tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50332732154894257142024-03-05T00:28:27.658-06:00Autographed Cardszman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-8493432384397666012020-04-18T18:03:00.000-05:002020-04-18T18:03:01.542-05:002009 Upper Deck, Royals Team Leaders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jXcrInBxGC7vymAZywzOzTZpJPmHxVsmvfI6B9NsmCiIa9A5cPZS4GiNvlpuSHS0tPAmw2O7unQIqtrbUhyphenhyphenGQO4e_tbn8FHCq-m9XGb8QeaW2D4SMNg87yrAGcfw3VecHTYfRLp-Du52/s1600/royals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jXcrInBxGC7vymAZywzOzTZpJPmHxVsmvfI6B9NsmCiIa9A5cPZS4GiNvlpuSHS0tPAmw2O7unQIqtrbUhyphenhyphenGQO4e_tbn8FHCq-m9XGb8QeaW2D4SMNg87yrAGcfw3VecHTYfRLp-Du52/s320/royals.jpg" width="320" height="236" data-original-width="1027" data-original-height="756" /></a></div><br />
#459 Zack Greinke/Gil Meche/David DeJesus<br />
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Anytime you can get a card signed by two players, it feels like an accomplishment. But completing a card with more than two players is almost indescribable. Sometimes, the stars have to align just right and they all came together to get this card done.<br />
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Gil was the first player to sign this card for me. The card came out in 2009 and, to be honest, I thought that I would get all three guys that year. That year, the Royals parking lot was a great place to get sigs as the players arrived to the park. That was how I got Gil and how I thought I would get the other two. But, for whatever reasons, Zack and David eluded me the rest of the season.<br />
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Fast forward to the following year. That is when I got Greinke on this card and I got him early- at Royals Fanfest. Oddly, the only sig on the card in blue is from a signing and the two black ones are provided by me. Oh, the good old days. It looks like Greinke's sig missed a beat after hitting that foil Royals logo, but it still came out OK. At least it is in blue. I just wish he signed on his photo and not over that big blue border.<br />
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It wouldn't be until 2013 that I could finish off this card with DeJesus. By that time, David was with the Cubs and the family made our maiden voyage to Arizona for Spring Training. We took in a Mariners night game there where they hosted the Cubbies. David, like usual, was real cool and signed for everyone when he came out of the game and passed through "Autograph Alley". When I handed him this card, he looked at it and actually said "ahh, cute". It is still the only interaction I have ever had with a player where cute came out of their mouth.<br />
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While getting this card done was somewhat of a milestone that night, the highlight of the evening came before the game. David passed through Autograph Alley, where I had set up with the fam. I made sure my kid, who was seven at the time, had a card of David to try to get signed. David passed through on the way to the field and stopped to sign a few autographs. He only signed a couple and then announced that he would get everyone after the game. My boy was right by him and seemed devastated that he wasn't going to get his card signed and cried out "can I <b><i>PLEASE</i></b> have your autograph?" in the most desperate voice I have ever heard from him in his life, before or since. David just chuckled and told him he would get him after the game, which he did. Seven years later, my wife and I still joke about that desperate plea from our son.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-21286666593032828322020-04-13T12:41:00.000-05:002020-04-13T12:41:13.348-05:002010 Bowman Platinum, Mike Trout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG7YKrcNaJbXozDgzCTNlzTdl0KKgw6cwdZulJCt6XXVKWPDE7wTkm88ydlLAOtCXQvAClSHtUcH8R0M1yOdlmawYI-VcMsbQSymw_t21M6kyH4K-MWDcqUttllbH6_Q-dNSJ41OcYCnC/s1600/mt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG7YKrcNaJbXozDgzCTNlzTdl0KKgw6cwdZulJCt6XXVKWPDE7wTkm88ydlLAOtCXQvAClSHtUcH8R0M1yOdlmawYI-VcMsbQSymw_t21M6kyH4K-MWDcqUttllbH6_Q-dNSJ41OcYCnC/s320/mt.jpg" width="320" height="232" data-original-width="1062" data-original-height="769" /></a></div><br />
#BPA-MT <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=troutmi01">Mike Trout</a><br />
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Here is the best pull of my life! I had the pleasure of pulling this out of a pack in 2010 that I purchased at Target. At the time, Mike was the top rated prospect in baseball, so I was pretty happy to get this card. Ten years, eight All Star teams, and three MVPs has really amped up my appreciation for this card and I doubt that I will ever pull another autograph of a generational player again. <br />
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Mike's signature looks a lot different now than it did when he signed this card. He now has more loops and he doesn't lift his pen between his first and last name. He added his number to his signature for a bit, but that has been dropped off. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike__McKenna/status/1249416067513905152">Twitter post</a> that chronicles the evolution of Mike's signature. <br />
