tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309119917429893082024-03-14T01:16:08.644-04:00Chavez RaviningA Baseball Card BlogAlex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-3939134836652035032021-02-18T11:28:00.000-05:002021-02-18T11:28:04.044-05:00Heritage from 2020 but not 2020 Heritage (well, one)<span style="font-family: georgia;">This week I received a few trade packages from fellow friends and bloggers, my first of 2021. Considering it's been nearly six months since I last saw cards in the wild, finding bubble mailers and card-filled envelopes in the mail is quite exciting. I'm still looking to get my hands on my first 2021 cards of the year, but an incoming package from a recent <a href="http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/">Nachos Grande</a> box break should scratch that itch.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'll get to the contents of those packages soon enough, but I still have plenty of trades and purchases from 2020 I need to get posted. So that's where we'll start. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxzQqogEm6RCx3PFXWi9Ixz6AfYFmDjICSpjlQNxx-_9EPA_uJT-sSeRNg4BbdG0-N1LPfbkk77JqdD2xZmoBQ6lv_h8aju8txym7EUzwxX7BzZzB9CHOGWUYStXscZmbssqE9dLvRaZk/s1056/Broxton+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1056" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxzQqogEm6RCx3PFXWi9Ixz6AfYFmDjICSpjlQNxx-_9EPA_uJT-sSeRNg4BbdG0-N1LPfbkk77JqdD2xZmoBQ6lv_h8aju8txym7EUzwxX7BzZzB9CHOGWUYStXscZmbssqE9dLvRaZk/w431-h302/Broxton+%25281%2529.jpg" width="431" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Topps Flagship and my PCs have been the central focal points of my collection since I started collecting nearly a decade ago. I'm steadily working my way through Flagship--I have about 55% of all Dodgers at the moment--and I'm always adding new cards of my favorite dudes. <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/thrill-of-chase.html" target="_blank">Last year</a> I decided to throw Topps Heritage in the mix, and a large portion of the new cards I picked up in 2020 helped kick off that chase. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt84rf8wBZiIvZQ0_Piw89IF_vma2pfJDAeMcQlrBEpHZUANPhLW4MVS0u-hWJs6VMV5nmCfN_flGudwk6stVGlesGTWoX_ldxo-xk9-ccr4BKuUDqN7WwPokP4f9qmZUaDhBn5ftJDYiO/s1040/Tracy+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1040" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt84rf8wBZiIvZQ0_Piw89IF_vma2pfJDAeMcQlrBEpHZUANPhLW4MVS0u-hWJs6VMV5nmCfN_flGudwk6stVGlesGTWoX_ldxo-xk9-ccr4BKuUDqN7WwPokP4f9qmZUaDhBn5ftJDYiO/w400-h283/Tracy+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Shortly after posting about my decision to chase Heritage, a few trades formed and lots of new Heritage cards quickly made their way to me in New Jersey. In fact, all of the cards you see in this post come from the wonderful Mr. Haverkamp, a blogging staple. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mr. Haverkamp found cards I needed from 11 different years of Heritage, though considering I had next to no Heritage cards in my possession upon this announcement, I suppose it's not that surprising. Let's take a look at some of the fun stuff that came my way (in random order since Blogger is apparently dreadful to work with when it comes to formatting images). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mml2i5BGicIlgkOzIMQl0d9xB3laXDmzewkk4WyiZBFzerSrRgRnaitSI59HrqL5fAYwNvWmfOPvnpP1Bd4Of1ayKFuoTSeha2F2mGmOM4Z87jq1IriiNUsrZUPuDsJ7-v8nTdAIl_bW/s1028/Dodgers+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1028" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mml2i5BGicIlgkOzIMQl0d9xB3laXDmzewkk4WyiZBFzerSrRgRnaitSI59HrqL5fAYwNvWmfOPvnpP1Bd4Of1ayKFuoTSeha2F2mGmOM4Z87jq1IriiNUsrZUPuDsJ7-v8nTdAIl_bW/w400-h286/Dodgers+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Diboowmq1U-FfMrZHkrVOD6WVBJvU59PqSKfUpV_fHvBAmTgG8KnOZakV_XGzdrj37Y8teOsLpEMYPQ1-fhJ7-TI2r9L_kDpJHy_BbTE3SElwLp55CvpLeD0diDQ3Yp-UlCZAZ_TH6jg/w284-h400/Taylot+%25282%2529.jpg" width="284" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lots of fun stuff here. I don't miss the old team photo cards at all. It's tough to actally make anybody out and they're not particularly fun to look at. I prefer the team card treatment we've seen in recent Topps sets. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Card backs don't get as much play as they deserve, so let's take a look at a smattering of those as well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExictWhFuJRPgt3PYk5Eu38fuTB19KWSJJ751hJ_uiSbauS_P1ZJ0U_k5CUIlP4X5myeitUOW61X64J8KZhK2rHrxlRcUtuaLivhET8yovns2I6EGCilTTaCgRFYHuctnObTsuYcWZfyp/s1036/Blake+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1036" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExictWhFuJRPgt3PYk5Eu38fuTB19KWSJJ751hJ_uiSbauS_P1ZJ0U_k5CUIlP4X5myeitUOW61X64J8KZhK2rHrxlRcUtuaLivhET8yovns2I6EGCilTTaCgRFYHuctnObTsuYcWZfyp/w400-h284/Blake+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA00GIVI8u5Vp7XjBeV6PWUBke9bUar9nGRb_-ImImDJMwhvYvee-AJk5RVivjgftqli843WlglY-V7AjeIA2U4fki01m7wQnDjLM2O1SglCTVSU-FFw-SUmGTJ3HZC5a2NNZd_3xenVu/s1040/Tracy+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1040" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPA00GIVI8u5Vp7XjBeV6PWUBke9bUar9nGRb_-ImImDJMwhvYvee-AJk5RVivjgftqli843WlglY-V7AjeIA2U4fki01m7wQnDjLM2O1SglCTVSU-FFw-SUmGTJ3HZC5a2NNZd_3xenVu/w400-h283/Tracy+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think the Darvish back is the easiest to read, but I do enjoy the few cards with middle names on the backs. What are your favorites? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks for the cards, Mr. Haverkamp!</span></div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-24516264905726985012021-02-05T10:26:00.000-05:002021-02-05T10:26:23.811-05:00Trade Pile 6: Take These Dusty Cards<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Well it's been a while since I last added to the trade pile--about six months--so you'll have to excuse the dust these cards gathered in between posts. For the first time in several years, my blog will feature a non-baseball card, this time of former Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck. </span><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (and email me your address) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my </span><a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><b><span><font color="#0b5394">want lists</font></span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm also always on the lookout for cards I don't own of my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/player-collections.html" target="_blank"><b>player collections</b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>2013 Panini Select Hot Stars Andrew Luck #9</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0_VyRrzwFIT-C1IQrGzrtqeeE5Wrxz8RfUJixbwmLx3-gaqClj07-AUuME5IAVPyEDj4LgigPXkHHYaKf9DljD2S3t40SUXjROGpLgF8DPz5Tgn1edG2Hyh-fh4-cWujAV9SeD_J0q-e/s1096/IMG_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="780" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0_VyRrzwFIT-C1IQrGzrtqeeE5Wrxz8RfUJixbwmLx3-gaqClj07-AUuME5IAVPyEDj4LgigPXkHHYaKf9DljD2S3t40SUXjROGpLgF8DPz5Tgn1edG2Hyh-fh4-cWujAV9SeD_J0q-e/w265-h372/IMG_0002.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><b>2004 Topps Total Juan Uribe #594</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhsSibvAlh8wGjy_2240Wca2aJS95JUsC1qbN7L-dzMu-VN6Xjd8-EuoWsvNfqY8rAjrujQ7N22-ECkDO2Q5dtGPDV0dvqTTP40UdEMN8Lxl1_sQ0KSOcSCwLAjCt80ZvaExiZOTeHHKX/s992/IMG_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhsSibvAlh8wGjy_2240Wca2aJS95JUsC1qbN7L-dzMu-VN6Xjd8-EuoWsvNfqY8rAjrujQ7N22-ECkDO2Q5dtGPDV0dvqTTP40UdEMN8Lxl1_sQ0KSOcSCwLAjCt80ZvaExiZOTeHHKX/w300-h400/IMG_0007.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">1996 Topps Chrome Alex Rodriguez #3</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9-5qTxe8SKFZiszxJRA3L1iIUo5ulPzKFssdXMqImy1sGKPbn88JuVJ8WIBQncdV5ehVcfT7hyphenhyphenmpSNiQK89DE7UvurvsbZfsKh9xo1QorAzIhKj4NRT66-zCRKR6ieaC0MIRaRAVa7Wu/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9-5qTxe8SKFZiszxJRA3L1iIUo5ulPzKFssdXMqImy1sGKPbn88JuVJ8WIBQncdV5ehVcfT7hyphenhyphenmpSNiQK89DE7UvurvsbZfsKh9xo1QorAzIhKj4NRT66-zCRKR6ieaC0MIRaRAVa7Wu/s400/IMG_0006.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #188 Rodriguez/Jeter/Cano </span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_TeslxA4Hh7WTz0R0YhYYG-4FP9qaZZqrSuQ8MjPG-Bz4j-7FZcDuZFbM-9f15FbAgbKOVOEmtZQHZ1nsIdrFJ1E4aM2uC7NiQkVfbDpzydpFPpZtedmmmrHXb6YtP9kz9e_I6FkDTuM/s1600/IMG_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_TeslxA4Hh7WTz0R0YhYYG-4FP9qaZZqrSuQ8MjPG-Bz4j-7FZcDuZFbM-9f15FbAgbKOVOEmtZQHZ1nsIdrFJ1E4aM2uC7NiQkVfbDpzydpFPpZtedmmmrHXb6YtP9kz9e_I6FkDTuM/s400/IMG_0005.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-75750680236657523182021-01-08T12:09:00.002-05:002021-01-08T12:09:29.598-05:00RIP Tommy Lasorda<p>The Dodgers announced the unfortunate passing of Hall-of-Fame manager Tommy Lasorda this morning. My Dodger fandom began long after Lasorda had retired from managing, but he still played a large role with the organization and had Dodger blue running through his veins. I'm glad Tommy was able to see the Dodgers win one final championship in 2020. </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://t.co/E1qyeKtfjl">pic.twitter.com/E1qyeKtfjl</a></p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1347585134178955264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2021</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W-SJnW95IIgzm8jnjXqEZ7KFf218UEAXA893dIHLRmEzSNaP3aHBZ3sd6LiJeeFmK2FqFlIKarLN1r8bnNf9tJgc8LqWGPyIsYaq2GnDbhQjkcybeYu86rfJNppyehj2O-x1aKg5uW6q/s1600/TLF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5W-SJnW95IIgzm8jnjXqEZ7KFf218UEAXA893dIHLRmEzSNaP3aHBZ3sd6LiJeeFmK2FqFlIKarLN1r8bnNf9tJgc8LqWGPyIsYaq2GnDbhQjkcybeYu86rfJNppyehj2O-x1aKg5uW6q/w280-h400/TLF.