SOME MONSTER HITS IN THIS BATCH, ALONG WITH A NEAT CARD OF A GUY WHOSE ROOKIE CARD IS ONE OF THE BEST OF THE SEVENTIES
1992 PINNACLE BERNIE WILLIAMS TEAM 2000
CATEGORY - INSERT
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I CAN'T FIND MY PINNACLE INSERTS* TO SEE WHICH TEAM 2000 INSERTS I NEED AND IT'S FRUSTRATING ME GREATLY. BERNIE WILLIAMS IS WORTH TAKING A FLYER ON. WORST CASE SCENARIO I ALREADY HAVE IT AND IT GOES INTO A CHAOS BINDER
2021 BOWMAN BRADEN SHEWMAKE
CATEGORY - BRAVES
BRADEN SHEWMAKE WAS THE BRAVES' TOP SHORTSTOP PROSPECT FOR A WHILE. THEN HE GOT HURT AT THE ABSOLUTE WORST TIME LAST YEAR WHICH GAVE VAUGHN GRISSOM AN OPENING TO GET CALLED UP TO PLAY SECOND BASE WHEN OZZIE ALBIES GOT INJURED. THEN DANSBY WALKED AND THE ORGANIZATION WAS ALL 'VAUGHN AND BRADEN WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE STARTING SHORTSTOP SPOT' BEFORE HANDING THE JOB TO 2023 STARTING NL ALL STAR SHORTSTOP ORLANDO ARCIA. SHEWMAKE DID GET TO MAKE HIS MLB DEBUT AND HAS PLAYED WELL IN GWINNETT PLAYING SECOND AND SHORT. I LIKE TO PICK UP AT LEAST ONE BOWMAN CARD OF BRAVES PROSPECTS IN CASE THEY HIT IT BIG. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT IT HAS HAPPENED. SO I PICKED UP A SHEWMAKE. AND THEN I WENT AND PICKED UP ANOTHER ONE IN A FUTURE BATCH BECAUSE OF COURSE I DID
1979 TCMA JAPANESE PRO BASEBALL DAVE HILTON
CATEGORY - ODDBALL
THIS SET WAS THE FIRST JAPANESE LEAGUE CARDS I EVER SAW, HAVING PICKED UP ONE OR TWO FROM AN OLD CMC COLLECTOR'S KIT WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID. I'VE LIKED THE CARDS EVER SINCE AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE ONE POP UP ON THE SITE. DAVE HERE PLAYED FOR THE YAKULT SWALLOWS, THE SAME TEAM BOB HORNER WAS ON WHEN HE GOT COLLUDED OUT OF THE LEAGUE. I DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PLAYER AS I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH ANYONE FROM THE SET BUT WHEN I GOT IT I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED HIM. THEN IT CLICKED, HE'S THE GUY SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN RON CEY AND MIKE SCHMIDT ON THIS CARD. NO MORE GLASSES AND A NAME CHANGE LATER HE ENDED UP IN JAPAN. THIS ONE IS FROM ONE OF THOSE CMC KITS AS CAN BE SEEN BY THE LITTLE MLB LOGO ON THE BACK
2020 FIRE ANDRELTON SIMMONS ARMS ABLAZE
CATEGORY - INSERT
THIS IS THE SECOND MONOCHROMATIC TOPPS FIRE INSERT I'VE PICKED UP THIS MONTH ALONG WITH THAT EXTREMELY YELLOW BRYCE HARPER CARD I POSTED A WHILE BACK. I DON'T KNOW WHY FIRE, A CARD SET FOR A WILD CACOPHONY OF COLOR, DOES THIS BUT THE SET GOT DUMPED BY FANATICS SO I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE. I MISS ANDRELTON SIMMONS AND HIS SPECTACTULAR DEFENSE BUT I BEGRUDGINGLY ADMIT IT ALL EVENTUALLY WORKED OUT IN THE END
1991 FLEER ULTRA RYNE SANDBERG ULTRA TEAM
CATEGORY - INSERT
THE ULTRA BASE SET IS DONE, TIME TO WORK ON THE ALL-STARS, UHH I MEAN ULTRA TEAM SET. TEN CARDS, SUPER COMMON, I CAN DO THIS. RYNO IS A VERY NICE PICKUP AND ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYERS IN THE SET
1991 FLEER ULTRA RICKEY HENDERSON ULTRA TEAM
CATEGORY - INSERT
