HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY

I'VE TOLD THIS STORY A DOZEN TIMES BEFORE BUT THIS BLOG GOT ITS START ON DECEMBER 26TH A MILLION YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT A NEW SCANNER FOR CHRISTMAS AND USED IT TO CREATE THIS IMAGE OF THE CARD I'VE HAD IN MY COLLECTION THE LONGEST AND USED THAT TO CREATE A CARD BLOG COPYING A DOZEN OTHER BETTER ONES I LIKED TO READ

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I WAS DOING AT FIRST BUT THEN I GOT SUPER POPULAR AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING AND I GOT HELLA PROLIFIC WHILE NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS DOING THEN I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING BUT I DIDN'T THEN I GOT KICKED IN THE DICK METAPHORICALLY SEVERAL TIMES AFTER WRITING STUFF WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING THEN I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING AND THEN I BARELY DID ANYTHING THEN I SAID SCREW IT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING BUT I'LL DO SOMETHING AND NOW WE'VE GONE FULL CIRCLE AND I'VE STARTED POSTING REGULARLY AGAIN AND JUST LIKE AT THE BEGINNING I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I'M DOING

ONE THING I DID MANAGE TO DO THIS YEAR IS FINISH SOME STUFF I STARTED. IT TOOK A WHILE BUT I DID IT. THEN I STARTED LIKE THREE OTHER THINGS AND NOW I'M STARING A COUPLE HUNDRED DRAFT POSTS IN THE FACE. ALL WHILE NEGLECTING ALL THE OTHER POSTS I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN MONTHS AGO, SOME OF WHICH ARE MIXED UP IN THAT DRAFT FOLDER. AS A BLOG BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO MYSELF I HAVE DECIDED TO COMPLETELY IGNORE ANYTHING AND POST NOTHING ELSE THE REST OF THE YEAR EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THING THAT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED. IF I GET STUFF WRITTEN, GREAT! I'LL BE AHEAD OF THE GAME NEXT YEAR. IF I DON'T, OH WELL! IT'S JUST SHITPOSTING ABOUT BASEBALL CARDS. MAYBE I'LL GET SOME STUFF ORGANIZED OR PUT AWAY OR GET SOME PACKAGES MAILED OR COLLAPSE IN A HEAP ON THE FLOOR AND LIE THERE TWITCHING FOR A WEEK. SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE! OR MAYBE I'LL DO NOTHING! IT DON'T MATTER. NONE OF THIS MATTERS

I AM STILL HAVING FUN DOING THIS NONSENSE AND I'VE EVEN POSTED MORE STUFF THIS YEAR THAN I HAD THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS COMBINED. THAT DRAFT FOLDER THO. AND THE IMAGE FOLDER WITH HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS FOR EVEN MORE POSTS. HOO BOY. I'M NOT GONNA THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW, I'M ON BREAK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WHICH IS LESS THAN A WEEK BUT WHATEVER. AS A SPECIAL TREAT I'VE DUG DEEP IN THAT DRAFT FOLDER AND FOUND THREE POSTS FROM A VINTAGE CARD SHOW IN SEPTEMBER 2013 THAT NEVER GOT WRITTEN AND I'M GONNA SHOW THEM OFF NOW. ONE MORE THING FINISHED IN 2023!

IN 2013 I WAS STILL FULL STEAM AHEAD TRYING TO COMPLETE MY 1974 TOPPS SET WHICH MEANS CHASING THAT RATBAG PETE ROSE. HE'S ONE OF THE LAST DAMN CARDS I NEED FOR EVERY DANG SET AND I HATE IT. GO CHECK MY 1976 TOPPS NEEDS, I'M EXTRA MAD AT PETE AT THE MOMENT. I GOT NOTHING AGAINST BOBBY MURCER. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACLY WHEN I COMPLETED THE '74 SET AND I'M STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE DUMB SAN DIEGO LARGE AND SMALL PRINT FRIESLEBEN ROOKIES BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WASN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE LAST CARD I NEEDED. I WONDER WHAT IT WAS? MAYBE I CAN FIND IT IN THE BLOG

OH SONOVABITCH 

THE BACK FEATURES A BOBBY BONDS 1973 ALL STAR MVP PUZZLE. WHY HAVEN'T I PUT THESE PUZZLES TOGETHER AND TAKEN A PHOTO YET?? ONE MORE THING FOR ME TO DO IN 2024

