Finally

Sox are finally over .500, we'll see for how long. 

This guy is a former Wolverine but I collected him before I did Wolverines because I liked him when he played for the Sox. Now he's in the front office of the Sox in charge of the player development.

I haven't picked up any cards of Chris since July of last year so these were good to see.

I picked up these 4 cards on Sportlots. A minor league card and 3 parallels. At least one of them is in his Sox uniform and it's an action shot. These 4 give me 42 cards of Getz which is about 1/5 of his cards listed on TCDB.

Jeff Getz cards

A quick post before I head off to bed. Today's random picked up the White Sox Director of Player Development because I collect all the front office staff.

Not really. I liked him when he played for the Sox and even more when I realized he played at Michigan. Double bonus! All but 1 is a parallel as I think have most of his base stuff.

I picked up this 2008 Just Minors Gold. I already have the base, auto and black auto so it's my 4th parallel.

I also grabbed these from 2011. The left card is the factory set version along with the sticker.

Also grabbed the sparkly gold version from 2012.

Lastly, the Gold version of 2013. I can't help but seeing that foot and where it's heading. Yikes!

I only have 38 cards of Getz but according to TCDB, he only has 259. That puts me as #2 on TCDB, I'm way behind some guy who's a Tigers and a Star Wars fan. 

I supposed that's fitting since I'm willing to bet that some of the Getz cards in my collection, probably came from him. I just looked, 3 of them came from him. Including 1 earlier this year.

Those 5 also make it that I have picked up more cards of Getz this year (6) then I have since 2015 when I got 9.

Dennis Getz it

This post came up at random on the perfect day. I'll explain why later. Even though this guy is a Michigan guy, I started his collection before I was collecting Michigan guys because I liked him on the Sox. Because he is a Michigan guy though, Dennis and I both share on this PC.

Dennis sent this lone Getz that I needed. I already had the base so he sent along this mini (Piedmont). This is only my 33rd card of Chris. He's one of those guys that I'm looking forward to getting to on Sportlots. It'll probably be a month or so before I get to him as the next guy I have a feeling will take that long to get through due to my weekly budget spending.

I say it was good timing because Chris Getz was just promoted to the Assistant General Manager of the White Sox. I believe he was in charge of player development before this.

the last June cards in July

Here we are on the last day of the month, and the last post of the month. Funny how that worked out. Not really, I crammed the last 3 in the last 3 days to make it. This last post is a bunch of random players that I had left.

These 2 Gary Carters came from Dennis. I have seen the 3-D cards, I have 1 of Tom Seaver but that's it. As for the Boardwalk and Baseball card, I had never seen those. I clicked on the link on the TCDB and it was an interesting read. I had never heard of the place and definitely had never seen the cards. Here's the link. Along with the Fisk mini's from yesterday. Dennis sent me a couple of cards that I have never seen. That's never a bad thing.

I got to add a couple of this former Wolverine and White Sox as well with a purchase from Cardbarrel. I liked him as a White Sox, I learned he went to Michigan and liked him more. Last I heard, he was in charge of Player Development for the White Sox so how can you not like him. These 2 cards only give me 32 of him, I really should get some more.

I also got to add 2 more to the Beltin' Bill Melton collection. I only have 16 of him but according to TCDB, he only has 66 and all but 7 are from his playing days and out of those 7, 4 of them are buybacks so technically they are also from playing days. I picked up these 2 on Sportlots.

Dennis sent me my 117th card of Zimmy, although technically, it isn't card, it's a sticker and a floating head sticker at that. 

Dennis also hit our mutual collection of Ripken with the 2 cards above as well as the SI poster. I do enjoy those Sports Illustrated sets and I would have hung the Sox schedule up back in the day. 

With all the stuff Dennis sent me last month though, this was the biggest surprise.

This book partially explained the huge package I got from him. I think that's a book, it's been a long time since I've read one that wasn't on my Kindle but now I'm going to have to because I definitely need to read this.

On top of receiving the book, I have a chance at an auto card.

Does a facsimile count? I bet I won it and Dennis switched it out. You gotta keep an eye on him. Including this card, and the ones above, it gives me 534 cards of the Iron Man.

If this past months cards from Dennis doesn't entice you to start a trade with him, then you haven't been paying attention. He's probably traded with most of you but I'm sure there's a few out there that haven't. Go to "Too Many Verlanders" and hook up with him, I guarantee you'll like what he sends.