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I have had the pleasure to see Mike play seven times. One of those was a Spring Training game in Tempe and one was at Safeco Field. The rest all occurred at Kauffman Stadium. Of the five games at The K, three were regular season games, one was the 2012 All Star Game, and one was the last postseason game that Mike appeared in. In case you aren't sure, that playoff game was back in 2014. zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-30447304575015649702020-04-02T16:30:00.000-05:002020-04-02T16:30:38.365-05:002009 Tristar Projections, Daniel Hudson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXPGkSlEPurwMmNtWiW0MMzKhzo7aqjcFE_Z20rbQOs9Vaqr9LBQy_fkL_LDa90XvQeqLx19JubLmzKQRQ2YjrwmB97Z3Qe7SxP2vLsduQN1hlOFLpooAlbdXw2oo2Lcd84DlV4hTr8we/s1600/dh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXPGkSlEPurwMmNtWiW0MMzKhzo7aqjcFE_Z20rbQOs9Vaqr9LBQy_fkL_LDa90XvQeqLx19JubLmzKQRQ2YjrwmB97Z3Qe7SxP2vLsduQN1hlOFLpooAlbdXw2oo2Lcd84DlV4hTr8we/s320/dh.jpg" width="229" height="320" data-original-width="763" data-original-height="1064" /></a></div><br />
#123 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hudsoda01">Daniel Hudson</a><br />
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Here is a card that I got signed at a Spring Training game in 2014. Daniel was with the Diamondbacks at the time and he stopped along the third base line to sign some 'graphs before getting to the dugout. He signed two out of three for me that day, including his 2012 Topps Heritage card.<br />
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Out of all the cards that I could have picked to blog about today, I picked this one for two reasons. The first is that it was in the album that I happened to grab to look for cards to scan. Once a came across this card, I knew I had to pick it because this is the lowest numbered card that I have got signed. <br />
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If you are unfamiliar with this 2009 Tristar product, this particular card happens to be a gold parallel. The difference is pretty subtle with just the two slivers of gold foil in the border. These parallels are numbered out of 25. To date, I have yet to get a lower numbered card signed. I have a Mike Moustakas card numbered to 10 and a Josh Hamilton printing plate that I thought I had decent chances of getting signed, but I was never able to get them done.<br />
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Josh finished out last season strong. After getting picked up by the Nationals in a deadline trade from the Blue Jays, he would go 3-0 with 6 saves and a 1.44 ERA to finish off the regular season. He then threw 9.2 innings of relief in the postseason, going 1-0 with 4 saves and 3.91 ERA en route to a World Series Championship.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-74961447354781966292020-03-25T16:16:00.000-05:002020-03-25T16:16:03.124-05:001981 Donruss, Reggie Jackson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtxW5vrs4NlFPXaWSgR6kI4yZsY-TTpqJS5EIjFZS3nHolHiI9zKYZZJDs-9WyEUPX33QnYWrben0Gv544m2ji3e-522LxBvWsYqsmZjsDF5QkalZBPaiFSa8rZuqp_0Y3wqy3yU24A-t/s1600/reggie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKtxW5vrs4NlFPXaWSgR6kI4yZsY-TTpqJS5EIjFZS3nHolHiI9zKYZZJDs-9WyEUPX33QnYWrben0Gv544m2ji3e-522LxBvWsYqsmZjsDF5QkalZBPaiFSa8rZuqp_0Y3wqy3yU24A-t/s320/reggie.png" width="320" height="145" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="727" /></a></div><br />
#228, 348, and 468 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jacksre01">Reggie Jackson</a><br />
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I'm still alive and kicking! For whatever reason, I gave up on this blog. I guess a dozen years of blogging can do that to a person. But now, there really isn't a whole lot going one and I am stuck at home more than I would like. So, I figured I would dust this page off and randomly post some cards.<br />
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Here are my three most recent additions. With my Spring Training trip getting canceled and no sign of the season starting, I have had a hard time getting cards signed. Relief came on Monday when these three cards and Dave Winfield's 81D made it back from a private signing. The Jacksons were signed on the 3rd and I was starting to get a little worried about them. But they finally made it home and I could not be more happy with the results. <br />
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I have been officially working on this set for five or six years now and these new additions get me to 433 signed cards. Only 167 more to go! Reggie was one of the few guys in it with three cards and I am glad that I don't have to worry about him anymore. <br />
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Sorry about the crappy image. I normally scan my cards. But, I just posted these on Twitter the other day and figured I would save some time and work off of that photo.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-3441987043682512722019-12-17T22:34:00.000-06:002019-12-17T22:34:35.864-06:001952 Topps, Carl Erskine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6tLBfQALeahMxpPZ_2elKPbXOz56kn4b4gxce8ir-GlzCD3ddQIokBR2b7zrG1pwchvSylR_u9MNXySPTU8G8h50QfUWK641RynIt0KNht1XvSHzLLaTAUfJTpHM_NDh7tD4JS_AKcns/s1600/ce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6tLBfQALeahMxpPZ_2elKPbXOz56kn4b4gxce8ir-GlzCD3ddQIokBR2b7zrG1pwchvSylR_u9MNXySPTU8G8h50QfUWK641RynIt0KNht1XvSHzLLaTAUfJTpHM_NDh7tD4JS_AKcns/s320/ce.jpg" width="232" height="320" data-original-width="800" data-original-height="1105" /></a></div><br />
#250 Carl Erskine<br />
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For no apparent reason, I haven't posted a card on here for two weeks. It is Christmas time and my weekends off have been dealing with shopping and whatnot. Plus, we finally got our house a puppy last week. But, for whatever reason, I haven't felt like posting much lately, which is a shame because I have got a few '50s cards to show off and those are really hard to beat. So, I made time tonight to feature one last 1952 Topps card. This is now the sixth '52 that I have got signed and I got it through the mail two months ago. It took me a whole nine days to get back. If I am going to make it to nine signed cards from this set, I am going to have to purchase the remaining three signed cards.<br />