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99e0jFCOLY1gPUk7YYZV-8HjMM2Hm8FlMCtb4sgIg0pGL4h5AYVMqC4pXkVfl03hx9YwNxhyFF-Rlh1iPoBkhfc1_tAa-lPy9yACnRUxOJq32QFMx3V5Q7U6NeASga9o4k-MflZp8t0A_/s1600/87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1155" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99e0jFCOLY1gPUk7YYZV-8HjMM2Hm8FlMCtb4sgIg0pGL4h5AYVMqC4pXkVfl03hx9YwNxhyFF-Rlh1iPoBkhfc1_tAa-lPy9yACnRUxOJq32QFMx3V5Q7U6NeASga9o4k-MflZp8t0A_/w289-h400/87.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /> <p></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-27839468457843444432021-01-05T13:09:00.000-05:002021-01-05T13:09:02.098-05:00Catching Up on Some 2020 Things<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's been nearly six months since my last post, and quite a lot has happened since then. COVID continued to rage on (and still does), Alex Trebek passed away, and Blogger pushed a terrible new interface onto us. What a sad, strange, weird year. Emphasis on the sad. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2020 World Series, their first in 32 years and their first championship during my lifetime. <i>Some </i>good things did happen in 2020. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't have much of an excuse for my absence over the last several months. Work got super busy when August rolled around, cards were hard to find, and I simply didn't feel up to scanning, updating my checklists, and blogging. I suppose I can blame it on 2020 or just on a bunch of little things. As Hank Scorpio <a href="https://comb.io/1G2GM4" target="_blank">says</a>, "Can't argue with the little things, it's the little things that make up life." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">With the exception of a small purchase at a card shop in Ohio and a fun Christmas gift from my dad, I haven't added any new cards since the summer. So I figured it's a good time to catch up on a few trades from 2020 I never got around to posting about. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Before I do so, I'd encourage anyone I owe cards to to reach out either in the comments, email, or Twitter. I don't think I'm in debt to anyone, and I'll be going back through old emails etc. to double check, but I just want to be sure. Now back to our regularly scheduled program...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCx0WwSL6OdTypAfOC8tC1SN-KZECB1UAOfbgOzdhTY43t0BUjEWZmhDggmnKIThDcX9ZZS_e2H8w1cSyfZANiCjbPpMivkxrgpf8zNYBtBbBHC1Vn2DUOxiUpT1MVGHN6Q2rc3twWSfD/s1032/IMG_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCx0WwSL6OdTypAfOC8tC1SN-KZECB1UAOfbgOzdhTY43t0BUjEWZmhDggmnKIThDcX9ZZS_e2H8w1cSyfZANiCjbPpMivkxrgpf8zNYBtBbBHC1Vn2DUOxiUpT1MVGHN6Q2rc3twWSfD/w284-h400/IMG_0001.jpg" width="284" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We'll start first with a pair of cards sent my way from Nate (<a href="https://thebucsstophere.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Bucs Stop Here</a>). I believe Nate managed to get his hands on some Bowman last Summer and was kind enough to send some of the Dodgers my way, including a super shiny Dustin May rookie card. May didn't wind up winning Rookie of the Year in 2020, but he was a solid piece for the eventual champions. Plus he did <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/dustin-may-strikes-out-machado" target="_blank">this</a> to Manny Machado. Nasty!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY0SBDGTmYlNDq8Ze5PVcM8hyphenhyphendcyBkQVSNOQ6vdyyHuVwSjpydNHPTmaIjDFtjdfG8GawqadRbJjdel9KPJYjw_zmamie8im0_3YispJQYYpHmlIDLce5KpdyqttvWB4Z_yj064XZQ4N2/s1068/IMG_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1068" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfY0SBDGTmYlNDq8Ze5PVcM8hyphenhyphendcyBkQVSNOQ6vdyyHuVwSjpydNHPTmaIjDFtjdfG8GawqadRbJjdel9KPJYjw_zmamie8im0_3YispJQYYpHmlIDLce5KpdyqttvWB4Z_yj064XZQ4N2/w400-h288/IMG_0002.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">A shiny Tony Gonslin was also included in this package, and like Dustin May, Gonsolin played a pivotol role in the Dodgers rotation in 2020. He narrowly missed out on Rookie of the Year honors himself. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Next up, some "old" cards from GCRL. A handful of Dodgers from 1990 Flagship has pushed me closer to completing the team set. Just five more cards will close the door on 1990, and I'm getting closer to completing the entire decade. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_PDgL_BrZxeeNQz3oTqnuvFOSznBDXcVNfo6VUD71i5BxMyuxs6xqiO-ZB6O-dGjY_cGcpTR8da5zhakESo6zzDZeH8noFRVywn00d_Ly1jlANilMWUITJMQDKfkmGyjlozImTEpkgKo/s2048/IMG_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_PDgL_BrZxeeNQz3oTqnuvFOSznBDXcVNfo6VUD71i5BxMyuxs6xqiO-ZB6O-dGjY_cGcpTR8da5zhakESo6zzDZeH8noFRVywn00d_Ly1jlANilMWUITJMQDKfkmGyjlozImTEpkgKo/w611-h568/IMG_0002.jpg" width="611" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm also inching closer to completing the team sets of the 1980s, and this deal officially completes the 1987 Flagship set--my first completed team set in the 1980s. All seven cards below hail from the Traded series, an area that has prevented me from finishing out many of my sets from the decade. In fact, I have 74% of all 1980s Flagship Dodgers, but these pesky Traded cards stand in my way of completing most of the sets. I suppose one of my goals for 2021 will be to finally finish these off. </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugAqTbRau1ZV4e8cWpoA3Xct8qTdeeRCmWXT2y6EqeqwNmjnhO3HtGGxYMyK2dSNIBT3hXlvNxtbeXHNUL81IyHb50DjyGJqqv7POBFGWvhtab9Yfyi16-qTqbosfzHD3lsITZhKKHldC/s2048/IMG_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1480" height="742" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugAqTbRau1ZV4e8cWpoA3Xct8qTdeeRCmWXT2y6EqeqwNmjnhO3HtGGxYMyK2dSNIBT3hXlvNxtbeXHNUL81IyHb50DjyGJqqv7POBFGWvhtab9Yfyi16-qTqbosfzHD3lsITZhKKHldC/w535-h742/IMG_0001.jpg" width="535" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks for the cards, guys!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm hoping to get back into the rhythm of things and post regularly in 2021, so stay tuned. I've still got a few trades to cover after all. </span></p></div>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-22269096780972716202020-07-29T12:44:00.001-04:002020-07-29T12:44:28.757-04:00Trade Pile 6: #content<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Work has been a bear the last week or so, so I'm a bit behind on posting. Seems like an appropriate time to add to the Trade Pile. #content<b> </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (and email me your address) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my </span><a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><b><span><font color="#0b5394">want lists</font></span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm also always on the lookout for cards I don't own of my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/player-collections.html" target="_blank"><b>player collections</b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. </span></span><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><b>2004 Topps Total Juan Uribe #594</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhsSibvAlh8wGjy_2240Wca2aJS95JUsC1qbN7L-dzMu-VN6Xjd8-EuoWsvNfqY8rAjrujQ7N22-ECkDO2Q5dtGPDV0dvqTTP40UdEMN8Lxl1_sQ0KSOcSCwLAjCt80ZvaExiZOTeHHKX/s992/IMG_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhsSibvAlh8wGjy_2240Wca2aJS95JUsC1qbN7L-dzMu-VN6Xjd8-EuoWsvNfqY8rAjrujQ7N22-ECkDO2Q5dtGPDV0dvqTTP40UdEMN8Lxl1_sQ0KSOcSCwLAjCt80ZvaExiZOTeHHKX/s320/IMG_0007.jpg" /></a></div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font><div><font face="georgia, times new roman, serif"><br /></font></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">1996 Topps Chrome Alex Rodriguez #3</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9-5qTxe8SKFZiszxJRA3L1iIUo5ulPzKFssdXMqImy1sGKPbn88JuVJ8WIBQncdV5ehVcfT7hyphenhyphenmpSNiQK89DE7UvurvsbZfsKh9xo1QorAzIhKj4NRT66-zCRKR6ieaC0MIRaRAVa7Wu/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9-5qTxe8SKFZiszxJRA3L1iIUo5ulPzKFssdXMqImy1sGKPbn88JuVJ8WIBQncdV5ehVcfT7hyphenhyphenmpSNiQK89DE7UvurvsbZfsKh9xo1QorAzIhKj4NRT66-zCRKR6ieaC0MIRaRAVa7Wu/s400/IMG_0006.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #188 Rodriguez/Jeter/Cano </span></b></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_TeslxA4Hh7WTz0R0YhYYG-4FP9qaZZqrSuQ8MjPG-Bz4j-7FZcDuZFbM-9f15FbAgbKOVOEmtZQHZ1nsIdrFJ1E4aM2uC7NiQkVfbDpzydpFPpZtedmmmrHXb6YtP9kz9e_I6FkDTuM/s1600/IMG_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_TeslxA4Hh7WTz0R0YhYYG-4FP9qaZZqrSuQ8MjPG-Bz4j-7FZcDuZFbM-9f15FbAgbKOVOEmtZQHZ1nsIdrFJ1E4aM2uC7NiQkVfbDpzydpFPpZtedmmmrHXb6YtP9kz9e_I6FkDTuM/s400/IMG_0005.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-13668274082719778352020-07-27T12:19:00.001-04:002020-07-27T12:19:31.840-04:00More of the SameEarlier this month I walked away from a Target grocery run with several boxes of cards. I wrote about the first two boxes <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/07/best-set-yet.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/07/aficionado-i-am-not.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and today I'll recap the final one. This time we're talking Series Two.<br />
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I'll give it to you right at the top--none of the Series Two I opened held any hits, variations, or Luis Robert cards. If you're looking for those, you'd best stop reading now.<br />
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No, these boxes were pretty par from the course and included a steady diet of base cards and the occasional insert.<br />
