Trade Updates and Vacation!

Before I head out on a well deserved vacation from work (and subsequently baseball card blog posting) for two weeks, I thought I'd give an update as to the ongoing trades.

GCRL - 21 cards (FYI, you better answer that Wills/Knox trivia question!) 
Night Owl - 7 cards 
White Sox Cards - 4 cards 
Wicked Ortega - 12 cards 
Captain Canuck - 31 cards 
Dan - 27 stickers

When you get close to or eclipse 50, I'll mail your cards to you.  Maybe we'll keep track and have a prize for the first to 50 cards... :-)

Some of the trading posts on the right navbar are set to expire while I'm gone, so be sure to check your want lists!

Also, I plan on building my long awaiting baseball card closet this winter break, so bigger and better trades/posts will be coming soon, along with pictures of the final storage closet.

So, to all those who I've met and talked with, enjoy your holidays and time with family.  Be careful and thankful for all that you have.

Doc T

Trading Block - 1996 Fleer Ultra

My Take: The last of the Ultra.  Not too sad to see it go, but some of these cards are nice.

HOFers: Winfield

Notables: R. Alomar, Lopez, Grace

Gold Medallion: 35, 42, 74, 218

Inserts: Golden Prospect #2 - Alberto Castillo, Fresh Foundation #2 - Marty Cordova, Prime Leather #7 - Kenny Lofton

Closes: January 13, 2010

For Trade:
1, 8, 19, 20, 33, 37, 39, 48, 56, 77, 85, 97, 100, 119, 120, 124, 125, 140, 142, 145, 159, 168, 188, 203, 210, 219, 226, 250, 256, 270, 281, 285, 293, 297, FF-2, GM-35, GM-42, GM-74, GM-218, GP-2, PL-7

Special Requests:
Braves - 159
Cubs - 168
Dodgers - 219, 226, GM-218
Giants - 293, 297
Marlins - 203
Mets - GP-2
Rangers - 140
Red Sox - 19, 20
White Sox - 37, 39, GM-35, GM-42

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1995 Fleer Ultra

My Take: Happy Birthday to me!

HOFers: None

Notables: R. Alomar

Gold Medallion: 3, 62, 155, 243

Inserts: Golden Prospects #2 - Alan Benes

Closes: January 12, 2010

For Trade:
9, 22, 26, 32, 35, 44 (2), 48, 55, 59, 78 (2), 85, 87 (2), 98, 100, 116, 121, 130, 142, 154, 155 (2), 161, 162, 163, 168, 170, 172, 173, 182, 186, 200, 213, 214, 222, 228, 229, 240 (2), 249 (2), GM-3, GM-62, GM-155, GM-243, GP-2  

Special Requests:
Braves - 130
Cubs - None
Dodgers - 182
Giants - 240, GM-243
Marlins - 161, 162, 163, 168
Mets - 200
Rangers - None
Red Sox - 9
White Sox - 26, 32

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1994 Fleer Ultra

My Take: Same old, same old.  Obviously a low series pack, plus one or two high.  But it amazes me that I pulled FOUR Giants from one pack.  I can hear Night Owl cringing...

HOFers: Molitor

Notables: McGriff, Matt Williams, Phillies Finest Insert - John Kruk

Closes: January 11, 2010

For Trade:
64, 83, 85, 140, 154, 220, 287, 288, 294, 296, 430, 590 and Phillies Finest Insert #6 (John Kruk).

Special Requests:
Braves - 154
Cubs - None
Dodgers - 220
Giants - 287, 288, 294, 296, 590
Marlins - None
Mets - None
Rangers - 430
Red Sox - None
White Sox - None

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1991 Fleer Ultra Update

My Take: At least their not Hot Yellow redux.

HOFers: None

Notables: JUAN BERENGUER, OMG!

Closes: January 9, 2010

For Trade:
U-9, U-24, U-29, U-35, U-62 and U-66.

Special Requests:
Braves - U-66
Cubs - None
Dodgers - None
Giants - None
Marlins - N/A
Mets - None
Rangers - None
Red Sox - None
White Sox - None

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1991 Fleer Ultra

My Take: At least their not Hot Yellow.

