September Vintage Card Show - Random Crap - Willie

I don't feel like writing tonight so I'm just going to show you my Willie

It's a small Willie and kinda off centered. No color either. But it's glossy! Glossy shiny Willie.

Also a little rough around the edges. Deckled Willie. One of these days I'm going to make a concerted push to complete one or more of these ridiculously common '60s insert sets.

Today is not that day.

But I do like mah Willie.

Traveling box loot

White Sox Cards' post on what he picked up from the Traveling Card Box of Awesomeness reminded me that I haven't done my post on that yet. And I was the first one to get the box! I am a bad blogger. What is the Traveling Box? It's a little project Bad Wax put together. A group of collectors all donate some good cards that they don't need and/or want. All the cards get put in a box and shipped around the country to various collectors who take out cards they want and replace them with cards of equal value. There was a ton of great stuff in the box but I limited myself to 5 cards and I let my son pick out one for himself. Here's my loot:

This is actually my son's loot. I allowed him to choose one for himself and he went with the Orioles' hat logo card of Jim Palmer. He almost snagged Steve's Frank Thomas/Jeff Bagwell/Carlos Delgado triple relic but opted for the Manu-Patch instead. I was relieved because I wasn't entirely sure what I could replace that one with.

First pickup out of the box was a 1969 Joe Niekro card I needed for my 'set'. I'm not really working on the 1969 Topps set and I probably never will, but I attacked the vintage in this box with great ferocity. If I didn't have it before, I had it now.

Next up is a 1971 Topps card of Barry's pop. 1971 Topps I will most likely end up collecting in full force as soon as my 1972 set is complete through at least series 4. I'm actually pretty close to completing Series 1.

1960 Topps is another of my favorite sets so I had to pick up the Ashburn. Richie Ashburn on the Cubs is a tad odd. Also odd is that I picked up more Cubs cards out of the box than Braves cards. Yes, I even left Braves in the box. I tried to replace relic with relic, vintage with vintage, etc. but this one I couldn't find a good match so I snuck in a nice Cub card as a replacement.

Ah, now we're in serious card territory. All cards were ranked in tiers, $5-10, $10-15, $15-20 and so on. I don't remember the exact tier of this card but it was in the next to highest tier worth of cards in the box. I have an accidentally good collection of Al Kaline cards as my mother brought me back a 9-pocket page full of vintage Kalines from a business trip when I was a kid. I did not have the '59 already, so this was good luck.

Ok now the doozy:

Amidst the vintage a 2012 card appears! So. I love Yogi Berra. He's right up there with Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Hicks and Pinkie Pie as far as personal spiritual gurus go for me. I also like old coins, especially silver ones. I saw this and thought I MUST HAZ. So I did. I had to pony up a fairly serious card to get it but I think I left the box in better shape than I found it.

I also snagged this custom card of a 1976 Topps Dale Murphy card. There were three custom cards in there but they weren't on the main card list for the box. I left two sketch cards in the box in exchange for this one. One silly, one mostly not silly.

We were instructed not to give away what cards were added to the box so the suspense would be greater. I scanned all of 'em anyway and I'm going to cheat a bit by showing off a little teaser of the stuff I put in the box. I hope I'm not kicked out of the rotation! Two cards I put in the box were picked up in this haul so at least the peeps like my stuff.

1969 Topps Braves Team Set

When I was updating my Braves Vintage want list the other day I realized that I apparently have never shown off my completed 1969 Topps braves team set. I am not entirely certain how this has not been posted before, but I can't seem to find it in my post archive. I suppose I could have labeled it poorly. If anyone wants to go through my 3000+ posts to check, feel free. In the meantime, I scanned it again for your Friday viewing pleasure.

In other news, even though I will never have time to play it, I really, really, reaaaally want to buy Skyrim now. Yay!

Via.

Transmogrified into being: My two Dicks

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a very immature post, you should probably just stop reading now. Actually, delete the bookmark to this blog completely, we'll all be better for it.

Back when we could still trade on the Transmogrifier, everybody wanted my Dicks but I wouldn't let anybody touch them. I decided I just couldn't live without Dicks, so I gave Topps some money and they delivered me some fine looking Dicks. Now that I have my Dicks in my hand, let's see how they measure up. Penis.