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This is only the second card of Carl that I have posted on here and it has been nearly eleven and a half years since I posted the first one. I originally posted a <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2008/08/1955-bowman.html">'55 Bowman of Carl</a> way back in the first month of this blog. I got that card signed at a Brooklyn Cyclones game and it was a blast getting (at that point) my oldest signed card autographed in-person. Since then, I have added three more signed cards of him to my collection and even one to my son's, all through the mail. In fact, the next card that I have to post on here is one of Oisk.<br />
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In that first post many moons ago, I mentioned nothing of Carl's playing career. Back then, it was all about how I got the card signed. But, Oisk had great career, all spent with the Dodgers. He suited up for them for twelve seasons and got to call Brooklyn and Los Angeles home. He finished his career with a 122-78 record with 13 saves and a 4.00 ERA. He made one All Star team and pitched in five World Series, winning it all in 1955.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-3550561704240015272019-12-04T12:27:00.001-06:002019-12-04T12:27:03.436-06:001952 Topps, Howie Judson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYD8KPhEMABH2Uj7mQ-RJM6yUiuQC_yD6Jmf2s0iM8NxMPk8zSPjvjeGuCi5pAOFEeJuWzVux082WAkLGX6T7IJm-PMOUs26EN_IpsHYT2sWMV-cI5SUXoj6Y-xoSOFsEIONgJwYe2iZo/s1600/hj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYD8KPhEMABH2Uj7mQ-RJM6yUiuQC_yD6Jmf2s0iM8NxMPk8zSPjvjeGuCi5pAOFEeJuWzVux082WAkLGX6T7IJm-PMOUs26EN_IpsHYT2sWMV-cI5SUXoj6Y-xoSOFsEIONgJwYe2iZo/s320/hj.jpg" width="222" height="320" data-original-width="806" data-original-height="1164" /></a></div><br />
#169 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=judsoho01">Howie Judson</a><br />
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Here is another recent through the mail success of mine. I sent this card to Howie in September and I had it back two weeks later.<br />
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Howie pitched in the Majors for seven seasons with the White Sox and Redlegs. He both started and relieved, but spent the majority of his career coming out of the bullpen. Over his career, he went 17-37 with 14 saves and a 4.29 ERA. I didn't even realize they tracked saves in the '40s. <br />
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It is so odd to me to see the strikeout and walk numbers from guys that played in Howie's era. Just like <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/11/1951-bowman-carl-scheib.html">Carl Sheib</a>, Howie finished his career with more walks than strikeouts. He walked 319 batters while just striking out 204 over 615 innings of work. That is good for a about three K's per nine innings of work. Nowadays, a pitcher with that kind of K/9 wouldn't even sniff the Majors, especially as a reliever. It is crazy how the game changes.<br />
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I noticed that Howie and<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/11/1952-topps-eddie-robinson.html"> Eddie Robinson</a>, who are both pictured with the Sox in this set, are rocking two different hats. According to <a href="http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/index.htm">Dressed to the Nines</a>, this hat was last used in 1945. The hat Eddie is wearing was last used in 1950. I wonder how accurate that site is as Howie didn't make it to the Majors until 1948.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-11620712286913144222019-12-03T11:48:00.000-06:002019-12-03T11:48:39.019-06:001952 Topps, Irv Noren<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdgc6au_HFwfqib0vbsQ34InPdW6CWZkPOG1p027BlI_jNvaN-Znk10MQUeuJp0cVkFg8W4bSJZZcVKA-PjLL7nGVzXofsOTdWmL9Ydx1FHxjpYiDll5YIlZYwoJ_A8JV824BmBAG4pda/s1600/in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdgc6au_HFwfqib0vbsQ34InPdW6CWZkPOG1p027BlI_jNvaN-Znk10MQUeuJp0cVkFg8W4bSJZZcVKA-PjLL7nGVzXofsOTdWmL9Ydx1FHxjpYiDll5YIlZYwoJ_A8JV824BmBAG4pda/s320/in.jpg" width="320" height="222" data-original-width="1164" data-original-height="806" /></a></div><br />
#40 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=norenir01">Irv Noren</a><br />
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Next up in the '52 Topps procession is this beautiful looking horizontal card of Irv Noren. I sent this card, along with ten bucks, to Irv in October and I had it back two weeks later. Sadly, Irv passed away three weeks after I got the card back. <br />
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Irv played in the Majors for eleven seasons with the Senators, Yankees, A's, Cardinals, Cubs, and Dodgers. Over that time, he was a .275 hitter with 65 home runs and 453 RBI. His best season was probably his rookie campaign in Washington. That year, he hit .295 with career-highs in homers (14) and RBI (98). Despite those impressive numbers, Irv did not receive a single vote for Rookie of the Year. Four years later, with the Yankees, Irv would get his lone All Star team nomination in a season in which he finished with a .319 average, 14 homers, and 66 RBI.<br />
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Irv appeared in three World Series as a Yankee, all against the Dodgers. The Yanks triumphed in two of the three and Irv hit .148 in eleven World Series games. He was also a member of the Yankees 1956 championship team, but missed most of the season and the Series to injuries.<br />
