tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47569713184686843572024-03-05T17:38:02.462-07:00WaxaholicCaptain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.comBlogger980125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-44705176649600418452023-02-05T09:14:00.000-07:002023-02-05T09:14:11.984-07:00So this just happened....<p> There was the monthly local trade night at the local shop this past Thursday evening. Frivolities were had, poor life choices were made, the usual.</p><p>Follow.</p><p>I'm standing on one side of the shop with a couple of friends, while a group of people are opening boxes twenty feet away. When they erupt with cheers, and then as one, get quiet, and all turn and look at me.</p><p>Not anything to be worried about, right? Ha! They were like zombies yearning for brains. The salivating was palpable.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68D4a5ucS00o6KgoiGUG-QkhUV8ZpMTGinYcdy_fOpYal38Jc2DosY_BrUl8p31rOFdXQuRb1ebfjFQYjet3whOjyCYX2h41xRNKbf5oPhVypaI9UEwnatwS0MwQ-1wLTDDz9ncF_rplzb9inW4l2IMbuyX3cExyRSq9HnvOckmoUP2fgOUsr3APZkQ/s1056/2022%20Topps%20Finest%20Andruw%20Jones%20Superfractor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68D4a5ucS00o6KgoiGUG-QkhUV8ZpMTGinYcdy_fOpYal38Jc2DosY_BrUl8p31rOFdXQuRb1ebfjFQYjet3whOjyCYX2h41xRNKbf5oPhVypaI9UEwnatwS0MwQ-1wLTDDz9ncF_rplzb9inW4l2IMbuyX3cExyRSq9HnvOckmoUP2fgOUsr3APZkQ/s320/2022%20Topps%20Finest%20Andruw%20Jones%20Superfractor.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Turns out, this was pulled. And apparently even people I don't know, know that I'm the Andruw Jones guy.<p></p><p>So yeah. One of my Andruw binders now hosts a Superfractor.</p><p>Does this mean I'm now one of the cool kids???</p>Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-23526030737571648252021-11-02T22:39:00.000-06:002021-11-02T22:39:03.793-06:00"Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!" - Skip CarayOh Hell Yeah.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM87KvTDsA58HniluaD4oPanwaf12VotJ0Jaq97gNa_yaqCN4wXFjMgy-TFjLpj78utNXwZpYrQnFgPe8SaPwvVUVmSHD02dvozr_ESMrHHfTs9qfUdcesJvWv0WgJc4CpnAiu9DinZtC_/s640/2021+braves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM87KvTDsA58HniluaD4oPanwaf12VotJ0Jaq97gNa_yaqCN4wXFjMgy-TFjLpj78utNXwZpYrQnFgPe8SaPwvVUVmSHD02dvozr_ESMrHHfTs9qfUdcesJvWv0WgJc4CpnAiu9DinZtC_/s320/2021+braves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG297jr48ic42z1KkkNbfw9Ua3Z-Z2-dnmPe9y5zhLlXeohAItYYZjFYSttTBg5FoJ_yWbbHCFB3qjIw5FRM9vRYCd6NQrvo_BSgn7BKU5kq1zjIwC8_lQRZT-rZbSxOorptD60cjYu1_l/s900/2021+braves+t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG297jr48ic42z1KkkNbfw9Ua3Z-Z2-dnmPe9y5zhLlXeohAItYYZjFYSttTBg5FoJ_yWbbHCFB3qjIw5FRM9vRYCd6NQrvo_BSgn7BKU5kq1zjIwC8_lQRZT-rZbSxOorptD60cjYu1_l/s320/2021+braves+t.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Well deserved lads.</p>Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-72413574892835719672021-10-26T16:23:00.006-06:002021-10-26T16:23:58.187-06:00Just Win Baby....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCH6v78sv8L704Gx9zYyqyF8lQP019lvfadGO4DXfdSlvSJE5mK91uXdzpqkXSulKHv3lPF-c2A-Cel4b53mMrKHbYq5_bCcEUlq32m1YvDQK7e5-doRj9RqFHYUBa78n8TWmqkw2Gi6h/s600/Braves.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="600" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCH6v78sv8L704Gx9zYyqyF8lQP019lvfadGO4DXfdSlvSJE5mK91uXdzpqkXSulKHv3lPF-c2A-Cel4b53mMrKHbYq5_bCcEUlq32m1YvDQK7e5-doRj9RqFHYUBa78n8TWmqkw2Gi6h/w451-h423/Braves.png" width="451" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-33150894902498472792020-09-13T19:20:00.002-06:002020-09-13T19:20:11.221-06:00The best kind of cards I'll see this month...<p> This is a post of many thanks. You won't see the newest, shiniest hit product here today. Only a few cards sent to me by some old friends.</p><p>Or as I like to call it, the best kind of cards ever.</p><p>First up, some Allen & Ginter needs from Chris at <a href="http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nachos Grande</a>. Chris sent over a few from last year's offering.</p><p>The Murph!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2WbF8zU-HCzIFZJ6HvP0cAQSjIARQOu7AM-NMy7QD58L1yY9p4oDxF2D7TJjunhT1gNqG4MwBLIA8rkFgrB1rEifGg4fXDME-6GEgJHkBWsQdGX62LEs6sQkmOfIykOUT1ZBeB-8avUw/s1048/1+Dale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2WbF8zU-HCzIFZJ6HvP0cAQSjIARQOu7AM-NMy7QD58L1yY9p4oDxF2D7TJjunhT1gNqG4MwBLIA8rkFgrB1rEifGg4fXDME-6GEgJHkBWsQdGX62LEs6sQkmOfIykOUT1ZBeB-8avUw/s320/1+Dale.jpg" /></a></div>My current fave, Freddie<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwry0v9ra3WvGsE12REA7DPVurgtWYTa3-Vl8PtrIsdodPRWyB2nkbK9USbw5exZDlJBL5gPKlOEQqKY3MAdDBmbJ0G_bwPHj_DNbBkqBlWZHxFtgJOKF5CWs16zReEl6Pk6Qd4IuimGi/s1048/1+Freddy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwry0v9ra3WvGsE12REA7DPVurgtWYTa3-Vl8PtrIsdodPRWyB2nkbK9USbw5exZDlJBL5gPKlOEQqKY3MAdDBmbJ0G_bwPHj_DNbBkqBlWZHxFtgJOKF5CWs16zReEl6Pk6Qd4IuimGi/s320/1+Freddy.jpg" /></a></div>The Greatest, Hank<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo0854Xi0rN0uW2BAQWZ6hP8enZATKIxXc4HNjxbPvyWsVuhXJB1gnZ-oqqTFmZPRjQTVyB8TTkZJAK-LXkruIgsBJPBOXWTN4mTzJYVPwDXbQvcwh5lDncX2Nc8HHW2Cgs9ayxezHkg3/s1052/1+Hank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilo0854Xi0rN0uW2BAQWZ6hP8enZATKIxXc4HNjxbPvyWsVuhXJB1gnZ-oqqTFmZPRjQTVyB8TTkZJAK-LXkruIgsBJPBOXWTN4mTzJYVPwDXbQvcwh5lDncX2Nc8HHW2Cgs9ayxezHkg3/s320/1+Hank.jpg" /></a></div>Mr. One and Done.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_v-HfPy1X1TPrdOQDfJYfbKCdYJodcAM95D5J5sLMLrdwyibq9JuGGQmmnneDSbbEdkISmh98Y7lpygZXt20gsFcxVO8FdMM1J95R5yXWfJYBbH_9muncIXqmTpf1tHDfGHFwrcVe_tN/s1072/1+Josh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_v-HfPy1X1TPrdOQDfJYfbKCdYJodcAM95D5J5sLMLrdwyibq9JuGGQmmnneDSbbEdkISmh98Y7lpygZXt20gsFcxVO8FdMM1J95R5yXWfJYBbH_9muncIXqmTpf1tHDfGHFwrcVe_tN/s320/1+Josh.jpg" /></a></div>Sharon's favourite...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKaTAGph15UhY5LVVPbZMJxo9lifXJ4nQgLsU8m6DogZ0-QxN3aSupT4p58Zt24M1anQTLP7m0v6EDMYPbCxjImeFZGMaRKpC3VRGBaaF_l_09PP2b6DZ51qhcuAew3WquFN02HqPUY2y/s1056/1+Ozzie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKaTAGph15UhY5LVVPbZMJxo9lifXJ4nQgLsU8m6DogZ0-QxN3aSupT4p58Zt24M1anQTLP7m0v6EDMYPbCxjImeFZGMaRKpC3VRGBaaF_l_09PP2b6DZ51qhcuAew3WquFN02HqPUY2y/s320/1+Ozzie.jpg" /></a></div>Touki.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXH3XonbfrCIQvAXucMOK1nlkS7SFhzgMdNB-PqBlslyiEMiblHUoYrGGtV3LNtNmXTFiot3g7tpqPK_87Rh7bbeDxzgnr1DlUjGE-W4sASeolyLbXL1LEs-h-IXENz9srr9jzRIr7KnI/s1056/1+Touki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXH3XonbfrCIQvAXucMOK1nlkS7SFhzgMdNB-PqBlslyiEMiblHUoYrGGtV3LNtNmXTFiot3g7tpqPK_87Rh7bbeDxzgnr1DlUjGE-W4sASeolyLbXL1LEs-h-IXENz9srr9jzRIr7KnI/s320/1+Touki.jpg" /></a></div>I have to admit, I like those better than some of the previous year's efforts.....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>and now a couple from gcrl and his current blog, <a href="http://cardsasiseethem.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">cards as i see them</a>.</div><div>two of these were from my dirty dozen want list over there on the right side. the question i have is where the hell are the 37 copies of this card that i know i have somewhere?</div><div>but jim was nice enough to send me another just so i could cross it off of my list.