Sports Cards Ate My Brain

Back in the 1990's and early 2000's if it was on a collectable card I bought it. I believe I bought a souvenir tin of Pokemon CCG cards in 2000 just because they were there. I have no idea where the tin or almost all of the cards went but I did hold on to one of them because it had shiny foil on it. (Who hasn't done that?) Beckett lists this card at around $20 so I've held on to it.   I don't have any idea how to play the Pokemon CCG but this holds a place in my PC with a Star Wars CCG Luke Skywalker, an X-Files CCG promo card and three Magic: The Gathering cards. At least I played Magic: The Gathering. But in the end, I have a Pokemon card.

Made another trade happen from Twitter and got 3 1976 Topps I need in exchange for a 1973 Steve Carlton.  That Carlton card documents one of the greatest pitching seasons ever.  The Phillies were 59-97 that year but Carlton was 27-10 and led the league in strikeouts. Wow! Here are the 3 lovely cards I got back in trade: That is Reds backup catcher Bill Plummer, Cardinals SS/2B Mike Tyson, and the team card from the Oakland A's.  This was the last great Oakland team from their dynasty.  They were the 3-time defending World Champions but lost to the Red Sox in the AL Championship Series. Thank you to the Baseball Card Kid for the nice trade. Please see my 1976 Topps want list for what else I need.

Daniel at It's Like Having My Own Card Shop was looking to add some Barry Bonds cards to is quest to get 762 different cards of the slugger. I had recently gone through all of my purge boxes and had taken out some cards of many great players including Bonds. The result was that I had around 40 cards that he needed. Since I am limiting my PC collecting he agreed to send me three lovely cards that I needed. This 1962 All Star card takes it's place beside the base Aaron as my oldest Hank Aaron cards. I didn't have an Aaron card from the 1968 set but this is a good start as it commemorates Hank leading the league in Home Runs in 1967.  It's easy to forget that Jim Wynn had some good years when you look at the other players on this card. Here is a 1970 Topps 1969 Home Run Leaders card to go along with the Aaron All Star card I already had.  Like Wynn on the previous card, Lee May stands out as the oddball player here. I seem to recall that Daniel and I completed a trade abo