THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS - DAY FOUR - NINE YEARS LATE

FOR ALL YOU KNOW I PLANNED THIS ALL ALONG

October Card Show - Game Cards

ORIGINAL SAVE DATE FOR BOTH POSTS - 12/16/2011

HERE'S A FEW ODDBALL CARDS I GOT FROM A CARD SHOW WAAAAY BACK IN THE DAY. I MAY BE INCORRECT BUT THIS MIGHT BE FROM THAT BIG CARD SHOW THAT UTTERLY BOMBED AND PRETTY MUCH ENDED BIG CARD SHOWS IN ATLANTA. THERE'S PROBABLY POSTS OF THE OTHER STUFF I GOT AT THE SHOW IF YOU WANT TO DIG IN THE ARCHIVES AND FIND OUT, I'M TOO BUSY TRYING TO GET ALL THESE DAMN POSTS TYPED UP

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THIS IS THE FIRST DRAFT POST I FOUND THAT USES THE sdfasdfasdfasdfasdf MESS THAT I MASH INTO DRAFTS TO SEPARATE THE IMAGES BEFORE I ACTUALLY WRITE ANYTHING. I AM KEEPING ALL OF IT IN BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FUNNY

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OH HEY, HERE'S FELIPE ALOU, THE BRAVES PLAYER NOT NAMED AARON IN EVERY SINGLE ODDBALL AND INSERT SET FROM THE LATE 60S

THESE ARE GAME CARDS FROM THE 60S. IT'S A PRETTY COMMON GAME AS THINGS GO BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL THAT EASY TO FIND EITHER. I WANT TO SAY THESE ARE FROM MILTON BRADLEY, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER THING AND IT'S STARTING TO DRIVE ME A LITTLE CRAZY SO FUCKIT I'LL PULL OUT THE CARD CATALOG

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YEP MILTON BRADLEY, 1969-1972. I NEED TO LEARN TO TRUST MY INCREASINGLY GARBAGE MEMORY WHEN IT COMES TO USELESS BASEBALL-CARD RELATED FACTS

I LOVE PLAYING TABLETOP SPORTS GAMES LIKE THIS AND LIT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR CHARTS YOU HAVE TO REFERENCE AFTER ROLLIGN THE DICE ON THIS AT-BAT. GOD DAMN I'M SAD THAT KITCHEN TABLES COVERED IN CARDS AND DICE AND CHARTS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY REPLACED WITH COMPUTERIZED GENERAL MANAGER SIMULATORS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONTRACTS, PARKING DETAILS AND THE PRICE OF HOT DOGS AT THE CONCESSION STAND AND WITH 4K GRAPHICS CONSOLE BOONDOGGLES THAT MAKE YOU SPEND HUNDREDS IN THE DLC STORE ON LOOTBOXES IF YOU WANT ANY CHANCE TO WIN. ROLL A TWO OR A FOUR ON ALOU'S CARD AND YOU GOT YOURSELF A DINGER. NO ONE NEEDS MORE THAN THAT

THIS ONE'S ODD EVEN FOR AN ODDBALL. EVEN THOUGH THE GAME WAS UNLICENSED AND HAD TO BRUSH OUT ALL THE LOGOS, THERE WERE STILL PINCH HITTER CARDS FOR EACH TEAM. THIS CARD IS BORING AN POINTLESS AND AS SOON AS I SAW IT I HAD TO HAVE IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN WHEN A KID GETS HIS HANDS ON SOMETHING BORING AND POINTLESS. THIS IS RARER THAN THE WAGNER MOST LIKELY 

