Plus 1=1340

 Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection.  Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the Padres but was traded to the Cubs for Yu Darvish and Victor Caratini.  He is currently ranked 11th among Cubs prospects, played at A+ last year.

In other news I took my 1965 Philadelphia Football set, 1965 Topps football (almost completed set) and 1969 Topps football set to Hoody's Collectibles in Beaverton, OR.  I was able to get a bunch of stuff in trade.  I will be opening it in the next week or so.  I also got some cash.  I am trying to divest myself of stuff.  I got too much for my corner of the house.  My wife is a tailor and says all her stuff fits in two boxes.  I told her she had to quit calling our house and the neighbors houses boxes.  So I get a corner of the laundry room.  

Here is what I picked up in trade.

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Plus 5=1339

Since Bowman Chrome came out I managed to pick up 5 signed cards of prospects.

Ismael Javier-is a 20 year old from the Dominican Republic who was signed as an amateur free agent in 2022. He plays second.

Jhoan De La Cruz is a 17 year old Domician who was signed as a free agent this year. De La Cruz is a shortstop.

Henry Baez is a 22 year old pitcher from the Dominican Republic who was signed as a free agent in 2019.

Kai Roberts is a 20 year old outfielder who was drafted in the seventh round in 2024 from Orem, Utah. His Dad played in the Cardinals system in 1996.

Kale Fountain is a 20 year old third baseman from Nebraska who was drafted in the fifth round in 2024.

That brings me to a total of 1,339 different Padres autographs.

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Custom cards, Series 1, page 6

Phil Mudrock-pitched in one game for the Cubs in 1963, pitching in 1 inning.  He came into the game in the 8th inning in relief and gave up a lead off hit to Jim Davenport and then an RBI double to Willie McCovey.  Both he and Giants pitcher Juan Marichal were called for balks in this game.  He has a career ERA of 9.00 from that one inning.

Kurt Seibert-got 2 AB in 7 games for the Cubs in 1979.  He got no hits but did score 2 runs.  His MLB batting average is .000

Steve Davis-played in 3 games for the Cubs in 1979.  In his first at bat he grounded out but Dave Kingman scored on the play getting Steve's only RBI in his major league career.

Rick James-no not that Rick James, started one game for the Cubs in 1967 and pitched in relief in two others. His start came on the last day of the '67 season and he gave up a home run to Vada Pinson, racking up 7 earned runs and nine hits in 3 innings.

Joe Campbell-was chosen in the Rule 5 draft in 1967 from the Mets.  He missed most of spring training that year because of his obligation to the Marine Corps.  He played in one game against the Braves on May 3, 1967.  After that one game for the Cubs he was returned to the Mets and never returned to the Majors.

Mike Johnson-pitched in 18 games for the Padres in 1974 finishing 10 of them.  His major league ERA is 4.64 in 21.1 innings.  I have made more copies of this card than any other.  Mike works for a pest control company in Arizona and uses them for calling cards.  A couple of years ago he was inducted into his high schools hall of fame and requested extras to hand out.  About every two months he asks for 45 more cards.  I figure that I have printed over 600 copies of this card.  I have a variation of this card signed in my Padrographs collection.  My favorite part of this card is the Gremlin billboard outside Wrigley Field.  

Bob Giggie-pitched in 30 games for the Braves and A's from 1959-1962 but never had a Topps card.  He did have some team issued cards with the Braves. He retired after the 1962 season.

Manny Mota-is best known as a Pirate and Dodger but he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants in 1957.  He made his made his major league debut in April of 1962.  After the '62 season he was traded to the Astros, but before playing for them he was traded to the Pirates.  

Ramon Conde-appeared in 14 games for the White Sox in 1962, getting no hits but did get three walks and an RBI.

The coaches, page 1

 I have filed all my Padrograph coaches card alphabetically by last name, except for the first card.

I sent this 1985 Mothers Cookie card to each of the coachesel individually, always fearing that it was not going to come back, but it did each time.  I don't remember what order I got the signatures in.  Checking on all those coaches I found that Galen Cisco is the only one of them still alive and he is 89 years old.

Darrel Akerfelds-was the Padres bullpen coach from 2001-2012.  The Padres had one of his jerseys in the bullpen after he passed from cancer in 2012. 

Sandy Alomar, Sr.- managed both of his sons in the minor leagues and was the Padres third base coach from 1986-1990.  He coached while both sons were with the Padres.  My sons and I met him after a game in Eugene when he was a roving instructor in the Cubs organization.  

Joe Amalfitano-was a coach for the Padres in 1976-1977.  I got this 1977 Padres schedule card signed through the mail.  He retired from baseball in 2021 just before his 87th birthday. 

Sparky Anderson-coached for the Padres in their first season as a major league team in 1969.  He eventually beat the Padres in their first trip to the World Series in 1984, leading the Tigers to a 4-1 victory.  I bought the cut card and made the card.  I did a terrible job on the photo.

Griffin Benedict-played in the Padres minor league system for two years and then became their bullpen catcher.  He is the son of former major league catcher Bruce Benedict.  Another custom, if you couldn't tell.

Dave Bialas-was a coach for the Padres in 1993.  He is currently managing a short season team for the Yankees in Staten Island.

Jack Bloomfield-was a scout for the Padres from 1969-1973 and then became a coach under John McNamara for the 1974 season.

Tarrick Brock- is a former major league who played for the Cubs in 2000.  He was the Padres first base coach in 2016.  He has been the Pirates first base coach since 2020.

We will know the outcome of the Padres wild card series by Friday.  I hope they get hot tomorrow and Thursday.

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