A Sox, Dodger, and an Indian?

Baseball is back, sort of. The White Sox already have a couple of positive cases. It's going to be such a weird season, if we make it all the way and by that, I mean baseball makes it to the end of the season, not the Sox winning it all. 

Do I think they should be out there? No. Is that going to stop me from watching? Hell No! Even though I watched a ton of replays from the 2005 season, I still miss baseball and like I said, I really wanted to see this team play.

Speaking of the 2005 team, today's post features one of those players.

I picked up all these of Paulie at the baseballcardstore.ca (virtual dime box). As I stated before, in a previous post, with shipping it equaled out to $.20/each. I hate spending any money on those UD Documentary cards. I like the idea of the set, although it's a huge set, just not the fact that they reuse the same pics all the time. You see the 5 up there that are all the same. I'm pretty sure I already had a few of them and yes, with the same pic.

Dennis (Too Many Verlanders) sent me these 2 Paulie's, wait a minute. That's not a Konerko card. I got this and just assumed he through it in because Thome played for the Sox and he didn't catch it. Then I flipped it over to get the card number and it all made sense.

That's much better. I always like to see Paulie in pre-White Sox days. Although I prefer him in the Red uni's just because they are more rare but I don't mind him in the Dodger blue either. Especially since I know how his career turned out.

All of these Konerko cards put me at 491 unique cards so I'm going to have to go find a few more to hit that 500 mark. Although if you count dupes that stay in my collection (dupes of auto's, relics and seriel numbered cards), I have 500. I still want to hit the unique count though.

Random PC Cards

It's been a slow week over here, I've got some Ebay winnings coming but with the mail shut down for a couple of days and such, I just haven't gotten much in the mail so I figured I'd take the time for a random post. I'm also thinking if I ever get finished putting my cards on the Trading Card Database, I believe they have a random button and these posts might get easier.

Tier 1 Collections

#1352

Collection - Billy Williams

Card - 2015 Topps Archives

Player - Billy Williams

Team - Chicago Cubs

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.15

From - Just Commons

When - February, 2016

Tier 2 Collections

#8204

Collection - Jim Abbott

Card - 1996 Pinnacle

Player - Jim Abbott

Team - California Angels

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.37

From - Ebay

When - January, 2014

Tier 3 Collections

#1232

Collection - Cal Ripken Jr

Card - 2000 Fleer Impact Mighty Fine in '99

Player - Cal Ripken Jr

Team - Baltimore Orioles

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.45

From - Ebay

When - February, 2016

Michigan Collection

#5690

Collection - Michigan

Card - 1995 Classic 5-Sport

Player - Ty Law

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - Unknown

From - Ebay

When - August, 2011

White Sox Collection

#1580

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2015 Topps

Player - Team card (Adam Eaton)

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Trade

From - 2x3 Heroes

When - March, 2016

Baseball Collection

#10843

Collection - Baseball

Card - 1991 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Hank Aaron

Player - Hank Aaron

Team - Milwaukee Braves

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.06

From - Ebay

When - January, 2019

Vintage Collection - 1950's

#140

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1956 Topps

Player - Walt Dropo

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $2

From - Media Madhouse

When - January, 2012

Vintage Collection - 1960's

#6802

Collection - Billy Williams, Vintage

Card - 1965 Topps

Player - Billy Williams

Team - Chicago Cubs

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Manninghams

When - July, 2012

Vintage Collection - 1970's

#2108

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1979 Topps

Player - Bob Beall

Team - Atlanta Braves

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Verlanders

When - April, 2016

Vintage Collection - 1980's

#5222

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1985 Fleer

Player - Mike Ramsey

Team - Montreal Expos

Acquired - Trade

From - Sluggo

When - September, 2016

Relic

#2967

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2008 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Sweet Swatch

Player - Jim Thome

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $2.25

From - Ebay

When - September, 2012

Autograph

#24

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2000 Team Best Rookies

Player - Jason Stumm

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.33

From - Ebay

When - June, 2011

It was just coincidence that Ty Law came up a day after he was announced as part of the 2019 Hall of Fame class, a pretty cool coincidence, but still a coincidence. 

I got to plug 2 guys that send me cards even when they know I have no cards to send back, and I even got to plug both of Dennis' blogs. In also doing this post, I decided to go back and do my random card posts on Twitter, when I remember that is.

Newest Additions - White Sox Collection

I have randomed them and let's see what we got (unless you peeked at the title.) Sorry if a few are blurry, I didn't realize it when I edited them and I wasn't going to go back, find the cards and take new photos.

White Sox Collection

The last of my White Sox Collections posts from the card show. Grabbed all of these from dime boxes as well. I really liked the green Peavy and all of the red Turkey Red's.

Be sure to check out my other 2 card blogs as well.

http://msobaseballcards.blogspot.com/

Just like it says, photos of baseball cards. The "Blog" currently sits at over 4900 cards featured and I add more weekly.

http://msomypcs.blogspot.com/

This "Blog" has photos of the cards from my PC's. I have all the cards that were featured on this blog over here and will be working on adding all of my cards.

http://mysportsobsession.tumblr.com/

Everything from current to vintage sports pictures, baseball cards and more.

Sox from a Tiger fan

I received a PWE from Dennis over at “Too Many Verlanders” and his best blog “Too Many Manninghams”.  This was a nice surprise because he knows I’m not really buying any cards other than pc stuff and don’t really trade anymore so when guys like Dennis send me a PWE, they do it with the understanding that they probably won’t get anything back, or at least not for some time.  Which makes me appreciate the packages even more.  But enough chatting, let’s check out what he sent me.

