Showing posts with label autograph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autograph. Show all posts

Monday, January 13, 2025

Santa Oren Strikes Again!

I don't know what I did to end up on Santa Oren's "nice list", but once again I was surprised by an unexpected mailing from the long time blog reader and collector extraordinaire. As is his M.O., he sent a nice full padded envelope full of goodies. Rather than show off everything, I'm going to highlight my 10 favorites:

10. 2021 Topps Gold Label - Class 2 Black

#93 David Ortiz


We'll start things off with this shiny Ortiz, which initially confused me as being a color parallel of a "class" parallel...Gold Label is just so weird. Pretty though!
 

9. 2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary lot

 
Speaking of shiny, I'm always appreciative of these Chrome Platinum Anniversary cards, especially when they include cards of Luis Tiant and Roger Clemens. Danny Santana looks so out of place in this group!
 

8. 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter - Relics 

#AGR-JLO Jed Lowrie (MEM)

 
Oren often sends me some fun "hits" and this time is no different. This relic is from Red Sox fan favorite and Athletics' All-Star Jed Lowrie.
 

7. 1996 Leaf Signature Series - Autographs Bronze

#NNO Dwayne Hosey

 
The Leaf Signature Series always looks nice, even if it is of a player who only played 52 games in the Majors! Fun fact: After his MLB career ended, he played in Japan and won the 1997 Central League home run title, beating out Japanese legend Hideki Matsui!
 

6. 1999 SP Signature Edition - Autographs

#ShH Shea Hillenbrand (AU)

 
You have my respect if you remembered that Shea Hillenbrand was the starting 3rd baseman for the AL in the 2002 All-Star Game!
 

5. 2023 Topps Archives

#77 Tris Speaker   

 
This card was declared the Greatest Red Sox Card of 2023 by yours truly. Why? Because how many cards out there show a Hall of Famer getting kneed in the groin?
 

4. 2019 Topps Update - Major League Material

#MLM-MC Michael Chavis (MEM)


 The "Ice Horse" was a 1st round draft pick for the Red Sox in 2014. I really like the design of this card with the color fade to black and white. A tipping the cap pose if always a bonus too.
 

 3. 2023 Stadium Club - Autographs

#SCBA-NC Narciso Crook (AU)

 
This is a fun autograph, for no other reason that Crook never played a single game as a member of the Red Sox. Also, he has this card in the Stadium Club set, but not a normal base card.
 

2. 2023 Stadium Club - Blue Foil

#284 David Ortiz (SN50)

 
Beloved Hall of Famer? check. Celebration from a World Series victory? check. Serial numbered to 50 copies? check!
 

1. 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter - Framed Mini Relics

#MFR-DO David Ortiz

 
Safe to say my collection of David Ortiz cards received a nice boost thanks to Oren! This is my 3rd David Ortiz relic, which is surprising since I don't actively hunt down relics. I'm pretty sure each one has been gifted to me somehow.

Thanks again for all the great cards Oren! May 2025 be filled with lots of wonderful cards for your collection!
 





 
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Monday, January 6, 2025

2024 Year In Review

Every year, I have taken a look at how the past year has impacted my collection, and I have decided to  continue again this year and see what changed in 2024! 

2024 Highlights

  • The blog has now reached 7 years, and this post here marks my 1,251st post!
  • The Time Travel Trading Project continues to grow. I've completed 59 trades this past year, including my 300th Time Travel Trade! That's just 2 trades less than the year before, so there has been some consistency!
  • My goal of acquiring the Topps base card of every Red Sox from 1975 onward is coming along well, I'm under 140 cards needed now, which is impressive since I wasn't collecting for about 25 years of that time. My unofficial goal for the year is to get that number under 100. Once I do that, I may start adding some other sets in, like Update.
  • I finished just one complete set this year, and it was a small 4-card set that I had never even seen or heard of before I stumbled upon it this year - The 1994 Megacards Ruthian Shots set!
  • That Ruthian Shots set got completed because there is now a card shop just a couple miles from where I work! It's not a "true" card shop as he can't afford to carry new product, but there's planty of loose cards for me to dig through!
  • Without even realizing it, sometime in the past year I officially added the 50,000th card to my collection!