HOFers: None
 
Notables: Nary a soul
 
Closes: January 9, 2010
 
For Trade:
79, 123, 138, 160, 168, 181, 231, 247, 253, 288, 368 and 392.
 
Special Requests:
Braves - None
Cubs - None
Dodgers - 160, 168
Giants - None
Marlins - N/A
Mets - None
Rangers - None
Red Sox - None
White Sox - 79

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1988 Panini Stickers

Traded to Dan!

My Take: Again, a lot of missing the NLers in this bunch, and these have been lurking in a steel band-aid tin for 20 years.  I think I actually peeled the NL player stickers and put them in my Panini Baseball '88 Sticker Album.  These are generally bland head shots, but there are a few action shots.  More like quarter action shots because you need four stickers to make one action shot.  Some of the sticker backs include the phrase "Trading double stickers with your friends is fun."  Ah, the days when even card companies were promoting trading and not "value."

I'll even throw in the Band-Aid tin ;-)

HOFers: Reggie Jackson in A's uniform glory

Notables: Lee Smith, Blue Jays (#210) and Phillies (#349) Team Stickers

Closes: January 7, 2010

For Trade:
12, 22, 28 (2), 30, 60, 64, 78, 79, 80, 88, 108 (2), 111, 118, 175, 191, 199, 200, 210, 224, 225, 227, 256, 349, 450 and 451.

Special Requests:
Braves - None
Cubs - None
Dodgers - None
Giants - None
Marlins - N/A
Mets - None
Rangers - 199, 200
Red Sox - 22, 28 (2), 30
White Sox - 60, 64

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Custom Card for GCRL

I made this custom card for Garvey-Cey-Russell-Lopes (GCRL) a few months back.  I was looking at some 1977 Topps Rookie quad cards and got the idea it would be neat to feautre the great 70s and early 80s Dodger infield on one card.  Being a life long Padres fan, I have always had a sweet spot for Garvey and was always a fan of Cey.

 

GCRL on Cardboard! 

As a complete aside, my best friend is a die hard Cubs fan.  So much so that he will forgo the playoffs if the Cubs aren't involved.  Anyways, whenever he starts giving me a hard time, I will say one word "Garvey."  This will usually set him off, and then I'll have to remind him how the Padres organization used to have the number 6 on their second outfield wall, which was the place where Garvey's NLCS Game 4 winning homer landed, thus forcing a deciding Game 5.

If you blow up the picture, you can faintly see the #6 to the left of the 370 mark in RF.

This gets him even more riled up, until I deal the death blow and mention Leon Durham's Game 5 through the wickets error that ended up giving the Padres the lead and eventual NLCS win.  For some reason Durham never got as much heat as Buckner did for his error.

 

To rub it in even further, I was with him at a bar when the Bartman incident occured back in 2003.  Needless to say I was rooting for the Fish.  I never mention this one because it's like twisting the knife already in his back.

Trading Block - 1993 Fleer Ultra

So how is this working out for people?  Good, bad, boring (zzz...)?  If new, check out the Cards Available for Trade links on the right navbar and read the Guidelines.  Just curious for a little feedback.  However, I do need to post some custom Topps Cards That Never Were and post a Padres All-Time Awful Starters (Thanks N.O. for the idea!).

My Take: Again, I never actively collected these cards and must have ended up with them when I was buying 3,000 count boxes unseen for $5 a pop.  Mysteriously cards from 1 through 80 are missing, so they must be in another box.  Guess I will have to do a revisit trade on this one when I find them.  Cards are nice.  I like these much more than 92 Ultra because the backs do not have that bizzare crossword box feel.

