Biggest purchase this year, so far

I intended on posting yesterday but time got away from me and I forgot. Not that I was doing anything because I'm still on vacation (minus the phone calls I keep getting.) I was even excited about this post because it was a big purchase for me and I was excited about posting it.

I bought all of these at the last Plymouth show from Josh, who runs that show.

First off is the program from "the Game" in 1949. It ended in a tie so I can't even take bragging rights on it. A couple of cool things I found in it though.

If you know Michigan, than you know those 2 names.

I just found it funny that they were advertising watching the game on your TV in 1949. They were invented in the 20's but not really available for commercial use until 1939 and early 40's (I googled) so this was still early in their use and they were using watching the game as a selling point.

According to the caption, they just added 20,000 seats. The stadium looks a little different now-a-days.

That was all he had for Michigan, but it was pretty cool if you ask me.

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

I put the years under each book. They are all pretty much the same, around 150 pages of articles, photos and a few pages dedicated to each player on the roster. I haven't had a chance to really sit and go through them but I've glanced through them. They are called pocket yearbooks as they aren't real huge in size.

1970

1961

1960

1957

1953

All of those are yearbooks, I assume they sold at the games. I don't know if they did individual game programs like they do now. I wouldn't think so with their printing capabilities back then. They mainly go through the roster and a few articles and photos.

This I really love. It's a scorecard that was given out in 1954. It's pretty much 15 pages of advertising with a little bit about Sox stuff in there. In the middle it comes with a scorecard for you to keep while you watch the game.

This was from a game with the Yankees in 1954. Whoever was using it wrote April 29th, 1954 on it but they actually played on the 26th & 28th so I'll assume it was from the 28th. Look at those names printed in there though, Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra to start with and on the Sox side you see Nellie Fox and Minnie Minoso. Whoever kept the score stopped in the 3rd inning but the Sox ended up losing 5-4. It does show that Yogi Berra hit a HR in the 3rd, maybe that's why the guy stopped keeping it.

I loved that he had these but I dropped some big bucks for myself so as much as I love this stuff, I'm glad I don't run into it very often. I'm extremely happy with the purchase though.

Lots of 2's in the Maize and Blue

If you read yesterdays post, then you know where I'm sitting right now being as it's the 4th. Hopefully most people go back to work tomorrow and fireworks won't be going until real late.

I got my recent purchases (including a 434 card box from Sportlots) logged and I'm about half way with the scanning. I did all the few card players but I have some stacks of players with a lot of cards left. I'll probably knock those out tomorrow.

Today you get a team post, which narrows it down, a lot.

We'll start with this card of our current basketball coach that Dennis sent in his latest package. I don't have very many of him in his Michigan colors, this card makes number 6.

I picked up all these at the last Shipshewana show from Hollister. The 3 Woodson's give me 13 of him, I have more of him because he's starting to be included in modern day sets. The Omega and Paramount are listed as rookie cards. The Desmond Howard is only my 4th of his in the Maize and Blue but it's my first one that's numbered. All 4 of those cards were from his half off box.

I got this from Hollister as well but I think I grabbed it from him when I saw him at my LCS. He had his half off box with him and let me go through it. It's a printer's proof and has a print run to 175. It's my 7th card of Ty.

The title of this post is due to all of their jersey numbers. #25 (Howard) #2 (Woodson) #21 (Howard) #22 (Law).

Numbered Yo-yo's

I figured I'd go ahead and post tonight since I'm sitting in the storage room with one of my dogs because he's petrified of fireworks. At this time of the year (and New Years) we drag an old recliner from my son's room into the storage room, bring down a TV tray and lay out some blankets for the dogs to lay on. I was down here for about 4 hours, until midnight last night. I'm sure it'll be about the same tonight.

Today's guy, just got back from the IL where the majority of our team has spent time on this year. If you follow my cousin's Instagram, then you would have seen the last card earlier today.

I picked up this Blue Wave Refractor numbered to /75 at the Shipshewana Card Show from Josh (he's the dealer that sold me the 1982 Topps box). I just happened to see it on his table when I got together with him so I grabbed it and he gave me a deal on it.

I picked up this rookie at my LCS. I hadn't been able to find one at a decent price for awhile but I found it in his dollar box which I end up getting for free because my cousin spends so much, he throws my dollar box stuff in for free. That's why we combine our purchases when we buy.

I picked up a few autographs of Sox players that I didn't have any auto's of as well. Starting with this Moncada one. I ended up paying a little more than I would have like but it's licensed, a rookie and numbered to /50 so there was a reason I paid a little more. Plus it has a cool background.

These 3 of Yoan put that collection at 171 cards.

This got posted later then I had planned since I had to put my 70 lb dog on my lap while the neighbors were shooting their fireworks off.

Sox vs. Golden State

The White Sox have actually won 2 against San Francisco so far, going for the sweep tomorrow. Sadly, Minnesota keeps winning as well so we're not making much ground in the division.

Speaking of San Francisco, this guy is playing there now. No, it's not Carlos Rodon (although he is in San Francisco), he plays a different sport and just won a Championship there.

I picked up this Poole at my LCS, it's a Premium Stock which is just a shinier Hoops card.

While all 3 of these look different, they are all Panini Chronicles. If you follow my blog, you know I'm not a big fan of Bowman. To me, these are the Bowman of Panini. The one saving grace is at least they say Chronicles on the back so you can figure them out. I picked up these 3 at the card show in Warsaw out of the dollar boxes.

These 4 cards put my Poole collection at 28 cards. It's nice that Michigan has some talent in all 3 major sports and they are putting out more cards of them.

West Coast Paulie?

My brother and I were talking about USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten. His thought was it'll suck for them to come and play in the snow and then it was, I hope they don't play night games on the west coast because those are 9 or 10 o'clock games here. 

Which is where I'm at with the Sox now, they are on the west coast so I didn't get to watch any of the Angels series live, but it's the weekend now so at least I can watch the Giants series.

Today's post is my all-time Sox favorite player, who once had the chance to sign with the Angels for more money but stayed with the Sox. One of the many reasons I like him.

These 5 came from Dennis. They are all serial numbered. I really like the horizontal one with the 3 pictures, I like the look of it. The Finest is pretty cool as well, it's a Blue Refractor.

Dennis didn't stop there.

He also sent me these 2 relics of PK. I thought I had the top one but I had a parallel of it and the Gypsy Queen is definitely new. I have 19 relics of Konerko now and these 7 cards give me 718 cards of him.

Be sure to check out Dennis over at Too Many Verlanders.