Time Travel Trading Update #73

 

Get cozy, because we're going to be here for awhile. We're charging into the new year with the biggest update yet, thanks to 11 trades featuring over 150 cards! I can feel it - this is going to be an incredible year!

 

We'll kick things off with a trade that was pending as of the last update, courtesy of the famous Greg (Night Owl Cards). Greg snagged a quartet of cards (the post of which also shows off the card he won for being the 200th Time Travel Trade), and sent back a nice variety of cards:

Another pending trade comes from TCDB memeber JF. This was a good sized trade with a Canadian who has time traveled with us before. Admittedly a good amount of cards from the "overproduction era", but don't overlook that sweet vintage hockey card!

 

Trade #3 Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) did something I never thought would happen - he traded back for cards he himself had previously sent me! I love the reason too - a Hall Of Famer frankenset! That works for me, because I got some great vintage and reprints from the deal!

For the 2nd straight month, I completed a trade with Ken through the TCDB. This return consisted of mostly 1950's cards. Is it me or could Cole and Oravets pass as brothers?

 

Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed by the generosity of my fellow collectors. Greg (The Collective Mind) joined the fray with his first Time Travel Trade. I sent him 3 cards. he sent me a lot of cards from the 1970 set:

 Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) checks in with his monthly trade. Thanks to him, the 1975 Topps set gets a nice little boost:

 

 

On the TCDB, I keep the Time Travel cards in a separate collection from my personal collection.  Unfortunately, the web site doesn't distinguish between these collections when someone is looking at cards marked for trade. Occasionally I'll get someone who offers something from my want lists (personal collection) in exchange for something on my trade lists (Time Travel project). Such was the case with a trader named Chris, who requested a 2019 Derek Jeter card I had in the stack and offered two cards from my want list:

 

 

Obviously I made the trade, but since I wanted to keep these cards I made a Time Travel Trade with myself. Instead of Sano and Bell, I'm adding these cards to the project:

Mike was another TCDB member who offered up personal wants for Time Travel cards, but since he wanted vintage I made a counter-offer. Fortunately he had older vintage on his For Trade list, and after explaining the project a deal was struck for these cards:

Long time blog reader Ken emailed me and claimed 31 cards! That establishes a new high for most cards ever mailed out in a Time Travel trade. He also obliterated the record for cards received, sending in a generous but insane 61 cards!

 

We start out with a sizable lot of last year's Heritage set:

 

 

Along with some great vintage:

 

And finishing up with a bunch of football cards:

 

Between this and the 1970 Topps lot, the stack has generously grown to over 600 cards! To think, this all started with a 12 card pack of 2018 Topps!

 

It seems only fitting that the last featured trade from this epic post circles back to the lead-off hitter, Greg (Night Owl Cards). His latest trade (which also happens to be his 20th Time Travel trade!) features a trio of 70's cards, including a few Buffalo Bills:

 

You have to love that Mario Clark card - there just aren't enough cards depicting athletes keeping themselves hydrated!

 

Whew! There you have it, so many great new cards. My eternal thanks to all of my 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:

 

2022 Topps Heritage
#75 Niko Goodrum
#97 Tyler Naquin
#121 Nick Pivetta
#151 Alex Kirilloff
#301 Yan Gomes
#304 Myles Straw
#312 Chris Taylor
#316 J.P. Crawford
#327 Josh Hader
#330 A.J. Pollock
#393 Ji-Man Choi
#506 Kevin Plawecki
#526 Tony Gonsolin
#538 Eduardo Escobar
#540 Josh Reddick
#555 Marcus Stroman
#560 Jake Arrieta
#566 Clint Frazier
#578 Marco Gonzales
#583 Chris Paddack
#601 Luke Jackson
#632 Bailey Ober
#637 Chris Sale
#683 Sonny Gray

2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day

#OD-14 Boston Red Sox

 

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

 

2021 Topps

#130 Josh Bell

#312 Marcel Ozuna (LL)

 

2017-18 Upper Deck (hockey)
#298 Matt Nieto

 

2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners

#CYA-1 Rick Porcello  

 

