Card Collecting 17: Baseball Card Dream Team

Taking a break from talking about my collection to look at cards that are not in my collection.  Most of these never will be.

Modern era only, so let's say 1950 or later.

Base cards only, so no autograph or relic trickery.

Cards for my dream collection, so my own personal preferences > market value.


STARTERS

1969 Topps

1962 Topps Venezuelan

1953 Topps

1974 Topps

1958 Topps

1957 Topps

1957 Topps

1957 Topps

1964 Topps

Musial's playing first. The card lists him as an OF, but it's a Spanish language card which includes an El Hombre reference.  So I made an exception.

Aaron at DH, after I loaded up on National Leaguers.  Ha.


STARTING ROTATION

1957 Topps

1972 Topps

1961 Topps

1961 Topps

1972 Topps

 Greg Maddux is kicking himself for playing in the junk era.


BULLPEN

1992 Bowman

1976 Topps

1973 Topps

1970 Topps

1961 Topps

Mo's a party pooper.


BENCH

1957 Topps

1970 Topps

1964 Topps

1979 Topps

1958 Topps

2011 Topps Update

Check that positional versatility with Carew (first and second) and Rose (first, second, third, and OF).

I wanted Rickey's speed, but I don't know who he'd replace.  Not Williams or Mantle, so I guess it would have to be Trout.  The 1980s just isn't a good decade for dream cards. A lot of suckage followed by the junk era.

Card Collecting 16: Repack Adventures

Big news in the repack world: the Fairfield football boxes are no longer 75 cards and a pack, but are now 50 cards, a pack, and a "bonus".  The baseball boxes are still 100 cards and a pack.

I bought three football boxes and two baseball boxes.  So let's take a look:

       

       

     

2013 Topps had several representatives.  A couple happy defenders here.  1983 Topps was the oldest, with a few inclusions.  1990 Fleer brought me a couple of Hall of Fame QBs.

        

That's a Joe Flacco swatch card, image courtesy of COMC.  Roddy White helped a few of my fantasy teams back in the day, so he fills out the row.  The packs were all 2020 Leaf Draft.  I got a Ceedee Lamb, an Isaiah Simmons,  and a Jonathan Taylor.

The bonus in each box was a plastic key chain with a mini squishy football player attached to it.  I got Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, and Adam Thielen.  They're about as tall as a typical trading card is wide, so 2 1/2 inches I guess. 

   

    

The baseball packs were 2019 Topps Opening Day.  A couple batsmen from 2017 Topps.   

    

      

   

The gall of some catchers - thinking they can throw out Barry Larkin.  A pack of hot dogs. A Negro Leagues star.  There were a few 1981 Topps.  There were several Sportflics, with the photo changing when you move the card. 

Thanks for reading.

Card Collecting 15: Favorite Basketball Cards

Another post suggested by Tim, from Cardpocalypse.  Favorite basketball cards in my collection:


   

    

    

 

A couple of stars from the early 1970s.  Every basketball card collection should have a dunking Jordan.  One of two Shaq rookie cards I own.  Walton's too much fun to not own a card of him.  Second-year LeBron.  The print is small, but the Kidd relic is a piece of the Boston Garden court.   

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Card Collecting 14: Favorite Football Cards

This is another post suggested by Tim, from Cardpocalypse.  Favorite football cards in my collection:

     

    

Two members of the Holy Trinity.  Page's rookie card.  A 1964 Retzlaff - the oldest card I own of a notable player. 

         

Autographed post-retirement cards of Hall of Famers.

I also own an autographed Miles Sanders SN10 and an Emmitt Smith swatch card SN5, but they're Panini Black Friday so the pictures aren't up on TCDB.