Sportlots - Tier 2 PC's, part 3

Today, we have the last of the Tier 2 baseball PC's. Tomorrow we'll start with the Tier 2 Michigan PC's.

Basically as of now, what I'm doing is going on Sportlots every weekend and spending about $5. Towards the end of the month, I have them shipped to me and then I have cards to post for the following month.

I was on there today, I specifically looked for a couple of 1985 Topps because that set is almost finished and then I wanted to search for other stuff but it is extremely hard to search for anything unless you know what you want. I figured I'd look for some Sox or Michigan cards but you can't search by team so basically, I need to know exactly what I'm looking for before I search so I need to figure something out. I'm not sure what yet, but I'll figure something out. Player cards and set cards are easy, it's the team cards I need to work on.

I'm done with my bitching, here's today's cards.

*All of these cards were picked up for $.25/shipped on Sportlots.

Once again, another former Wolverine. I've had one on multiple posts in a row. A former Wolverines, a former Sox player and now a current Sox front office employee. I can't remember what he does off the top of my head but I think it has something to do with the minors, I could be wrong. These 2 cards make 29 for the Getz collection. I don't run across his cards to often.

I also managed 3 more Shoeless cards. His collection has gone up quite a bit in the last couple of months, I received 9 last year, and almost all of those were in the last couple of months. These 3 make 26 cards of Joe.

4 of those cards also go to the White Sox collection. The last Shoeless Joe is with Cleveland.

Ripken Getz Bench(ed)

It's been a couple of days since I got some cards but I did get a couple of envelopes in the mail today.

I picked up another one of Cal jr. I already had the base version of this set but this is the checklist, it has some other guy on it, a Barry Bonds or somebody, who knows. I picked this up for $.54/shipped and it is my 461st card of the Iron Man.

I like the looks of these Diamond Kings, I can't really tell you why but they look pretty slick to me. I paid $.55/shipped and it is my 90th card of Bench.

This is my 29th card of the former Wolverine and White Sox but my 26th different one because I already have this card, this is my 3rd actually but I picked it up for only $1.06/shipped so I grabbed another.

I Got Lazy Again

I got a couple of cards the other day but I got lazy and didn't post them. Then I got 3 more today so I guess I'll finally post them along with today's stuff.

I'll start with today's cards. I picked up these 3 card from 2019 Bowman. The Kopech is only the 2nd card I've got from that set and the other 2 are the first of the Prospects set. The Kopech ($.22/shipped) is my 7th card of his, I guess I can still get his since his Tommy John surgery has kept him out of the eye of most collections. The Dunning ($.36/shipped) is my 5th of his and that is my first card of Madrigal ($.24/shipped) who, from what I hear, has been a stud in the minors. Don't know when we'll get to see him in the majors as they like to take their time since we're not in contention of anything.

I picked up my 353rd card of Tom Seaver for $.45/shipped. It is my 4th card I've picked up of his this year which is double of what I picked up last year so at least I got that going for me.

Last but not least, I picked up my first new Chris Getz in 3 years. I picked up this auto for $2.52/shipped. I don't think a lot of his cards get listed is the main reason I don't get many. I suppose I could go look for some on some other sites but I never get around to it. It's my 25th different card of the former Wolverine and Sox. It's not a bad looking card but I think that's because he's got the powder blues on.

Playing catch-up

I didn't disappear this time, I swear. I didn't get any cards on Thursday and if you have followed this blog for awhile then you know that the family goes camping on Father's Day weekend so Friday after work we took off and didn't come back until Monday. So I have lots of days and lots of cards to make up so this will be a picture heavy post. I'll keep the pics smaller as to not suck up all your time waiting on them to load.

I don't know what days everything came in so I'm just going to post everything I got from Friday thru Monday. If you remember last week, I had said something about all the vintage cards I had bidded on, well they started showing up this week.

Like I said, I got lots for the vintage collection. I did manage a few player collections pick-ups as well.

I got a couple of more Jordan's and I actually ran across another Chris Getz.

That was everything I received while I was gone, but I hadn't posted a couple of days since then, so here's what I got on Tuesday and today.

Again, lots of Vintage and yep, a few more for the player collections.

Both 2005 UD Classics from the same seller, both Hall of Famers, but wait, there's 1 more.

I can't believe I got an Aparicio game used bat for only $3.82/shipped. That's a great way to finish a catch-up post from the weekend.

Everything should all be back to normal tomorrow now that these 63 cards are out of the way, now I just have to get caught up on the other blogs.