2024 Diamond Jesters Blog Stats


Number of posts: 143 (5 less than last year, still in range with what I have been putting out yearly)
Month with the most posts: 14 posts in July
Top 5 viewed posts:  The Spam-bots were out in full force this year, as I had 52 posts hit the 100 view mark, 15 more than last year. I only had 1 post hit 200 views last year too.
Most commented posts: Blog Bat-Around: 5 Best Pack Pulled Hits - 17 comments (This was a fun post, and I'm glad it got the response it did.)
Followers: 73 (Who says blogs aren't cool anymore? 3 new followers since last year!)

My Collection

(Stats courtesy of the Trading Card Database)

 
Total number of cards: 50,220 (This total does not include unopened products or cards from the Time Travel Trading project)
Cards from 2024 sets: 945 (Over 600 cards more than last year, and a huge majority of it is from an almost completed 2024 base set!)
Red Sox cards: 6,819 (An increase of 236 cards from last year's total - I'll take it!)
Autographed cards: 51 (8 new this year: Mike Greenwell, Dwight Evans, Matt Barnes, Steven Wright, Jordan Beck, Narciso Crook, Dwayne Hosey, and Shea Hillenbrand) 
 

Graded cards: 1 (No new cards this year, not something I actively collect anyway.)
Relic cards: 33 (7 new this year: James Outman, Koji Uehara, Josh Beckett, Tony Gwynn, Jed Lowrie, Michael Chavis, and David Ortiz)

 
All in all, 2024 was a great year! Here's hoping for an even better 2025!

 

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Friday, October 25, 2024

2024 World Series Tale Of The Tape


 
Golly gee, I wonder who I'm going to root for!
 
It all the years I've done this precursory post to the World Series, I've never had one be so anti-climatic as this one. Yeah, I cannot in good conscious root for New York. Sorry, not sorry. But still, if I didn't have such a strong bias against the Yanks, would they have a chance according to the arbitrary benchmarks I've put in place? Here's the criteria I've used in the past: 

Former Red Sox Players

 
Dodgers: Mookie Betts, Ryan Brasier, Enrique Hernandez
Yankees: Alex Verdugo

2024 Topps
#424 Best Of The Best (CL, CPC)
 
If I can't root for my Red Sox, I can at least root for the guys who used to play for them. This year is a particularly painful one for Red Sox fans, as we got two of the principal players from an certain trade. Of course, the Dodgers have Mookie Betts, while the Yankees now employ the outfielder we received in return in Alex Verdugo. OK, here's the deal: If Betts wins World Series MVP, I'll no longer consider the trade one of the worst in Red Sox history. Instead, it will be a brilliant example of playing the long game and defeating the Yankees on a level the Red Sox never could. Watch out Yankees! We got sleeper agents everywhere!

Advantage: Dodgers
 

Shenandoah Valley Baseball League Alumni

 
Dodgers: none
Yankees: none
 

 
Do to various things in life, I didn't get a chance to attend a Valley League baseball game this year. My lack of support is probably not the reason there are no Vally League Alum playing in this year's Fall Classic, but hopefully I can pick up next year and see a few future Major League players in my hometown.

Advantage: none
 

University of Virginia Cavaliers Alumni

 
Dodgers: Chris Taylor
Yankees: none
 
  
2024 Topps #246 Chris Taylor

Go Wa-hoos! Living a short drive from Charlottesville, I've gone to a few UVa baseball games. Chris Taylor is probably one of the most successful former Cavaliers in MLB, and I wouldn't mind seeing the former NLCS MVP win some more hardware.
 
