22 years difference

I took a vacation day off today, not that it was treated as a vacation day. I mowed the lawn, weedwacked, tore apart an old swing set, moved a bush/tree from the back yard to the front and hung up my flag bracket next to the garage. Once everything was finished and a shower was in order, I came in to a couple of envelopes with a couple of cards. 1 card in each envelope to be exact.

1993 Donruss

Nothing too exciting for most of you here. I did need this one for the team set but I'm still 12 cards away from the whole team. I picked this card up for a dime shipped.

1971 Topps

I paid a little more than the above card for this one, but since it's over 20 years older it was worth it. I grabbed this for $.53/shipped. It's my 64th card from that set.

Ripken, Mags and Bats

I had another softball game tonight and I'm still upright so that's a good thing. Even made it to 2nd on a double, that's pretty good for my fat ass. It was also the last day of my work week as I have a vacation day tomorrow. Another good thing is that I came home to a couple of cards. A Hall of Famer and an ex-Sox who left on a sour note.

2015 Leaf Heroes of Baseball

I actually thought this was a 2016 just because I hadn't seen it before then all of the sudden I seen a couple of Ebay. I won the 1st one I bid on at $.40.

2004 Topps Bazooka Bazooka Blasts

I also managed to pick up this bat relic card of Magglio Ordonez for $2.25. I wasn't happy with the way he left the Sox but he was a force to reckon with in his day, it didn't help he left and went to Detroit of all places. I did really like him when he played for us though.

Tuesday's mail day

I came home after work yesterday and worked on replacing the radiator in my car. I should say I watched mostly as my stepdad did all the work. We eventually got it in and running but I didn't have time to post the cards I received, which is a bunch. This morning, I got up and went to back out of the garage and I had no power steering. So I took my wife's car to work and when I came home, my stepdad came back over and we had to replace a belt, which was a pain in the ass, but it's done.

I did receive another card in the mail today, only it's one I didn't order. So I sent an email to who I think sent it to me, I won a 1993 Leaf and received a 1992 Leaf so I assumed it was from him. I also had to open 5 requests on cards I haven't received in over a month and had to send a message to another seller who is trying to invoice me $50.00 for shipping on a 7 card lot. I checked his feedback and he has 4 negative. All of them were lots he tried to charge shipping on after they sold cheaply so I'm guessing I won't see those.

It hasn't been a good day. Let's get to some cards, that might cheer me up.

1985 Topps

1987 Topps

I picked up both of these cards for the Vintage collection. I picked up the Scherrer for $.12/shipped/ and the Brookens for $.07/shipped.

2005 Topps Updates & Highlights

I picked up another Mark Buehrle for that collection. I grabbed this for $.42/shipped. I like that all 3 ERA leaders that year from the AL Central. World Series winner too, I wonder who that could have been.

1985 Leaf

1985 Fleer

Picked up 2 more Steve Carlton's, both from 1985. I ran across a seller that had a few of these Leaf cards for sell, you'll see a few in this post. I got this one for $.43/shipped. I also got the Fleer for $.30/shipped.

1985 Topps

1985 Leaf

2 more of Gary Carter as well, also both from 1985, also another Leaf. I got the Topps for $.30/shipped and the Leaf for $.40/shipped.

1985 Leaf

1986 Topps All-Star Glossy

2 more for the Fisk collection as well, you also might think I only picked up 2 for each collection. The last of the Leaf from 1985 and this one came for $.48/shipped. The 1986 Glossy came to me for $.38/shipped.

1998 Pinnacle

1998 Topps Rookie Class

1998 Upper Deck Rookie Edition Preview

Picked up all 3 of these Konerko's from the same seller. These 3 cards put my Konerko collection at over 400 different cards. Oddly enough, they were all listed as singles but I won all 3 for the same amount, $.38/shipped.

1991 Leaf Studio

1993 Fleer Ultra

1995 Leaf 

1992 Leaf Preview

4 more Ripken's as well. I picked up the Studio for $.44/shipped, the Ultra $.54/shipped, the 1995 Leaf for $.27/shipped and the Leaf preview for $.44/shipped. I googled the 1992 Leaf Ripken card to see if it was a different photo and it is from the exact same play but about a second later.

2013 Bowman Chrome Draft Pick Autographs

I also managed to get this rookie auto of Tyler Danish, he is currently in the minor but he did make his major league debut this year. I'm not positive but I think he got called up to cover for a bit because of injuries before being called back down. I picked this card up for $3.63/shipped.

Random cards

I'm not doing jack today after having to work yesterday so I have lots of time to throw up a Random post.

1958 Topps

#1552

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1958 Topps

Player - Jim Derrington

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Trade

From - 2x3 Heroes

When - March, 2016

Jeff sent me this one earlier this year, he has always been generous toward me with his White Sox dupes.

2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

#1337

Collection - Steve Carlton

Card - 2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

Player - Steve Carlton

Teams - St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.12

From - Just Commons

When - February, 2016

Another card received earlier this year. I listed all his teams since they don't really list a team on these Goodwin Champions card. Not a huge fan of this set because of the photos used.

1973 Topps

#1136

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1973 Topps

Player - Bill Singer

Team - California Angels

Acquired - Trade

From - Royals and Randoms

When - January, 2012

I got a bunch of cards for my 1973 Topps and my 1981 Topps sets from Josh back when I was only collecting those 2 sets, pre-vintage collection.

2013 Bowman

#1375

Collection - Denard Robinson, Michigan Wolverines

Card - 2013 Bowman

Player - Denard Robinson

Team - Michigan Wolverines, Jacksonville Jaguars

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.35

From - COMC

When - February, 2016

Another card from this year, which I guess shouldn't surprise me because my list of cards I add all the new cards when I receive them and I'm still trying to log all the older cards so there isn't as many. This is one of the better Robinson cards and yet it's not, just because he's in his Maize and Blue, except they photoshop the wings off the helmet.

2015 Topps Archives

#970

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2015 Topps Archives

Player - Jeff Samardzija

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Trade

From - 2x3 Heroes

When - October, 2015

I can't believe I have to follow a Michigan man, with a Notre Dame guy. I'd say it was a joke from Random,org but all it gets are the numbers. Another card from Jeff, I told you he likes to hook me up.

Bonus My Baseball Card Obsession random card. I random that blog until a card that isn't part of my collection comes up, check it out.

1953 Bowman

Wow! It took a few randoms before I got to a non-collection card but man I wish this was part of it. What an awesome card. A 1953 Bowman card of Pee Wee Reese.

A busy Saturday

It was an unusual Saturday as in I actually had to work, and go in an hour earlier than normal at that. I made the mistake of napping to long after work yesterday and couldn't go to sleep last night so not going to bed till 1:00 am and having to get up at 4:30 am did not help me any. After I got off work, I picked up my daughter at a friends house and then came home, showered up and headed out to my cousin's kids graduation party. I finally got home for the day and found an envelope sitting on the kitchen counter. I opened it up to 1 card but it's a nice card.

2014 Topps Allen & Ginter's Framed Mini Autograph

My first auto of Matt Davidson although I believe I have another one coming in the mail. He is currently in the minors which is probably why I picked it up for $2.75/shipped.