Sports Cards Ate My Brain

I really wanted to attend one of this weekend's games between my old favorite team (Braves) and my current one but health issues prevented it.  Unfortunately the Braves killed the Tigers chance at a playoff position but winning the last 2 games. I explained earlier this year why I no longer root for the Braces so I will not go into the reasons here.  There was a nice pregame ceremony and an over-produced postgame ceremony that I watched except when they cut to the new stadium. In 1996 the Olympic torch did not travel through Cobb County because of anti-gay laws it had adopted.  20 years later they get a Major League Baseball team.  This is not because the county has changed politcally.  That's all I have to say about that (Liberty Media).

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

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...

With my birthday coming up in a couple of days I decided to treat myself to my first 2015 Heritage cards.  The design from 1966 is not my favorite but I still like the Heritage concept. I'm very strict in what I'm collecting so most of these cards will be up for trade. There are 8 packs in the box and I'm opening these packs as I type.  (Well, open then type.) Pack 1 397 - Kyle Kendrick 353 - CC Sabathia 358 - Shane Greene 408 - Coco Crisp 416 - Glen Perkins 348 - Orioles (Checklist 336-367)    412 - Rougned Odor (This is a joke, right?) According to baseball-reference.com his name is pronounced \ROOG-ned oh-DORE\.  Of course, one of his nicknames is "Stinky." Keepers - 70 - Yoenis Cespedes - I've been casually collecting Yoenis since his Major League debut.  The Tigers are my favorite AL team so I'm hoping he brings a steady bat this year. News Flashbacks NF7 - Pete Rozelle.  I'll be putting this in my football keepers. Pa...