Mini-bipped by gcrl

Here's another one card trade post for you, I've added a mini-bipping that coincidentally occured for Thorzul's amusement.

gcrl traded Mario of  Wax Heaven fame a whole bunch of Luis Polonia cards and in return got some Tristar Obak in return. I coveted the Gene Conley auto since I first saw it on Wax Heaven so I offered him a Maury Wills auto for it. Jim accepted the offer and sent the Obaks plus a whole mess of Braves in return. There are at least two other posts I can pull out of that box, but it's Sunday, I'm tired from work, I'm sick as a dog and I'm gonna be lazy and do the easy post.

Goudey 1935 4-in-1 Braves blue parallel

I'm not a big fan of '09 Goudey in general, but this one insert set makes up for the rest of the mediocrity of that set. I would have given Democratic Roadkill a healthy chunk of my set, but someone beat me to it and filled up his wantlist. The 4-in-1s I like though. The original 1935 Goudey set basically took images from the original 1933 Goudey set, shrunk them down and put them four to a card more or less grouped by teams. One of the Braves' cards from that set has Babe Ruth as one of the subjects, commemorating his brief stint with Boston to finish his career. This card here has a nice group of Braves (and ex-Braves) on the card.

Chipper Jones - Face of the Franchise, so recognizable as a Brave that if you put Babe Ruth in a red home alternate jersey, 99.9% of humanity thinks it's Chipper. The other .1% don't follow baseball and Babe Ruth is the only ballplayer they can think of. Chipper is nearing the end of his career, and there's a lot of worry in BravesLand that he might not be able to produce like he once did in '10. I think he can still be at the very least a 20 homer, 85 RBI .290 hitter for two or three more years,but I'm a homer.

Jeff Francouer - Mr. Natural, Hometown Hero, The Lilburn Flash, fan favorite, makes all the girlies swoon, chicks wearing #7 jerseys all over the ballpark and forcing their boyfirends to do the same. And he got traded to the Mets for a guy we DFA'd . How could this happen? Well, he forgot how to hit for one thing. Or just never knew how to in the first place. He's had some success up in New York, we'll see this year if he can build on that or if the clock strikes 12 and he turns back into a pumpkin.

Kelly Johnson - The guy sure knows how to hit, it was finding a position for him that was the problem. The Braves stuck him out in left field for a season, then moved him to second base when Marcus Giles was abducted by aliens. He was a good, patient (if not too patient) hitter but when the injury big bit in 2009, Martin Prado stepped in and Wally Pipped him all the way to Arizona.

Brian McCann - Chipper's heir apparant as Mr. Brave, the best catcher in the National League, an All-Star every full full season in the bigs, quite a handsome devil, always kind to animals, a gentleman and a scholar, flosses twice a day, loves his mother and a hell of a dancer.

Not a bad lineup for a Braves fan like myself. gcrl also inadvertantly mini-bipped me in the package:

There were only three Glavines and Jim didn't insult my manhood while bipping me as is the custom, but I thought it was notable. Thanks Jim!

2009 Goudey 4-in-1 Checklist

Like the short prints, I couldn't find a checklist for the 1935 4-in-1 insert set anywhere. Or, more accurately, I can't find any checklists for any '09 Goudey anywhere. I had to put together this checklist by hand by searching for 4-in-1 auctions on eBay and typing out who was on each card. Yeah, I probably could have navigated through Beckett or Upper Deck's byzantine websites for the checklist, but that would have been far more frustrating. Besides, you learn things on eBay.

The set is 100 cards and is differentiated from the main set by the numbering which includes the "35" year number as a prefix. The original 1935 set can be found with blue and red borders. Upper Deck takes this a bit further and has four different border flavors. The most common border color appears to be red. Blue borders are more scarce than red, but are still fairly plentiful. Green bordered cards (which weren't in the '35 set) seem to be a lot tougher than either red or blue, but aren't serial numbered. Finally there are black bordered cards numbered to 21 copies. Obviously, these are the toughest. Thankfully there are no white or gold or plaid bordered cards numbered to single digits that I could find in my searches.