I REALLY LIKE THIS 1955 TOPPS ALL-AMERICAN SET BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND 20-15 YEARS AGO OR SO I STOPPED BEING ABLE TO FIND THEM FOR A BUCK APIECE. I ALREADY HAD THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS CARD AND I COULD BUY TWO OR THREE 50'S BASEBALL COMMONS FOR THE SAME PRICE AS AN ALL-AMERICAN SO I FOOLISHLY KEPT PASSING THEM UP. NOW YOU CAN HARDLY FIND THEM AT ANY PRICE. I'M PRETTY SURE THIS WAS THE LAST '55 ALL-AMERICAN EVER SOLD FOR A BUCK

BENNIE OOSTERBAAN IS A GREAT NAME AND MICHIGAN IS A PREMIER COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLUB. THIS CARD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TOO, SO MUCH CHARACTER. YOU DON'T SEE THIS KIND OF CARD ENTOMBED IN A PLASTIC CASE. OR MAYBE YOU DO, THESE CARDS REALLY HAVE GOTTEN EXPENSIVE

I COULD NEVER LEAVE A VINTAGE CARD SHOW WITHOUT RAIDING THE BARGAIN NON-SPORTS BOX AND I GOT A PRIMO CARD THAT SEPTEMBER SHOW. DA VINCI WAS A FAVORITE ARTIST OF MINE WHEN I WAS A KID BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE DO THE SUPER FAMOUS PAINTING BUT ALSO A BUNCH OF SCIENCY STUFF AS WELL. HE WAS WAY COOLER THAN MICHAELANGELO, DONATELLO OR RAFAEL. I WAS ALREADY A BIG FAN OF THIS 1952 TOPPS LOOK 'N SEE SET AND WAS STOKED TO FIND LEO. NOT ENOUGH TO YA KNOW - WRITE THE GODDAMN POST - BUT SUPER STOKED ALL THE SAME

THE GIMMICK OF THIS SET IS YOU COULD HOLD UP A PIECE OF RED CELLOPHANE TO THE BACK OF THE CARD AND SEE A SEECRIT PITCHUR! YOU DON'T NEED NO CELLOPHANE FOR THIS ONE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THAT BLOB BEHIND THE TEXT LOOKS LIKE. OL' SMILIN' LISA IS EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING ON TRADING CARDS. REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN SOME NEWFANGLED SET PUT A MONA LISA ROOKIE CARD GIMMICK IN THEIR SET? HOGWASH! SHE WAS HIDING ON THE BACK OF A CARD IN 1952 ALL ALONG

I REALLY HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE CARD IDIOCY THIS YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S TWO AND A HALF BOXES OF ONLINE DIME BOX CARD POSTS LEFT AS WELL AS THREE QUARTERS OF A JUNK BOX, AND MORE CARD SHOW POSTS AND A BIG COMC ORDER ON THE WAY AND OH GOD I NEED TO WRITE UP SOME PACKAGE POSTS AND ACK THERE'S TOO MUCH TO DO! I'M OUTTA HERE! SEE Y'ALL NEXT YEAR!

June Vintage Card Show Loot: 4th of July Edition

JOHN PHILIP MOTHATRUCKIN SOUSA BEEYOTCH

So I was in marching band when I was in high school. I was only in the band my Junior and Senior years due to poor life choices but I relished what little time I had blowing spit through large brass tubes. The music that is most fun to blow through massive brass tubes with a gigantic bell at the end is the music of John Philip Sousa. Just listen to this, enjoy how fun it is then think about how awesome it would be to actually cause that music to come into being.



Such delicious notes...

So as for the card, this is an example of a 1952 Topps Look 'n See card. I've made a habit of picking these up here and there when I see 'em. there was a parge pile of the buggers at the show and I was having a hard time choosing which one to get when John showed up. This card hit too many pleasure centers in my brain.. American flag, musical staff, epic mustache. The quiz on the back references the tune linked above but the scan didn't come out too well and I don't have any red cellophane.

Enjoy the holiday folks...

October Card Show - Evolution

One goal I have at any card show: Find one interesting non-sports card. I usually find more than one, but one of them takes the crown as most interesting. This one killed two birds with one stone as well.

