Incoming

Cardbarrel:

 

Time Travelling:

My Dealer:

The Cardbarrel order was heavy on Phillies (late 1970s - early '80s) and RCs (a few from the 1980s and a binder page of 2021 Bowman).   

The Ohtani and Verbeek are RCs. 

Matt, of Time Traveling:

Diamond Jesters (diamond-jesters.blogspot.com)

The Clean-Up

 

-  Somebody blogged about a project he's working on and I offered him a card for it but he never sent me his mailing address.  Pulled some cards from a team he seems to like too.  So I unfollowed his blog because I'm petty like that.  :)  

-  I don't know how I'm going to get blaster boxes without Target.  It's one of the things I've missed during the 'rona.  Apparently a few nut jobs in the midwest ruined it for everybody. 

-  Still no repacks at Walgreen's.  

-  I read The Other Hollywood.  Not a book for every body. 

-  A couple years ago I bought a blaster box of basketball cards and I stashed all the Rated Rookies just in case.   So now I'm sitting on this:

-  Some of the baseball cards from the box my madre brought down:

     

   

     

      

-  -  Sundberg was a Gold Glove level catcher in his younger days. 

-  -  Schilling was the #1 starting pitcher on the '93 Phillies.

-  -  Interesting pics of not so interesting players.    

-  -  1992 Mother's Cookies A's.  A bunch of these were in another box.  

-  -  A 1979 Ray Fosse somehow made its way into a box full of OPE cards.  

-  -  Kevin Seitzer, Gary Gaetti, Jim Gantner, Cory Snyder, Luis Gonzalez, and Steve Finley were in there.  

The Madre Visited

and she brought a couple more boxes of cards down.  One of baseball, which was pretty much what I expected - mostly overproduction era and not much star power.  But the other one was football and it was a bit more interesting.  

  

 

 

   

     

     

    

      

     

      

    

    

-  The Throwin' Samoan.

-  Edwards of Miracle at the Meadowlands fame.

-  Owens is a Congressman now. 

-  Another Jordan for my multi-sport collection. 

-  If I do a bust collection,  Mandarich is a shoe-in. 

-  The Fridge. 

So yeah - no WOW cards, but some good players.  Mostly offensive linemen and defensive guys, though Carlos Carson, Haywood Jeffires, Ernest Givins, and a Jay Novacek RC (as a Cardinal) were in there.  

There were a lot of early 1980s Topps, which makes no sense to me.  This was a few years before I started collecting and they're not guys I would have targeted as singles.  1983 in particular - so if you're building that set, feel free to shoot me your want list.  

The oldest in the box were six from 1979:  Preston Pearson, Butch Johnson, and four lesser known Eagles.     

Anyway, I'll show some of the baseball cards tomorrow.  

(as usual, card images from TCDB)

Update

I sent PWEs out on Wednesday.   

So if you're expecting, you should get something by the end of the month.  

In the meantime, enjoy this Olympic soccer preview:  

  

Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (17)

 

These movies are older than I am.

Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Released in 1943.

-  The cast included several refugees from the Nazis.  

-  Dooley Wilson (Sam) was actually a drummer, so he faked playing the piano. 

Directed and produced by Orson Welles.

Released in 1941.

-  Kane was largely based on William Randolph Hearst.  

Based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett.

Directed by John Huston.

Released in 1941.

-  Huston's directorial debut.

Directed by Billy Wilder.

Released in 1950.

-  Cecil B. DeMille and Buster Keaton appear as themselves.

If I could save only one:  Casablanca

Last week's answer:  Citizen Kane  

Final Leaderboard

Brett Alan - 7

Jon -  4

Fuji -  2 1/2

I need an address for the winner, Brett Alan.  

morganyud at protonmail dot com

All three to need a pick a sport for their prize.  If you collect all four, I think football is the strongest and basketball is the weakest.  Baseball vs hockey is more subjective, with both ranked in the middle.   

Recap next week.   

Film Friday: Elliptical 100 (16)

 

I gotta take a little time

A little time to think things over

I better read between the lines

In case I need it when I'm older

Directed by Federico Fellini.

Released in 1963.

-  Fellini's last black-and-white film.

Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Released in 2006.

-  Won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar.

Released in 1997.

-  Cruz also starred in the American remake - Vanilla Sky. 

Written and directed by Tom Tykwer.

Released in 1998.

-  Includes a painting of the back of Kim Novak's head.  

If I could save only one:  8 1/2

Last week's answer:  Germany

The final question:  Which is the oldest film in the Elliptical 100?

Leaderboard

Brett Alan - 7

Jon - 4

Fuji - 2 1/2