Thursday, June 12, 2025

Scoring from My Dealer

 


Grabbed some cards from Walmart.

2025 Topps Heritage hanger pack or something like that - 35 cards:


-  3x AL Saves leader

-  2 Cy Young Awards

-  2023 All-Star

-  2024 All-Star

-  3 Cy Young Awards

-  4x All-Star  


2025 Topps blaster box:






-  NL Cy Young Award in 2024

-  Phillies legend

-  2 Cy Young Awards

-  4x All-Star

-  3 MVP Awards

-  NL MVP in 2018

-  2024 All-Star

-  2023 All-Star

-  2x All-Star.  Played for Modesto in 2019.

-  5 Gold Gloves

Monday, June 9, 2025

Time Traveling

 


Another deal with Matty K.























-  Phillies legend Daulton.  Key member of the '93 NL champs who were so good they went unchallenged in '94.

-  Growing up, I knew of Francis as a 49er, but he made 3 straight Pro Bowls as a Patriot. 

-  Eagles legend Young also made 3 straight Pro Bowls.

-  Cross was a 3x First Team All-Pro.  

-  Eagles legend Giles made 4 Pro Bowls. 

-  Adams was named to the Patriots' 35th anniversary team, as well as being a Same Name guy. 

   


Friday, June 6, 2025

Frankenbest Friday

A card from each page in a completed frankenset.  The best or maybe just one that stands out to me.

Getting hockey done before the season ends. 

  











-  Esposito showing off a proper goalie mask.

-  Plasse repping the Rockies, who would go into hiding and then emerge as a baseball team.

-  Drury starred in the Little League World Series in 1989.   

-  Gretzky is married to Janet Jones.

-  Plante's a legend, but Hextall is a Flyers legend.  

-  Clarke needs no introduction.  

-  Verbeek's rookie card.

-  Gilbert modeling the proper goalie mask.

-  Roy was so good, people often mistook him for a Flyer.

-  Graves with a Pepsi sign.

-  Recchi showing us how lazy hockey players are.

-  Johnston reps the defunct Seals.

-  Dornhoefer's a Flyers legend. 

-  Subban's blackish, which was quite rare when I bought my first pack of hockey cards in 1991.  But it's less rare now. 

-  The dude's name was Gump.  

-  Hull in front of the Gateway Arch, which is right next to the freeway.  I got stuck in a traffic jam there once, with it looming over my right shoulder.   

-  Houston is a Same Name and he reps a defunct team. 

-  Orr is possibly the best defenseman to ever lace up the skates.

-  Another Flame in Clement, who I first knew about as an announcer.

-  Gretzky showing off his clean uniform because he never took a hit.

-  I first knew about Melrose when he coached the Kings to a spot in the Finals.  

-  Hasek was a good goalie, but he had some bad masks.