Happy Birthday - Garrett Crochet

Garrett was born on this day in 1999, making him 27 today.

MLB Debut - September 18th, 2020 (White Sox)

Years Active - 

• 2020-2024 (White Sox)
• 2025-current (Red Sox)

Cards on TCDB - 2563 cards (2026)

Cards I have - 70 cards (2026)

PC Rank - #43 (#69 overall)

TCDB Rank - #4

Where they come from -

• F&G Sportscards (28 cards)
• Sluggos (15 cards)
• Sportlots (13 cards)
• Fred Sawyer (6 cards)
• Too Many Verlanders (3 cards)
• Ebay (2 cards)
• Card Show-Warsaw (1 card)
• Curtis Rash (1 card)
• the Sport Stash (1 card)

Happy Birthday Garrett!

A Non-Birthday post?

Long time no see!

I know I've been posting the birthday posts and I've done a pretty good job at not being late on any of them (other than some being late at night before I get them up.) I enjoy those because I can see how far my collection has come since the previous year. I'm going to try to start posting incoming again. I stopped because at the time, I was working shows and just didn't have the time with everything coming in. Now I only hit a few shows a year and get a few trades here and there. I did order another Sportlots order but I haven't hit ship yet, waiting on one guy to get my cards to the box. So here goes nothing.

You should know if you follow me at all, that I sort cards for the LCS here and in exchange, I can keep whatever I find that I like. That's easy for him to do because I only keep specific collections and for the most part, the cards that I'm sorting are base and commons but it fills in gaps in my PC's. That's not all I get though. When I browse his shop and find some cards, he'll give me a huge discount or sometimes, not charge me at all. For example, he gave me this last week.

I was in the shop when a lady came in with some cards and this. He bought it all for very little. This has a COA but from a company we've never heard of so he knew he wasn't going to be able to sell it very well. He has other Griffey autos in the shop in Mariners uniform with good COA's and he hasn't sold those so he offered it to me. He knows I'm not looking to sell it and it will go in my PC so I jumped on it. I haven't done anything with it yet, which is why it's just leaning on my shelf, on the floor.

I also get a lot of common cards to fill team sets of the Sox but I'm not going to show a lot of that so I'll just show my PC adds.

Here I said I wasn't going to show team stuff but it's shiny and I couldn't resist. He's no longer with the Sox as he was traded a couple of days ago and I no longer PC him anyways but I still collect Sox cards so he stays. He was with the team long enough that I've accumulated 346 cards of him.

Since I'm doing Sox cards, I'll go ahead and throw these in as well. These are all Tiffany versions. I only had 2 to start with, I added these 26 and am now only 1 card short of the team set.

I know you're thinking, he didn't have that yet, but this is the Tiffany version as well which as you can see above, there was a bunch of those in the sorting boxes. This is my 362nd card of the Kid.

I added another of Hendriks which I don't do a lot of, I only added 3 cards all of last year. He sits at 61 cards now.

I also located an older Larkin that I didn't have which is always nice. I only added 10 cards of his last year so I don't get a ton of his anymore which tends to happen when they aren't included in newer sets. I now have 781 cards of Barry.

The next 3 guys you'll see are all former White Sox that I liked when they were here and decided to continue to collect them anyways. You can also add Dylan Cease to that list but I didn't add any of his this week.

When Madrigal was traded away, I hated it. He wasn't a superstar by any means but he was a slap hitter. They called him 2 strikes Nicky because he would get all kinds of hits with 2 strikes. He just got on base, a lot, which I loved but I stopped PCing him when he got traded but I've added him back in and along with the other Sox cards of him that I kept, his count is up to 118.

I really hated this trade because I knew he was good and was only going to get better, now he's a Cy Young contender. Luckily, I picked up a few autos of him because he was a Sox prospect so I got them cheap. This Boston Sox card gives me 59 cards of him.

Another non-superstar that I liked. He's a lefty power hitter but not much of anything else. Plus he ended up going to San Diego with Cronenworth and Cease so I followed the Padres a little bit last year but Cease is gone now. This card gives me 84 of Gavin.

The show owner actually gave this one to me in his shop. While he does his own sorting, he sets aside Sox and Michigan cards for me and hands them to me when I come in. I think it's funny that I've got him and a guy at work that I trade with learning all the Michigan players because they give me cards. They are both Notre Dame fans. This is my 23rd card of the younger Howard.

My Nico collection is doing pretty good since he's doing very well in the NFL. Even though he has an Ohio QB throwing to him (who didn't fare too well with Nico out). The Absolute is the retail version but the Illusions is not the retail version which I rarely ever see. I always find the retail versions of these kinds of cards. I now have 103 cards of Collins.