The cards are inserted 1:2 hobby packs according to the sell sheet. I'm not sure what the idds are in retail packs, but I've getten 4 packs and pulled 2 4-in1s so it's not much different most likely. I looked around for some box breaks to see what was actually coming out of hobby boxes and found a couple that listed the 4-in-1s. Here's breaks from Saints of the Cheap Seats and here's some guy on a forum. Interestingly, both boxes had 9 red borders, 2 blue borders and 1 green bordered cards. Since there's 18 cards in a box, the chances of pulling a 4-in-1 are a little better than 1:2 if this ratio holds up over the whole release. Odds would be 1:2 for red, 1:9 for blue and 1:18 for green. Collectors frustrated over yet another needless parallel should take heart in the fact that vintage Goudey collectors pretty much ignore the border color of the '35 set and consider it complete when all thirty six cards are found. Maniacs advanced collectors can still feel free to collect the 400 card master rainbow parallel set if they choose.


35-1 Sparky Lyle, Phil Niekro, Johnny Bench, Reggie Jackson
35-2 Ryan Ludwick, Ozzie Smith, Albert Pujols, Bob Gibson
35-3 Bob Gibson, Jake Peavy, Tim Lincecum, Josh Beckett
35-4 Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Reyes, Carl Crawford, Brian Roberts
35-5 Derek Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra
35-6 Whitey Ford, Derek Jeter, Yogi Berra, Alex Rodriguez
35-7 Whitey Ford, Alex Rodriguez, Chien Ming-Wang, Derek Jeter
35-8 Brooks Robinson, Ichiro, Grady Sizemore, Josh Hamilton
35-9 Carl Crawford, Alex Rios Johnny Damon, Jacoby Ellsbury
35-10 Nolan Ryan, Scott Kazmir, Clayton Kershaw, Josh Beckett
35-11 Andre Ethier, Kirk Gibson, Russell Martin, Clayton Kershaw
35-12 Mike Schmidt, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey
35-13 Dan Haren, Stephen Drew, Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez
35-14 Gaylord Perry, Jack Morris, Jim Palmer, Rollie Fingers
35-15 Jonathan Papelbon, Joakim Soria, Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera
35-16 Ryne Sandberg, Chase Utley, Dan Uggle, Ian Kinsler
35-17 Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Carlos Zambrano, Alfonso Soriano
35-18 Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith, Derek Jeter, Hanley Ramirez
35-19 Cal Ripken, Jim Palmer, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis
35-20 Johnny Bench, Dave Concepcion, Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce
35-21 Shane Victorino, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Mike Schmidt
35-22 Ron Santo, Ryne Sandberg, Aramis Ramirez, Derrek Lee
35-23 Robin Yoiunt, Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Yovanni Gallardo
35-24 Chien Ming-Wang, Derek Jeter, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes
35-25 Cal Ripken, Ozzie Smith, Derek Jeter, Jose Reyes
35-26 Brian McCann, Chipper Jones, Tim Hudson, Kelly Johnson
35-27 Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Joe Mauer, Brian McCann
35-28 Jim Palmer, Nolan Ryan, Gaylord Perry, Bob Gibson
35-29 Mike Schmidt, Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, Robin Yount
35-30 Albert Pujols, Rick Ankiel, Tropy Glaus, Ryan Ludwick
35-31 Matt Holliday, Ryan Braun, Jason Bay, Carlos Quentin
35-32 Johan Santana, Cole Hamels, Scott Kazmir, CC Sabathia
35-33 Tim Lincecum, Edinson Volquez, Clayton Kershaw, Rich Harden
35-34 Dustin Pedroia, Brian Roberts, Ian Kinsler, Howie Kendrick
35-35 BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford
35-36 Josh Hamilton Justin Morneau, Prince Fielder, Ryan Howard
35-37 Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, Curtis Granderson, Carlos Guillen
35-38 Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollis, Hanley Ramirez, Christian Guzman
35-39 Matt Kemp, Russell Martin, Rafael Furcal, Andre Ethier
35-40 Ichiro, Matt Tuiasosopo, Felix Hernandez, Eric Bedard
35-41 Bobby Crosby, Jack Cust, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain
35-42 Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Johan Santana, David Wright
35-43 Matt Holiday, Ryan Braun, Charles Quentin, and Jason Bay
