A lot of different things and then a battle.

 I picked up three more 1963 Astronaut cards.  I now have twelve of the fifty-five cards,  22% of the set.  I am trying now to get the individual cards of each astronaut.  These three are my most recent pick ups.

I picked up a new Padrograph card through a private signing through the Trove Sports Den.  It is a custom card with an amazing uniform transformation job done by Travis Peterson (PunkRockPaint).  Mike Campbell is Padrograph #1237, he appeared in three games for the Padres in 1994.

I picked up what I think might be my favorite Padres card of 2021 off of eBay the other day.  It is a short print of Mike Clevinger with a skate board that Tony Hawk gave him.  

We have gone through the first two pages of cards 100-199 and here they are.

Andy Benes won the last battle nine votes to six for James Steels.  Up next is a battery, pitcher Joey Hamilton and catcher Mark Parent in a battle for spot number one hundred nineteen.  

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Tatis for the win,

Well Fernando Tatis, Jr. won that round handily ten votes to five.  He left a spring training game today with shoulder discomfort.  Hopefully it won't impact the season, as there are several Padres dealing with injuries right now.  

Up next is spot number one hundred seventeen.  It is a battle between James Steels, who played in sixty two games for the Padres in 1987 before playing for the Rangers and Giants, and Andy Benes who pitched in over one hundred games for the Padres from 1989-1995.

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A couple of new Astronauts from 1963, Hurst wins and the Next Battle

 

I am making progress on my Astronauts set with help from Hockey Card World in Canada.  I want to thanks Topps for putting the number on the front of the cards and making it a size that is readable.  I think both of these cards feature Gus Grissom.  

Bruce Hurst won the previous battle of cards convincingly, eleven to four.  

This is the battle for spot number one hundred fifteen.  El Nino already has two hundred sixty one cards for 2021 according to the trading card database today.  Cal Quantrill has zero cards this year so far.  Both of the players have fathers who were major leaguers.  Tatis, Sr.  has a record that I don't think will ever be broken.  

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in a battle of not very cool cards Benny wins

 Benito Santiago won that battle convincingly.  Eleven to seven.  Up next is a battle of two pitchers for spot number one hundred eleven.  Clayton Richard pitched in two different stints with the Padres, both as a starter and out of the bullpen.  He will pick up some votes for being Michigan's number two quarterback behind Chad Henne.   Bruce Hurst will always be remembered as a member of the Boston Red Sox.  

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Vintage wins

Are we considering 1983 Vintage yet?  I was twenty-six that year, out of high school for eight years, four years out of the Navy and two years away from getting married.  Anyway the 1983 kicked butt winning fourteen to one.  Recycled Vintage versus Actual Vintage, Joey is now a New York Met in a three team trade that brought Joe Musgrove to the Padres.  Benito was Rookie of the Year, played seven seasons in San Diego and was a five time all-star.  

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Christmas Catcher

Francisco Mejia and his holiday spirit kicked Jorge Ona's butt fourteen to four.

There are a lot of years between the next two cards.  Elias Sosa at the end of his twelve year major league career pitched in forty-one games for the Padres in 1983.  Joe Ross was drafted by the Padres in 2011 and was part of a three team trade that brought Wil Myers to San Diego with Joe Ross and Trea Turner going to Washington.  

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The former Padre wins the battle.

 Austin Hedges beat Hunter Refroe nine votes to seven.  It was neck and neck for a few moments.  Up next is a battle between a current Padre and a Tampa Bay Ray.  Mejia was part of the trade that brought Blake Snell to San Diego.

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Whitson fits the frame and wins

As Jafronius pointed out the Whitson card he fits in the frame nicely.  Trevor P dropped by to break the tie, so onto the next battle. It is a battle between two former Padres, Hunter signed as a free agent with the Red Sox after being traded to the Rays last year as part of the deal for Tommy Pham and playing in the World Series.  Austin Hedges was traded to the Cleveland team as part of the deal that brought Mike Clevinger to the Padres.  

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who will cast the deciding vote?

 For the first time in my memory we have a tie.  Each card got eight votes.  Will someone who has not previously voted on these two cards cast a vote.  Thank you.

I have also picked up a couple of more Padrographs and another astronaut card.  

Robert Hassell was the Padres number one draft pick last year.  He is Padrograph #1236, the card is from the 2020 Bowman Draft.

Jorge Mateo has been playing in pro ball since 2012 when the Yankees signed him as an amateur free agent.  They traded him to the A's who traded him to the Padres last year.  He made his major league debut last year with San Diego and played in twenty-two games in the time of Covid.  He is Padrograph #1235 and the card is from the 2021 flagship cards.

This is the latest acquisition in my quest to complete the 1963 Topps astronaut set.  John Glenn is all over this set although he is one of the last astronauts I knew of when I was a kid.  I followed Gus Grissom and Alan Shephard back then.  I turned six in 1963 and now I am sixty three, some odd kind of symmetry here.

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