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKEGQXCx8u9LiqBU8oyb-WsGxHCGyFUZlFPjlyssp5rdeixUBFDD8ONIOLZGu6uCc14zAYMlwc91aP3s0evpLEWC1kpwSry6wUOsGiRwXat-k-Q-8k6Zb37HPzoHgU-OzJUPElxFNKDYz/s1056/11991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKEGQXCx8u9LiqBU8oyb-WsGxHCGyFUZlFPjlyssp5rdeixUBFDD8ONIOLZGu6uCc14zAYMlwc91aP3s0evpLEWC1kpwSry6wUOsGiRwXat-k-Q-8k6Zb37HPzoHgU-OzJUPElxFNKDYz/s320/11991.jpg" /></a></div>and look! actual cardboard. future hall of famer brian asselstine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxp9xZfX2_VRheZW3zTXYMMrS2VN_jP0DhQfnFVa2ETdsNccMzLUV-FC9lJyMh3aU1VpgEhR2lbVi6s4KEimqGDLq5kzpOcykiUeXfp7zGjTMogOF5AHkR9TV9PWRUTEuMc_zcs61FhxD/s1048/1+1977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxp9xZfX2_VRheZW3zTXYMMrS2VN_jP0DhQfnFVa2ETdsNccMzLUV-FC9lJyMh3aU1VpgEhR2lbVi6s4KEimqGDLq5kzpOcykiUeXfp7zGjTMogOF5AHkR9TV9PWRUTEuMc_zcs61FhxD/s320/1+1977.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>as well as a 2012 chippah! no. wait. a 2020 chippah!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAI6wOV6GRH5BgZzD4YtgWCF2UxUa2MLcG8MfcZ2gNKFAse30EWkvuGWgIwe4FImveHP9hmenvh9swSiLu2HszLCqgKpb92WtUDEzgfskD6dqK6duAxdyppYHEpWYXyk3xYSfPLTG4G0O/s1060/1+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAI6wOV6GRH5BgZzD4YtgWCF2UxUa2MLcG8MfcZ2gNKFAse30EWkvuGWgIwe4FImveHP9hmenvh9swSiLu2HszLCqgKpb92WtUDEzgfskD6dqK6duAxdyppYHEpWYXyk3xYSfPLTG4G0O/s320/1+2020.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks boys! Much appreciated.</p></div>Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-86108037383852598482020-07-25T21:09:00.000-06:002020-07-25T21:09:24.461-06:00Look what I found! 2018 Donruss Optic Baseball.Time sure flies when the world is ending. Hopefully we have a bit more time before The End of Days since I haven't watched season 7 of "Castle" yet.<br />
As any baseball fan in Canada knows, finding football or basketball wax is IMPOSSIBLE. (Thanks for nothing Panini.)<br />
Now that has trickled down to baseball. Sure I can go to my local shop and drop $2600 on a single box of 2020 Definitive, but I had left my American Express Centurion card in my other limo that day.<br />
So a blaster of 2018 Donruss Optic baseball it is!<br />
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Just the highlights.... this stuff is a bit shiny for me. You could signal aircraft with this stuff.<br />
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Okay, okay, it doesn't look <i>that </i>shiny. I was lazy and scanned them with the sleeves still on. You even <i>look</i> at this stuff and it scratches. Sue me.<div><br />
CHIPPAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7xqVLO3tJT6i9qIYVYK_hybw58fRD0scVPq_w_6sYqZmhVmrj9Pg0yRf0ZS6dpbaK3HBzv7GJdEealgJCOfYRQ2Whd4_Yij4gbuGEi3eE8v4sP1Cu1Qm9LmXK1PU3fWugbI0eDn8DjRp/s1052/DO+Chipper.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7xqVLO3tJT6i9qIYVYK_hybw58fRD0scVPq_w_6sYqZmhVmrj9Pg0yRf0ZS6dpbaK3HBzv7GJdEealgJCOfYRQ2Whd4_Yij4gbuGEi3eE8v4sP1Cu1Qm9LmXK1PU3fWugbI0eDn8DjRp/s320/DO+Chipper.png" /></a></div>So this blaster is an automatic win after the first pack.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hey look! Another pretty good switch hitter.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjhjOtNDGmCJoD6l2HndY2uRUfcyYDEapl8t_Th7eXLuD9qrv1Wofv4RnupG3uoolSIF85OP8w7sqhpqXUGITxP2UXJFzYqhqzFKVjdGfkjBs9jOcmvYrfum6fPLfmiCUha3OJhRjgENI/s1064/DO+Mantle.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjhjOtNDGmCJoD6l2HndY2uRUfcyYDEapl8t_Th7eXLuD9qrv1Wofv4RnupG3uoolSIF85OP8w7sqhpqXUGITxP2UXJFzYqhqzFKVjdGfkjBs9jOcmvYrfum6fPLfmiCUha3OJhRjgENI/s320/DO+Mantle.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The main fish himself. I'm tempted to sell my graded liquorfractor rookie of his... I could use the $3500.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Yv5z6s-wTDRT38yA7Szxphqye6ig_KxsCaxkWPFBNTcs8HvuTubBedvLhhTaGpbgzbXGgzMH5JSnRWnGpOOCyruPnAUov3DINZY5w7_8MmmPU9M0kINwttKmoaknbS2bi6mb1aiGMej9/s1044/DO+Trout.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Yv5z6s-wTDRT38yA7Szxphqye6ig_KxsCaxkWPFBNTcs8HvuTubBedvLhhTaGpbgzbXGgzMH5JSnRWnGpOOCyruPnAUov3DINZY5w7_8MmmPU9M0kINwttKmoaknbS2bi6mb1aiGMej9/s320/DO+Trout.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Love the old school Rated Rookies. And it's OZZIE! But pink? Really? Shouldn't the Dodger rookies be pink?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnXIlSPpZPDaOEA4mE5aBCnwIpAiRAmlXttSVtLKArdFj_D0tNQiD0v_kng2sZqalQIuE5tbFXpDRXpDwAAY_qN4DqvXpqU5pj41nipCsL7xZUewn6B3mc9aNOZxiL5Lu3JgvDK4r3Om2/s1056/DO+Albies.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnXIlSPpZPDaOEA4mE5aBCnwIpAiRAmlXttSVtLKArdFj_D0tNQiD0v_kng2sZqalQIuE5tbFXpDRXpDwAAY_qN4DqvXpqU5pj41nipCsL7xZUewn6B3mc9aNOZxiL5Lu3JgvDK4r3Om2/s320/DO+Albies.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Shohei. From what I hear, he goes both ways.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sDpB3NACW-vLSfaqoEreoBUlS57ngAj1Ptk-VGhKiVaqPqySmthxKeuXS2_kl2S0JYKCMGRQ1C4wAF9l98yTL6aD02YYkBiDyCSIHgMw6pdeFlNTF_-mBaLlbGZZvkMZlCW0wOxsMkMO/s1060/DO+Ohtani.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sDpB3NACW-vLSfaqoEreoBUlS57ngAj1Ptk-VGhKiVaqPqySmthxKeuXS2_kl2S0JYKCMGRQ1C4wAF9l98yTL6aD02YYkBiDyCSIHgMw6pdeFlNTF_-mBaLlbGZZvkMZlCW0wOxsMkMO/s320/DO+Ohtani.png" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Five packs, so I show five cards. I was pretty happy with it overall. Especially for an unlicensed product.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I FORGOT TO SHOW YOU THE BACKS!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Damn. Topps should take lessons on how to do a proper card back. They apparently have COMPLETELY forgotten that skill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did any of you bust this product? What was your favourite pull?</div>Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-40562339045299477282020-06-15T11:23:00.000-06:002020-06-15T11:23:10.789-06:00Cards on Cards for Canuck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Awhile back Kerry from Cards on Cards did a wee breakoff 2019 Topps of the Class. And he opened it up to anyone to claim a team, for free, because he's like that. Of course, even though I saw his post 0.04056 nanoseconds after he posted it, the Braves were already claimed. It is that way in any and EVERY break online whether it be a generous free break, or a paid one.</div>
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So I took the local team. Local if someone in Phoenix considers the Yankees local. I figured the Blue Jays needed to come back to Canada.</div>
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I was lucky enough to get a couple of cards too! </div>
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I ended up with two of Lourdes Gurriel Jr. I like watching him play. He's fun. I don't think he's in the Jays long term plans.... but for now he makes the games interesting. And baseball needs more of that. If there's ever baseball again, that is.</div>
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I also received a Marcus Stroman. Marcus is now a Met. Poor Marcus. We should all feel sorry for Marcus.<br />
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But here's the best part. Even more than getting into a break for free.<br />
Kerry sent over a few Braves in his PWE!<br />
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That's actually a cool pic. I normally don't like those shots where you can't tell who the subject is, but until we start to get team cards again (i.e. NEVER) This isn't bad.<br />
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Looks like someone dropped a paint can full of Swansons onto a canvas and ended up with this. It has a nineties vibe to it. I like it. Although it may not age well...<br />
