Quickie LCS post

I shoulda been in bed 15 minutes ago, I have to be up again in less than 6 hours and I'm gonna be busy pretty much all day tomorrow. May as well write a post! On Saturday I went to the Braves' Open House at Turner Field with my son. I took a ton of crappy pics with my cell phone that I'm trying to get organized so I can share them this week. Opening Day's almost here! Gotta get ready! But I am most certainly not ready, so here's a few cards I picked up at the card shop before we went to the Ted instead. Here are the cards in the order I found them:

Hank's last card as a Brave in well loved condition. I needed this for both my main and team sets so I'll pick these suckas up all the live long day. This one cost a buck. Remember all those lottery tickets you bought last week? You could have bought this for the price of one of them tickets.

I have made it very clear that I am All In on J-Hey whether he ends up being the second coming of Willie McCovey or Brad Komminsk Part Deux. Even if he flops completely my extensive Michael Vick collection is assurance that I will still look upon my Heyward cards with fondness no matter what happens. This means I will gladly overpay for weird incomprehensible parallels in sets I despise as long as it has Jason on the front. Can you tell what the heck parallel this is? You get a +1 on your Card Nerdiness stat if you know!

I didn't think to bring my card lists with me so I scrounged the '65 box was hoping to find some cheap cards that I might not have. This .45 cost .50 so I snagged it and hoped for the best. I already had it. Not a total loss though, it could be the start of a Colt collection.

After the '65s I muddled through the '66s just because. The '66 high numbers are a colossal pain in the rump for a team collector. I still have not found that goddamn Chi Chi Olivo card anywhere for under $30. What is the deal with Chi Chi Olivo??? While passing up yet another Chi Chi card, I stumbled upon this one here. I had no idea this was even in the set and it sure wasn't ever on my '66 needs list. Good 'ol Topps and their Multi-team rookie cards. They didn't even know what to put in the team banner on the top left corner and just left it blank. 1966 Topps is a pretty bootleg design to begin with and this card might be the bootleggiest. If it weren't for that Braves cap, I'd swear this was an unlicensed card.

Ya knew there'd be a pony. Ya had to know. I practically telegraphed it with the Colt card up above. Two reasons I bought this card: I thought I needed it for my Goodwin set (I didn't) and the purple highlights in Smarty's mane make him look like Twilight Sparkle's brother.

Ok last one for today. I will always pick up an original Star Wars sticker out of a 50 cents box. ALWAYS. Especially if it is an X-wing. I need another one of these stickers so I can stick this one to my car.

There was one other thing I picked up, but I'm gonna save that for a video. Nope, it's not a wax pack either. You'l just have to be patient.

A better League Leader card

I posted this card show pickup out of the bargain bin a while back:

I then stated that I actually found a better league leader card in that same bin. There were doubts about the veracity of my claim. I'm not going to argue about it, I'm just going to show you.

This might be the best hypothetical outfield ever, and if Hank has to play left field then I'm ok with that.

If you can think of a better combo card (I actually have one in mind, but I digress) then show me. It will take a lot to beat this.

1966 Topps

Haven't scanned a card for this one yet.

That's much better.

Series 1 -- 32/88
1 Willie Mays -- San Francisco Giants
2 Ted Abernathy -- Chicago Cubs
4 Ray Culp -- Philadelphia Phillies
6 Chuck Schilling -- Boston Red Sox
7 Tracy Stallard -- St. Louis Cardinals
8 Floyd Robinson -- Chicago White Sox
9 Clete Boyer -- New York Yankees
11 Senators Rookies -- Alyea, Craig -- Washington Senators
14 Norm Siebern -- Baltimore Orioles
16 Larry Brown -- Cleveland Indians
18 Roland Sheldon -- Kansas City Athletics
19 Giants Team -- San Francisco Giants
22 Joe Nossek -- Minnesota Twins
24 Don Kessinger -- Chicago Cubs
25 Pete Ward -- Chicago White Sox
26 Ray Sadecki -- St. Louis Cardinals
28 Phil Niekro -- Atlanta Braves
29 Mike Brumley -- Washington Senators
30 Pete Rose -- Cincinnati Reds
32 Adolfo Phillips -- Philadelphia Phillies
33 Jim Pagliaroni -- Pittsburgh Pirates
34 Checklist -- 1-88
36 Jim Hunter -- Kansas City Athletics
37 Billy Herman -- Boston Red Sox
38 Ron Nischwitz -- Detroit Tigers
39 Ken Henderson -- San Francisco Giants
40 Jim Grant -- Minnesota Twins
41 Don LeJohn -- Los Angeles Dodgers
42 Aubrey Gatewood -- California Angels
43 Don Landrum -- Chicago Cubs
44 Indians Rookies -- Davis, Kelley -- Cleveland Indians
45 Jim Gentile -- Houston Astros
46 Howie Koplitz -- Washington Senators
47 J.C. Martin -- Chicago White Sox
49 Woody Woodward -- Atlanta Braves
50 Mickey Mantle -- New York Yankees
51 Gordon Richardson -- New York Mets
53 Bob Duliba -- Boston Red Sox
54 Jose Pagan -- Pittsburgh Pirates
55 Ken Harrelson -- Kansas City Athletics
58 Dave Wickersham -- Detroit Tigers
60 Curt Flood -- St. Louis Cardinals
61 Bob Bolin -- San Francisco Giants
62a Merritt Ranew -- no sold statement -- California Angels
62b Merritt Ranew -- with sold statement -- California Angels
63 Jim Stewart -- Chicago Cubs
64 Bob Bruce -- Houston Astros
69 Ken Hamlin -- Washington Senators
70 Carl Yastrzemski -- Boston Red Sox
71 Frank Carpin -- Pittsburgh Pirates
72 Tony Perez -- Cincinnati Reds
73 Jerry Zimmerman -- Minnesota Twins
77 Johnny Orsino -- Washington Senators
81 Ray Oyler -- Detroit Tigers
85 Eddie Fisher -- Chicago White Sox
86 John Bateman -- Houston Astros
88 Fred Whitfield -- Cleveland Indians

