tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11150256114295565922024-02-20T03:46:52.628-06:00Rectangle MenGuys trapped
in rectanglesCoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-92153294127605795632016-07-11T20:25:00.002-05:002016-07-11T20:25:16.413-05:00I'll Buy That for a Dollar!Came across these cases of cards at the local Mission Mart last summer:<br />
<br />
<img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR7ZuyztHxuX_8tTTb5HlpmJq805pdfvSSvoRDqjHivCvIdD_tNwhPmXp_qr8vw-sjrmiU6fWgZIv63n2B48I51dc4_ddGa02zjdnAoxGHMBN1FMUu1oVeNIrrM5hWzXL7ff_THZprNM/s640/IMG_3456.JPG" width="640" /><br />
<br />
<br />
Did a double take when I saw them, but, they were real.<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
Hard to believe they were all Griffeys so I popped them open at home and checked them out:<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHy_X7-w8zUxaJWcMAkQAC-aB4O1iwq1qvxk2n6aOmZacfbV_IuOpCg2RLgCxm_fiHGjwbjgZra0_jK7x64IydxWKHqShtIpsBkEgTETRfFA9BDrek9K0p-iBaOsh2yJvgviqXcXuvL4/s1600/IMG_3449.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHy_X7-w8zUxaJWcMAkQAC-aB4O1iwq1qvxk2n6aOmZacfbV_IuOpCg2RLgCxm_fiHGjwbjgZra0_jK7x64IydxWKHqShtIpsBkEgTETRfFA9BDrek9K0p-iBaOsh2yJvgviqXcXuvL4/s640/IMG_3449.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE3HnpwPqFZkotTI2ZMfA1FFjay1sonDH6HFeHEANvRb_S-iU72bhabvdvGnS1qH0W3fNTL6i5P1I_qhqCDnSwBNp2OHec69YDLaCJDS2M-G5QJ2uzMLp2L-LSYo3EuzaELl4oMDL5pY/s1600/IMG_3450.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPE3HnpwPqFZkotTI2ZMfA1FFjay1sonDH6HFeHEANvRb_S-iU72bhabvdvGnS1qH0W3fNTL6i5P1I_qhqCDnSwBNp2OHec69YDLaCJDS2M-G5QJ2uzMLp2L-LSYo3EuzaELl4oMDL5pY/s640/IMG_3450.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYXqSwA3HqLd4LMyluiX8esWu9nacmRcy6vPcFrjg9Iqz0vO2AS6t9PT70H-Y4lsXD_QiHd7awQLg1583EAuepQea7-gingCTX4G2H1r_w5SsisUgtP0rH7IYRtdBBB5XA-cvqtCwc1s/s1600/IMG_3451.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYXqSwA3HqLd4LMyluiX8esWu9nacmRcy6vPcFrjg9Iqz0vO2AS6t9PT70H-Y4lsXD_QiHd7awQLg1583EAuepQea7-gingCTX4G2H1r_w5SsisUgtP0rH7IYRtdBBB5XA-cvqtCwc1s/s640/IMG_3451.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCW-MjPRLX0lJO6MMTGdBwgAe09ZU74kojDUxAKVzQTW7cd5Gs73BBi6pRkWaedywEpd52M32MajjQiwQ6-WqVoPxCtvUaej0fiTwXwrKWV1MTSPUcSR-MJx4e-T2-h59-b4luSTrHZs/s1600/IMG_3452.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCW-MjPRLX0lJO6MMTGdBwgAe09ZU74kojDUxAKVzQTW7cd5Gs73BBi6pRkWaedywEpd52M32MajjQiwQ6-WqVoPxCtvUaej0fiTwXwrKWV1MTSPUcSR-MJx4e-T2-h59-b4luSTrHZs/s640/IMG_3452.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zhjZqsbbx8SJ5im120I324DxDqmbv-DyMFYKvGckptuQY0BplRIZ2hnCNqTK8TLM5cv60EQ_3D-bqqa3y_O8zHyF2_x91J0Upq2yvRe2fnFEmQ3DGkPu8O26dHI063x94901Zk_qies/s1600/IMG_3455.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zhjZqsbbx8SJ5im120I324DxDqmbv-DyMFYKvGckptuQY0BplRIZ2hnCNqTK8TLM5cv60EQ_3D-bqqa3y_O8zHyF2_x91J0Upq2yvRe2fnFEmQ3DGkPu8O26dHI063x94901Zk_qies/s640/IMG_3455.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
I don't know what you do with 200 of any card but it's neat having them.<br />
<br />
That's over 120,000 home runs!<br />
<br />
Been a bit since I posted here but was doing stuff not related to blogging, or collecting, or.......well, just stuff.<br />
<br />
These cards were actually the last ones brought in to Mission Mart by (I assume) a card shop owner who just wanted to get rid of his junk cards.<br />
As you can see from above it wasn't all junk. But I consider any card haul to be a treasure.<br />
<br />
I will post some more cards that were dropped off over the coming weeks(and months). Hopefully.<br />
<br />
I'm still actually sorting and cataloging all the cards since there were over 80,000 there. Took 3 carloads but I got them home.<br />
<br />
I didn't collect zip from 1995 to 1998 so I am a little overwhelmed at all the awesome sets and cards that I missed out on.<br />
<br />
But the seller seemed to specialize in a ton of cards from that era, in general.<br />
<br />
Say one thing for Mission Mart, they are a very friendly barterer. Or they just needed the space back on their floor.<br />
<br />
Sure, there was a ton of junk cards(ok, over 3/4 of them) but for the price I couldn't pass them all up. And I'm a card rat.<br />
<br />
Next time, more cardage!<br />
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-24197340515725243132015-03-28T19:26:00.001-05:002015-03-28T19:26:27.217-05:00Stage fright? UFO? Bigfoot?Joaquin Arias seems to be absolutely perplexed as to explain what he is seeing...........<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPCpfgTmn8rT9vXqBUTrciQVKIMDyztSSdSuLOZ3Cl17LgaYilQso_HEC1hUIn_vRWqEoBzRcByAJlqJCOnZEWrQSBrX6WeAfRaDHT3IZ3qduvJXBssQezklxzPp-hsYWd1GmsJ5DQag/s1600/ja15t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPCpfgTmn8rT9vXqBUTrciQVKIMDyztSSdSuLOZ3Cl17LgaYilQso_HEC1hUIn_vRWqEoBzRcByAJlqJCOnZEWrQSBrX6WeAfRaDHT3IZ3qduvJXBssQezklxzPp-hsYWd1GmsJ5DQag/s1600/ja15t.jpg" height="640" width="454" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
.......and he has been perplexed since last year.........<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOB7cw12Wz9ZY8BJyYW-vZpB_nBEOvHX6MNpzxzTUj4w6WEtJSlH9lmNKdnhO7Khp16lfKZKQkKNaYSK5yhQOfYMnlgWbbxnndHoRBPFuQdRydxLhuRx5p4gR9-JWxkwKD9vk4FUO1Y8/s1600/ja14t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOB7cw12Wz9ZY8BJyYW-vZpB_nBEOvHX6MNpzxzTUj4w6WEtJSlH9lmNKdnhO7Khp16lfKZKQkKNaYSK5yhQOfYMnlgWbbxnndHoRBPFuQdRydxLhuRx5p4gR9-JWxkwKD9vk4FUO1Y8/s1600/ja14t.jpg" height="640" width="458" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I do hope he gets the helps he needs.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-32374310574385498102015-02-07T14:29:00.000-06:002015-02-07T14:29:05.226-06:00Thar's gold in them thar packs!No, not that thar gold:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLXvcS6yDJy6Cu1ehi37KnDiFjIaAENtT460w734LfiGH3VLNZp_nYc59zah-Ltlr-fjeMtNAmX8ire5bnn8NIxRGRtMTy8-GLfJFpBJE-jQC6u-cpeICSBQPP_XHoqJ3X4GF2HZW3k4/s1600/tl13tg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLXvcS6yDJy6Cu1ehi37KnDiFjIaAENtT460w734LfiGH3VLNZp_nYc59zah-Ltlr-fjeMtNAmX8ire5bnn8NIxRGRtMTy8-GLfJFpBJE-jQC6u-cpeICSBQPP_XHoqJ3X4GF2HZW3k4/s1600/tl13tg1.jpg" height="640" width="452" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
This here gold!:<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-kpYSwjluwY_iePU8FwwnvX5WypFAHUa1hJZ0p_mtJAO6pzO8dBY-iCkMUDVurczIQMb7gbAH5lAtfqG2Ej2oXA9cu-tTriMtoW84P6Kl7PX8TXYG9seEqamz8SwvP5Bmh-54-G7uRE/s1600/tl15tg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-kpYSwjluwY_iePU8FwwnvX5WypFAHUa1hJZ0p_mtJAO6pzO8dBY-iCkMUDVurczIQMb7gbAH5lAtfqG2Ej2oXA9cu-tTriMtoW84P6Kl7PX8TXYG9seEqamz8SwvP5Bmh-54-G7uRE/s1600/tl15tg1.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR7ctb9JZu8WoMeRcJXcWJo5y0ERpXWkvtaj-7Rc96YVXWsGOQHkQNO4FYAwj1lVJF2TYaToV2Xu4bur9O7DjkKU26G8CNZQuqBw8lsWF8wZvTdAkudVLtZd2OTMzFOhTCdIJohbKy60/s1600/tt15tg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXR7ctb9JZu8WoMeRcJXcWJo5y0ERpXWkvtaj-7Rc96YVXWsGOQHkQNO4FYAwj1lVJF2TYaToV2Xu4bur9O7DjkKU26G8CNZQuqBw8lsWF8wZvTdAkudVLtZd2OTMzFOhTCdIJohbKy60/s1600/tt15tg1.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></div>
<br />
Shiny gold!<br />
<br />
My precious!Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-28721008764855891742015-02-07T14:25:00.000-06:002015-02-07T14:25:20.624-06:002015 Topps Carlos Gomez?I got this card in a hanger box at Walmart and it is hard to tell in the scan but it is holographic foil.<br />
<br />
Does anyone know the name of this parallel set?<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDInOyHrb4TbJFoeAH4fvdrZrRf2TFi-pFyJ0F7XkUaurNmxnutYTd0dPCZ_7B9m-VUj4FsWppr7uBINopcgWXUoUKq_DozPJxatNQ2jwOnXFNEPXQMyGe1Z_lfiWwrtk94OdpIkLkUI/s1600/cg15thf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDInOyHrb4TbJFoeAH4fvdrZrRf2TFi-pFyJ0F7XkUaurNmxnutYTd0dPCZ_7B9m-VUj4FsWppr7uBINopcgWXUoUKq_DozPJxatNQ2jwOnXFNEPXQMyGe1Z_lfiWwrtk94OdpIkLkUI/s1600/cg15thf.jpg" height="640" width="454" /></a></div>
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-12891833476685470142015-01-24T13:43:00.002-06:002015-01-24T13:43:30.801-06:00Let's Play Two.........Forever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCUjbwORMgacoLzc12kdTf3NOi8Op7QgA8er4YDpliPL2qw_Ck5a9uHFYgNfx6QeOhFiSiEKzsUm9txjtGOgy4qN5ebDHId7HhrJIGT686xGPq1F2WZoGpo-XCN9LgcclmIG_ECs2hJg/s1600/eb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCUjbwORMgacoLzc12kdTf3NOi8Op7QgA8er4YDpliPL2qw_Ck5a9uHFYgNfx6QeOhFiSiEKzsUm9txjtGOgy4qN5ebDHId7HhrJIGT686xGPq1F2WZoGpo-XCN9LgcclmIG_ECs2hJg/s1600/eb.jpg" height="640" width="560" /></a></div>
<br />
When he didn't show up for last weeks Cubs Convention most people feared the worst and it came to pass but he is in a better place playing a doubleheader today.<br />
<br />
Ernie Banks<br />
<br />
1931-2015Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-67877240857726364702014-11-26T15:18:00.003-06:002014-11-26T15:22:44.363-06:00The greatest, most insane, mind boggling season.......EVER!!!!!!This is Jorge Polanco:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvjSV35W6zX2GVxkao937YLlxamJZ0wFDvtL8ukN3VD2hXodS56JMEg7LT2L3ojl92He7fK-SKv5MeDVch1YeTUNPiqHOG4RegtIHF3ErimfnhrZeoOI0D_4mstVrmBdxveB4Jh4RcsI/s1600/jp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvjSV35W6zX2GVxkao937YLlxamJZ0wFDvtL8ukN3VD2hXodS56JMEg7LT2L3ojl92He7fK-SKv5MeDVch1YeTUNPiqHOG4RegtIHF3ErimfnhrZeoOI0D_4mstVrmBdxveB4Jh4RcsI/s1600/jp1.jpg" height="640" width="458" /></a></div>
<br />
He came up to the Twins as a 20 year old straight from single A, which is impressive.<br />
<br />
But what he did in the minors in 2013 will forever defy the laws of nature physics and.....math........<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
The back of the card shows very little stats:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcze0uKXysusFmuyICQoL62K7GtKTE9aDlgeSflJdqye_glLxfpOJOB5J5wEs_X6yUj2f-uV-bB3EfeITqqrbC89rtTsru64fkd2dsX6LPAUcmwtp64PhZpbJXfKnBFXuy5V9sWLBE8zE/s1600/jp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcze0uKXysusFmuyICQoL62K7GtKTE9aDlgeSflJdqye_glLxfpOJOB5J5wEs_X6yUj2f-uV-bB3EfeITqqrbC89rtTsru64fkd2dsX6LPAUcmwtp64PhZpbJXfKnBFXuy5V9sWLBE8zE/s1600/jp2.jpg" height="456" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
But the most amazing season(EVER!!!!) is revealed when you look closer:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx44VJ5hPgimRbniwk5F_0O9b87jmSQu9jPCgaCwaWgbQmDoUWKbLlrbbZhmROtIQFxvaDFn07Uwanu309qX-7uUSLmxsHQAr2ymaUKoMam0xQIxzDQd3CN5nbF1zzpTrul-0rHyyyiY/s1600/jp2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSx44VJ5hPgimRbniwk5F_0O9b87jmSQu9jPCgaCwaWgbQmDoUWKbLlrbbZhmROtIQFxvaDFn07Uwanu309qX-7uUSLmxsHQAr2ymaUKoMam0xQIxzDQd3CN5nbF1zzpTrul-0rHyyyiY/s1600/jp2.jpg" height="80" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
Yes! you are reading those amazing numbers right! </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Let's break it down in bullet points(They're blanks so they won't hurt):</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>Games: 17</li>
<li>At Bats:7</li>
<li>Runs:2</li>
<li>Hits:100........... .1!</li>
<li>Doubles:85</li>
<li>Triples:40</li>
<li>Home Runs:37</li>
<li>RBIs:19</li>
<li>Stolen Bases:86!</li>
<li>Walks:0!</li>
<li>Slugging:.000</li>
<li>OPS:1.04</li>
<li>AVG:.332</li>
<li>WAR:---------------------------------</li>
</ul>
That's right! In 17 games he had 100 hits and 162 of those were for extra bases! Math does not exist any longer!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
All that in only 7 at bats! Just think what a full year would</div>
<div>
have looked like!<br />
<br />
37 homers and only 19 RBI's. Hey, that's single A for you.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
And 86 bases swiped while walking not one time!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Lest we forget about his slugg.........wait....what?</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Hmmmmmm........</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Never mind everybody! It appears somebody has tried to pull one on us.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Nothing to see here. Go on about your day.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
But really, a 7-2 record with 86 k's to only 19 walks and a 1.04 WHIP is a decent season.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Any takers on whose stats those might be?</div>
Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-38005598227646424722014-09-01T19:27:00.001-05:002014-09-01T19:27:04.247-05:00Roberto Clemente was as tough as iron..............and I have the card to prove it:<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPAB0RjRrjZGCZ2LXDDNCRcKaJS1lBaPyh_UYelnbvDA_2Mm0NbdfpHpuCnQ0BLgE6bxpH9SY_aesR0JVOKD6pinLbYwgmyZDvySAgT4SUkf4xHxKk0B-8Skdo8WL-mrnraE6cV1PQ8o/s1600/rc13tpc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPAB0RjRrjZGCZ2LXDDNCRcKaJS1lBaPyh_UYelnbvDA_2Mm0NbdfpHpuCnQ0BLgE6bxpH9SY_aesR0JVOKD6pinLbYwgmyZDvySAgT4SUkf4xHxKk0B-8Skdo8WL-mrnraE6cV1PQ8o/s1600/rc13tpc1.jpg" height="451" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013 Topps Pennant Chase Wrought Iron Medallion</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K-TeghBg_YLYzwMF924g-qZn0HTPMG5slXV9pB_6XxgOVcpNQWtDsDKlv-qVw7eqvlHXZY-MOJbKyjS-n6f4e3tncd445VhQe0OLyFQRuSKP3dZm8oxkbkQGkXC-QIQXtDLZmqS6O4s/s1600/rc13tpc2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K-TeghBg_YLYzwMF924g-qZn0HTPMG5slXV9pB_6XxgOVcpNQWtDsDKlv-qVw7eqvlHXZY-MOJbKyjS-n6f4e3tncd445VhQe0OLyFQRuSKP3dZm8oxkbkQGkXC-QIQXtDLZmqS6O4s/s1600/rc13tpc2.jpg" height="454" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Clemente was a tough ballplayer and he is a worthy recipient of this medallion on his card.<br />
<br />
It is one of those cards which is 125 point stock thick which isn't anything odd but how many thick cards do you come across that weigh a fifth of a pound?<br />
<br />
This card almost fell to the floor when I opened a cello pack of 2013 Topps Update cards. Glad I caught it.<br />
<br />
I bought the pack at my local card store and the owner let me pick the pack and I think I picked right.<br />
<br />
I do not know if wrought iron rusts or not but that would be an interesting card to see.<br />
<br />
The hardest of the Pennant Chase Medallion cards to get are the steel ones which are numbered to 10.<br />
<br />
But it doesn't matter which metal makes up a card of Clemente because it takes a special player to be adorned with metal.<br />
<br />
A player like Clemente.<br />
<br />
