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| 1961 Topps Bill Wade (card # 10) |
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| 1962 Topps Billy Wade (card # 13) |
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| 1962 Topps Bucks Inserts Billy Wade (card # 42) |
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| 1994 Topps Archives (1957) Bill Wade (card # 34) |
I've updated my Bill Wade wantlist page to reflect these pickups.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
New (to me) Bill Wade cards
I dipped my toes in the COMC waters. It was still and warm. So I stepped in. I'm glad I did, because I picked up four more Bill Wade cards.
I've updated my Bill Wade wantlist page to reflect these pickups.
I've updated my Bill Wade wantlist page to reflect these pickups.
Monday, January 7, 2013
Big game tonight, huh?
I'm settled in with my can of caffeine free Coke, left over Christmas candy, and the TV remote to turn the sound up.
Being in SEC country, I feel that I have to root for Bama. Besides, I don't like the way that NBC has tried to force Notre Dame down our throats as "the team that America should love" for the past decade and a half.
Is anyone else going to watch? And who are you rooting for?
For whom are you rooting, if you're so inclined to that line of questioning.
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| 1990 Collegiate Collection Notre Dame Fighting Irish Joe Montana (card # 1) |
Being in SEC country, I feel that I have to root for Bama. Besides, I don't like the way that NBC has tried to force Notre Dame down our throats as "the team that America should love" for the past decade and a half.
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| 1994 Hoby SEC Stars Alabama Crimson Tide Kermit Kendrick (card # 28) |
Is anyone else going to watch? And who are you rooting for?
For whom are you rooting, if you're so inclined to that line of questioning.
Burton Brothers Rookies
Last night I posted about some Upper Deck spokesmen cards. This is the card that I really wanted from that listia lot.
$25,000 from Maxx Race Cards for his effort? Man, I wish I had they'd noticed me.
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| 1995 Maxx Burton Brothers Rookies (card # 160) |
$25,000 from Maxx Race Cards for his effort? Man, I wish I had they'd noticed me.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
When Baseball meets NASCAR
I wasn't aware of these cards when I found them on listia. They aren't so much baseball cards in a NASCAR racing set, but a card manufacturer touting their exclusive signees across product lines. They were part of an eight card lot that featured a Jeff Burton card. I guess that these are icing on the cake.
Apparently Upper Deck signed Rusty Wallace as a spokesperson. Their other spokesmen welcomed him through some made up text on the back of the cards.
It was not just batsmen that Upper Deck employed, but some quarterback.
Not content to have a man that shared his name with a city and one that shared his name with a state, they went with a man that shared his name with a country.
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| 1995 Upper Deck Racing Reggie Jackson (card # 134) |
Apparently Upper Deck signed Rusty Wallace as a spokesperson. Their other spokesmen welcomed him through some made up text on the back of the cards.
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| 1995 Upper Deck Racing Ken Griffey Jr. (card # 136) |
It was not just batsmen that Upper Deck employed, but some quarterback.
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| 1995 Upper Deck Racing Joe Montana (card # 135) |
Not content to have a man that shared his name with a city and one that shared his name with a state, they went with a man that shared his name with a country.
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| 1995 Upper Deck Racing Michael Jordan (card # 133) image from COMC |
Thursday, January 3, 2013
2012 Panini Cooperstown
I've decided to give the birthday loot posts a break and move on to Christmas loot. Santa decided that I needed these in my stocking.
I was recently part of the charity BoBuBingo Cooperstown Break, but barely covered any squares on my card. The design of the cards is nice. I like them. But, because Panini is hamstrung by the Topps monopoly, they couldn't use MLB team names or logos. Hence the "just above the bill" cropping on several head shots.
The Induction Year cards seem to resemble a wood veneer on the front. I'm already getting a nice 'chrome curl' effect on it.
Overall a nice bunch of cards, but I won't be trying to complete this.
I was recently part of the charity BoBuBingo Cooperstown Break, but barely covered any squares on my card. The design of the cards is nice. I like them. But, because Panini is hamstrung by the Topps monopoly, they couldn't use MLB team names or logos. Hence the "just above the bill" cropping on several head shots.
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown Hall of Fame Commons Bill Dickey (card # 55) |
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown Hall of Fame Commons Billy Hamilton (card # 70) |
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown Hall of Fame Commons Hugh Duffy (card # 27) |
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown Hall of Fame Commons Willie Keeler (card # 13) |
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown Induction Ted Williams (card # 10) |
The Induction Year cards seem to resemble a wood veneer on the front. I'm already getting a nice 'chrome curl' effect on it.
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| 2012 Panini Cooperstown High Praise Brooks Robinson (card # 19) |
Overall a nice bunch of cards, but I won't be trying to complete this.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Another Birthday Gift
Yeah, I'm going to ride this horse until it is a Shetland pony.
My father-in-law got me a Barnes and Noble gift certificate. I'm an amazon guy myself, but I'm never one to pass up a free book or two. This time it was one. I've wanted to read The Boys of Summer for some time and I have been wondering lately where it will end up in Ron Kaplan's forthcoming 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die.
I've read the introduction and part of the first chapter. I'm loving the tone and look forward to the chapter on Carl Erskine and his son Jimmy.
My wife got me the Michael Waltrip autobiography, In The Blink Of An Eye, for Christmas.
A light book, dealing with Michaels rise to the NASCAR Cup circuit and then the loss his friend, Dale Earnhardt, Sr. I've probably read more of this than I have the Kahn book. I enjoy them both but I'm savoring Roger's writing.
My father-in-law got me a Barnes and Noble gift certificate. I'm an amazon guy myself, but I'm never one to pass up a free book or two. This time it was one. I've wanted to read The Boys of Summer for some time and I have been wondering lately where it will end up in Ron Kaplan's forthcoming 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die.
I've read the introduction and part of the first chapter. I'm loving the tone and look forward to the chapter on Carl Erskine and his son Jimmy.
My wife got me the Michael Waltrip autobiography, In The Blink Of An Eye, for Christmas.
A light book, dealing with Michaels rise to the NASCAR Cup circuit and then the loss his friend, Dale Earnhardt, Sr. I've probably read more of this than I have the Kahn book. I enjoy them both but I'm savoring Roger's writing.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Bill's Got It
Another, and the last, of my recent vintagey purchases from one of my local card shops.
Danny Murtaugh later went on to a film career, playing himself as a distant cousin to Danny Glover's Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon 12.
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| 1964 Topps Danny Murtaugh / Bill Virdon (card # 268) |
Danny Murtaugh later went on to a film career, playing himself as a distant cousin to Danny Glover's Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon 12.
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