Randomness

Here are some 1984 Ralston Purina 1st Annual Collector's Edition baseball cards by Topps. I do not remember when or how I got these, but they are pretty cool.

They were available in Ralston cereals, Cookie Crips is the only one I remember eating so maybe that's where I got them.

The back of each card has a little personal info on each player, on Brett's card it says that he has 3 brothers (Ken, John,Bobby). Lynn was named All-American at USC. Fisk was his high school's MVP in soccer and Cooper's high school team won 2 Texas titles.

The cards are

George Brett #13 of 33

Fred Lynn #29 of 33

Carlton Fisk #33 of 33

Cecil Cooper #27 of 33

Now onto this gem. Please tell me that none of you have this sweat shirt as part of your wardrobe....lol. I don't believe it was "cool" then, much less now. What was Topps thinking when they offered this to collectors as a purchase? "High quality Puffy-lettered sweatshirt" aka, wear it to school and get punched in the face. Nice going Topps.

GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!

In one of the best rivalries in collegiate football, the Army vs Navy game has to rank high among all of sports. Tomorrow brings us the 111th meeting between the two service academies, it is always a great game, with both sides giving it all they have, leaving it all on the field.

Some people do not like the style of football played by both sides, but they have to remember that the academies do not recruit football players, they recruit leaders.

So come game time, I will be cheering on my Navy team to get the victory, but as a retired veteran a part of me always cheers for the Army and Air Force academies.

GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!

Random Pack #1 2004 Fleer Patchworks

Well since things have been pretty slow on the trading front, I figured that I would do a random pack post like some other bloggers do, plus it gives me something to do....lol.

Ok, today we have Fleer Patchworks from 2004, there are 5 cards per pack. I have never seen these cards before, at least I don't remember seeing them. I actually like the look of these cards, I especially like the black background on the left side with the team logo embossed over it.

The cards pictured are as follows:

#31 Jason Schmidt

#60 Austin Kearns

#5 of 15 Eric Gagne By The Numbers

#64 Preston Wilson

#23 Miguel Tejada

Ron Santo

Chicago Cub great Ron Santo has passed away. This is a very sad day for Cubs fans and baseball fans in general. Ron always made me laugh when I listened to the Cubs on WGN Radio out here in California. He had a great laugh and his "Awwww gezzzzz" is my favorite phrase of his. He had a tremendous passion for the Cubs and for the fans as well. It is sad to know that he was never voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame while he was alive. But knowing the politics of baseball, he will probably be voted in now. A little too late if you ask me.

But I believe that Ron's hall of fame were the Cubbies, the Cubs fans and the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, that was and always will be his Cooperstown.

Rest in peace Ron, I wil miss listening to your voice on the radio.....awwww gezzzzz.

The Brooklyn Met!

I recently received a package in the mail from Jason aka thebrooklynmet over at Clearcutcards. He got the cards pictured below in a group break, so knowing that I collect Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio, he was kind enough to send them my way so I could add them to my collection. Thank you Jason, I greatly appreciate it.

1998 Dugout Axcess #1 of 20 Double Header Jeff Bagwell

1998 Dugout Axcess #130 7th Inning Stretch Jeff Bagwell

1998 Dugout Axcess #20 Craig Biggio

1998 Dugout Axcess #19 Jeff Bagwell

Texas Ranger Rob

Hey folks, it has been awhile since I last posted anything on here. I have not pulled any great cards and do not have any trades in progress, so needless to say, my card world has been pretty quiet. But not long ago, I worked on a trade with Rob at Texas Rangers Cards , I sent him some cards for his Rangers collection and in return he sent me the Pudge cards pictured above. So my Ivan Rodriguez collection is coming along well, it's almost time to split the binder and start a new one...lol. Thanks for the cards Rob, I hope that we can trade again sometime in the future.

The cards pictured are as follows.

2003 Topps Finest #18

2003 Topps Bazooka #101

2003 Donruss Studio #125

2003 Fleer Focus Jersey Edition #133

2005 Playoff Prestige Game Worn Jersey Collection #7

2003 Fleer Avant #36

2003 Upper Deck #455

2003 Upper Deck MVP #7

More for my collection.

Well I checked my mail over the weekend only to find the usual junk mail, insurance stuff, coupons and the ever present bill, but there under all that was a bubble mailer from Chris over at Budget Baseball Cardboarding. Awhile back, I sent him a bunch of Rays cards, along with some Ichiro and some other players to add to his collection. I was not expecting a package, but I was very surprised and happy to have received it.

Chris sent me some cards for my collection of Pudge, Vlad, Biggio and Bagwell. Along with those he sent a Mike Scott and Dickie Thon to add to my Astros collection in tribute to my late father.

Thanks for the cards Chris, I hope that we can trade again some time soon.

Pictured here from left to right are the following:

Mike Scott 1983 Topps #100T

Dickie Thon 1987 Topps Tiffany #386

Ivan Rodriguez 2007 Topps Heritage #370

Vladimir Guerrero 2006 Topps 2K All-Stars #7, 2007 Bowman #136, 2007 Upper Deck TP-VG

Craig Biggio 1990 Topps #157, 1990 Score #237

Jeff Bagwell 2001 Topps #407