35-44 Howie Kendrick, Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter, Chone Figgins
35-45 Scott Kazmir, James Shields, Evan Longoria, David Price
35-46 Albert Pujols, Derrek Lee, Lance Berkman, Prince Fielder
35-47 Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard
35-48 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson
35-49 Joakim Soria, Jonathan Papelbon, Brad Lidge, Kerry Wood
35-50 Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis
35-51 John Lackey, Jared Weaver, Felix Hernandez, Eric Bedard
35-52 Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Michael Young, Marlon Byrd
35-53 Grady Sizemore, Travis Hafner, Victor Martinez, Kelly Shoppach
35-54 Chipper Jones, Jeff Francoeur, Kelly Johnson, Brian McCann
35-55 Chipper Jones, David Wright, Garrett Atkins, Aramis Ramirez
35-56 Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Geovany Soto, Ryan Doumit
35-57 Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, Bill Hall, JJ Hardy
35-58 Jeff Baisley, Jack Cust, Kurt Suzuki, Bobby Crosby
35-59 Chien Ming-Wang, Mariano Rivera, Joba Chamberlain, Ian Kennedy
35-60 Joba Chamberlain, Rich Harden, Tim Lincecum, Justin Verlander
35-61 Vladimir Guerrero, John Lackey, Clayton Kershaw, Andre Ethier
35-62 David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, BJ Upton, John Maine
35-63 Ichiro, BJ Upton, Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore
35-64 Carlos Beltran, Lance Berkman, Jimmy Rollins, Chipper Jones
35-65 Roy Halliday, Travis Snider, Alex Rios, Vernon Wells
35-66 Carlos Zambrano, Rich HArden, Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto
35-67 David Ortiz, Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder, Jason Giambi
35-68 Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain, Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson
35-69 Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Francisco Liriano, Joe Nathan
35-70 Evan Longoria, Alexi Ramirez, Geovany Soto, Jay Bruce
35-71 Ryan Howard, Josh Hamilton, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera
35-72 Clayton Kershaw, Rafael Furcal, Adrian Gonzalez, Chris Young
35-73 Alfonso Soriano, Derrek Lee, Geovany Soto, Aramis Ramirez
35-74 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Chien Ming-Wang, Ichiro, Kosuke Fukudome
35-75 Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, Tom Glavine, Andy Pettitte
35-76 Ken Griffey, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Carlos Quentin
35-77 Francisco Liriano, David Price, Cole Hamels, Clayton Kershaw
35-78 Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer, Denard Span, Delmon Young
35-79 Carlos Beltran, Carlos Lee, Carlos Quentin, Carlos Guillen
35-80 Travis Hafner, Magglio Ordonez, Hanley Ramirez, Jermaine Dye
35-81 Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Felix Hernandez, Ichiro
35-82 Jack Cust, Kurt Suzuki, Johnny Cueto, Jay Bruce
35-83 Denard Span, Adam Jones, Fowler, Alexi Ramirez
35-84 Dustin Pedroia, Jed Lowrie, Clay Buchholz, Justin Masterson
35-85 Alex Rodriguez, David Wright, Evan Longoria, Aramis Ramirez
35-86 Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez
35-87 Brian McCann, Ryan Doumit, Russell Martin, Joe Mauer
35-88 Manny Ramirez, Joe Nathan, Brad Lidge, Albert Pujols
35-89 Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee, Miguel Tejada, Roy Oswalt
35-90 Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Joba Chamberlain
35-91 Carlos Zambrano, Randy Johnson, Roy Halliday, Tim Hudson
35-92 Jim Thome, Jermaine Dye, Alexi Ramirez, Carlos Quentin
35-93 Nate McLouth, Jay Bruce, Lance Berkman, Rick Ankiel
35-94 Jeff Francoeur, Rich Ankiel, Ichiro, Nick Markakis
35-95 BJ Upton, Lastings Milledge, Chris Young, Matt Kemp
35-96 Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Dustin Pedroia, Tim Lincecum
35-97 Jose Reyes, David Wright, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter
35-98 Michael Young, Ian Kinsler, Alexi Ramirez, Dan Uggla
35-99 Michael Bowden, Dexter Fowler, Travis Snider, Matt Antonelli
35-100 Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Carlton Fisk, Josh Beckett