Trade Stack Week 11

This week addition to the trade stack is this autographed 1991 ProSet Platinum card of Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells. 


if you would like this card or either or both of the holdovers cards,see below, just let me know and I will send it to you.  Let me know your favorite baseball team also.  
Send me something, don't tell me what it is.  I want to be surprised.  
Thanks for stopping by.

Gubernatorial return #7

Governor Mike Parson of Missouri added an inscription on his card, "Gov 57".  As indicated at the bottom of the card he is the fifty seventh governor of Missouri.  He was the Lieutenant Governor until his predecessor resigned to avoid felony charges.  They will be running against each other next year it sounds like.  

next up: the governor of the keystone state 

Padrograph #1182, #1183 and #1184

#1182, Greg Page played three season in the minors for Pocatello and Salinas from 1988-1990.  He was one of the Padres replacement players, Jeremy of Topps Cards that never were made the fronts and then I made backs and sent them out.  I have gotten two back.  Greg also included some signed minor league cards.
#1183, Mike Hargrove, the Human Rain Delay played in fifty two games for the Padres in 1980.  I made an overlay for a Panini certified auto card for this card.  One of the most unusual autographs I have is one of Mike on the back of a Captain America action figure.  Friends used to take it with them on vacation and take pictures of it on the vacation.  One friend took it to spring training and was going to take a picture of Mike with it and he took it and signed it.  It was when he was managing the Mariners.  
#1184, Ramon Webster, played in 105 games for the Padres in 1970 and 1971.  I made the card and then bought an index card and combined the two.  

1977 Roster Mosaic

1977

• Attended Bill Graham's Day on the Green with The Outlaws, Santana, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Peter Frampton.  
• Living in my own apartment in downtown Oakland near Lake Merritt. 
• Had returned from my first Western Pacific Cruise, visiting Australia, Hong Kong, The Phillipines, Korea and more.
• Had become a Crusty Shellback 
• Padres were managed by John McNamara, Bob Skinner and Alvin Dark
• Only Bob Skinner had a winning record (1-0)
• Padres went 69-93
• Brian Greer was the Padres #1 Draft Pick
• Brian Greer is the only player from 1977 that I don't have an autographed card of

Frankenset Update 11.1.19

The first and last card in the mosaic were purchased on ebay.  The two Governor cards are part of my governor project, I now have twenty cards of the fifty governors signed.  The other thirty one cards are from John of Johnny's Trading spot.  This was my surprise after he claimed some cards from my Wednesday trade stack post.  He also included a couple of small sets of cards and a 1967 Baseball Digest.  

The frankenset page and the frankenset want list are both updated.  Only 181 cards to go.  

My Music Stars #3

On the morning of Saturday, July 2, 1977 I got up and left my apartment to ride my bicycle to the Oakland Coliseum for Bill Graham's Day on the Green.  Halfway there the right pedal broke off (it's between six and seven miles).  Luckily I had toe clips on my pedals so I

continued to pedal one legged.  I got to the show and laid out my blanket on first base where Dick Allen was working that summer and Mark McGwire would be in the future.  The stage was set up in the center field bleachers and you could sit anywhere you wanted except for the infield grass or the dugouts.  The Outlaws opened the show, then Carlos Santana with Leon Patillo on lead vocals.  Then the act I really came for (seemingly most of the crowd) Lynyrd Skynyrd. Ronnie Van Zant was one of the most charismatic people I have ever seen.  You can see the performance from that day in the movie Freebird.  Watching the tape today, there is much symbolism that they probably couldn't use now.  I still enjoying listening to Freebird and especially the fifteen minute version.  When the big curtain rolls down to show the picture of the bird the crowd went wild.  I am instructing my family to give $100 to the first person to scream Freebird during my memorial service (far in the future).  After Skynyrd played came Peter Frampton and many people took the opportunity to leave.  This was right after Frampton comes alive came out and was in heavy rotation on the radio.  Frampton overused the voice box and many people were leaving during his set.
Some things I remember from this concert.  There was more alcohol and weed than you would imagine after everyone was searched for those things at the gate.   I remember running into two guys I went to high school in Eugene with at the concert and lastly, I only paid $11.50 for the concert.    

Trade Stack Week 10

New to the Trade Stack this week, 2017 Topps

Gallery Archie Bradley of the Diamondbacks.  