Everyone loves Allen & Ginter. Well, most everyone. I usually love Allen & Ginter, but since it looks more like a Fleer product than something from the 1880's this year my passion has run a little cold. Metaphorically speaking,  sure, I'll sleep with 2011 A&G -I'll even call her the next day - but no way in hell am I spending Christmas at her parents' house. I don't give a crap if it might be Nana's last Christmas, I got things to do. The one thing in that set that keeps drawing me back is the Ascent of Man insert set. Dang, that is a fiiiiine looking set. All them organisms... breeding and breeding and breeding some more... Natural Selection working it's sexy magic... ultimately ending up with over-evolved neurotic slobs obsessing over expensive images on flimsy card stock... Awww YEAH baby! That's the stuff right there. Maybe I can come over for coffee and dessert on Christmas Eve, baby... knock down some spiked egg nogs with Nana. Party a little bit. Does Nana swing?

The set is beautiful, the artwork is fantastic, the subject matter irritates my local school board, there is only one thing wrong with the 2011 Allen & Ginter Ascent of man set.

It's only 26 cards.

For the Math-impaired out there, that's one card short of filling up three pages. ONE STINKING CARD. It amazes and bewilders me that in an industry catering to collectors that there is not one soul in the entire company who ever thinks about these things. The entire reason there IS a collectible card industry is because collectors are obsessive-compulsive about their collections! We like things neat and orderly! Give us an insert set that fits neatly in pages! All we needed was one. more. card! Throw us a bone, people!

So I got my Ascent of Man cards in pages. A little too late actually, because all the cards I had for that set were unfortunately involved in a rather disastrous tea-related incident. I was able to contain the damage, some stickers ended up kinda warped and half of my 2011 Update Braves team set was lost. The Ascent of Man cards - while soaked - somehow ended up looking better in my eyes for some reason. While there was definite water - um - tea damage and there were slight stains on the back and the edges were all gnarled up, they still looked really good to me. That's true love right there. Even if I've de-friended 2011 A&G from Facebook, I've still got that old fossil Ascent of Man on my speed dial.

Now I have my freshly antiqued Ascent of Man set in pages, but I need something to stick in that 27th pocket. Why not a vintage card? See for yourself:

The perfect cap for a set about Evolution: a 1952 Topps Look N See card of Charles Darwin. I especially like the look on Charles' face. He seems to be thinking: "How did we end up evolving into douchebags in just 100 years?" (I've got an idea). Here's Charles all by his lonesome for your gawking pleasure:

Here's Chuck in all his creasy, scuffed, scribbled, beardy, gorilla goodness. Coincidentally, Thorzul just posted another specimen from this set recently. It's less scuffed and more screamy, but it's not as good as - well, no. It's way more awesome than this one. But it doesn't fill up my Ascent of Man set as well does it!

Ok, technical stuff. This is one of Topps' earliest Non-Sport sets and features a mish-mosh of famous people from Presidents to artists to military leaders to daredevils to scientists. There's even a Babe Ruth card in there for all you baseball nuts. The Rembrandt card is short printed for some reason. Artists always get short shrift. This mess on the back is the gimmick for the set, if you put some red 'paper' over the card you get to see what Chucky Evo was famous for. I haven't actually looked at it through some 3-D glasses (or just used a filter in Photoshop) but I'm certain that Charles was famous for that epic beard. He also inspired a Vonnegut novel too! So, bonus. Of course now I have to figure out what to do with the card from Collective Troll expressing wonder about our origins that used to be holding down the 27th spot in the pages. I still need 10 more cards for the set and it's gonna be hard to find 'em in pristine tea-soaked condition so I think it should be ok for a while.

Card Show Top 20 - #17 Real Fake '52

Ok, Back to the card show. Here's #17 in the countdown, Johnny Pesky, pulled from a quarter box.

A gem mint 1952 Topps card in a quarter box?!? Nope, it's a reprint. But not an ordinary run of the mill Yo Momma reprint, this one is older then many of my readers. In 1983, Topps reprinted their entire 1952 set in modern 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 card size. Well, almost the entire set. Topps couldn't get the rights to reprint from 5 players so they were cut out. #22 Dom DiMaggio was one of the cards left out. Strangely, that card was reprinted in the 2001 Archives set. I got Dom's teammate Pesky. These sets were pretty nice for 1983... Clean, white card stock, a little glossy and they came in a nice blue factory set with a seal on them.

