Minus 1

 With this card I only need two more cards for my 1965 set build.  Another Raider and a Jets Rookie card.  Ben Davidson doesn't look like the Ben Davidson I remember.  Looking at his 1966 card he has started to resemble the fierce player I remember.  The Raiders were the first football team I remember rooting for.  Guys like Ray Guy, Daryle Lamonica, Fred Biletnikoff, John Matuzak, Lyle Alzado, Jim Otto and George Blanda.

The only two cards remaining for the set build are Biletnikoff and Namath.  After a few attempts at trying to bid on a few, the prices are way out of my price range.  

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Custom cards, series 1 page 5

Jim Marshall-played in the majors from 1958-1962.  He finished his career in 1962 splitting time between the Mets and Pirates.  He played in 55 games for the Pirates.

Steve Christmas- played 3 games for the Cubs in 1986.  

Tony Balsamo-his only year in the majors was 1962 when he appeared in 18 games for the Cubs.

Hugh Yancy-played for the White Sox every other year starting in 1972 til 1974.  He played in seven games over the years.

Dick Burwell-pitched in 5 games for the Cubs in 1960 and 1961.

Paul Dicken-played in 11 games for the Indians in 1964 and 2 games in 1966.

Mike Sember-played in 3 games for the Cubs in 1977 and 9 games in 1978

Dennis DeBarr-pitched in 13 games for the Jays in 1977 going 0-1

Steve Bowling-in 103 games for the Brewers and Jays inn 1976 and 1977.

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Padrographs, The Managers Page 3

Rod Barajas-managed eight games for the Padres, going 1-7, after the team fired Andy Green at the end of the 2019 season.

Jayce Tingler-managed the Padres in the COVID shortened 2020 season and in 2021. He was 116-106 in his two seasons before he was fired.

Ryan Christensen-managed the Padres for a few games when Bob Melvin had prostate surgery.

Bob Melvin-BoMel managed the Padres in 2022 & 2023 to a 171-153 record.

Mike Shildt-has taken the Padres to the playoffs the last two years.  I am hoping they go further this year than last year.  

All of these are custom cards that I got signed through the mail.  

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Minus 3, Plus 1

With the arrival of these three cards I am down to needing just three more cards for my 1965 Topps football set.  I am down to two Raiders, Ben Davidson and Fred Biletnikoff.  I won the Davidson the other day so it on its way.  The last card I will need and don't anticipate ever getting is the Joe Namath rookie.

I picked up this Michael King card from ebay.  It brings my Padrographs count to 1,334.   Those are each distinct cards and signatures.  I think that Bruce Bochy may be the only duplicate as I have him as manager and player.  

I missed a weeks worth of posts because I was getting a new computer and they had the old one also to get everything off it.

I reached out to Tom over at Angels in Order and he is fine.  He said he thought it was time to pull the plug on the blog.

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No New Cards and a Question

 I didn't pick up any new cards this week, but I did get a $100 ebay gift card for my birthday yesterday, so there will be some new cards soon.

My question is does anyone know what is going on with Tom over at Angels in Order?  When I try to access it it says it has been removed and is not available.  Anyone heard from Tom lately?

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Vacation and customs, page 4

This week my wife and I have been on vacation in Riddle, Oregon.  We are staying in a tiny house of 800 square feet.  Hanging on the wall are some custom cards I made for the owners of their dogs and horses.  

 

Tom Harrison pitched in one game for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965.  He  pitched one inning and has career ERA of 9

Jay Franklin pitched in 3 games for the Padres in 1971 and finished with a career ERA of 6.35

Larry Yount credited with pitching in a MLB without ever facing a batter.  He hurt his elbow during his warmup pitches and was pulled from the game and never returned to the majors.  

John Young played in two games for the Tigers in 1971, he got 2 hits, scored a run and is credited with an RBI.  He finished with a .500 BA

Herb Hutson pitched in 20 games for the Cubs in 1974.  He pitched 28.2 innings and finished with a 3.45 ERA 

Willie Prall went 14.2 innings in the 3 games he pitched in 1975 for the Cubs.  He finished with an ERA of 8.59

Manny Seoane played in 1977 with Philly for 2 games and 7 games for the Cubs in 1978.  He pitched in 14.1 innings for the two teams and finished with a 5.65 ERA.  In 1982 he and another former MLB pitcher were charged with kidnapping and robbing two of the other pitchers cousins.  They each got 7 years of probation after pleading no contest.  The things you find researching for the back of cards.

Herman Segelke pitched in 4.1 innings in 3 games for the Cubbies in 1982.  

Tom Grant appeared in 16 games for the 1983 Cubs.  He had 20 AB and had 3 hits and finished with a .150 BA.