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Great googly moogly! A SMOLTZ! and I don't already have it!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Thanks for the cards Kerry! One of these days I'll try and return the favour.<br />
<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-9266688286259083412020-06-06T20:20:00.001-06:002020-06-06T20:22:05.079-06:00He shoots! He Scores!A quickie post this evening. I wasn't able to find too many needs for my Score Braves team sets.<br />
But I did come away with two.<br />
Both from the 1990 Score Update set.<br />
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Franky Cabrera.<br />
You've heard me freak about When Sid Slid a lot on this blog.... Well Franky here is the one who was called on to pinch hit and drove the grounder to right that allowed Sid to slide.<br />
That makes him an All Time Brave.<br />
Come at me.<br />
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Ernie Whitt??? A Brave? Blink and you'll miss it. Ernie played 15 seasons in baseball. 14 in the American League, and 1 with ATL. He didn't do so well in the N.L. One last hurrah for Baltimore in '91 and he hung up his mask for good.<br />
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Now we'll see who's been paying attention.<br />
This post featured 1990 Score Update. My last post was about 1990 Fleer Update. Both sets had two Braves catchers in them. But they were different catchers. How many did the Braves use that year??<br />
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Seven. Not shown are Kelly Mann, Tyler Houston Jody Davis.<br />
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Kelly, along with Tyler Houston and Jody Davis were the catchers in the Score regular set.<br />
Kelly and Jody Davis made the cut for Fleer.<br />
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It was Jody's last season in baseball. Kelly played 18 games as a rookie, and then never played again. Tyler didn't make The Show until '96. Played a handful of games for the Braves and was shipped to the Cubs.<br />
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As much as I love Fleer and Donruss.... I think Score may be my favourite. The '91 set is one of my faves of all time. (In spite of all the black and white photos of shirtless dudes.)<br />
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Any of you have favourite Score cards?<br />
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Oh, by the way, Nacho is having a Ginter contest. It's rather complicated, but hey, what else have you got to do? Go and enter. Tell him I sent you. You'll get a discount. <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/ceL3AmF-7W4/contest-sign-up-now-first-few-prizes.html" target="_blank">Nacho Grande</a><br />
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Nick Esasky, who looks like an undercover police officer.</div>
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Jim Kremers! Now I am a HUGE Braves fan. But wo the hell is Jim Kremers? And what does he want?<br />
A quick google search shows that he's actually known as Jimmy. And that his career lasted 29 games in 1990. He batted a whopping .110 with a homer and two RBI's.<br />
Atlanta then shipped him to Montreal for Otis Nixon.<br />
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Greg Olson. Not the pitcher, the catcher. Unlike Jimmy, Greg lasted a bit more in the Bigs.<br />
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Jim Presley! HEY! My name's Jim Presley and I'm the new third baseman for the freaking Atlanta Braves!!!! Wait. Who's that rookie shortstop over there practicing at third??? He has a funny name too. Chipper??? Who calls their kid Chipper?<br />
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Then 1991. For those who thought the 1990 set was too bland, Fleer listened and gave you this for 1991. Hey, it is substantially better than 1991 Donruss. The worst set ever made.<br />
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Kent Mercker! One of my faves. Great career.<br />
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And Otis!!! We now know how Otis got here. See? You learn something new every day.<br />
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Terry Pendleton. Great at the beginning, but cost the Braves so many games near the end. Bobby Cox was loyal to his players though and kept putting him out there. Almost caused me to throw my TV through the window many times watching him "pinch hit"<br />
More like "pinch strike out" Am I right?!!<br />
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I don't remember Juan too much. Although he pitched fairly well in the season and a half he was with Atlanta.<br />
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SID!!!!!!! YOU BIG BEAUTIFUL BASTARD!!!!!<br />
Oh...… when Sid slid. It was magical.<br />
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This must be Freddie's older brother.<br />
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Gotta say, I have a soft spot in my heart for Fleer.<br />
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Do any of you have any Fleer fvourites?Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-49196309714277843682020-06-04T06:00:00.000-06:002020-06-04T06:00:01.885-06:002020 Insanity! (Also known as Bowman baseball)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We still don't have a season. Judging by the behavior and greed of MLB and the MLBPA, we may not get one.</div>
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But, we still have baseball cards. 2020 Bowman came out recently here. There was a wee delay in getting it across the border. But it's here.</div>
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Or at least it is in some shops. The complete insanity over it has caused many shops to sell their allocations to dealers in the U.S. at absurd prices.</div>
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My local shop kept theirs. I did not buy a box. $750 for a jumbo box and $385 for a hobby box is out of my league. Those prices did not stop anyone else as they sold out of their cases of jumbos within a couple of hours....</div>
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I did manage to scrounge up a few Braves from the scrap pile as wrappers and boxes flew everywhere.</div>
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Here is my first, and quite possibly last, taste of 2020 Bowman.</div>
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Acuna Jr. is from the veterans part of the set.</div>
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Young Jasseel here made it as high as 'AA' Mississippi last season. He started 16 games, going 4-7 with a 3.83 ERA.<br />
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My man Drew made it to 'AAA' Gwinnett last year, getting into 26 games. Smacking 2 homers with 11 RBI's and hitting .271<br />
He also managed to hit .167 in 15 games during Spring Training before the world ended.<br />
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This is the Chrome version of the previously shown paper Jasseel. But this is NOT Bowman Chrome. Or Bowman Draft, or Bowman Draft Chrome. It's just chrome in Bowman. Not Bowman Chrome.<br />
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Here we have another chrome in Bowman that isn't Bowman Chrome. This one featuring Shea Langeliers. This Baylor grad made his debut in 'A' ball last season for Rome.<br />
During Spring Training, he got into 8 games, batting .429 with a homer and 5 RBI's.<br />
