More Bubbles and Relics and Magnum

 Seems like fewer Bubble cards lately.  However the parallels are ridiculous.  New Topps have

over 20 to chase.  I will continue to acquire older parallels.

Eugenio still blows the biggest bubbles

Finding Bubbles in the Minors

The old English "D"

Still getting a couple of relics weekly

A finished set and addition to Oddballs

 I recently finished a set that I started about 30 years ago.  It all started with this card.

This card started my "Bubble" collection (obsession) and is still my favorite card.

It is the only card I know of that has two bubbles on one card.

I also half heartingly have been pursuing the "Brinkley set" and finally finished the set

with this card.

After reading my last blog about Oddballs, Jeff from Wax Pack Wonders

sent me this "flip" card, which is along side all of my "Ozzie" somersault cards.

I hope to repay the favor some day.

Finally, my Relic card quest continues.  Here are some recent cards.

This card is a Mini.

This is a "Jackie" relic.

Will he be in the HOF

 My project of acquiring Memorabilia for all the HOF'ers since 1950 has progressed rather well.

Only 9 to go.  However, along the way I decided to start a parallel goal of Future HOF'er

memorabilia as well.   I'm over 6o cards so far with only 2 more left.   There is a lot of debate

as to Who will be voted in.   Some of the choices I made won't make it and there might be a few

surprises.  Any long shots you can think of?

The above are in, the ones below?

A new bubble

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