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Irv played in three NBA games in 1946 with the Chicago American Gears.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-3435143124804793832019-11-25T09:31:00.000-06:002019-11-25T09:31:26.420-06:001952 Topps, Eddie Robinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiM-DO0aHmSpxpq_UHT3dhFH9YrciDLJdMclDHhV1J0BIKmf4uxUkYOsdJC_FgVnGr6q8JZKh2JDEvJe6jA8nvhML9IOlLqOMNH33aPOH9a2vEE9bcXRbNX95aIO0Hblx07WCadjzruWf/s1600/er.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiM-DO0aHmSpxpq_UHT3dhFH9YrciDLJdMclDHhV1J0BIKmf4uxUkYOsdJC_FgVnGr6q8JZKh2JDEvJe6jA8nvhML9IOlLqOMNH33aPOH9a2vEE9bcXRbNX95aIO0Hblx07WCadjzruWf/s320/er.jpg" width="222" height="320" data-original-width="804" data-original-height="1159" /></a></div><br />
#32 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=robined01">Eddie Robinson</a><br />
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A few months ago, I decided to start a new project. My leads on 1981 Donruss were drying up and I needed a new excuse to send out some TTMs. So, I came up with my Topps Prime Nine project. The goal of the project is to get nine cards from every Topps base set signed, starting with this one. I picked nine because there are nine slots in a sheet and all of these are going in their own album. It is like the history of Topps, but with autographs added.<br />
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With the exception of the early Topps sets, it was going to be an easy task to accomplish. But, I made one stipulation and that has proven to make the task much more difficult than I anticipated- a player can only appear in the album one time. So, while my log says that I have thirteen 1976 Topps cards signed, a few of those guys are Royals alums that I have many autographs from. Then I have to choose if I use that player for that set or if he is needed to fill up a page in another set. Because of that, some Royals greats are in my Prime Nine album in uniforms other than the Royals just so I can fill up a page. John Mayberry is a Blue Jay and Willie Wilson is a Cub. That isn't right, but that is the way it is for now.<br />
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Anyways, the Prime Nine album is why I got this card signed. Before I started it, I had just two 1952 Topps cards signed. I figured I had better start sending out some cards for this set because there are not too many guys from it still around. Eddie, for instance, turns ninety-nine in three weeks. I sent this card to him in September, along with ten bucks, and I had it back in eight days. <br />
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Eddie played in the Majors for parts of thirteen seasons with the Indians, Senators, White Sox, A's, Yankees, Tigers, and Orioles. He was a big first baseman that could really swing the stick. The .268 lifetime hitter had four straight seasons in the early '50s with 20 or more homers and three straight years of 100+ RBI. He made the All Star team in each of his 100 RBI campaigns as well as the 1949 season. Eddie's best year was with the Sox in 1951 when he hit .282 with 29 homers and 117 RBI. Besides the four All Star games, he also played in the World Series twice.<br />
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Follow me on Twitter to see all of the Prime Nine TTMs as they arrive in my mailbox. <a href="https://twitter.com/zmills40">@zmills40</a>zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-85774368864896073472019-11-24T22:15:00.001-06:002019-11-24T22:15:44.767-06:001951 Topps, Wally Westlake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEPriWSoCt-kYEZ5prE4qMHkYxybGh9JVsXVS455t9pFroGZnWqDAJqhvxWJn0eQfbP_RJs3GNcx3d7xnpc2l1QfETo827y9CCvhyphenhyphenwNdl0gFPWmhb7Yz9O3y9XgllhGPmW0Co04CABBvL/s1600/ww.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEPriWSoCt-kYEZ5prE4qMHkYxybGh9JVsXVS455t9pFroGZnWqDAJqhvxWJn0eQfbP_RJs3GNcx3d7xnpc2l1QfETo827y9CCvhyphenhyphenwNdl0gFPWmhb7Yz9O3y9XgllhGPmW0Co04CABBvL/s320/ww.jpg" width="247" height="320" data-original-width="640" data-original-height="830" /></a></div><br />
#27 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=westlwa01">Wally Westlake</a><br />
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Around the same time I decided that I needed a signed '51 Bowman for the collection, I also decided that I needed a signed '51 Topps. So, I found this card of Wally Westlake at a reasonable price and dropped it in the mail. The beautiful, small, squarish piece of cardboard made it back home one month later. Wally even included three signed postcards commemorating highlights of his career.<br />
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Wally played in the Majors for parts of ten seasons with the Pirates, Cardinals, Reds, Indians, Orioles, and Phillies. He came up with Pittsburgh in 1947 at the age of twenty-seven and would go five straight seasons of hitting double digit home runs, including a single season best of 24 with the 1950 squad. Over that time, he also had two 90+ RBI campaigns and topped out at 105 in 1949. <br />
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Then, in June of 1951, Wally got traded to the Cardinals. Despite making his first and only All Star team that season, that trade signaled the beginning of the end for Wally's career. In 1952, Wally got traded twice more and eventually ended up in Cleveland. He stuck around there for for two and half seasons, but only as a part time player. It was with the Indians in 1954 where Wally played in his lone World Series. He got into just two games and went 1-7.<br />