1969 Topps Dick Bosman

Not in great shape but pretty typical of the cards I own from the '60s. The gloss is scuffed at several spots. All four corners are starting to get rounded. All four edges have at least one ding or nick. There are three small creases, one by his hand, one near his shoulder and one at the top left corner. Centering is off 35-65 on both axis. Even with the flaws it still looks decent as there are no real catastrophic problems with the card. This is your typical garden variety '60s common card.

The back looks great. The orangy-pink is strong, The black ink is bold and there's a kickass cartoon with a racing theme where Dick is driving one of those bullpen carts shaped like a baseball in competitive drag racing competitions. I wonder if Dick drove faster than he could throw?

1967 Topps Dick Kelley 

My other Dick is kinda dirty. All that black schmutz all over Dick's uniform is more wax stains. 1967ers gave a good tip on how to get rid of crusty stuff on your Dick on my last wax-stained post so I pulled out a tube sock, rubbed it off and did a final buffing with a kleenex. Now my Dick is as clean as a whistle. (I warned you right up there at the top but you didn't listen). Even cleaned up - I wonder if this is technically card altering - Kelley is still not in better condition as the Bosman. All four corners are rounded to the point of starting to fray, the edges are dinged, there's a small crease in between the V and E in Braves and worst of all, there's a scuff right on Dick's face. A card can take a lot of abuse and still look good, but paper loss on the player's face is not one of them. It's still in acceptable shape for a card from 1967. I once had a '67 Diego Segui card that had been attacked with a hole punch. That was a sad looking card indeed.

The back is a little dirty and the green is faded, but like the front, it's acceptable. I had this card in my team set already so I was hoping for maybe getting an upgrade. No dice. This one goes in the box with the rest of the '67 commons.

Interestingly enough, both of these cards were acquired through straight code redemptions. I guess Topps just likes giving me the Dick.

1969 Topps Wantlist

'67 with a Circle. This set is...

O-VER-RA-TED

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Ricketts here is fantastic though.


Series 1 -- 42/109
1A.L. Batting Leaders -- Cater, Oliva, Yastrzemski
2 N.L. Batting Leaders -- F. Alou, M. Alou, Rose
3 A.L. RBI Leaders -- Harellson, Howard, Northrup
5 A.L. Home Run Leaders -- Harellson, Horton, Howard
7 A.L. ERA Leaders -- McDowell, McNally, Tiant
9 A.L. Pitching Leaders -- McLain, McNally, Stottlemyre, Tiant
10 N.L. Pitching Leaders -- Gibson, Jenkins, Marichal
11 A.L. Strikeout Leaders -- McDowell, McLain, Tiant
12 N.L. Strikeout Leaders -- Gibson, Jenkins, Singer
13 Mickey Stanley -- Detroit Tigers
15 Boog Powell -- Baltimore Orioles
16 Giants Rookies -- Gutierrez, Robertson -- San Francisco Giants
17 Mike Marshall -- Seattle Pilots
20 Ernie Banks -- Chicago Cubs
21 Jose Santiago -- Boston Red Sox
25 Roy White -- New York Yankees
27 Bernie Allen -- Washington Senators
30 Bob Allison -- Minnesota Twins
31 Mets Rookies -- Gentry, Otis -- New York Mets
34 Gary Peters -- Chicago White Sox
37 Curt Motton -- Baltimore Orioles
40 Mayo Smith -- Detroit Tigers
41 Bob Barton -- San Francisco Giants
44 Danny Cater -- Oakland Athletics
46 Fritz Peterson -- New York Yankees
47a Paul Popovich -- Los Angeles Dodgers (emblem visible thru airbrush)
47b Paul Popovich -- Los Angeles Dodgers (helmet emblem completely airbrushed)
49a Royals Rookies -- Jones, Rodriquez -- Kansas City Royals (Rodriquez on front)
49b Royals Rookies -- Jones, Rodriguez -- Kansas City Royals (Rodriguez on front)
50 Bob Clemente -- Pittsburgh Pirates
51 Woody Fryman -- Philadelphia Phillies
52 Mike Andrews -- Boston Red Sox
54 Cisco Carlos -- Chicago White Sox
55 Jerry Grote -- New York Mets
59 Jay Johnstone -- California Angels
61 Jimmie Hall -- Cleveland Indians
63 Jim Hickman -- Chicago Cubs
64 Bill Monbouquette -- San Francisco Giants
67 Bill Stoneman -- Montreal Expos
68 Dave Duncan -- Oakland Athletics
69 Steve Hamilton -- New York Yankees
71 Steve Whitaker -- Kansas City Royals
72 Ron Taylor -- New York Mets
75 Luis Aparicio -- Chicago White Sox
76 Norm Miller -- Houston Astros
77a Ron Perranoski -- Minnesota Twins (LA visible thru airbrush)
78 Tom Satriano -- California Angels
79 Milt Pappas -- Atlanta Braves
80 Norm Cash -- Detroit Tigers
81 Mel Queen -- Cincinnati Reds
82 Pirates Rookies -- Hebner, Oliver -- Pittsburgh Pirates
83 Mike Ferraro -- Seattle Pilots
85 Lou Brock -- St. Louis Cardinals
86 Pete Richert -- Baltimore Orioles
89 Russ Gibson -- Boston Red Sox
90 Jerry Koosman -- New York Mets
93 Joe Foy -- Kansas City Royals
95 Johnny Bench -- Cincinnati Reds
98 Dave Giusti -- San Diego Padres
99a Twins Rookies -- Morris, Nettles -- Minnesota Twins (black loop above "Twins")
99b Twins Rookies -- Morris, Nettles -- Minnesota Twins (no black loop)
100 Hank Aaron -- Atlanta Braves
101 Daryl Patterson -- Detroit Tigers
102 Jim Davenport -- San Francisco Giants
103 Roger Repoz -- California Angels
105 Rick Monday -- Oakland Athletics
106 Jim Hannan -- Washington Senators
107a Checklist 110-218 -- Bob Gibson (161 is Jim Purdin)
107b Checklist 110-218 -- Bob Gibson (161 is John Purdin)
108 Tony Taylor -- Philadelphia Phillies

