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.

A big help from Fuji

 Mark (Chronicles of Fuji) and I exchanged some cards recently and I received 4 additional

Game used cards for my quest.  Other trades have increased the number of cards to over 100.

Still a long way to go.  

Still my all time favorite player

The only pitcher to have really kept his items on the high side

Possible HOF'er and a bubble, Two-fer

1977 Padres schedule set for my "Bob" collection

Another HOF'er card I needed

A card for Nick, hope you're still hanging in there.

Another rainbow for my bubble collection

2009 Yankee card with unusual stamp

National Sports Cards Convention

 Another new goal of mine is to acquire at least one baseball card from each National Sports Card 

Convention.  The First convention was in Los Angeles in 1980.  This years convention is

scheduled for late July in Rosemont, IL.

This is the 1st year I have   1983

Bobby Thomson front & back

This card pre-dates the National  It's from the Atlanta Sports Collectors Convention

held in 1978.   There were 23 cards issued, including HOF'ers, Aaron, Spahn,

Mathews, Cepeda, and Torre.   There was one football card in the set of Tommy Nobis.

Continuing the Quest

 There are over 120 HOF'ers that have been elected to the Baseball HOF since 1970.  Since I started my

"Quest" about 2 months ago, I've added 36 Memorabilia patch cards to my collection.  As I continue, I 

know it will get harder to find and afford cards for certain HOF'ers.  My quest will be fun, while 

knowing I may never complete it.   Like my "bubble" collection and many other collector 

passions, they grow while we don't know if there is an end.  Here are a couple of new Patch cards:

Goes in  Patches and "Bob" collection

GOT a few cards from the 60's

I try and get cards from different manufacturers and styles

1962 Bell Brand

First time for me seeing this brand, 1968 Sports Memorabilia

My 5 yr old granddaughter knew this card and thought it was neat

Another "Sunset card" of Hank

Need two more cards to complete set

Thome and Javy 

Lopez   Let me know if you have one to trade.

I'm also collecting cards of possible, down the road HOF'ers.

I have 15 of those cards so far.,

Game Used quest

 I recently started a new mini collection, Game used or Patch cards for HOF'ers.  I started with 31 

and have added 22 in the past month.  Two were COMC purchases and the rest have been trades

on TCDB.

A little history on Patch cards.  Press Pass started the trend in 1995 with Tire pieces on Racing cards

from cars.  Next were Upper Deck starting in 96-97 Hockey and baseball in 1997.  The three UD

baseball cards were Griffey, Gwynn and Ordonez.  Here are a couple of my recent acquisitions.

The older the player, the tougher to find and the cost rises.

Minor League bubble

Another "Bob" mini collection

1975 TCMA  About 250 cards so far in this collection.

At least 1 Topps base Bob from every year

I've been collecting Matt since the Card Life

Working on 1 card from every National year

Being a life long Tigers fan, this is my 22nd different Skubal rookie.