1981 Topps Terry Kennedy
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by Bo
1h ago
  The front: Kennedy is locked in waiting for the pitch at Shea Stadium. In four day games at Shea in 1980, Kennedy went 5-for-19. The back: Bob Kennedy played sixteen years in the major leagues, and won a World Series with Cleveland in 1948. Bob Kennedy Jr. pitched in the Cardinals organization from 1971 to 1975, never getting above A ball. The player: Catcher Terry Kennedy played fourteen seasons in the major leagues, hitting .264 with 113 HR and 628 RBI. A four-time All-Star, he was a key member of two NL pennant winners in the 1980's, the Padres in 1984 and the Giants in 1989. The m ..read more
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Cards from Dan Williams
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by Bo
1d ago
Got a fun PWE from OBCer Dan Williams that I thought was interesting enough to get it's own post. Starting off with three vintage cards. I've seen the Phillies' Hamner listed as "Granville" and "Granny". The back of this card calls him "Gran". The Art Nehf 1961 Fleer card is interesting. 184 wins wouldn't seem enough to get you into an all-time greats set, even back then. However he had just passed away in December 1960 so maybe there had been more attention on his career when the set was being put together. Some newer stuff. Dan found some '95 Select Certified that is on my wantlist. I'd for ..read more
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1976 SSPC Clay Kirby
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by Bo
2d ago
  The card, in brief: A nice sunset shot, with the grounds crew pulling the tarp in the background. The player, in brief: Kirby lost 20 games with the expansion Padres as a rookie in 1969, then in 1970 was famously pinch-hit for in the eighth inning while pitching a no-hitter against the Mets; reliever Jack Baldschun then lost the no-hitter and the game in the ninth. Kirby put together a couple of good seasons for the Padres, then was traded to the Reds. He was part of the Big Red Machine that won the 1975 World Series. He went 10-6 during the season but did not pitch in the playoffs. He ..read more
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Vintage Backgrounds: 1988 Topps (Base)
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by Bo
3d ago
Starting off slow, with nicknames. In the 1987 set we saw Lee Mazzilli with a tan glove with "MAZ" on it. In 1988 he has a black glove with "MAZ" on it. Meanwhile Todd Frohwirth has "FRO". Moving on to wrong bats. The Indians were too cheap to buy a light-colored sharpie, I guess. If you look closely you will see that Andy Allanson has bat #2. Allanson wore #6; #2 belonged to Brett Butler. Frank White wore #20, as can be seen on the bill of his cap. His bat knob however, appears to have the #8. #8 had been worn by Jim Sundberg in 1986, and would be worn by Mike Macfarlane in 1988, but no Ro ..read more
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Cake or Gum? 1976 Cesar Cedeno
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by Bo
4d ago
  Hostess has a rather typical spring training shot. The line across the photo is a crease on my card. Topps has Cedeno posing during batting practice at Dodger Stadium, wearing a logo-less hat and a #40 memorial patch for Don Wilson. Cedeno came up with the Astros as a 19-year-old rookie in 1970 and quickly became a star. An exciting combination of power and speed, he led the NL in doubles in 1971 and 1972. In both 1972 and 1973, he hit .320 with 20+ HR and 50+ steals. That December, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter when he was playing with a gun with a 19-year-old woman in ..read more
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Cards from Night Owl
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by Bo
5d ago
Got a fun trade package from Night Owl. Some modern cards here. Two Score Piazzas. One completes my 1996 Score yet! Still have half a dozen to go on the 1998 set. He also found a couple of my 2024 Topps needs. Some vintage too - '77 Hostess! Some great cake cards here. The colorful hats of the 1970s jump out here. I happened to get a '77 Seaver from an OBCer shortly before, so this one, which is in very nice shape, is available ..read more
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Wood vs. Wood #193
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by Bo
6d ago
 Last time 1987 cruised to a 6-2 victory. Who will win this time? Eddie Kasko stares off into the distance. I'm not positive but I think this is the old Busch Stadium (f/k/a Sportsman's Park) in St. Louis. The shortstop was coming off his only All-Star season in 1961, as he hit .271 with 2 HR and 27 RBI to help the Reds win the NL pennant. The versatile Kasko also was a third baseman, and twice led the NL in fielding at that position. In a ten year career with the Cardinals, Reds, Astros and Red Sox, Kasko hit .264 with 22 HR and 261 RBI. After his retirement in 1966 he stayed in the Bos ..read more
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Latest vintage star pickups
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by Bo
1w ago
Lots of quantity in my most recent Greg Morris winnings, but most of these were in the ~$1 range, so that's OK. The two big ones were the '67 Oliva and '68 Palmer, didn't mind spending more for them as those sets are getting closer to the finish line. Here's most of those cards: . . . but I had the most fun with ten additions to my 1957 set. Doby and Wynn were $3 each, but the rest were all from the tough mid-series and were $1.25 or less. For every Topps set from 1955 on I am over 50% except this one, still at 30%. '57s are tough to come by, no surprise as it's such a beautiful set. There w ..read more
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Newsday July 21, 1969
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by Bo
1w ago
This is the last of my three moon-landing Newsdays. There were a few pages from the July 19, nothing worth taking a photo of. Once again, a very no-frills cover. I found this article very interesting. It kind of gives the feeling of what the astronauts were looking at. Looking briefly online it seems the causes of volcanism on the moon is still very much up for debate. However, Buzz Aldrin was correct about the basalt. Some local pride over the successful building of the lunar module. The New York Times I had for this day was missing the sports section, so this is the first I'd read of this ..read more
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A few more from 2024
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by Bo
1w ago
A couple more TCDB trades have further scaled down my wantlist on this set. doublee919 sent four rookies and Mike Trout, the only non-rookie left that I needed. Eggbert60 is a Mariners fan, and he sent five Mariners rookies. But I was most happy for the two Yankee cards from the latest Stadium Club set. Bernie Williams guitar cards are always fun. The other card has a delightfully bizarre photo from the first Yogi Berra day in 1959. It's a colorized black-and-white photo, and I'm pretty skeptical about the color choices, including the exact same gray for everything wood-grained and the heavy ..read more
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