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So there it is. I'm not seeing the fuss. But I like pulling cards out of packs of players that I know and can see on TV. The youngin's aren't really my thing until they've made it.<br />
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Did any of you jump on Bowman?<br />
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<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-41129177469782440362020-06-01T15:00:00.000-06:002020-06-01T15:00:09.927-06:00Remember Upper Deck Baseball?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Back in the day, before the Player's Associations, Lawyers, Agents, and all of the other slimy people who don't collect sports cards decided they should be in charge of sports cards, Upper Deck made baseball cards.</div>
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They started out amazing. But from that peak, they went into a decline until the license was pulled out from under them like a cheap area rug.</div>
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The late nineties was a shrine to gold and bronze foil. Upper Deck must have bought in bulk. They used it excessively. </div>
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In my recent return to paying attention to want lists long ignored, I purchased around forty of these. Here are a few faves.</div>
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Probably my favourite all time pitcher.</div>
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John Smoltz. I really like the pose on this one. Not a common photo choice. Not too sure about shrinking it out of ratio in black and white right beside the colour version though.</div>
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Mad Dog. Greg Maddux. Trapped in green foil hell.<br />
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Andruw Freaking Jones. The best center fielder of my generation. The man won 73 consecutive Gold Gloves. 73!!! Go ahead. Look it up. I'll wait.<br />
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Crime Dog! For some reason out of the over forty UD cards I bought, only three were duplicates that I already had. All three were of Fred McGriff from different years.<br />
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Javy Lopez! Again, more hideous brassy gold foil. Yuck. Love the action shot of him pulling off that mask and fielding that bunt? Getting ready for the throw home?<br />
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One of my favourite Bravos of all time. The Lemmer. This time with brassy gold foil woodgrain! Way to mix it up Upper Deck!<br />
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My list has dwindled, but is still in need..... <a href="https://waxaholicwantlists.blogspot.com/2012/03/1989-2010-upper-deck-baseball.html" target="_blank">Upper Deck Baseball Want List</a><br />
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Do you miss Upper Deck baseball cards? What was your favourite set from them?<br />
<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-82365832229120159752020-05-31T10:24:00.000-06:002020-05-31T10:25:21.773-06:00Ginter madness!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ah, Allen & Ginter. Every year it causes baseball card collectors to froth from the mouth. Or at least it used to. I've been away for awhile. Does it still have that effect?</div>
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Anyway. I recently have started to go back through my binders and update my want lists. Seriously, it's been years since I've done so. Neglect, malaise, and of course, laziness have all contributed. So I started with Ginter. I figured that would be a nice easy transition than Topps' base stes with their bajillion inserts, parallels and variations. And short print variations with coloured borders and different backs. With serial numbers.</div>
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I purchased a few new cards online to fill in some holes in my binder. Still a ways to go. I thought I'd share a few here.</div>
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2006 Mike Kelly. Looking at my lists all these years, I thought it was this <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mike+kelly+braves&sxsrf=ALeKk0247EVlUGGyIbXjvdCSAej2U7FN2Q:1590941100795&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjojq-5vd7pAhUDpJ4KHRMmBw8Q_AUoAnoECBQQBA&biw=1680&bih=977" target="_blank">Mike Kelly.</a> Imagine my surprise.</div>
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2017 - Mr. Aaron. An outstanding looking card.<br />
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2012 - Mr. Aaron again. You may be asking why, if I'm only showing a few cards, would I show Hank Aaron twice? Because he's the Hammer. Silly question.<br />
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2017 Bartolo Colon. Great googily moogily. Look at the gloriousness of that card! Who doesn't want to see that bust in Cooperstown? (Yeah, I know, busts are in Canton for the NFL. But Bartolo here gets special dispensation.)<br />
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2014 Crimedog!!!! One of my all time underrated players. The man needs some respect.<br />
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2007 Big Bad Bob Wickman.<br />
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When he was acquired by the Braves in the late summer of '06, Bobby Cox nearly pitched his arm off. (Wickman was 37 at the time) Bobby went to him and apologized and told Wickman he could have the day off. Wickman told Bobby, I'm 37 years old and don't have a lot of time left. I'll rest when I'm dead.<br />
That's my kind of ball player.<br />
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Should any of you have any Ginter lying around that I might need, throw me a line. I probably won't have much to swap back... but you never know.<br />
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<a href="http://waxaholicwantlists.blogspot.com/2012/03/2006-2011-allen-ginter.html" target="_blank">Allen & Ginter want lists</a><br />
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Who's in for Ginter this year???????????? July is coming fast!<br />
<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-71586876592408281412020-05-11T10:10:00.000-06:002020-05-11T10:10:46.804-06:00My take on 2020 Topps Heritage <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ah... the sweet smell of vintage baseball cards. Well, modern vintage. I'm talking about 2020 Topps Heritage baseball of course. Doing their version of 1971 Topps. Those glorious black borders. Made all the more tremendous after the horridly dull grey borders or the previous year.</div>
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As with any new release, I'm sure the blogging world has dissected this set to death already. However, I wasn't around then, so I'll just pretend I'm breaking new, never talked about before, ground. (Never talked about before ground??? Hmmm... I've been away too long) </div>
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I opened a box, and was disappointed in what I found.... but I'll talk about that at the end. First, pictures!</div>
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Here we go … A Brave! Mr. Jackson showing how to throw a fastball. Grip it and rip it Luke.</div>