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-37106460134523483162014-07-28T15:15:00.003-05:002014-07-28T15:17:29.165-05:00Listia Loot: 1962 ToppsPicked up five 1962 Topps cards off of Listia from <a href="http://napkindoon.blogspot.com/">Napkin Doon</a> and while they aren't in great shape they are my first '62s.<br />
<br />
This card is in the best shape of the bunch:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSpHI3aydRng2rmnTmVONhErHi7ipJhyyHmnsf1D8gF99mPhPFFRlfwO8FEj0oQ4N6JaTEXCdaLbTWYzNqhESsJ6qszAXhvGHsgAYrFaGnWex36eikFuo8GSFL82ovxztHNTtVyw7JWA/s1600/ga1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSpHI3aydRng2rmnTmVONhErHi7ipJhyyHmnsf1D8gF99mPhPFFRlfwO8FEj0oQ4N6JaTEXCdaLbTWYzNqhESsJ6qszAXhvGHsgAYrFaGnWex36eikFuo8GSFL82ovxztHNTtVyw7JWA/s640/ga1.jpg" height="640" width="452" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>And it's a Cubs player. Yay!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOO6F7vsvbm_YgGxxs3XHBoBXeucAVfKHHnR-d6tS8k8Pb4hsJ6a1aT5t-HECqxqemHFSt379PvADew-0vRGql5-aGpIGUzv3IkKh5ZZLXZoepyWslJrQBRtXkWiVfgP7h5_LGXoE7ZU/s1600/ga2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOO6F7vsvbm_YgGxxs3XHBoBXeucAVfKHHnR-d6tS8k8Pb4hsJ6a1aT5t-HECqxqemHFSt379PvADew-0vRGql5-aGpIGUzv3IkKh5ZZLXZoepyWslJrQBRtXkWiVfgP7h5_LGXoE7ZU/s640/ga2.jpg" height="457" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
As you can see, George really broke through in 1961.<br />
<br />
Seemed to be a really good year for hitters.<br />
<br />
<br />
Next up is badly miscut but still cool card of a player deemed good enough to get a star on his card:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqrbmfVk1qPelKmwJ7VIm5CFUbGCHXCMHANUbBz6c6GmA4QV-tKEiZcpL0UXw-cW7klXB2XKOJXhtB6ug4JaqAliKOO4dbgOH8i4XNgrImyyENRLNLl9WB7FzvbJwUPMFgwC4N_X1xuA/s1600/dc1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqrbmfVk1qPelKmwJ7VIm5CFUbGCHXCMHANUbBz6c6GmA4QV-tKEiZcpL0UXw-cW7klXB2XKOJXhtB6ug4JaqAliKOO4dbgOH8i4XNgrImyyENRLNLl9WB7FzvbJwUPMFgwC4N_X1xuA/s640/dc1.jpg" height="640" width="458" /></a></div>
<br />
This is a topsy turvy card.<br />
<br />
Topps pushes Dean off to the far left to make too much room for the star and then they miscut the card.<br />
<br />
Even the curled up photo adds to the chaos.<br />
<br />
If I was a baseball card, this is what I would look like in the morning. Heck, all day for that matter.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELwloIU_s7oZbP80hZFG4RBbjqttJ_WVpCRMwADDLUYrbxroUOZTM99cMhW-czkWdeWm8GRU5XGzBKAs93X7TApGdZQaEqFZkS8yVHhsAu9jStUWmOxdZ2fWbaxW9esVaoQqFOFd0g08/s1600/dc2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELwloIU_s7oZbP80hZFG4RBbjqttJ_WVpCRMwADDLUYrbxroUOZTM99cMhW-czkWdeWm8GRU5XGzBKAs93X7TApGdZQaEqFZkS8yVHhsAu9jStUWmOxdZ2fWbaxW9esVaoQqFOFd0g08/s640/dc2.jpg" height="458" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Dean did figure to be one of the most exciting rookies in '62 as he went 14-10 with a 2.96 ERA with 6 complete games and 2 shutouts.<br />
<br />
He went on to win 20 games twice and finished with a .527 win percentage.<br />
<br />
<br />
Frank Baumann did something most pitchers don't want to do:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieY9Dnbe2kssblv2DfOr12vln_ObqT2jNkWUQXRSIeQnEFex3z2-uvEGDmhaj-jEU7p33sP3UfMOYnR91Side8fBHfQrqzmVkHvIFOHRlezRm2Ez2jhWRNSEH-zP0ot13zQYq5qAA2tw/s1600/fb62t1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieY9Dnbe2kssblv2DfOr12vln_ObqT2jNkWUQXRSIeQnEFex3z2-uvEGDmhaj-jEU7p33sP3UfMOYnR91Side8fBHfQrqzmVkHvIFOHRlezRm2Ez2jhWRNSEH-zP0ot13zQYq5qAA2tw/s1600/fb62t1.jpg" height="640" width="464" /></a></div>
<br />
He went from first in his league one year to being worst in the next:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Ah-63RTqSf-36q1BV852Uyf-N55UIPjc9g3HjB9Qta5j1EbobSRkFFRYqUVYKmYVz1DeRsxLa7zmNumXPwkaRWjyP-sd3_uL5hknB3l11nX8WDs4Si-BprMMRZPB8LHO482P1RCh9mM/s1600/fb62t2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Ah-63RTqSf-36q1BV852Uyf-N55UIPjc9g3HjB9Qta5j1EbobSRkFFRYqUVYKmYVz1DeRsxLa7zmNumXPwkaRWjyP-sd3_uL5hknB3l11nX8WDs4Si-BprMMRZPB8LHO482P1RCh9mM/s1600/fb62t2.jpg" height="452" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Being the ERA leader in '60 to being the leader in earned runs allowed the next with an ERA almost three runs higher.<br />
<br />
Ouch.<br />
<br />
<br />
Don Demeter showed the Dodgers why they should not have traded him in 1961:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyOsWEz-gHpLHj7U75TygcC7SiKGL6zXEC5ejrYyXxz-rGLc6zB1BEbtyDlK6ruolqte3LUS-7quMLFbyTbFVlIPLHMjEsqV8id5rASv4ImOeRVl1RE5rV3tqQsEaPfkimjos0yL4WbU/s1600/dd62t1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyOsWEz-gHpLHj7U75TygcC7SiKGL6zXEC5ejrYyXxz-rGLc6zB1BEbtyDlK6ruolqte3LUS-7quMLFbyTbFVlIPLHMjEsqV8id5rASv4ImOeRVl1RE5rV3tqQsEaPfkimjos0yL4WbU/s1600/dd62t1.jpg" height="640" width="466" /></a></div>
<br />
From early 1961 through 1965 he averaged about 20 HRs and 80 RBIs while hitting about .267.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt7Qb55B6EfQaB4Ayt_0Dtc69IGw8AJY6QLB8EQZcE1n1BKNGfWIJ-VFNdFAMwUxoqBAoTjPjENrBgztQYNtKxXxnfqCeDV1UGwthfUB1j6ZKsf_Bj8wrf_DlSzWiJgHbu1IebACWS3k/s1600/dd62t2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijt7Qb55B6EfQaB4Ayt_0Dtc69IGw8AJY6QLB8EQZcE1n1BKNGfWIJ-VFNdFAMwUxoqBAoTjPjENrBgztQYNtKxXxnfqCeDV1UGwthfUB1j6ZKsf_Bj8wrf_DlSzWiJgHbu1IebACWS3k/s1600/dd62t2.jpg" height="448" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Norm Sherry played five years in the Bigs and did not do much of anything:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx_ulMHoOEgAF9h7_8EXEsEv7lrjZjeVyRw0PneD8MgATptZPFk07Y2Ncr6-veXT0kRGhOi66oa1zxiKkto1vTpI1ZZoUCznBlDt6mFmUdslPNQeSNy4baSR3aovlaTL6ZKyCbPrT4Yk/s1600/ns62t1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx_ulMHoOEgAF9h7_8EXEsEv7lrjZjeVyRw0PneD8MgATptZPFk07Y2Ncr6-veXT0kRGhOi66oa1zxiKkto1vTpI1ZZoUCznBlDt6mFmUdslPNQeSNy4baSR3aovlaTL6ZKyCbPrT4Yk/s1600/ns62t1.jpg" height="640" width="464" /></a></div>
<br />
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Norm is that huge patch of glue or whatever that is on your face.<br />
<br />
Might have done better if you could have actually seen the ball, Norm.<br />
<br />
Sorry Norm, not everyone finishes on top.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v55lwHEyfNvq9LEcUIYD4XxoRsOorIVhOgQzRxzC0wv9EPKiU9V25wcJg6x1dZu03lLVh9RX_CsZ9icDSKRxoCR-Yp1WhA9DZeri4jt9EyCMiVGa_v9bYPrIKAEAHp8np088JE3OvW8/s1600/ns62t2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v55lwHEyfNvq9LEcUIYD4XxoRsOorIVhOgQzRxzC0wv9EPKiU9V25wcJg6x1dZu03lLVh9RX_CsZ9icDSKRxoCR-Yp1WhA9DZeri4jt9EyCMiVGa_v9bYPrIKAEAHp8np088JE3OvW8/s1600/ns62t2.jpg" height="452" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Well, to be fair, Norm did have a brother who held his own for a bit so I guess he could live vicariously through him.<br />
<br />
All in all, I like the 1962 set more after getting my hands on a few.<br />
<br />
The turned up bottom corner on the pictures actually looks like something that might have been implemented 10 years later and would not have looked dated so I would have to say it was a design feature before its time.<br />
<br />
Thanks Napkin Doon!Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-20822454893111959762014-05-31T21:05:00.001-05:002014-05-31T21:05:19.917-05:00Topps pulls a fast oneWell, technically, I did the pulling which I covered in <a href="http://rectanglemen.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-trifecta-trifecta-and-fourfecta.html">this crazy post</a> but Topps came through quickly on one of the redemption card I pulled.<br />
<br />
This card.........<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HFDNwfhB946TJTKLPqBUSK1M1xdNjZwrYo1Su9e2KRPNUebrbGldrWlKnahJQHkaA2nnNFOG5lbqTZFm0pSvQa9xK7wwsy22lgPEOo2Jrn-_LxKayeE4KAw758jx2Ddb2BmbWLG_0HA/s1600/13tuahautordempt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HFDNwfhB946TJTKLPqBUSK1M1xdNjZwrYo1Su9e2KRPNUebrbGldrWlKnahJQHkaA2nnNFOG5lbqTZFm0pSvQa9xK7wwsy22lgPEOo2Jrn-_LxKayeE4KAw758jx2Ddb2BmbWLG_0HA/s1600/13tuahautordempt.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></div>
<br />
.........became.................................<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>this card:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtebZcKzJOcZW0su_B2irGgyutxyOveb4mOgrKnXH4Wpu9TfI5EwuY2_DfuyA8PuQQeqhL7nrRgSNmYChU4BntDd-R-ibg6UNMdgd2SCDahdqSUpq50xm3sPuQHwJAvf9MOfSpR7gv-fw/s1600/13tahmtmauto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtebZcKzJOcZW0su_B2irGgyutxyOveb4mOgrKnXH4Wpu9TfI5EwuY2_DfuyA8PuQQeqhL7nrRgSNmYChU4BntDd-R-ibg6UNMdgd2SCDahdqSUpq50xm3sPuQHwJAvf9MOfSpR7gv-fw/s1600/13tahmtmauto.jpg" height="640" width="462" /></a></div>
<br />
This gorgeous card was delivered in about four weeks which is pretty good for Topps redemptions.<br />
<br />
The back:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc45g_Qs92zoVbYEHpPlym2aX7w2K_U6JDIPDjpPjnsRVYu6zjIE8aDai0ITHxLDeLeUI94Cz3dofheazST5jTDjruxzNjXfUlJEq7fn52VYwtD0HrxsIVEI-H3NmYxx7ynpQHfInYFRg/s1600/13tahmtmauto1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc45g_Qs92zoVbYEHpPlym2aX7w2K_U6JDIPDjpPjnsRVYu6zjIE8aDai0ITHxLDeLeUI94Cz3dofheazST5jTDjruxzNjXfUlJEq7fn52VYwtD0HrxsIVEI-H3NmYxx7ynpQHfInYFRg/s1600/13tahmtmauto1.jpg" height="640" width="458" /></a></div>
<br />
This is probably the best card I have pulled out of any card product and even if I'm not up to par on Minnesota's farm system and the potential of Aaron Hicks I'm still grateful to have pulled it.<br />
<br />
Coming soon I will post about the other redemption card I got in the same box. Well, when it gets here, anyways.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-45195279317019753692014-04-06T21:27:00.002-05:002014-04-06T21:27:30.324-05:00A trifecta, a TRIfecta, and a FOURFECTA!Trifectas in horse racing are generally good things to have happen to you.<br />
<br />
They are also good when it comes to baseball cards.<br />
<br />
I recently picked up two 2013 Topps Update hanger boxes and one 2014 Topps hanger box. That's nothing special but what was in each box was.<br />
<br />
First, I opened the 2014 Topps hanger box I got this trifecta:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeNiW1kRzCfcu4Y4-XwuDwwlZ5H0I5NEJ-j2Gd8-a8wsi3aPqk_7GVxNFwx4ITLSeRkx8JhuZxHL3o8U6Dc-1a-SE3IYJmd9KfvyijZlYvR1XLzR61ZypIKm-4bwknjGSN7xlz1BmIeY/s1600/14tkdreg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeNiW1kRzCfcu4Y4-XwuDwwlZ5H0I5NEJ-j2Gd8-a8wsi3aPqk_7GVxNFwx4ITLSeRkx8JhuZxHL3o8U6Dc-1a-SE3IYJmd9KfvyijZlYvR1XLzR61ZypIKm-4bwknjGSN7xlz1BmIeY/s1600/14tkdreg.jpg" height="400" width="286" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92yD_yOr69A6cFqO9T7zwJd6Dx1Rd9WU4z5QxJoZAZ67NwmuhhO8YqPXtajJNSyDrrPdA2JhktsSWiPzr7vzjDWBOEWEUBRdP9TZAGcwApI843jrLQbhv-GoO2js469rUyOb51ytgNeU/s1600/14kdblue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92yD_yOr69A6cFqO9T7zwJd6Dx1Rd9WU4z5QxJoZAZ67NwmuhhO8YqPXtajJNSyDrrPdA2JhktsSWiPzr7vzjDWBOEWEUBRdP9TZAGcwApI843jrLQbhv-GoO2js469rUyOb51ytgNeU/s1600/14kdblue.jpg" height="400" width="283" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClaLbAxkLDS94wXRtiCBzPli04Doga3_rbxhsP2tO4ujV2U3Eaj6_B6INVzjkt6ZOBoLeFOFAB3vXnhk9B2yaQP7MsvGYNH5vcl9PVbF1aHyVHSUENGGBBhvLKqiJI4dOjB6f3FxWxTk/s1600/14kdyllw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClaLbAxkLDS94wXRtiCBzPli04Doga3_rbxhsP2tO4ujV2U3Eaj6_B6INVzjkt6ZOBoLeFOFAB3vXnhk9B2yaQP7MsvGYNH5vcl9PVbF1aHyVHSUENGGBBhvLKqiJI4dOjB6f3FxWxTk/s1600/14kdyllw.jpg" height="400" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br /><br />
Now we all know Topps can have funny collation in their product and I've noticed the hanger boxes are particularly ridden with duplicates.<br />
<br />
But getting a trifecta of regular, blue and yellow in the same box really is really bad collation. Or really good.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's the TRIfecta I got after opening the first box of 2013 Update:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09E3gpkc67ZatZXs8nB_YpiNIJTd1NV133gBY-U55JLWTrrqTJRiVdG8PDg4vRjLxmACQ5xwHRXbFtzwbyB-Jc1YMqhR1ddbh9-VMY4lNYWjk9WYcGKwCGH1alTBP61xQuVhu3u-lavc/s1600/13tusgreg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09E3gpkc67ZatZXs8nB_YpiNIJTd1NV133gBY-U55JLWTrrqTJRiVdG8PDg4vRjLxmACQ5xwHRXbFtzwbyB-Jc1YMqhR1ddbh9-VMY4lNYWjk9WYcGKwCGH1alTBP61xQuVhu3u-lavc/s1600/13tusgreg.jpg" height="400" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1Iew8ZnlKYslUu8qFZavuEXtZlBNTa2wAkW6pvy7oggF3WqWpkBKwIM7gy6pSZWhUjUw_Fym_7UlMLKp2W_7XAjsCodq1EkyEkdLnBqAlb09WoE6ITvjHGa1HWVUHK-x0oxKuVyUI4Y/s1600/13tusggrnsprkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1Iew8ZnlKYslUu8qFZavuEXtZlBNTa2wAkW6pvy7oggF3WqWpkBKwIM7gy6pSZWhUjUw_Fym_7UlMLKp2W_7XAjsCodq1EkyEkdLnBqAlb09WoE6ITvjHGa1HWVUHK-x0oxKuVyUI4Y/s1600/13tusggrnsprkle.jpg" height="400" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fli0cxJL4xyrXody9jfeuEZnt6-DArS5XnTdZpiH14LJY-kpzIcVLx-j2R51IPQv5U-IDqniPDr56ejLRb7RQeu-P94ud-tGbrFU1xX43u4WmTWjp0RYofLQ2TmqEm3CgD_FHB7jesQ/s1600/13tusggld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fli0cxJL4xyrXody9jfeuEZnt6-DArS5XnTdZpiH14LJY-kpzIcVLx-j2R51IPQv5U-IDqniPDr56ejLRb7RQeu-P94ud-tGbrFU1xX43u4WmTWjp0RYofLQ2TmqEm3CgD_FHB7jesQ/s1600/13tusggld.jpg" height="400" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
Now that might be really bad collation but I would take that in every box I ever opened from here on out.<br />
<br />
Sonny is looked upon to step it up after Jarrod Parker had to have season ending surgery.<br />
<br />
Now the first box was neat.<br />
<br />
The second was sweet.<br />
<br />
But the second box of 2013 Update was an insanely great FOURFECTA!:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3lMYb3PHXpyR1xMn4V4AwTas1YXY-pUkF1C4bQQ1xPLaFPSN-YejOTU1pdxTsMKSkNb6y86_N7dzjS0jTMBVjqRT-ZTfZyfrvqpdXm4wAnScckU3loFl-xiZvfzDZmWH0_IDeNJItnc/s1600/13tuygautoredmpton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3lMYb3PHXpyR1xMn4V4AwTas1YXY-pUkF1C4bQQ1xPLaFPSN-YejOTU1pdxTsMKSkNb6y86_N7dzjS0jTMBVjqRT-ZTfZyfrvqpdXm4wAnScckU3loFl-xiZvfzDZmWH0_IDeNJItnc/s1600/13tuygautoredmpton.jpg" height="400" width="283" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8doLvYAX9g38FuLeXfdc1AQQv0gZsvTynVLh1VeS36CVFOt1MX2fpT2cF0lliSeq5SUwvJaIzBBta15Fx4wR2IHmjd34MmBVwtIMRDDrzeAmREQ6t_hVH5Ol8gg_l8VUiQgx0cCJXnno/s1600/13tuahautordempt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8doLvYAX9g38FuLeXfdc1AQQv0gZsvTynVLh1VeS36CVFOt1MX2fpT2cF0lliSeq5SUwvJaIzBBta15Fx4wR2IHmjd34MmBVwtIMRDDrzeAmREQ6t_hVH5Ol8gg_l8VUiQgx0cCJXnno/s1600/13tuahautordempt.jpg" height="400" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDTc7bNNmFEjQ4dOfXr-7j2WQvbAHLQjrG8XskBtrQ2ESncLAJWCti7D6SMA70vIk4paaxrXYnMc4bXV9c3TO_P-EUT-LorkEmzTA68aYbwtyXUYVzg3sFtjeG1knDG16UIsVgb0irLo/s1600/13tukhauto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDTc7bNNmFEjQ4dOfXr-7j2WQvbAHLQjrG8XskBtrQ2ESncLAJWCti7D6SMA70vIk4paaxrXYnMc4bXV9c3TO_P-EUT-LorkEmzTA68aYbwtyXUYVzg3sFtjeG1knDG16UIsVgb0irLo/s1600/13tukhauto.jpg" height="285" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
