Friday, May 23, 2025

Frankenbest Friday

A card from each page in my completed frankensets.  If not the best, maybe a card that stands out for some reason.  

You don't get entertainment like this on Netflix.


Let's start with a baseball frankenset.










-  Morris was a college punter.  The Rookie is based on him.

-  Tyson's a same name.

-  You know you're in Texas when they're naming teams after guns.  Umbricht pitched the '63 season with cancer.  

-  The one-hand phenom.

-  So good, all of MLB retired his number. 

-  Pritchett attended the first h.s I attended.  Though he was a senior when I was in eighth grade.  Saw him hit a half-court shot to send a playoff basketball game into overtime which they won. 

-  Buice was part owner of Upper Deck.

-  Burke originated the high five (with Dusty Baker).  First MLB player to come out as gay.

-  Brown was discovered while in prison. 

-  Gladding led the NL in Saves in 1969, the first season it was an official stat.

-  Peterson was a wife swapper.

-  Messersmith played a key role in free agency coming to MLB.

-  I've told my McGraw story enough times.

-  Some say Schmidt is the best baseball player since Willie Mays.

-  Teoscar modeling the COVID fashion.

-  Phillies legend Joe Morgan. 

-  Same name with Fisher.  

-  When Baines said he wanted to be a Hall of Famer, they said it was only a pipe dream.

-  Phillies legend Curt Flood is the last card in the frankenset - # 360.


Friday, May 9, 2025

The Grift Is Working

 

Got a package full of swag from Kerry, of Cards on Cards.  

Let's look at some highlights.



-  The only SS in MLB history to have two 30-30 seasons. 

-  Cleveland's all-time Saves leader.

-  Not all heroes wear capes. 

-  Fingers played for Modesto when the team was the Reds.

-  Rodriguez played for Modesto when the team was the Nuts.  

-  Some say he's the best hitting first baseman since Lou Gehrig. 

-  Hope he doesn't run slower with that Super Bowl ring on his finger.

-  Sometime love don't feel like it should!  (He's #1 now.  Obviously.) 

-  Coins.  29 All-Star nods between the two of them.


Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Time Traveling

 


Another trade with Matty K.












-  4x All-Star, 2 Silver Sluggers.  I have several of these 1986 Topps Quaker Chewy Granola Bars cards.  Probably got most of them through Time Traveling.

-  First Team All-Pro in 1975.  4x Pro Bowler.  Elite sprinter in high school and college.  Listed at 5'9", 172, so I guess he had to be fast.     

-  Hall of Famer.  1980s All-Decade Team.  I'm now halfway through this subset.  I like the Pro Set art cards of this era, but I'm not really going out of my way to get them.


Diamond Jesters

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Scoring from My Dealer

 










Got a 2024-25 Hoops Winter blaster at Wally World.  

Let us peruse the highlights.























KAT:  5x All-Star

Herro:  All-Star, 6th Man of the Year

Booker:  4x All-Star

Young:  4x All-Star

Randle:  3x All-Star

Ingram:  All-Star, with Toronto now.

Thompson:  5x All-Star

Haliburton:  3x All-Star

Green:  4x All-Star

Jackson:  Same name.

Sabonis:  3x All-Star

Conley:  All-Star, son of Olympic gold medalist Mike Conley Sr.

Williams:  All-Star

Castle:  2024-25 Rookie of the Year

Avdija:  From basketball powerhouse Israel.

Holmgren:  Posterizing LeBron. 

Siakam:  3x All-Star

Erving:  Some say he's the best forward of all-time.

Duncan:  2x MVP, 15x All-Star

Yao:  8x All-Star

Wembanyama:  All-Star, 2023-24 Rookie of the Year

Also:

(Skyview) Ja Morant:  2x All-Star

(Prizm Parallel) Donovan Mitchell:  6x All-Star

(Rookie Remembrance relic) Ja Morant:  He's pictured in a blue uniform but the relic is white, so maybe they gave me a piece of his jock strap.   


May the fourth be with you.