Advantage: Dodgers
 

Championship Drought

 
Dodgers: 3 years (2020)
Yankees: 14 years (2009)
 
2010 Topps Heritage
#312 Matsui Named MVP (WS)
 
My annual playoff rankings specifically state that the Yankees' World Series drought could never be long enough. But again, I'm doing this exercise as if I didn't have that particular disposition against pinstripes. Since the Dodgers won in 2020, technically I have to give the Yankees this one.

Advantage: Yankees
 

Personal Connection

 
I have zero connection to the Dodgers, outside of enjoying the blogs of a few Dodger fans. The Yankees however...

In one of the true opposites attract cliches, my wife is an avowed Yankees fan. It's actually pretty easy to tolerate her fandom because she doesn't even watch baseball. Outside of Aaron Judge, I don't think she could name another current player off the top of her head. Still she wears the garb, makes playful jabs at me when appropriate, and rolls her eyes at me when I cheer my team on. Heck, we even incorporated our fandom into our engagement picks:

 
We just recently celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary, so no matter how much I don't want to give the Yankees a point here, they're going to earn this one every time.

Advantage: Yankees
 

Spring Training Adventures

 
From 2017-2019, I went with my father-in-law and a friend to Spring Training in Florida every year. The Dodgers of course train in Arizona, so guess who gets another point. Like his daughter, my father in law is a Yankees fan (or was - he stopped watching baseball when politics, corporate sponsorships, and rule changes started lessening his enjoyment). That means I had a lot of opportunities to see the Yankees in action. Just because I root against them doesn't mean I don't appreciate their part in baseball history though. I'm actually proud to have this autograph of former Cy Young winer Ron Guidry.



Advantage: Yankees
 

Best 2023 Topps Base Set Card


2024 Topps
#619 Teoscar Hernandez


2024 Topps
#184 Anthony Rizzo

Since this is primarily a baseball card blog, I figured this post should have a card show-off! I decided to pick each team's best card from the 2024 Topps base set. Both teams have great horizontal cards of players celebrating after what I can assume are significant hits. Bat flips are bad-ass, so the winner here is clear.
 
Advantage: Dodgers


Final Talley: Dodgers 3, Yankees 3

 
It's a tie! I guess this means I need a complicated, no-doubt, fair and balanced tiebreaker to determine the winner... 

Nope.


Go Mookie!

 
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Friday, October 11, 2024

El Tiante And Me

In 2013, I had the opportunity of a lifetime. My father-in-law and his best friend had been making yearly trips to Florida for Spring Training. That year, I was invited along.  It was amazing. We took in three games: We started with the Braves facing the Yankees, and ended with the Rays versus the Pirates. It was that middle game that I'll remember the most.

March 6th, 2013 - Jet Blue Park, Spring Training home of the Boston Red Sox. We had tickets to see a game there against the Pirates. We got there early, as planned, to watch batting practice. There's something transcendent about standing in the front row of seats on a beautiful sunny day watching the fielders play catch while the sounds of a bat hitting a ball echo through a mostly empty stadium. I'd call it serene if you didn't have to pay attention to where the batted balls were going so you didn't get hit by a stray. It was heaven nonetheless.

I had a baseball and a black ball-point pen with me (No Sharpies! They bleed through he leather!), just in case the opportunity for an autograph should arise. That was another thing. We weren't laser focused autograph hounds like a lot of people there. We were ready if it happened, but if we went away empty handed that was fine too. 

The guys on the field were putting their work in, and attempts to call anyone over proved futile. I got some pictures of Jon Lester, Brock Holt, and Jackie Bradley Jr, but they all kept their distance. It looked like today would have been one of those empty handed days until a golf cart drove passed us along the third base line. The cart stopped, and the passenger got out and started making his way to the stands, a few feet away. Ball and pen in one hand, I fumbled with my phone in the other to snap a quick picture:
 
 
When I said I was fine if I ended the day without an autograph, I meant it. This was a vacation, and my enjoyment wasn't going to hinge on someone's scribble. That being said, when a player starts making his way down the line towards you, the excitement level builds, and you start hoping that they don't decide to walk away before they reach you. (I've had ball players leave after signing the for the person right next to me - looking at you Ian Desmond!) 
 
