Weekly update

 No new Padrographs or 1965 Topps football cards this week.  I keep getting outbid on the 65 topps football cards.  I need to just get one at a time and not to keep trying for multiples at this time.  

I have been working on a set of cards of all fifty governors of the United States.  The fronts are all done and the backs are halfway done.  Once I get them all done I want to see how how many governors have changed since I did this in 2019.  

I started with the two states I have lived in and proceeded alphabetically.  5 of the above governors are the same as in 2019.

6 of the above are the same.

3 of the above are the same.

3 of the above are the same.

5 of the above are the same.

2 of the governors above are the same as in 2019.

Once I get the backs done I will share them.  At some point I want to do a comparsion of the 2019 set and this one.  When I get them completed I will again send them out and try and get them signed. In 2019 50% of the Governors signed them.  To me it is a nice piece of history.  If I keep to this schedule I will do another set in 2031.  

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Custom cards, series 1, page 2

 It's a whole page of Minnesota Twins, Cards as I See Them, see anything of note.

Minnie Mendoza-played in 16 games for the Twins in 1970.  He got 16 ABs, 3 Hits, 2 Runs and 2 RBIs.  

Joe Bonikowski-pitched in 30 games for Minnesota in 1962. He had a record of 5-7 and an ERA of 3.88.

Steve Barber-pitched in 22 games for the Twins in 1970-1971.  He had a record of 1-0 and an ERA of 5.08.

Mark Wiley-pitched in 15 games for the Twins in 1975.  He had a record of 1-3 and an ERA of 6.05.  He made it back to the majors in 1978 with the Padres and Blue Jays.

Mike Poepping-appeared in 14 games for the Twins in 1975.  He hit .135 

Tom Lundstedt-played for the Cubs in a few games in 1973 and 74. He appeared in 18 games for the Twins in 1975.  He finished his career with a BA of .092

Pat Bourque-Minnesota was his last stop in the majors.  He played in 23 games for the team in 1974.

Mike Kinnunen-pitched in 23 games for the Twinkies in 1980. He would reappear in the majors and finish his career with the O's in 1986 and 87

Boomer Wells-played in 15 games for Minnesota in 1982 after playing in 32 games for the Jays in 1981.

Padrographs, Front Office and others, Part 2

Kevin Towers-I first met Kevin when he pitched in the Padres minor league system.  I talked with him and he had gone to school with some of my cousins in his hometown of Medford, Oregon.  I got this card signed when he was in the minors.  He was the general manager of the Padres from 1995-2009.  He worked with several other teams. 

He passed away from cancer in 2016.

Tony Hawk- I got this off of ebay.  Skateboard icon Tony Hawk is from San Diego and threw out the first pitch.

Johnny Manziel-The Padres used the 837th pick in the 2014 draft to pick him.  He never played an inning and Topps decided to make a card.  I picked this off on ebay.

Agnes McKee- Agnes was 105 years old when she threw out the first pitch in 2014.  I found an article about her that mentioned where she lived and I sent her cards there and asked her to return one signed.  She obliged and this is that card.

Don Orsillo-Don is the play by play announcer for the Padres.  This is half of a bigger card that had Mark Grant on the other half.  I have one of the whole card signed by both of them.  I am not sure where that card is.

The Chicken-The Godfather of all sports mascots.  This card was not signed in '83.  I got it signed after a Portland Beavers game in the '90's.  I asked him to sign his real name but he said that would be like asking Santa to sign Fred.   Ted did sign his real name on a photo another time.

The Swingin Friar-This signed card was pulled from a pack.  I purchased it on Ebay.  

Next time, I will start on signed Manager cards.  

Plus one and minus one

 I added a Padrograph this week and subtracted one more card from my 1965 Topps want list.  I started a new custom card project this week, which I will share with you when I get the fronts done. It is a fifty card set.  Any guesses?

I added this 2025 Topps of Dylan Cease celebrating his no hitter.  I got it on Ebay.  I wish he would be a little more consistent this year.  I will revel in the fact, that as on this moment, the Padres are leading the National League West.  

With the arrival of Johnny Robinson I need just nine cards to finish the 1965 Topps Football set.  He played his entire career for the Texans/Chiefs, played in the first ever Super Bowl and was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Custom Cards, Series 1, page 1

 Back in 2015 I saw that an autograph dealer had a signing with Leon Everitt, who had pitched for the Padres in 1969 but never had a card with them.  We decided that if I made cards for the dealer I would get a free signature and he could do as he liked with the other eight cards.  We also reached terms on cards from other teams.  We are still making cards ten years later as ShoeBox Heroes.  

#1 Leon Everitt-Leons' entire major league career consisted of five games for the Padres in 1969.  He passed away in 2016 at the age of 69.