Series 2 -- 61/109
110 Mike Shannon -- St. Louis Cardinals
111 Johnny Morris -- Seattle Pilots
113 Dave May -- Baltimore Orioles
114 Yankees Rookies -- Closter, Cumberland -- New York Yankees
115 Bill Hands -- Chicago Cubs
116 Chuck Harrison -- Kansas City Royals
117 Jim Fairey -- Montreal Expos
118 Stan Williams -- Cleveland Indians
120 Pete Rose -- Cincinnati Reds
122 Ron Fairly -- Los Angeles Dodgers
123 Wilbur Wood -- Chicago White Sox
124 Hank Bauer -- Oakland Athletics
126 Dick Tracewski -- Detroit Tigers
129 Bill McCool -- San Diego Padres
131 Chris Cannizzaro -- Pittsburgh Pirates
134 Jim Weaver -- California Angels
135 Tommy Davis -- Seattle Pilots
138 John Bateman -- Montreal Expos
139 Andy Kosco -- Los Angeles Dodgers
141 Bill Dillman -- Baltimore Orioles
146 Jim Perry -- Minnesota Twins
147 Leo Durocher -- Chicago Cubs
149 Ollie Brown -- San Diego Padres
151a Clay Dalrymple -- Philadelphia Phillies
153 Ed Brinkman -- Washington Senators
155 Pete Ward -- Chicago White Sox
157 Bob Rodgers -- California Angels
160 Vada Pinson -- St. Louis Cardinals
161 John Purdin -- Los Angeles Dodgers
163 World Series Game 2 -- Tiger Homers Deck the Cards
164 World Series Game 3 -- McCarver's Homer Puts St. Louis Ahead
165 World Series Game 4 -- Brock's Lead-Off HR Starts Cards' Romp
167 World Series Game 6 -- Tiger 10-Run Inning Ties Mark
168 World Series Game 7 -- Lolich Series Hero Outduels Gibson
169 World Series Summary -- Tigers Celebrate Their Victory
170 Frank Howard -- Washington Senators
171 Glenn Beckert -- Chicago Cubs
172 Jerry Stephenson -- Boston Red Sox
173 White Sox Rookies -- Christian, Nyman -- Chicago White Sox
174 Grant Jackson -- Philadelphia Phillies
175 Jim Bunning -- Pittsburgh Pirates
176 Joe Azcue -- Cleveland Indians
180 Willie Horton -- Detroit Tigers
190 Willie Mays -- San Francisco Giants
200 Bob Gibson -- St. Louis Cardinals
207 Roy Face -- Detroit Tigers
208a Donn Clendenon --Montreal Expos
210 Felix Millan -- Atlanta Braves

