Randy Johnson 1991 Fleer

I well start off with a link exchange with The Ugly Baseball Card Blog

This is a Great Site! This blogger say's that he spent years collecting all these cards and they aren't worth a darn thing. But at least they're amusing. He has been posting ugly cards.

As for me I am posting a 1991 Fleer Randy Johnson.

The back of the Card says : At 6'10" Randy is extremely imposing and has become part of the core of Seatle's good young rotation amassing 13 wins and 180+ stikeouts by October 1990 .... hurled a no hitter 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers on June 2.1990.... REceived Schlarships for both Basketball and baseball at USC.

A note from the BaseballI card man: I always like the 1991 Fleer .But in 2001 are house flooded from a water link and I lost about 4000 cards. One box of those cards was 1991 Fleer. O'well

Got a Trade

I Just did a Trade with NetScans
I Gave up some 89 Topps Coins. I got in return Topps Chrome Nick Markakis # 10 Generation Now, Alex Rodriguez #230 Road To 500 Topps, 2K7 Mickey Mantle Unlock the Mick Exclusive Cheats on Back 2007, Mickey Mantle Topps Baseball MMS2 2007.
Was a Great trade! I think Moe was getting tired of waiting on me to make up mind. I finally told him just surprise me and he did! Thanks, Moe! go to NetScans and check out his site. He is a great trader!
Baseballcardman

Al Brazle

Tonight I am posting a 1952 Topps Al Brazle Card. This is one of the first old cards I ever traded for. In 1976 a guy had put a ad in the local newspaper wanting to trade baseball cards.So I called about making a trade I told the man I had a lot of 1973 1974 1975 he said had not bought many cards in the 1970's but he had collected many cards when he was a kid in the 1960's and he would like to make a trade with some of my 1970's. so, when he came over to my house and i started looking through his older cards I realized that I did not know many of these guys. But, he had a couple of really old cards and I asked him what they were about? He said, they were 1952 Topps the first year Topps ever made cards. I traded a lot of my 1974's &75's to get about 20-30 old cards and I got 2 of the 1952 Topps. I remember thinking "man, I really have something now!"

Alpha Eugene Brazle (October 19, 1913 - October 24, 1973) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936, and later traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Mike Ryba in September, 1940. He played his entire MLB career for the Cards (1943, 1946-1954). In 1954, at the age of 40, he was the oldest player to appear in a National League game that season.
A native of Loyal, Oklahoma, Brazle played 7 1/2 years in the minor leagues before he became a 29-year old Cardinal rookie. He completed 47 of 117 starts, with 7 shutouts, and twice led the National League in saves (1952 and 1953).
His career totals include a record of 97-64 (.602), 441 games, 60 saves, 178 games finished, 1376.2 innings pitched, 554 strikeouts, and a 3.31 ERA. He was a member of two pennant-winning clubs, losing in the 1943 World Series to the New York Yankees, and winning the 1946 World Series against the Boston Red Sox.

"Old Alfie was a terrific relief pitcher because he was a lefthander with good control and a great natural sinker that dipped better the more he worked and the more tired he became. He didn't have much of a curve, but somehow his knee action when he sidearmed lefthanded hitters seemd to drive some pretty good ones crazy." - Hall of Famer Stan Musial in The Man's Own Story (Stan Musial, 1964)

Cy Young ,a legend and some Little Leage admirers

Here is the Card of the day. How fortunate were these little guys to get advice from Cy Young ?Young credited his off season farming chores, including wood chopping, with keeping his pitching strength in good shape until he was 44. Even at the time of his retirement, his arm was healthy, but Young had gained weight and was unable to field his position anymore. In three of his last four years, he was the oldest player in the league.

I want to trade for Royals

The reason I started this blog was to trade cards. Here is what I have in mind, I collect Royals. I send you 25 cards of a team and you send me 25 Royals cards of anybody. I am starting off with the Oakland A's this Dan Johnson card is the lead card. You e-mail me bartm@ckt.net telling me you want to make a trade and we will make the arrangements to trade

Sloeless Joe Jackson

White sox cards Inspired me tonight to post this Shoeless Joe Jackson. This is actually a refrigerator magnet instead of a ballcard. Now I am not a Whitesox fan eventhough two of my favorite palyers were Whitesox, Carlton Fisk and Shoeless Joe Jackson. I throughly enjoyed the movie Eight Men Out I don't know how many times I have watched it!
Jackson nickname Shoeless
According to Jackson, he got his nickname during a game with the Brandon Mill team. Jackson suffered from a blister on his foot from a new pair of cleats. They hurt so much that he had to take his shoes off before an at bat. Once Jackson was on base, a fan started yelling inappropriate and vulgar comments at him. One of the things Jackson was called was a "Shoeless son of a gun." The name stuck with him throughout the remainder of his life

Lance Berkman WM19

This is my card of the day. I pulled this card out of a pack of 2007 TOPPS .

Wal-Mart #WM19- LANCE BERKMAN .

The back of the card says:"Lance Berkman ,First base, Houston Astros

Lance led Rice to its first College World Series appearance and won National Player of the year honors in 1997. Since '00 he has been one of the best run producers in the Majors. the outfielder/first baseman set MLB switch-hitter records for doubles (55) and extra-base hits (94) in '01. He twice has topped 40 home runs and in '06 he eclipsed Jeff bagwell's Houston record for RBI in a season with 136.

the front of this collectible card is based on the 1971 Topps design."

