Trade

So I traded with Mike (49ants) again.  Not a large trade, but it helped a couple of my custom set builds.  

    

     

Graddy for my Football Plus set.  Only need 2 cards now - 1 football and 1 baseball. 

Had a couple Jetts, but I think this action shot is an upgrade.    

Tara Wilson. Of course.

Branch is a rough one, but I don't hold grudges.  Only need 3 more to complete my Super Bowl MVP set.  Starting at XI made this a lot easier.  LOL 

So I filled 2 empty custom set slots and upgraded another one.  

   

Scoring from My Dealer

  

So I've decided to continue with his 1990-91 Upper Deck hockey box.  After purchasing some 9-pocket sheets for my new baseball project, I was able to get 5 packs and stay within my weekly budget. 

  

  

-  Lemieux, but it's a team checklist.  

-  Brian Bellows team checklist.  I never heard of him, but I like the look of this card.  These team checklists seem to be coming about 1 per pack.  

-  Not sure why they named a hockey trophy after Diana's husband.

-  Cheveldae rookie.  Only 3 true goalie cards in the whole batch.  Though I also pulled the Roy Canadiens checklist card. 

      

  

  

  

  

-  Modano gets the All-Rookie Team logo in place of the North Stars logo.

-  Larionov's rookie card. 

-  Andreychuk was only an NHL All-Star twice, but he's a Hall of Famer.  You do you, Canada.    

-  Howe was on the Flyers team that got EFFING HOSED in 1987.  His father played in the NHL. :)  

Movie Match Monday

  

(in which I awkwardly match a movie with a sports team or an athlete)

  

In a season that saw the casualties pile up, including the loss of their top field general, the 2017 Eagles persevered.  Their commanding officer believed in bold action, which led to a record number of 4th down attempts and conversions.  Perhaps the greatest risk led to the ultimate reward, and is known to historians as the Philly Special. 

   

  

    

Nick Foles

-  With the Eagles 2012- 14, 2017 - 18

-  Super Bowl LII MVP

-  Pro Bowl - 2013

-  7 TD passes in one game - 2013

-  25 consecutive completions - 2018

Zach Ertz

-  With the Eagles 2013 - present

-  3 Pro Bowls - 2017 - 19

-  Most receptions by a TE in one season - 116 in 2018

Jason Kelce

-  With the Eagles 2011 - present

-  3-time First Team All-Pro - 2017 - 19

-  3 Pro Bowls - 2014, 2016, 2019

Fletcher Cox

-  With the Eagles 2012 - present

-  2010s All-Decade Team

-  First Team All-Pro - 2018

-  3-time Second Team All-Pro - 2014, 2015, 2017

-  5 Pro Bowls - 2015 - 19

Brandon Graham

-  With the Eagles 2010 - present

-  Second Team All-Pro - 2016

Carson Wentz

-  With the Eagles 2016 - present

-  Second Team All-Pro 2017

-  Pro Bowl - 2017

Richard Burton

  

-  Nominated for 7 Oscars

-  Films include: Becket, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Taming of the Shrew, Cleopatra

Clint Eastwood

-  Nominated for two Best Actor Oscars

-  Won 2 Best Director Oscars, nominated for 2 others

-  Films include:  Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff, The Gauntlet, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Pale Rider, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter 

          

The Weekly Clean-Up

  

-  Tried to buy 3-pockets from my dealer but he had never heard of them. So I just bought a 9-pocket and cut it into three. 

-  Decided to make some changes to Ten On the Tenth.  So we'll see how that goes.  

-  Was innocently browsing Wikipedia when I noticed that only nine players have hit four HRs in one MLB game during my lifetime.  I already have five of them.  So I'm adding this to my list of custom sets.  

-  I'm going to be dipping into hockey for a while.  My dealer has a few boxes - mostly 1990s.  So I bought a couple packs of Topps Premier - pulled a Roy.  A few packs of Upper Deck - a Mats Sundin rookie, a Brian Leetch, a Roy award winner.  Anyway, this is why I didn't do a Scoring from My Dealer post this week.  I had just done a hockey post and it didn't generate much interest.  

   

    

Incoming

So I received about a dozen cards form Chris (The Collector).  Let's take a goose at the highlights, because ganders are too expensive. 

   

   

As a patriotic American, I hated the Celtics.  But sometimes my beloved 76ers couldn't get it done. So the Lakers were my last hope.  And Showtime was a lot more fun than whatever the Celtics were doing.

Doc's retirement hurt, but at least he announced it in advance.  The Barkley trade just sucked. 

Defensive Player of the Year twice.  Married to Carmen Electra.  Ambassador to North Korea.  Here he is wearing #10 (his Pistons number) on card #10.   

  

Starting WR during the Buddy Ryan era.  Had a brief encounter with his family in the Candlestick parking lot.  

Ickey of Ickey Shuffle fame.  I've never liked the Bengals uniforms, but those helmets are elite. 

 

   

Only three of these baseball players are Hall of Famers.  Chris tries though. 

Yount was AL MVP as a shortstop and then as a center fielder.  

Obviously, MJ is legendary.  Even basketball fans talk about him. 

San Diego State basketball's all-time assists leader.  I gave away all my Gwynn cards in a Covid-19 contest on TCDB, so it's nice to make some progress on a rebuild.   

Elliptical Man Talks Hockey

I don't like to brag about my hockey expertise.  But I've seen a few hockey games on TV.  I've attended an NHL game and an AHL game.  I own some hockey cards.  I've been to Canada. 

So without further ado...

Best Hockey Players Ever

  

  

Best Goalies Ever

  

  

  

Best NHL Dynasties

 

    

A look at my extensive hockey card collection:  

 

   

According to TCDB, my most valuable hockey cards. 

    

My favorite hockey cards that I own.

  

The player I own the most cards of - a whopping 3. 

     

The teams I own the most cards of:  6 Flames and 5 Nordiques.   

Hockey Trivia  

Carol Alt was married to Ranger Ron Greschner and later was romantically involved with Islander Alexei Yashin.