2019 Team Sets

So the Sox are in the news again. The horrible hiring of Tony LaRussa is kicking them in the ass as it should because as I said, it was horrible. I'm hoping the DUI is enough to void his contract and we can move on from this mistake.

As I mentioned in a previous post, I went through all the sets in 2020 and 2019 and looked to see what Sox I need. I'll eventually move down to 2018 and keep going but for today, you get some 2019.

These are from the Bowman Heritage Prospects set. These 2 (and a PC not show) only make up half the team set. Dane Dunning on the left and Zack Collins on the right. Dane Dunning looks like he might have a bright future ahead of him. I'm not sure what's going to happen with  Zack Collins at this moment with 2 catchers above him but I'm guessing that McCann will probably be gone and he'll be our number 2. This is my 19th card of Zack Collins.

These are from the Bowman Draft & Chrome Prospects (have I mentioned that I hate Bowman). We have another Dane Dunning (19th card of him). I don't know much about Thompson (5 cards) or Pilkington (2 cards) but I know Micker Adolfo (2 cards) is supposed to be another one of our young studs. Something else that I know is the top 2 cards complete the Bowman Draft Sox team set and the bottom 2 complete the Chrome Prospects Sox team set.

I might have a few more of this guy than those guys above. This lone A&G of the MVP (hopefully) completes that team set as well. I actually bought this the same time I added a few others but the seller was a little slower shipping it to Sportlots so it came in the next months package. This is my 132nd card of Pito.

These 3 cards come from the Update set and they finish off that team set. You'll see the Anderson at the bottom again when I do his PC page. If I remember correctly, I didn't realize it was Timmy when I scanned it so you get to see it twice. As for Yonder (13 cards) and Leury (7 cards), Garcia got the better end of the deal as we picked up his option as he is a do all and play anywhere kind of guy and Yonder didn't do so well and got designated for assignment.

These 3 cards came from Baseballcardstore.ca and the rest of the cards in this post all came from Sportlots.

These 4 also complete the Opening Day team set so I did pretty well with this posts cards. Out of the 4 cards above, only Rodon (44 cards) is even still with the team and he missed most of 2019 and part of this year with Tommy John surgery. I liked Avi (32 cards) when he was with us but he battled a lot of injuries. Palka (14 cards) and Davidson (26 cards) had their moments when they displayed their power, but ultimately, neither could sustain it for long periods of time.

I don't know if I have more 2019 cards coming from Sportlots or not, guess we'll see next month.

2019 Sox needs

I'm back and with some new cards. I mentioned that I received a box from Sportlots and that I was off of work so I'd be able to work on it, what I didn't think about was that my son uses my card room desk to do his online schooling so I can't use my room during the day. He came out to do his lunch break and I snuck in there and grabbed the cards and my laptop and went downstairs to my old desk so I could get them all logged and then when he was done with school, I went back in there and scanned them and put them away in my books. So eventually I got it completed.

This month you'll see a lot of White Sox cards because for a couple of weeks, I went through TCDB and searched for Sox needs in each 2020 set and then 2019. I haven't gotten through all of 2019 yet but I did receive some of them and that's today's post.

The Abreu above is sadly the first card of the Bowman Chrome team set that I got because the Sox are hot and their prices are going up so that was the only one I grabbed cheap at $.18. The Thompson however, only leaves me needing 1 more of the Chrome Draft Picks. I picked it up for $.35

These 2 of the Bowman's Best brand also leave me with 1 more for that team set, I actually picked up 3 of the 4 but the 3rd is part of a player collection so you'll see that one at a later date. I picked up all 3 at a quarter each.

Speaking of Bowman, I also picked up this Bowman Heritage and once again, it leaves me with 1 more card for that team set. I picked this up for $.35 as well.

Next up, I hit the A&G lists. The top 3 cards put that team set at, you guessed it, 1 more card needed. I also bought 2 others for that set but they are player collections so you'll see them later. I did only pay $.18 each for all of them.

The bottom 3 are from the X set, to be honest, I assumed it was a parallel set but apparently not. I picked up 4 of those, but the 3 up there I grabbed at $.35 each and they leave me needing 3 more for that team set but 2 of those are short prints.

Last but not least, I picked up this Thomas Stadium Club card which leaves me needing 1 more card for the team set. Minus 2 variant short prints that is. I picked up this card for $.18. And just because I have so many for a non-player collection, this is my 532nd card of the Big Hurt.

That's all I had for this month's 2019 Sox cards. I know I'll have more next month because some of the cards I purchased just didn't make it to my Sportlots box by the time I had it shipped. It looks like I didn't complete any of the sets up there but technically I did, they just aren't all here yet.

Sox additions

* I put my February purchases on random for today's post.

I headed down to my card room again this morning for a few hours and knocked out 1977, 1978 and 1979. I usually go down until my laptop is about dead so it's usually 3-4 hours. I could take my charger down there but usually by then the office chair is starting to kick my ass so I kind of use that as a timer.

I have 3 posts left this month. A team post, a year post, and a player post. Today, you get the team post. Since I only collect 2 teams, you got a 50% chance of guessing.

About half these came from Sluggo, the other half Sportlots. I believe all of them are 2019's except the Frazier. Some of those were trying to complete team sets, others I searched for by name. Either way, they all go to the White Sox collection.

For the hell of it, I clicked to see where I rank amongst other White Sox collector's, I didn't think I'd be that high. I'm listed as #8, but I'm still 4,300 behind the top guy. I'm sure I'll add more once I start logging in the Sox collection cards but I'm sure there won't be that many that I add.

Lots of Mail

Busy day in my mailbox today. I had 4 envelopes with 5 cards, technically 7 cards but 2 were dupes for a couple of reasons.

This was the last 2019 Heritage I needed for the team set, minus the SP's, which there are 5 just in the Sox team set, that's ridiculous. I picked this up for $.54/shipped. It is my 6th card of Palka.

I picked up this Sale, also for the Sox collection for $.33/shipped. It was listed as a refractor but I have no idea whether it is or not. I also won the Abreu but I apparently already have that one. It is my 147th card of the Condor.

Now on the football/Wolverine section.

This Denard card was listed as a 2013 Topps rookie, that was it. Once I had it in hand and went to log it into TCDB, I found out it was a Holiday Mega card. It came to me for $.53/shipped and is my 47th different card of his.

I grabbed my 11th Jake Butt card, I thought this looked familiar so I hesitated on picking it up but it doesn't show that I had it. I went to put it away and realized that I have the autographed version which is basically the same card except it has an autograph on it. I grabbed this for $.53/shipped. It goes in the Wolverines collection as well.

I also picked up my 6th card of big Mo for $.53/shipped. I actually won 2 of these for the same price from the same seller. I bid on them thinking I'd probably lose both and ended up winning them both.

Minor Leaguer and Hall of Famer

I got another 2 cards in the mail today from the same seller. One isn't a White Sox card too which most have my cards have been lately.

I picked up this Palka for $.30/shipped. It's only my 2nd card of his and my 1st from the update set. He was a HR machine for awhile last year but has since been bumped back to the minors.

I also picked up this Steve Carlton card. It's always nice to get a Cardinals card of him since there are fewer than most. It is my 6th one of him in a Cardinals uniform but 4 of those are after his playing days and the 2 originals are leaders cards. I picked this up for $.25/shipped.