Happy Birthday - Karl Kauffmann

Karl was born on this day in 1997, making him 28 today.

MLB Debut - May 19th, 2023 (Rockies)

Years Active - 

• 2023 (Rockies)

Cards on TCDB - 132 cards (2025), 128 cards (2024), 123 cards (2023), 123 cards (2022)

Cards I have - 5 cards (2025), 4 cards (2024), 2 cards (2023), 2 cards (2022)

PC Rank - #107 (#1576 overall)

TCDB Rank - #3

Where they came from -

• F&G Sportscards (2 cards)
• Hollister's (2 cards)
• Garvey Cey Russell Lopes (1 card)

Happy Birthday Karl!

Happy Birthday - Karl Kauffmann

Karl was born on this day in 1997, making him 27 today.

MLB Debut - May 19th, 2023 (Rockies)

Years Active - 

• 2023 (Rockies)

Cards on TCDB - 128 cards (2024), 123 cards (2023), 123 cards (2022)

Cards I have - 4 cards (2024), 2 cards (2023), 2 cards (2022)

PC Rank - #105 (#1640 overall)

TCDB Rank - #3

Where they came from -

• F&G Sportscards (2 cards)
• Hollister's (2 cards)

Happy Birthday Karl!

Shipshy Stuff

Another weekend, another show. Yesterday's show in Buchanan was ran by a 15 year old. The same 15 year old that pulled that Ohtani die cut, numbered to /99 autograph from a Mega we sold him over a year ago. He's come a long way just in the time we've know him. His father gave him some start up money and he started doing breaks. He still does them, along with setting up at shows and now running one. His father said that he paid him all back within 6 months and is essentially running his own business now and I'm guessing he makes pretty good money doing so. His father also says he plays baseball for the school and get's straight A's. To be honest, I'm kind of proud of the kid and I don't know him that well. I mean really, the best part of him is he's a Michigan fan so....

Anyways, we did his show yesterday. He had asked us if we'd be interested when he was thinking about running his own and we agreed. We've done a few shows that way, they tend to come to us because we've got a pretty good reputation. I purchased a few cards, and came home with some freebies but you'll have to wait to see those.

Today's post is cards I picked up at the Shipshewana show a couple of weeks ago.

I picked this up from the High Heat table. He used to set up across from us in Plymouth so I got to know him pretty good. He's a White Sox fan as well so we usually have things to talk about it. I just checked his table real quick before we tore down at the end of the show. I like to throw him some business but this was the only Cronenworth he had that I didn't. I'm sure I overpaid at $5 but like I said, I like the guy so that doesn't bother me. It is my 85th card of Jake.

I went to Hollister's table as well because he always has a Michigan box so I don't have to sort through a bunch of stuff to find anything. I grabbed these 5 auto's from that box. I was trying to grab auto's of guys I don't have auto's of and ended up with 3 guys that I didn't even have cards of yet. Quinn Nordin, Chris Hinton and Tarik Black. I probably won't do a PC of Black because he transferred out but I will still pick up his Michigan stuff. The Jack Blomgren is my 6th card of his but that's my 1st auto. I mainly grabbed the Kauffman because there isn't a ton of Michigan baseball cards out there so I grabbed it. It's my 3rd auto of Kauffmann out of 3 cards I have of him. I paid $15 for all 5 plus an additional auto that I picked up for Dennis.

The day after the Shipshewana show, we did the South Bend show so guess what pick ups you'll get to see tomorrow (if I post).

Happy Birthday - Karl Kauffman

Karl was born on this day in 1997, making him 25 today.

MLB Debut - May 19th, 2023 (Rockies)

Years Active - 

• 2023 (Rockies)

Cards on TCDB - 123 cards (same as last year)

Cards I have - 2 cards (same as last year)

PC Rank - #109 (#1593 overall)

TCDB Rank - #4

Where they came from -

• F&G Sportscards (2 cards)

Happy Birthday Karl!

Happy Birthday - Karl Kauffman

Karl was born on this day in 1997, making him 25 today.

MLB Debut - N/A

Years Active - N/A

Cards on TCDB - 123 cards

Cards I have - 2 cards

PC Rank - #86 (#1877 overall)

TCDB Rank - #4

Where they came from -

• F&G Sportscards (2 cards)

The only 2 cards I have are both autographs.

Happy Birthday Karl!

Is it baseball season yet?

Yesterday's game against State was cancelled as Michigan is dealing with Covid. It sucks, but the way we are playing right now it might be a blessing. I think we're supposed to play Tuesday as well so we'll see if we can.

Today's post is a Michigan guy but not basketball. The warmer weather sport of baseball which is nice to think about right now as it was under 10 degrees a few days last week. We had 30's the last 2 days but it's supposed to drop again. Definitely wish I was watching baseball because it would be warmer. That is, if we have a baseball season but I won't get into that.

I picked up both of these Karl Kauffman autographs at my local card shop. I paid $3 for the card on the right and $5 for the refractor on the left. It looks like a Carolina Blue or something but that's just the scan.

These 2 are my first cards of the former Wolverine.