Series 2 -- 16/88
89 Ted Davidson -- Cincinnati Reds
90 Luis Aparicio -- Baltimore Orioles
91b Bob Uecker -- with trade statement -- St. Louis Cardinals
92 Yankees Team -- New York Yankees
93 Jim Lonborg -- Boston Red Sox
94 Matty Alou -- San Francisco Giants
95 Pete Richert -- Washington Senators
96 Felipe Alou -- Atlanta Braves
97 Jim Merritt -- Minnesota Twins
98 Don Demeter -- Detroit Tigers
100 Sandy Koufax -- Los Angeles Dodgers
101a Checklist 89-176 -- #115 is Warren Spahn
101b Checklist 89-176 -- #115 is Bill Henry
102 Ed Kirkpatrick -- California Angels
103a Dick Groat -- no trade statement -- St. Louis Cardinals
103b Dick Groat -- with trade statement -- St. Louis Cardinals
104a Alex Johnson -- no trade statement -- Philadelphia Phillies
104b Alex Johnson -- with trade statement -- Philadelphia Phillies
105 Milt Pappas -- Baltimore Orioles
106 Rusty Staub -- Houston Astros
108 Bobby Klaus -- New York Mets
109 Ralph Terry -- Cleveland Indians
110 Ernie Banks -- Chicago Cubs
111 Gary Peters -- Chicago White Sox
112 Manny Mota -- Pittsburgh Pirates
116 Walt Alston -- Los Angeles Dodgers117 Jake Gibbs -- New York Yankees
119 Art Shamsky -- Cincinnati Reds
120 Harmon Killebrew -- Minnesota Twins
121 Ray Herbert -- Philadelphia Phillies
122 Joe Gaines -- Houston Astros
123 Pirates Rookies Bork, May -- Pittsburgh Pirates
125 Lou Brock -- St. Louis Cardinals126 Jim Palmer -- Baltimore Orioles
127 Ken Berry -- Chicago White Sox
130 Joe Torre -- Atlanta Braves
131 Angels Team -- California Angels
132 Orlando Cedpeda -- San Francisco Giants
134 Wes Parker -- Los Angeles Dodgers
135 Dave Morehead -- Boston Red Sox
136 Woody Held -- Baltimore Orioles
137 Pat Corrales -- St. Louis Cardinals
138 Roger Repoz -- New York Yankees
139 Cubs Rookies -- Browne, Young -- Chicago Cubs
140 Jim Maloney -- Cincinnati Reds
141 Tom McCraw -- Chicago White Sox
142 Don Dennis -- St. Louis Cardinals
143 Jose Tartabull -- Kansas City Athletics
144 Don Schwall -- Pittsburgh Pirates
146 George Altman -- Chicago Cubs
147 Lum Harris -- Houston Astros
148 Bob Johnson -- Baltimore Orioles
149 Dick Nen -- Washington Senators
150 Rocky Colavito -- Cleveland Indians
151 Gary Wagner -- Philadelphia Phillies
152 Frank Malzone -- California Angels
153 Rico Carty -- Atlanta Braves
155 Marcelino Lopez -- California Angels
156 Double Play Combo -- Lanier, Schofield -- San Francisco Giants
159 Chico Ruiz -- Cincinnati Reds
160 Whitey Ford -- New York Yankees
161 Jerry Lumpe -- Detroit Tigers
163 Tito Francona -- St. Louis Cardinals
164 White Sox Rookies -- Agee, Staehle -- Chicago White Sox
165 Don Lock -- Washington Senators
167 Boog Powell -- Baltimore Orioles
168 Dan Osinski -- Atlanta Braves
169 Duke Sims -- Cleveland Indians
170 Cookie Rojas -- Philadelphia Phillies
171 Nick Willhite -- Los Angeles Dodgers
172 Mets Team -- New York Mets
173 Al Spangler -- California Angels
175 Bert Campaneris -- Kansas City Athletics
176 Jim Davenport -- San Francisco Giants

