Sure, I'll go 50/50 with you, but you gotta ask me Knicely

I have found a seller on Sportlots that I really like, his name is Mark and his user ID is bandit 24.  I received my 3rd envelope from him on Friday, and each one has arrived with 100 or more cards worth of want list help.

Why 100 cards?  Mark offers free shipping if you order 100 or more cards on the same order.  That certainly helps the wallet!!  Plus he has a lot of cards from the early 80's sets that I've been working on.

This order was split 50/50:

50 cards from the '83 Topps set arrived, bringing me just under the 40% complete mark.  No really expensive cards in this group, in fact the only card I paid more than 18 cents for is coming up in a minute...

I also received 50 cards from the '82 set, which is now over 40% done.   These 2 sets seem to be mirroring each other as far as progress goes, and likely I'll end up completing them both at the same time.

I pulled out a couple of cards from each group of 50, just because I wanted to.

Not enough room on this card to add a Twitter or Instagram ID.   Too many hits.  I paid a buck for this card, which I thought was reasonable.

Lots of action in this photo.  You can see the umpire on the left trying to get out of the way.  You can even see Carlton's mask in the bottom center of the photo in what looks to be mid flight.  I hope he didn't land on it....

I did a little math, these two combined stole 2.17 miles worth of basepaths during the strike shortened '81 season.   Raines stole 71 bases on his own in '81, almost double what the next player stole (Omar Moreno had 39).

Every time I see a Mike Witt card, I remember game footage of the most incredible curve ball I'll probably ever see thrown.  That 12 to 6 action was just incredible.

Now, you may be wondering where the "Knicely" part came in to this...

When I placed the order, I needed 2 cards to finish the '84 set.   This Alan Knicely card was one of them.  Unfortunately Mark didn't have the other card I need, which I'll prattle on about when my COMC order arrives.  I'll be glad to have this set done....

The you gotta ask me nicely reference comes from a movie that I'll watch every time I see it on TV, A Few Good Men which starred Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson and a whole lot of other big names.  If you've never seen it, take a look because I've always enjoyed the film.

Here's the scene where Cruise is asking Nicholson for the transfer order of a dead Marine.   Be forewarned, Nicholson uses some objectionable language in the clip so if your kids are nearby, you may not want to play it.

 Hopefully my COMC order arrives by the time this posts, there's a whole lot of goodness in there that I can't wait to show.

Thanks for reading!

Robert