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2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers.
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2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers.
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Aloha, everybody,
Today is Johnny Bench's birthday. Let's honor the GOAT by showing off some of my favorite Johnny B cardboard.
Well, the favorites from my small PC.
I can't start off with a Benc RC, because of course, I don't have one yet. The earliest my collection goes is this 1969 beauty...
Then comes 1971 Topps
Digging that old-time batting helmet.
Jumping to 1974 Kellogs 3D - with a midsection crack that just grazes Johnny's chin. Scars are sexy!
Batting cleanup is my favorite Bench card of all time, 1975 Topps. Shoutout to Ana Lu - Crazy dust!!
A big hole in my collection makes us jump to 1980 Topps (stirrups alert!)
From 1981 Topps...
From the Hockey Sticks set, 1982 Topps. Johnny looking like he ate the last cookie.
This is the last card I have from Johnny B's playing days, 1983 Topps. It features Bench in a great shot, displaying the posture that struck fear in so many pitchers - across both leagues...
Finally, a few of my favorite Bench tribute cards...
2009 Upper Deck 20th Anniversary
1985 Circle K with a great shot of Bench (at Riverfront Stadium?)
Finally, a beautifully designed card with Bench's career stats on the rear, Upper Deck 2001 Upper Deck Legends...
Happy Birthday, Johnny B!
Aloha!
Aloha, everybody,
Since the beginning of the year I've been thinking about the reasoning behind my collection and the meaning of this blog.
One of the beautiful things about our cardboard community is that we hold a rich variety of collecting philosophies. Some of us want every card ever produced for one team, or one player. Some of us focus on autographs and limited edition, high end product, while others chase rookies and pre-rookies.
The last time I blogged about this, I referred to myself as a shotgun collector, with fairly open interests. Since then I've made the decision that 2016 will be the year I work on collecting vintage Dodger team sets - from 1957 until 1980.
Certainly I understand it's impossible to complete that task in a year, or perhaps over a lifetime of collecting. But we all know, it aint about completing the task, it's about the juice we get from the chase.
That's where you all come in. I'm humbly asking that you consider my wantlists for these team sets (updated last week) whenever we trade. A few of the checklists are impossibly long, but I'm close to completing a few. With a little help, I should be able to close those out this year, while chipping away at the others.
Of course I'm still happy to receive cards from the other scattershot angles to my collecting, but I'm hoping some of you out there have some older cards that fit these new needs.
I've got extras of a (small) few of these cards, so I'm hoping that might serve a need or two for you vintage set collectors out there.
That said, here's some trade bait that's looking for new homes (with more to come over the next few days)...
2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers Robin Yount bat relic. These had a hobby pull ratio of 1:24.
1968 Topps Killebrew.
And a wildcard throw in...
Who loves Pac-Man?
Aloha!