2016-17 Upper Deck (hockey)
#12 Mike Smith 

2014 Topps
#131 Junichi Tazawa
#194 Joel Hanrahan

2014 Topps Allen & Ginter

#284 Will Clark

2013 Topps
#219 Josh Beckett
#220 Octavio Dotel
#228 Adrian Gonzalez
#233 Edwin Jackson
#257 Mike Minor

  

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     

 

2008 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces (non-sport)

#4 The Beetle

#5 Black Queen 

 

2007 Donruss Threads (football)
#105 Marques Colston

2007 Playoff Prestige (football)
#57 Greg Jennings
#92 Marques Colston

2006 Donruss Threads (football)
#91 Joey Galloway

2005 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football)
#69 Kerry Collins 

 

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green

 

2004 Bowman Heritage

#289 Marland Williams    

 

2002 Fleer Maximum

#82 Dante Bichette

 

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

 

2001 Fleer Greats Of The Game
#77 Lester Lockett 

 

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

2000 Upper Deck MVP
#216 Bernie Williams

 

1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

1998 Pinnacle Inside
#25 Andruw Jones

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

 

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

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

 

1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill 

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   

 

1997 Topps
#268 Scott Rolen

 

1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

 

1997 Topps (football)
#241 Elvis Grbac
#329 Greg Hill 

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

1995 Flair
#354 Charles Johnson

 

1995 Topps
#311 Bryan Harvey  

1995 Collector's Choice (football)
#31 Barry Sanders (DYK)

 

1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer   

 

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal 

 

1994 Ted Williams

#61 Billy Martin 

 

1994 Topps Archives 1954

#105 Andy Carey 

#153 Rube Walker

 

1993 Leaf

#76 Kent Hrbek
#79 Andy Van Slyke

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

 

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

 

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 Pinnacle - Team 2000
#42 Jim Abbott
#48 Roberto Alomar
#59 Gary Sheffield

 

1992 Post Cereal

#4 Wally Joyner

 

1992 Upper Deck
#723 Sammy Sosa 

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 U.S. Playing Card Co.
#2Spades Eddie Murray

 

1991 Fleer (football)
#305 Otis Anderson 

 

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 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 Topps
#7 Rickey Henderson (RB)

#510 Doc Gooden 

 

1990 Upper Deck
#626 Frank Viola

 

1990 Fleer (football)
#76 Phil Simms
#81 Cris Carter
#152 Rod Woodson
#156 Darrell Green

1990 Pro Set (football)
#443 Bruce Smith
#517 Warren Moon 

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

 

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

#440 Deron Cherry 

 

1989 Fleer
#299 Roberto Alomar  

 

1989 Topps
#206 Roberto Alomar
#360 Ryne Sandberg
#437 Andy Benes (FRDP, RC)
#573 Jim Abbott (FRDP, RC)
#628 Matt Williams
#764 Robin Ventura (FRDP, RC)

 

1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre

 

1988 Donruss
#384 Denny Walling
#441 Greg Gagne
#459 Jim Dwyer

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

 

1988 Score
#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)

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

 

1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#30 Terry Steinbach  

 

1988 Topps Traded

#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC) 

1987 Burger King All-Pro
#1 Wade Boggs

1987 Donruss
#655 Luis Aquino (RC)

 

1987 Topps
#313 Roberto Clemente (TBTC)

#332 Joe Price
#619 Jerry Reed  

 

1986 Donruss

#287 Claudell Washington

 

1986 Fleer
#322 Goose Gossage  

 

1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey  

 

1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
#109T Tim Teufel 

 

1985 Topps
#497 Gary Pettis 

 

1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
#39 Doug Cosbie

 

1984-85 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#343 Andrew McBain (RC) 

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC) 

 

1984 O-Pee-Chee 

#97 LaMarr Hoyt

#169 Larry Parrish
#262 Doug Flynn
#288 Jim Beattie

 

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 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 Fleer
#129 Bruce Sutter

 

1982 Topps

#127 Lonnie Smith
#132 Lee May

#412 Luis Leal

#786 Red Sox Leaders (Lansford/Torrez) (TL, CL) 

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#82 Craig Morton (IA)  