ACCORDING TO MY CATALOG, ASIDE FROM A DIFFERENT PLAYER CHECKLIST THE 1969 EDITION AND THE 1972 EDITION CARDS ARE COMPLETELY IDENTICAL OTHER THAN ONE TINY DETAIL. THE RED NUMBER ONE ON THE BACK OF THE CARD HAS NO _ ON THE BOTTOM OF THE NUMBER ON THE 69S, AND DO HAVE A _ ON THE 72S. ALOU WASN'T EVEN ON THE BRAVES IN 72 AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE ONES ON THE RED RA1 FOR 9 - SINGLE AND THE BLACK RA2 FOR 10 - GROUND OUT PRETTY EASILY. THE GENERIC PINCH HITTER CARD HAS NO RED ONES ON THE BACK. IMMA JUST ASSUME IT'S THE 1969 WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPION BRAVES AND LEAVE IT AT THAT

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I SAVED TWO DRAFTS ON THE SAME DAY SO I COMBINED THEM, WHY NOT

October Card Show - Postcards

Almost done with the cards show from a couple months ago.

ALMOST, BUDDY

FOUND A COUPLE COOL OLD POSTCARDS CHEAP AT THE SHOW AND SNATCHED THEM UP. I DON'T REALLY COLLECT POSTCARDS BUT I HAVE A FEW SPORTS RELATED ONES WHICH ARE NOW JUST PILED UP WITH ALL MY GIGANTIC CARDS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. IT'S A SHAME I NEVER CONNECTED WITH POSTCARD COLLECTING SINCE THEY WEREN'T 'WORTH ANYTHING' BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY COOL POSTCARDS OUT THERE IN JUNK SHOPS AND ANTIQUE STORES

GOOD OL' ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY STADIUM. NOW A PARKING LOT FOR THE GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL STADIUM. THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SUCKS, MAN. EXCEPT FOR THE INTERNET, THAT'S COOL. EXCEPT FOR ALL THE PARTS THAT AREN'T BUT THE GOOD PARTS ARE SUPER COOL. I MISS THIS STADIUM. I WISH I WAS BACK THERE AS A LITTLE KID WATCHING A TERRIBLE TEAM IN THE HOT SUN AND TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WAS SCARED OF THE BLEACHER CREATURE OR NOT

BACK OF THE CARD IS GLORIOUS. THE ATLANTA STADIUM IN ATLANTA. HOME OF THE BRAVES ON THE FRONT BUT THE FALCONS GET A MENTION ON THE BACK. THE THING COST EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS! AND HAS 10,000 PARKING SPOTS FOR 57,100 FANS! YOU CAN DRIVE FOR 200 MILES WITHOUT HITTING A TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT GET THERE EARLY OR YOU'LL BE PARKING ON SOME DUDE'S LAWN FOR 20 BUCKS

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DATE POSTCARDS. THIS WAS DISTRIBUTED BY A COMPANY FROM DECATUR WHICH IS KINDA COOL. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK 3-D CURTEICHCOLOR IS THO BUT IT SOUNDS NEAT. THE COLOR ON THE FRONT REMINDS ME OF THOSE OLD POVERTY ROW MOVIES FROM THE 40S THAT USED THE TWO-COLOR PROCESS TO DO COLOR CHEAP. CHECK OUT SCARED TO DEATH WITH BELA LUGOSI TO SEE WHAT I MEAN

This card is from a set of stadium postcards from GS Gallery, which appears to be a mail order card company who produced a couple of homebrew sets in the '80s. 

THIS LINK STILL WORKS SOMEHOW. I'M AMAZED WHEN RANDOM LINKS OLDER THAN FIVE YEARS HAVEN'T VANISHED OR WORSE GOT TAKEN OVER BY SCAMMERS. IT'S A NEAT LOOKING CARD BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED THE WHOLE DANG SET

Check out the prices of the Stadium Club sets in this ad from 1992!

THIS LINK IS DEAD HOWEVER. NEVER LINK TO GOOGLE BOOKS, ALWAYS GET A SCREENSHOT. I'M GUESSING THE PRICES WERE COMICALLY HIGH. THE WAY THE MARKET IS GOING THEY MIGHT BE BACK UP THERE AGAIN BY NOW. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A SCREENSHOT OF THIS POST TOO WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE GOOGLE DID A GOOD PURGE OF USEFUL APPS AND BLOGGER'S GETTING PRETTY LONG IN THE TOOTH

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