As you can see there's a nice big Reprint Series notice right on the back. Not that you would mistake these for the real thing. These suckers are not real easy to find. Sets can be pricey, but you can find them cheap if you look. Of course even at full retail, a set of these might be cheaper than finding a couple of high series cards. This card came out of a quarter box that otherwise had mostly recent inserts and stars. Lots of chrome in that box. Lots of new shiny stuff. I'm not sure how this lonely little reprint ended up in there. This is likely headed to one of the many Red Sox collectors out there. I got one in mind, just haven't gotten around to checking the want list yet. You gotta pick up stuff like that in quarter boxes for other people. It builds up the good karma for subsequent box searching.

The rest of the Top 20 List...

#20 Reds' Heavy Artillery

#19 Blue MadDog

#18 Lil' Jimmy

#17 Real Fake '52

#16 First Topps

#15 Bogus Boog

#14 V103 Tree

#13 Sertoma Rico

#12 '55 Finishers

#11 Hey Shiny

#10 What the Dickens

#9 '60 Spahnnie

#8 Lonely '53

#7 Super Chief

#6 Original Frank

#5 Hoops Inspiration

#4 Rocket Robin

#3 Wizard Off Kilter

#2 Shenanigans Were Called

#1 The Holy Grail of Commons

1952 Topps Don't Want List

I'm going to be perfectly honest with you. I hate 1952 Topps. It's ugly and impossible. This is the only Topps set that I have 100% confidence that I will never, ever want to even think about attempting to complete the set. Instead of listing all the cards I want (Braves and not much else), here's all the cards I have. I'll trade any card here for a Brave off my '52 Want List. I'll trade 25 of 'em for a high number in any condition. 

For example, I recently traded these:

For these:

(pleasure doin' bidniz witcha Skoormit)

Braves I need:

Roy Hartsfield

Sid Gordon

Tommy Holmes

Max Surkont

All the impossible high numbers (thanks Sy)

Players from inferior teams that I have:

Brooklyn Dodgers

Chris Van Cuyk

Erv Palica

Chicago Cubs

Hank Sauer

Willard Ransdell

Bob Usher

Bruce Edwards

Frank Baumholz

Cincinnati Reds

Johnny Wyrostek

Virgil Stallcup

Ken Raffensberger

New York Giants

Monty Irvin

Bill Rigney

Sheldon Jones

Clint Hartung

Philadelphia Phillies

Connie Ryan 

Pittsburgh Pirates

William Werle

Dale Coogan

Ted Wilks

Clyde McCullough

Jack Phillips

St. Louis Cardinals

George Munger

Solly Hemus

Boston Red Sox

Leo Kiely

Karl Olson

Gus Niarhos

Chicago White Sox

Marv Rickert

Chuck Stobbs

Al Zarilla

Sherman Lollar

Ray Coleman

Cleveland Indians

Luke Easter

Dale Mitchell

Harry Simpson

Mickey Harris

George Stirnweiss

Johnny Berardino

Detroit Tigers

Cliff Mapes

Fred Hutchinson

Marlin Stewart

New York Yankees

Bobby Hogue

Johnny Sain

Don Bollweg

Philadelphia Athletics

Elmer Valo

Henry Majeski

Alex Kellner

Pete Suder

St. Louis Browns

Duane Pillette

Bill Kennedy

Bob Young

Tommy Byrne

Washington Senators

Sid Hudson

Al Sima

Sam Mele

Cass Michaels

Catching Up - Randomness from Matt P.

Matt P. (I know he has a blog, but I can't for the life of me think of what it is) sent me this package out of the blue yesterday. Included were cards from my wantlists and "some Braves, ex-Brewer fatties, and an old Topps Ad card that will surely help w/ your holiday shopping". This was sent without expectation of reciprocation, but some Brewer inserts, junk relics or any old crap that might be entertaining would be appreciated. Thorzul wiped me out of Brewer relics, but I did find some weird Brewers, an Old Milwaukee card and a Not-KISS card to send his way. Here are some highlights from the package:

1952 Topps Solly Hemus

I just posted those '50s wantlists so I could have them online for reference, I didn't expect to actually GET any of them. '52 is not my favorite set, but the nice close up shot of Solly and the Cardinals see-saw logo are joy inducing.

