Two posts in one day

 I was watching the TV show, The Card Life, and they had a feature on Matt Strahm who is the show's 

host.  This year he was selected as an All-Star from the Phillies as a reliever.  At the game and pre-game 

festivities he was wearing a "Card Belt" made by Will of his baseball cards.  I had a similar belt made up 

of bubble cards and sent a "Belt" to a few of my fellow bloggers.

It is a great show devoted to the Card industry and I hope you're able to get this syndicated TV show in 

your area.

Bubble Milestones

It's been awhile.   Just got my COMC order and there were some special Bubble cards.

My first Wrestling bubble.  1985

Maybe the first bubble on a card.  The Rat Patrol, 1966.

Showing my age, Our high school rival had some players on their football team nicknamed the The Rat Patrol.  I did watch the show regularly.

A guy is blowing a bubble in the background.  I thought it would be in a baseball game.

Courtesy of C2Cigars.

I do collect rainbows of bubble blowers.  This card is literally a rainbow.

Deion's third bubble card.

Another minor league card.  Lately, there have been more and more cards from the minors.

Another in a growing segment, autos and SP's.

Sports Illustrated mini collections

 I've been entering my cards into TCDB for the last couple of months.  Most for sale or trade.

I came across a box of SI that has not been looked at for awhile.  Going through the cards,

I noticed a few that fit in my mini collections.

Not too many cards have 4 pictures on one side

This goes in my Great numbers binder

Card Art

A bubble

A mini poster in my dirt collection

One of his many great catches

HOF'ers making a guest appearance

2 for 1, HOF'ers

Wrigley Ivy

Looks like he's taking a nap

This goes in my squirt gun collection

Eddie Gaedel ?

2023 Stadium Many Mini Collections

 I received my 2023 Stadium and it's still my favorite of all the releases.  It has rookies and vets, mini 

collection gems and, at least for me, Autos that help defer my cost.  This is the 2nd year in a row that a 

Juan Soto Auto has made a difference.  In 2022 Stadium, I got a co signer of Soto and Guerrero.  

This year;

Only 25 of this Auto.  It was in the 2nd to last pack I opened.

My first player sitting in a lounge chair.  Look at the TV.

Let's play Two.

Lots of players signing Autos this year

Broken bat mini collection

more mini collections, Budweiser

It's Hammer time

future HOF'er last cards

And most important new bubble cards for "the collection"

Best Trade so far

 I've been trading on TCDB for a couple of months and this trade with coachspike has been the 

most fun.  I thought I'd show the cards which includes a few for my "Bob" collection, an early minor 

league card and my first Goudey Indian Gum.

1939 Play Ball HOF'er Bill Terry

Last Card Musial

A more modern Stan

I have been collecting Minor League unique cards

1947 Oakland Oaks

1947 Bond Bread Bobbie Doerr

Another "Bob" card

Very Cool   1933 - 40 Goudey Indian Gum

New bubble cards and more from COMC

 I received 10 new bubble cards for my collection from COMC.  Also closed out a couple of sets

and added a few more I needed.

Acuna is now in my top 3 of bubble blowers

You find bubbles in all sorts of different places

Including other sports,  Hockey leads 

In my collection of bubbles, parallels are sometimes the hardest to find.

One of other sets i'm collecting.  Hard to finish when this set was spread over many

releases.

My HOF sunset collection adds another card.

Will I add 4 or 5 more?

Beltre for sure, will Wagner, Sheffield, Helton,

Mauer and Andruw Jones all be voted in?

Biggest class in a long time?