Starting off with a nice big trade with Jaskau82 of TCDB. Lots of Yankees, favorites of mine like Williams, Pettitte and Soriano . . .
. . . but plenty of others too, including the final card needed to complete my 2015 Topps set, Kris Bryant. This card was very expensive when he was a future Hall-of-Famer. Now that he's turning into a complete bust, this card is no longer a big deal. Meanwhile, the Piazza leaves me with just one card needed for 1994 Fleer, the Mets Eddie Murray #573.
From
YanksFan876, this wonderful oddball trio. I was never aware of Yankees police cards as a kid but they did put out a small set in 1985. On top there are Ron Guidry and Dave Righetti, pictured on each others' cards. (Warming up behind Guidry, on Righetti's card, is #63 Kevin Hickey, who pitched in the minors for the Yankees). While the Randolph is not an error card, the inspirational quote on the back tells the child to "make a touchdown in life". With cards like these, it's not hard to see why they didn't stick in New York.
I got cards from several OBCers this week. These '64s came from
Jon Jeans.
Canadian
Andrew Goguen sent some 1978 OPC cards with some newer Leaf cards to keep them company.
Greg Henthorn delivered some star power with two '53s including Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter.
Another '50s Hall of Famer, Minnie Minoso, from
Steve Sankner. One of the best-looking cards in a great-looking set.
Finally, nine '59s from
Mike Cavallaro, including Ted Kluszewski and a rookie card of Felipe Alou.
Has there ever been a better "manager yelling" card than that Chuck Dressen?
ReplyDeleteWow 5 ex-gentleman in the `64s wore the old English 'D' at 1 time
ReplyDeleteThose Yankees police cards are really cool. Never seen them before. I just checkout the checklist on TCDB. It's a shame they didn't produce a card of Rickey.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of police cards in general until I started blogging. A lot of them are pretty neat, and I like the idea of them, but if they were having trouble marketing them to kids back then; there's zero chance that they'd be able to do so now.
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