Series 3 -- 13/88
177 Hector Lopez -- New York Yankees
178 Bob Tillman -- Boston Red Sox
179 Cardinals Rookies -- Aust, Tolan -- St. Louis Cardinals
180 Vada Pinson -- Cincinnati Reds
182 Jerry Lynch -- Pittsburgh Pirates
183a Checklist 177-264 -- large print on front
184b Checklist 177-264 -- small print on front
184 Denis Menke -- Atlanta Braves
185 Bob Buhl -- Chicago Cubs
186 Ruben Amaro -- New York Yankees
187 Chuck Dressen -- Detroit Tigers
189 John Roseboro -- Los Angeles Dodgers
190 Jimmie Hall -- Minnesota Twins
191 Darrell Sutherland -- New York Mets
192 Vic Power -- California Angels
193 Dave McNally -- Baltimore Orioles
194 Senators Team -- Washington Senators
195 Joe Morgan -- Houston Astros
196 Don Pavletich -- Cincinnati Reds
198 Mickey Stanley -- Detroit Tigers
199 ChiSox Sluggers -- Robinson, Romano, Skowron -- Chicago White Sox
200 Ed Mathews -- Atlanta Braves
201 Jim Dickson -- Kansas City Athletics
202 Clay Dalrymple -- Philadelphia Phillies
203 Jose Santiago -- Boston Red Sox
204 Cubs Team -- Chicago Cubs
205 Tom Tresh -- New York Yankees
206 Alvin Jackson -- St. Louis Cardinals
207 Frank Quilici -- Minnesota Twins
208 Bob Miller -- Los Angeles Dodgers
209 Tigers Rookies -- Fisher, Hiller -- Detroit Tigers
212 Ed Kranepool -- New York Mets
213 Fred Newman -- California Angels
215 NL Batting Leaders -- Aaron, Clemente, Mays
217 NL Home Run Leaders -- Mays, McCovey, Williams
218 AL Home Run Leaders -- Cash, Conigliaro, Horton
219 NL RBI Leaders -- Johnson, Mays, Robinson
220 AL RBI Leaders -- Colavito, Horton, Oliva
221 NL ERA Leaders -- Koufax, Law, Marichal
223 NL Pitching Leaders -- Cloninger, Drysdale, Koufax
225 NL Strikeout Leaders -- Gibson, Koufax, Veale
226 AL Strikeout Leaders -- Lolich, McDowell, McLain, Siebert
227 Russ Nixon -- Boston Red Sox
229 Hank Bauer -- Baltimore Orioles
230 Johnny Callison -- Philadelphia Phillies
231 Floyd Weaver -- Cleveland Indians
232 Glenn Becker -- Chicago Cubs
233 Dom Zanni -- Cincinnati Reds
234 Yankees Rookies -- Beck, White -- New York Yankees
235 Don Cardwell -- Pittsburgh Pirates
236 Mike Hershberger -- Kansas City Athletics
238 Dodgers Team -- Los Angeles Dodgers
239 Orlando Pena -- Detroit Tigers
240 Earl Batty -- Minnesota Twins
241 Dennis Ribant -- New York Mets
242 Jesus Alou -- San Francisco Giants
243 Nelson Briles -- St. Louis Cardinals
244 Astros Rookies -- Harrison, Jackson -- Houston Astros
245 John Buzhardt -- Chicago White Sox
246 Ed Bailey -- Chicago Cubs
247 Carl Warwick -- Baltimore Orioles
248 Pete Mikkelsen -- Pittsburgh Pirates
249 Bill Rigney -- California Angels
251 Ed Brinkman -- Washington Senators
252 Denver Lemaster -- Atlanta Braves
253 Don Wert -- Detroit Tigers
255 Willie Stargell -- Pittsburgh Pirates
256 Lew Krausse -- Kansas City Athletics
257 Jeff Torborg -- Los Angeles Dodgers
258 Dave Giusti -- Houston Astros
259 Red Sox Team -- Boston Red Sox
260 Bob Shaw -- San Francisco Giants
261 Ron Hansen -- Chicago White Sox
263 Tom Egan -- California Angels
264 Twins Rookies -- Kosco, Uhlaender -- Minnesota Twins