Press Pass really shiny holographic plastic KISS insert

I never got into KISS, but a friend of mine did. I think he dressed up in the cat face makeup one Halloween. This card is pretty cool for an insert from a trading card set about a band I don't particularly care for.

2009 Tim Lincecum

Look into that face and tell me that you were truly surprised that Lincy smoked the wacky tobbacky. Tim was part of a nice chunk of Heritage including a Flashback card of Luis Aparicio celebrating Bill Veeck's putting player names on the back of jerseys.

Topps Company Store

I. Want. A. Puffy. Logo. Topps. Sweatshirt. I'll even squeeze into an XL if I have to.

1992 Topps Kids Otis My Man Nixon

This set is awesome. It didn't sell then, and it wouldn't sell now, but the world is a better place because this set exists.

1993 Action Packed Lew Burdette

I really just need to go on eBay and find a complete set of this stuff. This is one of the top "Legends" type sets ever produced.

'94 Flair USA Basketball Dominique Wilkins

'Nique is Magnifique.

2007 Upper Deck Matt Stairs

Here's one of the aforementioned ex-Brewer fatties. The other two were Jorge Julio and Big "Howard Taft reincarnated" Wickman.

Nice stuff from Matt, hopefully I can get my act together and send out his package (flat bubble mailer so as to fit in a mail slot) out tomorrow. Thanks Matt!

1952 Topps Wantlist

If anyone has a pile of '52 High numbers lying around, you know where to send 'em...

