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Tag: Houston Rockets

CollectingPosted onSeptember 13, 2020September 14, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. I

I’ve determined that the only way I’m going to get through all of my backlog (especially given my dismal posting rate of late) is to…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 12, 2018July 10, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: All Sorts of Goodies from Randy

Y’all. I’m doing it. This is the final overdue post – from January. But the only way to get caught up is to keep on…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 26, 2017July 9, 2019

The Hunker Down Chronicles, Part 4: Saturday Night Five

Aug. 26, 8:30 pm: Well, the rain began rolling back into our part of town about half an hour ago. We’d been clear since about…

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CollectingPosted onApril 6, 2017July 9, 2019

It’s Gonna Be A Good Year.

It’s Thursday, April 6th and it’s the fourth game of the season. The Astros are 3-0, looking to make it 4-0 with a win tonight…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 13, 2014July 12, 2019

Je Suis Très Heureux, Parce-Que Kevin m’a Envoyé Des Cartes De Baseball!

Whoo! I hope I didn’t butcher my French too much up there. This post is extremely overdue, as are the couple dozen others that are…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 5, 2014July 10, 2019

TTM #17: Scottie Brooks

Just a quick update to take a look at what the mailman brought today, which is a nice looking return from former three-point man Scottie…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 1939 Play Ball #130 (Wilbur) Bill Brubaker
  • A Jeff Bagwell printing plate
  • A Bill Brubaker on-card autograph (’39 or ’40 Play Ball)
  • A Nellie Fox autograph
  • Any of the original 1962 Phillips “Here Come the Colts” magazines
  • A complete run of the 1999 Astros season tickets, which celebrate the franchise history
  • An uncut sheet of the twelve 1967 team issued cards
  • A Colt .45s bobblehead
  • The “Streaking Orbit” bobblehead

Top Targets

A quick list of cards which are most desired at the moment, as dictated by random collecting whims.

  • 2018 Big League Gold Parallels: 86, 104, 304
  • 2019 Topps Chrome Refractors: 28, 62
  • 2019 Topps Fire Inserts
    En Fuego: Gurriel Gold Minted parallel
    Fired Up: Correa (+ Gold Minted parallel)
    Flamethrowers: Cole Blue Chip
    Max Velocity: Fisher Blue Chip parallel
  • 2018 Stickers: 14, 28, 37/40/57/67, 52, 64/141, 70, 86/196, 97/138/146/149, 114, 137, 159, 193, 236
  • 2019 Stickers: 7, 11, 12, 18/19, 34, 37, 45, 46/59/66/76, 49, 54, 56, 57/197, 61, 78, 82, 86, 99, 101, 102, 106, 107, 111, 115, 118, 128/130, 142, 149, 150, 155, 156, 162, 164, 166, 171, 179, 180, 182, 185, 196, 201, 204, 217, 220, 222, 224, 230, 231

Set Killers

A non-exhaustive list of cards that will finish Astros team sets for me. Assassins are most appreciated.

  • 1988 Donruss Baseball’s Best #150 Billy Hatcher
  • 1988 Fleer Star Stickers #88 Nolan Ryan
  • 1989 Topps Big #291 Scott Servais
  • 2000 Upper Deck Hitter’s Club #4 Craig Biggio
  • 2001 Topps Traded – Chrome #T96 Tim Redding
  • 2012 Allen & Ginter #345 Nolan Ryan
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