HOFers: Eckersley, Henderson

Notables: McGriff, Sheffield, Raines, B. Williams, R. Johnson, E. Martinez, Morris, Wells

Closes: January 6, 2010

For Trade:
83, 96, 98, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 110, 114, 115, 118, 119, 122, 124, 125, 128, 129, 134, 135, 136, 149, 150, 152, 153, 157, 160, 163, 168, 169, 171, 172, 174, 175, 178, 179, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 191, 194, 196, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219, 220, 221, 223, 225, 226, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239, 242, 243, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 274, 278, 280, 285, 287, 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297, 350 and 449

Special Requests:
Braves - None (should have some when I find the first 1-80)
Cubs - None (should have some when I find the first 1-80)
Dodgers - None (should have some when I find the first 1-80)
Giants - 128, 129, 134, 135, 136
Marlins - None
Mets - None (should have some when I find the first 1-80)
Rangers - 278, 280, 285
Red Sox - 149, 150, 152, 153, 157
White Sox - 171, 172, 174, 175, 178, 179

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1995 Emotion

My Take: Lame. Sticky. Squeaky.  If you've seen these cards, you'd get the little joke.  These cards are double thick card stock, and feature a one word "emotion" for each player.  I didn't know "follow through" and "secure" were emotions.  I can't stand these cards.  Please take them!

HOFers: None

Notables: Alex Gonzalez Rookie Insert (#5)

Closes: January 5, 2010

For Trade:
6 (2), 18, 22, 26 (2), 38, 42, 47 (2), 84, 86, 92, 95, 98, 111, 114, 115, 119, 124, 137, 162, 163, 169, 173, 174, 176, 180, 185, 196, 200 & Rookie Insert #5 (Alex Gonzalez)

Special Requests:
Braves - None
Cubs - 111, 114
Dodgers - None
Giants - 196
Marlins - None
Rangers - 84, 86
Red Sox - None
White Sox - 26 (2) 

Check out the guidelines post if you have questions about how this works.

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1992 Fleer Ultra

My Take: Never collected them, but somehow ended up with around 800 Ultra cards through the years.  Shiny.  Pretty picture.  Not a fan of the super high gloss though.  Real pain to sort.

HOFers: Fisk

Notables: Raines, Thome, Sheffield, Canseco, Gooden

Closes: January 4, 2010

For Trade:
4, 8, 13, 22, 25, 27, 28 (2), 32, 33, 34, 35 (2), 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 (3), 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51 (2), 52, 53, 54, 55, 62 (2), 66, 67 (3), 69 (2), 70, 71, 72 (2), 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82 (3), 83, 84 (2), 85, 86, 89, 90 (2), 94, 99 (2), 100 (2), 101, 102 (2), 103, 104, 106, 107 (3), 108, 110, 111, 119, 122, 124, 128, 129, 135, 138, 142 (2), 144, 145, 146 (2), 147 (2), 148, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154 (2), 155, 156, 158 (2), 161, 163 (2), 168 (2), 170 (2), 174, 176, 180, 184, 186, 189, 190, 192, 196, 204, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 220, 221, 226, 227, 230, 231 (2), 232, 233, 234, 235 (2), 236, 237, 238, 240, 242, 243, 244, 246, 248, 253, 254, 255 (2), 261 (3), 267 (2), 268, 269 (2), 278 (2), 280, 285, 286, 292 (2), 295 (2), 297, 299, 334, 346, 351, 367, 370, 381, 405, 406, 442, 461, 526 and 540

Special Requests:
Braves - 158 (2), 161, 163 (2), 168 (2), 170 (2), 461
Cubs - 174, 176, 180, 180, 184
Dodgers - 210, 212, 214, 215, 218
Giants - 285, 286, 292 (2), 295 (2), 297,
Marlins - None
Red Sox - 13, 22
White Sox - 32, 33, 34, 35 (2), 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 (3), 41, 42, 43, 334  

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1994 Post Set

My Take: Got this set through the mail by redeeming two box tops of Raisin Bran.  Cards are nice and logoless, so the future doesn't look too bleak for UD.  Curiously, no Expos were represented in the set.  You can claim the entire set, or break it if you choose.  Note that if it is broken, I am going to claim the Tony Gwynn for myself! :-)

Traded to Captain Canuck!