If you would like the Archie Bradley or holdover Matt Barkley let me know and I will send them out to you.  Send me something but don't tell me what you are sending, I want to be surprised.  I got a 1967 Baseball Digest in trade along with a bunch of cards for the Frankenset.  Send me anything, card, book, album, supplies whatever.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Gubernatorial Return #6

Kay Ivey is the oldest governor in the United States.  She is seventy five years old, she originally was appointed Governor in 2017 when her predecessor resigned and was arrested in the midst of a sex scandal.   She was elected to a full term in 2018 and her term expires in 2023.  It took her 16 days to return the cards to me.  

Up next: Show Me

Padrographs #20, 21, 22 and 1181

Just one new (kind of) Padrograph this week.  

#20, Yonder Alonso, played in four hundred thirty nine games for the Padres between 2012-2015.  He was traded to the A's in 2016, he played for the White Sox and Rockies in 2019.

#21, Matty Alou, finished his fifteen year career with the Padres in forty eight games in 1974. He passed away in 2011 at the age of seventy two.

#22, Bryan Altman, drafted by the Padres in the forty first round in 2010.  He made it as high as AAA in 2012

#1181, Aurelio Rodriguez, split 1980 between San Diego and the Yankees.  He played in eighty nine games for the Padres.  I found a photo of him with the Padres and with a little help from Gavin made a 1980 card and then bought an signed card of him and made this. He passed away at the age of fifty two in 2000.

Roster Mosaic, 1976

1976

• reported to my duty station, USS Kansas City (AOR-3) in dry dock in San Francisco.  It is now the site of the stadium the San Francisco Giants play in.  
• Padres went 70-92 at the Murph
• Padres were managed by John McNamara
• Have signed cards of all 36 players who played in 1976

Frankenset Update 10.25.19

Milt Pappas, Larry Nance and Steve Blass came from Jon of A Penny Sleeve for Your Thoughts in trade for some signed 1969 Topps football cards in the trade stack a few weeks back.  The Governor cards are part of my custom Governors of the US set, I have 20 out of 50 signed.  Dave Green and Brian Hayward are from eBay cause I needed those numbers. 
The Frankenset page and the  Frankenset want list are updated.

My Music Stars, #2

 Larry Norman is the artist I have seen the most times in concert.  Sometimes with a backing band, at least once with just a piano, once with just a guitar.  I saw him in Oakland, Portland and Salem.  His lyrics were often at odds with mainstream Christianity as he was something of a social justice warrior, before there was such a label.  I was able to take my sons to see him in concert one Christmas in Salem, shortly before he passed away.  My son had done a multi level stencil of Larry on a record and was able to give it to him at the concert.  Somewhere we also have an autographed copy of the record.  I own 3 LP's by him.  

Next week, the day I saw Freebird

Trade Stack week 9

The Gorman Thomas card has been claimed
This weeks addition to the Trade Stack is this Gorman Thomas Fan Favorite autograph card that I pulled from a pack earlier this year.  

If you would like the Gorman Thomas or Matt Barkley card just let me know and it's yours.

Trade me anything book, card, album, your favorite mug or something really odd.  Don't tell me what you are sending I like surprises.  

Gubernatorial Return #5, Governor J.B. Pritzker

Governor Pritzker had no prior political experience before being elected as Governor.  He was sworn in January of 2019.  His family owns the Hyatt Hotel chain. He is personally worth $3.4 billion and is the wealthiest US Governor.   It only took 10 days to get this return back.

Up next: The oldest US Governor

Padrographs #1175 to #1180

I had sent six custom cards to a grapher in San Diego and he got them signed for me.  I realized that I already had a Ronald Bolanos card (#1143), but I like my custom card better than the logoless Panini card.  
#1180, Curt Blefary, I remember pulling cards of Curt in the late '60's with the Orioles.  I was surprised when I found out he had played 74 games for the Padres in 1972.  I picked up the cut auto and inserted it into a custom Padres card.
#1179, David Bednar, David pitched in 13 games for the Padres in 2019.
#1178, Garrett Richards, Garrett pitched in three games for the Padres this year, after recuperating from Tommy John surgery.  He is expected to be a mainstay in the rotation next year.
#1177, Gerardo Reyes, pitched in 27 games for the Padres this year.  
#1176, Nick Martini, was picked off the waiver wire from Oakland in late August and played in 26 games for the Padres in 2019.
#1175, Seth Mejias-Brean, was signed as a free agent and played in 14 games for the Padres in 2019.