Happy Birthday - Johnny Bench

Johnny was born on this day in 1947, making him 74 today.

MLB Debut - August 28th, 1967 (Reds)

Years active - 

• 1967-1983 (Reds)

1973 (Reds)

This is the oldest card of just him. I have some leaders cards that are older that you'll see later.

Cards on TCDB - 8,396 cards

Cards I have - 117 cards

Some 1980's stickers that we all know I enjoy.

Where they came from -

• Ebay (42 cards)
• Unknown (17 cards)
• Sluggo (14 cards)
• 2x3 Heroes (7 cards)
• Just Commons/Card Barrel (7 cards)
• the Diamond King (6 cards)
• Too Many Verlanders (6 cards)
• Sportlots (5 cards)
• Card Show-Kalamazoo (2 cards)
• COMC (2 cards)
• Media Madhouse (2 cards)
• Packs (2 cards)
• Baseball Card Exchange (1 card)
• Card Show-Concord Mall (1 card)
• Card Show-Fort Wayne (1 card)
• Just a Bit Outside (1 card)
• Manupatches & Mustaches (1 card)
• North Carolina (1 card)

Johnny shares a lot of cards with other players in my player collections.

Happy Birthday Johnny!

*All cards shown are in my collection but the photos/scans are from TCDB.

Happy Birthday - Khaleke Hudson

Khaleke was born on this day in 1997, making him 24 today.

NFL Debut - September 12th, 2012

Years active - 

• 2021 (Washington)

I don't have any pro jerseys of Khaleke.

Cards on TCDB - 47 cards

Cards I have - 3 cards

Where they came from -

• Baseball Card Exchange (1 card)
• Sluggo (1 card)
• Sportlots (1 card)

I do have 1 autograph but as you can see, all 3 of my cards on in Michigan jerseys.

Happy Birthday Khaleke!

*All cards show above are in my collection but the photos/scans are from TCDB.

5 in 1

It's been a couple of days since I posted but not entirely my fault. I tried to post on Friday but I couldn't get blogger to upload any photos, not sure what the deal was. I tried a few times in a 2 or 3 hour period before giving up.

Yesterday we did a card show. I had a really good time, just chatting with the other dealers as well as the buyers. It's just nice to chat about sports and cards on a regular basis these days.

When I got home, I went over to my mom's to watch Michigan beat Iowa for their first Big Ten Championship since 2004. I was so excited by the time I got home (after midnight) that I wasn't really ready for bed so I sat and watched the basketball game from earlier in the day. We won that as well. Needless to say, I just didn't take the time to post yesterday.

I'm gonna throw a few different collections in this post to get a move on because I have another Sportlots box coming at the end of the month and I need to get caught up. These are all Tier 2 Michigan player collection cards. I only had a card for each one.

I picked up this Jake Butt auto at my LCS a few weeks back. It's my 9th autograph of his out of 29 cards that I have.

I picked up this serial numbered Taco card. It's the red parallel, I had to double check because there is very little red on it. Just the manufacture logo and the RC logo are red. I picked this up at the last card show in Fort Wayne and it's my 12th card of Taco.

I picked up this Higdon not long ago, I think last weekend at Baseball Card Exchange so I didn't pay but a couple of bucks for it. Not a fan of these photos but I needed it. It's my 3rd auto and only my 6th card of Higdon.

Sluggo gave me this card on Friday when I went over to help him load up the car for the show. He gave me a small stack of Michigan and Sox cards for me to look and see if I needed and I knew I needed this one right away because it's my first card of Ben Mason. I've been looking but hadn't found any.

Lastly, I got this Duncan Robinson from Sluggo as well. Although it came to me awhile ago unlike the Mason above. This is the blue parallel. This is my 8th card of the sharpshooter.

Incredible Harry Woman

I'm not even going to discuss our basketball team. Looks like we may be back to being a football school.

My cousin and I are setting up at another card show this weekend. It's on Saturday in Plymouth. We've been told that this is a pretty good show, it's been around for awhile but we haven't managed to hit it yet so we don't know for sure. Guess we'll find out Saturday morning.

Today, you get a non-sports post. I have a collection of a few cards of non-sports peeps that I like. I picked these up from Nine Pockets awhile ago. He had a giveaway with some custom cards and I got in on it. He showed a bunch of customs and you got to pick 3. These are the 3 I grabbed.

I really only wanted one of them for myself, but the top 2 I gave to my mom as she's a huge Clint Eastwood fan. She has them in her living room. The one I grabbed was mainly for Lynda Carter. I crushed on her big time while watching Wonder Woman back in the day. I did watch the Incredible Hulk as well but I really wanted the card for WW. This card will go with a Jim Harbaugh card and a couple of William Shatner.

Happy Birthday - Jesse Franklin

Jesse was born on this day in 1998, making him 23 today!

MLB Debut - none.

Years Active - in the Braves organization.

Braves

He hasn't made the pros yet but is in the Braves organization. I used his 1st Bowman card as he doesn't have a rookie card, yet.

Cards on TCDB - 195 cards

Cards I have - 2 cards

Where they came from -

• Card Show/Kalamazoo (1 card)
• Sportlots (1 card)

I have a pro jersey and a Michigan jersey.

Happy Birthday Jesse!

*All cards shown are in my collection but the photos/scans are from TCDB.