 
1981 Donruss  

#29 John Mayberry

#124 Jerry Mumphrey
#147 Danny Darwin

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

#192 Darrell Evans

#374 John Candelaria

#375 Don Robinson 
#383 Jose Cruz

#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
#496 Mickey Rivers
#531 Jerry Koosman
#565 Ken Landreaux

#598 George Vuckovich (RC) 

 

1981 Fleer

#8 Larry Christenson 

1981 Topps

#40 Tug McGraw

#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 Drake's Big Hitters
#16 Cecil Cooper 

 

1980 Topps 
#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)

#132 Eagles Team Leaders (CL, TL)

 

1979 Kellogg's
#59 Ron Jackson (VAR) 

1979 Topps 

#51 Ray Fosse

#75 Steve Yeager

#177 Ron Reed 

#220 Cesar Geronimo
#239 Willie Horton 

#255 Tommy John

#271 Rawly Eastwick 

#317 Jose Cardinal 

#336 Bobby Thompson (RC) 

#447 Manny Sanguillen

#465 Reggie Smith 

#558 Jay Johnstone 

#577 Milwaukee Brewers (TC,CL)

#653 Warren Brusstar 

 

1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson

#20 Bill Bergey (AP)
#101 Joe Klecko
#140 Brad Van Pelt (AP)
#191 Tony Galbreath
#204 Thom Darden (AP)
#260 Gene Upshaw
#296 Revie Sorey (AP) 

1978-79 Topps (basketball)

#21 Steve Hawes

#46 John Shumate

#64 Leon Douglas (RC) 

#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  

#137 Craig Kusick 

#148 Andre Thorton

#210 Jose Cardinal  

#383 Mario Mendoza

#428 Joel Youngblood  

#480 Ron LeFlore

#533 Sandy Alomar

#562 Glenn Burke (RC) 

#601 Gene Mauch (MGR)

 

1978 Topps (football)
#41 John Ebersole

#57 Mario Clark (RC)
#176 Willie Parker (RC) 

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 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 

#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

#523 Bob Montgomery

#567 George Stone  

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

1975 Topps

#11 Bill Melton
#43 Cleon Jones
#45 Joe Rudi
#53 Dave Giusti

#66 Willie Horton

#69 John Odom

#79 Gary Matthews
#95 John Mayberry
#121 Bill North

#122 Al Hrabosky
#166 Woodie Fryman
#169 Cookie Rojas

#170 Bert Campaneris (AS)
#184 Jorge Orta
#227 Bob Watson
#262 Rowland Office (RC)

#398 Elias Sosa 

#445 Felix Milan   

#597 Winston Llenas 

 

1974 Topps  
#84 Rick Wise

#84 Rick Wise  

#99 Brewers Field Leaders (MGR, CO)

#107 Alex Johnson

#113 Dick Drago  

#125 Nate Colbert (VAR: San Diego)
#158 Jack Billingham
#158 Jack Billingham  

#185 Jose Cardinal  

#192 Mario Guerrero

#199 Mike Kekich

#217 Tim Foli 

#220 Don Sutton 

#237 Ken Brett

#247 Rick Miller

#305 Tito Fuentes  

#305 Tito Fuentes

#322 Ernie McAnally

#345 Bill North
#349 John Vukovich

#410 Pedro Borbon 

#412 Chuck Taylor

#427 Bobby Bolin 

#435 Dave Concepcion

#461 John Odom

#470 1973 A.L. Playoffs (ALCS) 

#495 Dick McAuliffe   

#511 Toby Harrah

#512 Joe Lahoud
#519 Bill Sharp (RC)  

#520 Tim McCarver
#522 J.R. Richard
#534 Eddie Watt

#543 Danny Carter 

#583 Marty Pattin  

#590 Rogelio Moret

#631 Steve Barber
#646 George Foster 

#656 Adrian Garrett
#660 Larry Dierker

 

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo
#458T Jim Ray

#485T Felipe Alou 

1973 Topps
#156 Cesar Geronimo

#243 California Angels (TC)

 

1972 Topps  

#10 Amos Otis 

#24 Ted Ford

#26 Andy Etchebarren

#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) 
#225 World Series Game 3 - Manny Sanguillen
#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
#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