COME ON!<br />
<br />
Are you kidding me?!<br />
<br />
How does this happen?<br />
<br />
I will take it!<br />
<br />
The Gomes got some coffee on it after I spilled it on the card.<br />
<br />
Already typed in the codes and the cards will be here in 4-8 .....years. Maybe sooner.<br />
<br />
Oh yeah, the last box had this card right behind all the autos:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j49qILTijevV8N4WBaQvWqKHaVjw7GaMDM_HVgGvGAex7I9dv5nJ-fIaDfAMmGE6qJ9l39BNHbZ-3hknfIlsAYzsW5HCkAYM91rGg3FYd4ZXJnY3op_9h4ouXyF6b3tWXp8qjdvELes/s1600/13tuydgu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j49qILTijevV8N4WBaQvWqKHaVjw7GaMDM_HVgGvGAex7I9dv5nJ-fIaDfAMmGE6qJ9l39BNHbZ-3hknfIlsAYzsW5HCkAYM91rGg3FYd4ZXJnY3op_9h4ouXyF6b3tWXp8qjdvELes/s1600/13tuydgu.jpg" height="282" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Just a ridiculous hanger box!<br />
<br />
I don't think I will come across another run of trifectas like this ever again.<br />
<br />
But I would welcome it greatly!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-87729624116553606102014-03-30T20:49:00.002-05:002014-03-30T21:00:22.405-05:00Phenomenal Fuji 'Trade'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
I put the word trade in apostrophes in the title of this post because it was never meant to be a trade.<br />
<br />
I commented to <a href="http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/">Fuji</a> and let him know I had most of the cards he needed to finish a 1993 Upper Deck baseball set he had picked up. He sent me his address and I got the cards ready to ship and............TOTALLY forgot about them.<br />
<br />
I know we have all done this. But I forgot about them for the better part of a year!<br />
<br />
So, when I suddenly recalled them after looking through old emails I sent them on their way, hoping he still lived at the same address.<br />
<br />
And he did, thank goodness.<br />
<br />
Then I saw they had arrived safely there and he <a href="http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2014/03/domo-arigato-cory-rectangle-men.html">posted</a> about the cards.<br />
<br />
Then he mentioned in the post he was sending a package of Cubs and White Sox cards my way.<br />
<br />
I was not expecting to get anything back for the cards since I sent them as a favor but I was excited to find that out since I root for all Chitown teams equally.<br />
<br />
A few days later I get a package in the mail and start to open it not knowing what to expect and certainly not expecting what he ended up sending.<br />
<br />
What I received was an insane amount of awesomeness compared to what I had sent out, including a hard to find card which only a few lucky people get to possess.<br />
<br />
On to the cards!<br />
<br />
First there was this card:<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWCuKC9npZg3KubaaDdRd29zb0Luc-ikUztmPko-uyPvmGfkPAJdxVgtvKg96-o1dgL5ugg5FsMj4MZ5ZalMu0RPO9B15gjCoTRLEVBr7qG6W8fR-3C1y8wjdAErKQCg7NVhRtPj-t-U/s1600/rspin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWCuKC9npZg3KubaaDdRd29zb0Luc-ikUztmPko-uyPvmGfkPAJdxVgtvKg96-o1dgL5ugg5FsMj4MZ5ZalMu0RPO9B15gjCoTRLEVBr7qG6W8fR-3C1y8wjdAErKQCg7NVhRtPj-t-U/s1600/rspin1.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1994 Pinnacle The Naturals Insert</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a name='more'></a><br />
This is just a mesmerizing card to hold in one's hands. It does not show here but the card is finely etched foil with a shimmering, transfixing effect when viewed at different angles. Pretty cool card and I would have been happy if that was all that was in the package.<br />
<br />
But it wasn't.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhJtRT2loJKTOr9FZVnJF39CM4Td4oE_VHEZPJEr66G5OW1ht4AknIElmhOxy9xKAodQ5vWodk6iU4LiwDHPnNW0XeUjSE-_gJ7qFr9axNm16M2Gf5vcfW3zxOPMMPkRWXUcJqGe3nJY/s1600/mg96rh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhJtRT2loJKTOr9FZVnJF39CM4Td4oE_VHEZPJEr66G5OW1ht4AknIElmhOxy9xKAodQ5vWodk6iU4LiwDHPnNW0XeUjSE-_gJ7qFr9axNm16M2Gf5vcfW3zxOPMMPkRWXUcJqGe3nJY/s1600/mg96rh.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1996 Fleer Ultra Rawhide Insert</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
This sweet card had an embossed, faux leather background on it. The set only had 10 players and Gracie was definitely in the top 10 best gloves in the '90s.<br />
<br />
Two cards, two of my favorite Cubs. Pretty sweet so far.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelksuq49THV_u3eQXwyfIJxnskBlIiQEAM6GkIwn8iRoTb98Ekm6t1_lYUg3_oo9kzLhTGUfG2XbFH4no3yuCZDj_6HwRS2g97RsDm7LbPBpdXKq9MBaPwMY_21ZT1KeJBXQhQnMlgnU/s1600/srccssig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelksuq49THV_u3eQXwyfIJxnskBlIiQEAM6GkIwn8iRoTb98Ekm6t1_lYUg3_oo9kzLhTGUfG2XbFH4no3yuCZDj_6HwRS2g97RsDm7LbPBpdXKq9MBaPwMY_21ZT1KeJBXQhQnMlgnU/s1600/srccssig.jpg" height="454" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1994 Collector's Choice Silver Signature Parallel</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
While this card is a big departure from the first two it is a silver signature parallel and at one time he was one of the highest rated prospects in any system.<br />
<br />
Goes to show you why they call them prospects, I guess.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pGDEXcyvXK7IL0Vooc6gRilVWzW_B7qIvUIpLfuyz9DJgt1DHBkmhonsjKDIztTvT877rMcufguqMA17x9kiw3Mjc6n954c6ezLesiURFMOGyvv4INofx2KEdlP8UttDRGzTdiLxLmU/s1600/jwwoder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pGDEXcyvXK7IL0Vooc6gRilVWzW_B7qIvUIpLfuyz9DJgt1DHBkmhonsjKDIztTvT877rMcufguqMA17x9kiw3Mjc6n954c6ezLesiURFMOGyvv4INofx2KEdlP8UttDRGzTdiLxLmU/s1600/jwwoder.jpg" height="640" width="458" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1990 Wonder Bread Stars</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Here's a cool, never before seen by me card of a prospect who did pan out......for one glorious year in which he was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1989.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQna_pyEDVlWH0__2r9J1wq2tBnmvDJVykDEbxAjeY7NFqjR_9IDyTNgzzNJrCtkXns0_B4_Cs14bTQTNa6795rJKqOM8ePb6AEu4DvPx74BeJbdc5syfksdYYVOhblz1qTNjRlSuFcK0/s1600/lj95tppscs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQna_pyEDVlWH0__2r9J1wq2tBnmvDJVykDEbxAjeY7NFqjR_9IDyTNgzzNJrCtkXns0_B4_Cs14bTQTNa6795rJKqOM8ePb6AEu4DvPx74BeJbdc5syfksdYYVOhblz1qTNjRlSuFcK0/s1600/lj95tppscs.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1995 Topps Cyberstats</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I love these Cyberstats cards from 1995 Topps.<br />
<br />
And I really liked One Dog, a.k.a. Lance Johnson, when he was leading the league in triples for 4 straight years. He also went on to lead the league in hits in both leagues, which I believe is a record that he may own alone or with a select few.<br />
<br />
He also owned a record company called One Dawg.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3XOu_Uv4e_Rq3ekhHOa4tVoiGcAeAKTasxUB-eJ2whSZ85gy8TtTxGYcUfgfhNKlzKsZzP_HGs78LH3-jVVmz6DdHs345l4qY1qa3TKVs2K6034Q3Q2Ph9-5hVRzw1aruQH_BCVqJPY/s1600/wa92tppsgld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3XOu_Uv4e_Rq3ekhHOa4tVoiGcAeAKTasxUB-eJ2whSZ85gy8TtTxGYcUfgfhNKlzKsZzP_HGs78LH3-jVVmz6DdHs345l4qY1qa3TKVs2K6034Q3Q2Ph9-5hVRzw1aruQH_BCVqJPY/s1600/wa92tppsgld.jpg" height="640" width="454" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1992 Topps Gold</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Wilson was looked upon to be a stud for years right alongside Jack McDowell and Alex Fernandez. That tends to be expected of one when they throw a no-hitter in their second MLB start.<br />
<br />
He never studded out to projections but he did appear on this cool card.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvei9LmWoBecar9N3spHcp0GykxV0QRZkYjNWQvOUzzXUfyHsJScig5xec9KoTs90Iolv7_H8PpbJEDey1z0Ft4TRBSRR1WhmTWmxhnSvsg-lg0RP0nlRYraDtJom4Sa8bUo8CwimSx4A/s1600/artppsinsert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvei9LmWoBecar9N3spHcp0GykxV0QRZkYjNWQvOUzzXUfyHsJScig5xec9KoTs90Iolv7_H8PpbJEDey1z0Ft4TRBSRR1WhmTWmxhnSvsg-lg0RP0nlRYraDtJom4Sa8bUo8CwimSx4A/s1600/artppsinsert.jpg" height="640" width="450" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2013 Topps Chasing the dream</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
And another nice card of a Cub who I hope does turn out to be the hitter this team needs.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fmoRrX4nRMFibxEqlIALx43Q_Ph2OUJaCdetLKAEXdaEyaaNGJPr4OqGQrnleDGWU393XyoyQqJeJx7TC2HVlB02h_p4tw1N08n7-wsIpL8nFJmcTyQt2i9rmQkbmEhPqzJl2AmttAA/s1600/og93tppsgld.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fmoRrX4nRMFibxEqlIALx43Q_Ph2OUJaCdetLKAEXdaEyaaNGJPr4OqGQrnleDGWU393XyoyQqJeJx7TC2HVlB02h_p4tw1N08n7-wsIpL8nFJmcTyQt2i9rmQkbmEhPqzJl2AmttAA/s1600/og93tppsgld.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1993 Topps Gold</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I am building the 1993 Topps Gold set since I feel it tops the regular set by a factor of infinity and it is nice to get this card of the loud, outspoken man who brought this town its first World Series title in decades.<br />
<br />
Here's a good time to mention why the Cubs are actually cursed.<br />
<br />
In 2003, they had a great opportunity to win it all if it wasn't for Alex Gonzalez bobbling a simple grounder. It had nothing to with Steve Bartman.<br />
If Gonzalez makes that play the game is over. In 2003 the Cubs had the longest championship winless streak.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Boston had the second longest losing streak and managed to grab their championship.<br />
<br />
In 2005, the White Sox had the third longest streak behind the aforementioned teams above. And they brought home the goods.<br />
<br />
So in a period of three years the three longest droughts in World Series history could have been reset. Two of them were.<br />
<br />
Cursed. Or accursed.<br />
<br />
<br />
Oh, did I forget to mention Fuji also sent me some used cards......or GAME USED cards, I should say!<br />
<br />
Four of them, to be exact:<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNeFQ7mNVZDDy-kdY-LvKXAUSOcvy4TYRMmQsf3Q3TcYgd5iYpx1we5lQrNPJzJcTxHvoU3fexJug1uOUTWcM33kbmRxIe6q8GXuudDzqaykNAFqntevAPvyE7MpF6WUN2dPKLAg1JYQ/s1600/arudjsy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNeFQ7mNVZDDy-kdY-LvKXAUSOcvy4TYRMmQsf3Q3TcYgd5iYpx1we5lQrNPJzJcTxHvoU3fexJug1uOUTWcM33kbmRxIe6q8GXuudDzqaykNAFqntevAPvyE7MpF6WUN2dPKLAg1JYQ/s1600/arudjsy.jpg" height="640" width="442" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2008 Upper Deck Spectrum</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
An awesome card of a face to the fence fielder who made the World Series possible in 2005 for the Sox.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVuvrpKAQJp3HIrh-7_9eWG1EABpDGm_iQQ1UWoXhPL-oMzhUFWaR_Wvv5PxYQcGKOdx-4zsjx0htduNdp4xBZLNDzZJ0_vE4XzUqX2n8fufDrC0dGSWJGZk3ddPNpJcDKzGwCwlW0ok/s1600/rggubc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVuvrpKAQJp3HIrh-7_9eWG1EABpDGm_iQQ1UWoXhPL-oMzhUFWaR_Wvv5PxYQcGKOdx-4zsjx0htduNdp4xBZLNDzZJ0_vE4XzUqX2n8fufDrC0dGSWJGZk3ddPNpJcDKzGwCwlW0ok/s1600/rggubc.jpg" height="640" width="456" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2002 Bowman's Best</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
This beautiful card has a embossed design with a shininess to it.<br />
<br />
The humongous piece of bat actually has a smell to it. What? I was curious.<br />
<br />
Gripp was lined up to be the Cubs third sacker for a while but them some guy named Aramis came along and shot that career down. His bat and plate discipline was compared to Nick Johnson, the Yankees unmaterialized star.<br />
<br />
I guess you could say he never came to grip(p)s with his career. Ugh, sorry.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0bjH1w0RDuaphVP0Mc3lGl41IHBg5JtaW1gWZw9l2ikgSHfoXhRwjhckhItw9uZ-6gd04u5FO7e-GZsfGv0lVSzHZUJ5MyW2IO_FEnLQJDa4A0yS0OpxwWksDk4prpLJ8G4zf2JE6wI/s1600/rwfgtguj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0bjH1w0RDuaphVP0Mc3lGl41IHBg5JtaW1gWZw9l2ikgSHfoXhRwjhckhItw9uZ-6gd04u5FO7e-GZsfGv0lVSzHZUJ5MyW2IO_FEnLQJDa4A0yS0OpxwWksDk4prpLJ8G4zf2JE6wI/s1600/rwfgtguj.jpg" height="454" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2001 Fleer Game Time Uniformity</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Man, do I miss Fleer.<br />
<br />
They always issued nice clean designs and had great price points on their products which seemed to give you bang for your buck.<br />
<br />
Here is a set that I never even bought one pack of but this card is a superbly designed insert.<br />
<br />
Rondell played well when he was in Wrigleyville.<br />
<br />
I love this card.<br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_o_MBTqMGDPx8wBibrSVz41kk2GauSlk9IojwJ3siWrituVH-5aipIlPDIU-PoBRlDSzToqwLId6aSkJJUXBgYMeiKMn-v4X1JwgqMLgF8FrcuWl0hR25V25z8sN9GZMY9VVgKVoIN4/s1600/jdudguj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_o_MBTqMGDPx8wBibrSVz41kk2GauSlk9IojwJ3siWrituVH-5aipIlPDIU-PoBRlDSzToqwLId6aSkJJUXBgYMeiKMn-v4X1JwgqMLgF8FrcuWl0hR25V25z8sN9GZMY9VVgKVoIN4/s1600/jdudguj.jpg" height="640" width="448" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2008 Upper Deck X</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Love this card as well. That is quite the design, isn't it?<br />
<br />
Jerome had a solid White Sox and overall career.<br />
<br />
But after his last productive year with the Sox he was expected to hook on somewhere else as a DH or platoon/Dh guy but no one ever called him. I never could figure that out since he still had a bat. and was only 35.<br />
<br />
Good player and great card.<br />
<br />
Oh, I forgot to show you that rare card which so few of us have ever actually held in our hands or actually owned:<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS4YikNC18sE00rhcASFX4alZIR2gKKbfGcSuiJglYixg_XuriEpT_-D0bcWxXUc3c69DpsC7hQXOxP0QGg0NFSULYcqVBah1n2y9rUwJBusiYbHfjlHB03fAh87XUM1MTj2luNCnxrc/s1600/fuji.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS4YikNC18sE00rhcASFX4alZIR2gKKbfGcSuiJglYixg_XuriEpT_-D0bcWxXUc3c69DpsC7hQXOxP0QGg0NFSULYcqVBah1n2y9rUwJBusiYbHfjlHB03fAh87XUM1MTj2luNCnxrc/s1600/fuji.jpg" height="640" width="451" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2008 Topps Fuji SP Variation w/o sparkle</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