Series 3 -- 33/109
229 Don Lock -- Philadelphia Phillies
231 Pat Dobson -- Detroit Tigers 242 Frank Kostro -- Minnesota Twins
243 Ron Kline -- Pittsburgh Pirates
244 Indians Rookies -- Fosse, Woodson -- Cleveland Indians
245 Ed Charles -- New York Mets
247 Gene Oliver -- Chicago Cubs
248 Bob Priddy -- Chicago White Sox
250 Frank Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
252 Chuck Cottier -- California Angels
253 Jerry Johnson -- Philadelphia Phillies
256 Gates Brown -- Detroit Tigers
257 Jim Ray -- Houston Astros
258 Jackie Hernandez -- Kansas City Royals
259 Bill Short -- Cincinnati Reds
261 Bob Johnson -- Atlanta Braves 262 Mike Kekich -- New York Yankees
263 Jerry May -- Pittsburgh Pirates
265 Chico Cardenas -- Minnesota Twins
266 Dodgers Rookies -- Foster, Hutton -- Los Angeles Dodgers
267 Vicente Romo -- Cleveland Indians
268 Al Spangler -- Chicago Cubs
270 Mickey Lolich -- Detroit Tigers
272 Ed Stroud -- Washington Senators
273 Ron Willis -- St. Louis Cardinals
275 Vic Davalillo -- California Angels
276 Gary Wagner -- Philadelphia Phillies
277 Rod Hendricks -- Baltimore Orioles
278 Gary Geiger -- Houston Astros
279 Roger Nelson -- Kansas City Royals
281 Ted Kubiak -- Oakland Athletics
283 Sandy Alomar -- Chicago White Sox
284 Expos Rookies -- Robertson, Wegener -- Montreal Expos
286 Dock Ellis -- Pittsburgh Pirates
288 Ken Holtzman -- Chicago Cubs
289 Bart Shirley -- Los Angeles Dodgers
290 Jim Kaat -- Minnesota Twins
292 Al Downing -- New York Yankees
293 Dick Dietz -- San Francisco Giants
294 Jim Lemon -- Washington Senators
295 Tony Perez -- Cincinnati Reds
296 Andy Messersmith -- California Angels
297 Deron Johnson -- Philadelphia Phillies
298 Dave Nicholson -- Kansas City Royals
299 Mark Belanger -- Baltimore Orioles
300 Felipe Alou -- Atlanta Braves
301 Darrell Brandon -- Seattle Pilots
302 Jim Pagliaroni -- Oakland Athletics
304 Padres Rookies -- Davis, Gaston -- San Diego Padres
305 Dick McAuliffe -- Detroit Tigers
306 Jim Grant -- Montreal Expos
307 Gary Kolb -- Pittsburgh Pirates
308 Wade Blasingame -- Houston Astros
309 Walt Williams -- Chicago White Sox
310 Tom Haller -- Los Angeles Dodgers
311 Sparky Lyle -- Boston Red Sox
312 Lee Elia -- Chicago Cubs
313 Bill Robinson -- New York Yankees
315 Eddie Fisher -- California Angels
316 Hal Lanier -- San Francisco Giants
317 Bruce Look -- Minnesota Twins
318 Jack Fisher -- Cincinnati Reds
319 Ken McMullen -- Washington Senators
320 Dal Maxvill -- St. Louis Cardinals
322 Jose Vidal -- Seattle Pilots
323 Larry Miller -- Baltimore Orioles
324 Tigers Rookies -- Cain, Campbell -- Detroit Tigers
326 Gary Sutherland -- Montreal Expos
327 Willie Crawford -- Los Angeles Dodgers