#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)

#267 Rich Morales 

#268 Philladelphia Philles (TC)  

#371 Jack Hiatt

#491 Jim Hardin  

 

1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui

#3 Darrell 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

#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
#206 Clete Boyer

#222 Jim Rooker

#245 Leo Cardenas  

#266 Wally Bunker

#274 Gerry Arrigo

#276 Ron Hunt  

#276 Ron Hunt

#283 Angel Bravo (RC)

#284 Jack Baldschun

#287 Fred Talbot  

#324 Tony Taylor

#338 Paul Schaal 

#363 Tom Shopay (RC) 

#390 Willie Davis    

#404 Rich Reese

#430 Andy Messersmith

#445 Vada Pinson 

#517 Joe Gibbon

 

1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#8Hearts Jim Wynn

 

1969 Topps
#11 AL 1968 Strikeout Leaders (LL)
#18 Dick Schofield
#19 Ken Suarez

#32 Sammy Ellis

#53 Sonny Jackson 

#66 Orioles 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS)

#66 Orioles 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS) 

#72 Ron Taylor

#98 Dave Giusti
#136 Cardinals 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS)
#163 World Series Game #2 - Tiger Homers Deck The Cards (WS) 

#173 White Sox 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS) 

#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)

#183 Don Shaw
#185 Tom Phoebus 

#187 Leon Wagner 

#195 John Odom

#283 Sandy Alomar 

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

 

1968 Topps

#15 Ron Hunt

#53 Gene Alley 

#81 Larry Jackson 

#112 Woody Fryman

#159 Don Kessinger 

#202 Adolfo Phillips 
#208 Willie Davis

#217 Turk Farrell  

#229 Fred Klages

#245 Tony Gonzalez 

#292 Art Shamsky
#309 Ken Henderson
#449 Gene Oliver

#493 Jim McGlothlin 

 

1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming 

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
#46 Howie Koplitz

#47 J.C. Martin 

#56 Sandy Valdespino  

#57 Jim Lefebvre

#145 Bill Freehan

#189 John Roseboro  

 

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#27 Dick Bertell  

#108 Don Mincher
#111 Lee Thomas

#149 Wayne Schurr

 

1965 Topps - Embossed
#13 Al Kaline 

1964 Topps 

#95 George Altman

#255 Lee Thomas 

#421 Camilo Carreon   

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#68 Ken Hunt 

#79 Ed Hobaugh

#124 Bill Pleis (RC)
#182 Bob Nieman

#203 Jack Fisher

#364 Ken Hunt

 

1961 Post Cereal
#78 Hal Brown 

 

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  

#105 Carl Willey
#111 Jack Meyer

#166 Danny Kravitz 

#258 Jack Sanford

#399 Cliff Cook (RC)

 

1960 Topps

#61 Eddie Kasko  

#130 Frank Herrera (RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS) 

#140 Julio Navarro (RC, RS)

#154 Jim Davenport

#198 Jerry Lynch 

#201 Larry Osborne

#244 Hal Griggs

#367 Bill Tuttle 

 

1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps

#79 Harry Chiti 

#132 Don Lee (RS)

#168 Carroll Hardy 

#211 Bob Blaylock (VAR: white back) 

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

#263 Buddy Daley (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
#23 Bill Tuttle (VAR)

#59 Dave Sisler

#65 Von McDaniel (RC)

#73 Pete Daley

#92 Clint Courtney (VAR: white letters) 

#124 Bobby Usher 

#147 Don McMahon (RC)

#208 Cal McLish 

#273 Hal Smith

#336 Bert Hamric

#380 Charley Maxwell

#447 Ray Monzant
#473 Bill Renna (UER)

 

1958 Topps (football)

#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 Topps

#179 Ernie Oravetz

#211 Camilo Pascual

#234 Dick Cole  

 

1956 Topps

#304 Frank Malzone

 

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

 

1955 Bowman
#83 Max Surkont

#145 Bob Nieman (RC)

#196 Russ Meyer

 

1955 Topps

#101 Johnny Gray (RC) 