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Vlad Jr. The savior. According to the national sports networks here in Canada, they should be holding his enshrinement ceremonies in Cooperstown as soon as the lock down is over. Love that rookie trophy though.<br />
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A parking lot background! Wait. Wasn't that in 1973? Did Topps pull a boo boo here? I don't remember a parking lot background in the original set... Anyone care to corrext me on that one?<br />
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I do like the rookie cards set up like this.... A nice bold design with no annoying rookie logo disrupting the card front.<br />
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I've always loved leader cards. It's a great way to be able to acquire superstar Hall of Famer cards from their playing days at a somewhat affordable price compared to their regular base card.<br />
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YES! Horrible photoshop on a 2020 card. I hope Topps did a horrible job on purpose because they were trying to remind everyone of back in the day... They did... I'm sure.... Right?<br />
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A DeGrom sighting on Tatooine. Who was it that collected Tatooine cards? Someone did. GCRL maybe? I dunno.<br />
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But I do know that it's not quite as epic as this......<br />
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Do they still make Royal Crown ????<br />
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By the way, that is my Ryan from my set. Only my set is of course, O-Pee-Chee. Which, as any card collector knows, is far superior to the Topps version because of this....<br />
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Oh! The backs! The great OPC backs! Whether it's 1971 or 1991.... OPC card backs were fantastically greater. Not too mention, readable.<br />
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Overall I really like the cards. They look good and a nice feel. It was a fun opening, looking at the pictures, trying to figure out which one was an homage to anything in the '71 set. Decent player selection.<br />
What I didn't love was the collation. Close to thirty duplicates. When you cannot get a base set out of one box, receiving duplicates is a sin. It's not that difficult to have an algorithm set to prevent this. It is already an overpriced product. No way you should have to pay $115 a box for this when Series 1 can be had for $89. Especially considering chasing down the 100 short print high number cards seeded at only 8-9 per box.<br />
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But, we're suckers. Topps knows this and doesn't care. Thankfully after a couple of swaps over the last week or so I think I'm damn close to having the base set. Still sitting at 9 of the high numbers though. It's tough to swap for those when you don't get duplicates.<br />
Oh well... it's not a race, right?<br />
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What say you? Heritage, Hell Yeah or Nah? Did you open any? Who's chasing the set?<br />
<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-70140804927656601852020-04-30T11:18:00.000-06:002020-04-30T11:18:24.283-06:00Spahn is a Giant!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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One of the neat little things I've acquired lately is a card of the Great Warren Spahn. Capital "G". </div>
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Ok, so it's not so little. It's big. Like, giant. A 1964 Topps Giant in fact.</div>
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These are fantastic cards. And can be had for cheap. A Spahn like this one, in near mint condition can be had for under $5. Unless you live outside of the U.S. In which case American sellers will charge you a MINIMUM of $24 shipping for just one card.<br />
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I recently read a post about someone laying the smack on modern cards. They're garbage. They're the same every year, etc... I think it was Owl, maybe? Anyway, the point is, is that I can't argue. Sure I want the shiny new cards of Freddie and Ronald. But …… after I get them and they go in the binder.... that's usually the end of it. That's where the appreciation stops. Where if I find a 1965 Topps #487 Woody Woodward (still missing that one), I'll coo over it for weeks. AND I'll revisit said card repeatedly over the next few months. I'll remember how and where I got it. How good it made me feel to fit it in it's home. It's not a binder. It's a home.<br />
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Maybe that's just me.<br />
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So for those not familiar with the 1964 Topps Giant series, it's a 60 cards set, including 7 short prints.<br />
For size comparison, Tom Glavine popped by to help out.<br />
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Do any of you have any of these at home in your collection?Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-25074141514530635872020-04-26T12:30:00.000-06:002020-04-26T12:30:33.201-06:00A journey to the dark side....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Way back in the day, I ranted about graded cards. I didn't like them. I still don't like them. But despite what my girlfriend says, I'm not a dinosaur.</div>
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I understand the need for them. The hobby is changing. And graded cards are where it's heading. Heck, it's already there. </div>
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In an online world, buying and selling graded cards is easy. No muss, no fuss. Each party knows exactly what the value is. With raw cards? Not so much. Extremely subjective. </div>
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Now don't misunderstand me... I'm not running around acquiring these hunks of plastic all willy nilly. But I'm not cracking them out of their cases like I used to either.</div>
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Well, almost never.</div>
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There are a few exceptions... like when I literally trip over one at a local card show that slides into my wheelhouse. </div>
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There it was. And cheap too. I had no idea just how cheap until much later. I now feel bad about it. If I run into the seller again, I might throw some cash his way. Somehow a hockey collector ended up with a baseball card and didn't know what it was worth. Being junk wax, I mistakenly assumed it was priced correctly.<br />
Ah well, I was probably going to hell anyway.<br />
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What say you? Do you like graded cards? Do you crack them out of their wee prisons?Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-49002235686785517442020-04-25T12:11:00.000-06:002020-04-25T12:11:34.174-06:00Card Show Pick Ups....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
One of the advantages to not having blogged in a significant amount of time, is that I do have fodder to share. Provided I can find it again....</div>
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I present to you a find at the last card show in these parts before the world ended.</div>
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Whoa. My scanner dislikes cards in holders. Steve looks a wee blurry.<br />
Anyway, Mr. Avery was sitting there, looking all lonely amongst a plethora of modern hockey singles. Our eyes met, we shared a moment, and he came home with me.<br />