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Padtographs, The Managers page 2

Steve Boros-Boros managed the entire 86 season.  He  managed the A's in 83-84.  He went 74-88 with the Padres in 86 and never managed in the majors again.  This is probably one of the first cards I got signed TTM, since I tried to get the 86 team set signed.

Larry Bowa-managed all of 87 and  46 games into the 88 season.  When he was replaced in 88 the Padres were 16-30, he finished his time with San Diego with a record of 81-127.  I got this card TTM.

Jack McKeon-McKeon was the general manager when he replaced Bowa 46 games into the 88 season.  He managed the team into 1990 but replaced himself with Greg Riddoch during the 1990 season.  His record in San Diego was 193-164.  I got this signed TTM.

Greg Riddoch-managed 82 in 1990, the complete 1991 season and 150 games in 1992. His  record was  200-194. I got this signed TTM.

Jim Riggleman-Jim managed 12 games in '92, the complelete '93 season and 117 games in '94.  He finished his career in San Diego with a record of 112-179.  Another card I got signed TTM.

Bruce Bochy-Boch is the longest tenured Padres manager, managing them for 12 years from 1995-2006.  He will be the second Padres manager inducted into the Hall of Fame.  His record with the Padres was 951-971.  I think I got this signed in person when Boch was a player coach with the Las Vegas Stars.

Bud Black-Bud managed the Padres for 9 years for 2007-2015.

His record with the Padres was 649-713.  I got this signed TTM

Pat Murphy-Murph managed the Padres for 96 games after Bud Black was fired in 2015.  His record with the Padres was 42-54.  This is a custom card I made that I got signed TTM.

Andy Green-Green magaged the Padres from 2016-2019.  He managed all but 8 games in 2019.  His record with the Padres was 274-366.  This is another custom card that I got signed TTM.  

 

Minus One, plus one

I received this Ralph Baker card this past week which takes me down to just needing 8 cards to complete the 1965 Topps Football set.  
 

Tanner Scott pitched last season for the Padres and signed up as a free agent with the Dodgers this season.  That gives me 1,333 Padrographs.

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custom cards, series 1, page 3

Tom Klawitter-Tom pitched in 7 games for the Twins in 1985, pitched 9.2 innings, gave up 2 homers finished with a 6.75 ERA.

Dennis Burtt-Dennis pitched in 5 games in 1985 and  3 games in 1986 for the Twins.  1986 was not his year he had an ERA of 31.5 in those 3 games.

Greg Thayer-pitched in 20 games for the Twins in 1978.

Jack Hobbs-pitched 5.2 inning for the Twins in 1981.

Jim Lewis-pitched in 6 games for the Twins in 1983, he also played for Seattle and the Yankees, between 1979-1985

Jay Pettibone-pitched in 4 games, starting them all and pitching 27 innings in four games.  Nobody does that anymore

Tom Norton-pitched in 21 games for Minnesota in 1972.

Bucky Guth-had 3 AB for the Twins in 1972, no hits, 1 run

Ron Allen- in his second appearance. He had 11 AB in 7 games for the Cardinals in 1972.

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Padrographs, the managers, page 1

 

 The Padres have had several managers since their inception as a Major League team in 1969.  

Preston Gomez- Preston managed from the very first game in 1969 until 1972.  He was replaced 11 games into the season.  His record with the Padres was 180-316.  I got this card on ebay.

Don Zimmer- Zim replaced Gomez 11 games into the 1972 season. He managed the rest of 1972 and all of 73 finishing his time as the Padres manager with a record of 114-190.  He and most of his coaches were dismissed when Ray Kroc bought the team. I got this card TTM.

John McNamara- managed all of 1974, 75,76 and 48 games into 1977 before being fired because the Padres had a 20-28 record.  He finished with a record of 224-310.  I think I got this card on Ebay.

Bob Skinner-lost no games as the manager of the Padres.  He managed one game in 1977.  I got this 1977 schedule card signed through the mail.  

Alvin Dark-After McNamara was fired and Skinner managed one game Alvin Dark was hired and managed the rest of the season going 48-65.  I got this card signed through the mail.

Roger Craig-during 1978 Spring Training Alvin Dark was fired just two weeks before the start of the season Craig was hired to manage the team.  He managed in 1978-79, his record was 152-171.  I got this schedule card signed through the mail.

Jerry Coleman-The Colonel came out of the Padres broadcast booth to manage the team in 1980.  He managed the team to a record of 73-89 before returing to the booth to hang a star on it.  I got this signed through the mail.  

Frank Howard-managed both halves of the 1981 season and the Padres were 41-69.  I got this card signed through the mail.

Dick Williams-managed the Padres from 1982 through 1986.  He took the team to the NL pennant and their first World Series in 1984. His record with the Padres  was 337-311, and a World Series loss.  I got this signed through the mail.

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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.