 

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

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: 223
Unique trading partners: 69

Number of cards mailed out: 1,074
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 1,631
Year of oldest card received: 1890

 

 

 

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Pen Argyl, PA

Sometimes you do trades just to help another collector out. Such was the case with a TCDB member named Jeff. Last autumn, Jeff had posted on the forums that he had a goal of reaching 100 trades before the end of the year, so I looked at his trade list to see if there was worth offering a trade for. He had a couple of Red Sox needs, plus I found some great oddball cards: 

 

The Gibson was a little beat up, which would have been nice to know beforehand, but it wouldn't have been a deal breaker anyway so I didn't bother mentioning it.

Favorite Card: The black and white action shot of Tris Speaker wins it for me!

Thanks for the trade Jeff! I hope you reached your 100 trade goal!

 

Repack Haiku #289 (Ruben Sierra)

Immaturity

Limited a bright career

Learned this lesson late

 

1990 Donruss #174 Ruben Sierra

 

Sierra's SABR Bio details how this extremely talented ballplayer's "stats above team" attitude kept him from being the ballplayer he was easily capable of becoming. He had a long career, a good career, but it could have been so much more.

2023 Obligatory Hall of Fame Post

 

On January 24th, we'll find out who gets to join Fred McGriff in next summer's Hall of Fame festivities. I enjoy this time of year, especially as voters reveal their ballots. I actually like reading about these votes, and the thought process each writer makes in choosing who they think is worthy. I wish more writers gave us a inside look at their choices. It's fascinating.

For the past few years, I wrote about who I felt deserved to get elected. I decided to do that again this year as well. Pardon me while I copy and paste from part of my original post from 2018:

I obviously do not have an official vote, but I too have thought about who is worthy and who would make my unofficial ballot. Before I list my choices, a few clarifications into my voting process:

• I'm a "Big Hall" type of guy - I believe that the Hall's main purpose is to reflect the history of the game. I'm not going to cross a guy off just because he's not an inner circle type.
• As far as PED users go, I generally don't have a strong opinion. Again, the Hall should reflect this era of the game. To be honest, I have genuine reservations as to how much PED usage affects a player's overall stats. That being said, those guys are placed in the back of the line. As much as I may feel Manny Ramirez deserves to get in, if there are at least 10 other worthy candidates, he won't make my ballot.

I'm going to categorize players into 3 groups - definitely worthy, probably worthy, and maybe worthy. (Real scientific, I know...)

 

I actually add a group this year, Not Worthy, to at least give a nod of appreciation to those "one and done" ballplayers you won't likely see on next year's ballot (and there are a lot of them this year - pretty much all but one of the new names...)

Definitely Worthy

 

These are the guys I don't have to think hard about. Statistically, they belong, and that's all there is to it. Obviously, because of the PED/cheating issues, it's possible that not all of these guys may make my final ballot.

Carlos Beltrán

Manny Ramirez

Alex Rodriguez

Scott Rolen

2002 Fleer Tradition Update
#U334 Scott Rolen (AS)

The "character clause" gets interesting this year with Beltran's first ballot. He was the primary scapegoat of the Astro's cheating scandal, due in part to being the only player from that team whose career concluded between that World Series victory and the report getting released. He was never officially punished, so how do the voters view this transgression? For now, I'm lumping Beltran with the PED users as guys who get will get my non-official vote, but not if there are any worthy candidates ahead of him.In this group, Rolen is the only sure thing. 

Probably Worthy

These players have strong cases, but not airtight. There are usually some reservations. However, if they get elected, I won't have a problem with it.

Todd Helton - There's a significant gap between his home/road splits. Should that matter? I haven't really decided.

Torii Hunter - Statistically, he's not among the elite, but he strikes me as the kind of player whose 9 Gold Gloves, highlight reel catches, and overall love of the game will get him in someday through a veterans' committee.

Andruw Jones - A decade of being one of the most dynamic and electrifying players in baseball might be enough to overcome a legendary drop-off in production.

 

Jeff Kent - The greatest power hitting 2nd baseman of all-time isn't getting the look he deserves.

Gary Sheffield - He may not have been the most likable person, but he was a scary hitter at his peak.