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In 1956, Wally played in five games for the Phillies and then called it a career. Like many young men of Wally's generation, he lost three years of playing time to the War. That obviously delayed his Major League debut, but he had a fine start just the same. Besides playing in an All Star game and a World Series, he also hit for the cycle twice and was the first white batter ever hit by a black pitcher. That last part felt really weird typing, but is a true statement.<br />
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As for 1951 Topps, the set was actually some type of game. It consists of just 52 cards, just like a card deck. You can tell on the top of this card that the card has some perforation to it, so I have no idea how these cards were distributed. But, I am willing to bet that they did not come with gum. That is just a guess, though.<br />
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Here are the postcards Wally sent me. <br />
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Wally passed away a little over two months ago.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-55031511610525887672019-11-20T13:42:00.000-06:002019-11-20T13:42:10.846-06:001951 Bowman, Carl Scheib<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyb9vKP0UaI64WB8wMKTs3Jm8_whegUyaqDyhuX0vm-mozyIFehEvWyCAxD4aEl0az-6J8ilobJRKN238BY1tzGq171ZlO2k3hz3PlGAdiSd6jq8M4vpF1ZE5wJHtFz-hlxRQr-dsXZWF/s1600/cs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyb9vKP0UaI64WB8wMKTs3Jm8_whegUyaqDyhuX0vm-mozyIFehEvWyCAxD4aEl0az-6J8ilobJRKN238BY1tzGq171ZlO2k3hz3PlGAdiSd6jq8M4vpF1ZE5wJHtFz-hlxRQr-dsXZWF/s320/cs.jpg" width="320" height="218" data-original-width="959" data-original-height="652" /></a></div><br />
#83 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=scheica01">Carl Scheib</a><br />
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Two years ago, I was looking through my signed cards and I realized that I did not have a signed 1951 Bowman. So, I purchased this card of Carl, mailed it to him the next day, and had it back signed the next week. Three months later, at the ripe ol' age of 91, Carl passed away.<br />
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Carl pitched in the Majors for parts of eleven seasons with the A's and Cardinals. He broke into the Majors at the age of sixteen in 1943 and hung in the game until 1954. Over that time, he went 45-65 with 17 saves and a 4.88 ERA. One of his best seasons was with Philadelphia in 1951. Though he finished the year with a 1-12 record, he posted a 4.47 ERA and had career highs in saves (10) and strikeouts (49).<br />
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One thing that strikes me when I look at Carl's stats is his strikeouts and walks. Carl was not a strikeout pitcher by any means. In '51 when he struck out 49, it took him 143 innings to reach that number. In fact, Carl was more likely to walk the batter than strike him out. He finished his career with 493 walks to only 290 strikeouts. That has got to be one of the worse K:BB ratios in the history of the game. In 1949, he walked 118 batters. Add in his 191 hits allowed in his 182.2 innings of work and you have a WHIP of 1.692, which was barely above his career average. It was a different game back then and probably better, too.<br />
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On the flip side, Carl was a decent hitter that hit .250 for his career. In 1948, he hit .298 in 104 at-bats with 21 RBI and 13 extra base hits. He hit so well that year that he got two starts in the outfield. Like I said, it was a different game back then.<br />
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And probably better, too.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-11492021145117779672019-11-19T11:15:00.000-06:002019-11-19T11:15:57.498-06:002008 Upper Deck X, Jeremy Guthrie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-We52muZtl3QUdPfuHmwsEnMirkisI3Z1D7Nr_c3JDGP-bgFaPm6m2RYKO-iCd13Mqv86HDvylqYBa5_agup5-IAVYG4WPjJ9oXnuCG8AU4CwTHgBIxfLCHIVM6aUZvzZeA0sPKfEW_Y/s1600/jg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-We52muZtl3QUdPfuHmwsEnMirkisI3Z1D7Nr_c3JDGP-bgFaPm6m2RYKO-iCd13Mqv86HDvylqYBa5_agup5-IAVYG4WPjJ9oXnuCG8AU4CwTHgBIxfLCHIVM6aUZvzZeA0sPKfEW_Y/s320/jg.jpg" width="228" height="320" data-original-width="754" data-original-height="1057" /></a></div><br />
#UDXM-JG Jeremy Guthrie<br />
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Remember this craptastic set? It was a one and done from Upper Deck and that was a good call by them. They seemed to be making a quite a few one and done sets around that time. It is kind of funny now because this set sort of reminds me of this year's Topps Fire set, which I have yet to buy any of.<br />
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This is the second card of Jeremy Guthrie that I have posted on here. But, since this is the only card from this set that I have signed, it gets its own post. And I am okay with that because it is a relic card and I like Guthrie. I posted his first card four years ago and it can be seen <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/02/2004-topps-total-jeremy-guthrie.html">here</a>.<br />
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J-Guts pitched for the O's for five seasons and had double digit wins in four of those seasons. Unfortunately, he also had double digit losses in each those four seasons and lead the league in losses twice, with 17 both times. So, he finished his stay in Baltimore with a 47-65 record with a 4.12 ERA and 602 strikeouts. <br />
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As much as I do not like this set, this card actually look really good signed. It looks slightly better than the '04 Topps Total card that I posted first and that is usually a great set for getting signed.<br />
