Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Recent fun pickups - keepers

In my last post, I showed off the trade bait from a recent lot I picked up.  Today I will show the cards I am keeping from that lot! 


First are some relics from 'old timers'.

I kind of love these kinds of relics, players from the past that weren't necessarily the best players on their teams but pretty good guys that had solid careers.  These National Treasures cards do a good job on the backs of talking about the quirkiness that made these three memorable.  Just awesome!


Speaking of quirkiness, next up are a quirky trio!

The top 2 go in my Cuts & Colors special collection.  The 2017 topps chrome negative refractor of Carlos Gonzalez in the Colors section, and the Campanella from 2019 Panini Leather and Lumber in the Cuts section.  That Gonzalez sure scanned well.  More blue in the scan than in real life.  The Campy is just a cool card, the pic of him really adds to the sandlot feel of the card.

And the bottom card is one many of you are probably familiar with, but that I hadn't seen in years.  It's a broder, totally unlicensed.  I'm not sure what the 86 Fleer connection for these two is, but then, I don't really care!  A beautiful card that brings back the memories.


Now, a mostly shiny hodgepodge...

On top, I got the Guerrero boys, father and son on two beautiful cards.  I don't have a lot of Vlad Jr., so I was glad to add that one.  Vlad Sr is featured on another Knothole Gang card, like the Campanella above, but this one is from 2003 Fleer Splendid Splinters.  Still works for me!!

And the two Hendersons just look too awesome for me to pass up, though I wish it were an A's uniform.  They are both the 'nickname' variation, and pink one is a Career Stat Line.  Go Rickey!


More hodgepodge...

A numbered Trout?  Yes please, and shiny to boot!  The 'Presidential emoji' Strasburg was the only 'Emoji' parallel I decided to keep from the lot. I absolutely love the Vizquel bat/jersey card.  I love amazing defenders!  And last in this group, that Yaz kid!  This in my first Mike Yastrzemski, and it's a beaut.


And the last card I am keeping...

An Earl Weaver 'Colossal' from National Treasures!  Similar to the three cards at the top of the post, I really like this card.  Half of the reason I like it so much is that there are not a ton of Manager Jersey cards, and Weaver caught my imagination as a kid with his philosophy of "The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers". And the huge orange patch (probably from his pajamas) is the other half of the reason!


Hope you enjoyed them!  Hopefully soon I will get back to writing about cards a little more rather than just showing off what I got.


9 comments:

  1. I suppose Jordan and Bo are on the same card because they were both multi-sport guys. Though MJ's baseball career didn't really pan out.

    Campanella was half-black, got screwed by the color barrier for several years. Looks pale in that pic.

    I like the Trout, but I like team logos better.

    Voting for the Car Go.

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    1. Agree on the team logos, and also agree that the CarGo is pretty fun! Wouldn't mind some more of those.

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  2. I always enjoyed watching Weaver yell at umps. As for the cards, I feel like I've gotta track down one of those Jordan/Bo Broders. They pop up on blogs all the time and it sure brings back memories of the late 80's.

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    1. Yeah, Weaver was fun! I actually would have thought that i already had the Jordan/Bo, but nope. Glad to have it!

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  3. The Murcer is cool! I always like the older colored swatches.

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    1. Definitely agree. They give a very different feeling than a newer, flat color jersey.

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  4. I'm sure that there's no way to find out with any real certainty, but it would be interesting to know had more Broder's made of them, Bo or MJ.

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    1. There are waaaay more MJ broders in my collection, mostly due to my brother hoarding them back in the day.

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  5. Those old timer relics are stunning!

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