Series 4 -- 31/98
328 Joe Horlen -- Chicago White Sox
329 Rick Joseph -- Philadelphia Phillies
330 Tony Conigliaro -- Boston Red Sox
331 Braves Rookies -- Garrido, House -- Atlanta Braves
337 Marty Martinez -- Houston Astros
338 Del Unser -- Washington Senators
339 Reds Rookies -- Mingori, Pena -- Cincinnati Reds
340 Dave McNally -- Baltimore Orioles
342 Bubba Morton -- California Angels
344 Tom Matchick -- Detroit Tigers
347 Randy Hundley -- Chicago Cubs
349 Dick Williams -- Boston Red Sox
350 Richie Allen -- Philadelphia Phillies
351 Carroll Sembera -- Montreal Expos
353 Jeff Torborg -- Los Angeles Dodgers
354 Nate Oliver -- New York Yankees
355 Phil Niekro -- Atlanta Braves
356 Frank Quilici -- Minnesota Twins
357 Carl Taylor -- Pittsburgh Pirates
358 Athletics Rookies -- Lauzerique, Rodriguez -- Oakland Athletics
361 Gary Holman -- Washington Senators
362 Jim Maloney -- Cincinnati Reds
365 Jim Fregosi -- California Angels
367 Lou Johnson -- Cleveland Indians
368 Vic Roznovsky -- Baltimore Orioles
372 Adolfo Phillips -- Chicago Cubs373 Fred Lasher -- Detroit Tigers
374 Bob Tillman -- Atlanta Braves
375 Harmon Killebrew -- Minnesota Twins
376 Royals Rookies -- Fiore, Rooker -- Kansas City Royals
377 Gary Bell -- Seattle Pilots
378 Jose Herrera -- Montreal Expos
379 Ken Boyer -- Los Angeles Dodgers
380 Stan Bahnsen -- New York Yankees
382 Pat Corrales -- Cincinnati Reds
383 Casey Cox -- Washington Senators
384 Larry Shepard -- Pittsburgh Pirates
385 Orlando Cepeda -- Atlanta Braves
386 Jim McGlothlin -- California Angels
387 Bobby Klaus -- San Diego Padres
390 Bill Freehan -- Detroit Tigers
391 Ray Culp -- Boston Red Sox
392 Bob Burda -- San Francisco Giants
393 Gene Brabender -- Baltimore Orioles
394 Pilots Rookies -- Piniella, Staehler -- Seattle Pilots
395 Chris Short -- Philadelphia Phillies
397 Chuck Dobson -- Oakland Athletics
400 Don Drysdale -- Los Angeles Dodgers
401 Jake Gibbs -- New York Yankees
402 Ken Boswell -- New York Mets
404 Cubs Rookies -- LaRose, Ross -- Chicago Cubs
406 Phil Ortega -- Washington Senators
407 Tom Egan -- California Angels
409 Bob Moose -- Pittsburgh Pirates
414 Duke Sims -- Cleveland Indians
415 Ray Washburn -- St. Louis Cardinals
416 All Star -- Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants
417 All Star -- Ken Harrelson -- Boston Red Sox
418 All Star -- Tommy Helms -- Cincinnati Reds
419 All Star -- Rod Carew -- Minnesota Twins
420 All Star -- Ron Santo -- Chicago Cubs
421 All Star -- Brooks Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
423 All Star -- Bert Campaneris -- Oakland Athletics
424 All Star -- Pete Rose -- Cincinnati Reds
425 All Star -- Carl Yastrzemski -- Boston Red Sox

