Hemorrhaging Cards

I mentioned that Jay at Card Hemorrhage had sent me some cards out of the kindness of his heart when he sent me a Tim Anderson card. The random decided to show the rest of his package today.

He started off with some of the 1991 Topps Archives. Archives before there was Archives. I needed these 4 and those 4 actually put that team set only needing 1 so I will need to go pick that card up.

Sadly, none of these 3 are even close to completing a team set but they were all needed. I like seeing the Joey Cora as I have seen him play in South Bend on a rehab stint. The Cora (21 cards) and the Cameron (17 cards) are low quantity player cards but the Beckham is my 69th. Mainly because he was active in 2011 when I got back into cards and bought a ton of them. This Beckham is a refractor which is why I didn't have it.

Last but definitely not least. Jay also sent this 1971 Topps of our former manager. It is a high number and on TCDB, it's listed as a SP. I'm not sure if that means because it's a high number or on top of being a high number. All the high numbers aren't listed with the SP so I assume the latter. Either way, it was a nice surprise.

Thanks for the cards Jay. I have a week off work after Christmas, I may get around to seeing if I have anything for you. I haven't decided how lazy I'm going to be that week yet.

Trade with Potch Wheeler

Another trade package came earlier this week from “Potch Wheeler” and I was definitely impressed.  I sent him some Reds and Tigers and have even communicated some via email to find out he lived right here in my area for a few years and is coming back to Indiana soon.  Here are the highlights:

Love this set because it was the start of my collecting as a kid.  I think I started at the tail end of 1981 and 1982 was my first full year of collecting.  Those 2 sets in particular take me back to my childhood.  Not to mention Carlton Fisk who I’ve always been a big fan of.  These were great.

And you can never go wrong with any vintage.  I love vintage.

Why are you showing these cards?  Check out the players.  Joey Cora is now our bench coach.  Harold Baines is our 1st base coach.  Kenny Williams is our GM.  Ozzie Guillen is our manager.  And Greg Walker is our hitting coach.  I love that all these guys came through Chicago in their careers.  And of course, my collection is new so I needed them all, even thought there are millions upon million of all these cards.

Just a few more.  A Vintage feel, a Ventura feel, and a hometown feel.  My local minor league team used to be owned by the White Sox when they first started when I was a kid.  But they’ve sold out to the Arizona Diamondbacks since.  I don’t get out there as often as I would like but I do still enjoy the whole atmosphere.

And the big hit.  Paulie game-used bat.  My 2nd relic of Konerko but my 1st bat.  And he collects Konerko as well so this couldn’t have been easy to part with.

Definitely hook up with DW for a trade.  He will make it worth while.  Thanks for the great cards.