1996 Leaf Signature Extended Autographs

These Autographs were issued in the 1996 Leaf Signature Extended series packs.  There were at least two per pack (so I must have bought 1 pack).

card #69 Darren Hall

card #170 BILL RISLEY

 Cards are for sale or trade!!

KEEP ON COLLECTING!!

Jeff

34th National Sports Collectors Convention

I have never been to this convention.  Every time it has been in the Chicago area, I have thought about going.  I live in MN, so it wouldn't be that far of a drive.  

But, I had a big choice to make.  My wife gave me the option of one or the other, but not both....

  The Convention this year  ---    or   THE 2014 ALL STAR GAME next year here at Target Field.

I choose to try and get tickets for the All Star Game next year.  $$$$$$$$$

If I can't get tickets for the Big game, maybe at least take part in the activities before hand.

Hope everyone that goes to the convention has a super time.

Maybe next time it's back in Chicago, I will be able to attend.  (2015??)

KEEP ON COLLECTING!!

Jeff 

1994 SP TIM SALMON

This is a great card of Angel's 90's great TIM SALMON....

1994 SP Previews # WR5
(click here to go to WebStore) 

This card was inserted at a rate of 1 in 35 packs of the 1994 Series 2 Upper Deck SP.   

Tim exploded from May 10-13 in 1994, as he had 13 hits over the span of three consecutive games, tying the A.L. record.

Thanks for reading

Jeff

KEEP ON COLLECTING!!   

1994 Tony Gwynn

PADRE'S HALL OF FAMER :

TONY GWYNN

1994 Bowman's Best #R78
(click here to go to WebStore)

FOR Sale or Trade

ADDED TO MY WEBSTORE...

I finally found a few moments to catch up on some of the blogs.

I also was able to add a few cards to my inventory in my WEBSTORE .

If you are trying to complete a set, or collect a specific team or player
check out my sites, using the tabs at the top of my blog.

Please:  Use my web store and site as another source for your collecting needs.

I have over 900,000 cards and will not be able to list them all.  So if you need anything from the 80's and 90's: I can probably help.

SELL OR TRADE !!!!

Thanks for reading and shopping!!

Jeff
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Poor Old Baseball Card.......

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY everyone!!!

Where has the month gone???  Busy busy busy..

Dance recitals , Band concerts , end of school activities, Prom, Graduation coming up, school senior party I volunteered to help with (I only have to cover 10pm to midnight), and of coarse the GRADUATION party (open house) with a mile and a half long honey do list to finish before Friday 5/31.

But I did have to take time for a quick blog. 

Anthony Tarantino over at Poor Old Baseball Card (POBC) is running a month long contest to win a few POBCs.  All you need to do is leave a comment on his blog for a chance to win.

Here is what I won.....

1969 Topps Bob Clemente

Here are the remaining cards that you can have a chance to win:

1973 Willie Mays

1974 Hank Aaron
1975 Reggie Jackson

So if condition doesn’t matter, visit POBC blog for a chance to win.

It’s not always about that perfect Gem-Mint 10 … Is it?”

 

Its great to get these cards and wonder where they have been.  Some kid back in 1969, that was a Clemente fan/ Pirates fan, pulled this card from a wax pack and carried it in is pocket to show his friends. Awww.. Memories...back than condition didn't matter.  If they were cards you were keeping, they were thrown into a shoe box, binded together with a rubber band.  Or you might have stuck the unwanted card in the spokes of your bike for that clack clack clack sound.

 

THANKS ANTHONY!!!!   For bringing me back into collecting the NOT Gem Mint 10 Vintage cards.

 

Thanks for reading

Everyone have a safe Holiday

and

KEEP ON COLLECTING!!

 

Jeff

 

AWESOMENESS !!!!

Here is my recent ebay purchase....................

1955 Bowman
Russ Meyer (The Mad Monk)

Best Season was in 1949 with the Phillies.  He had 17 wins, 14 complete games.
See complete   STATS   
Meyer is one of only three pitchers in Major League history to have gone at least 23-straight road starts without a loss.  He went 24 consecutive road starts without a loss during the 1953 and 1954 seasons.
Is that Ebbets Field in the background?????



1955 Bowman
Art Houtteman

Youngest player in American League (1945–1946).  Best season 1950 with Tigers.
19 wins ( 3rd behind Bob Lemon 23W,  Vic Raschi 21W).  All Star in 1950.
Complete  STATS 


And now the card I was really going after (this was a lot purchase)

1955 Bowman
Eddie Waitkus (The Natural)

 He only played 11years.  His batting avg .285, 1214 hits, 373 RBIs.  Was an All Star in 1948 and 49.
Complete STATS

Here is why I wanted this card for my collection.  Read the top line of "My Biggest Thrill In Baseball" on the back of the card.....In 1949 I was shot by a deranged girl.
Author Bernard Malamud, who was not a baseball fan himself, took the basic elements of the Waitkus story and wove them along with various baseball legends (notably Joe Jackson) into a novel, a morality tale called The Natural. The book was published in 1952, and was eventually made into a film that was released in 1984.

Info found on Wikipedia and Baseball-Reference.com.

Thanks for reading..
Jeff
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