I finished Roberts 70th Birthday present last night

 I only needed one card to finish off Robert's birthday present, card #70 from 2023 Topps flagship and here it is.

I ordered a box of 2023 Topps from Dave and Adam's card world with next day delivery.  It came yesterday.  Every Hobby box has a silver pack in with 1988 Chrome cards and I got one guy from Oregon State University and three other guys.

I got my promised autograph in amongst a bunch of other inserts.

That is probably the last of my 2023 Topps purchases.  All to get one card.

Happy 70th Birthday, Robert Jones

 Today is my friend Robert's 70th Birthday.  He is not getting his birthday present until the end of the week at least because it is not complete and won't be until 2023 Topps Series 1 is out.  I have a box coming next day air to try and get the card as soon as possible.  

Thank you to everyone who helped out, in no particular order, The Diamond King, A Penny Sleeve, Cards As I see them, Baseball Card Breakdown, Baseball Cards Come to Life, Angels in Order, and the Cooperstown Advocate and his brother.  

1954-1961.  Ted Williams leads off followed by Elmer Valo of the KCA's, then
Johnny Logan, Willie Mays makes his first appearance, 1959 features Alex Grammas, followed by Mays and Rigney and Dick Williams.  The two Williams and the 58 Mays are reprints.  

1962-1970 features a lot of players  due to the multiplayer cards of the early '60's.

1971-1979, features the awesome 1972 Billy Cowan card.

1980-1988 features Jeff Lahti, who worked with the Portland Pickles, a team that Robert used to be the public address announcer for. 

1989-1997 Ozzie Smith at #40

1998-2006.  Oregonian Ben Petrick pops in at #49.  Sammy Sosa at #50 and in the oddest thing Danny Graves of the Reds at #51 and #52

2007-2015 Chris Young shows up as the only Padre in the entire project.  Jon Rauch is #60

2016-2022 Card #70 is not out yet, it will be Darrin Ruf.  I hope I get him in the box I ordered from Dave and Adam's.  Thanks again for all your help.  I have already decided what I am doing for his 80th birthday in ten years if we are both here.  

 

I Need Your Help to Celebrate A Friends Birthday

Over there to the right is one of my best friends, Robert Jones.  He took me to the Mariners vs. Padres series in Seattle earlier this year and we have attended many baseball games together.  I have known Robert for 45 years and he has helped me through for a few rough spots and is a constant source of encouragement.  On February 13, 2023 he will be turning 70 years old.  For his 60th birthday back in 2013 I got him every Topps flagship card numbered 60 from 1953-2013.  So for his 70th birthday decided to do something different but still involving Topps cards.  I want to get him the card number that matches his age from each year, so for example I want to get card #1 from 1954 and so on up to card #70 from 2023.  I figure you guys can help me.  I know some of the early years would be expensive, so I am looking for reprints or cards in really bad condition.  I don't expect any one to just give me cards so up above you will see a page labeled TRADE ITEMS, on it are 64 items that I am willing to trade for the cards.  You propose the trade and I will send you the item.  Also there is a page labeled ROBERTS 70th Birthday List.  It lists each card and who is on it and what team they are pictured with.  On that page I will keep track of who sent each card and what they received. I have also put the list below. I would really appreciate your help, I am trying to get ahead of this because 10 years ago it took me awhile  to get all the cards. Also I would appreciate it if you could pass the word, I am not sure not how many people still read Padrographs. Thank you in advance.  Updated 12/13