Billy Wagner - He was dominant on the field (more so than Trevor Hoffman), but pitching under 1,000 innings in his career is a tough hurdle to jump.

1993 Score #534 Gary Sheffield (DT)

 

Maybe Worthy

These guys have their supporters, and will have a long stay on the ballots because of them, but I'm not convinced they belong.

Bobby Abreu - Walks are not exciting. He may have been elite at getting on base, but he was never someone I saw play and thought "Now that's a Hall of Famer!"

Mark Beuhrle - He was a consistently solid starter, but that's not really Hall worthy.

Andy Petitte - An average pitcher who had the benefit of pitching for one of the most dominate baseball dynasties in recent history,

Francisco Rodríguez - 4th all-time in saves and the single season leader, but he just wasn't the same when he left the Angels.

 

Jimmy Rollins - There was a stretch where it looked like he was well on his way, but the end stats don't seem to put him over. He's another guy I wouldn't be surprised to get the veterans' committee nod.

 

Omar Vizquel - Without even getting into what a horrible human being he is, he was never a real candidate for me. Outside the Gold Gloves, he was an mediocre ballplayer at best.

Not Worthy

 

In my opinion, none of these guys have a strong enough case to be elected. 

 

Bronson Arroyo

Matt Cain

R.A. Dickey

Jacoby Ellsbury

Andre Ethier

J.J. Hardy

John Lackey

Mike Napoli

Jhonny Peralta

Huston Street 

Jered Weaver

Jayson Werth. 

Beltran is the only newcomer that has a chance, and even he's not a given. There's a lot of former Red Sox players on this list, and they all contributed to a World Series title. Thanks for that guys, but I still wouldn't vote for you.

My Ballot

Here's my unofficial 10 player ballot:

1. Carlos Beltran
   
2. Todd Helton
3. Torii Hunter
   
4. Andruw Jones
   
5. Jeff Kent
6. Manny Ramirez
7. Alex Rodriguez
   
8. Scott Rolen
9. Gary Sheffield
   
10. Billy Wagner

Ramirez, Rodriguez, Sheffield, and Petite are held back due to their PED connections, while Beltran gets the same treatment for his involvement in the Astos scandal. That leaves Rolen from the Definitely Worthy list and 5 guys from the Probably Worthy list. Four spots remaining for the cheaters, which gives them all a spot save for Petitte.

A weak ballot will make this one of the most boring Hall of Fame classes ever. Maybe Rolen finally reaches the 75% threshhold, but I have a feeling it's going to be another shutout and mcGriff will have the stage all to himself.

 

 

2022 Year In Review

Every year, I have taken a look at how the past year has impacted my collection, and I thought I should continue again this year and see what changed in 2022! 

2022 Highlights

• The blog reached half of a decade, which I celebrated with a little giveaway.
  
• This was my biggest year for trading, hands down! According to my records, I completed 99 trades this year! 51 were done through the TCDB, which is 30 more than I did last year on the site and a new high there as well. (I know you're wondering: How many of those 99 trades were for the Time Travel Trading Project? A whopping 83!)
  
• Speaking of Time Travel Trading, it continues to grow at an enormous rate. I celebrated the 200th Time Travel Trade this year, and the number of cards in the stack has grown from 408 cards to 624. My trade partners have fed this beast with their generosity, and I am thankful! 
• I acquired what is now the oldest baseball card in my collection: a 1933 Goudey!

• I added two more cards to my Golden Sox Project which puts me at 11 of the 35 cards, or just under 1/3 of the way. I'll keep plugging away at this, but unless prices come way down on the Rafael Devers ASR card, I may not get this complete anytime soon.
  
• I completed 7 sets in 2022 (1988 Fleer Award Winners, 1988 Donruss Boston Red Sox Team Collection, 1988 Topps Kmart Memorable Moments, 1991 Fleer - Pro-Visions Factory, 1992 Fleer - Roger Clemens Career Highlights, 2017 Topps - MLB Awards, 2022 Topps Boston Red Sox) All of them were small sets - either inserts or box sets.
• Did I say 7 complete sets? Thanks to some Christmastime generosity from a fellow blogger, I got one additional set completed, and a major one at that - the 1988 Topps UK minis sets! (Appropriate post forthcoming!)
  

