Lotsa Sox

 Finally got my cards from Sportlots all logged in and started scanning them, the bad thing is tomorrow we are going up to 10 hour days so I'm not sure when I'll finish. I have so many cards to get logged in for my cousin but I can't seem to finish my own. I usually ship my Sportlots box around the 1st, and it's now the 22nd and I'm still not finished. I've been a slacker.

Today you get some team cards that came from Fred, at work. There's a whole bunch of cards because they've been building up. Usually a couple of times a week, he brings me cards. On average, I have half of what he gives me but I still end up with a bunch that I don't have. They are in order in how he gave them to me.

First up is this color parallel of 2020 Panini Absolute of the current MVP. I marked this down as receiving it in May so I've had it for awhile now.

First up is this 2000 Pacific Omega of Mags, it is my 164th card of Ordonez. The Kip Wells is also from 2000 and is a pretty slick looking card, better than the scan looks.

Occasionally, Fred will hit me up with a bunch from one set. I don't know if he comes across these in his collection or somewhere else. These 5 cards put me over half way on the 18 card team set.

Some 90's White Sox studs up there with Thigpen, Kittle and McDowell. The last card is a press proof and I think it's probably the first time I've seen one from the 1995 set. The Thigpen puts me at 48 cards, almost half a century and the McDowell puts me at 56 cards.

These were the first of the 2021 Heritage that I received, although I don't think they are the first I've shown. I know everyone loves the 1972 set but I was never a fan.

Love the red, white and blue prisms, even better when it's a stud like Abreu. The 3 Abreu's up there give me 152 of him. I've been debating on starting a PC of him, he's really been growing on me the last couple of years. I've always liked him but his play has meant more to me. The Andre Rienzo is also a color parallel.

A couple of cool looking Metal Universe cards, the Durham is really cool, it looks like he's running right through the card.

Fred also sent me 3 from the 1995 Flair set, I do like the looks but I hate that the name and team are in the same color as the backgrounds. The 2 Ray Durhams up there give me 76 cards of him.

As you can tell, on this day, he gave me an assortment of cards. The Steve Sax from 1993 leaves me 6 cards short of that 22 card set but the Wayne Edwards from 1991, in the middle, completes the 33 card team set. Although, when I went to TCDB to check, they have 2 checklists listed in the team set and I'm pretty sure they weren't listed before but I guess I need those 2 now. Damn it! The oddball in this group is the 2019, it is the 150th anniversary parallel.

These 5 put me 3 cards away from that team set which is a 28 card team set. Might have to grab those on Sportlots next time.

And on the opposite side of the spectrum, those are the first 2 cards of the 1996 Ultra set. The Gold Medallion's are cool but they would have been better with a team logo or something in the background, not the Ultra logo.

Last but not least, Fred brought me these modern cards a couple of weeks ago. They were my first of the A&G Chrome and those are some nice looking cards. They've gone Chrome on Stadium Club and A&G (and flagship), I wonder if they are going to give some other the treatment. Now that I think about it, they are in Heritage as well in a limited capacity. Danny Mendick is the only one still with the ballclub. James Beard still is as well but he's still in the minors.

As you can tell, Fred gives me quite a few cards and I still need quite a few of them.

Weekend Catch-Up

Alrighty, I'm back. This was the weekend of our fall camping trip so all the cards in this post came between Friday and today. Sadly, that means I have to go back to work tomorrow. Some of the descriptions will be short because it's a longer than usual post.

I'll start off with my lone Michigan collection card. Everything else in this post are White Sox cards. This is my 4th card of the former Wolverine QB. I understand they have no rights to show the team but I always wonder if there is a specific clause that says they can't show the wings on the helmet. I picked this up for $.30/shipped.

This is my 4th card of Daniel, all from 2005. I picked this up for $.28/shipped.

This card of Brandon Short is my one and only card of his. I picked it up for $.16/shipped.

This is my 36th card of the one dog (Lance Johnson since you probably can't read it in the photo). This is a 1995 Topps Embossed Golden Idols insert. I picked it up for $.23/shipped.

These first 4 cards all came from the same seller in the same envelope. I believe everything else was one card in each envelope.

This is only my 3rd card of Zack but it's my oldest. The other 2 are 2019 cards where as this is from 2016. Zack is currently on the Sox roster with September call-ups and he was called up and sent back down earlier this year. They are still talking about him being our catcher in the future. I'm not sure of McCann's contract but I can see Collins being the back up next year if not the starter if McCann is gone. I picked this up for $.54/shipped.

I now have 6 cards of Thyago and they are all autographs. This is the purple refractor, seriel numbered to /250. I picked this one up for $3.21/shipped.

This is a pretty nice card of our opening day starter. Granted, he hasn't pitched much since then because of TJ surgery but it's still a nice, shiny, on card auto. It is my 30th card of Rodon but only my 2nd autograph. I picked this up for $3.18/shipped.