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I'm not typically a big fan of insert sets that focus on a single player (the Gleyber Torres set from a year or two ago was annoying), though I'm okay with this Players of the Decade set featuring Mike Trout. Trout will go down as one of the greatest players of all-time, so that's more excusable than a rookie from New York.<br />
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I attempted to purchase the Dodgers team set on eBay when the set was released, but didn't find any listings with a low enough price. So I'll be chasing these the old-fashioned way. These boxes held four of the twelve Dodgers from S2.<br />
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Rounding out these cards with another Turkey Red, this time of an absolutely jacked Rickey Henderson. I'm not sure which stint with Oakland this photo is from, though I wonder if it coincided with Canseco and McGwire's--looks like he could be a third Bash Brother.Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-74132010124703002712020-07-25T12:15:00.000-04:002020-07-25T12:15:13.053-04:00Something Cool and Yellow<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Night Owl said it best in his <a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2020/07/more-cards-of-me.html" target="_blank">blog post yesterday</a>: "Just about anything good that happens this month I consider a birthday gift."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like Night Owl, my birthday was earlier this month, and I'm lumping together all of the good things that happen in July as a gift from the cosmos. I've received several card packages over the last few weeks from fellow bloggers and readers, and though I doubt many (if any) had my birthday in mind, I've decided to consider them all birthday gifts anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier this week a bubble mailer arrived, and I knew it to be an intentional birthday gift. After all, my dad is the one who sent it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A 1959 Topps Sandy Koufax. It's the first Sandy Koufax card from his playing days in my collection (though he is featured on the 1966 NL K Leaders card #226 with Cloninger and Drysdale which I also have). Still, this is the first <i>proper </i>Koufax card I get to call my own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My dad and I had a conversation about possible birthday gifts a couple of weeks ago, and this card happened to make its way into our talk. Little did I know it'd be in my hands just a few days later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The card is in pretty good shape, with the borders being the big knock against it. I'm not a condition snob, so it does not bug me at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the last thing I'll do is complain about owning a Sandy Koufax card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not sure why the back scanned so dark, but here it is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's strange to see Koufax's numbers so mediocre. This is still early in his career, but a 4.20 career ERA certainly doesn't seem right. Koufax was still a couple of years away from his first otherworldy season, and ended his career with a stellar 2.76 ERA. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I absolutely love the cartoon here, though there are at least a few hitting coaches that might take exception with this guy's approach at the plate. Most glaring is his hand position--now I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure holding them together on the bat doesn't lead to much success. FWOOOSH. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2020 has been a terrible year so far, though July has had it's moments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Baseball is back. I took some vacation. And now I added a Koufax to the collection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not bad birthday gifts at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks, Dad!</span>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-37026777037432871152020-07-22T12:00:00.000-04:002020-07-22T12:00:03.239-04:00I Bought into the HypeBefore we get to my recent t206 purchase, be sure to head over to my buddy Nate's blog at <a href="http://thebucsstophere.blogspot.com/2020/07/contest-win-some-2020-bowman-or-2020.html" target="_blank">The Bucs Stop Here</a> to enter his latest contest. Just make your MLB predictions for the year, and you might win some free cards. And give him a follow if you don't already.<br />
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A few months back Topps announced the return of the popular 206 line of cards. They were to be sold exclusively on the Topps website with card counts limited to the number of packs purchased. This isn't something I'd typically go for, but in a COVIDworld where picking up new packs of cards was few and far between, I bought into the hype.<br />
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The cards are released in ten different waves, so the two boxes I purchased were part of the first release, or Series One I suppose. The first release contains two different Dodgers (Corey Seager and Gavin Lux) though they didn't make an appearance in the boxes I opened.<br />
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First impressions: these cards are a bit <i>too </i>over-filtered. (A complaint I have with many current day Topps' products.) </div>
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Now that's not to say I didn't add some cool new cardboard to my collection. You can't go wrong with a pack of cards containing Mike Trout, Mr. October, and Johnny Bench. </div>
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Some current baseball players were also represented, including the Yankees newest and most expesive starter. The collation between the two boxes wasn't great. Of the twenty cards between the two boxes, I received dupes of Gerrit Cole and Scott Kingery. It doesn't seem like much, but that's 10% of the cards. Not insignificant.<br />
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Though these boxes can contain "surprise autographs" and rare back variations, mine didn't have 'em. Each box does promise two "Piedmont" back cards, which you can see above next to the standard back. Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't appear that these cards are numbered. I'm not sure if this is normal for a Topps online exclusive product or not.<br />
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Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-31786815574482251722020-07-18T16:53:00.000-04:002020-07-18T16:53:04.951-04:00Trade Pile 6: Adding On and Paging Contest Winners<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm adding to the trade pile and also paging a few <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/07/contest-winners.html">contest winners</a>. I still need to ship out six packages, but I need addresses from all but one of you. (Gavin, I've got your Mookie Betts card set aside, and I'm waiting on soem shipping materials to arrive to my apartment before I ship.) Can the following folks reach out to me via email (alexmarkle05@gmail.com) with their mailing address? <b>Peter S., Bret Alan, Comatoad, Adam K., and Swing and a Pop Up. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (and email me your address) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my </span><a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">want lists</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm also always on the lookout for cards I don't own of my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/player-collections.html" target="_blank"><b>player collections</b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. </span></span><br />
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Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-57937317508971409752020-07-14T13:00:00.000-04:002020-07-14T13:00:06.255-04:00Trade Pile 6: Baseball Heroes<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another day, another trade pile. These have been moving incredibly quick, so act fast if you're interested. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (and email me your address) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my </span><a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" style="background-color: white; color: #329aca;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">want lists</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm also always on the lookout for cards I don't own of my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/player-collections.html" target="_blank"><b>player collections</b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #188 Rodriguez/Jeter/Cano </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Except I'm not doing that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I say it's goal-setting season, I actually mean it's time to revisit the goals I was supposed to have made at the beginning of the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I didn't do that either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now before you assume I'm a bad employee, I should mention that I'm actually exempt from setting goals in my role. Most everyone in the company sets goals, but the sales team doesn't have to jump through these hoops. Our goals are numbers based and assigned to us late in Q1. I don't have a say in what my goals actually are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Things are a bit different over here in the collecting world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I set goals for myself. I have the freedom to adjust them throughout the year or completely drop them if I wish. If I don't meet my goals, I won't be fired or disciplined. Heck, I can have the same goal year after year. It doesn't matter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To put it succinctly, my collecting goals are arbitrary. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And heading into this year, I really only had one goal: make progress on my Dodgers team sets for Topps Flagship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And thanks to many of you, I've accomplished that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Greg over at <a href="https://thecollectivemind.blogspot.com/">The Collective Mind</a> recently sent over a handful of Dodgers from various sets, including the 1983 and 1978 cards you see above. Don't be fooled by the scan on these '78s, Greg didn't cut off bottom part of these cards--that was the work of my auto-scanner. The full cards are resting nicely in their binder, and I didn't feel the need to scan them again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With these additions, my 1978 set is now 79% complete (23/29) and the 1983 set is now at 66% (21/32). Definitely making progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Perhaps the best cards in this package were actually a pair from 2014 Update: Clayton Kershaw and Chone Figgins. Both of these cards were on my Most Wanted list on the sidebar and now that they're in hand, I can officially say the 2014 set is complete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's just the sixth team set completed to date, but I'm making progress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bo over at <a href="http://borosny.blogspot.com/">Baseball Cards Come to Life!</a> also dropped some more Dodgers on me recently via PWE. He's made a dent in several of my checklists over the last several weeks, this time targeting 1981 and 1984. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My progress on both of these sets trails the average for the decade (72% of the 80s completed), as 1981 sits at 56% (18/32) while 1984 checks in a bit higher at 68% (21/31). </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've yet to complete my first set from the '80s, though I imagine that will happen at some point this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm not exactly sure where I started the year, but I'm currently at 51% total for all Dodgers team sets. I was around 47% just a couple of months ago, so it is nice being over the halfway marker now. Still, with only six of the sets complete there is more work to be done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So don't mind me if I continue to have the same goal year in and year out. There's always progress to be made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back at the beginning of June I ended a post with a simple question: <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-card-that-started-it-all.html">what card(s) got you into collecting?</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thirty-three different readers responded to that question and shared their stories about the sets and cards that turned them into collectors. Responses mentioned sets and cards spanning decades from the 1960s to the 2010s. 1987 Topps was by far the most popular set mentioned, as five readers named it a set that either got them into collecting or the set that got them <i>back </i>into collecting. No other set garnered more than a single mention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Baseball wasn't the only sport named either, as there were a couple mentions of both hockey and football. Even non-sports cards got some action by the way of Wacky Packages, Star Wars, and Poké</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">mon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Many of you pointed to sets that got you into collecting while others cited specific cards. In fact twenty-two different cards were mentioned (two these being team cards). Thirteen of these were hitters and seven were pitchers. We can also break this down into NL and AL clubs (by today's organization): twelve cards for NL teams, ten for AL. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Of the forty-one different sets and cards named, only seven were </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">not</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Topps products. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How were the various decades represented? Five mentions of the 1960s, seventeen mentions of the 1970s, fifteen mentions of the 1980s, six mentions of the 1990s, one mention of the 2000s, and one mention of the 2010s. Assuming most of you likely began collecting at somepoint during our childhoods, it's fair to say a majority of you were likely born 60s and 70s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm sure there are other insights we can gain from this information, and I encourage you to bring up any other patterns you may have noticed in the comments. If you didn't get in on the fun back in June, I invite you to do so now and share the card(s) that got you into collecting in the comments below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You wouldn't think I'd post without leaving pictures? Below you can find a visual walkthrough organized by decade of all of your responses. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09-_f6_XMAzB-ao_ebnD5wrhzmaf4hvPZ84LML96XRv9HLXreM_7EuGSrRlzoU1X0Sdh4A6cayDLnGJdDwUyX8Axc0aA69pYkJpoHnl32Bgs1Dh_htoBTC67l15zkgI31Hh4vKA_vkfL_/s1600/1973-topps-baseball-unopened-wax-box-1st-series.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="500" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09-_f6_XMAzB-ao_ebnD5wrhzmaf4hvPZ84LML96XRv9HLXreM_7EuGSrRlzoU1X0Sdh4A6cayDLnGJdDwUyX8Axc0aA69pYkJpoHnl32Bgs1Dh_htoBTC67l15zkgI31Hh4vKA_vkfL_/s400/1973-topps-baseball-unopened-wax-box-1st-series.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1973 Topps Baseball</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9-POASedP47ukuWxEej9LVOjSthjQg3eTXlw-U2eFjnRVBXjGFBeePfcEhNjswSA8GhcUn3kIOqVZuoUiNRLYCvJmMYjrXy2Ek57imROZrBzBsvgK2d1G0q2QwwXhi3XTwSQ-ZAsWYtU/s1600/1974+Topps+Eduardo+Rodriguez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="223" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9-POASedP47ukuWxEej9LVOjSthjQg3eTXlw-U2eFjnRVBXjGFBeePfcEhNjswSA8GhcUn3kIOqVZuoUiNRLYCvJmMYjrXy2Ek57imROZrBzBsvgK2d1G0q2QwwXhi3XTwSQ-ZAsWYtU/s400/1974+Topps+Eduardo+Rodriguez.jpg" width="297" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1974 Topps Eduardo Rodriguez</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIX5_x0yZenA1fRthgp5IF8038fzwQrQEGbhZzpoDprpzw2AwzXt21OXHEUSyxQ9MCEsXvpc7Y6JhK0yIzgMLOwuKFNs093_Pv2fy6EWOBQkTR3Gje9tdB9dtkk0b4frePgnyXJWGxup-/s1600/1974+Topps+Pedro+Garcia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIX5_x0yZenA1fRthgp5IF8038fzwQrQEGbhZzpoDprpzw2AwzXt21OXHEUSyxQ9MCEsXvpc7Y6JhK0yIzgMLOwuKFNs093_Pv2fy6EWOBQkTR3Gje9tdB9dtkk0b4frePgnyXJWGxup-/s400/1974+Topps+Pedro+Garcia.jpg" width="293" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1974 Topps Pedro Garcia</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lRvispDqIUyQfolRbxV4iqfWOv-X73toh31vjYAs2Ukbz_Jq5M8NTOcqwKNnIU43n7MV_bTertS8vD4wRVjHFrhakIcQF_NoNKeHdTfKCsSmAuG6SNsp4y1C5vrpX5LH_RXD82UJcU8-/s1600/1974+Topps+TOmmy+John.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lRvispDqIUyQfolRbxV4iqfWOv-X73toh31vjYAs2Ukbz_Jq5M8NTOcqwKNnIU43n7MV_bTertS8vD4wRVjHFrhakIcQF_NoNKeHdTfKCsSmAuG6SNsp4y1C5vrpX5LH_RXD82UJcU8-/s400/1974+Topps+TOmmy+John.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1974 Topps Tommy John</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs49i4yvaStE8xKP3XFsNIJfIs-0xJ4FOyaptlqrvfMqAE6LEyYVeuhsUAYDh7EVZUL29v1BAp2WscYv1Ws_VWC7ryXNEat9awnppYl9JP9tAhob6_L4ZVWhOCSzWAEk79IVbgzzAcKovI/s1600/1974+Topps+yaz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs49i4yvaStE8xKP3XFsNIJfIs-0xJ4FOyaptlqrvfMqAE6LEyYVeuhsUAYDh7EVZUL29v1BAp2WscYv1Ws_VWC7ryXNEat9awnppYl9JP9tAhob6_L4ZVWhOCSzWAEk79IVbgzzAcKovI/s400/1974+Topps+yaz.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1974 Topps Carl Yastrzemski</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJAmSG6K6HCfFdlNAmogKD5xmrt5Sz6eZ_oTcq9dLeIONDLwYAh8pXedTwVHR9qfMGjKLhRcHVrxSoKF0EFPzZ00yur7F3IDMMdXUSrRiy_Ea5z2SomUwMJxGLwJrWm7-FE23USisN9dq/s1600/1975-Topps-baseball-wax-box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="500" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJAmSG6K6HCfFdlNAmogKD5xmrt5Sz6eZ_oTcq9dLeIONDLwYAh8pXedTwVHR9qfMGjKLhRcHVrxSoKF0EFPzZ00yur7F3IDMMdXUSrRiy_Ea5z2SomUwMJxGLwJrWm7-FE23USisN9dq/s400/1975-Topps-baseball-wax-box.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps Baseball</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5fq3hNOy6cn9xurt2ogBNDFQkPuWZEeW5AQnom0oW-IkbgJ3PTVWXkKpZ_aTCb4npwShxEwk8O_sbAzz3j9bNVbkZDLfL18NcEn30fMRWDYfuo7IU9qF4LL1DNBJUVXKks8tfBFhXfM8/s1600/1975+Darold+Knowles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5fq3hNOy6cn9xurt2ogBNDFQkPuWZEeW5AQnom0oW-IkbgJ3PTVWXkKpZ_aTCb4npwShxEwk8O_sbAzz3j9bNVbkZDLfL18NcEn30fMRWDYfuo7IU9qF4LL1DNBJUVXKks8tfBFhXfM8/s400/1975+Darold+Knowles.jpg" width="290" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps Darold Knowles</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hlNs8h9eTy6KJx1xvBUjTZzJ_D51qjrdlPGdAc2YqeBUi0IsNzqYVTTkUmD7uqRrQj0U2p7N_MHQJdtltygw4MPDS64tFo3Nw0HjNyhG_QaUEcaa5OvKwxcoGt2QosCkYY1NmtMvioBS/s1600/1975+Ron+Cey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hlNs8h9eTy6KJx1xvBUjTZzJ_D51qjrdlPGdAc2YqeBUi0IsNzqYVTTkUmD7uqRrQj0U2p7N_MHQJdtltygw4MPDS64tFo3Nw0HjNyhG_QaUEcaa5OvKwxcoGt2QosCkYY1NmtMvioBS/s400/1975+Ron+Cey.jpg" width="290" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps Ron Cey</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vOA4BJ6Iy4CwOx3_JPEyj_D2V_L99Auz2sJ1h5AwPdcaXcAYx4N0yePRrCfHoL_b0THXNzSv5lb_HUILcHVNgOLEh-YN1FRNHwmTbSkOCLJziEzqsZV4QeMyWX1WjyziUCGUC1U2zBb1/s1600/1975+Topps+Hal+McRae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="463" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vOA4BJ6Iy4CwOx3_JPEyj_D2V_L99Auz2sJ1h5AwPdcaXcAYx4N0yePRrCfHoL_b0THXNzSv5lb_HUILcHVNgOLEh-YN1FRNHwmTbSkOCLJziEzqsZV4QeMyWX1WjyziUCGUC1U2zBb1/s400/1975+Topps+Hal+McRae.