Series 4 -- 19/88
265 Stu Miller -- Baltimore Orioles
267 Joe Sparma -- Detroit Tigers
269 Don Heffner -- Cincinnati Reds
270 Claude Osteen -- Los Angeles Dodgers
271 Hal Lanier -- San Francisco Giants
272 Jack Baldschun -- Cincinnati Reds
274 Buster Narum -- Washington Senators
277 George Thomas -- Boston Red Sox
278 Calvin Koonce -- Chicago Cubs
279a Checklist 265-352 -- player's cap black
279b Checklist 265-352 -- player's cap red
280 Bob Knoop -- California Angels
281 Bruce Howard -- Chicago White Sox
282 Johnny Lewis -- New York Mets
283 Jim Perry -- Minnesota Twins
285 Luis Tiant -- Cleveland Indians
287 Jack Aker -- Kansas City Athletics
288 Dodgers Rookies -- Singer, Sutton -- Los Angeles Dodgers
289 Larry Sherry -- Detroit Tigers
290 Ron Santo -- Chicago Cubs
291 Moe Drabowsky -- Baltimore Orioles
293 Mike Shannon -- St. Louis Cardinals
294 Steve Ridzik -- Washington Senators
295 Jim Hart -- San Francisco Giants
296 Johnny Keane -- New York Yankees
297 Jim Owens -- Houston Astros
298 Rico Petrocelli -- Boston Red Sox
299 Lou Burdette -- California Angels
300 Bob Clemente -- Pittsburgh Pirates
301 Greg Bollo -- Chicago White Sox
302 Ernie Bowman -- New York Mets
303 Indians Team -- Cleveland Indians
304 John Herrnstein -- Philadelphia Phillies
305 Camilo Pascual -- Minnesota Twins
306 Ty Cline -- Chicago Cubs
308 Tom Haller -- San Francisco Giants
309 Diego Segui -- Kansas City Athletics
310 Frank Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
311 Reds Rookies -- Helms, Simpson -- Cincinnati Reds
312 Bob Saverine -- Washington Senators
313 Chris Zachary -- Houston Astros
314 Hector Valle -- Los Angeles Dodgers
315 Norm Cash -- Detroit Tigers
316 Jack Fisher -- New York Mets
319 Gene Freese -- Chicago White Sox
320 Bob Gibson -- St. Louis Cardinals
323 Ray Barker -- New York Yankees
324 John Boozer -- Philadelphia Phillies
325 Vic Davalillo -- Cleveland Indians
327 Bernie Allen -- Minnesota Twins
329 Pete Charton -- Boston Red Sox 330 Ron Fairly -- Los Angeles Dodgers
331 Ron Herbel -- San Francisco Giants
332 Billy Bryan -- Kansas City Athletics
333 Senators Rookies -- Coleman, French -- Washington Senators
334 Marty Keough -- Cincinnati Reds
336 Gene Alley -- Pittsburgh Pirates
337 Fred Gladding -- Detroit Tigers
338 Dal Maxvill -- St. Louis Cardinals
339 Del Crandall -- Cleveland Indians
340 Dean Chance -- California Angels
341 Wes Westrum -- New York Mets
342 Bob Humphreys -- Chicago Cubs
344 Steve Blass -- Pittsburgh Pirates
345 Bob Allison -- Minnesota Twins
346 Mike DeLaHoz -- Atlanta Braves
349 Cap Peterson -- San Francisco Giants
350 Mel Stottlemyre -- New York Yankees
351 Fred Valentine -- Washington Senators
352 Bob Aspromonte -- Houston Astros

