January 2014 Pickups
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Happy New Year everyone... Starting 2014 off, the same way I ended 2013, with some minor league pickups.
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David...I love seeing ball players in their minor league days. They look so young and skinny! Here are a few to add to my Griffey collection...
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I'll tack on a few more minor league cards.. Walker has always been on of my favorite players, couldn't pass on the lot..
Used my ebay bucks on the beater(possibly trimmed) Clemens. Not a card that I was necessarily in the market for, BUT the price was right in my wheelhouse, thanks to the condition... |
My first modern purchase in a long time. Thought I'd do a little speculating. I think this guy can have a huge year.
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Nice stiff guys! I have always enjoyed the minor league cards.
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Some more minor league love...The Felix meets multiple purposes in my collection, also goes with my AUTO rookie(or pre-) collection for last years fantasy championship team... And perfect game Autos.. Possibly someday my HOF collection..
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isnt it kind of cruel to have jim abbot holding a bat? why were the trying to hide his nub?
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That's an awesome Sandy, David.
I've never seen a copy before. Adding it to my wantlist! :) Go Tribe. |
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Let's tack on a few more...
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Hi Guys!
That old Bo Jackson up front has tremendous flavor!
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I remember the BO TRADED image so vividly from 1986. That whole traded set in fact has what are, to my memory, iconic images. Heck, even Cangelosi! But that was one heck of a class in that set. Steroids aside, that one set had a ton of stars.
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What a crew that was in its day; all stars. I even remember the Incaviglia, Tartabull, and there was a Brewers Rob Deer card too I think. What a set that was!
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switched directions... Tiffany Cecil. 1990 SCD Jordan, I believe this is the first card that he appears on in a baseball uni, and the 1990 Hoops Sam Vincent card that got pulled because Jordan was wearing the 12 jersey... Stadium Club BB Bo missing foil, and the Stadium Club FB Bo, with blank back..
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Mark Grace had more hits during the decade of the 90's than any other player.
I always kind of liked him, even though I am a Cardinal fan. |
More Harpers
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Very impressive, staying atop all those Bryce Harper cards. I'd find that task daunting for sure. Congrats!
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t206blogcom are those PC cards or are you flipping them? Either way with all the Harper PSA 10 cards you have shown that is 1 impressive collection.
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I'll pile on - sweet Bryce Harper collection Jason.
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One of the players I collect is Griffey Jr. He started in the league when I was 10 yrs old and he was one of the best from that point on. So many memories of going to the card shop with my cousin, seeing and buying '80's and '90's cards...great memories for sure. I go after the Griffey's that I used to love when I collected back then...they spark a lot of great memories for me, not to mention some of those cards I could never afford! So it is somewhat surreal (in a way) to obtain some cards that I could only gaze at when I was a kid. The great thing is that most of them cost at or under the $10 range and that's in Gem Mint condition :) Bo Jackson was a beast and he IS a legend IMO...one of my pure favorites from year's back. There only has to be one reason to collect what anyone chooses to and the rest is history. But I do believe one game cements how great Bo Jackson was....TECMO BOWL Collect what you like!!! There are so many reasons to do so :) |
Not buying cards is getting to me, so I picked up this Yount as part of my master set to scratch that itch. Nothing fancy, but it will do for now.
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A couple Reds 5-star and a great Ryan from a box of Tier One my wife bought me for my b-day. Thanks for the look!
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That's one nice looking Yount! Congrats Bill!
Did the packers have a QB with the same name as you or did you edit the name? That would be pretty sweet if they did have a QB with the same name. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Thank you, Mike.
Nope, it's a screenie from a Tecmo Bowl ROM. If you go to tecmobowl.org, you can download a NES emulator and play the game on your computer. Members of the website update the ROM every year for new players, trades, team moves (so it has all the current teams instead of the teams back when Tecmo Bowl was sold), etc. There's also an editor, so you can put yourself on the team should you choose. You pick your jersey #, position, set your attributes, and even pick which picture you want. You can also pick which plays are in your team's "playbook". Naturally I made myself Rodgers' backup, because while I had to suffer through the indignity of watching Seneca Wallace, Scott Tolzien and then Matt Flynn play quarterback in the 8 weeks Aaron was out injured, I didn't have to do the same in the game. I run like Kaepernick and throw like Rodgers, Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. :D Edit: George, those autos are beautiful. Especially the Bench. Unfortunately, players nowadays don't sign cards that nicely. The last really great signer was Griffey Jr. I understand these guys sign thousands of cards, but they're being paid a lot of money to do it, so you'd think they would take their time to do it right. |
[QUOTE=George, those autos are beautiful. Especially the Bench. Unfortunately, players nowadays don't sign cards that nicely. The last really great signer was Griffey Jr. I understand these guys sign thousands of cards, but they're being paid a lot of money to do it, so you'd think they would take their time to do it right.[/QUOTE]
Thanks Bill, I do love the look of the 5 star. I have three young sons who love the shiney stuff, so I get sucked in. Trying hard not to buy a box of '14 topps this week. |
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Bradley
That is a nice one Arthur. Is Mr Bradley going to break out this year ?
In October I was on a reposition cruise from Montreal to Miami on the Regent Seven Seas Voyager. One of the stops was Boston. By sheer luck this born and raised St Louis guy docked in Boston on the morning of October 31 :o :eek: |
Harpers!
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The Cardinals certainly have no shortage of young impressive talent. Rosenthal, Martinez, Tavarez, seems like it never ends. Did you enjoy your stay in Boston? |
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Occasionally, there are really great players with nice signatures. Shelby Miller is one. He actually delivers a pretty decent one. http://imageshack.com/a/img571/9528/fh2k.png Unfortunately, far too many of the Bowman Chrome prospect autos I have look more like this: http://imageshack.com/a/img266/9556/...meotaveras.png And that was the nicest Taveras auto I could find. Sad. |
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Heck of a nice Yount Bill. That card pops in that scan.
Jackie Bradley Jr. has a really nice signature. I wish I wrote that well. |
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Bunches of Bo's to come. However, I did pick up a coupla the 1991 Topps Chipper's with the pink blotch. Pretty sure it's worth nowhere near the $100+ that a bunch of clowns have them listed for on the bay. But for a coupla bucks, why not? The one may be the partially airbrushed version, but I can't tell for certain, 'til I get it in hand..
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What a ridiculous (in a good way) Bryce Harper collection! I had a pretty nice Zack Greinke collection going for a couple of years. I played against him in HS so started collecting his stuff. The highlight of that collection is one of his game used jerseys from his first minor league team.
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Just a sampling of my recent Bo Pickups. Yes, I'm aware that the Chicks cards are unlicensed and from the late 80's-early 90's, just needed 'em and they were cheap. The sticker also has the Bo back. And the Stadium Club football is missing foil(Montana not included).. Coupla unlicensed ones in the last photo too, but I needed the Donruss Learning series, wanted the NoCaine card, plus the lot was cheaper than each typically list for individually.
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I am very much looking forward to getting off the sidelines, and back to some real card purchasing here in a few weeks. I'm working on my list in the mean time, and enjoying everybody else's recent pick ups. :D |
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Bunch of new stuff the last few weeks.
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Few more for the Bo collection
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Here's a fairly odd bunch of bo's... Sorry to keep including the FB items, but Bo is Bo, so it's all baseball to me. If that makes any sense. The Philippines variation of the Franklin glove tag...And the Vidpro card(the display cards from stores) for Nintendo's "Bo Jackson Baseball"(front shows the box cover). That's gotta be a type, that most type-collectors don't have..
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