 
That day was special. I handed the ball and pen to Louie Tiant, who took the ball, signed it and handed it back to me. I made it a point to use what little Spanish I know and tell him "Gracias." Shortly thereafter he returned to the golf cart and was sped away. That brief moment stands out in my memories. It was my first real connection with someone who played for the Red Sox (even though he last played when I was 7!). I'm forever grateful that he took those few moments of his time to connect with the fans that day.
 
Later that year, I'm not exactly sure when, the itch to start collecting started to come back. It started like these things do, with nostalgia. I remember being in a Dollar Tree and seeing packs of baseball cards near the checkout line. My first real introduction to repacks. I hadn't collected in earnest for about 20 years - since high school. Now here I was in my late 30's, looking at this simply packaged stack of baseball cards, and thought, for a dollar, why not? It'll be fun. 
 
I opened the pack and that nostalgia wave hit immediately. Cards from my youth, cards I knew I still had in boxes in my attic. I saw the fronts and immediately knew what years most of them were from. That alone might have been enough to hook me back in, but what really dealt the knockout punch was a single card that I couldn't believe I was holding in my hands.
 
 
Wait, what? Luis Tiant! I have his autograph! What is a card this old doing in a cheap $1 repack? I was in awe, studying the card front and back. Wow, he looks so young on this card. I almost didn't recognize him without his mustache. I didn't realize he pitched for the Indians. Do all repacks have older cards in them? Is that normal? (Only one way to find out...)

In January of 2014, I joined the TCDB and started entering my collection. According to the database, I entered this 1968 Topps card (the first one I ever owned!) in February of that year. I don't know when I bought that repack exactly, but in my mind's revisionist history I believe that this card was purchased before I joined and that this repack and the ones that followed led me to the website. I think it's fairly safe to say Luis Tiant helped jump start my return to the hobby, and by extension this blog. Another thing I owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Tiant for.

It hasn't been a great start of the week for me personally, and the passing of Luis Tiant was a blow that I didn't really need. It did however put things in perspective, especially when I was digging through my old blog posts and came across a quote of his:
 
 
I needed that one, and I need to remember it. One last thing I can thank El Tiante for. 

Gracias.


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Monday, May 27, 2024

Blog Bat-Around: Last Card

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Happy Memorial Day! I am thankful of those that gave their lives so that I may enjoy this day with my family.
 
Last week, John at John's Big League Baseball Blog posted a bat-around tasking fellow bloggers to post the last base set card from your favorite player's career.

My first thought - easy enough! Even though I don't have a single favorite player nowadays, my childhood favorite would be a logical choice!

Then I thought about it. There's a good reason why I don't have a single favorite player now. Sometimes, the guy that childhood-aged you hung a poster of on your bedroom wall does stupid things. Stupid things like take PEDs, or engage in an affair with a 15-year old. And that's all after he stupidly became a Yankee.
 
2008 Topps #105 Roger Clemens
 
Yeah, sorry. I can't have the focus of a bat-around be a Yankee card of great ball player/lousy human. At least my personal fandom with The Rocket (who I still have a soft spot for, not going to lie) taught me to engage more in a player's story or the connections I feel towards that player rather than the individual himself.
 
2011 Topps #123 Mike Lowell
 
Players like Mike Lowell, who like me is a testicular cancer survivor. He was a secondary piece in the trade that brought him to the Red Sox, a throw in the Marlins practically begged the Red Sox to take in order to trade Josh Beckett. All he did was become a fan favorite and World Series MVP. It wasn't until after his career ended that I learned he also played for my hometown's summer collegiate league - one more connection we share!
 