Series 5 -- 12/77
353 Al McBean -- Pittsburgh Pirates
354 Smoky Burgess -- Chicago White Sox
355 Wade Blasingame -- Atlanta Braves
356 Red Sox Rookies -- Johnson, Sanders -- Boston Red Sox
357 Gerry Arrigo -- Cincinnati Reds
358 Charlie Smith -- St. Louis Cardinals
359 Johnny Briggs -- Philadelphia Phillies
360 Ron Hunt -- New York Mets
362 Gates Brown -- Detroit Tigers
363 Checklist 353-429.
365 Roger Maris -- New York Yankees
366 Wayne Causey -- Kansas City Athletics
367 Mel Nelson -- Minnesota Twins
368 Charlie Lau -- Baltimore Orioles
369 Jim King -- Washington Senators
370 Chico Cardenas -- Cincinnati Reds
371 Lee Strange -- Cleveland Indians
372 Harvey Kuenn -- Chicago Cubs
373 Giants Rookies -- Estelle, Hiatt -- San Francisco Giants
374 Bob Locker -- Chicago White Sox
375 Donn Clendenon -- Pittsburgh Pirates
377 Turk Farrell -- Houston Astros
379 Cardinals Team -- St. Louis Cardinals
380 Tony Conigliaro -- Boston Red Sox
381 Hank Fischer -- Atlanta Braves
382 Phil Roof -- Kansas City Athletics
383 Jackie Brandt -- Philadelphia Phillies
384 Al Downing -- New York Yankees
385 Ken Boyer -- New York Mets
387 Howie Reed -- Los Angeles Dodgers
389 Jim O'Toole -- Cincinnati Reds
390 Brooks Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
391 Chuck Hinton -- Cleveland Indians
392 Cubs Rookies -- Hands, Hundley -- Chicago Cubs
393 George Brunet -- California Angels
394 Ron Brand -- Houston Astros
395 Len Gabrielson -- San Francisco Giants
396 Jerry Stephenson -- Boston Red Sox
397 Bill White -- Philadelphia Phillies
398 Danny Cater -- Chicago White Sox
399 Ray Washburn -- St. Louis Cardinals
400 Zoilo Versalles -- Minnesota Twins
402 Jim Hickman -- New York Mets
403 Fred Talbot -- Kansas City Athletics
404 Pirates Team -- Pittsburgh Pirates
405 Elston Howard -- New York Yankees
406 Joe Jay -- Cincinnati Reds
407 John Kennedy -- Los Angeles Dodgers
408 Lee Thomas -- Atlanta Braves
409 Billy Hoeft -- Chicago Cubs
410 Al Kaline -- Detroit Tigers
411 Gene Mauch -- Philadelphia Phillies
412 Sam Bowens -- Baltimore Orioles
413 John Romano -- Chicago White Sox
414 Dan Coombs -- Houston Astros
417 Angels Rookies -- McGlothlin, Sukla -- California Angels
418 Phil Gagliano -- St. Louis Cardinals
421 Roy McMillan -- New York Mets
422 Ed Charles -- Kansas City Athletics
423 Ernie Broglio -- Chicago Cubs
424 Reds Rookies -- May, Osteen -- Cincinnati Reds
426 White Sox Team -- Chicago White Sox
427 John Miller -- Baltimore Orioles
428 Sandy Alomar -- Atlanta Braves
429 Bill Monbouquette -- Detroit Tigers

Series 6 -- 12/77
431 Walt Bond -- Houston Astros
432 Bob Heffner -- Cleveland Indians
433 Alvin Dark -- Kansas City Athletics
435 Jim Bunning -- Philadelphia Phillies
436 Julian Javier -- St. Louis Cardinals
438 Willie Smith -- California Angels
440 Deron Johnson -- Cincinnati Reds
441 Tommie Sisk -- Pittsburgh Pirates
442 Orioles Rookies -- Barnowski, Watt -- Baltimore Orioles
444a Checklist 430-506 -- #456 is R. Sox Rookies
444b Checklist 430-506 -- #456 is Red Sox Rookies
446 Mack Jones -- Atlanta Braves
447 Dick Ellsworth -- photo actually Ken Hubbs -- Chicago Cubs
448 Eddie Stanky -- Chicago White Sox
449 Joe Moeller -- Los Angeles Dodgers
450 Tony Oliva -- Minnesota Twins
452 Joe Azcue -- Cleveland Indians
453 Ron Kline -- Washington Senators
454 Jerry Buchek -- St. Louis Cardinals
456 Red Sox Rookies -- Brandon, Foy -- Boston Red Sox
457 Joe Gibbon -- San Francisco Giants
458 Manny Jimenez (Jimenez) -- Kansas City Athletics
459 Bill McCool -- Cincinnati Reds
460 Curt Blefary -- Baltimore Orioles
461 Roy Face -- Pittsburgh Pirates
462 Bob Rodgers -- California Angels
463 Phillies Team -- Philadelphia Phillies
464 Larry Bearnarth -- New York Mets
465 Don Buford -- Chicago White Sox
466 Ken Johnson -- Milwaukee Braves
467 Vic Roznovsky -- Baltimore Orioles
468 Johnny Podres -- Los Angeles Dodgers
469 Yankees Rookies -- Murcer, Womack -- New York Yankees
470 Sam McDowell -- Cleveland Indians
471 Bob Skinner -- St. Louis Cardinals
473 Rich Rollins -- Minnesota Twins
474 Dick Schofield -- San Francisco Giants
475 Dick Radatz -- Boston Red Sox
477 Steve Barber -- Baltimore Orioles
478 Tony Gonzalez -- Philadelphia Phillies
479 Jim Hannan -- Washington Senators
480 Dick Stuart -- New York Mets
481 Bob Lee -- California Angels
482 Cubs Rookies -- Boccabella, Dowling -- Chicago Cubs
483 Joe Nuxhall -- Cincinnati Reds
484 Wes Covington -- Chicago Cubs
485 Bob Bailey -- Pittsburgh Pirates
487 Al Ferrara -- Los Angeles Dodgers
488 George Banks -- Cleveland Indians
489 Curt Simmons -- St. Louis Cardinals
490 Bobby Richardson -- New York Yankees
491 Dennis Bennett -- Boston Red Sox
492 A's Team -- Kansas City Athletics
493 Johnny Klippstein -- Minnesota Twins
494 Gordon Coleman -- Cincinnati Reds
495 Dick McAuliffe -- Detroit Tigers
496 Lindy McDaniel -- San Francisco Giants
497 Chris Cannizzaro -- Atlanta Braves
498 Pirates Rookies -- Fryman, Walker -- Pittsburgh Pirates
499 Wally Bunker -- Baltimore Orioles
500 Hank Aaron -- Atlanta Braves
502 Lenny Green -- Boston Red Sox
503 Steve Hamilton -- New York Yankees
504 Grady Hatton -- Houston Astros
505 Jose Cardenal -- California Angels
506 Bo Belinsky -- Philadelphia Phillies