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps Hal McRae</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgZ7sYnKTyk9sfffOtcq_Qy0Dumk7nvS0U3_Vy3wmSCjqq8TPoy2s1lTp8mM126hPwzUNeIFC5n1fuKNZw_l7CTj8mix1QsyRpXuwgDwcmBB43knobvJ6t0nUqnnkt_l_kXTHzQRNbpXh/s1600/1975+TOpps+John+Hiller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgZ7sYnKTyk9sfffOtcq_Qy0Dumk7nvS0U3_Vy3wmSCjqq8TPoy2s1lTp8mM126hPwzUNeIFC5n1fuKNZw_l7CTj8mix1QsyRpXuwgDwcmBB43knobvJ6t0nUqnnkt_l_kXTHzQRNbpXh/s400/1975+TOpps+John+Hiller.jpg" width="287" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps John Hiller</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iXuuOJIzgAPD69La-dGbIReYhaeRRVkZ6MQSADQgpsnq4JkcHCy0KeKaNdEIU_OIugvHNhhaAw7pONHPrUnAlrUnFRmcQLFgDL58jYtdnRJRpY94ozkrw-5i4Gxs9xyZKfXXWZz0TCST/s1600/1975+TOpps+Micket+Stanley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iXuuOJIzgAPD69La-dGbIReYhaeRRVkZ6MQSADQgpsnq4JkcHCy0KeKaNdEIU_OIugvHNhhaAw7pONHPrUnAlrUnFRmcQLFgDL58jYtdnRJRpY94ozkrw-5i4Gxs9xyZKfXXWZz0TCST/s400/1975+TOpps+Micket+Stanley.jpg" width="273" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1975 Topps Mickey Stanley</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXit3WBAJz8ZfoyKfCBg5D3-xgWA86qPd7MyANSRLvlyEzHwG5y8gGNQSlqMCrKsAlPSESSh6EZpZ3Ooqn335SHwg2h36OWFcoVeZoH7UnXfQiqRjb2QXJ_owhgh9Xz85zQSOXWLnvmUDz/s1600/1977+Topps.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1284" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXit3WBAJz8ZfoyKfCBg5D3-xgWA86qPd7MyANSRLvlyEzHwG5y8gGNQSlqMCrKsAlPSESSh6EZpZ3Ooqn335SHwg2h36OWFcoVeZoH7UnXfQiqRjb2QXJ_owhgh9Xz85zQSOXWLnvmUDz/s400/1977+Topps.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1977 Topps Baseball</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59usYMNVTYc1Y372uj_uS2am8VLNe-Q1FpvMZappG90usTflKCTMW8DoQdVgpXiJFmKQ8i9_BxyPVuXCqUqJqz25wmTSUY3Q3XvSlVq6Xj06_zd_wQ88Z4C12leweynEulg3H2qjkdgdD/s1600/1977+Topps+Star+Wars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59usYMNVTYc1Y372uj_uS2am8VLNe-Q1FpvMZappG90usTflKCTMW8DoQdVgpXiJFmKQ8i9_BxyPVuXCqUqJqz25wmTSUY3Q3XvSlVq6Xj06_zd_wQ88Z4C12leweynEulg3H2qjkdgdD/s400/1977+Topps+Star+Wars.jpg" width="287" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1977 Topps Star Wars</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCXf9-QuArZp56bwmS0baugIkAUz9pTtC4x_nw0ll5sVZs0TtSxEQ7mGQFydJJQzj-VITg2lOHspR0lCpspd7G6RkN8BDatYXTkE0axI55cBTad99bUnLMxB_iRgwznYYL-_B8rJl3t0W/s1600/1978+Bill+Travers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCXf9-QuArZp56bwmS0baugIkAUz9pTtC4x_nw0ll5sVZs0TtSxEQ7mGQFydJJQzj-VITg2lOHspR0lCpspd7G6RkN8BDatYXTkE0axI55cBTad99bUnLMxB_iRgwznYYL-_B8rJl3t0W/s400/1978+Bill+Travers.jpg" width="286" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1978 Topps Bill Travers</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfy4BxZPHZId54T7LCOhLd6ubjx1oKUDxbp-6ADPM6wS8goe8JZ80vaesq1cFm13pHrhaJO2N_in6C6xsuALsTL5jtfBcW6YPqiH1OHpgqNzY8E5HRndMmLTwYoYgVM9gRmhrtaV0gh8vb/s1600/1978+Mike+Schmidt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfy4BxZPHZId54T7LCOhLd6ubjx1oKUDxbp-6ADPM6wS8goe8JZ80vaesq1cFm13pHrhaJO2N_in6C6xsuALsTL5jtfBcW6YPqiH1OHpgqNzY8E5HRndMmLTwYoYgVM9gRmhrtaV0gh8vb/s400/1978+Mike+Schmidt.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1978 Topps Mike Schmidt</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvlSOYNDBt6oLdntYHhtntJHWx9gYooykdELPFlb56kTZgXcCENb9VGCJWsu_q3dZaIG2ojT-RxJ-YUrpUvMNXPHm_YsBwDQrDXh2J2q4-q9PvrcuSSZ_jaw3wXsZoCrdoXM2656Ruwyz/s1600/1979-topps-baseball-unopened-wax-box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvlSOYNDBt6oLdntYHhtntJHWx9gYooykdELPFlb56kTZgXcCENb9VGCJWsu_q3dZaIG2ojT-RxJ-YUrpUvMNXPHm_YsBwDQrDXh2J2q4-q9PvrcuSSZ_jaw3wXsZoCrdoXM2656Ruwyz/s400/1979-topps-baseball-unopened-wax-box.jpg" width="231" /></span></a></td></tr>
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Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-32806876835368189662020-07-11T16:48:00.001-04:002020-07-11T16:48:45.958-04:00Trade Pile 5: It's a Bunt<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Three out of the first four trade piles were claimed on the same day they were posted. I suppose I'm starting these piles with cards that are too good to turn down. Let's see if that's the case today as we begin trade pile number five. </span><br />
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Last week's trip to Target netted me <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/07/best-set-yet.html">a handful of great boxes</a>, including a hanger box of 2020 Panini Diamond Kings which I'll cover today. I typically shy away from Panini's baseball offerings but I was itching to open some packs and figured I'd give it a go.<br />
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A hanger box only promises 20 cards (half of the contents of the box are in this post), including one red frame parallel card per box. That's actually one of the cards I didn't scan, though I did send it to Tom at <a href="http://angelsinorder.blogspot.com/2020/07/contest-winnings-and-them-some.html">The Angels, In Order</a> so you can check it out over there. </div>
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I knew next to nothing about this set when I purchased it, and planned to consider it a win if I could just add some new Dodgers to the collection. That Mookie Betts cards above (the second card of his I pulled from this Target purchase) sealed the win for me, but I'm pretty happy with the rest of the contents as well.<br />
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The cards themselves are fairly high quality with a heavy card stock (more similar to Heritage than Flagship) and canvas-like feel. Of course, the cards lack licensing, but the artsy water-color type design and strong use of color makes up for that in my opinion. The Verlander Aficionado insert at the top of this post is a beauty (but the Astros are still yuck).<br />
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I also found a handful of All-Time Diamond Kings inserts which I believe are based on the 1992 design. These are up for grabs if any one is interested. Consider this my entry into Free Card Friday.<br />
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Perhaps the coolest card to fall out of the box--and the most unexpected considering my luck with the Big League blaster--was this Holo Silver DK Materials dual relic #'d /99 of Padres outfielder Trent Grisham. I've also placed this on eBay, but I'm happy to trade it away if anyone's interested.<br />
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Will I purchase any more Diamond Kings? Probably not. But at just ten bucks for a hanger box, you could do a lot worse with your money.Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-44776074324074143712020-07-08T14:00:00.001-04:002020-07-08T14:00:24.518-04:00Best Set Yet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made my weekly trip to Target for groceries last week, though I did so at a different time and day than typical. While my Target trips typically take place on Friday afternoons, I took a few days off last week and decided to head to the store on Wednesday morning. <div>
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The card aisle vindicated this decision, as the shelves were filled with hanger packs and blaster boxes and a new display for Series 2. There was probably close to fifty blaster boxes/hanger packs and another several hundred single packs of various products. I should have taken a photo considering how unusual the sight was in the current card climate, but I was too stunned at the sight before me to do so. </div>
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I didn't want to be <a href="http://baseballdimebox.blogspot.com/2020/07/three-days-on-front-lines-of-series-2_6.html">that bro</a> who clears the shelves and resells everything online, but there was some good variety and plenty of stock, so I grabbed more than a few things. I ended up going home with three Series 2 hanger packs, a hanger box of Diamond Kings, and blaster box of Big League. </div>
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There's a lot of fun stuff here, but I'll be splitting what I got into three posts, starting with Big League today. </div>
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Big League has already been talked about extensively on the blogs, so I won't get <i>too </i>into the details about the set here; I'd highly reccommend checking out Nick's post on <a href="http://baseballdimebox.blogspot.com/2020/06/big-league-will-save-us-all.html">Big League</a> though. </div>
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The base design is simple and clean, and as many have pointed out, looks similar to the 2009 Upper Deck OPC set. It's a much nicer and cleaner looking set then, say, 2020 Flagship and just looks more like a traditional baseball card to me. I don't mean to compare it to Flagship to illustrate its merits (it's a different set after all), but this iteration of Big League is a reminder of what Flagship should be. </div>
