Sports Cards Ate My Brain

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...

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. And now it's time to take the ice: 1980-81 Topps #22 One of the heroes of the 1980 Miracle On Ice, Jim actually started his career with the Atlanta Flames.  I remember watching his first Flames game on TV.  The OPC cards from 1980-81 did not have the USA logo in the top corner.  This set featured black scratch off material over the player's name and are not considered mint if scratched but I had to scratch my whole set because it annoyed me not seeing the player's name on them. 1990-91 Upper Deck #54 No hockey page is complete without the Great One.  I chose this card of Wayne because I really like Upper Deck's first hockey set. ...