2022 Diamond Jesters Blog Stats

Number of posts: 152 (6 more than last year, but still far short of the 170+ I had been consistently reaching prior.)
Month with the most posts: 19 posts in July, thanks to a large Hall of Fame class size.
Top 5 viewed posts:  The spam bots can be funny sometimes - over 200 views difference between the top two spots!

1. Cards From Cardboard Hemorrhage (373 views)
2. Time Travel Trading Update #61 (172 views)
3. Kissed By The Cardboard Gods (171 views)
   
4. Time Travel Trading Update #64 (162 views)   
5. Time Travel Trading Update #65 (150 views)
   

Most commented posts: Take Five - 35 comments (Nothing brings out the commenters quite like free cards, huh? Even if I take away my response comments, it still leads the pack with 19 comments!)
Followers: 66 (After not earning any new followers in 2021, I get a nice bump of 6 new followers! Thanks!)

My Collection

(Stats courtesy of the Trading Card Database)

 

Total number of cards: 43,763 (Almost 2,000 new cards acquired this year, over double than last year!)

Cards from 2022 sets: 356 (A big dip from last year! I still have trouble finding product on the retail shelves, and when I do the increased costs have made sure I'm more selective with how I'm spending my money.)

Red Sox cards: 5,583 (Am I a team collector? No other team has crossed 2,000 cards.)

Autographed cards: 34 (4 new this year: Bill Lee, Sparky Lyle, Joe Morgan, and Charlie Baker) 

 

Graded cards: 1 (No new cards this year)

Relic cards: 23 (2 new this year: J.D. Martinez and Trevor Story)

 

Compared to last year, 2022 was a great year! Here's hoping for an even better 2023!

Repack Haiku #288 (Harold Baines)

Election to Hall

A controversial topic

Many were better

 

1989 Fleer #491 Harold Baines

 

Rather than rehash the debate over Baines' worthiness, let's have some fun. Give me your best "If Harold Baines is in, then ______ should be in!" HOWEVER...you can only name players who have equaled or exceeded Baines' total of 6 All-Star Game selections and 1 Silver Slugger Award!

I'll start: If Harold Baines is in, then Dave Parker should be in! (Parker: 7 ASG, 3 SS)

A World Series Prize Pack From The 3rd Floor

It only took me two months, but I'm finally getting around to showing off some cards I won from a World Series contest held by Brendan (The View From The 3rd Floor). Prior to the start of the series between the Astros and Phillies, Brendan asked his readers to make three predictions. I nailed 2 of the 3, missing only the World Series MVP. For my precognitive abilities, Brendan gifted me a nice lot of baseball cards:

A Wade Boggs hot pack, and surprisingly I needed 3 of the 6 (Technically, two were variations, which I do not make a note of chasing, but still I did not have them!) Other highlights include a green bordered card (serial numbered to 75) and a recreation of Roberto Clemente's iconic card from this year's Heritage set.

Favorite Card: It doesn't hold a candle to the original, but seeing that Clemente photo can't help but remind you of how truly special of a player he was!

Thanks for the cards Brendan!

A Star Stays Put So Let's Revive A Blog Series!

2022 was not a good year for us Red Sox fans. A myriad of issues on the field and in the main offices contributed to a last place finish. An off season that saw little talent coming in and arguably the greatest shortstop in franchise history packing his bags for San Diego. (As an aside, as upsetting as it was to see Xander Bogaerts go, giving him an 11 year contract is madness and I'm glad the Red Sox didn't go there.) Things had gotten so glum that it seemed everyone was resigned to the idea that Rafael Devers would be the next star to depart.

News this week that the Red Sox have signed Raffy to the 6th largest contract in MLB history was not only a welcome relief from the off-season's negativity, but also established that a well loved franchise player will be part of the team for most of his career.

I'm so excited that I decided to bring back a blog series that I haven't done in years. I used to do a series of posts based off the "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon" game, where I used the TCDB feature of randomly selecting a card in my collection, and then connecting both the player and set to former Red Sox All-Star Mookie Betts. It was a fun and interesting exercise, but once Mookie was traded to the Dodgers, I lost interest in doing any more.

