My Favorite Oddballs

As I was entering my Oddballs into the TCDB lists database, over 250 different cards, I decided to 

show my top 10 favorite cards.  Since I couldn't keep it to 10, I added a separate category for Minor 

League cards.  Let's start with the minor league.

Not sure who copied who

Minor league meal allowance used to be pretty low

My favorite Milb card

The original flipper

Don't get up

Rex had multiple cards for choosing

Rijo had more cards than anybody in my oddballs, including 6 with squirt guns

Kruk's 7th inning stretch

Appropriate nickname for Bill, "Spaceman"

Mark helps again

 Another nice assist from Mark, Chronicles of Fuji, on almost finishing one card from every year

of the National Sports Collectors Convention.  Good news for me, after a couple of more years

in Chicago, 2028 will see the National in Detroit.  Mark also included this card for the largest bubble

ever recorded.  I also added a few more HOF'er Relic cards.  Only 12 more to go.

I've been trying to add cards from different manufacturers and years

A friendly trade with a fellow trader from Canada

I think Mantle has more relic cards than anybody

Some have the Convention stamp on the front and some on the back

embossed 

A mini

another mini

Promos

 Another of my many subsets are Promos.  They come in many names.  Samples, promo,

preview, prototype and many others.  There are other categories that are close.  Enter to Win,

Join the Club, Limited Edition, Special Collection, Redeemable, Coming Soon, Bonus Offer

and many more.

The Predictor is Joe Montana

All sports are included

Some promos see to be smaller print runs.  Do you think they're more valuable?

Relic update

 My Relic quest of HOF'ers and future HOF'ers is progressing.  I currently have 105 Relic cards

of current HOF'ers and 31 of future HOF'ers.  Still to go are 29 HOF'ers and 1 future HOF'er.

I'm trying to get all the players that retired from 1950 till now.  These following eight players

will be harder to find and pricier:  DiMaggio, Paige, Jackie Robinson, Mantle, Koufax, Aaron,

Clemente and Mays.  If anyone knows someone willing to trade or sell these 8 players,

please let me know.  Here are a few of my recent acquisitions.

And possible HOF'ers

Starting Lineup

 I enjoyed the All Star game but too much rapping, especially during the starting lineup introductions.

Speaking of Starting Lineup,  here are some of my cards.  I have at least one card from every release 

year.  Pat McInally, NFL star, started the idea and brought Kenner into the picture in 1988.  First 

year was MLB, NFL and NBA.  Soon all the major and some minor sports were involved.  When 

Kenner 

was sold Hasbro took over manufacturing.  Production was from 1988 - 2001.  Limited re-releases

have occurred in 2010 and 2022.  A 1988 PSA 10 Michael Jordan sold for close to $7000.  Most cards 

are worth a couple of dollars.

National Baseball Card Day

 National Trading Card Day started in 2004 and included all the major sports, baseball, football,

basketball, hockey and racing.

Starting in 2004 and continuing in 06 and 08 the day was usually in August and dealers were 

involved in distributing the cards.  The name changed in 2006 to National Baseball Card Day.

Revived in 2016, NBCD has been yearly.  The name changed in 2022 to International Trading Card Day

and in 2024 to Topps Trading Card Day.

Since my last post I've added to my Memorabilia collection

My first GGum card.