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The backs of the cards are stellar as well. Clear card numbers, interesting descriptions, and a fun "Did You Know?" feature. Who would've thought going up and down stairs would calm an infant?</div>
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One of the reasons I enjoy this set so much is the beacuse of the borders. I don't typically go gaga for Dodger cards featuring this much orange, but I love how it pops. </div>
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Maybe the real reason I enjoy Big League is because it contains what I think is Mookie Betts' first card in a Dodger uniform--not one that is photoshopped on. I didn't find his base card in the blaster box, but I this orange parallel does just fine. </div>
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Big League packs a punch with their insert sets, bring some memorable designs, fun imagery, and great color. That Muncy at the top of the post is great fun and reminds me of a license plate. This Cody Bellinger sketch card also stands out (though it is a bit creepy), and I'm totally into mispropportioned sketch cards. </div>
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I'm not as enthusiastic about the design on these Flipping Out inserts, but I applaud the color and theme of the set. I'm fully onboard with bat flipping/pimping/etc. </div>
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The blaster box promised several blue-bordered cards, and here they are. The scans came out a bit dark but you get the idea. Dodger cards would look great with these borders, and I dig that Alonso card on the top left. </div>
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I was so amped about the design of this set that I almost forgot to mention the blaster box held two autographs! </div>
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Both of these have decent resale value, so I promptly posted them on eBay and they both sold as I typed this sentence. </div>
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As if picking up great new cards wasn't enough, I recouped most of the money I spent at Target from this one blaster box of Big League alone. </div>
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Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-86921955037753265322020-07-07T20:44:00.001-04:002020-07-07T21:00:14.152-04:00First You Get The Sugar, Then You Get The Power, Then You Get The CardsI celebrated my 27th birthday over the weekend in quarantine. I don't typically do a ton to celebrate my birthday, but it's usually a day filled with delicious foods and desserts. In a normal year my girlfriend and I might've gone out to one (or two) of our favorite NYC spots, but this year we did the cooking ourselves.<br />
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We started the day with crepes, my first time making those. We loaded them up with tons of sugary toppings, inlcuding nutella and raspberries. They were tasty but a little too rich, so we skipped lunch.<br />
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My girlfriend designated herself in charge of dinner, and she made an absolutely delicious lasagna and followed that up with a stellar key lime pie (pics at the bottom of the post for you foodies).<br />
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The food alone made it a great birthday.<br />
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But this was a <i>really </i>great birthday. There were cards involved.<br />
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While the lasagna was in the oven, I opened up one of the gifts from my girlfriend. A bright purple gift bag filled with polka-dotted tissue paper contained something I thought was a bit unusual: a bubble mailer.<br />
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And what was in the bubble mailer?<br />
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Four (!) autographs from the 2001 Inkworks The Simpsons Mania! Autographs set.<br />
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I'm a huge fan of <i>The Simpsons</i> (it's my all-time favorite show), and I've spent much of the last several months binging the show while locked indoors.<br />
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<i>The Simpsons</i> had several card sets back in the '90s and early 2000s, including two autograph sets in 2000 and 2001. The cards above hail from the absolutely gorgeous 2001 set. Just look at all of that color!<br />
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Each card contains four squares, each containing one of the many characters the respective voice actor voices. The cream of the crop here is certainly the Dan Castellaneta card which can command some serious coin on eBay. Dan voices dozens of characters on the show, most notably Homer Simpson. The title of this post is a haphazard reference to one of my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_DtkbHfTcM" target="_blank">favorite scenes</a>.<br />
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The backs of the cards list other characters voiced by the actor but don't necesesarily offer up much else. The pièce de résistance of these cards is definitely the color--these things pop!<br />
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The 2001 set contains seven different autograph signers, and I was able to check off four of those in one fell swoop. I'm now on the hunt for Nancy Cartright (Bart Simpson), Hank Azaria (Chief Wiggum), and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson).<br />
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I'm absolutely ecstatic to add these to my collection--thanks, Mia!<br />
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I'll end this post with a few of my favorite clips from some of the characters above (plus food pictures!).<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiyl-EtGeVk" target="_blank">Homer Simpson</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04KO9msT5Qw" target="_blank">Krusty the Clown</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqmxAAwoHIM" target="_blank">Martin Prince</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkrrmqMSJjk" target="_blank">Uter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WopJ9j_qxAs" target="_blank">Todd Flanders</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJvpOxemq_w" target="_blank">Milhouse van Houten</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Sq_RYelv8" target="_blank">Agnes Skinner</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah_l5cRNGqk" target="_blank">Pepi</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (and email me your address) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my </span><a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" style="background-color: white; color: #329aca;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">want lists</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white;">. I'm also always on the lookout for cards I don't own of my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/player-collections.html" target="_blank"><b>player collections</b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. </span></span><br />
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Case in point. Who the hell is Stan Williams? This doesn't even look like a Dodgers baseball card. In fact, when I first saw this card fall out of an envelope from Gavin over at Baseball Card Breakdown, my first thought was of Johnny Unitas thanks to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls8376jnLtI" target="_blank">a clip from the Simpsons</a> I've seen at least eleventy hundred times.<br />
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Turns out Mr. Williams here had a decent fourteen-year career as a pitcher for six different ball clubs, including the Dodgers. Good for him.<br />
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My recognition skills aren't any better if you put a team card in front of me, especially if it's vintage. I recognize maybe two or three dudes from this photo: Don Sutton, Don Drysdale, and maybe Walt Alston? Manny Mota is probably somewhere in this mix, too?<br />
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And it doesn't matter if it's vintage! I have a terrible time identifying just about anyone from most team cards. </div>
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Tommy Lasorda is named at the top right, taking away an easy target for me, but any one else I name from this card is strictly from my own knowledge of the early-80s Dodgers--the photo provides almost nothing other than a few jersey numbers. I can make out Baker, Garvey, Cey, and Lopes. I assume Russell has got to be in this mix, too, but I couldn't pick him out of a lineup no matter how clear the photo is. (I <a href="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UK3BLoeJpquZHVUmDUpJ9fmZ3hE=/0x257:1444x1220/1200x800/filters:focal(0x257:1444x1220)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/33988303/bill-russell-1969-mlb-photos-getty.0.jpg" target="_blank">Googled him</a> as I wrote this, and he's a handsome fellow, though Grampa Simpson might have something to say about those sideburns.) </div>
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Gavin also sent me a great mix of cards from the 1972 set, pushing me to just about the halfway point of completion. And hey, I recognize some of these dudes! Willie Davis. Maury Wills. Claude Osteen. These are the names and faces I recognize. Heck, Maury Wills is one of the first Dodgers I put to memory, though I don't know why. I knew he stole a lot of bases, and I always wondered who would win in a foot race: Maury Wills or Dave Roberts.</div>