HOFers: Puckett, Gwynn, Ripken

Notables: Piazza, Mattingly, Sheffield, Bonds, Larkin, Griffey, Grace, Glavine, Alomar, Thomas, Belle and Bagwell

Closes: December 31, 2009

For Trade:
1 - Piazza, 2 - Mattingly, 3 - Gonzalez, 4 - Puckett, 5 - Sheffield, 6 - Justice, 7 - McDowell, 8 - Mo Vaughn, 9 - Daulton, 10 - Bonilla, 11 - Bonds, 12 - Larkin, 13 - Gwynn, 14 - Grace, 15 - Griffey, Jr., 16 - Glavine, 17 - Fielder, 18 - Alomar, 19 - Whiten, 20 - Dykstra, 21 - Thomas, 22 - Clark, 23 - Galarraga, 24 - Olerud, 25 - Ripken, 26 - Salmon, 27 - Belle, 28 - Jefferies, 29 - Bagwell, 30 - Merced

Special Requests:
Braves - 6 (Justice), 16 (Glavine)
Cubs - 14 (Grace)
Dodgers - 1 (Piazza)
Giants - 11 (Bonds), 22 (Clark)
Marlins - 5 (Sheffield)
Red Sox - 8 (Mo Vaughn)
White Sox - 7 (McDowell), 16 (Thomas)
 
As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.
 
Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1992 Denny's Grand Slam Holograms

My Take: I received these cards on our annual road trip from California to Indiana and back in the Summer of '92.  My parents obliged my obsession with baseball cards, and stopped for lunch 6 times at Denny's, where of course I had to order a Grand Slam.  These cards were picked up in: Kingman, AZ; Gallup, NM; Tucamcari, NM; Amarillo, TX; Miami, OK; and Rolla, MO.

HOFers: None

Notables: McGriff and Belle

Closes: December 30, 2009

For Trade:
#3 McGriff (Padres), #6 Belle (Indians), #7 Bream (Braves), #12 Polonia (Angels); #13 Fielder (Tigers); and #16 Johnson (Mets)

Special Requests:
Braves - #7 Bream
 
As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.
 
Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1993 Studio

 
My Take: Horray, it's over!  Nice use of team logos, but no player name on front of card save for the scribbled signatures in illegible gold.  If it had the player name on the front, these cards wouldn't be that bad...maybe.

HOFers: None

Notables: Whitaker, John Franco, Wetteland

Closes: December 29, 2009

For Trade:
14, 19, 45, 53, 65, 70, 76, 97, 124, 130, 138 (2), 150, 165, 182, 184, 189, 198, 204

Special Requests:
Dodgers - 182
Red Sox - 45

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1992 Studio

 
My Take: Zzzz (One less z than 1991 Studio) - At least there is color on these and an action shot of the player in the background, instead of a drab matte painting, however that said action shot appears to have been taken by Zapruder in pixelated sepia.  The horror is almost over my friends.

HOFers: None

Notables: Rob Dibble (awesome card), Hershiser, John Franco

Closes: December 29, 2009

For Trade:
14, 19 (2), 22, 44, 64, 71, 72, 83, 138, 150 (2), 153, 160, 162, 204, 211 

Special Requests:
Dodgers - 44
Red Sox - 138
 
As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.

Trading Block - 1991 Studio

My Take: Zzzzz... I know, I know. Olan Mills, I mean Studio, but I had to start somewhere and these were on hand. 92 and 93 Studio should be up soon. There will be some awful lots coming up, but you never know what people need! It won't always be bad, I have doubles from the mid-60s until the early 2000s.

HOFers: Lasorda

All Stars: Blyleven, Lance Parrish, Whitaker, Saberhagen, Aguilera, Welch, Schilling, Hershiser, John Franco

Closes: December 29, 2009

For Trade:
1, 16, 17, 23 (2), 26, 28, 29, 35, 41, 43, 47 (2), 60, 66, 69, 70, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 88, 91, 92 (2), 93 (2), 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 107, 108, 110, 111, 114, 119, 122, 123, 130, 134 (4), 137 (2), 138 (4), 139, 140 (2), 143 (2), 147 (2), 148, 150, 152, 154, 155, 156, 161, 163 (2), 166 (2), 176, 179, 180, 181, 183, 199, 200 (2), 203, 224, 233, 234, 240, 246, 248, 255, 256, 262 and 263 (2)

Special Requests:
Braves - 143, 147, 148, 150
Dodgers - 181, 183, 262
Red Sox - 16, 17

As always, all unclaimed cards are going to my 1,000,000 Cards for Kids side project, and I can hold your claims until you get enough ammo for a trade.

Remember, first come, first served in the comment box.