Series 5 -- 17/87
426 All Star -- Curt Flood -- St. Louis Cardinals
428 All Star -- Lou Brock -- St. Louis Cardinals
429 All Star -- Willie Horton -- Detroit Tigers
430 All Star -- Johnny Bench -- Cincinnati Reds
431 All Star -- Bill Freehan -- Detroit Tigers
434 All Star -- Jerry Koosman -- New York Mets
435 All Star -- Sam McDowell -- Cleveland Indians
436 Gene Alley -- Pittsburgh Pirates
437 Luis Alcaraz -- Kansas City Royals
438 Gary Waslewski -- St. Louis Cardinals
439 White Sox RookiesAll Star -- Herrmann, Lazar -- Chicago White Sox
440a Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants (last name in white)
440b Willie McCovey -- San Francisco Giants (last name in yellow)
441a Dennis Higgins -- Washington Senators (last name in white)
441b Dennis Higgins -- Washington Senators (last name in yellow)
442 Ty Cline -- Montreal Expos
443 Don Wert -- Detroit Tigers
444a Joe Moeller -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in white)
444b Joe Moeller -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in yellow)
445 Bobby Knoop -- California Angels
446 Claude Raymond -- Atlanta Braves
447a Ralph Houk -- New York Yankees (last name in white)
447b Ralph Houk -- New York Yankees (last name in yellow)
448 Bob Tolan -- Cincinnati Reds
449 Paul Lindblad -- Oakland Athletics
450 Billy Williams -- Chicago Cubs
451a Rich Rollins -- Seattle Pilots (first name in white)
451b Rich Rollins -- Seattle Pilots (first name in yellow)
452a Al Ferrara -- San Diego Padres (first name in white)
452b Al Ferrara -- San Diego Padres (first name in yellow)
453 Mike Cuellar -- Baltimore Orioles
454a Phillies Rookies -- Colton, Money -- Philadelphia Phillies (names in white)
454b Phillies Rookies -- Colton, Money -- Philadelphia Phillies (names in yellow)
455 Sonny Siebert -- Cleveland Indians
456 Bud Harrelson -- New York Mets
457 Dalton Jones -- Boston Red Sox
458 Curt Blefary -- Houston Astros
459 Dave Boswell -- Minnesota Twins
460 Joe Torre -- St. Louis Cardinals
461a Mike Epstein -- Washington Senators (last name in white)
461b Mike Epstein -- Washington Senators (last name in yellow)
462 Red Schoendienst -- St. Louis Cardinals
463 Dennis Ribant -- Kansas City Royals
464b Dave Marshall -- San Francisco Giants (last name in yellow)
465 Tommy John -- Chicago White Sox
468a Pirates Rookies -- Dal Canton, Robertson -- Pittsburgh Pirates (names in white)
468b Pirates Rookies -- Dal Canton, Robertson -- Pittsbrugh Pirates (names in yellow)
469 Chico Ruiz -- Cincinnati Reds
470a Mel Stottlemyre -- New York Yankees (last name in white)
470b Mel Stottlemyre -- New York Yankees (last name in yellow)
471a Ted Savage -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in white)
471b Ted Savage -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in yellow)
473a Jose Arcia -- San Diego Padres (first name in white)
473b Jose Arcia -- San Diego Padres (first name in yellow)
475 Tim McCarver -- St. Louis Cardinals
476a Red Sox Rookies -- Brett, Moses -- Boston Red Sox (names in white)
476b Red Sox Rookies -- Brett, Moses -- Boston Red Sox (names in yellow)
477 Jeff James -- Philadelphia Phillies
478 Don Buford -- Baltimore Orioles
479 Richie Scheinblum -- Cleveland Indians
480 Tom Seaver -- New York Mets
482a Jim Gosger -- Seattle Pilots (first name in white)
482b Jim Gosger -- Seattle Pilots (first name in yellow)
483 Ted Abernathy -- Chicago Cubs
484 Joe Gordon -- Kansas City Royals
485a Gaylord Perry -- San Francisco Giants (last name in white)
485b Gaylord Perry -- San Francisco Giants (last name in yellow)
486a Paul Casanova -- Washington Senators (last name in white)
487 Denis Menke -- Houston Astros
488 Joe Sparma -- Detroit Tigers
490 Matty Alou -- Pittsburgh Pirates
491a Twins Rookies -- Crider, Mitterwald -- Minnesota Twins (names in white)
491b Twins Rookies -- Crider, Mitterwald -- MInnesota Twins (names in yellow)
492 Tony Cloninger -- Cincinnati Reds
493a Wes Parker -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in white)
493b Wes Parker -- Los Angeles Dodgers (last name in yellow)
494 Ken Berry -- Chicago White Sox
495 Bert Campaneris -- Oakland Athletics
496 Larry Jaster -- Montreal Expos
497 Julian Javier -- St. Louis Cardinals
498 Juan Pizarro -- Boston Red Sox
500a Mickey Mantle -- New York Yankees (last name in white)
500b Mickey Mantle -- New York Yankees (last name in yellow)
501a Tony Gonzalez -- San Diego Padres (first name in white)
503 Larry Brown -- Cleveland Indians
505a Bobby Bolin -- San Francisco Giants (last name in white)
505b Bobby Bolin -- San Francisco Giants (last name in yellow)
506 Paul Blair -- Baltimore Orioles
509 Manny Sanguillen -- Pittsburgh Pirates
510 Rod Carew -- Minnesota Twins
511a Diego Segui -- Seattle Pilots (first name in white)
512 Cleon Jones -- New York Mets