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Gavin sent these cards my way after he claimed the very <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/trade-pile-1-hot-box-leftovers.html#comment-form" target="_blank">first Trade Pile</a> back in June--thanks for that! I'm always thrilled to add more Dodgers to my binders, especially so if it's vintage. </div>
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Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-40452738410879297142020-07-01T15:59:00.000-04:002020-07-01T15:59:22.302-04:00Contest Winners! After nearly a month of comments, follows, and pimps, it's time to announce the contest winners. After tallying everything up, there were a total of seventy-one entries from thirty-two different folks, and the blog gained ten new followers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter and read.<div>
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Now let me recap a few details before we get to the winners. Per Sports Cards Collectors' comment on yesterday's post, I will be randomizing the list of names seven times. Your place on the list will coincide with the prize number (i.e. the fifth name on the list will get Prize #5). The goal is to spread the prizes out as much as possible, so each winner will be eligible for only one prize--if a name pops up more than once in the top 15, that person will get the prize associated with the first number and and everyone else will move up one number. Finally, there will be fifteen prizes total, including five prizes I added today. </div>
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One last important note: if you are one of the listed winners, please email me with your name and address (alexmarkle05@gmail.com). Feel free to also include the team/players you collect or a want list, and I'll do my best to toss in some extras. </div>
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After randomizing the list seven times, we get the following fifteen names. Matt over at Diamond Jesters landed in the Top 15 twice, so we're extending the list of winners down to Swing and a Pop-Up at 16. </div>
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<b>Prize #11 - Assorted #'d cards, including the three seen below (Bret Alan) </b></div>
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<b>Prize #12 - Moncada and Votto Relics (<a href="http://angelsinorder.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Angels in Order</a>)</b></div>
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The typical summer slowdown at work hasn't happened, as it's actually been much busier than normal due to COVID and all the uncertainty around what's going to happen on college campuses this Fall. But as of 5pm, I'm officially on vacation for the rest of the week, so I'm turning my attention to the blog and a few things that new some catching up on.</div>
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<b>1. Last Call on the <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-card-that-started-it-all.html" target="_blank">Contest</a></b></div>
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If you haven't yet joined in on the fun, today's your last day to do so. The contest I've been running officially ends at midnight, and I'll be adding to the prize pool and announcing winners sometime in the next few days. I likely won't make it to my goal of 100 followers (currently sitting at 96), and that's okay. I appreciate all 96 (and everyone else) that takes the time to check out the blog. Thank you!</div>
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Regarding the contest, I was initially planning to hold a winnings draft, in which the winners chose which prize they wanted. But after thinking about it some more, that will likely take a ton of time considering the number of prizes I plan on giving out. Instead, I will add all of the entries into a randomizer, then match up the names with the prize number. Seem fair?<br />
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<a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/trade-pile-3-rocket-man.html" target="_blank">Trade Pile #3</a> was claimed earlier this month by a commenter named Blog Reader Bruce, but I don't have their contact info. Bruce, if you're out there, can you send me an email so we can exchange address info? If I don't hear back from you by this Friday, I'll plan to add to the pile. </div>
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<b>3. BFG Winnings from <a href="https://johnnnystradingspot.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Johnny's Trading Spot</a> </b><br />
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It feels wrong to post without including at least one card photo, so now is as good a time as ever to catch up on my past winnings in Johnny's Big Fun Game. I've participated the last two months and come away with some cool stuff, and I'm looking forward to this Friday's game as well. (Thanks for hosting, Johnny!) If you haven't yet participated, head over and <a href="https://johnnnystradingspot.blogspot.com/2020/06/did-you-realize-and-july-bfg-sign-up.html" target="_blank">sign up now</a>!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On May 23, 2002, Shawn Green had one of the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/green-s-four-home-run-game-c20087361" target="_blank">greatest offensive days in baseball history</a>. Green hammered four home runs (tying a major league record), going 6-for-6 with seven RBIs and setting the major league record for total bases in a single game (19). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These three Shawn Green cards came to me via Nick over at <a href="https://baseballdimebox.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dime Boxes</a>, and they'll fit nicely into my Green binder. I haven't taken a look yet, but I'm sure I'd be able to find at least a few more cards capturing Green's four-dinger game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nick also kindly included a handful of Heritage Dodgers which I can now mark off my lists. The Connor Joe and Josh Sborz are new to my eyes (I've seen the Kelly and Barnes cards elsewhere on the blogosphere), and I had no idea these guys were even featured in the set. I find Joe the most interesting card here, as he's actually never suited up for the major league Dodgers. The Giants selected him in the Rule 5 draft last year, and he totaled 16 plate appearances up in the Bay Area, notching just one hit. The Giants cut bait and he returned him to the Dodgers where he played for Triple-A OKC for the remainder of the season. Anyone know if he ever received a card as a Giants player?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the exception of the Lux, all of the above cards were sent via a very full PWE after Nick claimed <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/trade-pile-2-some-more-leftovers-and.html" target="_blank">Trade Pile #2</a>. A couple of weeks earlier, Nick sent another PWE (equally packed with cards) which included one of the first Gavin Lux rookie cards in my collection (it joins his base card from S1). I dig the design on these "Spring Has Sprung" cards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm much more willing to spend money on vintage cardboard, but with guys like Nick around I may be able to save a few bucks here and there. He sent me a few fantastic vintage pieces, including this 1968 Topps Game Claude Osteen. It's the first card from this set in my collection, and gosh does it look good. I've long been a sucker for floating head cards (I have no idea why), and the colors on this card are tremendous--not to mention they coincide with the Dodgers color palette perfectly. I had no plan to chase the Dodgers from this set, but that may change. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A pair of 1981 Scratch-Offs also dropped out of the PWE, featuring Dusty Baker and Steve Garvey. I don't have too many Scratch-Offs, and the early-80s are still underrepresented in my Dodgers box, so these are a nice addition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite card to come from these PWEs has got to be this 1959 Solly Drake card. Before opening up the envelope, I'd never even heard of Solly Drake. Though he didn't have a long MLB career, he and his brother Sammy were the first African-American siblings to play in the Majors. That's a pretty cool accomplishment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The reason this Drake card stood out to me, however, is becuase it is in absolutely phenomenal shape. The corners and sides are sharp, it's crease-free, and it doesn't have that sort of flimsy feel you get with well-loved vintage cards. I initially thought is was some sort of reprint, but as far as I can tell it's the real deal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't really care about condition on vintage cards all that much--send me all of your well-loved, creased, and ripped vintage!