Last but definitely not least, the last box I sorted had a mixture of old and new. Old usually means 80's and 90's but occasionally I'll find a few vintage cards in there like the 2 above. The Champion is my 367th from the 1975 Topps set which is just above 55% complete and the Cullen is my 257th card of the 1972 Topps set which is good for almost 33% complete.

That's all for now, hopefully there will be more in the future. I have them all scanned, now it's finding time to type them up.

Buchanan pick-ups

A couple of weeks ago, we did a show with T-Dog Breaks hosting in Buchanan, MI. It was his first show and we committed because we like him and his family. It ended up being a pretty good show and he's already scheduled his next show with an autograph guest - Ron Kittle. Sign me up!

I flipped through when I saw some 2024 parallels which is where I got the Holiday Vaughn and the rainbow foil Robert. I happened across the Buehrle prizm which I love and the Robert insert and the Abbott is the refractor. These 5 were in $1 box but I only paid $3. I pulled out my wallet and counted my ones and I only had $3 so he said he'd take that. I had more cash, that was just my ones but he said he was cool with it.

I decided to search the hosts tables when I saw he had a .50 cent box, mainly because I knew he was a breaker so I figured he might have some decent stuff in there and I was not disappointed with the above.

And the below.

I was shocked to see these cards. I definitely picked them up when I ran across them in that $.50 box.

Kevin also bought out a box of cards from another dealer and I grabbed all of these out that so these were free to me. Some former Wolverines, some White Sox and even a shiny Maize and Blue card.

This just happened to be sitting on one of the boxes on one of the dealers next to us who we are friends with, so I grabbed it. It's only my 2nd from that set, both Wolverines.

Next up is my real find. I saw it early on at the show but I wasn't sure I wanted to drop the money on it. So I told myself if it was still there at the end of the show, then I would pick it up. I kept finding myself looking over at the table to see if it was still there. Finally I was like, screw that, you obviously want it, go get it.

I was really awkward walking back to my table. It's been years since I walked around with a liquor bottle. I love this and it looks great up on my shelf. He had another once that I picked up from my brother as well. Although, he'll probably drink his.

Quicky

Just a quick post and I'll be caught up. Up until tomorrow when I log in my sorting and pickups from last weeks shows. At least I can say I was caught up for a day.

Fred (the guy I work with) has started sorting for my LCS so he gave me a stack of cards for me to check. These are what I kept.

Starting with the White Sox Collection, I like the Crochet as he's one of the guys I like to pick up because he could be good if the White Sox don't ruin him. The 4 on the right are all 2011 Bowman which I knew I had a bunch but these were Chrome and Gold. A few more older Bowman and a Minor League card round it up.

I also got 2 PC cards. An Andrew Vaughn Chrome Update rookie and a trippy Luis Robert. Hoping for big things from these 2, I'll probably get them from Robert, not so sure about Vaughn.

I'll have some more posts after I catch up on things tomorrow. We're doing the Fort Wayne show on Saturday so we'll see if I don't pick up a few things there as well.

More sorting goodies

I went to post this and realized 2 posts ago was number 2,500. Yay me! 

Sluggo and I set up at the Shipshewana show today which was extremely busy. It's a pretty big show, the biggest one that we do on a regular basis. We have customers come up later in the day all the time and say, "I tried to get up to your table earlier, but it was packed." That's always a good thing. Today was no exception, great show. I only spent $15 but I'll get to those later as I'm still playing catch up.

These are the cards I picked up while sorting a couple of weeks ago. I have more sorting cards but I haven't logged them all in on my spread sheets yet. I got them on TCDB, just not my sheets. I will probably take care of that next weekend since I have another show tomorrow.

I grabbed 1 team card from sorting, it's not technically an MLB team card but I never really said MLB so I'm keeping it.

Obviously this is team USA from Stars & Stripes. This gives me 322 team cards which is way more than I thought I had.

Next up, White Sox collection.

This scan are all the young guys and a couple of older ones. I put the Sheets with Wake Forest in just in case I decide to PC him. That's also why I'm showing Crochet and Colas. The only way I'd PC Burger is if he came back to the Sox but I liked him when he was here. I was mad when they traded him. Plus, I showed the Scotty Pods who is intregal in the 2005 Championship plus Eddie Collins.

• Gavin Sheets = 46 cards
• Garrett Crochet = 37 cards
• Jake Burger = 39 cards
• Oscar Colas = 14 cards
• Scott Podsednik = 34 cards
• Eddie Collins = 6 cards

More White Sox cards but this batch are former Sox players who I have quite a few cards of.

• Tim Anderson = 242 cards
• Lucas Giolito = 158 cards
• Jose Abreu = 285 cards

Next up are Tier 3 player's.