2018 Topps #591 Daniel Nava
 
Players like Daniel Nava, who had one of the most inspiring journeys to the Major Leagues as anyone in recent memory. I've always said his story would make a great feel good movie in the vein of "The Rookie". He's a guy that worked hard for every opportunity that baseball ever gave him. Guys like that often become journeyman if they are lucky enough, which is why Nava's final base card is for a team he never suited up for in a regular season game.
 
1983 Topps #178 Luis Tiant
 
Players like Luis Tiant, who finished playing Major League baseball when I was in grade school and someone I can say confidently that I never saw pitch. Tiant is one of those players that I always recognized that's to that glorious mustache, but never really counted as a favorite. That changed in 2013, when I had my first opportunity to attend Spring Training games in Florida. Of course the Red Sox facility (JetBlue park in Fort Myers) was one of the stops. We got there early to take in some batting practice, and hopefully get an autograph of one of the players. As I stood along the the 3rd base line, a cart drove down the field. The man driving the cart stopped near us, and out stepped his passenger, the one and only El Tiante. He spent some time signing autographs, and made his way to me.
 
 
That one small act made me delve more into his career and become a fan (even though he too joined the Yankees after his Boston tenure. He's forgiven, though!)
 
So how about you, fellow bloggers? Care to join the bat-around?
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Monday, March 18, 2024

Time Travel Trading Update #87

 
Let's get this major announcement out of the way first: With the following trades, I'm up to 294 completed Time Travel Trades! When I was approaching the 200 trade mark, I held a little contest where the 200th official trade got to pick any card in the Time Travel trade stack for free! I think I should do that again, don't you? My 300th Time Traveling Trade partner will get any card in the stack of their choice!
 
We'll kick things off with the winner of that 200th Trade contest, Greg (Night Owl Cards). He picked up some fun cards, and sent fun cards in return.
I watched a lot of wrestling in the early 90's, but I was a WWF (now WWE) fan, so I'm not familiar with the lovely Miss Hyatt or anyone from WCW. The Bowman cards are the real eye catcher here...

 
Maybe the 300th trade will come from Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!). This is our 50th Time Travel trade, and it has become an annual tradition that Bo takes any unclaimed cards whenever I add a pack from the latest base set. Bo sent back cards full of star power, with 7 Hall of Famers (plus Barry Bonds).
Perhaps Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) will be the lucky winner. Greg, Bo, and Brendan are pretty consistent trading partners every month, so they have a good chance. Brendan more than anyone is a reason the stack has swelled to the number it has. I sent him two Time Travel cards, he sends a dozen!

You may have noticed that the photo on the left contains one less card than it's counterpart. I had to do a bit of creative angling to get a decent shot of the Denny's Hologram:
 

Maybe the winner won't be one of the "Big 3", but one of the many others who have traded with me. John (Adventures Of A Baseball Card Collector) has traded with me each of the past 3 months, and is climbing that honored leader board of Time Travelers. He picked up a trio of cards from 2024 as well as a trio from 1955. Great cards come back my way:
Our last trade for today comes once again from Greg (Night Owl Cards).  He snagged the 2024 Dodgers I had listed, along with some "old" cards. Here's what came back:
Full disclaimer, I have no idea if that Roseboro is a cereal box or mail-in variation. I listed it as cereal on the TCDB just to be safe.

Thanks again to Greg, Bo, Brendan, and John! The kickoff to 300 begins! Maybe the lucky 300th trader will be you? There's only one way to find out!


As always, these cards are all available in exchange for an older card. You can claim your cards below, or through the TCDB (Kep75). Let's make some trades! 
 