All for $5.<br />
Kinda like Tinder.<br />
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For those of you younger than the t-shirt I'm currently wearing, Steve was the number four starter for the Braves for many years.<br />
Behind Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Tom Glavine. So yeah, he never really got much of an opportunity.<br />
He was an All Star in '93, winning 18 games.<br />
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But I'll always remember him for his post season heroics. Especially in the 1991 NLCS against Pittsburgh. He held the first place Pirates scoreless over 16 1/3 innings. One of the best "where the hell did that guy come from?" moments that everyone loves.Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-76939597385093980482020-04-21T11:08:00.000-06:002020-04-21T11:08:26.036-06:00Your Topps 2020 Braves! Uh.... 2021? 2020 1/2?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Awhile back, when there was still optimism in the world and the only threat was that winter would never end, Topps put out their latest "effort" in 2020 Series 1. As per usual, the card design and quality is crap. But that's for another discussion.</div>
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Shane Greene. Pitcher. May be our closer. He's no Kimbrel, but I do like the high socks.</div>
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Dansby Swanson. Shortstop. Put together a nice year last season. I like him.<br />
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Was the photographer trying to do one of these and just got his angles wrong?<br />
(Photo of 1991 Topps Weiss ganked from the interwebs as I have no idea where my set is to scan it)<br />
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Charlie Culberson. 2B? LF? PH? Just one of those guys that plays anywhere when needed.<br />
Got him from the Dodgers in the Kemp deal. Free agent as of last December. Shouldn't have a card.<br />
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Tyler Flowers. Catcher. Re-signed as a free agent to back up Brian McCann. No. Travis D'Arnoud?<br />
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Ron Acuna. CF. The Headcase himself. Let's hope he pulls it together and stops getting benched for swollen empty head syndrome.<br />
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Nick Markakis. RF. This guy's still alive? Wasn't his rookie card in '84 Donruss? No. Wait. That was Nick Esasky. I've been away from this too long.....<br />
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Julio Teheran. SP. Julio!!! Going to love watching Julio tutor the young starters like Soroka this year. A great pitcher.<br />
What? They didn't sign him? He's in the Inferior League now with Anaheim? uh... California... uh... Los Angeles?<br />
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Luke Jackson. RP. According to the back of Luke's Topps card, Luke is the Braves closer. Someone might want to pass that along to Shane Greene, Mark Melancon and Will Smith. Maybe Brian Snitker while they're at it.<br />
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The Braves. Featuring Johan Camargo. Not sure if I'm comfy with him at third this season.<br />
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Austin Riley. LF. 3B. Oh Austin.... you came out swinging. Find that again, won't you?<br />
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Billy Hamilton. OF. He garnered a grand total of 26 appearances before being jettisoned off to the Giants. And yet here he is. Should not have a card.<br />
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Mike Soroka. SP. Let the pigeons loose! Hark! The Angels sing! (Not a Teheran pun, promise) The Man Himself. Lives just down the street from me. Calgary's own! Thank you Chris Reitsma.<br />
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So those are the base cards. Let's see what inserts I'm missing....<br />
<br />SP Variations<br /> 47 Chipper Jones<br /> 150 Ronald Acuna Jr.<br />SSP Variations<br />150 Ronald Acuna Jr.<br /><div>
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1985 Topps Baseball<br /> 85-7 Chipper Jones<br /> 85-8 Dale Murphy<br /> 85-9 Hank Aaron<br /> 85-10 Mike Soroka<br /> 85-11 Ozzie Albies<br /><div>
85-12 Ronald Acuña Jr.</div>
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Decade’s Best<br /> DB-4 Hank Aaron – Milwaukee Braves<br /> DB-5 Warren Spahn – Milwaukee Braves<br /> DB-12 Eddie Mathews – Milwaukee Braves<br /> DB-20 Hank Aaron – Milwaukee Braves<br /> DB-40 Phil Niekro<br /> DB-47 Dale Murphy<br /> DB-59 Chipper Jones<br /><strike> DB-67 Chipper Jones</strike><br /> DB-77 Tom Glavine<br /><div>
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Decade’s Next <br /> DN-2 Austin Riley<br /> DN-5 Ronald Acuña Jr.<br /> DN-16 Ozzie Albies<br /> DN-30 Mike Soroka<br />Home Run Challenge <br /> HRC-2 Ronald Acuña Jr.<br /><div>
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So I've been doing a bit of organizing, a bit of cleaning... and I found a small stack of cards that I had acquired quite awhile ago, but had never found their way into their permanent homes. From that, I discovered that they hadn't been removed from my want lists either. Maybe I should actually update my want lists... </div>
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One of those cards is this handsome fella.</div>
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I am slowly building my Braves team sets for all of the A&G years.... Unfortunately, I don't think I have anything after..... 2014? Ugh.<br />
I suppose I have to start somewhere....<br />
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Oh! And look who I found in a pack just the other day...<br />
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They're still pumping out CHIPPAHS in 2020!!!!!!!<br />
A beautiful thing.<br />
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Anyway, if anyone is still out there, I hope all is well with you and yours.... Wish me well on this journey.<br />
Seriously.<br />
If you don't, I'll get distracted and disappear down a different rabbit hole again.....<br />
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<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-15409334537951807462017-09-08T18:00:00.000-06:002017-09-08T18:00:32.023-06:00Anyone else feeling old today?<br />
Normally, I don't feel my age. I'm not old. But I'm no teenager either. Today though, I have to admit that I feel a little old.<br />
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You see, today is Heather Thomas' 60th birthday.<br />
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This is Heather.<br />
(remember Fall Guy?)<br />
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Now, pretty much every male within 5-6 years either side of my age had this poster on their bedroom wall growing up.<br />
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Heck, I would still have it if I wasn't married. (Love you honey!)<br />
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But yeah.... Heather, everyone's dream girl, is now 60.<br />
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It seems like only last summer I tacked that poster up on my wall.<br />
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Remember kids, not too long ago, Grandma was smokin' hot!<br />