A note from Baseballcardman, eventhough I did not collect cards in 1971 I have always loved the '71 design. So I was extremely happy when I pulled this Berkman card!

Link Exchange-Jeltz

Yeah! We've got a link Exchange with the On Base Autos.

This is a Great Site. (On Base Autos) is the the father of two wonderful little boys and he loves being a father. He gets autographs through the mail and has a great story on how He got into collecting Cards again. He also tells you how to get cards signed throw mailing letters to Ball Players in the mail. Great Site

I pick Steve Jeltz for a auto card tonight. Steve (born May 28, 1959in Paris, France) He played in parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Steve was a good defense player and a switch hitter.

A friend found this card in the trash, somebody had throw it away and so he gave it to me . I well take cards and autographs anyway I can get them.

Bo Jackson's Autograph

Like Whitesoxcards I also have a Bo Jackson Autograph, except my story isn't as good as his. I got mine from a guy who mentored me on collecting cards. He would load me up, take me to card shows, baseball and basketball games when I was a teenager. He always loved getting autographs at games. I hadn't seen my friend for about five years. I finally found him he had moved to a different town. He was so happy to see and to talk about the "Old Days" that he gave me this Bo Jackson card. We all should mentor somebody. This is the reason I like blogging baseball cards I feel like I have a lot of good mentors!

Link Exchange

Yeah! We've got a link Exchange with the Fleer Sticker Project. Finally found somebody that is blogging that collected cards back before there were card shops. I really like his web link. He is doing something I know nothing about a lot of documentation on Fleer Stickers. He also does reminisce about the 1970's one thing he has done is he listed several "Christmas Wish Books." He made really think back in time. When I do a web-link I usually post a card of a player or team they collect. However, I haven't any old Fleer stickers that I am aware of so I have posted one of Fleerfans stickers fron his site. (Thanks Fleerfan) I have picked this particular sticker because I am a Chiefs Fan and it is not very often I see an Old Dallas Texan logo.

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/

1963 Fleer Dick Howser #15

I just purchased a 1963 Fleer Dick Howser #15 on E-bay.
Richard Dalton Howser (May 14, 1936 - June 17, 1987)
Dick was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics, he hit .280, stole 37 bases, scored 108 runs, and led American League shortstops in putouts and errors in his rookie season. For this, he was selected to the 1961 All-Star team and named The Sporting News rookie of the year.
Dick was with K.C. until 1963 then with the Cleveland Indians from 1963-1966 and the New York Yankees from 1967-1968. Following his playing career, he was the third base coach with the Yankees for ten seasons (1969-78).Howser won an AL East title for the Yankees his first full year as manager (1980), but was sacked by George Steinbrenner when the Yankees lost the LCS. He returned to the majors in late 1981 to lead the Royals to the AL West title. He won the division again in 1984 and the WS in 1985. But two days after he managed the AL to an All star Game victory in 1986, it was discovered that he had a brain tumor. He retired during spring training of 1987 and succumbed shortly afterward.
When Howser was Manger of the Royals. He always scared me the way he manged the game but his players would always come through for him.

Babe Ruth -The Sporting News Conlon Collection

This is one of my favorite cards.

The Babe would have made it to the Hall of Fame even as a Pitcher!

The back of the says:
Babe Ruth began his major league career as a pitcher with the Red Sox. Babe was of the best pitchers in the history of the game. He pitched all 14 innings of game 2 of the 1916 World Series, giving up only 6 hits, 1run,1 earned run, and 3 bases on balls.His ERA for the game was an astounding 0.64.The Babe's statistics for the season were also impressive. He led the AL in shutouts (9), fewest hits per game (6.39), and ERA (1.75).He held his opponents to a .201 batting average.Babe's career .304 batting average as a pitcher was harbinger of his future as the "Sultan of Swat."

Etch-A-Sketch works of art

At age 18, the Topps trading card company commissioned George Vlosich III to produce 9 Etch-A-Sketches as special inserts for their 1998 Topps baseball trading cards. I was so happy when I pulled the Ken Griffey Jr. card. It's hard to believe it's been ten years.

If you would like to see more of George's Vlosich III's work go to http://www.gvetchedintime.com/Personal/aboutpersonal/aboutpersonal.htm

Having Fun

I have enjoyed reading all of the blogs that everybody has written about the status of our hobby. The other day I was telling my wife I would have probably been better off selling all of my cards in the late 1980's-early 1990's that I had collected when I was a kid in the 1970's she replied, "Oh well, you had fun didn't you?" It made me start thinking in almost 35 years of collecting that is what it has all been about is the fun of collecting them. I can still remember in 1973 on a blistering hot day opening up a wax pack of baseball cards and the smell of the gum and each player had a logo of his position circled with a colored dot like the picture above. Boy was it fun. Then in 1976 I rode my bicycle to the local quick stop like I had so many times before since 1973. However this time for the first time I seen my first cello pack, being able to see the players inside and seeing what each pack had in them and boy was that fun! I could keep going through each year how card collecting has changed and how much fun I had doing it.
There has been times throughout the years I got scared and didn't like the direction the hobby was going but I always returned to it because it was fun. Now, I am 47 years old hurrying home from work to see what everyone else has written in their blogs. Why? Because it is fun just like the boy who rode his bike to the quick stop to buy his cards.
Baseballcardman