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Saturday, December 30, 2023

Happy Birthday - AJ Pierzynski

AJ was born on this day in 1976, making him 47 today.

MLB Debut - September 9th, 1998 (Twins)

Years Active - 

  • 1998-2003 (Twins)
  • 2004 (Giants)
  • 2005-2012 (White Sox)
  • 2013 (Rangers)
  • 2014 (Red Sox)
  • 2014 (Cardinals)
  • 2015-2016 (Braves)

Cards on TCDB - 1234 cards (up 8 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 261 cards (up 3 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #11 (#13 overall)

TCDB Rank - #1

Where they came from -


Happy Birthday AJ!

Friday, December 29, 2023

Happy Birthday - Jehu Chesson

Jehu was born on this day in 1993, making him 30 today.

NFL Debut - September 7th, 2017 (Chiefs)

Years Active - 

  • 2017 (Chiefs)
  • 2018-2019 (Redskins)

Cards on TCDB - 437 cards (up 15 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 25 cards (up 4 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #62 (#231 overall)

TCDB Rank - #1


Where they came from -

  • Sportslots (13 cards)
  • Ebay (7 cards)
  • Hollister's (3 cards)
  • Card Show-Lake Station (1 card)
  • Too Many Verlanders (1 card)




Happy Birthday Jehu!

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Happy Birthday - Dylan Cease

 

Dylan was born on this day in 1995, making him 28 today.

MLB Debut - July 3rd, 2019 (White Sox)

Years Active - 

  • 2019-current (White Sox)

Cards on TCDB - 2571 cards (up 320 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 101 cards (up 23 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #31 (#40 overall)

TCDB Rank - #2



Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (49 cards)
  • Sluggo (21 cards)
  • F&G Sportscards (19 cards)
  • Unknown (3 cards)
  • Ebay (2 cards)
  • Fred Sawyer (2 cards)
  • Padrographs (2 cards)
  • Card Show-Mishawaka (1 card)
  • Card Show-Shipshewana (1 card)
  • Man Cave (1 card)


Happy Birthday Dylan!

Happy Birthday - Sean McKeon


Sean was born on this day in 1997, making him 26 today.

NFL Debut - November 7th, 2021 (Cowboys)

Years Active - 

  • 2020-current (Cowboys)

Cards on TCDB - 139 cards (up 2 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 7 cards (up 2 card from last year)

PC Rank - #87 (#1270 overall)

TCDB Rank - #2


Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (3 cards)
  • Card Show-Lake Station (1 card)
  • Fred Sawyer (1 card)
  • Hollister's (1 card)
  • Sluggo (1 card)

Happy Birthday Sean!

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Moving day

I spent the morning finishing up the NFL I was sorting before jumping in on moving my card room/office into my son's old room. He ran off in the fall of last year to college and the plan was to keep his room until he was out of college but him and his girlfriend got an apartment off campus so since they officially have their own place, I get to take his room. I had to finish the sorting cards first because they were all stacked up on my desk.

My desk was the biggest issues as it is huge. We had to take it apart into 3 pieces to get it through the door. I've got everything up and where it's going to go but I might do some changes the next few days. I'm tossing around some ideas in my head so we'll see where that goes before I start posting pictures.

The main reason for moving into the room was my current card room was an open area at the bottom of the stairs. The stairs go into the living room and is all open so I had to turn the volume up on my music/tv to block out the wife's tv or music. Now that I'm in my own actual room, I'll be able to shut the door so we don't disturb each other. 

The plan is to run to the LCS tomorrow and buy some 5 row boxes so I can get my White Sox collection stored properly and out of the dresser they are currently in. My new room has a little bit more room which will allow me to spread out some.

Most of the NFL that I sorted were from around 2016 so as far as list players go, the only thing I collect were Charles Woodson. If there were current cards to sort, I could have at least gotten some Nico Collins or Aidan Hutchinson as they are on the list.


There was a pretty big stack but these were the only 2 that I needed out of all of them. I think I grabbed one for Dennis as well so I only ended up getting 3 cards out of the sort. That doesn't bother me as the LCS takes pretty good care of me, he's even knocking off a couple bucks of each of the 5 row boxes I'm buying tomorrow. These 2 give me 58 cards of Woodson.

If you remember last year, my mom bought me some cards for Christmas. Since she now has my cousin at her disposal, she has him pick me out cards I want and buys them. I figured she'd do it again this year and I was right. I asked my cousin to pick up an auto of a certain player that we've sold a bunch of. He's hot right now and his auto's aren't cheap and I didn't want to drop a bunch of money. I figured I'd wait until his 2nd or 3rd year autos came out and I'd be able to get them cheaper but I asked him to grab me one to get for my mom to give to me and he came through.


I would have preferred him in Michigan or a non-sticker auto but I certainly can't complain about this rookie, 3 color patch, autographed and numbered to /199. It's not quite as dark as the scan makes it out to be but what can you do. Kevin called up a guy we set up with, who is also a Michigan fan as he always has cards I want and met him and picked it up. I know what he paid and he got a great deal on it so I'll have to thank Nick or Jackson, depending on if he bought it from the father or son, when I see him. This is my second relic but my first autograph and is my 31st card of Hutch.

