Cardbarrel Order

   

I don't know what Evan Longoria sees in her.  Anyway...

39 cards, so I won't show them all.

   

   

-  1958 Topps.  Lollar had 7 All-Star seasons and won 8 Gold Gloves.

-  1959 Topps.  Landis was an All-Star in 1962 and won 5 Gold Gloves. 

-  1960 Topps.  Uncorrected Error card - it should be Lew.   He was a 2-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, and he threw a no-hitter in 1960.  

-  1961 Topps.  Adcock was an All-Star in 1960 and he hit 4 home runs in 1 game in 1954.  336 career home runs and 1,122 RBI.  

-  1965 Topps.  Chance was a 2-time All-Star, a Cy Young Award winner in 1964, and he threw a no-hitter in 1967.      

-  1969 Topps.  Maloney was an All-Star in 1965 and he threw 2 no-hitters - 1965 and 1969. 

   

-  I got 5 1981 Donruss cards.  It was their first set, so I want a couple binder pages of good players. 

   

-  I got 11 1988 Score cards.  This is another first set of the brand, so I'm building a couple binder pages of good players.  

   

   

-  I got 17 1989 Upper Deck cards.  This is the third and last 'first set' that I'm devoting binder pages to. 

-  Pettis is showing the back of his own card.  

   

-  Buice owned a 12% share of the company.   

Scoring from My Dealer

 

So I made the trek to the post office Monday to send off a trade and some birthday cards.  Stopped at ye olde hobby shoppe on the walk home and bought 8 more packs of 2007-08 Upper Deck Victory hockey. 

   

   

   

   

   

-  Four inserts, or one every two packs. 

-  Three Hall of Famer base cards, plus the Modano insert, though the Lindros is clearly a wrong team card.

-  Nice to get a Thrasher worth keeping. 

-  A trio of goalies who had lengthy careers.  I added nine goalie base cards to my collection, plus the Fleury insert.  

-  A couple Devils and a defunct team (Thrashers) for the give-away box. 

Perfect Game Mini Collection

Pitchers who have thrown a perfect game in MLB during my lifetime. 

     

        

   

   

   

   

   

-  Barker's was in 1981.  The last one before I was born was Catfish Hunter, in 1968.  

-  Ron Hassey caught both Barker and Martinez (1991). 

-  The Yankees went back-to-back with Wells (1998) and Cone (1999).

-  Halladay (2010) really turned his career around when he joined the Phillies.

-  That's Philip Humber next to Halladay. 

-  The last three were all in 2012.  

Free Is Better

 So I got a trio of cards from Bo at Baseball Cards Come to Life.

  

    

-  1993 Trevor.  He debuted with the Marlins in '93 but was traded to the Padres mid-season in a deal that sent Gary Sheffield the other way.

-  1988 Schmidt honoring his HR record for third basemen.  Eddie Mathews held the old record.  

-   1980 Dryer.  Interesting because of Hunter, but he was legit as a football player.  College Football Hall of Fame, first round draft pick, First Team All-Pro in 1974, Second Team All-Pro in 1975.            

-  Bo has a unique, historical approach to card blogging: 

http://borosny.blogspot.com

 

Scoring from My Dealer

   

So I got 8 packs of 2007-08 Upper Deck Victory hockey.   

   

   

   

   

   

-  Two Iginla inserts and his base.  I had zero Iginlas going into this, so I'm not complaining. 

-  Five inserts in eight packs.

-  I don't mind pulling a Crosby. 

-  Duncan Keith is, surprisingly, a member of the Top 100 club.  As are Crosby and Modano. 

-  I pulled nine goalie cards.