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I got this card signed at Royals Fanfest in 2014.<br />
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It only took me eleven months to make it through the 265 cards from 2008 that I have signed. Considering that I only posted 154 times this year, I think I did alright. Now, it is time to hit the rewind button and start posting all of the older cards that I have got signed since then. It should go by fairly quickly until we get to '81 Donruss. Then, it might take me an entire year to get all of those cards posted. The next month, however, is going to be nothing but cards from the '50s. So, if you like vintage cards, keep checking back through Christmas.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-74981235165562779202019-11-15T09:04:00.000-06:002019-11-15T09:04:40.313-06:00The Rest of Upper Deck USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_vNF3hHw6H7xEW70Et11NBeQIhSYRvrST36dou7vj63b5tJN1Y22Pd8wB_Jer-gJ9Njb2BijoQHei0zsEK1TEDIZjqJKQPncqycsQNCP44FKbciAZ-neC6WMAiYArdmoSF1yIqiAGOMA/s1600/usa.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_vNF3hHw6H7xEW70Et11NBeQIhSYRvrST36dou7vj63b5tJN1Y22Pd8wB_Jer-gJ9Njb2BijoQHei0zsEK1TEDIZjqJKQPncqycsQNCP44FKbciAZ-neC6WMAiYArdmoSF1yIqiAGOMA/s320/usa.png" width="320" height="132" data-original-width="1448" data-original-height="599" /></a></div><br />
#USA-10 Jordy Mercer<br />
#USA-PP Petey Paramore<br />
#38 Eric Hosmer<br />
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For starters, these cards actually come from two different sets and one of them might be an insert set for the Upper Deck base set. But, who cares? They are all Team USA baseball from Upper Deck, so they are getting lumped together.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/05/2008-razor-jordy-mercer.html">Jordy Mercer</a>- A good friend of mine got this signed for me at a Wilmington Blue Rocks playoff game in 2009. I was 'graphing the home team and my buddy was nice enough to try the visiting side. It was an overcast day that day with off and on rain. I told him to not even bother trying to get autographs when it was sprinkling, but I think he was doing his best to get some cards signed for me that he went all in, rain or not. So, this one got hit with a couple of rain drops. Luckily the other one Jordy signed came out a little better.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/03/2008-donruss-elite-petey-paramore.html">Petey Paramore</a>- I got this card signed at a Wingnuts game in 2013 while Petey was playing with the Kansas City T-Bones. I bought this card just to get it signed and it came out looking fantastic.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/05/2008-razor-eric-hosmer.html">Eric Hosmer</a>- Eric signed this card for me in 2009 in Burlington, Iowa. The Burlington Bees were a Royals affiliate at the time and I was able to get Eric to sign a couple of cards for me before the game I attended. That was the first time I ever got his signature.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-52216936692843780122019-11-14T22:44:00.000-06:002019-11-14T22:44:36.214-06:002008 Upper Deck USA, Pedro Alvarez<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjta4mPRC0gixqqOOhIzX0Pzbfc-g9fdbYexFqgLCLJcFkRULrYsx27berpAVP7OJuuKmfge_YYTI-YJfy8px4Gy8pites_CnXN1a0IFse1S7lhosfXIvXA0rxTn0ebdjLpAK1GKoeE4gIl/s1600/pa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjta4mPRC0gixqqOOhIzX0Pzbfc-g9fdbYexFqgLCLJcFkRULrYsx27berpAVP7OJuuKmfge_YYTI-YJfy8px4Gy8pites_CnXN1a0IFse1S7lhosfXIvXA0rxTn0ebdjLpAK1GKoeE4gIl/s320/pa.jpg" width="229" height="320" data-original-width="774" data-original-height="1082" /></a></div><br />
#USA-17 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=alvarpe01">Pedro Alvarez</a><br />
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Here is a card that I got signed at the 2009 Future's Game in St. Louis. Pedro was on Team USA that day and I was lucky enough to get him to sign two cards prior to the game starting.<br />
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Pedro played in the Majors for nine seasons with the Pirates and Orioles. Over that time, he was a .236 hitter with 162 home runs and 472 RBI. His best season was with the Bucs in 2013 when he hit .233 and had career highs in homers (33) and RBI (100). That was also the only season that he ever made an All Star team.<br />
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It looks like Pedro's career might be over as he did not play in a game in the Majors or minors this past season. <br />
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Speaking of minors, Wichita finally named their new AAA team yesterday and it is probably the worst name in Minor League Baseball- the Wichita Wind Surge. How dumb is that? Anyways, I am still anxiously waiting to go to games at the new park and seeing some AAA ball on a regular basis. I doubt, however, that I will be wasting my money on any Wind Surge gear. Maybe I will just buy a Marlins hat or shirt. Or maybe I will just rock my Royals gear there all season long. <br />
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As for Pedro, he has a unique looking signature. It looks more like graffiti than a signed name to me. zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-58848330760757846862019-11-04T22:02:00.000-06:002019-11-04T22:02:33.219-06:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck Timelines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGOGVslKMowvUJki1Ow09Rni12fIdAfIXVcipiY6nL8c-_XZFecQJ9cExL3_UHfS9dSoIaryLqHWD8RwDT0JWNHKLbYZFnqXRDNMtMIuVQIA1bG3W8YUqL98GohF7Q4T5GR4pdV2c6Jnu/s1600/o8udt.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGOGVslKMowvUJki1Ow09Rni12fIdAfIXVcipiY6nL8c-_XZFecQJ9cExL3_UHfS9dSoIaryLqHWD8RwDT0JWNHKLbYZFnqXRDNMtMIuVQIA1bG3W8YUqL98GohF7Q4T5GR4pdV2c6Jnu/s320/o8udt.png" width="320" height="200" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1000" /></a></div><br />
