TTC Update - Friday edition

I did make it to Webb's Cards today.  Bill Webb, the owner, let me come behind the counter and pick the cards I wanted.  He wanted a quarter each.  He's been good to me, so I agreed.

Here's what a completed page looks like.  Love the '70s.

Here's the latest version of my Topps Type Collection checklist

Year	Number	Player	Team	Notes
1951
1952
1953
1954	160	"Red" Kress	Cleveland Indians
1955
1956
1957
1958				have Carl Erskine
1959	485	Ryan Duren	New York Yankees
1960				have Earl Wilson
1961	205	Bill Pierce	Chicago White Sox
1962	114	Howie Koplitz	Detroit Tigers
1963	99	Jim Umbricht	Houston Colt 45s
1964	95	George Altman	New York Mets
1965	109	Walt Bond	Houston Colt 45s
1966
1967	5	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees
1968
1969	642	John Hiller	Detroit Tigers
1970	14	Hank Allen	Washington Senators
1971	55	Steve Carlton	St. Louis Cardinals
1972	26	Andy Etchebarren	Baltimore Orioles
1973	412	Manny Mota	Los Angeles Dodgers
1974	575	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers
1975	407	Herb Washington	Oakland A's
1976	13	Johnny Wockenfuss	Detroit Tigers
1977	514	Cliff Johnson	Houston Astros
1978	38	Willie Montanez	Atlanta Braves
1979	84	Greg Minton	San Francisco Giants
1980	280	Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres
1981	54	Ivan DeJesus	Chicago Cubs
1982	429	John Wathan	Kansas City Royals
1983	565	Bucky Dent	Texas Rangers
1984	52	Paul Splittorff	Kansas City Royals
1985	459	Charlie Leibrandt	Kansas City Royals
1986	662	Bill Schroeder	Milwaukee Brewers
1987	328	Bob Welch	Los Angeles Dodgers
1988	300	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees
1989	560	Rock Raines	Montreal Expos
1990	119	Billy Hatcher	Pittsburgh Pirates
1991	79	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox
1992	275	Todd Zeile	St. Louis Cardinals
1993	240	John Olerud	Toronto Blue Jays
1994				have Orel Hershiser
1995	86	Gerald Williams	New York Yankees
1996				have Orel Hershiser
1997	110	Orel Hershiser	Cleveland Indians
1998	368	Scott Stahoviak	Minnesota Twins	badly creased
1999	365	Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers
2000
2001	69	Manny Alexander	Boston Red Sox
2002	66	Denny Neagle	Colorado Rockies
2003	78	Jimmy Anderson	San Francisco Giants
2004	306	Donald Levinski	Baltimore Orioles
2005	317	Kevin West	Minnesota Twins
2006	42	Reed Johnson	Toronto Blue Jays
2007	135	Troy Tulowitzki	Colorado Rockies
2008	252	Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals
2009	6	Ross Detwiler	Washington Nationals
2010	430	Kazuo Matsui	Houston Astros
2011	380	Jose Reyes	New York Mets
2012	279	R.A. Dickey	New York Mets
2013	306	Jerry Hirston	Los Angeles Dodgers

I've got a few bids on listia for some of the years that I need. We'll see how that works out.

TTC Update

I found my secret stash of cards I sort of like last night and was able to fill a few holes in the Topps Type Collection.

Here's my current checklist.  I'm headed to a card shop on Friday so I should be able to fill a few of the more recent years with dime box goodies.  Wait.  They don't have a dime box.  I'll pull them and make an offer.  It will probably be in the order of five for a buck.

Year	Number	Player	Team	Notes
1951
1952
1953
1954	160	"Red" Kress	Cleveland Indians
1955
1956
1957
1958				have Carl Erskine
1959	485	Ryan Duren	New York Yankees
1960				have Earl Wilson
1961	205	Bill Pierce	Chicago White Sox
1962	114	Howie Koplitz	Detroit Tigers
1963	99	Jim Umbricht	Houston Colt 45s
1964	95	George Altman	New York Mets
1965	109	Walt Bond	Houston Colt 45s
1966
1967	5	Whitey Ford	New York Yankees
1968
1969	642	John Hiller	Detroit Tigers
1970	14	Hank Allen	Washington Senators
1971	55	Steve Carlton	St. Louis Cardinals
1972
1973
1974	575	Steve Garvey	Los Angeles Dodgers
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980	280	Gaylord Perry	San Diego Padres
1981
1982
1983	565	Bucky Dent	Texas Rangers
1984
1985				have Orel Hershiser
1986				have Orel Hershiser
1987	328	Bob Welch	Los Angeles Dodgers
1988	300	Don Mattingly	New York Yankees
1989	560	Rock Raines	Montreal Expos
1990				have Orel Hershiser
1991	79	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox
1992				have Orel Hershiser
1993				have Orel Hershiser
1994	374	Bernie Williams	New York Yankees
1995				have Orel Hershiser
1996				have Orel Hershiser
1997	110	Orel Hershiser	Cleveland Indians
1998	368	Scott Stahoviak	Minnesota Twins	badly creased
1999	365	Raul Mondesi	Los Angeles Dodgers
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007	135	Troy Tulowitzki	Colorado Rockies
2008	252	Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals
2009	6	Ross Detwiler	Washington Nationals
2010
2011	380	Jose Reyes	New York Mets
2012	279	R.A. Dickey	New York Mets
2013
2014

** NOTE: This checklist is outdated.  Please see the newer one at the Friday entry.

Looking at this, I'd probably like to cover as many teams as possible, not just loading up on any one team.  I'd also like to vary my player selection, not having a run of Hershisers.  That's what my player collection is for.

This start of this process has made me realize that my cards are in horrible disarray and that I have too many of them.  I'll guess I'll be making a trade-bait page soon.

The start of my Topps Type Collection

Last night I kept the TV turned off and started to pull together some cards for my Topps Type Collection.

As I went through stacks and notebooks I realized that I've got a crud load of cards I really don't want or need. What don't I have? Topps base cards. Lots of them.

Well, I probably do have more than I think. I've got tons of Orel Hershiser dupes. I could use those, but I don't want this to be a subset of my Hershiser player collection. I also didn't want to rob my Carl Erskine player collection.

I added some blank pages to a notebook and started to insert cards that I had. Ten years per decade and only nine pockets per page. That will mess one up when counting.

One of the problems that I encountered was that I really don't know what design goes with what year. Sure, I know the design names. Burlap. Woodgrain. Pennant. But I'm not sure which is tied to what year.

So rather than keep counting spaces I decided to make some card blanks to fill the spaces. A quick reminder of what I still need to get.

That's nice and all, but I wanted to be able to see the cards. Get to know their designs. So I went to the web and stole many of your card scans. Really. I know where I grabbed them.  I layered a year on top of them for quick reference and made a mock up.

Here's the finished product.  I decided to make the fillers black and white.  Like the giant year in the middle of the card wouldn't have been enough to tip me off that I still need it.

I still have many more years to go.  I've got cards that I know I have, I just don't know where they are.  I hope to have a checklist up in the coming week.  If you want to help a fellow collector out, I'd be happy to take your dupes or spares.  Condition really doesn't matter.