Series 6 -- 22/76
513 Camilo Pascual -- Washington Senators
515 Dick Green -- Oakland Athletics
516 Earl Weaver -- Baltimore Orioles
517 Mike McCormick -- San Francisco Giants
518 Fred Whitfield -- Cincinnati Reds
519 Yankees Rookies -- Boehmer, Kenney -- New York Yankees
520 Bob Veale -- Pittsburgh Pirates
521 George Thomas -- Boston Red Sox
522 Joe Hoerner -- St. Louis Cardinals
530 Cesar Tovar -- Minnesota Twins
531 Dick Farrell -- Philadelphia Phillies
532 Bird Hill Aces -- Cuellar, Hardin, McNally, Phoebus -- Baltimore Orioles
533 Nolan Ryan -- New York Mets
534 Jerry McNertney -- Seattle Pilots
535 Phil Regan -- Chicago Cubs
537 Mike Paul -- Cleveland Indians
539 Ted Shows How -- Epstein, Williams
544 Tigers Rookies -- Kilkenny, Woods -- Detroit Tigers
545 Willie Stargell -- Pittsburgh Pirates
546 Jim Nash -- Oakland Athletics
547 Billy Martin -- Minnesota Twins
548 Bob Locker -- Chicago White Sox
549 Ron Brand -- Montreal Expos
550 Brooks Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
551 Wayne Granger -- Cincinnati Reds
552 Dodgers Rookies -- Sizemore, Sudakis -- Los Angeles Dodgers
553 Ron Davis -- Pittsburgh Pirates
554 Frank Bertaina -- Washington Senators
556 Athletics Stars -- Bando, Campaneris, Cater
557 Frank Fernandez -- New York Yankees
558 Tom Burgmeier -- Kansas City Royals
560 Luis Tiant -- Cleveland Indians
561 Ron Clark -- Minnesota Twins
562 Bob Watson -- Houston Astros
563 Marty Pattin -- Seattle Pilots
564 Gil Hodges -- New York Mets
565 Hoyt Wilhelm -- California Angels
566 Ron Hansen -- Chicago White Sox
567 Pirates Rookies -- Jimenez, Shellenback -- Pittsburgh Pirates
570 Ron Santo -- Chicago Cubs
571 Cap Peterson -- Cleveland Indians
572 Giants Heroes -- Marichal, McCovey -- San Francisco Giants
573 Jim Palmer -- Baltimore Orioles
574 George Scott -- Boston Red Sox
575 Bill Singer -- Los Angeles Dodgers
576 Phillies Rookes -- Stone, Wilson -- Philadelphia Phillies
577 Mike Hegan -- Seattle Pilots
580 Jim Northrup -- Detroit Tigers
583 Clyde Wright -- California Angels
584 Don Mason -- San Francisco Giants
585 Ron Swoboda -- New York Mets
586 Tim Cullen -- Washington Senators
587 Joe Rudi -- Oakland Athletics
588 Bill White -- St. Louis Cardinals