#85 Rico Washington<br />
#95 Yaz Yabuta<br />
#186 Chris Smith<br />
#196 Joakim Soria<br />
#328 Brandon Jones<br />
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This set was basically an Upper Deck version of Topps Archives. While some of the cards had their own borders made just for the set (see Washington and Yabuta), most of the cards were inspired by some Upper Deck cards that came out in the '90s. <br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2010/10/2000-bowman-rico-washington.html">Rico Washington</a>- Rico signed this card for me at a Winguts game in 2010 while he was with the Kansas City T-Bones. <br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/10/2008-upper-deck-yasuhiko-yabuta.html">Yaz Yabuta</a>- Yaz signed this card for me after a Royals game in 2009. He was in the parking lot and about to hop in his card before coming over and signing two cards for me.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/01/2002-bowman-chris-smith.html">Chris Smith</a>- Chris spent a season playing for the Wingnuts in 2013, which is when he signed this card for me. When I last posted a card of Chris in 2015, he was pitching in the Padres system. The following year, he made it back to the Majors with the A's and pitched in 27 games with them between 2016 and 2017. He finished his career with a 1-4 record with a 5.41 ERA.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/01/2007-topps-joakim-soria.html">Joakim Soria</a>- Joakim signed this card for me from the Royals parking lot in 2010. That was probably the last year that you could get a decent amount of autographs from the Royals lot.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/03/2006-bowman-brandon-jones.html">Brandon Jones</a>- I got this card signed by Brandon in 2014 at a Wingnuts game. He was playing for the Sioux Falls Canaries at the time.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-67836756815050116322019-11-01T08:54:00.000-05:002019-11-01T08:54:28.678-05:002008 Upper Deck Timelines, Joey Votto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcqgWCCYA3tIDGTQ9SAMH7gLT5it7KPtDSArUOeirm3mxzHYTCJr5dDZz5y-nXBQBVGaHzEggNi6mCNXqrYgeqNyXYe2vadj6chUuEeO43SXxGIouozjEoSWs3qtJjmy-jDxPNpeoij1Z/s1600/jv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqcqgWCCYA3tIDGTQ9SAMH7gLT5it7KPtDSArUOeirm3mxzHYTCJr5dDZz5y-nXBQBVGaHzEggNi6mCNXqrYgeqNyXYe2vadj6chUuEeO43SXxGIouozjEoSWs3qtJjmy-jDxPNpeoij1Z/s320/jv.jpg" width="233" height="320" data-original-width="761" data-original-height="1047" /></a></div><br />
#119 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=vottojo01">Joey Votto</a><br />
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Back in the day, Joey Votto was a TTM machine. But, he stopped signing through the mail in 2012. Luckily I was able to get him when the getting was good in 2009. I sent this card to the Reds Spring Training facility and I had it back about three weeks later.<br />
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Joey had a rough season this year. But, he is still a .307 lifetime hitter. Even if the 2010 National League MVP has a repeat of 2019 in 2020, he still should reach some milestones. Right now he is just 16 home runs shy of 300 and 134 hits shy of 2,000. The 2,000 hit mark is going to be the easier of the two to reach since he hasn't hit 16 or more dingers in a season since 2017 when he smacked 36. <br />
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I really like the card that I picked out to get signed. Sure, he Allen & Ginter rookie card would have looked fantastic. But, I really love the nostalgia of this card with its 1992 feel.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-17643468357142908512019-10-31T09:44:00.000-05:002019-10-31T09:44:55.317-05:002008 Upper Deck A Piece of History, Alberto Gonzalez<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWM3HHPRXWt_Ezgl3tZ-6EAS-W_Yal0jiaGugJ58z4UWkJ0-jG9J1Bl5NXyzQ8bakuYPGayK8CKXMg_bbO58fDmLOrtdpoxnTVygSgOKh9zRciBxPdBzpZZtY2E-BYLDBgo2WG828o-qi/s1600/ag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWM3HHPRXWt_Ezgl3tZ-6EAS-W_Yal0jiaGugJ58z4UWkJ0-jG9J1Bl5NXyzQ8bakuYPGayK8CKXMg_bbO58fDmLOrtdpoxnTVygSgOKh9zRciBxPdBzpZZtY2E-BYLDBgo2WG828o-qi/s320/ag.jpg" width="236" height="320" data-original-width="776" data-original-height="1054" /></a></div><br />
#129 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=gonzaal03">Alberto Gonzalez</a><br />
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Here is the third card of Alberto Gonzalez that I have posted on here. But, since this is the only card from this set that I have signed, the first two cards were all part of a "Rest of" round-up. That way, I would only have to do one post of Alberto. The first card I posted can be found in <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-rest-of-2008-bowman.html">this '08 Bowman post</a> and the second one in <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-rest-of-2008-topps-part-v.html">this '08 Topps post</a>.<br />
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Nearly all of Alberto's cards are from 2008, so I was surprised that he played in the Majors for parts of seven seasons with the Yankees, Nationals, Padres, Rangers, and Cubs. Over that time, he played all four infield positions over 426 games. He was a .239 career hitter with 4 home runs and 91 RBI. His best season was with the Nationals in 2009. That season, he played in 105 games and got a career-high 291 at-bats. He responded with a season best average of .265 with a home run and 33 RBI.<br />