 

Now that I have faith that Devers tenure in Boston could potentially outlast this very blog, I'm happy to bring back this series with a little rebrand.. 

 

Welcome to 6 Degrees Of Raffy!

 

We'll start with a randomly generated card from my collection:

Random TCDB Card: 

1982 Topps #568 Joe Pettini

 

For our first challenge, we have Pettini, a utility infielder who spent parts of four seasons with the Giants in the early 80's. There are two ways I can go about finding a connection. Baseball-reference.com has a nifty little frivolity called the Oracle of Baseball that does all the heavy lifting for me. Because I've added the challenge of matching players within team sets, I still have check to see if any two players appeared as teammates with set. My second option of course is to just look at the team set and see if I recognize any future Red Sox players in it (In the case of 1982 Topps, I saw Jack Clark as an option).

Since it's been awhile since I have done one of these, and especially since I wanted to get this post done pronto, I opted to use the Oracle. This one took awhile - lots potential matches, but also a lot of instances where two players didn't appear in the same set. (For example, Devers technically played with Chris Young on the Red Sox in 2017, but Devers rookie card isn't until the 2018 set came out.) After a bit of trial and error, I did manage to find my chain:

Teammates in the 1982 Topps set
#680 Ellis Burks	#17 Darrell Evans

When finding links in a chain, guy who played in 3 different decades like Evans can be life-savers!

Teammates in the 1990 Upper Deck set
#143 Darrell Evans	#535 John Smoltz

Another life-saver - sunset cards! Evans appeared in numerous 1990 sets despite 1989 being his final year. I didn't need his sunset card to match him with Smoltz, but I wanted to highlight the usefulness of getting a "bonus year" out of a player.

Teammates in the 2009 Topps set
#355 John Smoltz	#350 Dustin Pedroia

 

Veteran players who bounce around towards the end of their careers is another thing I look for when making a link in the chain. Smoltz spent less than one forgettable season with the Red Sox, which was all I needed.

Teammates in the 2019 Topps set
#440 Dustin Pedoia	#228 Rafael Devers

Our final link connects a former lifetime Red Sox great with potentially the next one. Chances are as I do more of these, you'll see quite a bit of the Laser Show as well. It bodes well to have someone at the tail end of their career overlap with the start of Rafael's!

Degrees of Raffy: 4

Repack Haiku #287 (Doug Jones)

All but one of his

Three hundred plus career saves

After age thirty

 

1988 Topps #293 Doug Jones (RC)

 

Not only was Jones a late bloomer, but this rookie card came six years after he made his MLB debut for the Brewers in 1982!

Trying To Find Humor In An Unfortunate Discovery

Happy New Year! I hope 2023 brings good fortune and the completion of all your collecting goals!

If you have school-age kids, then chances are that any gift cards they may have gotten for Christmas needs to be spent immediately! Such was the case with my oldest daughter, who needed to buy new pants because of the holes the gift card burned while being stored in her pocket. No, actually, she wanted to buy some headphones, as well as some new posters for her room. I took her to Wal-Mart, the mecca of all things good, and let her wander about. We went to the book section, and it was there that I made this discovery:

 

I'm not here to voice my obvious anger that someone decided to use their 5-fingered gift card to steal something that someone else may have willingly purchased (not me). No, I would rather take in the whole picture and be amused that someone not only took two boxes of cards with no intent on paying for them, but expertly found the one section of Wal-Mart that probably doesn't have any cameras (especially those annoying ones that ding every time you pass by the aisle). Amongst the children's books, under the watchful eye of the Paw Patrol, our anti-hero held their own box break. I'm guessing they didn't even live stream it, that bastard. As a final act of defiance, they took their bounty and left a clever yet not-so-subtle "get bent" message to the almighty corporate powers of Wal-Mart, minus a victory bottle of course!

 

You wonder what goes through people's minds sometimes, and why they make the choice they do. I've worked in retail long enough to know that you can't stop these morons, but you can definitely make fun of them!