Both newer cards which since so many sets are doing that now, I'm constantly having to pick up even more of guys who haven't played in years.

• Steve Carlton = 232 cards
• Cal Ripken jr = 988 cards

A couple more Tier 3, at least the Strawberry is from his playing days.

• Johnny Bench = 241 cards
• Darryl Strawberry = 166 cards

Next up, Tier 2.

Always great to see more LueBob come in since he's about the only great player we had last year. Maybe somebody can step it up this year.

• Luis Robert = 217 cards

Look how young Eloy looks. The last 2 from Tier 2. I thought I had the Larkin but apparently not.

• Eloy Jimenez = 222 cards
• Barry Larkin = 754 cards

Last but not least, some Tier 1 adds.

Always great to see new Konerko's as he's my favorite player. That Prism means he also has 500 more color parallels to get. That Boyhood Photos card is from Heritage Minors.

• Paul Konerko = 767 cards

Next up is some trade cards but wait until you see the next sorting post. Since I didn't have a show last weekend, I did a lot of sorting and ended up with a lot to add to my PC's.

Until next time.

Half Off

I have a few minutes before I head to bed so I'll throw out a quick post. I went to my LCS last Friday to drop off sorting and pick up some more. While I was there, I hit the half off box again since it looked liked it got restocked. I also bought some 5 row boxes to store my Vintage Collection. Let's take a look and what I got. They are all for the White Sox collection.

I grabbed the Crochet and Sheets autos because I like both players. They are young guys that I'm hoping only get better. I've mentioned before that even though we traded Madrigal, that I really liked him with us so I try to pick up his Sox cards when I can. The purple Benintendi card, he had behind the counter and gave it to me when I got there.

The Crochet is my 34th card and my 3rd auto of his.

The Sheets is my 44th card and my 5th auto of his.

The Madrigal is my 52nd card and my 3rd auto of his.

The total on all those cards was $52, half off was $26 and he gave them to me for $20.

A fitting post

Last weekend we set up at the South Bend show. It's always been a good show for us at it's local (15 minute drive) so we enjoy it. Here's what I picked up and actually spent money on.

First off, we'll start off with a card I got from Sluggo. He restocked our dollar boxes with all color and refractors so I skimmed through it and found this card that I wanted.

A purple Vaughn rookie, yes please. It also puts me a card closer to the century mark. This one gives me 97 of Ricky Vaughn. 

One of our regular customers at the local shows is Fred, yeah, that same Fred who brings me cards at work. I usually let him know when we'll be around and he pops in and buys from us and other dealers. He was on his way out and rather than bringing cards he found for me, he gave them to me there.

He hit me up with these 3 for the White Sox collection. I like to pick up Madrigal cards because I liked him when he played for us. That shows because this is my 50th card of him and he only played for us for a season. I also like getting Crochet cards because I think he's going be good if he can stay healthy. That's the Prism refractor.

He also gave me this PC card in a purple Chrome of our former closer. Even though he's no longer a Sox, I'll keep collecting him. He's a good guy and I really like him. This is my 40th card of him.

He gave me this card and I was confused. I didn't recognize the name. I looked at the back just to make sure it was a Michigan card because I know Delaware has the same helmet but on the back it said he was a Wolverine before transferring to Wake Forest. I looked on TCDB, he only has 51 cards and the only Michigan ones are this Sage and however many parallels there are.

I got a little bored towards the end of the show and wandered around and found these.

He had a bunch of cards of Hutch out so I skimmed them and grabbed ones that I didn't think I had. The above are all the Lions cards that I needed.

I also picked up 6 more of him in the Maize and Blue. These 13 cards of Hutchinson give me 46 cards of him now.

As much as I loved seeing all those Hutch cards, I glanced to the left of those and also found these.

My first card of the NATIONAL CHAMPION Roman Wilson. I've been waiting to run across some more of these Bowman U cards.

I also grabbed my first 2 cards of another NATIONAL CHAMPION, Donovan Edwards. 1 of 2 of our running backs with over 100 yards. I loved seeing him break off a couple of great runs after all he did for us last year.

2 more of our starting QB. Did I mention he's a NATIONAL CHAMPION? The card on the left is a refractor. These 2 cards give me 7 of JJ.

I also picked up these 2 cards of our starting running back. Blake had an outstanding game and deserves to be called a NATIONAL CHAMPION and the Championship game offensive MVP. These 2 also give me 7 of our all time leading scorer.

The price tag on all those and a couple of Hutch's that I already had came out to $52 but he gave them to me for $30.

I picked all of those up on Saturday and then watched them all play on Monday in the big game. It was a great weekend and I'm still basking in the glory. I was extremely happy to see that team win it all as they were a really good team and they deserved it.