When I saw this card in the package I was thrilled to see it. I've seen it on a few of the blogs out there in cardbloglandia but to actually get one was a rush.<br />
<br />
It is the shiniest card I've ever seen. It must have no less than 679 coats of gloss on each side. You can see your soul when you stare at it.<br />
<br />
It does not have a watermark so I can't use Christian Bale's quote from that movie which crept me out, but you know which one.<br />
<br />
<br />
All I can say about all these great cards which I never even expected to be sent my way is that I feel like the Cardinal's GM in 1961 or 1962 who sent some Ernie guy to the Cubs for some guy named Lou.<br />
<br />
Fuji, you are an amazing Blogger and even more so a trader, even though as the title states, this wasn't even to have supposed to been a trade at all.<br />
<br />
Thanks very much! :)<br />
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-72154012866356198502014-02-12T21:12:00.004-06:002014-02-12T21:12:36.782-06:00Listia Loot: Old Post CardsHere are a three post cards which I picked up on Listia a few months ago.<br />
<br />
Don't remember what they cost but they were too neat to pass up.<br />
<br />
This first one is my favorite but it was a close vote between it and the second card:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkEs1JO0s8fYitHc70vlc9lND-5IIg3xNvyg9l9ha-7hUQ1y9vDedu3qYwzUAfPtTBh4c_QHrKPZ6_oEy7-HSkaDHaTWR7at-lbwthzK4VLBLVbT44NBWqKhW_q2CLFApcvrINNiRaqk/s1600/pc1a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkEs1JO0s8fYitHc70vlc9lND-5IIg3xNvyg9l9ha-7hUQ1y9vDedu3qYwzUAfPtTBh4c_QHrKPZ6_oEy7-HSkaDHaTWR7at-lbwthzK4VLBLVbT44NBWqKhW_q2CLFApcvrINNiRaqk/s1600/pc1a.jpg" height="404" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
In real life the colors are more vivid than a scan can reproduce.<br />
<br />
If you live anywhere that is actually affected by this awful winter then this card might make you wish for spring(and baseball) that much harder.<br />
<br />
The paper has a smooth back on this card and the next one but the fronts of both have the same 'air cushion' effect applied to playing cards.<br />
<br />
Here's the back:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflb5vRJ_FpW6-aDcPfBKDy9jh-eXpiDspuX4uYVAoC8Ko391HXKFoUfCcdTGYednylwRB1aLLAby3bMDIXVEQ_dc3GT2CGcfWRM3QoohsQzwNnkBCzr5wp2gPyYrMDui9O8vL17qXvHA/s1600/pc1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflb5vRJ_FpW6-aDcPfBKDy9jh-eXpiDspuX4uYVAoC8Ko391HXKFoUfCcdTGYednylwRB1aLLAby3bMDIXVEQ_dc3GT2CGcfWRM3QoohsQzwNnkBCzr5wp2gPyYrMDui9O8vL17qXvHA/s1600/pc1b.jpg" height="404" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Going by the one cent postage I think it is safe to assume these predate most of us.<br />
<br />
I notice the typography is, by today's standards, low class but it was probably grade A back then.<br />
<br />
Plus, that font used for "POST CARD" is beautiful.<br />
<br />
Here's my second rated card(although I would mind being there right now):<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aBmS-ldyN_qrP9VgaU52OS-5XhO0Fmm8bc9bmXLpb0Qvp3RdPlOgttr37dt1LnLFCC7jkrZc6UPRPzfLsA51d4dlPZy5MVWv7KvnXv7ZHTfR46D6xbHXZN0rSazFojq6L9SaV3SNqDw/s1600/pc2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8aBmS-ldyN_qrP9VgaU52OS-5XhO0Fmm8bc9bmXLpb0Qvp3RdPlOgttr37dt1LnLFCC7jkrZc6UPRPzfLsA51d4dlPZy5MVWv7KvnXv7ZHTfR46D6xbHXZN0rSazFojq6L9SaV3SNqDw/s1600/pc2a.jpg" height="404" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Nice picture of where I would love to be instead of this white wasteland of Illinois.<br />
<br />
Colors are, once again, more vivid in real life.<br />
<br />
I've been playing so much GTA 5 lately that I feel I have been there since the game is based in about the same area of California.<br />
<br />
The back is about the same as the first card except for the purple palm tree on it. And the typography seems to be much lower quality than the first one so I think it might be a few years older than that one:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq7ilUfweCbasVhMWKlskSvUXdC8FlTlwE53jnv-y530JMmwL2XjvY09w4-jEw80CKuLa9C4dnGNRtn4Y3qDzb3NwnMu2YZbLBRa8L4Gee0NIkC8dyKMrVlnHHici1Dqra4AtHOuv7Ro/s1600/pc2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq7ilUfweCbasVhMWKlskSvUXdC8FlTlwE53jnv-y530JMmwL2XjvY09w4-jEw80CKuLa9C4dnGNRtn4Y3qDzb3NwnMu2YZbLBRa8L4Gee0NIkC8dyKMrVlnHHici1Dqra4AtHOuv7Ro/s1600/pc2b.jpg" height="404" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
This last card was more or less acquired since it was included with the first two and has since not grown on me:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnE2sHxA8-GVpPWxqyxm6W4D6La_l1KmrWspppinrdwF1R0D4hqid6-tLhJkAw2rOGMkZokhCN87wQLvsEFZ5-qWgqxzJ1a0PdoaVtyPmxpS4NFHYkDwLPgvGulqwpQaDzt7_pDHyPMo/s1600/pc3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnE2sHxA8-GVpPWxqyxm6W4D6La_l1KmrWspppinrdwF1R0D4hqid6-tLhJkAw2rOGMkZokhCN87wQLvsEFZ5-qWgqxzJ1a0PdoaVtyPmxpS4NFHYkDwLPgvGulqwpQaDzt7_pDHyPMo/s1600/pc3a.jpg" height="390" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Not a very exciting subject but it appears to have been made of higher quality paper(gloss replacing the 'air cushion' effect") but the back is the same as the other two:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5eqr_ivVUIFcLV2kXrxtbWcbdzprIPz8VWUDa0r0g2frvZiNNhEz2DcD1nxXoVwNCGYvXpOOES4vfG_P_4eEkfGkm9zjfoUjcPcYO0mMNndUnNxjXgUHzRte65CK31N0nfkEtgsSjmM/s1600/pc3b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5eqr_ivVUIFcLV2kXrxtbWcbdzprIPz8VWUDa0r0g2frvZiNNhEz2DcD1nxXoVwNCGYvXpOOES4vfG_P_4eEkfGkm9zjfoUjcPcYO0mMNndUnNxjXgUHzRte65CK31N0nfkEtgsSjmM/s1600/pc3b.jpg" height="388" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Yea, post cards!<br />
<br />
On another blog note I'm going to get back to my Topps Without Borders series soon and continue my Conlin Cards series which I have not done much on in the last oh.......half year or more.<br />
<br />
I'll get to posting some other stuff but this winter is like a big writer's block. I look out at planet Hoth outside my window and hope to at least see a Tauntaun galloping across the tundra to pique my interest but it doesn't happen and I just sort of blank out on anything to do(or more accurately, the motivation to do it).<br />
<br />
With the Cubs reporting to spring training tomorrow and unveiling their massive new $84,000,000 spring complex(renderings below) there might be something to get me out of the blogging doldrums.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4IwL_jyzPcoePoq1-gKAwpwxt0TMGsEyRz2-P8oAi2nDt0G0Djvg1L5k4VRnhiMbeQCfe2-qBKiK1hGdP3iuT7n6t5Zurl_pdnKySG3mfO91_t8VDBsXY-UJwPMXOvpg-VNQ1_8tAUY/s1600/cubs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4IwL_jyzPcoePoq1-gKAwpwxt0TMGsEyRz2-P8oAi2nDt0G0Djvg1L5k4VRnhiMbeQCfe2-qBKiK1hGdP3iuT7n6t5Zurl_pdnKySG3mfO91_t8VDBsXY-UJwPMXOvpg-VNQ1_8tAUY/s1600/cubs2.jpg" height="386" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCGAK7e4EJKVPYusx8SNv92F81yHdr5QPoG7-UwpuVKFtYTftU7oauLro_WnWNWCOCqbwuFMxNz04o8jfGawQI4SQllurybQUFspqPxv5S10x8BsrFFJ9dp2AlIPSbPHlCMYZecE5AB8/s1600/newcubs20141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCGAK7e4EJKVPYusx8SNv92F81yHdr5QPoG7-UwpuVKFtYTftU7oauLro_WnWNWCOCqbwuFMxNz04o8jfGawQI4SQllurybQUFspqPxv5S10x8BsrFFJ9dp2AlIPSbPHlCMYZecE5AB8/s1600/newcubs20141.jpg" height="540" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article/chc/cubs-spring-training-ballpark-complex-unveiled-in-mesa?ymd=20140212&content_id=67698502&vkey=news_chc">Video: Cubs unveiling new spring training facility</a>Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-70597761666999957512014-02-06T21:50:00.002-06:002014-02-06T21:50:30.367-06:00Not so fast, Mr. Morales!Just opened my first two hanger boxes of 2014 Topps and I like the overall product.<br />
<br />
I love the fact that there are more parallel sets, especially the yellow border cards.<br />
<br />
There are a lot of good action shots in the set and many great photos overall.<br />
<br />
But one card stands out, not for the action, but for what is happening on the card.<br />
<br />
First a recap of why the card is interesting:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/zIwmcDe-Ni4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
That is Kendrys Morales, formerly of the Angels.<br />
<br />
That is a player experiencing the highest of highs as a ball player and immediately suffering the biggest agony of da feet(had to say it). Or rather a broken leg, from celebrating the event.<br />
<br />
According to <a href="http://www.baseballnation.com/2012/3/22/2895368/kendrys-morales-angels-home-run">this article</a> it made the Angels adopt a plan that they have used since that day.<br />
<br />
Which brings us to the card:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBorlVt6vKsAoCvxLNGTwesYpZYgaQO66IhuQSxreOHRelRCouVTXTnDnDe9kdcQhT93WVkmF7s5sJ5-yqlJbREpS9iNfNuTePjk12TKCHBi2cI9pJWji40ReLbCCnXWhfzB7LXJ4UAFQ/s1600/003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBorlVt6vKsAoCvxLNGTwesYpZYgaQO66IhuQSxreOHRelRCouVTXTnDnDe9kdcQhT93WVkmF7s5sJ5-yqlJbREpS9iNfNuTePjk12TKCHBi2cI9pJWji40ReLbCCnXWhfzB7LXJ4UAFQ/s1600/003.jpg" height="282" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Here we see a Morales that is being cautioned to slow down while entering the group of teammates.<br />
<br />
I guess the Mariners are in the process of adopting a similar philosophy to celebrating.<br />
<br />
No agony on this day, Mr. Morales.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-58112925569783420892014-01-05T15:19:00.003-06:002014-01-05T15:19:54.500-06:00Nice surprise in 2013 Topps Update hangerI'm really liking this Update series.<br />
<br />
Tons of 'RC's and a lot of rookie inserts.<br />
<br />
Plus the variations are always fun.<br />
<br />
In fact, I had forgotten about the SP cards until a day later when I remembered them and went to <a href="http://www.cardboardconnection.com/">to the best site for SP cards</a>.<br />
<br />
Glad I did or I never would have found this card was an SP:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oIac0kolwLgj_XsmO5uoum2noE2G7uU3GAIPjA_yhSvyl8s_xZeSVHiLErsezuSjw3z-u3Vb5rZ8Cyu7WSPYdGHsKIzDpzx5PrQeKOfKiK7WY1DDYyagNunqpARi3vEAteUCXVwsfmc/s1600/wmsp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oIac0kolwLgj_XsmO5uoum2noE2G7uU3GAIPjA_yhSvyl8s_xZeSVHiLErsezuSjw3z-u3Vb5rZ8Cyu7WSPYdGHsKIzDpzx5PrQeKOfKiK7WY1DDYyagNunqpARi3vEAteUCXVwsfmc/s640/wmsp.jpg" width="454" /></a></div>
<br />
Glad I bothered checking.<br />
<br />
Was going to try to Ebay this card but I abhor that site and its draconian user policies so I used another site with slightly less draconian policies-Listia.<br />
<br />
I set the credits high since I like the card and the ones sold on Ebay are bringing $55-80.<br />
<br />
If it doesn't sell I might just give it away in a contest-if I ever figure out a topic good enough to make into a contest.<br />
<br />
Stay tuned for an even rarer hit and two hanger boxes that were terribly-yet, fantastically-collated.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-40206956730239782962013-11-20T02:24:00.000-06:002013-11-20T02:24:23.218-06:00Nature sucks!Been a while since posting here but just wanted to pass on my condolences to those lost during the recent Midwest wave of tornadoes.<br />
<br />
Parts of my hometown of Washington, Illinois were wiped off the map thanks to these freak storms.<br />
<br />
We had some close calls where I live just 20 minutes away as well and parts of my current town got nailed by these asinine weather events. <br />
<br />
If it wasn't for my health issues I would have been volunteering help but they turned away a ton of helpers for the onset of relief efforts so they could secure the region, which makes sense.<br />
<br />
My brother and his boss and owner of a company there went in with the company's tractor to help out with cleanup. I imagine a lot of people did the same.<br />
<br />
Here's what it looks like now:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekZnR0M0lOD6tQpPY7QhJ1i9cLeL2hZpEBMZZK0WVtGKEORgd4VPtcuCD3oRPPyO4gRhD55a0MHBImw6m625PT5z6pwVAUzdlGzHbi8lRk6L0w2YC8KWAMVtJv9JOF6OW82GrO00Zolg/s1600/tornado.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekZnR0M0lOD6tQpPY7QhJ1i9cLeL2hZpEBMZZK0WVtGKEORgd4VPtcuCD3oRPPyO4gRhD55a0MHBImw6m625PT5z6pwVAUzdlGzHbi8lRk6L0w2YC8KWAMVtJv9JOF6OW82GrO00Zolg/s1600/tornado.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
And here's a before and after:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghy5VDF-N8x3e-ltFQO92kRcLZzZsNV_o18cbQMGA6h7NrlWPOx5yzf3Y8nuI3w7lU6G6UccPiTdAMW-3LqBtd6h61QgkqlEkFS4yMigHX-kV9CHazPyVW3lRdAMxgLxVHa-Mj1SbLweo/s1600/ba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghy5VDF-N8x3e-ltFQO92kRcLZzZsNV_o18cbQMGA6h7NrlWPOx5yzf3Y8nuI3w7lU6G6UccPiTdAMW-3LqBtd6h61QgkqlEkFS4yMigHX-kV9CHazPyVW3lRdAMxgLxVHa-Mj1SbLweo/s1600/ba.jpg" height="240" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
The two sections were new that are in the middle but the first lot of homes were old and the homes at the top were the same.<br />
<br />
Luckily, most people were at church or going to church. Make of that what you want.<br />
<br />
The Panthers spirit will rebuild-and remember.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-26975694201428694122013-09-20T11:46:00.001-05:002013-09-20T11:46:49.336-05:00Even an app doesn't like Tim Tebow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvshqTY2hlpT_0S7nh2OmGVnYngVsVZ_ljC17m931kC-bquUtrJFqpD1AFiE7lLWOm_EjeEwrVysqfeHzo9FzLcM-OchhdjBk5f1M0SU00pKkKQJc1ib5OTHNEBifl6CBJ257iE5fbh8/s1600/tebowdis.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvshqTY2hlpT_0S7nh2OmGVnYngVsVZ_ljC17m931kC-bquUtrJFqpD1AFiE7lLWOm_EjeEwrVysqfeHzo9FzLcM-OchhdjBk5f1M0SU00pKkKQJc1ib5OTHNEBifl6CBJ257iE5fbh8/s640/tebowdis.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div>
Saw this update on my ipod and thought it was amusing.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
This app always describes their bug fixes creatively but this was the best one yet.</div>
Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-21220720901310600992013-09-01T17:09:00.003-05:002013-09-01T17:12:00.315-05:00Hey Mike, touch his head<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuU9GEm1KWkirsin_y2CiEs0nitwBbLj5bTbyWan0kKvw6kDA4YHJuLTNP5f_G2Mg9HwW7qO6F3bPOWmo97JB6-bkYABQc6M_GmZuM6F1fs6Cdsrdk24JjVvjxpW7B3Rdcfol08qbkAQ/s1600/img_2248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVuU9GEm1KWkirsin_y2CiEs0nitwBbLj5bTbyWan0kKvw6kDA4YHJuLTNP5f_G2Mg9HwW7qO6F3bPOWmo97JB6-bkYABQc6M_GmZuM6F1fs6Cdsrdk24JjVvjxpW7B3Rdcfol08qbkAQ/s640/img_2248.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Go on, do it!<br />
<br />
He doesn't mind:<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br /><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kMEmAYkiTA0MwUTN8nYYJHpeYhsBqrow0Y83-EI0095je6DURNT-K5L8iD30bvslNgz3V7oPCoUqhUoazbkGeAxcc2kI5fvDDx1lrgKGpkUtTQOidC8s721hTpEGSbpaK9bL8KkyDJg/s1600/58fAG.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kMEmAYkiTA0MwUTN8nYYJHpeYhsBqrow0Y83-EI0095je6DURNT-K5L8iD30bvslNgz3V7oPCoUqhUoazbkGeAxcc2kI5fvDDx1lrgKGpkUtTQOidC8s721hTpEGSbpaK9bL8KkyDJg/s400/58fAG.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKkOan7fjhwswGC2y2Pokzczs4gfakXFXD072e6XUZnOnZXob9FpFwICQIOa_6nmkDB-1BgKlAvPIMbnBCk-6BKs1bufP2NJ3ikzG38liZhTkbVpS-A5lF2ba_gT1D-SSsMlMnXZnTRM/s1600/aIdia.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkKkOan7fjhwswGC2y2Pokzczs4gfakXFXD072e6XUZnOnZXob9FpFwICQIOa_6nmkDB-1BgKlAvPIMbnBCk-6BKs1bufP2NJ3ikzG38liZhTkbVpS-A5lF2ba_gT1D-SSsMlMnXZnTRM/s400/aIdia.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAulyDmaK9K-8EhAC1MNSW4x97aguwqXGtuWPxIKN_UCn8_sJyNyxd9Vc7JMB3SQq4JnK7yKgj-WQBbpw4wsEyhW77BH0sG_oq-naEPNQKsBhZhIUmJHQ4gYWkle9dBOOJmpWNJe_OGjs/s1600/anigif_enhanced-buzz-7493-1369763855-10.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAulyDmaK9K-8EhAC1MNSW4x97aguwqXGtuWPxIKN_UCn8_sJyNyxd9Vc7JMB3SQq4JnK7yKgj-WQBbpw4wsEyhW77BH0sG_oq-naEPNQKsBhZhIUmJHQ4gYWkle9dBOOJmpWNJe_OGjs/s400/anigif_enhanced-buzz-7493-1369763855-10.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGpzYz2jg0XgtEy8mX8e1z2y-pNLa3eO_hdPjAafjzMPcM2hdZ8zreHLmc5FlfqRVwtktgmCXwE8KCk8fc5Ij8DGwWcLOTLIWkM4lOF3lj9Ltwx7irs3jq57LJ-kdYa_qCw04qD-MdN8/s1600/qSiEADy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGpzYz2jg0XgtEy8mX8e1z2y-pNLa3eO_hdPjAafjzMPcM2hdZ8zreHLmc5FlfqRVwtktgmCXwE8KCk8fc5Ij8DGwWcLOTLIWkM4lOF3lj9Ltwx7irs3jq57LJ-kdYa_qCw04qD-MdN8/s400/qSiEADy.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jsVUJa_ILMr54GWpy8PjJLgpnHB5ag9W8tfEoE_I5QcrewwA6of3YM4aVIqvlwomr6diq60bSxRkdDwlVSnrLl9unoof5u1vVZckSN-iprYyEcztzhzH9X0LeEz3oQ71aPz0AdbVvQg/s1600/y5ZHdnB.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jsVUJa_ILMr54GWpy8PjJLgpnHB5ag9W8tfEoE_I5QcrewwA6of3YM4aVIqvlwomr6diq60bSxRkdDwlVSnrLl9unoof5u1vVZckSN-iprYyEcztzhzH9X0LeEz3oQ71aPz0AdbVvQg/s400/y5ZHdnB.gif" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-26738709581533447372013-09-01T15:52:00.002-05:002013-09-01T16:49:07.967-05:00Audio Artistry: Capital Cities - Safe and SoundI was watching the Cubs game and they came out of the break to a song which a viewer had requested be played.<br />
<br />
If you know Len Kasper and his love of music I'm sure he was happy to oblige.<br />
<br />
While it might not be audio artistry, most of us who grew up from the late 1970's to the late 1980's recognize a solid, catchy, and most importantly, a melodic tune when we hear it.<br />
<br />
It certainly sounds better than what 99% of the muck-a-muck is currently accepted as music sounds like.<br />
<br />
Plus, it's just right for baseball under the sun.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/47dtFZ8CFo8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
And no, that's not Brian Wilson.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-33728074048287592462013-08-30T11:58:00.002-05:002013-08-30T12:35:17.367-05:00Topps team photographs..........wait, who, what, why?I get that sometimes Topps team photo day has never been a perfectly executed effort on all the team cards but sometimes you have to wonder what the photographer was asked to shoot and what he was ordered to shoot and who was to be included in the photograph:<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIKDuGdtTe_P4Byf1z_og5VUH9iUXpzwTHo8wSSBU-QMwWtFLgY7N0MET5Z3bmoYLjPBFYA0LAIXNzwCzLtk0-lNzgIet7C3rZHfQRZyJBrJVwf1CMn-1uIbYlJ9788nw9tgwCKEq0qA/s1600/cin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIKDuGdtTe_P4Byf1z_og5VUH9iUXpzwTHo8wSSBU-QMwWtFLgY7N0MET5Z3bmoYLjPBFYA0LAIXNzwCzLtk0-lNzgIet7C3rZHfQRZyJBrJVwf1CMn-1uIbYlJ9788nw9tgwCKEq0qA/s640/cin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
A perfect symmetrical team shot ruined by an insurance salesman.<br />
<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br /><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6kGGx_07yXCHzHFdahMP9O8PT7-VRzbPnJXaJ9O9VQYMutjye0SeeZY5nD58iNnpRMuJ5eaj9gzCZQGtN0rNnKxoZ6wQpJAwYjgCWdrjlf8B__ed1eZM5MPH52TfwtuLGAPZHaUjxuE/s1600/wsox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6kGGx_07yXCHzHFdahMP9O8PT7-VRzbPnJXaJ9O9VQYMutjye0SeeZY5nD58iNnpRMuJ5eaj9gzCZQGtN0rNnKxoZ6wQpJAwYjgCWdrjlf8B__ed1eZM5MPH52TfwtuLGAPZHaUjxuE/s640/wsox.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Judging from the background this shot was taken in heaven.<br />
<br />
And you also have the following quirks:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>A bat boy on the right thinking he should be the featured person in the photo(maybe he is just floating away be cause he is in heaven)</li>
<li>An empty seat(copied by somebody else in 2012)</li>
<li>A person on the left who looks like he photobombed the picture</li>
</ul>
They should have worn the shorts instead.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowL2YCDlSSGdBx16GSzACmEzlZFHYho21YJYoeHXnk117V6jsnZFXFHuzRBBOGV-RkBnyskRzfNVmRqiTYD-zLHQ1yZZ2ft5hnoUyL6I2CS9eknCOGc7-LseGbWF0oR7M1NmVIc_2dD8/s1600/hou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowL2YCDlSSGdBx16GSzACmEzlZFHYho21YJYoeHXnk117V6jsnZFXFHuzRBBOGV-RkBnyskRzfNVmRqiTYD-zLHQ1yZZ2ft5hnoUyL6I2CS9eknCOGc7-LseGbWF0oR7M1NmVIc_2dD8/s640/hou.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Unless he was cooking the books for the owner this guy should never appear in anything related to baseball:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbZj8B3WhwHsZnImoC3-waTPf1FMZh7oS1PSiwZBvyyFx8Md6Ro5FL0-l29aXi4_zpvdTy1HZ8gzkD2dv378p6XTSkWfe06J8sKADYs9NG4CKRWL4HWhwVhpaCAY71-JuxuieDeVla_8/s1600/hawho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbZj8B3WhwHsZnImoC3-waTPf1FMZh7oS1PSiwZBvyyFx8Md6Ro5FL0-l29aXi4_zpvdTy1HZ8gzkD2dv378p6XTSkWfe06J8sKADYs9NG4CKRWL4HWhwVhpaCAY71-JuxuieDeVla_8/s400/hawho.jpg" width="78" /></a></div>
<br />
I think he did my taxes one year!<br />
<br />
Have to say that the trainer on the right looks like what a professional trainer would look like.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-lrRNK2c-PjSIU0hGS7Ha-ShmxnF5HV_SwVHXIORDGCzaH3rSoFey00iZNv_71HA7WCzcyx5TQsMUkKKmMfxR45p5NZLOsYUkXZddOuTV7W447FCogAagEHDrr-TZp83RyjE5YJggPU/s1600/tor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-lrRNK2c-PjSIU0hGS7Ha-ShmxnF5HV_SwVHXIORDGCzaH3rSoFey00iZNv_71HA7WCzcyx5TQsMUkKKmMfxR45p5NZLOsYUkXZddOuTV7W447FCogAagEHDrr-TZp83RyjE5YJggPU/s640/tor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Not only does the guy in blue ruin the picture but Topps figured since he was in the picture they didn't need a face shot of the the manager for the inset photo.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yxo35YJ8Y8xIIos2M_KFlJJIbpnfhERIABclpT7jc4Kzqbo85F7yC6Sdvm7SsYBryrSswsYSRU9tfYdRXMC4CEjGI35r7cN3ShAxng9KosXXwoGCmlzKOIKJ033s-GMMJaOK8yqstzQ/s1600/atl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Yxo35YJ8Y8xIIos2M_KFlJJIbpnfhERIABclpT7jc4Kzqbo85F7yC6Sdvm7SsYBryrSswsYSRU9tfYdRXMC4CEjGI35r7cN3ShAxng9KosXXwoGCmlzKOIKJ033s-GMMJaOK8yqstzQ/s640/atl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
There are simply too many things going on in this picture to count.<br />
<br />
Here's a few:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>The guy on the left appears to be wearing a kilt. What exactly does he have in his pockets?</li>
<li>The man next to him looks to be ready for a speed dating meeting</li>
<li>The guy in the brown shirt who goes to halloween parties as Stephen King</li>
<li>And a young Tony Siragusa on the far right</li>
<li>A bat boy on the bottom right who looks sixteen but appears bigger than a few of the players</li>
</ul>
And, of course, the tepee in the background. Hit it through the opening and win a..............well, you guess what they would have won. I'm not touching that one.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR42MrbYpzCFe-_YjJHWEvLP20VbcBPFqeZiBT8NuPJaKvh_0DzYgppOFZJ2_T5zWBQYs3CRgtsI8yAhhDTb4sq0no90nEz1_C-TywiFK6IGA3_cO1t6NF53HvPbE-gp6IXy888Mb3bM8/s1600/met.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR42MrbYpzCFe-_YjJHWEvLP20VbcBPFqeZiBT8NuPJaKvh_0DzYgppOFZJ2_T5zWBQYs3CRgtsI8yAhhDTb4sq0no90nEz1_C-TywiFK6IGA3_cO1t6NF53HvPbE-gp6IXy888Mb3bM8/s640/met.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Here are the Mets flying in the missing man formation down front.<br />
<br />
In 1986 that man would have been Dwight Gooden as, while he was busy getting all coked up in a housing project, his fellow teammates were taking part in the victory parade coming off their World Series win.<br />
<br />
I can't imagine what thoughts were going through his head, since he was watching it live on tv as he was removing millions of brain cells from his head.<br />
<br />
Also, that's a beautiful telephone pole on the left.<br />
<br />
Anyone else really like the Mets unis nowadays? The dark blue ones really pop.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPcZNrFgZXOsUdYP_FsASU7k37r1X9sVof0cVaPPmecsMoMV1tC62jKqqK6bOLfUyEyvxZxX5qwx_Ow6o9NbnI7TW9Kc4DFKj-Yg_qbaxRwR0rS_L7t6TirNR9x24pqwLsvwEglIVBHM/s1600/mil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoPcZNrFgZXOsUdYP_FsASU7k37r1X9sVof0cVaPPmecsMoMV1tC62jKqqK6bOLfUyEyvxZxX5qwx_Ow6o9NbnI7TW9Kc4DFKj-Yg_qbaxRwR0rS_L7t6TirNR9x24pqwLsvwEglIVBHM/s640/mil.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
This is a rather close cropped photo.<br />
<br />
I imagine they were trying to get Bernie the Brewer's cabin, slide, and beer mug into the shot.<br />
<br />
But who knows what was going on at the bottom of the picture that was cropped out? What if they had the world's longest anaconda stretched out? Or maybe the guys down front are wearing high heels?<br />
<br />
WE'LL NEVER KNOW!<br />
<br />
The older gentleman on the left was actually just included to hide an embarrassing stain on the pants of the player behind him.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DVRBTDPXezY4UAKDx-PC54OjUn-gXwmmqWBeuCUy-bKdstE28JqLLm0Xi4Ig6K4fH2_Fe12hyHHnjsWp1KVk6HFUz3Kl0CQNvYiRBvQfdIHVpiCWzuypldksN_2Pk2o2_DqzN9xXzcI/s1600/phi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DVRBTDPXezY4UAKDx-PC54OjUn-gXwmmqWBeuCUy-bKdstE28JqLLm0Xi4Ig6K4fH2_Fe12hyHHnjsWp1KVk6HFUz3Kl0CQNvYiRBvQfdIHVpiCWzuypldksN_2Pk2o2_DqzN9xXzcI/s640/phi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Hats? We don't need no stinkin' hats!<br />
<br />
I think this photo shoot was sponsored by a shampoo or hair care company.<br />
<br />
You have four full blown afros, four white guys with afros, Mike Schmidt is doing his Brawny paper towel guy impression, and Pete Rose is sporting his tupperware bowl cut.<br />
<br />
You have two trios of guys bookending the group. They could have just knelt down in front. It's not like you get grass stains from Astroturf.<br />
<br />
And why is the Phillies name on the scoreboard off center? The photographer could have moved ten feet to his right to remedy that.<br />
Maybe he was a Pirates fan and wanted to get their logo into the shot.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ2t01Nl9d4EO-btfZoxuijGzBDIER6U2Yke7Juz-GkGZHl8pFi56FKtht4R2sD526DNxWckkrjxqxa9sFWmBhZLRWtvzg3PK4TYHliruyq8-ithzipAn8cPyQcEtYc42dhPvPxmNcDI/s1600/stl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ2t01Nl9d4EO-btfZoxuijGzBDIER6U2Yke7Juz-GkGZHl8pFi56FKtht4R2sD526DNxWckkrjxqxa9sFWmBhZLRWtvzg3PK4TYHliruyq8-ithzipAn8cPyQcEtYc42dhPvPxmNcDI/s640/stl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Apparently taken at Busch Light Stadium.<br />
<br />
Once again, moving ten feet to the right would have centered the hotel a bit better.<br />
<br />
Wait, what do I care? It's a Cardinals card.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRFLdsvUKx3b_OLG9kS0Oh1oLoSRB830mZBoUoaSqkJfuje6yKwNJJP_RJQ68RhFQ1V5aYYf4Udf5XUitgTbDfvUW_Qme2bV8H6yUTA-4TVb63gzLfb5UFrB9SxwDYeOHdMXv_Yt7FNw/s1600/sea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNRFLdsvUKx3b_OLG9kS0Oh1oLoSRB830mZBoUoaSqkJfuje6yKwNJJP_RJQ68RhFQ1V5aYYf4Udf5XUitgTbDfvUW_Qme2bV8H6yUTA-4TVb63gzLfb5UFrB9SxwDYeOHdMXv_Yt7FNw/s640/sea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Posing in front of a building that has probably been repurposed into a highway somewhere.<br />
<br />
I always wanted to walk around the outer concourse there but they didn't wait for me. You took my dream away, Seattle!<br />
<br />
Seeing as how they chose the parking lot for the shoot I assume even the team hate that place.<br />
<br />
And the guy in the yellow shirt looks like a Padres guy.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpPCMyUcn4D09GlZ3pXbwV8UHrF9E41-7-q0taln2xtrjCvJXJE2KjT3OgBfrq5BOxtKYNL7islsdlNvxLmF8ubPhevjzgMQ8AsK0VUtRzKzuDdjrZu0CEUrxEANai6pgNNnAbCVdDQw/s1600/padre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKpPCMyUcn4D09GlZ3pXbwV8UHrF9E41-7-q0taln2xtrjCvJXJE2KjT3OgBfrq5BOxtKYNL7islsdlNvxLmF8ubPhevjzgMQ8AsK0VUtRzKzuDdjrZu0CEUrxEANai6pgNNnAbCVdDQw/s640/padre.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
And finally we have the Padres.<br />
<br />
Here we have the Padres posing in front of a bunch of Republicans standing around and doing nothing. Kidding! I think they are indeed elephants.<br />
<br />
Good thing they didn't shoot in front of the Lion's cage. Those are a lot of cheeseburgers to put in front of a pride of lions.<br />
<br />
And is that a giant green mamba ready to lunge at that player top right?<br />
<br />
Quick tip: If you are owned by a large fast food establishment and look like their signature menu item do NOT conduct any activities at a zoo!<br />
Baseball has a DL, not a PUP(physically unable to perform) list!<br />
<br />