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<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-34501247467824320852017-08-07T17:33:00.000-06:002017-08-07T17:33:14.767-06:002017 Bowman Platinum Baseball - Canadian EditionAwhile back, in true Topps fashion, they declared that 2017 Bowman Platinum would be a WalMart exclusive product.<br />
No hobby shops.<br />
No sales to Canada.<br />
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Epic fail.<br />
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I guess Topps knows there are no baseball fans North of the 49th parallel, let alone any Dodger fans looking for Bellanger rookies. Yes, Bowman Platinum is the first product to feature a true Bellanger RC.<br />
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I love exclusives, don't you?<br />
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Anyways, I had a talk with the elderly lady that stocks up our local WalMart about this very thing. She wouldn't tell me who she worked for..... but she did say that she didn't remember seeing any baseball, and that she didn't realize that people were actually looking for it.<br />
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ugh.<br />
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That explains why the card section is normally 90% Pokémon and 10% hockey.<br />
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Fast forward a couple of weeks and voila! There were six packs of these beauties on a peg in the middle of an explosion of Pikachu something or other.....<br />
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One came home with me. Only one because there was no price tag and the nearest three scanning stations were all broken. Gotta love WalMart.<br />
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One Exclusive Prospect Card per pack!!!!<br />
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I have to say that the quality of the cards has decreased over the last year or so. I guess a lot like every other brand of Topps cards.<br />
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Is Reynaldo my exclusive prospect?<br />
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Or maybe Alex?<br />
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KIEBOOM!!!!! Heh, heh....<br />
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I haven't heard of most of these guys...<br />
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This is a Rookie Radar insert. Is this my exclusive?<br />
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A Brave!!!!!!!!! And a blue parallel Brave to boot.<br />
I wish I knew who he was.<br />
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and finally, an autograph of Andy Ibanez.<br />
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Apparently, Andy is Texas' #2 ranked prospect and one of the top infielders in the minor leagues. He currently plays for the Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League.<br />
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So now you know.<br />
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Over all I'd give 2017 Platinum a 3/5<br />
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Cheap card stock, bleh design, and the shiny just isn't there anymore.<br />
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What say you?Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-54707726471698204942017-07-05T21:51:00.000-06:002017-07-05T21:53:59.953-06:00Two sport champion, Gene Conley, dead at 86.<br />
When you think of two sport super stars in Atlanta..... yeah, the mind tends to wander over to dual personality known as Neon and Prime Time.<br />
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And rightfully so. Who can forget the media coverage of Deion leaving one sports venue after a game, sprinting to a waiting helicopter to be carried off to another stadium and the start of another game. <br />
Deion managed a Super Bowl win with Dallas and the 49ers, but lost in his only World Series appearance with the Braves. He would've been the third athlete to capture championships in two of the four major sports.<br />
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Meet the second athlete to have accomplished that feat. Gene Conley. <br />
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Gene played baseball as a pitcher from 1952 until 1963.<br />
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He pitched in three All Star games, 1954, 1959 and was the winning pitcher in 1955. He won the World Series with Milwaukee in 1957.<br />
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Gene played for the Phillies and Red Sox late in his baseball career, but we don't care about that. These fabulous Braves cards are from my own personal collection. Jealous?<br />
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Gene also played pro basketball as a center for the Boston Celtics.<br />
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(I don't have any of his basketball cards.... don't know if he even has any...)<br />
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He played the bouncy ball in 1952/53 and then from 1957 to 1964. He won NBA Championships in 1958, 59, 60.<br />
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As immortalized on the back of his '56 Topps card... Gene stood 6'8"<br />
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Gene is the only athlete to play on three professional sports teams from the same city.<br />
Boston Braves<br />
Boston Red Sox<br />
Boston Celtics<br />
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Gene was also the last living player to have played for both the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox.<br />
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Gene Conley 10.11.1930 - 04.07.2017<br />
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<br />Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-16691261957111980382016-12-16T20:43:00.001-07:002016-12-16T20:46:56.846-07:00Early Santa visit? Nope, but close....<br />
I received an envelope in the post the other day. It's that time of year. Xmas cards from folks you haven't seen or talked to in way too long.<br />
Only the card in this envelope wasn't the Xmas kind. Although it was from a friend I haven't talked to in the previously mentioned way too long.<br />
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Jim, from gcrl fame, and with a newish blog to give us his thoughts, ( click here <a href="https://cardsasiseethem.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">cards as i see them</a> ) sent over this extremely shiny monstrosity.<br />
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Some sapphire parallel that is supposedly /250 but Topps was too lazy to number it. <br />
It's nice when people remember you when they pull certain cards. This will go very nicely into my Adam binder.</div>
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Adam is retired now, so his card count in future year's offerings should fall slightly. Probably down to 0.<br />
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Thanks for the thought pal. I've got a little something for you once the holiday mail rush dies down. No way I'm going anywhere near a post office right now. Yikes.</div>
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They tanked.</div>
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Anybody young with promise? Traded away.</div>
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Anybody hitting really well? Traded.</div>