1952 Topps

1 - Andy Pafko

2 - Pete Runnels RC

3 - Hank Thompson

4 - Don Lenhardt

5 - Larry Jansen

6 - Grady Hatton

7 - Wayne Terwilliger

8 - Fred Marsh

10 - Al Rosen

11 - Phil Rizzuto

12 - Monty Basgall

15 - Johnny Pesky

16 - Gene Hermanski

17 - Jim Hegan

18 - Merrill Combs

19 - Johnny Bucha

20 - Billy Loes RC SP

21 - Ferris Fain

22 - Dom DiMaggio

23 - Billy Goodman

25 - Johnny Groth

28 - Jerry Priddy

29 - Ted Kluszewski

30 - Mel Parnell

31 - Gus Zernial

32 - Eddie Robinson

36 - Gil Hodges

37 - Duke Snider

38 - Wally Westlake

40 - Irv Noren

41 - Bob Wellman

42 - Lou Kretlow

43 - Ray Scarborough

44 - Con Dempsey

45 - Eddie Joost

46 - Gordon Goldsberry

47 - Willie Jones

48 - Joe Page

49 - Johnny Sain

51 - Jim Russell

52 - Don Mueller

55 - Ray Boone

56 - Tommy Glaviano

57 - Ed Lopat

58 - Bob Mahoney

59 - Robin Roberts

61 - Tookie Gilbert

63 - Howie Pollet

64 - Roy Sievers

65 - Enos Slaughter

66 - Preacher Roe

67 - Allie Reynolds

68 - Cliff Chambers

71 - Tom Upton

74 - Andy Hansen

75 - Wes Westrum

76 - Eddie Stanky

77 - Bob Kennedy

78 - Ellis Kinder

79 - Gerry Staley

80 - Herman Wehmeier

81 - Vern Law

83 - Billy Johnson

84 - Vern Stephens

85 - Bob Kuzava

86 - Ted Gray

88 - Bob Feller

89 - Johnny Lipon

90 - Mickey Grasso

91 - Red Schoendienst

95 - Ken Holcombe

98 - Billy Pierce

99 - Gene Woodling

100 - Del Rice

101 - Max Lanier

104 - Don Kolloway

105 - Johnny Pramesa

106 - Mickey Vernon

108 - Jim Konstanty

110 - Dutch Leonard

111 - Peanuts Lowrey

113 - Dick Sisler

116 - Carl Scheib

119 - Mickey McDermott

120 - Bob Chakales

122 - Jackie Jensen

123 - Eddie Yost

124 - Monte Kennedy

127 - Paul Minner

128 - Don Bollweg

129 - Johnny Mize

131 - Morrie Martin

132 - Clyde Kluttz

133 - Al Widmar

134 - Joe Tipton

135 - Dixie Howell

136 - Johnny Schmitz

137 - Roy McMillan RC

138 - Bill MacDonald

142 - Harry Perkowski

143 - Les Moss

144 - Ed Blake

145 - Joe Haynes

148 - Johnny Klippstein

149 - Dick Kryhoski

150 - Ted Beard

151 - Wally Post RC

152 - Al Evans

153 - Bob Rush

154 - Joe Muir

155 - Frank Overmire

156 - Frank Hiller

158 - Eddie Waitkus

159 - Saul Rogovin

160 - Owen Friend

161 - Bud Byerly

163 - Stan Rojek

164 - Walt Dubiel

165 - Eddie Kazak

166 - Paul LaPalme

167 - Bill Howerton

168 - Charlie Silvera RC

169 - Howie Judson

170 - Gus Bell

171 - Ed Erautt

172 - Eddie Miksis

173 - Roy Smalley

174 - Clarence Marshall

175 - Billy Martin RC

176 - Hank Edwards

177 - Bill Wight

179 - Frank Smith

180 - Charlie Maxwell RC

181 - Bob Swift

183 - Erv Dusak

184 - Bob Ramazzotti

185 - Bill Nicholson

186 - Walt Masterson

187 - Bob Miller

188 - Clarence Podbielan

189 - Pete Reiser

190 - Don Johnson

191 - Yogi Berra

192 - Myron Ginsberg

194 - Joe Hatton

195 - Minnie Minoso RC

196 - Solly Hemus RC

197 - George Strickland

198 - Phil Haugstad

199 - George Zuverink

200 - Ralph Houk RC

202 - Joe Collins RC

203 - Curt Simmons

204 - Ron Northey

205 - Clyde King

206 - Joe Ostrowski

209 - Howie Fox

210 - Dick Fowler

212 - Ned Garver

213 - Nippy Jones

214 - Johnny Hopp

215 - Hank Bauer

216 - Richie Ashburn

219 - Bobby Shantz

220 - Joe Presko

221 - Granny Hamner

222 - Hoot Evers

223 - Del Ennis

226 - Dave Philley

227 - Joe Garagiola

228 - Al Brazle

229 - Gene Bearden UER

230 - Matt Batts

231 - Sam Zoldak

232 - Billy Cox

233 - Bob Friend RC

234 - Steve Souchock

235 - Walt Dropo

236 - Ed Fitzgerald

237 - Jerry Coleman

238 - Art Houtteman

239 - Rocky Bridges

242 - Tom Poholsky

243 - Larry Doby

244 - Vic Wertz

245 - Sherry Robertson

246 - George Kell

247 - Randy Gumpert

248 - Frank Shea

249 - Bobby Adams

250 - Carl Erskine

251 - Chico Carrasquel

254 - Joe Dobson

255 - Clyde Vollmer

257 - Bobby Avila

258 - Steve Gromek

259 - Bob Addis

260 - Pete Castiglione

261 - Willie Mays FTC

262 - Virgil Trucks

263 - Harry Brecheen

264 - Roy Hartsfield

265 - Chuck Diering

266 - Murry Dickson

267 - Sid Gordon

268 - Bob Lemon

269 - Willard Nixon

270 - Lou Brissie

271 - Jim Delsing

272 - Mike Garcia