The next few days are birthday posts and we have a show on the 31st so we'll see if I get another actual post out before New Years. I have a game to watch that day too so we'll see when I get one out. If I don't see you before then, have a happy and safe one. 

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Happy Birthday - Carlton Fisk

Carlton was born on this day in 1947, making him 76 today.

MLB Debut - September 18th, 1969 (Red Sox)

Years Active - 

  • 1969,1971-1980 (Red Sox)
  • 1981-1993 (White Sox)

Cards on TCDB - 7738 cards (up 832 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 387 cards (up 78 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #7 (#7 overall)

TCDB Rank - #10


Where they came from -

Happy Birthday Carlton!

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Cards and More

I guess I've been sitting on my ass all day, the least I could do is another post.

I finished some sorting last week and these were my payment. It was list players again so these players were all on the list and I needed.


We'll start off with the White Sox Collection (non player). All 6 are Hall of Famers which is why they are on the list. I'm closing in on a milestone for Harold Baines and Jim Thome. It's number 1023 of Frank Thomas though, the most I have of any player and he's not even a non-PC. Funny thing with the Griffey, I pulled that for Fred at work. He collects Griffey and just last week he told me he just got his 1st card of him in a Sox jersey and said he didn't even realize he played for them so when I saw that, I was thinking I'd give him a 2nd one. Until I realized I didn't have it. Sorry Fred!

Next up, Tier 3


I found 5 more of Cal jr that I needed. 2 from 2022, 2 from 2023 and a lowely 2007 Masterpieces. Apparently he had 3 different cards in that set. I guess you can say I'm close to a milestone with Ripken too but I'm not going to quite make it before the end of the year. These 5 give me 981 cards of Ripken who is my highest player collection.


I got a couple more of Yaz as well. I wish I could say that was a 1964 Topps but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be in a box to sell for $.02 if it was. It is a 2011 60 Years of Topps but it's a OG back. I already had the normal back. These 20 give me 191 of Yaz, another one I'm close to a milestone.


2 more of Schmidt as well. You've already seen a couple from these sets and you'll see more. Somebody obviously opened some and sold them to the LCS. Good news for me as there are obviously some players that I collect in those sets. These 2 give me 361 of the 2nd best 3rd basemen in my PC. *wink


My last Tier 3 card is another from the same set. This shiny Steve Carlton gives me 230 of him.

Onward with Tier 2 cards.


You'll also see more of these Archives (and A&G) from this year in this section. These 2 of Moncada give 232 cards.


As I stated above, an Archives and an A&G. That has been the really nice thing about sorting is that I've been getting all of the latest releases not too long after they come out. These 2 of Eloy gave me 211 cards of him.


2 more of an Archive and A&G plus a Select as a bonus card. These 3 of Robert jr give me 206 of him. A far cry from the 12 I had of him the first 3 years of collecting him.


I also got a cool card of Fisk. Love this one, blue background from 2003 with the red, white and blue uniforms, looks great. This give me 387 cards of him.


The last 2 singles from my Tier 2 collections, both 2022 Chrome Platinum that you've also see here, and you'll continue to see. This is my 96th of Vaughn so almost a milestone there and my 748th card of Larkin.

On to the Tier 1.

I found another one of Aparicio which is always nice as I don't add a ton of his but I do add some. This is my 10th card this year for a total of 135 of lil Luis.


Definitely like picking up more of Seaver. 2 more newer and like the Yaz above, a 2011 OG back of 60 Years of Topps. These 3 give me 579 cards of Tom Terrific.

That's all from the sorting of the baseball, I'm sorting the football boxes now but I don't think I'm going to get much out of them. If I had to guess, I'd say Charles Woodson will be the only player I get from them because a lot of them are around 5 years or older which means no current players like Hutchinson and Collins.

Before I go, I wanted to give a nod to Dennis at Too Many Verlanders again. I just received his Christmas package not long ago and then on Friday, I got another unexpected package. I was really confused because he just gave me a bunch of cards so imagine my surprise when I opened it to find this. Don't mind the fat guy modeling.


That would be Mike Hart jersey (with the Jordan logo which makes it even better). Obviously it's not a real jersey but I think it's pretty damn cool. As per his usual, Dennis is way too generous. For those that don't know, Mike Hart is my favorite Michigan player of all time. This isn't the first time Dennis has hooked me up with a Mike Hart item. He went to an autograph signing and got me a personalized autograph on one of his cards as well. Like I said, way too generous but we love him for it. Thanks again Dennis.

This also happened yesterday.


I don't play everyday but I check it occasionally, I haven't even checked today. I normally suck at it. I do alright with the written ones, it's when they want me to name a player that played for both teams that I suck. After I run out of guesses and look at some of the players I could have used, I usually smack myself in the head. Duh! I knew that. I can just never think of them. On this one, I knew the Hall of Fame ones were right, all of the others were educated guesses but as you can see, it worked out for me. You can see I only used 2 current players in the 6 slots that you could use current ones. That's probably why I usually struggle with these. I got my 1st one though, that's all that matters.