1954 1 Ted Williams Red Sox

1955 2 Ted Williams Red Sox

1956 3 Elmer Valo KC A's

1957 4 Johnny Logan Braves

1958 5 Willie Mays Giants

1959 6 Alex Grammas Cardinals The Diamond King

1960 7 Master & Mentor Giants

1961 8 Dick Williams KC A's

1962 9 Jim Davenport Giants

1963 10 AL Strikeout Ldrs The Diamond King

1964 11 NL RBI ldrs

1965 12 NL SO Ldrs

1966 13 Lou Johnson Dodgers gcrl

1967 14 Joe Sparma Tigers

1968 15 Ron Hunt Dodgers

1969 16 Giants Rookies Stars Giants gcrl

1970 17 Hoyt Wilhem Braves Gavin

1971 18 Norm Miller Astros The Diamond King/gcrl

1972 19 Billy Cowan Angels gcrl

1973 20 Stan Bahnsen White Sox Baseball Cards Come to Life

1974 21 Bob Gallagher Astros gcrl

1975 22 Dave Cash Phillies

1976 23 Brian Downing White Sox Baseball Cards Come to Life

1977 24 Carl Morton Braves Baseball Cards Come to Life

1978 25 Jon Matlack Mets

1979 26 Jamie Quirk Royals

1980 27 Del Unser Phillies

1981 28 Enrique Romo Pirates Angels in Order

1982 29 Dwayne Murphy

1983 30 Jim Rice Red Sox The Diamond King

1984 31 Andy McCaffigan Giants Angels in Order

1985 32 Chuck Porter Brewers Baseball Cards Come to Life

1986 33 Jeff Lahti Cardinals Angels in Order

1987 34 Jose Rijo A's Angels in Order

1988 35 Harold Baines White Sox Baseball Cards Come to Life/The Cooperstown Advocate

1989 36 Mitch Webster Cubs Baseball Cards Come to Life

1990 37 Domingo Ramos Cubs Baseball Cards Come to Life/The Cooperstown Advocate

1991 38 Scott Bradley Seattle Baseball Cards Come to Life

1992 39 Greg Olson Braves

1993 40 Ozzie Smith Cardinals

1994 41 Kevin Wickander Reds Baseball Cards Come to Life

1995 42 Jose Batista Cubs

1996 43 Troy Percival Angels Angels in Order

1997 44 Hal Morris Reds Baseball Cards Come to Life

1998 45 Pat Hentgen Toronto Baseball Cards Come to Life

1999 46 Armando Benitez Baltimore

2000 47 Shannon Stewart Toronto

2001 48 Dan Plesac Arizona

2002 49 Ben Petrick Colorado

2003 50 Sammy Sosa Cubs The Diamond King

2004 51 Danny Graves Reds Baseball Cards Come to Life

2005 52 Danny Graves Reds

2006 53 Tomo Okha Brewers Baseball Cards Come to Life

2007 54 Daniel Cabrera Baltimore Baseball Cards Come to Life

2008 55 Chris Young San Diego Baseball Cards Come to Life

2009 56 Edwin Encarcion Reds Baseball Cards Come to Life

2010 57 CC Sabithia Yankees Baseball Cards Come to Life

2011 58 Josh Johnson Miami Baseball Cards Come to Life

2012 59 Texas Rangers

2013 60 Jon Rauch Mets Baseball Cards Come to Life

2014 61 Nick Markakis Baltimore

2015 62 Nolan Arrenado Colorado Baseball Cards Come to Life

2016 63 Zach Britton Baltimore

2017 64 Adam Eaton White Sox

2018 65 Alex Wood Dodgers Angels in Order

2019 66 Stephen Piscotty Yankees

2020 67 Tyler Beede Giants

2021 68 Charlie Blackmon

2022 69 Corey Kluber Yankees

2023 70

Thanks to Fuji and eBay

 Thanks to Fuji and eBay my 19 pages of Tony Gwynn cards are now full.  Here they are in all there glory.  And of course they in reverse order.  I am happy with the cards I have chosen.

I cut down my Padrographs to just nine cards from each year.  I also kept one card of each manager and a few odds and ends.  I will share those with you at some point.  

I work retail at a mall so our busy time of the year is beginning.  

It's Been Awhile, Y'all

I have been deliberating over the past 5 months what to do with my cards.  I have come to two decisions and have been in the process of implementing those decisions.  