274 - Ralph Branca

275 - Pat Mullin

276 - Jim Wilson

277 - Early Wynn

278 - Allie Clark

279 - Eddie Stewart

280 - Cloyd Boyer

281 - Tommy Brown SP

282 - Birdie Tebbetts SP

283 - Phil Masi SP

284 - Hank Arft SP

285 - Cliff Fannin SP

286 - Joe DeMaestri SP

287 - Steve Bilko SP

289 - Tommy Holmes MG

290 - Joe Astroth SP

291 - Gil Coan SP

292 - Floyd Baker SP

295 - Phil Cavarretta

296 - Red Rolfe MG

297 - Andy Seminick SP

298 - Bob Ross SP

299 - Ray Murray SP

300 - Barney McCosky SP

301 - Bob Porterfield

302 - Max Surkont

303 - Harry Dorish

304 - Sam Dente

305 - Paul Richards MG

306 - Lou Sleater

307 - Frank Campos

308 - Luis Aloma

309 - Jim Busby

310 - George Metkovich

311 - M.Mantle DP

312 - J.Robinson DP

313 - Bobby Thomson DP

314 - Roy Campanella

315 - Leo Durocher MG

316 - Dave Williams RC

317 - Conrado Marrero FTC

318 - Harold Gregg

319 - Al Walker

320 - John Rutherford RC

321 - Joe Black RC

322 - Randy Jackson

323 - Bubba Church

324 - Warren Hacker

325 - Bill Serena

326 - George Shuba RC

327 - Al Wilson

328 - Bob Borkowski

329 - Ike Delock

330 - Turk Lown

331 - Tom Morgan

332 - Anthony Bartirome

333 - Pee Wee Reese

334 - Wilmer Mizell RC

335 - Ted Lepcio

336 - Dave Koslo

337 - Jim Hearn

338 - Sal Yvars

339 - Russ Meyer

340 - Bob Hooper

341 - Hal Jeffcoat

342 - Clem Labine RC

343 - Dick Gernert

344 - Ewell Blackwell

345 - Sammy White

346 - George Spencer

347 - Joe Adcock

348 - Robert Kelly

349 - Bob Cain

350 - Cal Abrams

351 - Alvin Dark

352 - Karl Drews

353 - Bobby Del Greco

354 - Fred Hatfield

355 - Bobby Morgan

356 - Toby Atwell

357 - Smoky Burgess

358 - John Kucab

359 - Dee Fondy

360 - George Crowe RC

361 - William Posedel CO

362 - Ken Heintzelman

363 - Dick Rozek

364 - Clyde Sukeforth CO

365 - Cookie Lavagetto CO

366 - Dave Madison

367 - Ben Thorpe

368 - Ed Wright

369 - Dick Groat RC

370 - Billy Hoeft RC

371 - Bobby Hofman

372 - Gil McDougald RC

373 - Jim Turner RC CO

374 - John Benton

375 - John Merson

376 - Faye Throneberry

377 - Chuck Dressen MG

378 - Leroy Fusselman

379 - Joe Rossi

380 - Clem Koshorek

381 - Milton Stock CO

382 - Sam Jones RC

383 - Del Wilber

384 - Frank Crosetti CO

385 - Herman Franks CO RC

386 - John Yuhas

387 - Billy Meyer MG

388 - Bob Chipman

389 - Ben Wade

390 - Glenn Nelson

391 - Ben Chapman UER CO

392 - Hoyt Wilhelm RC

393 - Ebba St.Claire

394 - Billy Herman CO

395 - Jake Pitler CO

396 - Dick Williams RC

397 - Forrest Main

398 - Hal Rice

399 - Jim Fridley

400 - Bill Dickey CO

401 - Bob Schultz

402 - Earl Harrist

403 - Bill Miller

404 - Dick Brodowski

405 - Eddie Pellagrini

406 - Joe Nuxhall RC

407 - Eddie Mathews RC

61/407 cards from the set - 15.0% completed

Thanks to: Matt P.

Scribbles

It's Friday and I feel like some Vintage. Here's a few cards from the golden years of large sized Topps cards that have been augmented by enterprising collectors to provide a little 'added value'. Some of the edits were helpful, others... not so much.

1952 Topps #240 Jack Phillips

The previous owner of this card helpfully documents Jack's 1954 trade to Detroit.

1953 Topps #225 Bobby Shantz

Now what's the best way of remembering what year a card is from? Write it on the front, of course! However, that lowers the grade signifigantly, so make sure you erase it before selling the card.

1954 Topps #215 Ed McGhee

This card was owned by a man after my own heart. It's not enough to denote that McGhee plays the outfield, Ed's a left fielder, dangit.

1955 Topps #96 Charlie Bishop

This guy had 1 Charlie Bishop card, so he wrote 1 right under the Elephant logo. The card was worth 100 dollars, so he wrote 100 on the top in between the two photos. The guy was also completely insane so he cut off all the borders. Borders are evil. No borders!!

1956 Topps #153 Frank Thomas

This one makes me mad. Frank Thomas is a great player, a nice guy and a card collector. I don't understand why he was given the Frankenstein treatment. Stitches on the eyeball are just plain wrong. I do, however, heartily approve of the goatee.