Who, what, why? Who knows!Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-3567548075006762942013-08-30T09:35:00.000-05:002013-08-30T14:19:53.747-05:00I knew I've seen him before<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqK1mONsghUZNg0NO58BixFmgIFPZUWtuM29GBJl3qNdaZ7meTeMyH7Srg-QyU6_xtrKT4Xof-SGMnIu3Yd_LNkRIDedE0q3LhW2Wp4jnwxVOI6tJ2JGm8agt4Tuo4NNXcPmOWT5Mp-8/s1600/13tpssmd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqK1mONsghUZNg0NO58BixFmgIFPZUWtuM29GBJl3qNdaZ7meTeMyH7Srg-QyU6_xtrKT4Xof-SGMnIu3Yd_LNkRIDedE0q3LhW2Wp4jnwxVOI6tJ2JGm8agt4Tuo4NNXcPmOWT5Mp-8/s400/13tpssmd.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZfzZjneSXjcF5Q-tt5SDLGij23YMaAxPObWVY2t2zhPQVbIca98d2Afn2WuUTqRd1UXLXrI4CBGKMU-Qf4Pn_lRxGr4767aQcYnXP1EkrMUYT-HVw8WkzH43SX9GvnlIEdko585cGA8/s1600/fgfgfggf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZfzZjneSXjcF5Q-tt5SDLGij23YMaAxPObWVY2t2zhPQVbIca98d2Afn2WuUTqRd1UXLXrI4CBGKMU-Qf4Pn_lRxGr4767aQcYnXP1EkrMUYT-HVw8WkzH43SX9GvnlIEdko585cGA8/s320/fgfgfggf.jpg" width="281" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNTY3DFwl7exIXnlAd5-w6oXSsXaQSYCDyBIk9GsBmmQ7njZ1yfg87hKsSNCAeCSbNxK8ZnqB8pyBJ6bnc-5vA5-iXXDw3BCX0PyNL8DFY1HBe3wsqXbFhfI7Kmuhi_nBDXJolAh1Msw/s1600/fdsfg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNTY3DFwl7exIXnlAd5-w6oXSsXaQSYCDyBIk9GsBmmQ7njZ1yfg87hKsSNCAeCSbNxK8ZnqB8pyBJ6bnc-5vA5-iXXDw3BCX0PyNL8DFY1HBe3wsqXbFhfI7Kmuhi_nBDXJolAh1Msw/s320/fdsfg.jpg" width="282" /></a></div>
<br />
You have no idea how hard it was to find this pic.<br />
<br />
Finally googled thumb face guy and there he was.<br />
<br />
I was thinking more of an earthworm than thumb.<br />
<br />
Also reminds me of Will Sasso from MadTV.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-44043857944133762522013-08-20T10:52:00.002-05:002013-08-24T15:35:18.404-05:00You were right buddy.......<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcp7l5tG4SmAtoVQurRFkK22YHcLnJVg9eVxFopVIQ-GDiYr976At6MgxHxOlA9yySwYK2v6x47rAB8bEcl_NoXzVtZ2QfHZ5NFh1CuX_uHUzapxASaa-lzziE3xg3j-JFLRPOtYl2LL4/s640/blogger-image-1963645026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcp7l5tG4SmAtoVQurRFkK22YHcLnJVg9eVxFopVIQ-GDiYr976At6MgxHxOlA9yySwYK2v6x47rAB8bEcl_NoXzVtZ2QfHZ5NFh1CuX_uHUzapxASaa-lzziE3xg3j-JFLRPOtYl2LL4/s640/blogger-image-1963645026.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
......this stuff totally works!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both;">
Did you see how far that ball went?</div>
<div class="" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both;">
ARod, we need to keep this to ourselves. </div>
<div class="" style="clear: both;">
<br /></div>
<div class="" style="clear: both;">
ARod(13):Sure Cerv.......uh...I would never sell you out....I MEAN totally!!</div>
Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-35725980840067840932013-08-18T22:11:00.002-05:002013-08-18T22:11:35.799-05:00Audio Artistry: Owl Eyes - Closure This is music.<br />
<br />
That voice.<br />
<br />
That beat.<br />
<br />
Those synths.<br />
<br />
That video?<br />
<br />
Yeah, that video. But it's rather odd.<br />
<br />
But the song is gorgeous and I have probably heard it 500 times.<br />
<br />
It seems to bring about memories of the '80's for me.<br />
<br />
Which is fine because It's a pretty good decade to dwell on.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/qxBPf3ZXf-E?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-85149101346533066512013-08-18T20:47:00.003-05:002013-08-18T22:23:57.048-05:00Listia Loot: 1937 John Player & Sons Motor CarsThis was one of the most exciting items I've ever gotten on Listia.<br />
<br />
For 13,500 credits I got 38 out of the 50 cards from the second series of John Player & Sons 1937 Motor Cars.<br />
<br />
They are the same size as most cigarette cards from back then.<br />
<br />
They are the first cigarette cards I have ever owned.<br />
<br />
This same company made sets for hundreds of topics to be inserted into pack of cigarettes.<br />
<br />
They were made with adhesive on the back so you could collect them in an album which you would have bought for them.<br />
<br />
I LOVE these cards.<br />
<br />
Here's one of them, front and back:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWoGsO81Ol59xrZwBfmwlIdYkvrOJ5n65sbyiyavnEjn2RlDd0GmNxkbBO1rggooCJaM2h3fCEnDfRt70i9JrcQvfJRhj-87jk2p8pbFnbkklgOe9nl_tM9QnK1P78SrsJ8-9ygsm7rc/s1600/IMG_2205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWoGsO81Ol59xrZwBfmwlIdYkvrOJ5n65sbyiyavnEjn2RlDd0GmNxkbBO1rggooCJaM2h3fCEnDfRt70i9JrcQvfJRhj-87jk2p8pbFnbkklgOe9nl_tM9QnK1P78SrsJ8-9ygsm7rc/s640/IMG_2205.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
14 horsepower!<br />
<br />
Now that's enough to power an ipod.<br />
<br />
Sweet ride though, especially 76 years ago.<br />
<br />
The backs are pretty informative:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIB-zSLaR7Ou36E-kLO3jqHFxG2Kk3QNQohBboAEmFf5VEoafA8gCbctf39sVK_U3JM12pAY8BPvKLNACxNalJ958-pZBhB9hPvyy9I7vnbw_9ZIpOh4PtQjfLB-5RaCoY9XTW_b311U/s1600/IMG_2243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIB-zSLaR7Ou36E-kLO3jqHFxG2Kk3QNQohBboAEmFf5VEoafA8gCbctf39sVK_U3JM12pAY8BPvKLNACxNalJ958-pZBhB9hPvyy9I7vnbw_9ZIpOh4PtQjfLB-5RaCoY9XTW_b311U/s640/IMG_2243.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<br />
Click on the images for better reading. You might just want to view the images in gallery mode for bigger size.<br />
<br />
It gives you the top speed, type of engine, car length and how many pounds the car sold for.<br />
<br />
It even tells you the annual tax of the car. I don't even know what that annual tax was for back then.<br />
<br />
The only mark against this set of cards is the seller. They are apparently chain smokers and failed to mention that in the listing.<br />
<br />
At the top of the back on each card it reads:<br />
<br />
"This surface is adhesive. Ask your tobacconist for the attractive album (price one penny) specially prepared to hold the complete series".<br />
<br />
I had know idea they were called tobacconists.<br />
<br />
Apparently most of the topic sets were reprinted in the 1990's but it is quite clear that these are original. They have pieces of tobacco stuck to the adhesive.<br />
<br />
The reprints did not come in packs of cigarettes.<br />
<br />
I did apply moisture to the back of one of the cards and the adhesive still works!<br />
<br />
Well, if you want to see them all then you're in luck. I'm going to post them!<br />
<br />
Check them out:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX2sE0nw3RIYemoMs3F0tdGtdDX2CgT1oT-ubxu8xY6hqIv6KDwyXYl-7Uv-HtwteRgiyrib3Xywsn1A6mgBVHhB65NcB2wDgWrZzeD5ePaPBm1BrCJ2HAtuXWAQ6PImcvUPTnLAgDfI/s1600/IMG_2167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX2sE0nw3RIYemoMs3F0tdGtdDX2CgT1oT-ubxu8xY6hqIv6KDwyXYl-7Uv-HtwteRgiyrib3Xywsn1A6mgBVHhB65NcB2wDgWrZzeD5ePaPBm1BrCJ2HAtuXWAQ6PImcvUPTnLAgDfI/s640/IMG_2167.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThzSUWqaBaxctrevFxTKVa6pY6iLV8zsHmlPG7BGoJ-bYhe27d_hvh7Akd84Tmi_J4o4vK_iMbrAuQBLoq2gtk0PFS5wicN_uR3rMxMmtXg1IoM8TYtNzxto4jUpx4AIWeVy7jq9YsJU/s1600/IMG_2206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThzSUWqaBaxctrevFxTKVa6pY6iLV8zsHmlPG7BGoJ-bYhe27d_hvh7Akd84Tmi_J4o4vK_iMbrAuQBLoq2gtk0PFS5wicN_uR3rMxMmtXg1IoM8TYtNzxto4jUpx4AIWeVy7jq9YsJU/s640/IMG_2206.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eVERMpGefTzfYSTkhO1RSyz7O29EQS6q-epSdbuSkaDz4hYGGbyfx1pxF0wOCPCjJfNUhuhoaLWoueeBQpos8LQfr9q_DNS9Muk7ip4Z7u5gY05oqKUZEmj5Hzu20_How3DBzsjQ_tk/s1600/IMG_2168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eVERMpGefTzfYSTkhO1RSyz7O29EQS6q-epSdbuSkaDz4hYGGbyfx1pxF0wOCPCjJfNUhuhoaLWoueeBQpos8LQfr9q_DNS9Muk7ip4Z7u5gY05oqKUZEmj5Hzu20_How3DBzsjQ_tk/s640/IMG_2168.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXf7S1w9FVtTs8WCnwAtljdCeqIB9fhvvhTZfaOru4-8SPxK0uVTr2uf58Yiz0YsgFrLhgGlfcaQpTlLrf-B_TBCVn3_0iCL0wo6Ifq56Mp1KPyHsPY-V39WAKIEbZiaumiBgmoPlf8s/s1600/IMG_2207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXf7S1w9FVtTs8WCnwAtljdCeqIB9fhvvhTZfaOru4-8SPxK0uVTr2uf58Yiz0YsgFrLhgGlfcaQpTlLrf-B_TBCVn3_0iCL0wo6Ifq56Mp1KPyHsPY-V39WAKIEbZiaumiBgmoPlf8s/s640/IMG_2207.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68f2463jWtNBsnrvpUs_y7dlEUZZoJ2qCxFdqXzQ3HfR_ll5r5i6FBCZmeyH1v6qk0U4d-plNCMgKvaVB7AC6nvdzcKeVXtUEl7PxeOJyxKWUBQeUJHRmjD9mXJCQiZJwmIK6Bd5wEis/s1600/IMG_2169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68f2463jWtNBsnrvpUs_y7dlEUZZoJ2qCxFdqXzQ3HfR_ll5r5i6FBCZmeyH1v6qk0U4d-plNCMgKvaVB7AC6nvdzcKeVXtUEl7PxeOJyxKWUBQeUJHRmjD9mXJCQiZJwmIK6Bd5wEis/s640/IMG_2169.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFt6Hznzf_p713Rydb9n9GTgivWG9Y0RMI0CZdv7kKjKmp1mr8Wsl0CrNfxLayK8ZceDOdBlBpkUbgmGiSUpPPl6j61AYDwj9H8FvJa2RWOiw-dy6Bmo5LV6jBKzGkbCzvB_tj5pYm5s/s1600/IMG_2208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFt6Hznzf_p713Rydb9n9GTgivWG9Y0RMI0CZdv7kKjKmp1mr8Wsl0CrNfxLayK8ZceDOdBlBpkUbgmGiSUpPPl6j61AYDwj9H8FvJa2RWOiw-dy6Bmo5LV6jBKzGkbCzvB_tj5pYm5s/s640/IMG_2208.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Kind of an ugly duckling here:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzbNWqoblhfanmXNa2dNKgptUIRIIjda5y-ciK4WZWBrBCRn3kebwShhW_aIWyfE6OcADUrVo4ZRou9N7XzD7dOmTojtOnnbTnzYE8CP9cVrkelfZx4Q59PAs0DY4KKD4Ioi7saVE2Aw/s1600/IMG_2170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzbNWqoblhfanmXNa2dNKgptUIRIIjda5y-ciK4WZWBrBCRn3kebwShhW_aIWyfE6OcADUrVo4ZRou9N7XzD7dOmTojtOnnbTnzYE8CP9cVrkelfZx4Q59PAs0DY4KKD4Ioi7saVE2Aw/s640/IMG_2170.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyx6atwfDZ1KJ6E1OyAsRS8_YjX3jmg5CcOn3oTLXWQlaAHFMLeybJA9vslgKm45vKmmb0mNjVsOawj7eo9cM11cDWnCjMSHdmoNl_JzuWQO2fIaw19N7L4i-EmjtMVyu0W9boNIUXXok/s1600/IMG_2209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyx6atwfDZ1KJ6E1OyAsRS8_YjX3jmg5CcOn3oTLXWQlaAHFMLeybJA9vslgKm45vKmmb0mNjVsOawj7eo9cM11cDWnCjMSHdmoNl_JzuWQO2fIaw19N7L4i-EmjtMVyu0W9boNIUXXok/s640/IMG_2209.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Looks like a sweet ride for 195 pounds:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE7Yvt0Ae9RQBoRP34B4Gk7k9uuiCtQUIInTYqukUtOtI1DuEd6n9iBfMu0-54A2S2RdhZ27ZEj6CFPpCHzdr0RLam2E3gv58yoIUT_-97wWLb5oWVaiAoXBDZcyzfBLoXvlq-QznsQw/s1600/IMG_2171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE7Yvt0Ae9RQBoRP34B4Gk7k9uuiCtQUIInTYqukUtOtI1DuEd6n9iBfMu0-54A2S2RdhZ27ZEj6CFPpCHzdr0RLam2E3gv58yoIUT_-97wWLb5oWVaiAoXBDZcyzfBLoXvlq-QznsQw/s640/IMG_2171.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRd81aHlxUEXT_Nv4RwT0JckDtmfkGEO_oDYeJczoyZz8T9As90d3qLZudQZHOsk0Vmoq145pqce5vhRHryw53YaqrAA3ABeqbL7sII7fQoDw3SxhtOJqTSb6X8x7yfdj8EniRbrE9nE/s1600/IMG_2210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRd81aHlxUEXT_Nv4RwT0JckDtmfkGEO_oDYeJczoyZz8T9As90d3qLZudQZHOsk0Vmoq145pqce5vhRHryw53YaqrAA3ABeqbL7sII7fQoDw3SxhtOJqTSb6X8x7yfdj8EniRbrE9nE/s640/IMG_2210.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7hm3dG7mEINZkA4yL9cNIzrZNw6_yYOT6Eir2zmws4TUZfjmYlNiWO-92lQbUJ8GHmdBfw4klaFjerlGiB4UpbMlSh8psUUS9qaBiD3iYRkvoPI8tSKq-OfXTPAT889xKnyyiXwsBRs/s1600/IMG_2173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7hm3dG7mEINZkA4yL9cNIzrZNw6_yYOT6Eir2zmws4TUZfjmYlNiWO-92lQbUJ8GHmdBfw4klaFjerlGiB4UpbMlSh8psUUS9qaBiD3iYRkvoPI8tSKq-OfXTPAT889xKnyyiXwsBRs/s640/IMG_2173.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRCTMVVzB80upIDmILFqvuY840QGkgt2ZjwqT-wMGKC80Y8xE5kFGztWNGcqqV6hiGTH_4dr_Qq6aK11lOkZJkB-N1csmQ5xYJHXbnSbgjyEN1LbI6uR5149VR5DkuEUA0ys5uWPogwA/s1600/IMG_2211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRCTMVVzB80upIDmILFqvuY840QGkgt2ZjwqT-wMGKC80Y8xE5kFGztWNGcqqV6hiGTH_4dr_Qq6aK11lOkZJkB-N1csmQ5xYJHXbnSbgjyEN1LbI6uR5149VR5DkuEUA0ys5uWPogwA/s640/IMG_2211.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Some tobacco stuck to the back of the above back.<br />
<br />
The backs are very shiny as well.<br />
<br />
The fronts have a wavy pattern rolled into them. Kind of like dimples of a golf ball.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcriGz3zDZIGtqVbxLIHPeIY-Ta4FpIJc-LKVAhOz4MtoLDImy0SqX9AOVTPRdGCKhUUDFkR4XSTJ9ooo2VrH12ukdUuizArCGLQ_BLiDScHBrzOAGCQoRZpqrZ1ugP7peUhr4xSUQXGw/s1600/IMG_2174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcriGz3zDZIGtqVbxLIHPeIY-Ta4FpIJc-LKVAhOz4MtoLDImy0SqX9AOVTPRdGCKhUUDFkR4XSTJ9ooo2VrH12ukdUuizArCGLQ_BLiDScHBrzOAGCQoRZpqrZ1ugP7peUhr4xSUQXGw/s640/IMG_2174.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhp4Ckh-S6mNXhtju_X2P99dNmxI9C9hTSVqhcgX_9fkHbxF4pU2KCVcpaCCXiWj9NNOURZLcPFHdaTxJfeHBYEXh3qGSF2CQFLo0eiaN7tTJk-6S0EwiIg6v_voMnZK1Pr_z-TN636rM/s1600/IMG_2212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhp4Ckh-S6mNXhtju_X2P99dNmxI9C9hTSVqhcgX_9fkHbxF4pU2KCVcpaCCXiWj9NNOURZLcPFHdaTxJfeHBYEXh3qGSF2CQFLo0eiaN7tTJk-6S0EwiIg6v_voMnZK1Pr_z-TN636rM/s640/IMG_2212.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KYgOGIR0qCrLpdlObfaCzSGXdgHY3EPtG9MGm_K60FCrHBDQVpzvwlz5yEJuk6TumzxaypNTXUVQWr9YHN1dT4XWKFNN6pQ5rM6BsZcFpDwZagoY8sah8uUHWwti6Kg2sew6ukCplbI/s1600/IMG_2175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KYgOGIR0qCrLpdlObfaCzSGXdgHY3EPtG9MGm_K60FCrHBDQVpzvwlz5yEJuk6TumzxaypNTXUVQWr9YHN1dT4XWKFNN6pQ5rM6BsZcFpDwZagoY8sah8uUHWwti6Kg2sew6ukCplbI/s640/IMG_2175.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvam0eB-1uzifEN_y6yA8WV-oLJfOSzLLQrDV-Rs30QAuAx9l04JDPHBIVWmzZqpBdIri8za-3Qw9zvsdBsOV5LKUzw3mb3LNCv34m8Yusaa70qtBOn_mFF40ebE8I1BUdiseHId1fXzQ/s1600/IMG_2213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvam0eB-1uzifEN_y6yA8WV-oLJfOSzLLQrDV-Rs30QAuAx9l04JDPHBIVWmzZqpBdIri8za-3Qw9zvsdBsOV5LKUzw3mb3LNCv34m8Yusaa70qtBOn_mFF40ebE8I1BUdiseHId1fXzQ/s640/IMG_2213.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOlr_bK6Ol6QgH7ilrCWVh6gsVzG2EawmD-C10pKwCcOQfQxmkh6l9Hgpy54s40GpVq_l3s23liPs_PfL6shSYCXKTiK8F9B12nkCD0xhUJ2QN2gxhefdSR7yuO5fnl6MQl14f6EhFDM/s1600/IMG_2176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOlr_bK6Ol6QgH7ilrCWVh6gsVzG2EawmD-C10pKwCcOQfQxmkh6l9Hgpy54s40GpVq_l3s23liPs_PfL6shSYCXKTiK8F9B12nkCD0xhUJ2QN2gxhefdSR7yuO5fnl6MQl14f6EhFDM/s640/IMG_2176.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqAColBj8vbEAwvBMiZfrav30YWKp7g_tiqy9JwyRmxA1sFclJC-xPCI0d094T9WLb7UGlwN4d1lqFkU_EWZ5R3SaiVWqs9QFroAI7QxB_tvsHdDEraw8V3jk6hNq7CVefEFG8U0OjPM/s1600/IMG_2214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqAColBj8vbEAwvBMiZfrav30YWKp7g_tiqy9JwyRmxA1sFclJC-xPCI0d094T9WLb7UGlwN4d1lqFkU_EWZ5R3SaiVWqs9QFroAI7QxB_tvsHdDEraw8V3jk6hNq7CVefEFG8U0OjPM/s640/IMG_2214.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Look at this car. It cost over 1,000 pounds and looks the part:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0ht-2uuAMJWKrRT3ZvdmNsMfak7OYHKdT7LJDVjRC3l14fAwmx18D__JWK4qAee97t5ceEjEiFQtSTISUl4_TR80cCc3hedWYvFcLXT2OUZ9IG1bm-0s8Tq7CyfiOOoFpD3bdojfJ_U/s1600/IMG_2177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0ht-2uuAMJWKrRT3ZvdmNsMfak7OYHKdT7LJDVjRC3l14fAwmx18D__JWK4qAee97t5ceEjEiFQtSTISUl4_TR80cCc3hedWYvFcLXT2OUZ9IG1bm-0s8Tq7CyfiOOoFpD3bdojfJ_U/s640/IMG_2177.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3UG_EI4Cq7QE2oH2kSbT9JWE-c277yAWpO77yWNvIW2OtqSJ-nyGALgU_THdF2RXI-XByHjSuG3EfzE8yGk_cqJd54xcSnyB8x3GHDm06n4PyjS3ickthx2qha4LnkXxvxGweOW70z8/s1600/IMG_2215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3UG_EI4Cq7QE2oH2kSbT9JWE-c277yAWpO77yWNvIW2OtqSJ-nyGALgU_THdF2RXI-XByHjSuG3EfzE8yGk_cqJd54xcSnyB8x3GHDm06n4PyjS3ickthx2qha4LnkXxvxGweOW70z8/s640/IMG_2215.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Compare the last car to this little jalopy. 120 pounds and it's yours:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fLL-5ln_ESswrTqRDnL_TGyA_hgBPbmxF-DErHO9o3yPanVt1mVex_Ycn-InPeWP7lXRuruZd7E7hChlGiCVmTxu_q1HXTlgJ481Bv8G2Kz3c4BPQYe5XpLV7Eirafh8suHktKfI4dI/s1600/IMG_2178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fLL-5ln_ESswrTqRDnL_TGyA_hgBPbmxF-DErHO9o3yPanVt1mVex_Ycn-InPeWP7lXRuruZd7E7hChlGiCVmTxu_q1HXTlgJ481Bv8G2Kz3c4BPQYe5XpLV7Eirafh8suHktKfI4dI/s640/IMG_2178.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDe-xnrlLP2D-CkyyEL6mDJ3yYlKbRR_mSq_znqSff2SWy18mC7UOgiE6d5KlhQ6Vlpf2eWiinhSgf8Hu72oEA1lV9_5cwbKS0Gv9a8yu50TmNLaWDDXtVxrpJ1zSCBvoRozBf2mfnTc/s1600/IMG_2216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDe-xnrlLP2D-CkyyEL6mDJ3yYlKbRR_mSq_znqSff2SWy18mC7UOgiE6d5KlhQ6Vlpf2eWiinhSgf8Hu72oEA1lV9_5cwbKS0Gv9a8yu50TmNLaWDDXtVxrpJ1zSCBvoRozBf2mfnTc/s640/IMG_2216.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
