52% of your daily fiber

A while back I received a Plain White Envelope in the mail, another of the many trades that I've received from fellow TCDB site members.  I had written down the title for this post on an index card, but I wish that I had saved the cardboard cutout that was used as a stiffener so I could show it off.

After a little bit of searching, I found the image on Google:

With a little bit of thought, I put the fiber in the cereal together with the cardboard I received and came up with the idea.  Now I doubt that the number of cards I'm going to show this evening will amount to 52% of the total that you're going to see today on all the blogs, but here's hoping!!

First up, the scans are a little better.  2nd, 16 cards off of the want list of the '70 Topps set that I've largely ignored for a couple years.  A few names you may recognize such as Jim Spencer, Mike Lum, Zoilo Versalles (who doesn't look very happy with his photo being taken) and Mike Torrez.

I'm also beginning to appreciate the cards such as the AL Playoff in the top center of the first scan.  Over the years they tend to focus on the stars, and naturally the teams that were successful in the playoffs.  

I'm further along than I thought for the 1970 Topps set, just over 60% complete.  It's another set that I started picking up here and there when I lived in PA a few years ago, and still hit it from time to time.

A couple of checklists, the AL RBI leaders' card, and a few names such as Mota, Gaston that you may recognize.  Also, the Dave Concepcion rookie that I got for under $3 and Catfish Hunter that I believe was around $2 were also some nice pickups from the 12 cards of the '71 set.  

The '71 set is more of an off again, still off again set that I've bought cards from over time; just over 300 cards in and I still can't seriously call this a set build.  If I ever get a couple of other sets done (68,69,72, etc.) maybe I'll get more serious about chasing it.  

Maybe 28 cards won't get you 52% of your daily recommended cardboard; I'd settle for even just 1%.  If that's the case, then you've had a good card day.

Robert

6 - 4 - 3 Double play

For me, this is post 2,131.  If it were consecutive games, it would break Lou Gehrig's record.  Is this the Cal Ripken of posts?  Hardly.  But it's another one in the bank.

I didn't hit as much on the '69 Topps want list as I did on the '68s, just 13 cards off.  But still it made a dent.

6 pack:  not bad condition on these cards.  Nothing expensive at all in this group, the Mike Paul high number card was just $1.24.  The Pirates rookie stars card was just half that.  

4 square:  Long time manager Dick Williams in this group managed just over 3000 games in his career, I was too young to remember him as the Red Sox, Angels or A's manager.  But I do remember his time in Montreal, especially losing the 81 LCS to the Dodgers.  Still remember the Rick Monday homer in Game 5 off of Steve Rogers in the 9th inning.

3 in a row:  Love the newspaper style front on the Lou Brock card.  The 10-1 win was a "romp" in the headline but graduated to a massacre in the text below.  Dramatic

I've always liked the '69 All Stars cards as well.  American League in red, National in Green/Blue (hard to tell).  still have to get quite a few more of the bigger name AS cards; that will come in time.

This block of 13 got me over the 75% completion plateau.  155 to go including the Reggie Jackson rookie and last year Mickey Mantle card.  Another set that may take a long time to complete, but still having fun putting it together after over a decade since I started building it.

Robert

The almost 3 %

I know I unloaded a bit on the blog a few days ago, mostly about my job and the worries I've had about potentially losing.  For any of you who paid attention, I am still employed (thankfully) and quite relieved.  

Believe it or not, I do have a bit of an itch to get writing again; yes, I know I've said this many times on the blog in the past.  Now it's time to put up or shut up.

Going to start a little run of posts about the recent COMC order that I received back in April.  Today is the 68's, 16 cards altogether.

Still not the greatest of scans as I still need to figure out how to not cut off tops and bottoms of cards.  Phil Niekro was probably the biggest spend of this lot at just under $3.  I remember watching Mark Belanger at short for the Orioles in the 70's as my baseball fandom was just beginning to bloom.  1968 was Mark's first full season with O's and he was as light hitting in his early days as he was later on, hitting just .208 

I remember Doug Rader from the Blue Jays first season back in 1977 (funny how it seems I remember that team better than more recent squads).  He wasn't part of the expansion draft; he was purchased from the Padres before the 1977 season and found enough ABs to hit 13HR and have a .240 average.  1977 was his last season in the majors as the Jays released him in March of '78 and his career in the majors ended.

Love the name Bobby Wine.  Nothing more on these 4 cards other than we need more alcohol based player names.   Jimmy Bourbon.  Walt Whiskey.  You know, things that are interesting.

The 16 cards that I received knocked almost 3 % off of the want list.  Not bad, still a lot cards to go, many of which will be out of reach for a long time on this budget based collectors dreams.  But I'll keep on trying to put the set together, and who knows?  Maybe one day I'll get lucky and have a Nolan Ryan Rookie Card gifted to me.

Right.

Robert

Just added one

All over the place.  I'm still all over the place when it comes to my collection.  But as my last post mentioned, I've finished one set and am close to another.

What does that leave me, about several dozen sets left to go?  That's OK though, I'm sticking with my preferred method of operation.  Slow (putting them together) and low (prices, that is the only way).  With the long-time process of the '59 Topps set being put together still ongoing, I added one, just one, to the binder this week.

$4.  Rocco Colavito.  Not a beautiful card, but not bad.

I certainly will not get the last 45 cards I need for the set at prices of $4 (most of them will have a zero, or two, at the end) but when I saw this on eBay I couldn't pass up the opportunity.  

I'm likely going to stick with the one at a time process now to whittle down the want list for '59 Topps.  I've been building the set for so long now that prices have gone way beyond my budget.  Guess I'm going to have to find a side gig to get it done.

Robert

Another A&G set complete

It took a couple of separate transactions to obtain the final 3 cards to finish the 2009 Allen & Ginter set recently.

  

This pair of cards came from my recent purchase from COMC which consisted of a few SPs from the 2013 and 2014 A&G sets, along with a boatload of singles from vintage sets from 1968-1972.  I ordered shipping from the site on April 1st, and they quoted me a date of April 24th for shipping.  COMC hit that date right on the nose, and 3 days later I had my cards in hand.  Not too shabby!!  Combined the pair of cards cost me about $4.50.

The Michael Phelps card came from an eBay purchase a couple months ago, not quite as cheap as the other pair above, but at $6 +PWE shipping I was able to consider the card worth it and it arrived before the others.  

This marks the 9th complete A&G set in my collection.  2020 A&G has one card to get (Tatis) for #10.

I haven't started 2022 A&G set, I may just do that set purely by trades.  Still thinking on that.  But for now, all is good!

Robert