Last but definitely not least, the only player collection addition today and it's a PC that I hardly ever get cards for. I just assume because he's not hugely popular so his cards don't get posted on Ebay. This is my 67th card of our former 3rd baseman and my 1st autograph of his. It's a minor league auto but it's still an auto. As a matter of fact, this is the 1st Crede I've added this year, I only added 1 in 2018 and none in 2017 if that tells you something.

White Sox Monday

Gonna follow up my Michigan heavy post with a White Sox heavy post, sorry about that (not really.)

I came across this looking for dime cards but I needed it for the team set. Which I'm not really close to finishing but I still needed it and how could I pass up a card of One Dog for $.06/shipped.

I was thinking I already had this so I only bid $1 on it, which is what I won it for. When I went to log it in, I went to check and see if I did indeed have it, I searched him by name and come to find out, this is my 3rd one of his, and this card. That's alright though, I keep dupes of autos. Unless I know Jeff (2x3 Heroes) needs it than I'll send it his way.

I've been watching him the last few months and he's been a decent player with some potential so I was happy to pick up this auto for $1.25/shipped.

I've definitely kept an eye on Nicky as I believe he has been up most if not all the season. He started the season off with a ton of multi hit games and even though that has tapered off some, he's still a pretty good rookie and again, was happy to pick up an auto of his for $3/shipped.

Monday madness

Today is going to be a quick post, even though I received 6 envelopes with 11 cards. It'll be quick because Mondays kick my ass. I tend to sleep in too much on the weekends and then Sunday night I can't go to sleep so I usually end up with around 4 hours sleep. Normally, I would come home and get online but after work I went and donated blood and by the time I got home, we were having supper. So I'm just now getting around to posting, and I'm sleepy. So let's get to it.

1981 Topps

 Still need 9 cards for the team set. Picked this up for $.35/shipped.

1991 Topps

 This card takes this team set down to 1 last card. Picked this one up for $.12/shipped.

1992 Topps

 This card also brings this team set down to 1 card. I got this one for $.01/shipped. You didn't read that wrong, a penny.

1987 Topps All-Star Set

I remember sending in wrappers or game cards or something to get these. I grabbed this one for another $.12/shipped.

All 4 of the above came from the same seller and all go to the White Sox collection.

2016 Topps First Pitch

I had to pick this one up because it's a Sox card and because he's a Star Trek guy. I probably wouldn't have picked it up if he wasn't in the Sox uniform though. I grabbed this one for $.54/shipped. I do want the Haley Atwell as well from this set even though it doesn't really fit into my collection.

1995 Donruss Top of the Order

Picked this one up for $.06/shipped.

1995 Donruss Top of the Order

 Picked this one up for $.06 as well. Both of the above go to the White Sox Collection.

1995 Donruss Top of the Order

Obviously, the last 3 cards all came from the same seller. I don't think I've ever seen this set so it was nice to grab 3 for my collections. I also only paid $.06/shipped for this Abbott for that player collection.

1983 Topps Stickers

 I always like grabbing these stickers since I used to buy them up like crazy as a kid. This one came to me for $.52/shipped. This one goes to the Carlton Fisk Collection.

1989 Topps All-Star Glossy

 The only player in this post to never play for the White Sox. I got this card of the Kid for $.30/shipped.

2006 Upper Deck Artifacts MLB Apparel #'d /325

I also picked up this relic of Tadahito Iguchi for the White Sox Collection for $3.49/shipped. Love the jersey swatches with pinstripes.

Sorry for the quick post, but I'm heading for bed. See you, hopefully, tomorrow with more cards.

New Additions - 1990's White Sox cards

This round of cards have all been randomized, let's get to today's cards.

White Sox Collection (1990's)

My cousin sent me 1 Sox card from the 1990's and this CD-Rom card he gave to me while I was visiting him a month or so ago. I'd put it in my laptop to see what comes up except that I have a chromebook and it doesn't have a disc drive. I had never seen these before. They are just a little bigger than an average card.

Tom sent me a bunch of 1993 Upper Deck along with this 1998 Pinnacle coin of Frank Thomas. I had to steal the photo from COMC because I couldn't get a unblurry photo of it. He knocked the 1993 Upper Deck team set all the way down to 4 cards in one shot. One of the better Upper Deck sets in my opinion.

Kyle sent me all of these early 90's White Sox cards. The 1990 Topps knocked that team set down to 2 cards and the 1992 cards put that team set down to 2 as well. 1993 on the other hand, I still have a little ways to go.

Dennis only sent one White Sox card from the 1990's but it was a huge card. It's the size of a folder but it's an actual card, it even has the back of the card (stats) in this huge 1997 Pinnacle Zenith card. They Tyrone Wheatley card on the left is an actual sized card. Holy hugeness!

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