Series 7 -- 5/92
507 John Edwards -- Cincinnati Reds
509 Jake Wood -- Detroit Tigers
510 Hoyt Wilhelm -- Chicago White Sox
511 Giants Rookes -- Barton, Fuentes -- San Francisco Giants
512 Dick Stigman -- Minnesota Twins
513 Camilo Carreon -- Baltimore Orioles
514 Hal Woodeshick -- St. Louis Cardinals
515 Frank Howard -- Washington Senators
517a Checklist 507-598 -- #529 is W. Sox Rookies
517b Checklist 507-598 -- #529 is White Sox Rookies
518 Braves Rookies -- Hippauf, Umbach -- Atlanta Braves
519 Bob Friend -- New York Yankees
520 Jim Wynn -- Houston Astros
521 John Wyatt -- Kansas City Athletics
522 Phil Linz -- Philadelphia Phillies
523 Bob Sadowski -- Boston Red Sox
524 Giants Rookies -- Brown, Mason -- San Francisco Giants
525 Gary Bell -- Cleveland Indians
526 Twins Team -- Minnesota Twins
529 White Sox Rookies -- Elia, Higgins, Voss -- Chicago White Sox
530 Robin Roberts -- Houston Astros
531 Joe Cunningham -- Washington Senators
532 Aurelio Monteagudo -- Kansas City Athletics
533 Jerry Adair -- Baltimore Orioles
534 Mets Rookies -- Eilers, Gardner -- New York Mets
535 Willie Davis -- Los Angeles Dodgers
536 Dick Egan -- California Angels
537 Herman Franks -- San Francisco Giants
538 Bob Allen -- Cleveland Indians
539 Astros Rookies -- Heath, Sembera -- Houston Astros
540 Denny McLain -- Detroit Tigers
541 Gene Oliver -- Atlanta Braves
542 George Smith -- Boston Red Sox
543 Roger Craig -- Philadelphia Phillies
544 Cardinals Rookies -- Hoerner, Kernek, Williams -- St. Louis Cardinals
545 Dick Green -- Kansas City Athletics
546 Dwight Siebler -- Minnesota Twins
547 Horace Clarke -- New York Yankees
548 Gary Kroll -- Houston Astros
549 Senators Rookies -- Closter, Cox -- Washington Senators
550 Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants
551 Bob Purkey -- Pittsburgh Pirates
552 Birdie Tebbetts -- Cleveland Indians
553 Major League Rookies -- Garrett, Warner
554 Jim Northrup -- Detroit Tigers
555 Ron Perranoski -- Los Angeles Dodgers
556 Mel Queen -- Cincinnati Reds
557 Felix Mantilla -- Houston Astros
558 Red Sox Rookies -- Grilli, Magrini, Scott -- Boston Red Sox
559 Roberto Pena -- Chicago Cubs
560 Joel Horlen -- Chicago White Sox
561 Choo Choo Coleman -- New York Mets
562 Russ Snyder -- Baltimore Orioles
563 Twins Rookies -- Cimino, Tovar -- Minnesota Twins
564 Bob Chance -- Washington Senators
565 Jimmy Piersall -- California Angels
566 Mike Cuellar -- Houston Astros
567 Dick Howser -- Cleveland Indians
568 Athletics Rookies -- Lindblad, Stone -- Kansas City Athletics
569 Orlando McFarlane -- Detroit Tigers
570 Art Mahaffey -- St. Louis Cardinals
571 Dave Roberts -- Pittsburgh Pirates
572 Bob Priddy -- San Francisco Giants
573 Derrell Griffith -- Los Angeles Dodgers
574 Mets Rookies -- Hepler, Murphy -- New York Mets
576 Dave Nicholson -- Houston Astros
577 Jack Lamabe -- Chicago White Sox
578 Chi Chi Olivo -- Atlanta Braves
579 Orioles Rookies -- Bertaina, Brabender, Johnson -- Baltimore Orioles
580 Billy Williams -- Chicago Cubs
581 Tony Martinez -- Cleveland Indians
582 Garry Roggenburk -- Minnesota Twins
583 Tigers Team -- Detroit Tigers
584 Yankees Rookies -- Fernandez, Peterson -- New York Yankees
585 Tony Taylor -- Philadelphia Phillies
586 Claude Raymond -- Houston Astros
587 Dick Bertell -- San Francisco Giants
588 Atletics Rookies -- Dobson, Suarez -- Kansas City Athletics
589 Lou Klimchock -- New York Mets
590 Bill Skowron -- Chicago White Sox
591 National League Rookies -- Jackson, Shirley
592 Andre Rodgers -- Pittsburgh Pirates
593 Doug Camilli -- Washington Senators
594 Chico Salmon -- Cleveland Indians
595 Larry Jackson -- Philadelphia Phillies
596 Astros Rookies -- Colbert, Sims -- Houston Astros
597 John Sullivan -- Detroit Tigers
598 Gaylord Perry -- San Francisco Giants

