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Tag: Oddballs

CollectingPosted onSeptember 30, 2018July 9, 2019

A Belated Birthday Dig

I got off my nice posting rhythm once again, but that’s primarily because I have been working on my season-long custom set. Here’s a Twitter…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 18, 2018July 9, 2019

Sliding Into The Mailbox Like…

I’m trying (and succeeding at the moment!) to make some progress on my backlog of cards to post whilst also staying on top of the…

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CollectingPosted onJuly 26, 2018July 9, 2019

Belated Trades: Recapping Some Cards from Ryan

It’s almost the end of June, so let’s take a quick look at my blogging progress this year. Here’s how many posts I’ve gotten up…

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CollectingPosted onJuly 13, 2018July 9, 2019

Belated Trade Posts, Nick V. Edition

One of my favorite “new” card pals who has come into our corner of the internet fairly recently is Nick V., whom you can find…

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CollectingPosted onJuly 10, 2018July 10, 2019

Cards Are Always Fun

Years ago, I highlighted a trip to the local card shop* – well, my local for my trips to Nashville, Tennessee. I had stumbled across…

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AutographsPosted onMay 26, 2018July 10, 2019

Two Weeks To A Year

Tomorrow is our daughter’s first birthday. It’s been crazy watching her grow. In two weeks it’ll be Father’s Day again for me, which means the…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 15, 2018July 9, 2019

Off Hiatus In My Mailbox

It’s been well documented that our pal Tony at Off Hiatus has been spreading some 2018 Topps around the ol’ blogosphere. I, too got a…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 9, 2018July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: Oddballs of All Sizes!

You guys, after an incredible run in January, I have hit a bit of a wall this month. I’m getting a bit tired of the…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 29, 2018July 9, 2019

ARPSmith 2: Killer B Boogaloo

I mean, you should have really seen this coming if you read yesterday’s post. What, a flat rate box full of Astros isn’t going to…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 28, 2018July 9, 2019

Big Things Come In Small Flat Rate Packages

Yowza! As many of you did, I took advantage of our lovely friend Adam’s (ARPSmith) offer to unload some cards from the massive collection he…

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Moonshots

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

  • 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
  • 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

Flagship Needs

One of my goals is to finish off all the Colt .45s / Astros team sets – let’s say by the end of 2023, since there are some dang ol’ high numbers in there.

Topps Needs

  • 1962 Topps #126 Al Cicotte (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #156 Merrit Ranew (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #177 Bobby Shantz (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #526 Hal Woodeshick
  • 1962 Topps #536 Dick Gertner
  • 1962 Topps #556 Al Spangler
  • 1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden
  • 1962 Topps #598 Rookie Outfielders (Ed Olivares)
  • 1963 Topps #312 Colt .45s
  • 1963 Topps #338 Russ Kemmerer
  • 1963 Topps #442 J.C. Hartman
  • 1963 Topps #491 Harry Craft
  • 1963 Topps #538 George Brunet
  • 1963 Topps #544 Rookies (Rusty Staub)
  • 1963 Topps #553 Rookies (Brock Davis)
  • 1963 Topps #576 Johnny Temple
  • 1964 Topps #544 Steve Hertz / Joe Hoerner
  • 1966 Topps #530 Robin Roberts
  • 1966 Topps #539 Bill Heath / Carroll Sembera
  • 1966 Topps #548 Gary Kroll
  • 1966 Topps #557 Felix Mantilla
  • 1966 Topps #566 Mike Cuellar
  • 1966 Topps #576 Dave Nicholson
  • 1966 Topps #586 Claude Raymond
  • 1966 Topps #596 Nate Colbert / Greg Sims
  • 1967 Topps #337 Joe Morgan
  • 1967 Topps #447 Bo Belinsky (incomplete stat line)
  • 1967 Topps #543 Dan Schneider
  • 1967 Topps #564 Alonzo Harris / Aaron Pointer
  • 1970 Topps #672 Leon McFadden
  • 1971 Topps #583 Ron Cook
  • 1972 Topps #679 Bob Fenwick / Bob Stinson
  • 1972 Topps #716 Jesus Alou
  • 1972 Topps #732 George Culver
  • 1972 Topps #747 Jimmy Stewart
  • 1972 Topps #770 Jim Wynn
  • 1973 Topps #613 Bob Boone / Skip Jutze / Mike Ivie
  • 1973 Topps NNO Astros Checklist

Donruss Needs

Fleer Needs

  • 1963 Fleer #36 Joe Amalfitano

Score Needs

Upper Deck Needs

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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