I WOULDA BOUGHT THIS EVEN IF I WASN'T WORKING ON THE SET. I MIGHT BUY A COUPLE MORE IF I CAN FIND EM. GIMME GIMME GIMME ALL THE RICKEYS
1992 UPPER DECK ARCHI CIANFROCCO SCOUTING REPORT
I'VE BEEN FOCUSING MUCH MORE CLOSELY ON MY 1993 UPPER DECK INSERTS THAN 1992 BUT HERE'S ONE MORE CARD OFF MY WANTLIST. THIS SET ALWAYS CAUGHT MY EYE DUE TO THE NEAT CLIPBOARD SCOUTING REPORT DESIGN ON THE BACK. THIS DUDE ALSO CAUGHT MY EYE WITH HIS NAME. YOUNGER ME HAD READ TOO MANY COMICS AND WAS BEFUDDLED BY THE LACK OF AN E ON ARCHI'S NAME. HE ENDED UP A PRETTY GOOD UTILITY PLAYER SO WHO NEEDS EES
1995-96 UPPER DECK SP DIKEMBE MUTOMBO
CATEGORY - HAWKS
I REALLY LIKED THIS SP DESIGN WHEN IT CAME OUT. ALL FOUR SETS LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT WORKED WELL FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORT. THE BASKETBALL FLAVOR HAS A MARBLE AND CREAM BORDER THAT LOOKS PRETTY CLASSY. IT ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE BEEN A PARQUET FLOOR MOTIF LIKE A DOZEN OTHER SETS SO I THINK WE DODGED A BULLET. A FULL FOILBOARD BACK WAS ALSO A PRETTY WILD CHOICE BUT IT WAS BACK WHEN A HIGH END PRODUCT MEANT SOMETHING. I LOVE FINDING NICE CARDS OF DIKEMBE AND THIS IS ONE OF THE NICEST BASE CARDS OUT THERE
1993 COMIC IMAGES FRAZETTA II FRANKENSTEIN AND DRACULA
CATEGORY - NON-SPORT
CARD ONE OF TWO FOR THE MONSTER BINDER. FRANK FRAZETTA IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS DUE TO HIS PROLIFIC PAINTINGS OF FANTASY SCENES WITH A HEALTHY DOLLOP OF CHEESECAKE MIXED IN. FRANK ILLUSTRATED A TON OF STUFF AND HAS A PRETTY HEALTHY CULT FOLLOWING NOW. IT'S HARD TO NOT FIND A HORROR OR SCI-FI MAGAZINE FROM THE 70S THAT DIDN'T HAVE A FRAZETTA COVER. HE EVEN DREW LITTLE ABNER FOR A WHILE! COMIC IMAGES KNEW WHAT WAS UP AND PRODUCED THREE CARD SETS OF HIS ART IN THE EARLY 90S. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THIS PAINTING HERE AS THE BACK OF THE CARD SAYS NOTHING ABOUT IT BUT IT WAS USED AS THE COVER FOR A COMBO BOOK OF DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN. IT'S A GREAT LOOKING IMAGE BUT DUE TO THE UV COATING ON THE FRONT IT LOOKS A LOT DARKER IN PERSON THAN IT DOES IN THE PHOTO
1993 COMIC IMAGES FRAZETTA II KING KONG
CATEGORY - NON-SPORT
IT'S HARD TO DECIDE BETWEEN DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN AND KONG SO I JUST GOT THEM BOTH. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EARLY 90S NON-SPORTS SETS I WOULDN'T MIND JUST BUYING THE WHOLE THING. FRAZETTA LOVED KING KONG AND PAINTED QUITE A FEW PICTURES OF OUR BELOVED MONKEY. THIS ONE HERE CAN BE FOUND IN DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON THE COVER OF A 1976 MOVIE TIE-IN NOVEL AND ON THE COVER OF CREEPY MAGAZINE #11. THIS ONE IS ALSO SADLY DARK IN HAND, POOR KONG HAS BEEN SUCKED INTO A BLACK HOLE
UP NEXT - QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST RANDOM BATCH OUT OF THE BOX
* NOTE FROM A MONTH LATER - I FOUND THEM. STILL HAVEN'T POSTED THE WANTLIST BUT LET'S JUST SAY A FUTURE ONLINE DIME BOX POST MIGHT BE A LITTLE TEAM 2000 HEAVY
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