--but when a 61-year-old card feels as if it just came out of a pack, it feels like a bit of a rarity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Target was in a much better shape than it had been since my previous visit. Shleves were stocked, freezers were filled with food, and the checkout lines were organized and well-managed. This was not that case back in March during the nation's great chase for toilet paper, as the Target was flooded with hysterical people and not much else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While my trip to Target was largely centered around restocking my fridge, I had ulterior motives. I very badly hoped to find some cards in the card aisle. Luckily for me, I managed to snag the last box of cards available...though it's not something I'd typically purchase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You might immediately notice that a couple of things from this repack have made their way into my prize pool for <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-card-that-started-it-all.html" target="_blank">the contest I'm currently running</a>, namely the 1988 Donruss hanger pack and the contents of the two Leaf Babe Ruth packs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It'd been along time since I last picked up a repack box, and I was hoping I might find some packs from earlier in the decade in there. No luck. I opened way more 2019 S1 than I needed to last year, so finding two packs in the box was a bit of a bummer. The 2019 S2 pack was welcome, as I'm still trying to track down all the Dodgers from that release (anybody have an extra Cody Bellinger 507 or Hyun-Jin Ryu 515?). That said, I didn't pull any Dodgers from the pack, so there was no help there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've never been a big fan of Gypsy Queen, so I typically shy away from it on the shelves. It just feels like such an unnecessary set, and I've never fully understood its appeal. I did manage to pull a new Corey Seager card to add to the binder, so it wasn't all bad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite card from the box came from the pack of 2019 Heritage. It's not autographed. It's not an SP. It's not a variation. It's a simple base card of Dodgers' reliver Kenley Jansen. I suppose the card itself isn't anything special, but it did finally prompt me to undertake another collecting goal I've been pondering for at least a year: collect all of the Dodgers team sets from Topps Heritage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've historically been a player collector, but I've shifted away from that a bit over the last several years. I started my quest to collect all of the Dodgers from Topps Flagship a few years back (now the focal point of my collection), though I've never really chased any other sets (with a few exceptions). So now I'm adding another set to chase down, though I imagine it will be much easier and far cheaper to do so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have added my needs (and there are a lot of them) to my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" target="_blank">Want List</a> page. You can also access my <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iO5tms5AoScmCXs-H3gSslWbhMZ5hiHi221tR4rP-mU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">spreadsheet</a> directly here. I'm not sure how much effort I'll spend to chase these down, but my goal is to have at least 10% by the end of the year which is about 45 cards. </span></div>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-28889598548497550012020-06-21T18:18:00.000-04:002020-06-21T18:18:14.971-04:00Pimping My Own Contest and Adding to the Prize Pool<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has been a hectic week at work--well, from my kitchen table actually--so I'm a bit behind on sharing many of the new cards that have come in over the last few weeks. (Thanks Nick, Bo, Gavin, Greg, and Johnny.) I'll be catching up on that front soon, but I figured now was a good a time as ever to pimp my own contest and add a few more prizes to the prize pool. I'll likely add a few more prizes before the end of the month, so stay tuned. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can earn multiple entries in this contest, so here's what you need to do:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1 entry - Comment</b> on the <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-card-that-started-it-all.html" target="_blank">original contest post</a> with the card(s)/set/etc. that jump started your collection.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1 entry - Subscribe to the blog!</b> Most of you reading this are probably already subscribers, so just let me know you are in the comments. If you are new here, welcome! Give me a follow if you'd like. At the time of writing this, the blog sits at 87 followers. I'll plan to add additional prizes if we can get that number up to 100.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1 entry - Pimp this contest</b> on your blog by June 27th then post a link here in the comments.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That's a <b>maximum of 3 entries</b> per person. I plan to keep the contest open until the end of June, so you have plenty of time to spread the word and get your entries in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Below you will see a list of of some of the prizes that will be up for grabs. I'll likely add additional prizes between now and the end of June and definitely will if the blog reaches 100 followers. I'll end up randomizing the list of entries and we'll hold a prize draft. The plan is for winners to pick their prize on a separate contest results post at the beginning of July. I'll also be tossing in some assorted goodies for all of the winners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-48180741688768150612020-06-16T21:16:00.002-04:002020-06-16T21:16:40.224-04:00Trade Pile 3: Rocket Man <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first Trade Pile had six entries in the stack and the second Trade Pile lasted just one entry before it was claimed. The third Trade Pile begins today and I imagine it won't last too long. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to all who have entered my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-card-that-started-it-all.html" target="_blank">contest</a> so far. There are currently 46 total entries, and I'll continue to plug it here. I'll likely be adding a prize or two to the trade pool later this week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Remember, if you want to claim the Trade Pile, comment on this post (or email me) and let me know what you plan to send my way from my <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/p/want-lists.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">want lists</span></b></a>. All you need to send is a single card I need and the entire stack is yours. I've updated my want lists, so there's an even greater chance you have something I want!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span>Alex Marklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02961045775064386055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830911991742989308.post-26455667865087232020-06-11T21:12:00.000-04:002020-06-11T21:12:19.699-04:00The Anatomy of a Team Set<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometime last summer I finally completed the task of putting together the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GhqCvxgF6USArxbiBQ3kKEWUIrOKpr_MH_MvOLs_Flg/edit#gid=1409778631" target="_blank">checklists</a> of my needs for all of the Topps Dodgers team sets. That was an accomplishment in and of itself, and I love working with spreadsheets. I had a difficult time tracking down team checklists, but I managed. Or so I thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earlier this year, a fellow blogger commented on one of my posts and suggested I look at TCDB to confirm my checklists. I'm glad I did. Somewhere along the way, ninety-nine cards got lost in the shuffle and weren't on my checklists. Oops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bo of the always great <a href="http://borosny.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Baseball Cards Come to Life</a> recently helped me on my never-ending quest to complete these Dodgers team sets and make up lost ground by sending me several needs from the '78, '79, and '80 sets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Steve Garvey and Manny Mota are names I know, but Bill North is a new one. He played just a single season in Dodger blue, batting .234/.371/.266 in 1978. These additions put me just eight cards away from completing the 1979 set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Flash forward a year to 1980, and we get another trio of new cards, inlcuding another appearance from Mr. Mota. Manny ended his career with 150 pinch hits, a record he held until 2001 when Lenny Harris of the Mets broke his record. Harris ended his career with 212 pinch hits (still the record) and only Mark Sweeney (with 175) has surpassed Mota's 150. I'm now halfway (14/28) to completing the 1980 set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh look, it's another Manny Mota sighting! And Tommy Lasorda! And Davy Lopes! And Rick Monday! A lot of Dodgers legends here, and they're all welcome in my binders. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bo added nine new cards to my 1978 set, leaving me just eight away from completing the set. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm fairly confident I can complete the 1978 and 1979 sets this year, which world technically make them the earliest sets completed to date. "But what about the <a href="https://chavezravining.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-first-completed-set-from-70s.html" target="_blank">1975 set you completed a few weeks ago?</a>" you ask. Well, those darned incomplete checklists hit 1975 hard, and what I thought was a completed set was actually nine cards short. Bummer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The checklists have since been adjusted, though now I wonder what cards actually constitute the team set. League Leaders? World Series recaps? For now, my checklists have 'em all. But now I pose that question to you:</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What cards should be (or should not be) part of a Topps team set? </span></b></div>
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