I decided that I was only going to collect (at this time) two players, Tim Flannery and Tony Gwynn.  Flannery I was going to try and get all of his cards.  Right now all I have are a few cards other than all his Topps cards.  I will be starting chasing those remaining cards soon.  
I decided that I was only going to keep 19 pages of Tony Gwynn cards, that is 171 cards.  So I went through all my Tony Gwynn, Sr. cards and eventually pared it down to that number.  I split the rest of my Gwynn cards and other Padres cards between Gavin and Fuji.  I dropped off Gavin's cards to him a week or so ago and I mailed Fuji's to him yesterday.  When I decided to page my Gwynn cards I realized there were still 10 cards I needed to complete my task. I have listed the 10 cards I still need on the Top Ten Most Wanted.  

Group Break

 I have accumulated a fair number of cards of many teams and have made over six hundred custom cards.  I am downsizing my collection and will be offering team lots of all teams except the Padres. There are custom cards, inserts and even a few autographs.  Not every team has autographs. The custom cards are of players that never had a card or a card with the team on the card. I have priced each lot at 25¢ a card.  Below is a list of the teams and the number of cards and the total price for each team. I will update the post as people sign up and pay for their cards.  Shipping will depend on the number of cards you get.

Team              #of cards          Price          Paid for 

Rockies                  4                 $1.00   

Senators                14                $3.50

Twins                     42               $10.50 

Braves                    35              $8.75

A's                          100             $25.00      San Jose Fuji

Mariners                 25              $6.25

Royals                     25               $6.25

Cleveland                30              $7.50

Dodgers                   39              $9.75

Miami                       4               $1.00

Pilots/Brewers        19               $4.75

Phillies                     32               $8.00

Houston                   18                $4.50

Yankees                   46               $11.50

Tampa Bay             7                 $1.75

Diamondbacks       1                      25¢   

Blue Jays               19                 $4.75 

Rangers                 10                 $2.50

Orioles                   24                $6.00

Cardinals              53                 $13.25

Red Sox                43                 $10.75    Matt

Angels                   32                 $8.00

Pirates                   48                 $12.00

White Sox              44                $11.00

Mets                        17               $4.25          Brett

Expos/Nationals     13               $3.25

Reds                         47               $11.75

Cubs                         57              $14.25

Tigers                       64              $16.00

Giants                     103              $25.75         San Jose Fuji

Negro League         34                $8.50

Umpires/Executives  14             $3.50

Padrographs 1262-1264 and my current state of mind about the hobby.

 

 Hey, long time no see.  I got frustrated with what Padrographs were selling for and cards in general.  

First lets talk about these three cards then we will move onto other things.  

Edward Olivares, is Padrograph #1262.  He played in 13 games for the Padres in 2020 before being traded to the Royals for Trevor Rosenthal.  He has played in 15 games for the Royals so far this year.

Jarlin Susana, is Padrograph #1263.  The 18 year old was signed by the Padres as a free agent.  He is currently playing in the DSL.

Joe Goddard,  is Padrograph #1264.  He was signed by the Padres in 1971 and played in 12 games for the Padres in 1972.  He played in the Padres system through 1976.  I have made custom cards of him and sent them to him and never heard from him.  I found  this Beckett autograph cut on eBay and then an overlay for it.  I designed it and my wife cut it out for me.  She has a much steadier hand than I.  I got this card back in January.  

With all the prices going up I have made a few decisions about my collection.  Also I am not getting any younger, I will be signing up for Medicare in September.  I have decided that I am just going to concentrate on my Padrographs and Tim Flannery cards.  I am going to curtail my Padrographs and only get cards of players who have actually played for the Padres not just in their system and all the managers.  There goes my Joe Pepitone autograph.  I will be selling many things that don't meet that criteria.  

I will be hosting a group break soon that will consists of commons, inserts, autographs and custom cards.  I am sorting all my non Padres by teams and when I get them all sorted I will be posting the details of the break.  The price will be determined by the number of cards for the team.  I am looking at making each card between 25-50.  

Right now I am looking for Tim Flannery cards that are not from Topps.  I think I have all of them.   

Once I get down with the group break I will be figuring out what to do with all my non-auto Padres cards. 

Thank you for stopping by and good night.