Remembering the good old days like it was 6 years ago

I like to poke fun at myself, and the less extensive blogging numbers I've posted over the past few years.  A fair bit has gone on in my life, I've moved twice (once long distance) and kind of settled into semi-retirement life in a warmer climate.  I call it semi-retirement despite the fact that I'm still working full time, my vacations are more stay at home now, as I'm located somewhere that makes me feel like I'm on a vacation all the time.

Back to blogging, the reason I bring it up today is tonight's post is the 20th this month, and it's the first time I've hit 20 posts for 2 months consecutive since 2014.  I guess you could say I'm truly enjoying collecting, and writing about it again.  I believe that the main reason is my shift from chasing packs, which I was still doing a couple of months ago, to focusing on finishing sets and trading.  Spending $20 on ebay instead of packs is more enjoyable now, since I'm getting cards that truly fit into what I'm trying to accomplish with my collection.

I bought just 5 cards for $19 from my usual ebay haunt, The Battersbox, and I'm starting off with another number off of the 1959 Topps want list.  Seeing this card proves to me that Tony Kubek never really aged; I watched him for many years do the color commentating on Blue Jays telecasts in Canada, and he looked the same in the 80's as he did on this photo in '59.

Now, just have to find Thurman Munson and the '76 set is complete.  Tom Terrific was $2.75.

I have had very good luck finding decent copies of star player cards at reasonable prices lately.  Killebrew's '72 Topps card cost me just $3.25 and I'm quite happy with it.

For less than $3, I got this 73-74 OPC Alex Delvecchio card.   I was even more thrilled when I had it in hand, because the condition is super!!  It's even more so important on this card because it's #1 in the set, and especially 70's hockey I find it's tough to find really nice condition on the first and last cards of the set.

By the way, Delvecchio played the previous season with the Wings as a 41/42 year old, and still managed almost a point a game (71 pts in 77 games).

Sometimes cards just find you.  I was looking for one more hockey card to add to the order, and happened upon this 85-86 Gretzky league leader card.  $3.25 for a LL card for the Great One is really cheap, so there was no hesitation adding this to the cart.  $19 for the 5 cards, and free shipping and I have my "blaster" in hand.

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Post #1960 features Ray Boone's card from the '60 Topps set.  I always thought that Ray was a catcher, obviously confusing him with his son Bob whom I grew up watching in the 70's and 80's.  1960 was Ray's final year in MLB, splitting his time with the Braves and the Red Sox.

Not a bad card, a bit lopped off the bottom left corner, but no doubt I bought it for cheap a few years ago.  It'll do if I ever decide to chase the '60T set...

Enjoy the hobby!!

Robert