I like this next car and it was only 295 pounds:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWMkgScyW-aWwMwTCpjOTfrt0vfHu-vs0lkHfh37_9mojBFSWVmryUH0CiI3kixZ5oFZiz1Pox23MpBQXz01Nu8qTVz3H4jR9aXZEoLXNlQoCOSso8OekJ_3IIECI6mYVjrAvrKU2GXM/s1600/IMG_2179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWMkgScyW-aWwMwTCpjOTfrt0vfHu-vs0lkHfh37_9mojBFSWVmryUH0CiI3kixZ5oFZiz1Pox23MpBQXz01Nu8qTVz3H4jR9aXZEoLXNlQoCOSso8OekJ_3IIECI6mYVjrAvrKU2GXM/s640/IMG_2179.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZKP-dhSsmoHr0BwyzQJUaAJwgNRZlyqB6nURGppCWgVP3oQYxHsrzIBENaCqGwSnHFKXHBxIu2lWid0LrTECobc66b_169kG7gRnEpxzB_jImtBqaNkzlFOjprXLkZWpSnkH9G5-OgA/s1600/IMG_2217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZKP-dhSsmoHr0BwyzQJUaAJwgNRZlyqB6nURGppCWgVP3oQYxHsrzIBENaCqGwSnHFKXHBxIu2lWid0LrTECobc66b_169kG7gRnEpxzB_jImtBqaNkzlFOjprXLkZWpSnkH9G5-OgA/s640/IMG_2217.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
This Daimler was 1,200 pounds new:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fbPInfgA0plUx_szJNIhldtO47KdjDhZJIIk26L3q7YAcFBkdfo15H_y0ynLl4gs2jrqLa_89Xk4gYhDloi-Cztdi5d2qXB0szybPaQy6LK8ODG2adjHXl_dRBex2H3Mfvjc_sdq648/s1600/IMG_2180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fbPInfgA0plUx_szJNIhldtO47KdjDhZJIIk26L3q7YAcFBkdfo15H_y0ynLl4gs2jrqLa_89Xk4gYhDloi-Cztdi5d2qXB0szybPaQy6LK8ODG2adjHXl_dRBex2H3Mfvjc_sdq648/s640/IMG_2180.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelMX7FKOOgymv2QWoHsSYIy4XsQh3Knc-y-6fmm83dytSkzHVmma462ik2q34XCFBoO0zf978JavIdTiShqEG5iFkHtoE_ryTfw5F-aGn44E_wmIdNHrEM_NIizB1HX593JKO4rDqEI8/s1600/IMG_2218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelMX7FKOOgymv2QWoHsSYIy4XsQh3Knc-y-6fmm83dytSkzHVmma462ik2q34XCFBoO0zf978JavIdTiShqEG5iFkHtoE_ryTfw5F-aGn44E_wmIdNHrEM_NIizB1HX593JKO4rDqEI8/s640/IMG_2218.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
This is one of my favorites. 1,550 pounds, 100 MPH and seats seven:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX0TVKVBBBiLVEgdUaSb7K3Z_KH3VyBWUhcoZOVBOoMgaZbzuFPEo-OSOg3X7YbUQikz3BQ49vvEwiHNjcDazsVZRzF0yhQZhNbGCwl09SESa8BL1g5CPuQCHvBBSvVIo1mvmGOb9p5M/s1600/IMG_2181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmX0TVKVBBBiLVEgdUaSb7K3Z_KH3VyBWUhcoZOVBOoMgaZbzuFPEo-OSOg3X7YbUQikz3BQ49vvEwiHNjcDazsVZRzF0yhQZhNbGCwl09SESa8BL1g5CPuQCHvBBSvVIo1mvmGOb9p5M/s640/IMG_2181.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmRFfUxJ1Xk5CqocuNcNjdMf6kBY3owTxyRp89HoHheboXiBpYq2ajO04_PGDacCobPvN3b05nYmxcI0fKlRtaniXGRwLV4XaHEIrUcfK3PJFwq_i1LMOn62WmFvYxqr9vDsP5FlhJBU/s1600/IMG_2219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmRFfUxJ1Xk5CqocuNcNjdMf6kBY3owTxyRp89HoHheboXiBpYq2ajO04_PGDacCobPvN3b05nYmxcI0fKlRtaniXGRwLV4XaHEIrUcfK3PJFwq_i1LMOn62WmFvYxqr9vDsP5FlhJBU/s640/IMG_2219.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9c39UaZhfsj7TSLG1feLUntBB1g8LAO7GWJJhtJIlh584rehk52AyVL6Qt0i-aTJL8wnN7c1G2gHa-VQT3haGq_KeulqJGC58-kQgrfF5N0K4iZg-IZ4ikYBNSjM0H-Qy-QlOC2JYZA/s1600/IMG_2182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9c39UaZhfsj7TSLG1feLUntBB1g8LAO7GWJJhtJIlh584rehk52AyVL6Qt0i-aTJL8wnN7c1G2gHa-VQT3haGq_KeulqJGC58-kQgrfF5N0K4iZg-IZ4ikYBNSjM0H-Qy-QlOC2JYZA/s640/IMG_2182.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHmOCTYoL3p_ZCviaGyAjie_Sdchx4ffqyPmmiIHUNmveeVmksy_np5l40CPnvvEHrsFMnaksLojAXi0jSfd5cgTdZxxNAyS5yLFRxLdkZqAWBGXccf7zguWFMrJJfmy0dzGnOueNlUY/s1600/IMG_2220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglHmOCTYoL3p_ZCviaGyAjie_Sdchx4ffqyPmmiIHUNmveeVmksy_np5l40CPnvvEHrsFMnaksLojAXi0jSfd5cgTdZxxNAyS5yLFRxLdkZqAWBGXccf7zguWFMrJJfmy0dzGnOueNlUY/s640/IMG_2220.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8EQbbhv9GbQqhKpX3LAmGX1I-jsC81vv63dA9BlFa3ZjS_OCBoa51du6x9vi6cbSyWWgwl9WCPZG-PjDdB2K2tATpBvl3Qj5nve7j5_KnxrqN1HrU6R0a7sW6rGmMvPv3QUwvLkBFBQ/s1600/IMG_2183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8EQbbhv9GbQqhKpX3LAmGX1I-jsC81vv63dA9BlFa3ZjS_OCBoa51du6x9vi6cbSyWWgwl9WCPZG-PjDdB2K2tATpBvl3Qj5nve7j5_KnxrqN1HrU6R0a7sW6rGmMvPv3QUwvLkBFBQ/s640/IMG_2183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJo6Wr6-g0PKuKjCWHwqiKmboWZ7zzfJtZsvg4i2uCZSgCMRz_zSpfPD7ExMh4mrSuIJynpHNuj0C42sbPdqK5mJivG5wAcAnwo1C1Saiz3gyzsySqF3u7cFzO_W8QKFTznjOUAQOMAw/s1600/IMG_2221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJo6Wr6-g0PKuKjCWHwqiKmboWZ7zzfJtZsvg4i2uCZSgCMRz_zSpfPD7ExMh4mrSuIJynpHNuj0C42sbPdqK5mJivG5wAcAnwo1C1Saiz3gyzsySqF3u7cFzO_W8QKFTznjOUAQOMAw/s640/IMG_2221.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Classic looking in the classic sense, if that makes sense:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZk0jDsJHHgN45e767JnkTfq-YGpRTF5udXo8oRsN1hgkY1M7gWYkdXRpif4-rtQvJmgerBInMcrKTli30z-Fl11Lq24U-PYf1aIpDohFWWC0w8316CirDR4DTICpdiUFwt5rcYigmfw/s1600/IMG_2184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZk0jDsJHHgN45e767JnkTfq-YGpRTF5udXo8oRsN1hgkY1M7gWYkdXRpif4-rtQvJmgerBInMcrKTli30z-Fl11Lq24U-PYf1aIpDohFWWC0w8316CirDR4DTICpdiUFwt5rcYigmfw/s640/IMG_2184.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S8pF2C2by9E8DVO8ZoJGue7-lKZJns2284jkoVBQrFo2m8PtOoug9h1-9KGTy1TeGAplvfkMfJLOnFfwWxU8WIKTnM5aMxCvGTLaxSKoXPcgdAM11s4hZ6VaBQJ_LaZ1pQzx9no93mo/s1600/IMG_2222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S8pF2C2by9E8DVO8ZoJGue7-lKZJns2284jkoVBQrFo2m8PtOoug9h1-9KGTy1TeGAplvfkMfJLOnFfwWxU8WIKTnM5aMxCvGTLaxSKoXPcgdAM11s4hZ6VaBQJ_LaZ1pQzx9no93mo/s640/IMG_2222.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Ugly:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQ8nBhEFNOLNHqN6hnBu9VKGA3zVk7mZj-AXW8xZEqAlzLSc1fCQG0nUqAxA_Ki0-Sx0z3Gp6rS_ICe_0zM7a5RmUEJEKTCZbGD3BfKhRPVW4GKmJQsp1wuc3rqJGvBarhBE8-fzq_4U/s1600/IMG_2185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQ8nBhEFNOLNHqN6hnBu9VKGA3zVk7mZj-AXW8xZEqAlzLSc1fCQG0nUqAxA_Ki0-Sx0z3Gp6rS_ICe_0zM7a5RmUEJEKTCZbGD3BfKhRPVW4GKmJQsp1wuc3rqJGvBarhBE8-fzq_4U/s640/IMG_2185.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmJZwS0g9UqqefqZKonX63tVrR8aOynoCOKVU67kDKzY794ZC4aghVV__B2lUksZYMYyfVOguz1RQsGA2PrBLrqcy1QzSMKb7wfwPBViRDo39yqoaNAmBj4zK24Wodwsc9SUV2WtB2CM/s1600/IMG_2223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmJZwS0g9UqqefqZKonX63tVrR8aOynoCOKVU67kDKzY794ZC4aghVV__B2lUksZYMYyfVOguz1RQsGA2PrBLrqcy1QzSMKb7wfwPBViRDo39yqoaNAmBj4zK24Wodwsc9SUV2WtB2CM/s640/IMG_2223.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Uglier:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0OnF48dgEumX-4HghAIdKr-2h3AiqjJbn0ztIS4kL5t5rVvjvwAyIQxLitZIC9_c8XnurKqn_zYlAxnvfGfsSi_LnbbxOFptyN6X1Di2yDjDNZQ1w-uTEd-k7NKiDmkHxtCOoEekAJ0/s1600/IMG_2186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0OnF48dgEumX-4HghAIdKr-2h3AiqjJbn0ztIS4kL5t5rVvjvwAyIQxLitZIC9_c8XnurKqn_zYlAxnvfGfsSi_LnbbxOFptyN6X1Di2yDjDNZQ1w-uTEd-k7NKiDmkHxtCOoEekAJ0/s640/IMG_2186.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5wRGibqzGbqOHkfY9eYdXPmXZ-PUWssYwzSqPHRziSmQcRkA-S19vM77-WAi6NzeH3kECZQm5UE3OYpvV2iGdl98fGK0DPpnZSaW5brVRQX8iCvd-X1m6WFcnH3lnpKXyaG_YI5wDsM/s1600/IMG_2224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5wRGibqzGbqOHkfY9eYdXPmXZ-PUWssYwzSqPHRziSmQcRkA-S19vM77-WAi6NzeH3kECZQm5UE3OYpvV2iGdl98fGK0DPpnZSaW5brVRQX8iCvd-X1m6WFcnH3lnpKXyaG_YI5wDsM/s640/IMG_2224.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
2,720 pounds new. I imagine it touches seven figures nowadays:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6hyOC8GQD0TLeq2dMWGh402Eft_ZfbgbYd7hnb8B9_Cv8ajbZqtqe0BkzMumXaLEgfVs32ESyEkdHRsi_QE33etg75uRmhxJBUzPLClkAHaOiks5XOshaT94JG_U-Wv4WgdYga7niE8/s1600/IMG_2187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6hyOC8GQD0TLeq2dMWGh402Eft_ZfbgbYd7hnb8B9_Cv8ajbZqtqe0BkzMumXaLEgfVs32ESyEkdHRsi_QE33etg75uRmhxJBUzPLClkAHaOiks5XOshaT94JG_U-Wv4WgdYga7niE8/s640/IMG_2187.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19RIh8r_zP2qjxEarmJbkM8YyvtOkAXwCyXx9lXYl2ZX-QJTvEy-0RStCCrrugdPM1CrKgqs-nkN2367C49aPSWniu2S0xhrxmZ-hdXWLvciHk27Ka_t11cntTno7ILHWNOxvfHdEEkE/s1600/IMG_2225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19RIh8r_zP2qjxEarmJbkM8YyvtOkAXwCyXx9lXYl2ZX-QJTvEy-0RStCCrrugdPM1CrKgqs-nkN2367C49aPSWniu2S0xhrxmZ-hdXWLvciHk27Ka_t11cntTno7ILHWNOxvfHdEEkE/s640/IMG_2225.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLdR1v39IiEen2sDjTVsz5ZNGdZOjvEe_M0Za42HDp59mcPa1VxOKVXvbE8XRi4s0STBY6MOunbkNXYaoOSX88HFZgB7dS9Mcnn_jW84Dpl2ua-nw7h_zjZvyWrJG2-eP9kdetTfDAoQ/s1600/IMG_2188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLdR1v39IiEen2sDjTVsz5ZNGdZOjvEe_M0Za42HDp59mcPa1VxOKVXvbE8XRi4s0STBY6MOunbkNXYaoOSX88HFZgB7dS9Mcnn_jW84Dpl2ua-nw7h_zjZvyWrJG2-eP9kdetTfDAoQ/s640/IMG_2188.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS0ZDWzED-V7K79X0RPcZ8VdPTMJ2wMTDtvGa2R7bVZBPtzfPDx3YFsCYWNBhM0TAc4yrIO-KyPi5bvRL4R7Zi0YInsixcf7MMCBdV5FzPelrsxDWEg2ETJ5iWviVsDH_oEBr_ikIEd0/s1600/IMG_2226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS0ZDWzED-V7K79X0RPcZ8VdPTMJ2wMTDtvGa2R7bVZBPtzfPDx3YFsCYWNBhM0TAc4yrIO-KyPi5bvRL4R7Zi0YInsixcf7MMCBdV5FzPelrsxDWEg2ETJ5iWviVsDH_oEBr_ikIEd0/s640/IMG_2226.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Reminds me of a locomotive:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FKZ1vbq-NBgYLkYcwuKfqY7TL0FmnkyEfmIqd4-YO64qo_Z8opJnU8pCWsqcnO25E6yA4q9Djb5vqfup-U5CAlBRcp5YlxCAugyH3F4-_OT30_aNIaX2d9v1S0RBnIgEqlTdIgdWaFE/s1600/IMG_2189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FKZ1vbq-NBgYLkYcwuKfqY7TL0FmnkyEfmIqd4-YO64qo_Z8opJnU8pCWsqcnO25E6yA4q9Djb5vqfup-U5CAlBRcp5YlxCAugyH3F4-_OT30_aNIaX2d9v1S0RBnIgEqlTdIgdWaFE/s640/IMG_2189.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXmG_WDDAXK1EJVeKQu-42uywBXkGi_CcE7d4Esn90QmS4Xhrz4RLBO3pGb_FAyb2XhyphenhyphenvGYgn7Nm_4j_-PwrsTunpkYqhc7pLSSLkgMXdm_hDYjVGGKPPPDbbkhGTZ-2JxJs2gfJ1OdE/s1600/IMG_2227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXmG_WDDAXK1EJVeKQu-42uywBXkGi_CcE7d4Esn90QmS4Xhrz4RLBO3pGb_FAyb2XhyphenhyphenvGYgn7Nm_4j_-PwrsTunpkYqhc7pLSSLkgMXdm_hDYjVGGKPPPDbbkhGTZ-2JxJs2gfJ1OdE/s640/IMG_2227.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94Mszl3-5HRp_COUD3yAoVBrb3W6H1UvJ6TGam-2YabvWLWHwued1Sa6khJFwpRat4G9mIao3oGjBrKe0QG-M4cuIaATFnddOr7hcBK4THTZF5iGWFAsUhkkEP9tr074IaiZM7J5qOxI/s1600/IMG_2190.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94Mszl3-5HRp_COUD3yAoVBrb3W6H1UvJ6TGam-2YabvWLWHwued1Sa6khJFwpRat4G9mIao3oGjBrKe0QG-M4cuIaATFnddOr7hcBK4THTZF5iGWFAsUhkkEP9tr074IaiZM7J5qOxI/s640/IMG_2190.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaczh_QDKuQ_xf6BAnUTu2djbkyzJEUytCpLUGcabmrlTGC5ixRBcOH8mcHHG4DADym54I9PKmi5Q7LUKJFzJCwnz239aapU8V5Rj_djmpmHa-3aZ0MHTVt717IPg37WBaFHuzoCVtM-I/s1600/IMG_2228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaczh_QDKuQ_xf6BAnUTu2djbkyzJEUytCpLUGcabmrlTGC5ixRBcOH8mcHHG4DADym54I9PKmi5Q7LUKJFzJCwnz239aapU8V5Rj_djmpmHa-3aZ0MHTVt717IPg37WBaFHuzoCVtM-I/s640/IMG_2228.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Growing up I lived a few doors down from a guy who restored two of these Cords. They were beautiful in person:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zGCFqEZF5fOM5wpi4dEOeOV89jrpX8DnUMBz4n0OHwBO5HYRtFF_FJdZbG5QRPgsqatcXiHVnpPzXsLGgY2Q9Nxs8-gRU8JgfH89sEV22vlbzYVVKaQsJRMKjE7QNONJY-EYVrf4Upo/s1600/IMG_2191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zGCFqEZF5fOM5wpi4dEOeOV89jrpX8DnUMBz4n0OHwBO5HYRtFF_FJdZbG5QRPgsqatcXiHVnpPzXsLGgY2Q9Nxs8-gRU8JgfH89sEV22vlbzYVVKaQsJRMKjE7QNONJY-EYVrf4Upo/s640/IMG_2191.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09ULP2H8_h_29quEa5ACHJEyIM0Gcbw-uUd-uvECKz1-KxS_I5fsIn-Vcob2n0Lw9I8e1McGdVPFB9pJyWPykI-twMOum5ujTN6Y_JMIEtuFih1plrrEvcmpl4xO5rsbN7RABxDgxX8A/s1600/IMG_2229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09ULP2H8_h_29quEa5ACHJEyIM0Gcbw-uUd-uvECKz1-KxS_I5fsIn-Vcob2n0Lw9I8e1McGdVPFB9pJyWPykI-twMOum5ujTN6Y_JMIEtuFih1plrrEvcmpl4xO5rsbN7RABxDgxX8A/s640/IMG_2229.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
A beast of a car:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uTPTAD91lF1r4-X7hl5s45sH0SSjBmMlMoUorpXd_mdxLgZ7UnlBLK-Cum4TuHacPenqyGeX1rvfXxdeyu8lrJ9CN0iuk2uvX4cR8RcUrnHNzdwWRnyrJT0pxnGPnPfAmLcVTNrZxLU/s1600/IMG_2192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uTPTAD91lF1r4-X7hl5s45sH0SSjBmMlMoUorpXd_mdxLgZ7UnlBLK-Cum4TuHacPenqyGeX1rvfXxdeyu8lrJ9CN0iuk2uvX4cR8RcUrnHNzdwWRnyrJT0pxnGPnPfAmLcVTNrZxLU/s640/IMG_2192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngMORvi0ohOJ885KnA5QyK9Fcki2DtzIVVuR5pTHnerg0wyTK5H-67564MfWvTMyCEKseBwJ2u9_moq3yXBK5z-Ez9PKqa9ex68hRsQtTT-ExAWNYPtjLyp1vuL4wQg8xWLwkajn-U5o/s1600/IMG_2230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngMORvi0ohOJ885KnA5QyK9Fcki2DtzIVVuR5pTHnerg0wyTK5H-67564MfWvTMyCEKseBwJ2u9_moq3yXBK5z-Ez9PKqa9ex68hRsQtTT-ExAWNYPtjLyp1vuL4wQg8xWLwkajn-U5o/s640/IMG_2230.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFLjIL-SkZmny1xgwIm_oSxNSPi9k4afKNAGRVaSN7ndNXLBdtGPBlLK4PrSJ_XkFIZgpeeLSA1cUL1r1jVK0LYRh9rPRjwRL7iQ3fWPjes5gRrRKHP3PixYcDm5bPKaBZ0p6RN_wxC0/s1600/IMG_2193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFLjIL-SkZmny1xgwIm_oSxNSPi9k4afKNAGRVaSN7ndNXLBdtGPBlLK4PrSJ_XkFIZgpeeLSA1cUL1r1jVK0LYRh9rPRjwRL7iQ3fWPjes5gRrRKHP3PixYcDm5bPKaBZ0p6RN_wxC0/s640/IMG_2193.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3K12f6mWkcUpoQZ_Aq7zVhnaNoYkiRw5-FfiNj9di4Fe7okR2Gh7rWP8Um-jQ1h0PkdmT1GxncpN8rJ-ZJoCYEwIAldRJgWFP6_gcUqII4AiS7cJlIry2alICGi11sECa_n9OIufxjc/s1600/IMG_2231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3K12f6mWkcUpoQZ_Aq7zVhnaNoYkiRw5-FfiNj9di4Fe7okR2Gh7rWP8Um-jQ1h0PkdmT1GxncpN8rJ-ZJoCYEwIAldRJgWFP6_gcUqII4AiS7cJlIry2alICGi11sECa_n9OIufxjc/s640/IMG_2231.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7SpRc087O28UCuMMhh9uGEi5dBY5jLOXww5w54jLkJLZxIXEChSlt9b9JZSniYgq1H_pWHbrWpWjWzU3IyT0VIch0p5ZW5JQZzVIMt2Rza4WXu8rstXz5UsiGooDT8MsUHPSR9TD-bg/s1600/IMG_2194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7SpRc087O28UCuMMhh9uGEi5dBY5jLOXww5w54jLkJLZxIXEChSlt9b9JZSniYgq1H_pWHbrWpWjWzU3IyT0VIch0p5ZW5JQZzVIMt2Rza4WXu8rstXz5UsiGooDT8MsUHPSR9TD-bg/s640/IMG_2194.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5J0M0nBFNERnl_Glwz0cigvF9ZJKTiOEMuimTJssPaDNISLVfZOKNqq9R-ZET0TKVjhq22yOwx35kYKWOMlvZRH9fWK2gUw2r4y7ne_HYD_euMRaDtSrGu82nbd2nBjhzWbPHAGJnNQ/s1600/IMG_2232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5J0M0nBFNERnl_Glwz0cigvF9ZJKTiOEMuimTJssPaDNISLVfZOKNqq9R-ZET0TKVjhq22yOwx35kYKWOMlvZRH9fWK2gUw2r4y7ne_HYD_euMRaDtSrGu82nbd2nBjhzWbPHAGJnNQ/s640/IMG_2232.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