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

2023 Topps
#30 Kenley Jansen
 
 
2022 Stadium Club
#74 Jose Berrios

2022 Topps
#440 Trent Grisham 
 
2022 Topps Allen & Ginter - Mini
#153 Starling Marte 
 
2022 Topps Update - Stars of MLB
#SMLB-72 Julio Urias
 
2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)
 
2021-22 Donruss (soccer)
#183 Jose Macias (RR)
 
 
2020 Leaf Draft - Gold (football)
#66 CeeDee Lamb (AA)
#77 Collin Johnson (TD)    
 
2018 Stadium Club - Autographs
#SCA-KF Kyle Farmer (AU)

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons
 
2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners
 
2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall
 
 
2013 Topps
#326 Andruw Jones
 
2013 Topps Update
#US143 Tim Lincecum (CL)
 
2012 Topps Stickers
#237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)  

2011 Topps - Before There Was Topps
#BTT1 American Tobacco 1909 T206 (Honus Wagner)
  
2010 Bowman - Prospects Black
#BP51 Chase D'Arnaud
#BP56 Rolando Gomez

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson      
 
2010 Topps (football)
#249 David Garrard
 
2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh
 
2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu  
 
2009 Donruss Americana (non-sport)
#50 Francesco Quinn
 
2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi
 
2008 Topps (football)
#301 Larry Fitzgerald (PB) 
 
2007 Upper Deck MLB Rookie Card of the Month
#ROM-4 Ryan Braun 
 
2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 
 
2006 Topps Updates & Highlights
#UH172 Mike Piazza (SH)
 
2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green
 
2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC) 
 
2004 Just Rookies - 05 Preview Autographs
 
2003 Bazooka
#100 Barry Bonds
 
2002 Fleer Maximum
 
2002 Upper Deck Piece of History
#39 Joe DiMaggio 
 
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte
 
2001 Topps Archives
#20 Gaylord Perry
 
 
1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#16 Eric William 
 
1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber
 
1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders 
 
1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo
 
1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill  
 
 
1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   
 
1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

1996 Leaf
 
1996 SP
 
1996 Upper Deck
#358 Todd Worrell
 
1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     
 
1995 Skybox Jumanji (non-sport)
#31 Help Us Finish
 
1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#74 I've Always Loved You!
#75 Do You Love Me?
 
1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman  

1994 Collector's Choice
#636 David Justice (UC&P)
 
1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal
 
1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero  
 
1994 Upper Deck Denny's Holograms
#11 Andres Galarraga
 
1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney  
 
1994 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis 500 Champions Collection (racing)
#NNO Danny Sullivan
#NNO Mario Andretti
 
1993 Leaf
#322 Andres Galarraga 
 
1993 Stadium Club
 
1993 Topps
#3 Ryne Sandberg
 
1993 Action Packed Hall of Fame (basketball)
#37 Connie Hawkins
 
1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 
 
1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje
 
 
1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   
 
 
 
1992 Pinnacle
 
1992 Score
#845 Kenny Lofton (RP)  
 
1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
#57 Roger Clemens
 
 
1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)
 
1989-92 Racing Champions Stock Car (racing)
#01126 Geoff Bodine
 
 
1991 Score
 
1991 Score Rookie & Traded
#58T Fred McGriff 
 
1991 Topps
#575 Robin Yount

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  
 
1991 Upper Deck
 
1991 Fleer (football)
 
1991 Pro Set (football)
 
1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor
 
 
1991 Impel WCW (wrestling)
#157 Missy Hyatt

 
1991 Topps Desert Storm (non-sport)
#147 Working Together   
 
 
1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti
 
1990-91 Fleer (basketball)
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#21 Kelly Tripucka
 

1990 Fleer
 
1990 Pacific Legends
#34 Don Kessinger
#78 Al Rosen 
 
1990 Swell Baseball Greats
#77 Marv Throneberry
 
 
1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)
 
1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)
 
1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

   
 