#2 John Sipin-John played in 68 games for the Padres in 1969.  He played in Japan from 1972-80.  Evidently he was a big fan favorite in Japan.  I tried many different addresses to get this signed and never received a reply.  I ended up buying an index card and making a cut signature card.

#3 Van Kelly-played in 111 games for the Padres in 69 & 70.  That was the extent of his major league career.  I used SCN to find his address and sent him cards, I asked him to sign one and keep the others and he did.  

#4 Rupe Toppin-pitched in 2 games for the Kansas City Athletics in 1962.  Other than those 2 games he played in the minors from 1960-1969.

#5 Ron Allen-I am not sure why this is a Phillies card.  Ron never made the majors with Philadelphia, he made his major league debut with the Cardinals in 1972.  He played 5 games in 1972 and that was the end of his major league career.  Early on in making the customs the photos came from the autograph dealer, which may be why it is a Phillies card.  Ron is the brother of Dick and Harry Allen.

#6 John Hairston- John played in three games for the Cubs in 1969.  He is the brother of Jerry Hairston, son of Sam Hairston, uncle to Jerry and Scott Hairston.

#7 Vance McHenry- Vance played in 15 games for the '81 Mariners and 3 games for them in '82.  He played in the minors in various systems until 1985.  

#8 Clint Compton-Clint pitched in 2 innings for the 1972 Cubs.  

#9 Charlie Walters- Charlie pitched in 6.2 innings in 6 games for the Twins in 1969.  

1969 fronts were easy to make, it is a just a matter of finding the right colors and fonts.  I used the back of Tom Seavers' '69 card for Leon Everitts, just superimposing things on it.  With John Sipins' card I started building the card backs.  The more I worked with Publisher the easier things became.   The '62, '81 and '72 cards involved an exacto knife and various other tools for the fronts.  

Padrographs Owners and Front Office, Part 1

My Padrographs are housed in three binders, from the LCS I used to work at from 90-95.  The first binder starts with owners and other front office personnel.  

Ron Fowler-was executive chairman of the Padres and part owner from 2012-2020.

Erik Greupner- is currently the CEO of the Padres and has been with the team since 2010.

Jeff Moorad-has owned part of the Diamondbacks and the Padres.  He is currently a sports agent.

John Moores-was the owner of the Padres from 1994-2003, when a divorce necessitated the sale of the team.

Peter Seidler-was the owner of the Padres from 2012 til his death in 2023.  He was much loved in San Diego and authorized spending that brought the superstar talent to the team.

Sandy Alderson-CEO of the Padres from 2005-2009.  I put the Chesty Puller stamp on the card to commerate Aldersons' time in the Marine Corps and he served in Vietman.

Buzzie Bavasi-was the president and a minority of the Padres when they became a major league team.  He left the team in 1977 to work with the singing cowboy, Gene Autry and the Angels.

Josh Byrnes-was the GM of the Padres from 2011-2014. He is currently the senior vp of baseball operations for the Dodgers.

Jed Hoyer-was the GM of the Padres in 2010-2011.  He is currently the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs.

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1462, 1332, 10, 4, and 8

 It has been a minute since I last posted but Night Owls' post about the number of bloggers who post once is motivating me to at least try that. I have written 1,462 post since starting in 2008.  Back then I was working 40 hours or more (at a job I loved).  Now I work 25 hours a week for a friend, I like my job but oh boy some of the people.  Looking forward to school starting in two weeks.  I will try and stop in regularly from here on out.  

With the addition of two Padres autographs from 2025 I now have 1,332 different padres signatures.  

Sean Reynolds has pitched in 18 games for the Padres this year in relief.  He is currently pitching at El Paso.

Brandon Lockridge played in 47 games for the Padres this year before being traded at the deadline to Milwaukee for Nestor Cortes.

 I only have ten cards left to finish my 1965 Topps football set.  The remaining cards are Willie Brown, Len Dawson, Ralph Baker, Winston Hill, Joe Namath, Fred Blitnekoff, Ben Davidson, and three others I am bidding on.  It could be awhile.  This is one of the last cards I received, it has been a long time since I received a card in a screw down.

This is my latest custom card, Shoebox Heroes, Series 2, card # 496.

Tom Wiedenbauer played four games for the Astro's in 1976.  He has been a coach in the Cleveland system since the 80's.   

The other when I got the mail I realized that I had a return of a TTM card.  I have mailed any cards out for signatures for at least five years.  When I checked I mailed this card to Mr. Cahill in 2017.  It is a custom I had sent him.  He included an actual 2017 Heritage card with this one.  

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I will see you in a week.  I am trying this Google link things.