1959 Topps #292 Dick Williams Here we have another fine example of one of the many awesome cards sent to me from the land of Project ’62. This one being Hall of Fame Manager Dick Williams, from back in his playing days. Like a lot of guys who make it to the Hall as a [...]
1959 Topps #273 Joe Jay The first thing that strikes me about this card is that Joey Jay looks like a pretty intense batter. Or at least that’s a pretty sweet posed batting pose. Then my eye wanders down to the lower right corner and I see that Joe is in fact a pitcher. In [...]
I really sort of hate to commit to collecting another vintage set when I’m still embroiled in my battle with the 1960 set, but I gotta say, I like me some 63′s. Actually, I’m kind of unsure why when I decided to try and chase a vintage set I chose the 1960 set rather than [...]
1958 Topps #425 Sam Esposito Another of the many incredible vintage cards that I got in that big Project ’62 trade a while back, this one being a nice ’58 Topps Sammy Esposito. One of the things I really enjoy about getting vintage cards, and especially vintage cards of, shall we say, lesser known players, [...]
1963 Topps #163 Don Larsen Awesome. Mr. Pefect-World-Series-Game himself. Another step closer to deciding to collect the 1963 set. I’m still neck deep in my quest for the 1960 set though, so I don’t know how good of an idea it is to start even thinking about another kind of tough set, but that’s not [...]
1970 Topps Scratch-Offs Tom Seaver This is another of the awesome cards that I got in a trade with Chris from Project ’62. It’s a Topps Baseball Scratch-Off from 1970. Insert cards are still really prevalent in card releases now-a-days, but it seems like they’re much more of the small-sub-set-with-a-common-theme-but-just-still-a-regular-old-card-nonetheless variety. In this years Topps [...]
A couple of weekends ago I was playing poker with some buddies and ended up with $50 more than I started out with. I needed some binder pages from the card shop, so I perused the 6-for-5 bin while I was there. I was able to hit a few cards from the ’73 set this [...]
So the Mets were rained out last night. They’ve got a day/night double header today with Padres. I’m a little annoyed by that just because, although I do have radio at work that I can listen to game on, I never seem to be able to listen to the game from start to finish. It’s [...]
A while back, I had posted about a TTM success that I recently got back from former Red Sox pitcher and current wack-o Bill “The Spaceman” Lee. Chris from Project ’62 had contacted me about getting a copy of the Bill Lee card for his Bill Lee player collection that he started last year. Now, [...]
I know Memorial Day is supposed to honor the memory of those who died in service to their country, but how’s about we also give a hearty thanks to those who didn’t die. Here’s to you folks. Summer is unofficially here.