222 pounds seems a steal for this little go getter:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyzlqd8sZ-lZm5gqIF2bv5xD7E1hHMRdlhlp1b0D65-6m07x1tZvRpHT9TCHT9sq6CeOQEh0noUZ1YKnSg7DuOuggVfW48U_kwewLspPSKzRcmFg9jO5aUUeUDYEsET3PO6F3UM5S8tw/s1600/IMG_2195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyzlqd8sZ-lZm5gqIF2bv5xD7E1hHMRdlhlp1b0D65-6m07x1tZvRpHT9TCHT9sq6CeOQEh0noUZ1YKnSg7DuOuggVfW48U_kwewLspPSKzRcmFg9jO5aUUeUDYEsET3PO6F3UM5S8tw/s640/IMG_2195.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXU-UpgYPLJYgZS-q7rQ__jFV3smFQCaHpW2LNH83Ie7nTFQ84miyymh5_Qkfg-EQzU1JQJgEfLtckk_Ke-pY0o2a6ZwA4xWrpyZhbUzqa4NGE-1fAuo_9BkYZyfBgyww-2ZkYroy2oU/s1600/IMG_2233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXU-UpgYPLJYgZS-q7rQ__jFV3smFQCaHpW2LNH83Ie7nTFQ84miyymh5_Qkfg-EQzU1JQJgEfLtckk_Ke-pY0o2a6ZwA4xWrpyZhbUzqa4NGE-1fAuo_9BkYZyfBgyww-2ZkYroy2oU/s640/IMG_2233.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFIU_J7VQwA547K1PeyAHozxiNmWdbu_Jjr5ReyXBq6_6qoZt7FuR6SeLE66lUR3jHM2PbGvcUp26xT2NtNmatiKc1zE12OUmRnmNwip_N6LHVXML-WDmILfDSl_yBQ33MN3lwJgynTE/s1600/IMG_2196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFIU_J7VQwA547K1PeyAHozxiNmWdbu_Jjr5ReyXBq6_6qoZt7FuR6SeLE66lUR3jHM2PbGvcUp26xT2NtNmatiKc1zE12OUmRnmNwip_N6LHVXML-WDmILfDSl_yBQ33MN3lwJgynTE/s640/IMG_2196.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RMcQrEL8nMOgDcPzA-daOsaclAVad87TnRMVo2c5pLIBD6JPvn29-7tW625AD06ZeaZHFQ-Lhzdfo-5aqBWEL3fQqeNEIMfXvvVdG9POwgkfaN30W-uuLCSm_T_ikJCv7XZS7RSqHYk/s1600/IMG_2234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RMcQrEL8nMOgDcPzA-daOsaclAVad87TnRMVo2c5pLIBD6JPvn29-7tW625AD06ZeaZHFQ-Lhzdfo-5aqBWEL3fQqeNEIMfXvvVdG9POwgkfaN30W-uuLCSm_T_ikJCv7XZS7RSqHYk/s640/IMG_2234.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
What is this, a trunk for ants?:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8ssjUmUS7Z4-ZTKJwJfovSI00CgQnPU9Sz_Eraf4z-CxXIP0ogGgUWDtMJ8NUkDEjjoXHXjAd2OUDbNWPQuoXOQIiYPrAkaDQYYNgbspt5wsdq7tluYpi555po5VIRGUBd7KBaENufw/s1600/IMG_2197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8ssjUmUS7Z4-ZTKJwJfovSI00CgQnPU9Sz_Eraf4z-CxXIP0ogGgUWDtMJ8NUkDEjjoXHXjAd2OUDbNWPQuoXOQIiYPrAkaDQYYNgbspt5wsdq7tluYpi555po5VIRGUBd7KBaENufw/s640/IMG_2197.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb8y1-gSpR5mSCeklhAHhRnSQ6gOsLl1FaANCkdiwZXfLashyphenhyphent_goez4NqAxvNTMZd8dq-Icc4xsmgrwjR7mLEe-x1chDRrRgavYEDpxrYNKvB-v5-DO8vCAwDQj6mEw9X4tvs_KVmmg/s1600/IMG_2235.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb8y1-gSpR5mSCeklhAHhRnSQ6gOsLl1FaANCkdiwZXfLashyphenhyphent_goez4NqAxvNTMZd8dq-Icc4xsmgrwjR7mLEe-x1chDRrRgavYEDpxrYNKvB-v5-DO8vCAwDQj6mEw9X4tvs_KVmmg/s640/IMG_2235.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Looks like Volkswagen borrowed an idea from the past for the Beetle:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkZAOngTzK8GbnDn5jBhTT5XKr6PRgkEYyL-o2Xu45UhyE7KOYNgNo7l9fagEH5ySg5FogCsL9ebI3af7LtXIHw2Zq0jywl1GDjDS0SwCVMPO9pFY4zYvWqir6IRhQaG38rMazaSQp8/s1600/IMG_2198.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpkZAOngTzK8GbnDn5jBhTT5XKr6PRgkEYyL-o2Xu45UhyE7KOYNgNo7l9fagEH5ySg5FogCsL9ebI3af7LtXIHw2Zq0jywl1GDjDS0SwCVMPO9pFY4zYvWqir6IRhQaG38rMazaSQp8/s640/IMG_2198.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEY4vzjynGFcWZ47vUEKMXKHxcLJjoPLF2BTNctDXlKXcOTwfH1ddkMjjbGjWvA6qjaNJmIrbq2lqIU2wsOq8i4FnCAPzWii3Gw3oEHoP3tdpP8usY7mGZEYfYK04zLgS0UMEjLod6Y8/s1600/IMG_2236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEY4vzjynGFcWZ47vUEKMXKHxcLJjoPLF2BTNctDXlKXcOTwfH1ddkMjjbGjWvA6qjaNJmIrbq2lqIU2wsOq8i4FnCAPzWii3Gw3oEHoP3tdpP8usY7mGZEYfYK04zLgS0UMEjLod6Y8/s640/IMG_2236.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
A really clean design with front wheels which seem to too far forward:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dYoiMXQzCajMq6RjyCItpaQnPstN2AaCPfQsNkLREfpjOFH3ymGYvxA5D9W5OhU_hJ3NYfFgAL_eNXOA7zjRBA6Q-3owmTEbWjWZkvprnTvewQpuVBC3t6vBtG7LW9T7Sx-tOuYohKY/s1600/IMG_2199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dYoiMXQzCajMq6RjyCItpaQnPstN2AaCPfQsNkLREfpjOFH3ymGYvxA5D9W5OhU_hJ3NYfFgAL_eNXOA7zjRBA6Q-3owmTEbWjWZkvprnTvewQpuVBC3t6vBtG7LW9T7Sx-tOuYohKY/s640/IMG_2199.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMVuYoJ2_DEdtr-N-GZ-XvzPjbcS6DVfMufOkX3o0vPR4h6Zfn3Zg_vHfG55fJzsB_hMz1qdayJCXK4BOTr_BpZLMVoshZGqmonHErrRG9xxqLhzDKLm9Hw-lSz7wvjJPBtcV8xLwstg/s1600/IMG_2237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMVuYoJ2_DEdtr-N-GZ-XvzPjbcS6DVfMufOkX3o0vPR4h6Zfn3Zg_vHfG55fJzsB_hMz1qdayJCXK4BOTr_BpZLMVoshZGqmonHErrRG9xxqLhzDKLm9Hw-lSz7wvjJPBtcV8xLwstg/s640/IMG_2237.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Another car which probably hits seven digits in the pocketbook. It also goes 140 MPH:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zAs2CPYSV-ibN5pgEHb61yRXRsrSTjL3OtxG3AugD6XWYrKOef7oN0FnqJ2ACmXS_uuQwWVuPJ6XTqwgsnRVun_L1P1en2Ly9uOUzomk1qE-o_TcRxP_ETSNVtEGz1xdwM867JCKC3s/s1600/IMG_2200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zAs2CPYSV-ibN5pgEHb61yRXRsrSTjL3OtxG3AugD6XWYrKOef7oN0FnqJ2ACmXS_uuQwWVuPJ6XTqwgsnRVun_L1P1en2Ly9uOUzomk1qE-o_TcRxP_ETSNVtEGz1xdwM867JCKC3s/s640/IMG_2200.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyZhxAN3m6IS-e84QOmAjh5dh1MT1kMrkLhyphenhyphen8SgEsCQPphZzM4vmbbssX11xZo109mtRD8hubbt1uYF8VDylnxJW-NsOmlD2ibovJxssBCm93M0KK2s48XZAw1NlG3ByWfXQzovOLclQ/s1600/IMG_2238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyZhxAN3m6IS-e84QOmAjh5dh1MT1kMrkLhyphenhyphen8SgEsCQPphZzM4vmbbssX11xZo109mtRD8hubbt1uYF8VDylnxJW-NsOmlD2ibovJxssBCm93M0KK2s48XZAw1NlG3ByWfXQzovOLclQ/s640/IMG_2238.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreMJlTOtHUYcyIY7rZwC1LYD8YLMk_z-ohNLCYzbT7qy1HtVmH2zPSGIJWB-LrOt3S0nsKoNyj7xJT8ENd7p6pW_31jD91DsVSXnmjfpQ-6tnxvaJ6S4aDgE-51z2PFH_n5_rZU-gKRg/s1600/IMG_2201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgreMJlTOtHUYcyIY7rZwC1LYD8YLMk_z-ohNLCYzbT7qy1HtVmH2zPSGIJWB-LrOt3S0nsKoNyj7xJT8ENd7p6pW_31jD91DsVSXnmjfpQ-6tnxvaJ6S4aDgE-51z2PFH_n5_rZU-gKRg/s640/IMG_2201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCfaZ9iNyjhyphenhyphenCPZDLOoNlho60rcnS0dwdLSuj0w3xIhRqNoAIOJ7lEZ6ScOdVZdm2d_S9wyD9yHGiciItNbLz46nsHMVQpWzNfU2SsHP49KJ8Ip-1UshQNRxUYozfnwmSFnSmiVwgRKk/s1600/IMG_2239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCfaZ9iNyjhyphenhyphenCPZDLOoNlho60rcnS0dwdLSuj0w3xIhRqNoAIOJ7lEZ6ScOdVZdm2d_S9wyD9yHGiciItNbLz46nsHMVQpWzNfU2SsHP49KJ8Ip-1UshQNRxUYozfnwmSFnSmiVwgRKk/s640/IMG_2239.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
If Superman drove a car this is the one, because it is built entirely of steel:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLsomVEO5Mxne04ZCDTqEScx7kND8NKznmC6D5_PtxyegWXquV50nObN6wIglh-r4vO5uSDFpK3w-iImdLTuGBIO_2ZiqyZlStWduO8s91h5ZeisSlOzuj74NMetxoGmNf1DvwFpcujw/s1600/IMG_2202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLsomVEO5Mxne04ZCDTqEScx7kND8NKznmC6D5_PtxyegWXquV50nObN6wIglh-r4vO5uSDFpK3w-iImdLTuGBIO_2ZiqyZlStWduO8s91h5ZeisSlOzuj74NMetxoGmNf1DvwFpcujw/s640/IMG_2202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsrN5DobNMZGtsG2xfa3kS1FtzZffrWE56SMLZUHaA01NjL4n66sJBioYgkDKecCIX8MNtzb5k6yShNE5wDzv-mE1D2C6Xpn3pC0qP1FOH0mql-fIiJ7XMl6vdH4g8lvIaOaaIRH-r2Q/s1600/IMG_2240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsrN5DobNMZGtsG2xfa3kS1FtzZffrWE56SMLZUHaA01NjL4n66sJBioYgkDKecCIX8MNtzb5k6yShNE5wDzv-mE1D2C6Xpn3pC0qP1FOH0mql-fIiJ7XMl6vdH4g8lvIaOaaIRH-r2Q/s640/IMG_2240.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
100+ MPH for this robust rocket:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaFmO76lWAFqNz91jPnTfFqZRhjVq5RJyqAeUhzvkwV9TOIvlT-r33BVWMYIhCKixeqnxgpjRJBeoUkw79aCFTvWuP3q2k__PEJwfGgkVBPOpqxobbTkWKOrPAyORSi0Az8E1fQfdk3o/s1600/IMG_2203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaFmO76lWAFqNz91jPnTfFqZRhjVq5RJyqAeUhzvkwV9TOIvlT-r33BVWMYIhCKixeqnxgpjRJBeoUkw79aCFTvWuP3q2k__PEJwfGgkVBPOpqxobbTkWKOrPAyORSi0Az8E1fQfdk3o/s640/IMG_2203.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dATtyUluFUDDWYKcEe8OvBwS-7ja-r4i8BZHrKWhQC2iWUcW7oKFz3dpCe23u7kRLJi2epL_8wEONY8m8GlUKDX3IWqlNOJAOcJH7HQvmaCseBISQZCwdIpy6Q7Zcsz1feN2zsU5L_8/s1600/IMG_2241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dATtyUluFUDDWYKcEe8OvBwS-7ja-r4i8BZHrKWhQC2iWUcW7oKFz3dpCe23u7kRLJi2epL_8wEONY8m8GlUKDX3IWqlNOJAOcJH7HQvmaCseBISQZCwdIpy6Q7Zcsz1feN2zsU5L_8/s640/IMG_2241.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
And last, but not least, we have an oddly named car:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz93GyVEURjJuEXiS1Rgl-fdHtA0miboqFnlGzyeTjWMPCyFhNDm4WTYkNI52SNvaGBSAp_WIqRZoXSp2-jx9OhNISAvTZlIQTmXzL-mDiL2z2IyIrPwcQcEVrZJ2zf1_Lleg7ralzqao/s1600/IMG_2204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz93GyVEURjJuEXiS1Rgl-fdHtA0miboqFnlGzyeTjWMPCyFhNDm4WTYkNI52SNvaGBSAp_WIqRZoXSp2-jx9OhNISAvTZlIQTmXzL-mDiL2z2IyIrPwcQcEVrZJ2zf1_Lleg7ralzqao/s640/IMG_2204.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzlULDnoIRnHX9TimabTnqHhBy-5Dr6WFSLkzKVdrLj6qD7q97-mb2x_R-jye6_yZNMmqiulKWgbAp_U1HGhmzMxCTte3kpgKFB0474Tcy0_beVmfdGvT4kiV5SsyRYu0W6Ss1tGYCYY/s1600/IMG_2242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzlULDnoIRnHX9TimabTnqHhBy-5Dr6WFSLkzKVdrLj6qD7q97-mb2x_R-jye6_yZNMmqiulKWgbAp_U1HGhmzMxCTte3kpgKFB0474Tcy0_beVmfdGvT4kiV5SsyRYu0W6Ss1tGYCYY/s640/IMG_2242.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
Well, if you're still here I hope you liked the cards as much as I do.<br />
<br />
The credits I spent were worth it to me.<br />
<br />
These tobaccy cards are sweet!<br />
<br />Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-72647485858482572022013-08-13T21:13:00.002-05:002013-08-13T21:13:50.409-05:00Topps Without Borders - 1996I am removing the borders from the Topps designs year by year.<br />
<br />
This time it is 1996.<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
1996 Topps is not a great set but it's good enough for me.<br /><br />
While the colorless second photo of the face on the front is really tacky I do like the backs with a full bodied second photo.<br />
<br />
Not as cool as Diamond Vision and the even smaller player photo on the back of 1995 Topps but it works.<br />
<br />
Here's the design with border:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSQEKO6plOLwlqa35QByCstcrY6NDxYbLiMCJ9YJqqkFobsh_wgItp8GVNyJxbGoOyF_RFoLjIJhXfsnfFPRtS09H935VNXM5waSi5azih2Ts4DPj2PGD_AWJH7RXQ1qaPuyqeIs2PeE/s1600/96rctpps1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSQEKO6plOLwlqa35QByCstcrY6NDxYbLiMCJ9YJqqkFobsh_wgItp8GVNyJxbGoOyF_RFoLjIJhXfsnfFPRtS09H935VNXM5waSi5azih2Ts4DPj2PGD_AWJH7RXQ1qaPuyqeIs2PeE/s640/96rctpps1.jpg" width="456" /></a></div>
<br />
And without:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2MHKMl3ZbIgBv-Mcez7ajXRC_c58a2AuzXXQzCcIM_z2Sk67FL1_0UA-bNlRD8xTVLbksYJxl8UF_MEYEwLrfwO4xXZEhPnCDSJHHxaVKdjvxBrIWwZQZreWzXL15DtBzlJcloNQbHA/s1600/96rctpps2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2MHKMl3ZbIgBv-Mcez7ajXRC_c58a2AuzXXQzCcIM_z2Sk67FL1_0UA-bNlRD8xTVLbksYJxl8UF_MEYEwLrfwO4xXZEhPnCDSJHHxaVKdjvxBrIWwZQZreWzXL15DtBzlJcloNQbHA/s640/96rctpps2.jpg" width="442" /></a></div>
<br />
Side by side:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bzb7cte7ieV_O9WYAt-ri2X-Bdbwx5085JNLW5uv8a84QpLajDg43zEj0IV2oVKey6zS7cTQdnVE9OvlaWpYFDLBnnL-d9ljRkAQzAa4mI-pVV1s-3D_FDjSmTZbQKAnQcOe75joVe4/s1600/96rctpps1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bzb7cte7ieV_O9WYAt-ri2X-Bdbwx5085JNLW5uv8a84QpLajDg43zEj0IV2oVKey6zS7cTQdnVE9OvlaWpYFDLBnnL-d9ljRkAQzAa4mI-pVV1s-3D_FDjSmTZbQKAnQcOe75joVe4/s400/96rctpps1.jpg" width="285" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdSiVa_hQgPGPg5Ttn44jZZ97bF_LhhRPzQe6Ij5NyrSF7FB9QAQFcWCOTYBlm-SChUy7hQzO3NOWVDGhGQN4sct19zpQysBboSSpKEMYrgmWFumaG06gzEkMjDsBvwhoyHNOYq2hKss/s1600/96rctpps2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUdSiVa_hQgPGPg5Ttn44jZZ97bF_LhhRPzQe6Ij5NyrSF7FB9QAQFcWCOTYBlm-SChUy7hQzO3NOWVDGhGQN4sct19zpQysBboSSpKEMYrgmWFumaG06gzEkMjDsBvwhoyHNOYq2hKss/s400/96rctpps2.jpg" width="276" /></a></div>
<br />
I don't think this looks good at all.<br />
<br />
The clean white border really holds the design together but without it it looks messy.<br />
<br />
And that face shot is even bigger now.<br />
<br />
Nope.<br />
<br />
It does have an early '90's Donruss quality about it though. That doesn't help it much to say that about it.<br />
<br />
I would have to say there is no design to the card without the white border.<br />
<br />
Coming up next, 1995 Topps.<br />
<br />
This one is going to take some work to get right with the squiggly borders.<br />
<br />
We'll see.......</div>
Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1115025611429556592.post-3153770251777365152013-08-13T20:47:00.003-05:002013-08-13T20:47:52.902-05:00That must be terrible, Harry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg513G-8DPfiOywdeZPyKPbjVj3PM4xIjn-mf8I466fdmLpJx_b-2naeu-_H0kkGYYifojgRsyES-GNGP0kn0XPIK8nFG2qLYzWLbSoVZIRJN1QWdZ9sBaCDqgK_h37NNmfifc0-fPcxFI/s1600/hc91ap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg513G-8DPfiOywdeZPyKPbjVj3PM4xIjn-mf8I466fdmLpJx_b-2naeu-_H0kkGYYifojgRsyES-GNGP0kn0XPIK8nFG2qLYzWLbSoVZIRJN1QWdZ9sBaCDqgK_h37NNmfifc0-fPcxFI/s640/hc91ap.jpg" width="456" /></a></div>
<br />
Having the name probably stinks to start out with but...t, how do you treat the condition?<br />
<br />
Shaving must be excruciating!<br />
<br />
And the itch......they don't make a cream strong enough for that.<br />
<br />
He used to be a tight end but now he is a safety. We're assuming he's safe....to be around.Coryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304319598950151727noreply@blogger.com0