Series 7 -- 5/76
589 Joe Pepitone -- New York Yankees
590 Rico Carty -- Atlanta Braves
591 Mike Hedlund -- Kansas City Royals
592 Padres Rookes -- Robles, Santorini -- San Diego Padres
593 Don Nottebart -- Chicago Cubs
594 Dooley Womack -- Houston Astros
595 Lee Maye -- Cleveland Indians
596 Chuck Hartenstein -- Pittsburgh Pirates
597 A.L. Rookes -- Burchart, Fingers, Floyd
598 Ruben Amaro -- California Angels
599 John Boozer -- Philadelphia Phillies
601 Tug McGraw -- New York Mets
602 Cubs Rookies -- Distaso, Qualls, Young -- Chicago Cubs
604 Bobby Etheridge -- San Francisco Giants
605 Dick Ellsworth -- Cleveland Indians
606 Gene Mauch -- Montreal Expos
607 Dick Bosman -- Washington Senators
608 Dick Simpson -- New York Yankees
609 Phil Gagliano -- St. Louis Cardinals
610 Jim Hardin -- Baltimore Orioles
611 Braves Rookies -- Didier, Hriniak, Neibauer -- Atlanta Braves
612 Jack Aker -- Seattle Pilots
613 Jim Beauchamp -- Cincinnati Reds
614 Astros Astros -- Griffin, Guinn -- Houston Astros
615 Len Gabrielson -- Los Angeles Dodgers
616 Don McMahon -- Detroit Tigers
617 Jesse Gonder -- San Diego Padres
619 Royals Rookies -- Butler, Kelly, Rios -- Kansas City Royals
621 Bill Voss -- California Angels
622 Dan Osinski -- Chicago White Sox
623 Hank Allen -- Washington Senators
624 N.L. Rookies -- Chaney, Dyer, Harmon
625 Mack Jones -- Montreal Expos
626 Gene Michael -- New York Yankees
627 George Stone -- Atlanta Braves
628 Red Sox Rookies -- Conigliaro, O'Brien, Wenz -- Boston Red Sox
629 Jack Hamilton -- Cleveland Indians
630 Bobby Bonds -- San Francisco Giants
631 John Kennedy -- Seattle Pilots
632 Jon Warden -- Kansas City Royals
633 Harry Walker -- Houston Astros
634 Andy Etchebarren -- Baltimore Orioles
635 George Culver -- Cincinnati Reds
636 Woodie Held -- Chicago White Sox
637 Padres Rookies -- DaVanon, Kirby, Reberger -- San Diego Padres
638 Ed Sprague -- Oakland Athletics
639 Barry Moore -- Washington Senators
640 Fergie Jenkins -- Chicago Cubs
641 N.L. Rookies -- Darwin, Dean, Miller
642 John Hiller -- Detroit Tigers
643 Billy Cowan -- New York Yankees
645 George Brunet -- California Angels
646 Expos Rookies -- McGinn, Morton -- Montreal Expos
647 Dave Wickersham -- Kansas City Royals
648 Bobby Wine -- Montreal Expos
649 Al Jackson -- New York Mets
650 Ted Williams -- Washington Senators
651 Gus Gil -- Seattle Pilots
652 Eddie Watt -- Baltimore Orioles
653 Aurelio Rodriguez -- California Angels (photo actually batboy Leonard Garcia)
654 White Sox Rookies -- May, Morales, Secrist -- Chicago White Sox
655 Mike Hershberger -- Oakland Athletics
656 Dan Schneider -- Houston Astros
657 Bobby Murcer -- New York Yankees
658 A.L. Rookies -- Hall, Burbach, Miles
659 Johnny Podres -- San Diego Padres
660 Reggie Smith -- Boston Red Sox
661 Jim Merritt -- Cincinnati Reds
662 Royals Rookies -- Drago, Oliver, Spriggs-- Kansas City Royals
663 Dick Radatz -- Detroit Tigers
664 Ron Hunt -- San Francisco Giants

Happy Birthday Mr. Osterberg

Yankees from the Dollar Box

I still have some neet stuff left over from the Atlanta Sports Cards run to show off. They have a pretty cool row of dollar boxes there with a good mix of new and old, base and inserts. I've even found autographs in the dollar box before! I like scrounging through for oldies, which means poring though the "original 16" teams. Red Sox are good for oldies. So are the Phillies. I guess the Cubs are too, but I'll try the Cards or Dodgers or Indians first, thankyouverymuch. However, there is no dollar box oldies team like the New York Mickyficking Yankees.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I HATE the New York Yankees. A-Fraud, Cap'n Cheezburger and Tei$eira can all take a flying leap into the Hudson wearing cement bathing suits for all I care and I'm glad the Halos finally took one in the series yesterday. However, the Old York Yankees I love. The cut off point is somewhere around Mattingly but I can't pinpoint it exactly. '20s? '30's? Hells yes! '60s? '70s? Alllll Riiiiiight! '50s? NIRVANA! So I scrounged the dollar Yankee box looking for one old card and found three.

1964 Topps Young Aces

This is the Holy Grail of Infamous Pitcher cards. Al Downing? He gave up a certain home run that is somewhat well known. Jim Bouton? Well, if a baseball fan don't know Jim Bouton, then Dayf's gonna do some shoutin'. This also a pretty good demarcation line between the great Yankee Teams of the '50s and early '60s and the Bllleeeaaaargghhh Yankee teams of the late '60s and early '70s.

1969 Topps Mickey Mantle Checkist

If you have a chance... to get a vintage Mickey Mantle card... ANY vintage Mickey Mantle card... for a BUCK... YOU FREAKING DO IT.

Anyone else who wants to "just do it" ASC had two or three more of these in various stages of mouse nibblings in that box as well. Get to 'em!

1950 Bowman

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A 1950 BOWMAN CARD FOR A BUCK?? Ok, so the corners are rounder than a mint 1951 Topps card and it's got a double cross crease going right through the dude's face, but 1950! Bowman! So who is this guy?

Fred Sanford

The "G" stands for "Gamer". Or "goat" perhaps, as the Yankee pitcher was mercilessly booed by Yankee fans who expected more from the righty after that $100,000 trade mentioned on the card back. Did you know Redd Foxx's real last name was Sanford? Did you also know that both Fred and Redd's first name was also John? Now ya do!