Random Vintage Brave #3

How the hell do you give up 17 runs to the Padres?? And what's up with the Tuesday off days? Oy. I need a vintage Brave, stat.

I'm not a big fan of 1966 Topps. The design is boring, the pink backs are ugly, and the whole set looks kind of cheap.  Braves cards are even worse. Each team gets their own color for the team and name bars and the Braves got stuck with lavender. 1966 is the Braves' first year in Atlanta - which is cool - but as a result just about every single Brave card until you get to the high series is hatless. Well, other than the Eddie Mathews which has one of the most butchered logo airbrush jobs in history. So by the time you get to good looking cards with A's on the hat they are all scarce and expensive as hell. Twenty bucks for a Chi Chi Oliva card? no thanks.

Clay Caroll's perfectly triangular head with the surf's up wave in the hairdo makes up for '66 Topps' shortfalls. The only way this card could be better is if I could see the hot chick that Clay is scoping out to his left. Take a gander at Clay's expression. There's no way he's not engaging in some 'beaver shooting' as Jim Bouton so delicately put it. Hopefully the Bravos can go out to the beach and get a little target practice of their own in to take their mind off of that travesty yesterday.

The Lost Box of Total Awesomeness - ¿Qué?

Ok, after long last we have truly stepped in the realm of TOTALLY FREAKING AWESOME. This is the part of the movie where Danny putts, the Sta-Puft Marshmallow man shows up, Han Solo swoops in and shoots Vader's ship and the evil nazi dude opens the ark. We have now reached the portion of the box with...

OLD TOPPS CARDS

Yeaaaaaaaah boooooooooy! You thought I was blowing smoke up yer arse with all this awesome talk eh? See, I told you this box was awesome. There are no less than 53 cards in the box from the years 1959 to 1968. Finding just that right there, without all the other stuff in there too, is undeniably grade-A certified Total Awesome.

Here's how I got all the cards in this post. Back in 1987, I got a birthday gift from my aunt. The gift was two tapes; The Joshua Tree by U2, and Elton John's Greatest Hits. She got the U2 because the guy at the store said that's what teenage boys were listening to then, and Elton John was her favorite artist. Let's just say I was not entirely interested in these musical choices. I didn't start liking U2 until college and Elton, um, I wasn't really into the "Sad Songs Say So Much" era of Elton. I took them back to the mall to trade them in for some Weird Al or maybe a George Carlin tape and lo and behold, there was a card show that day! Forget music, I wanted cards. I return them both and get 25 bucks in my greedy little hands. I go out to check out the tables and this guy comes up out of nowhere and offers me a 1953 Jackie Robinson card for 25 bucks. I turned him down and he want away, never to be seen again. This is one of the great regrets in my life. In my defense, he wasn't a seller at the show, just some guy. For all I knew he had just pilfered the card off a table and if I had bought it I could have been thrown in the pokey for being a card thief. Besides, I only had three bucks in my pocket and I wanted to check out all the tables. Really, scrounging around the cards at every single table is the true joy of going to a card show. So I turned him down. I missed out on a 1953 Jackie Robinson card. I am such an idiot.

