson 

#202 Adolfo Phillips 
#208 Willie Davis

#217 Turk Farrell  

#229 Fred Klages

#292 Art Shamsky
#309 Ken Henderson
#449 Gene Oliver
#519 Jerry Stephenson

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

#7 Don McMahon 

#18 Gene Oliver

#27 Bob Saverine

#60 Luis Aparicio 

#116 Herman Franks (MGR)

#118 Bernie Allen  

#119 Wade Blasingame

#192 Fred Gladding

#206 Dennis Bennett

#214 Tom Kelley

#227 Paul Lindblad 

#272 Dick Lines (RC)

#281 Bob Rodgers

#399 Al Worthington 

1966 Topps
#46 Howie Koplitz

#47 J.C. Martin 

#56 Sandy Valdespino  

#76 Red Schoendienst (MGR)
#104 Alex Johnson
#154 Chuck Hiller

#189 John Roseboro  

 

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#27 Dick Bertell  

#108 Don Mincher
#111 Lee Thomas

#149 Wayne Schurr 
#307 Barry Latman

1964 Topps 

#95 George Altman

#255 Lee Thomas 

#421 Camilo Carreon  

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#79 Ed Hobaugh

#124 Bill Pleis (RC)
#128 Art Fowler
#182 Bob Nieman

#203 Jack Fisher

#364 Ken Hunt

 

1961 Topps

#11 Curt Simmons
#14 Don Mossi
#24 Ken Johnson
#26 Wes Stock

#32 Ray Sadecki

#32 Ray Sadecki 

#38 Bob Lillis

#53 Russ Nixon 

#53 Russ Nixon
#83 Bob Bruce
#96 Billy O'Dell  
#111 Jack Meyer

#166 Danny Kravitz 

#212 Haywood Sullivan

#258 Jack Sanford
#399 Cliff Cook (RC)

 

1960 Topps

#61 Eddie Kasko 

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)
#149 Bob Nieman   

#154 Jim Davenport

#244 Hal Griggs

#418 Don Mossi (VAR: gray back)
#548 Don Mincher (RC) 

 

1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps
#9 Paul Giel

#79 Harry Chiti 

#132 Don Lee (RS)

#211 Bob Blaylock (VAR: white back) 

#245 Ned Garver (VAR; grey/darker back)
#251 Cletis Boyer (VAR: grey/darker back)  

#405 Roy McMillan

#424 Ken Aspromonte

 

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

#1472954 Hasegawa

1958 Topps

#6 George Zuverink
#23 Bill Tuttle (VAR)
#36 Ted Kazanski

#59 Dave Sisler

#65 Von McDaniel (RC)

#73 Pete Daley

#124 Bobby Usher 

#147 Don McMahon (RC)

#171 Harry Anderson 

#208 Cal McLish 

#273 Hal Smith

#274 Rocky Bridges 

#290 Dick Donovan

#336 Bert Hamric

#380 Charley Maxwell

#447 Ray Monzant
#473 Bill Renna (UER)

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

1957 Topps
#68 Ray Crone

#226 Preston Ward 

 

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

 

1955 Topps
#45 Hank Sauer

 

1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer

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

 

1954 Topps

#106 Dick Kokos

#124 Marion Fricano 

#215 Ed McGhee
#222 Bill Wilson (RC)

#238 Al Aber

1954 Bowman
#73 Don Mueller

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

1953 Topps

#101 Ted Wilks (VAR)

#213 Ray Scarborough

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

 

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

 

1934 Goudey

#20 Shanty Hogan

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

 

1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)

#37 Whippet Racing

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: 173 (3 pending!)
Unique trading partners: 62

Number of cards mailed out: 809
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 1,188
Year of oldest card received: 1890

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Pen Argyl, PA

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I guess that's true, because I felt flattered when a TCDB member named Jeff messaged me. He liked the concept of my Time Travel Trading Project, and wanted my blessing to do something similar. I can't claim any creative rights to the idea, so I told him to go for it. He's doing his project exclusively through the TCDB from what I can tell, and rather than trade to obtain older cards, he's taking a 2-for-1 quantity approach, aiming to get more cards than what was sent out. I'm not sure how that'll work out for him to be honest, but I was happy to help get him started. I sent 8 doubles I had that he needed, and received 4 Heritage cards in return.

 

Favorite card: That Vazquez is on the short list to make my end-of-year list of greatest Red Sox cards - just a fantastic shot!

 

Thanks for the trade, Jeff, and good luck on your project!

Repack Haiku #259 (Tim Pugh)

Almost no-hit Pads

Gave up ninth inning single

With two outs to go

 

1993 Topps #702 Tim Pugh

His one-hit shutout happened in San Diego on September 29. 1993.