John Danks – 2013 Topps #150

The only Chicago White Sox of the package that’s still with the team.  Although 2 of the other 3 are retired so there’s that.  He’s struggled the last few years but as of right now, he’s over .500 for the first time since 2010.

Carlos Quentin – 2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom #128

This would be the 1 guy still playing, although he’s with the San Diego Padres now.  I liked him with the Sox but he struggled to stay on the field because of injuries.

Jermaine Dye – 2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom #69

Our 2005 World Series MVP.  The picture is of the perforated edition but Dennis sent me the base card.  COMC didn’t have that one listed so I used this one.

Jim Thome – 2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom perforated #189

This one is actually the perforated card.  I said he was no longer on the Sox but I do believe he is in the system somewhere, I want to say in the front office.

To see the rest of the cards he sent me, check them out here.

Big thanks to Dennis for the cards.  Be sure to check him out at Too Many Verlanders and check out the rest of the cards he sent me at Too Many Manninghams.

This Week on MSO

I will recap the pictures that I post on My Sports Obsession Tumblr page.  It is a variety of sports pictures and videos from vintage to current.  Of course, some days have more Chicago White Sox, Michigan Wolverines and Indianapolis Colts but there are a lot of other stuff mixed in.

The blog sat for most of the week so not too much to post today.

NHL

Gary Grant – Michigan’s all-time assist leader

Jim Thome

Glenn Robinson III

If there is too many gif images above they may not all show up, if this is the case, then check out all the photographs and gifs above on My Sports Obsession Tumblr.

Random PC Card #18

These will probably be about all I post for awhile due to financial issues but hopefully you’ll enjoy these.  The collections have been randomed along with all my memorabilia and autographed cards.

Jim Thome – 2008 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Sweet Swatch relic #SS-JT

What I said in the last post about Thome still applies.  I actually have 2 of these cards but one has a white swatch and this one has a gray one. 

The collections that can be represented are the following.  Tier 1 are my main concentration and Tier 2 and 3, I’ll pick up here and there after I start buying cards again.

Player Collections

Tier 1 - Paul Konerko collection, Luis Aparicio collection, Billy Williams collection, Tom Seaver collection, Dave Dravecky collection, Mike Hart collection.

Tier 2 – Jim Abbott collection, Mark Buehrle collection, Joe Crede collection, Carlton Fisk collection, Chris Getz collection, Shoeless Joe Jackson collection, Michael Jordan collection, Barry Larkin collection, Bill Melton collection, AJ Pierzynski collection, Chris Sale collection.

Tier 3 – Johnny Bench collection, Steve Carlton collection, Gary Carter collection, Cal Ripken jr collection, Mike Schmidt collection, Hoyt Wilhelm collection, Wilbur Wood collection, Carl Yastrzemski collection, Ryan Zimmerman collection.

Team Collections

White Sox Collection – All Topps, Fleer, Donruss and Upper Deck team sets.  All relic or autograph cards as well.

Michigan Collection – All Michigan players in their maize and blue uniforms.  All relic or autograph cards as well.

Random PC Card #17

These will probably be about all I post for awhile due to financial issues but hopefully you’ll enjoy these.  The collections have been randomed along with all my memorabilia and autographed cards.

Jim Thome – 2009 Upper Deck Spectrum swatches relic #SS-JT

Jim Thome is an all around great guy and he is now working in the front office so I expect that eventually he’ll end up as a hitting coach or something.  I like these spectrum cards, although you can’t see it in the scan, they are very shiny and with this card you get a hint of a pinstripe in there.

The collections that can be represented are the following.  Tier 1 are my main concentration and Tier 2 and 3, I’ll pick up here and there after I start buying cards again.

Player Collections

Tier 1 - Paul Konerko collection, Luis Aparicio collection, Billy Williams collection, Tom Seaver collection, Dave Dravecky collection, Mike Hart collection.

Tier 2 – Jim Abbott collection, Mark Buehrle collection, Joe Crede collection, Carlton Fisk collection, Chris Getz collection, Shoeless Joe Jackson collection, Michael Jordan collection, Barry Larkin collection, Bill Melton collection, AJ Pierzynski collection, Chris Sale collection.

Tier 3 – Johnny Bench collection, Steve Carlton collection, Gary Carter collection, Cal Ripken jr collection, Mike Schmidt collection, Hoyt Wilhelm collection, Wilbur Wood collection, Carl Yastrzemski collection, Ryan Zimmerman collection.

Team Collections

White Sox Collection – All Topps, Fleer, Donruss and Upper Deck team sets.  All relic or autograph cards as well.

Michigan Collection – All Michigan players in their maize and blue uniforms.  All relic or autograph cards as well.

Vacation Pick-Ups #6–Autos and Relics

Even with all the awesome vintage I picked up (and you haven’t even seen it all), I did manage to find some cheap White Sox autos and relics.

I was pumped to get the Brent Lillibridge autograph.  I really liked him when he played for us.  He played everywhere and always gave 110%.  I have a few of Ryan Meaux autographs, I think he was supposed to be a stud at some point but never hit it big.

I grabbed thie Sergio Santos relic card because it has the vintage blue pinstripe jersey swatch.  I love the old jerseys.  And the Jim Thome relic because he was an all around good guy and it’s a pretty cool looking card.

Stay tuned tomorrow and I’ll start showing the Vacation Pick-Ups for the Vintage Collection.

Completed Team Sets–2007 Fleer

I finished this set awhile ago and am just not getting around to posting it.  I have some new stuff (2013) to scan, hopefully tomorrow.

Action shots, team logo and player name, it has all my requirements for a good card.  No border would have made it better and I don’t know that I need to see the team name when the logo is on there.

But it is a nice set, all in all.  No complaints really.