Anyway, ennui aside, I now had free reign to look around at all the tables. One guy had 100 count plastic boxes filled with cards for a couple of bucks each. This is my kind of deal. I looked at every one of them, most were filled with cards from the '80s but there was one Dodgers box that had an older card on top. I recognized it was from the '60s and there apopeared to be more of them in the box. I grabbed it along with a couple more of those boxes and paid the man. I also found a few cards here and there, maybe even some packs and blew threw my birthday money at the show. A big pile of cards was much better than one Jackie Robinson card* which was a hell of a lot better than a couple of tapes. Here are the old cards from that box.

Six 1962 Topps cards

#11 Tom Morgan - This is the only LA Angel in this post. I'm not sure how he was able to sneak into the Dodgers box.

#32 John Roseboro - Al all-Star cather for the Dodgers, he's best remembered nowadays for his fight with Juan Marichal.


#108 Willie Davis - Longtime Dodger center fielder who had speed and power.

#175 Frank Howard - He is remembered more for being the Washington Senators' slugging All-Star, but Frank started his career with the Dodgers.

#190 Wally Moon - A charter member of the National Eyebrows Hall of Fame. Oh, he could hit a ton, too.

The 1962 sets is one of the great ones and these are some really solid Dodger players from that set. Let's check out the cartoon on the back of Wally's card:

Sera.. Sera... SE FUE!

Wait, what???

That's Spanish! These cards are in Spanish! What the hell is going on around here?

Did you know that in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967 and 1968 Topps made cards for sale in Venezuela?

Well you do now. All the old cards from the '60s in that grab box were Venezuelan issues. I guess the dealer thought he was pulling a fast one by fooling me with these oddball cards instead of the real things. Boy, was I a dope! Of course nowadays these cards are much much harder to find than the regular 1962s and they book for about 10 times more than a common card. Here's another back:

Aww, these cards were owned by Oswaldo. Thanks Ozzie, I've taken good care of your cards. Except for the whole "losing them in the basement for 10 years" thing. Here's some more Venezuelan cards:

Fourteen 1964 Topps Venezuela cards

#14 Dick Nen & Nick Willhite Rookie stars - Nen played 6 seasons for a .224 career batting average, Willhite pitched 4 years and ended up with a 6-12 record.

#51 Pete Richert - Pete hung around the league as a reliever long enough to win a World Series with Baltimore in 1970.

#101 Walt Alston - Hall of Fame manager for Dem Bums won 4 World Series including the only one in Brooklyn.

#137 - 1963 World Series Game 2 - Willie Davis hits a 2 run double in the first inning at Yankee Stadium, which is all the Dodgers needed that day.

#138 - 1963 World Series Game 3 - Jim Bouton and Don Drysdale have an epic pitching battle as the Dodgers win 1-0.

#140 World Series Champs - A recap of the Dodgers' sweep of the Yanks.

#214 Ken McMullen - Ken wasn't a great third baseman, but he was good enough to play for 16 years.

#291 Phil Ortega - The Dodgers must have had a special one way flight from LA to Washington, because this is the third or fourth player in this group who played for both the Dodgers and the Senators.

#353 Wally Moon - Just. Look. At. Those. Beautiful. EYEBROWS!!! They're like Groucho Marx, Frank Zappa and Brooke Shields all rolled into one!

The 1962 set was the only Venezuelan product that was printed in Spanish. 1964 Venezuela is easily differentiated from the American set by the back:

Instead of having a pink back, the cards are printed in black and white. Instead of a scratch off answer to a trivia question, the answers are printed in red:

Oddly enough it still has instructions to rub a coin over the answer to reveal. This is a neat way to see the answers to the questions without scratching up all your old '64 cards. These were the cards that really freaked me out when I opened the grab box. I didn't even notice the Spanish at first but it's impossible to mistake black the black backs. I thought I had gotten robbed at first and had gotten counterfeit cards, but the Spanish on the '62s tipped me off that these were some oddball issue. There's one more set of Venezuelan cards to show off:

Two 1962 Topps Venezuela cards

#13 Lou Johnson - I only got Lou from the '66 set. This set is really tricky. Check out the back:

This is the big difference between the 1966 American and Venezuelan sets: No gloss on the front and the ink on the back is a little bit darker. That's it. Other than that they are identical other than the 15x book prices. If I hadn't gotten the other ones in the box that were obviously not normal I would never have noticed these. So of you have any weird looking '66 cards that are dark with no gloss you might have a Venezuelan card.

If there are any hard core Dodger collectors or aficionados of Venezuelan cards out there I do have a few doubles I could trade. If you offer me something I need from here, I'll be all ears. I'm probably never going to see another one of these cards as long as I live though, so super serious collectors only.

So was that Awesome enough for you? Was that the Awesomest? YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET! I have something coming up for you that will amaze and astound you. But first, a few cards to warm you up. Up Next - SIXTIES ODDBALLS.

* OH I AM SUCH A FOOL