Sports Cards Ate My Brain

I have thousands of cards but they can all go except one 800 count box that has the cards I feel they must keep.  I would show you the next 3 cards in my George Brett keepers but I got a new laptop and all of the scans are on the old one.  I didn't think about this until I started top write this post. Oh well, back to Fallout 4.  

I've decided to highlight one card a year from George Brett's career plus a few from after he retired.  I've posted before that I saw him hit a home run and then, later in the game, start a brawl with the pitcher during a game at Tiger Stadium in 1980.  This made him my favorite player and I have actively collected his card over the years.  I have many more cards of him but, as part of my efforts to pare down my collection, I'm only keeping some of them. One can only start off a George Brett collection with his 1975 Topps Rookie Card: 1975 is not my favorite Topps set.  After many years of wavering about spending the money I bought this card off of E-bay.  Not sure why I waited so long. George was a solid but unspectacular hitter in the minor leagues as evidenced by the lack of .300 seasons shown here.  The red and green backs are not the easiest to read. George's second mainstream card, 1975 Topps highlights his first .300 season: My fi...

Say it ain't so! Enjoy your time in California, Andrelton.  I guess I'm an Angels fan now.

Two days ago I did a post announcing that I would send cards to anyone that wanted them.  I got 8 whole page views and no responses so I guess I'll just put my cards in storage and see if I ever get back into collecting.  The post was deleted. I do have couple of packages to go out this weekend but those will be the last apparently.

Ok, it's not actually from the past but the card designs are. I have not been actively collecting lately but 2015 Topps Archives includes the 1976 Topps design so I had to get blaster and see what is what. Cards 1 - 100 are in the 1957 design, 101 - 200 in the 1976 design and 201 - 300 in the 1983 design. Pack 1 37 Jhonny Peralta - The "h" right after the "J" always confuses me. 47 Henderson Alvarez 50 Ken Griffey Jr. 105 Joe DiMaggio 139 Michael Wacha 149 Hunter Pence 169 Jon Lester 275 Ted Williams 299 Mark Trumbo 300 Willie Mays The cards did not come out of the pack in numerical order.  By mistake I sorted them before posting.  This is great mix of all-timers in this pack.  The 1957, 1976, and 1983 are three of my favorite designs so I'm hyped so far. Pack 2 220 Jay Bruce 18 Homer Bailey 171 Ian Desmond PGGWB George W Bush Presidential Chronicles - not a fan 19 Hisashi Iwakuma 148 Hyun-Jin Ryu 281 Hanley Ramirez 123 Anibal San...

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. The last of the 10 pages features my favorite Non-Sport cards. 1964 Topps Beatles Black and White Series 2 #69 My all-time favorite band.  Topps issued several Beatles sets in the 1960's.  I got this card for $3 at a show. 1991 Impel Marvel #1 I have some other Spider-Man cards, including a 3-D hologram, but this one is the best one. 1995 Topps Animaniacs Stickers #12 I was a huge fan of the Animaniacs.  These pigeons are from the Goodfeathers, which was a parody of the movie Goodfellas.  The most famous Animaniacs were Pinky and the Brain but I liked the Goodfeathers the most; although, Chicken Boo is also up there. 2...

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. Page 9 includes cards from different sports. Danica Patrick is my favorite driver in NASCAR. I have a very small boxing collection.  The top 2 cards I purchased at a card show for $3 each.  The Evander Holyfield card is from Upper Deck's 1996 US Olympic set. This card is from a set that featured former Olympians among other subjects.  I think it's neat, yes neat, to have an autograph of such a successful athlete. My tennis collection features these two cards.  Bud Collins is most famous for his commentary at Wimbledon.

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. When I told a friend that I would be talking about golf cards today he said "They make golf cards?" They do indeed. 2001 Upper Deck #1 Tiger Woods popularity was the driving reason that Upper Deck decided to produce golf cards.  This is his rookie card. 2003 Upper Deck #48 Annika was the best female golfer in the world for several years.  She even appeared in a men's tournament.  Upper Deck added LPGA golfers for the first time in 2003. 2004 Upper Deck Promos #69 I have three promo cards from the 2004 set.  I think they came packaged with a price guide magazine that is no longer published.  I've seen a few of these onl...

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. Page 7 represents my soccer collection.  I've been collecting soccer for many years and regularly get up early on weekend mornings to watch the Premier League on NBC Sports Network. 1990 Pro Set England #194 Vinny played for several years in England's top division.  Most of you probably recognize him from the many movies and television roles that he has had since his retirement from playing.  My favorite is as the lead soccer thug in Eurotrip. 1991 Pro Set Scotland #89 Tommy Turner Tommy went on to a successful career in the adult diaper industry. 1996 Upper Deck USA Olympics #112 Mia helped bring women's soccer into the public cons...

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. Next up is basketball.  I rarely watch basketball anymore and I recently realized that the NBA lost me as a big fan when they started allowing zone defense. 1952-53 Wheaties I don't know why I love this card so much but I just think it is seriously cool. 1985-86 Star #83 Star distributed cards in team sets at hobby stores.  I got this card out of a box of Crunch & Munch.  It was a great pull for me since Vern was a star at UGA and played on their 1983 Final Four team. 1986-87 Fleer #91 This was the first widely distributed NBA set in a few years so there are many rookie cards in the set.  This is a great card of my second f...