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It's all a big master plan to start to win in 2017. The year they move out of antiquated Turner Field (what?) and move into their brand new shiny digs, SunTrust Park in Cobb County.</div>
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All I can say is, this better be worth it. These last two years have been hell.</div>
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Now in preparation of winning it all, the Barves have started to assemble their new Cy Young winning rotation.</div>
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42 year old R.A. Dickey. Atlanta will be R.A.'s sixth team in fifteen years.</div>
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On Friday they announced the signing of 43 year old Bartolo Colon. Atlanta is Bartolo's ninth team in twenty one years.<br />
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and yes, Colon did pitch for the Expos. Remember them? Not as a rookie.... but in his sixth season.<br />
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Today, the final piece was added with the surprise re-signing of former Brave, 77 year old Phil Niekro.<br />
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General Manager John Coppolella was heard saying about Niekro that they needed to add some veteran leadership for the youngsters. It will be nice for Phil to mentor young Dickey. Help him develop and perfect his curveball that he has spent the last fifteen years using.<br />
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Looking forward to a great year! (maybe it should be Cialis Park?)Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-7941140098681275622016-06-18T21:01:00.000-06:002016-06-18T21:02:40.368-06:00Captain Canuck All Request Radio...Well.. maybe not radio exactly, but I felt like the Wolfman* there for awhile. I received an email from a reader. Just to reach out and say, "Hey. How's it going." You know, that kind of thing. It kind of surprised me. But it was nice to know someone just wanted to see how things were going. In the end, they said it would be nice if I got back to posting more.<br />
The next day in the mail, I received a small package from gcrl. The contents, or most of it, I'll reveal here. In amongst the cards was a note. It said words to the effect "i hope you like these... maybe they'll even be worth a post."<br />
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Not one, but two requests for more posts.<br />
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From me.<br />
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That's scary as hell.<br />
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But who am I to refuse my public? (even if it has taken me a couple of weeks to scan the cards and actually post. I never promise timely posts. Just the posts ma'am, just the posts.)<br />
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gcrl managed to hit upon a few off of the ole want lists.... <br />
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Freddie Freeman, the one man team himself, from 2015 Gypsy Queen.<br />
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1985 Fleer Donnie Moore. If you don't know Donnie's tragic story, do some googling. And please, if you need help, talk to someone. Anyone.<br />
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A slender 1992 Ron gant. You can tell it's a package from gcrl because one of the cards has a memorial patch on the sleeve.<br />
I'll save you the google. It's for John W. Mullen 1924-1991. He was with the Braves in various front office capacities from Boston until his death in '91.<br />
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Better times. 2015 Heritage. 2nd place bitches. Only Freddie remains from that pic....<br />
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jim likes to rub salt in the wounds. Here's a Gold Alex Wood. I hated that trade then, I despise it now.<br />
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These are so cool. But I can't get them here. A Craig Kimbrel CHIPZ. I wish I had more of them. I only have Kimbrel and Uggla, so I thought this was a dupe. Until I came into my office at night in the dark and saw it sitting there on my desk glowing like Homer. IT"S A GLOW IN THE DARK VARIANT KIMBREL!!!!!<br />
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Mr Jeff Blauser from 1992 Stadium Club fame represents a few of the inevitable dupes in any surprise gift package.<br />
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not shown are<br />
1987 Topps Paul Assenmacher<br />
2014 Topps Gerald Laird<br />
2014 Topps Emilio Bonifacio<br />
2015 Topps Nick Markakis<br />
2015 Topps Andrelton Simmons<br />
2016 Topps Julio Teheran<br />
2016 Bowman Hector Olivera (salt, meet open wound)<br />
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and this.....<br />
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I couldn't believe this....<br />
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I only have 8 from the team set...<br />
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I still need 10.....<br />
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and somehow, it's a double.<br />
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but what a wonderful duplicate it is.<br />
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look at that gloriousness.<br />
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thanks big guy. hope everyone likes the post.<br />
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(* kudos to you if you know who the Wolfman is...)Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4756971318468684357.post-49836477180778670362016-05-25T21:22:00.000-06:002016-05-25T21:22:17.671-06:00Surprise Freebies...I love using Zistle for trading. I don't use it nearly enough. However, I've been able to add a few friends where it becomes a routine trade every six weeks or so. Especially if we can keep it to under a dozen cards and go the ever popular PWE route. <br />
A dozen new cards for me for just an 0.85 cent stamp? Yes please.<br />
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One of these frequent swappers is buckstorecards who of course writes Sportscards from the Dollar Store. We both like the shallow end of the pool collecting wise, so when the opportunity strikes to swap base cards with someone who likes them as much as I do, it's a no brainer.<br />
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We fashioned a swap on Zistle, and off the packages went. Or that was the plan anyways.... I got a notice from him saying that he was not only sending our trade, but also adding a Toronto Blue Jays team set from 2016 Gypsy Queen.<br />
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He had entered a case break and came away with an extra base set or two. I casually remarked I'd love to swap for one....<br />
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then I promptly forgot about it. Um... yeah.<br />
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But he didn't, and they arrived here safe and sound.<br />
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It left me scrambling to find a surprise or two to throw in for him.... I hope he likes what I sent.<br />
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I still love the generosity of the people we meet in this hobby. Thanks J.D.!Captain Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02189853561737282234noreply@blogger.com0