Source: https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/sports/2021/07/25/tupatalk-tim-pugh-succeeded-bigs/8065961002/

First Impressions: 2022 Paninin Diamond Kings

I found myself at the local Wally World, and of course I stopped to look at the card aisle. Funds were low, but not low enough that I couldn't grab a small pack. Options were limited in that area, and I settled on a hanger pack of 2022 Panini Diamond Kings, which really has been the only Panini product that I've been able to enjoy somewhat. The set has been going downhill for years though, so I wasn't expecting much more than a brief card-ripping adrenaline rush. 

I entered self checkout and scanned my pack. You really want my first impression? It was:

Oh, hell no!

From WM's web site, but you get the gist...

 

I get inflation would cause an increase in the hobby, but this is beyond ridiculous! I couldn't justify paying that much for 20 cards of low-end unlicensed cardboard. I don't know if you ever had the experience of calling over an associate to take a pack of cards off the register, but it's a weird feeling.

Still, I was curious as to what the cards looked like, what Red Sox would make an appearance, etc. so I hopped over to the TCDB and looked up the set. I've never been so happy with a decision to not buy cards. This set looks awful. Rather than keep with the Diamond King "brand" they basically turned it into an offshoot of their Mosaic line.

 

 

You get your base cards. Granted, there's some interesting cards in there, like Hall of Famer Mule Suttles. (Underrepresented Negro League players are always welcome, at least in their case I can justify Panini rehashing the same photo over and over). The design is a little more bold than what I expect from PDK. I think if they went with just orange and green I could live with it, but that blue in the corner clashes.

Then comes the first block of rookies, and the set takes a sharp turn into this:

 

 

Again, more of a "Mosaic/Bowman Platinum/Topps Fire" design than what I would think of when I think of Diamond Kings.

Up next is a block of short-prints, keeping to the design as the base set. (This is actually where Mr. Suttles resides, but I used a little creative licensing of my own.) Nothing set collectors like more than base set short prints!

After the short prints you get round two of rookies in this eyesore design:

 

Followed by another round of rookies with this more subtle but completely off-brand look:

 

Followed by a 4th block of rookies, all super short printed with yet another unique design. (TCDB didn't have an image for me to use here). Nothing set collectors like more than base set super-short prints!

That's a lot of different looks for just a 200 card set. That's not even mentioning all of those parallels and framed borders.

 

Aside from the circular "pink-eye" design, I wouldn't really mind if a whole set were made from just one of these designs, but thrown in as a hodge-podge it doesn't really do anything for me. Throw in that 85 of those 200 cards are rookies (Did I mention that SSP block just doubles up on certain rookies already seen in the set? *cough* Wander Franco over saturation *cough*) and this is a set I won't be giving a second though to. Could easily be the worst set to come out this year.

 

 

Repack Haiku #258 (Rick Waits)

By beating Yankees

forced historic tie-breaker

in '78

 

1982 Donruss #33 Rick Waits

 

On the last day of the 1978 regular season, the Yankees held a slim 1 game lead over the Red Sox. Although the Red Sox finished the season strong, winning their last eight games, they needed the Yankees (who had won 6 straight themselves) to lose. Rick Waits tossed a complete game victory over New York, setting the stage for the historic tie-breaker.

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From San Luis Obispo, CA

A short and sweet blog post today, my friends! I was offered a 2-for-6 card trade that was an easy accept from me. Thanks to TCDB member Eduardo, I have these guys in the collection now:

 

Favorite Card: The Mookie Betts card highlights the fact that he had 4 games where he's hit 3 home runs in a game, all before the age of 26! (He's since tied the MLB record of accomplishing the feat 6 times!)

Thanks again Eduardo!

The Golden Sox Project (Xander Bogaerts)

It's been over a year since I've added any new additions to my Golden Sox Project. I had an opportunity to acquire one of the bigger names on the list when I traded with a TCDB member named Bob:

 

 

Bogaerts played every game of that 2018 postseason. He didn't have a signature moment, but was a steady contributor batting .224 with a home run and 7 RBI. During the regular season he had his finest season to date, slashing .288/.360/.522 while breaking the 100 RBI mark for the first time.

This card marks the 10th addition to the project, putting me at just under 1/3 of the way there. Just 21 more to go!

Repack Haiku #257 (Steve Lyons)

The first and only

To drop pants on live T.V.

Just to brush off dirt

 

1986 Topps #233 Steve Lyons

Of course, I'm obligated to share the video:

 

 

 

Source: "Moon Man" - SI Vault 

(I have to give a shout out to the author E.M. Swift for this particularly clever wordplay: "But in all the years of major league baseball, no one, it seems, had ever dropped his drawers on the field. Not Wally Moon. Not Blue Moon Odom. Not even Heinie Manush.")