1989 Topps
#628 Matt Williams
 
1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre
 
1988 Donruss 
 
 
1988 Pacific Legends I
#11 Harvey Haddix
 
 
1988 Topps
#70 Roger Clemens
 
1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman
 
1988 Topps Traded
 
1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 
 
1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer

1987 O-Pee-Chee

1987 Topps 
#425 Tom Seaver
 
1986 Donruss
 
 
1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
#7 Rickey Henderson
 
1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers
 
1986 Fleer Star Stickers
#32 Andre Dawson 
 
1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey
 
1986 Topps Quaker Granola
#25 Rickey Henderson
 
1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
 
1985 Fleer
#639 500th Homer (Reggie Jackson) (SSS) 
 
1985 Topps #403
Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)  
 
1985 Topps Woolworth All Time Record Holders
#5 Lou Brock
 
1985 Topps (football)
#53 Lions Team Leaders (TL)
#359 Mark Malone 
 
1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 
 
1984 Donruss

1984 Fleer
 
1984 Topps
#132 1983 Home Run Leaders (Schmidt/Rice) (LL)
 
 

1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#14 Dave Kingman
 
 
1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints
 
1982 Dover Publications Reprints National League
#15 Robin Roberts
 
1982 Fleer
#39 Reggie Jackson
 
1982 Topps
 
1982 Topps (football) 
 
1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)
 
1981 Donruss  
#67 Keith Hernandez
 
1981 Fleer
#427 Steve Braun

1981 Topps
#202 Steve Carlton (RB)
#372 Jay Johnstone 
 
 
1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry
#286 Darold Knowles
 
 
1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

1979 Topps 
#412 All-Time Record Holders: RBI (Hack Wilson/Hank Aaron) (ATRH)
#418 All-Time Record Holders: ERA (Dutch Leonard/Walter Johnson) (ATRH)
 
1979 Topps (football)

1978-79 Topps (basketball)
#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  
 
 
1977 Dover Publications Classic Baseball Cards Reprints
#10 Lefty O'Doul
#18 Jimmie Dykes
#99 Hal Chase
#NNO Melvin Harder
#NNO Fred Merkle
 
1977 Topps
 
1977 Topps (football)

1976 Topps

1976 Topps (football)

1975 Topps
 
 
1974-75 Topps (hockey)
#13 Syl Apps
 
 
1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn
 
1974 Topps (football)
#3 Don Hansen

 
1972 Topps  
 
1971 Topps
 
1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)
 
1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui
#287 Fred Talbot   #390 Willie Davis    
 
1970 Topps (football)
 
1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#2♦ Paul Casanova
 
1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez
 
1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 
 
1968 Topps

1967 Topps

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger
 
1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#83 George Thomas 
 
1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game
#NNO Ball

1964 Topps 
 
1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore
 
1962 Topps
1961 Topps
 
1960 Topps

1959 Topps

1957 Topps
 
1956 Topps (football)
#51 Ted Marchibroda
 
1955 Bowman
 
1955 Topps
 
1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer
 
1954 Bowman
#8 Jim Busby
#73 Don Mueller
 
1954 Topps
#215 Ed McGhee

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)

1953 Topps
#137 John Rutherford (VAR)
 
1952 Bowman
#86 Cal Abrams 
 
1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
#75 Elias Howe
 
1951 Bowman
#153 Rex Barney
 
1951 Bowman (football)
#118 Frank Reagan
 
 
1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#38 Petunia

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler
 
1938 Churchman's Boxing Personalities (boxing)
#45 Ted Broadribb
#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson
 
1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting 
 
1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)
 
1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound
 
1924 Lambert & Butler Wonders of Nature (non-sport)
#25 Army-Worms and Fly 

1922 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Third Series (J7) (non-sport)
#7 Prothonotary Warbler

1915 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America First Series (J5) (non-sport)
#1 Quail
 
1910 Champions (T218) (multi-sport)
 
1890 N245 Sweet Caporal Actors & Actresses (non-sport)
#NNO Frankie Raymond

The Time Travel Trading Project is simple in concept. I started out with a random pack of 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards. My aim was to trade every card in that pack for something older. Each card I receive in turn is then made available for trade, with the goal to get the oldest card I can get.

 Number of trades completed: 294 (1 pending!)
Unique trading partners: 73

 Number of cards mailed out: 1,602
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,347
Year of oldest card received: 1890
 
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