Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Aloha, everybody,

I hit the card show last weekend, and after scooping up a few cards for my Perfect Game Project, I started scanning the binders and boxes on the dealers table for any other available gems. Here's what I came up with...



I grabbed this '72 Topps Willie Davis - without remembering I already have a copy. There's so much groovy going on in this card that I just couldn't walk away from it - well-loved or not. 

I love cardboard with World Series Heroes doing World Series shite, so I jumped on these...



 That's Johnny Bench about to drop the Big Red Hammer. I swear I can hear the roar of the crowd when I look at this card. 



Another WS card, another appearance from Bench. 



Brooks Robinson on Tattoine. What an image! 

Everybody knows BobWalkthePlank is Pirates HQ, but there's always room in my collection for the Sarge on a great card. 




I grabbed some cards to add to my "Defunct Teams" PC...



Bonus: Defunct, highly insensitive/probably racist, team logo. 


Chuck Stobbs, 1955 Topps


Here's a couple of suggested taglines for the back of Stobby's card: 
"Stobbs was one of baseball's first bonus babies." and "Southpaw Stobbs once had a 16-game consecutive losing streak."  

Willie Davis wasn't the only Dodger I found in the binders...



I added one more card from my favorite Brooklyn southpaw, Johhny Podres. 

And I grabbed this for a buck. Overpaid? Not in my mind. 



Finally, this little slice o' cardboard that didn't really fit any themed page in my binders, but I hadda have it. 



Monobrow stare? Check.
Funky name? Check. 
Too bad ol' Zup wasn't repping a defunct team, I woulda had the trifecta. 

Aloha! 

4 comments:

  1. I don't think I could concentrate if Zupo was staring me down.

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    1. I forgot to mention, I think he's storing a wad of chaw in his cheek also.

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  2. Some great vintage here! The Brooks Robinson robbery card is pretty cool.

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    1. Thanks! Yeh, that Robinson card is very cool! I've been wanting one for a while; finally got it!

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