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2013 was his last season in the Majors. By 2015, he had fallen down to the independent American Association. He spent 30 games with the Wichita Wingnuts that year and that was how I was able to get the cards signed. The Tigers ended up signing him mid-season and he would play some AA ball in their organization before getting released in early 2016. That was the last year that he played affiliated ball. Since then, he has only participated in the Venezuelan Winter League.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-65687444366500678052019-10-28T09:33:00.000-05:002019-10-28T09:33:37.461-05:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck Heroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9mL3CTr9JtLkObM47CF8xw0UEPNlifb_3JxSC56DjeVc9ERuCrvQ1-QKVLWGNUt6Sa3vEpIHQPCGz4AUEFosqlApQb-dXbcQUYU2liUVGOoD-0TAAbQDDzyOTt4WTwYAtq03AG6ojqT2/s1600/1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9mL3CTr9JtLkObM47CF8xw0UEPNlifb_3JxSC56DjeVc9ERuCrvQ1-QKVLWGNUt6Sa3vEpIHQPCGz4AUEFosqlApQb-dXbcQUYU2liUVGOoD-0TAAbQDDzyOTt4WTwYAtq03AG6ojqT2/s320/1-2.jpg" width="320" height="225" data-original-width="1212" data-original-height="854" /></a></div><br />
#88 Brad Penny<br />
#142 Felix Pie<br />
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I guess this set was kind of an Upper Deck version of Topps Heritage. In the early '90s, Upper Deck had Heroes insert cards that focused on a different player each year and this set mimics those inserts. The 2008 version was a 200 card set that featured past and present stars along with some rookies. And the set had about a bazillion parallels of numbered variations. You could pull base cards numbered to 25, 49, 99, 149, 199, 249, 299, 399, and 499. It was a little ridiculous.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2018/08/2004-topps-brad-penny.html">Brad Penny</a>- I got this card signed by Brad at a Twins game in 2012 while he was with the Tigers. I missed out on getting a card signed by Brad while he was on a rehab assignment in Oklahoma City in 2008 because I did not know about the assignment. So, I was happy to make up for that at the Twins game and was pretty excited to get a relic signed by him. Five years later, I would add six more autographs from him to my collection when he played for the Kansas Stars.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/03/2007-upper-deck-felix-pie.html">Felix Pi</a>e- This is the third and final card that I got signed by Felix at an Orioles game in 2009. I was thinking that I got an Orioles card signed by Felix, but that is not the case. After having about 100 Cubs cards made of him in 2007 and '08, he only got three base cards in 2009 as an Oriole. zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-22023540622056063122019-10-27T23:29:00.001-05:002019-10-27T23:29:34.543-05:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck Documentary <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAouCzyQA3Yw4tSBzV9_pnV7TCOP88meDyNxiUx8q9Je1BrmueddpFCLThOvxKK0ZGfKgtUWIZjILsvXbI5j9wyo1lRy7YkJxRmy6UMEUDybsptgOb_spQ-U8EqsNJhP_aDIITuBq1WRZY/s1600/udd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAouCzyQA3Yw4tSBzV9_pnV7TCOP88meDyNxiUx8q9Je1BrmueddpFCLThOvxKK0ZGfKgtUWIZjILsvXbI5j9wyo1lRy7YkJxRmy6UMEUDybsptgOb_spQ-U8EqsNJhP_aDIITuBq1WRZY/s320/udd.jpg" width="320" height="217" data-original-width="1568" data-original-height="1064" /></a></div><br />
#133 Mark Teahen<br />
#CC Callix Crabbe<br />
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Upper Deck Documentary was a great concept- the set chronicled every game from the 2008 season. In fact, it chronicled every game twice- once from the home team perspective and once from the visitor's. Because of that, the set ended up being 4890 cards. While Upper Deck had an interesting concept, the set ended up being a failure for many reasons.<br />
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For starters, the photo on the front of the card has nothing to do with the game documented. For Teahen's card, there is no mention of him in the write-up on the back. It is only about Zack Grienke. Secondly, the same photos got used on multiple cards. The Teahen photo is used on at least ten different cards. And my least favorite part about the set is that it doesn't tell you who is actually pictured on the card. The only name listed anywhere on the Teahen card is Grienke's. So, while Upper Deck had a great idea for a card set, they executed it very poorly and Documentary was a one and done set.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2010/04/2002-bowman-mark-teahen.html">Mark Teahen</a>- I got this card signed at the Metrodome in 2009 at the final regular season series at the "park".<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/10/2008-upper-deck-callix-crabbe.html">Callix Crabbe</a>- I bought one pack of documentary and I pulled an auto. Yay me! Callix never played a Major League game with the Brewers, but did see some time with the Padres.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-36704435725895052462019-10-23T10:01:00.000-05:002019-10-23T10:01:10.047-05:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck First Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE0Y7OCvGDAiY_QghNs1RuxDmzsjn99VSfS9cfkwWKBrELOcFELJQ7G1MunGnHsh8yZCUgdslAu8JlmjlM93QWgNrMx5Dvo7tRwdLfjp2OJX-UpAeDcU6rIAsEcKe0XkB8VpZEOOzYizL/s1600/08ud1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSE0Y7OCvGDAiY_QghNs1RuxDmzsjn99VSfS9cfkwWKBrELOcFELJQ7G1MunGnHsh8yZCUgdslAu8JlmjlM93QWgNrMx5Dvo7tRwdLfjp2OJX-UpAeDcU6rIAsEcKe0XkB8VpZEOOzYizL/s320/08ud1.png" width="235" height="320" data-original-width="759" data-original-height="1035" /></a></div><br />
#271 Rob Johnson<br />
#278 Luis Mendoza<br />
#297 JR Towles<br />
#327 Kerry Wood<br />
#408 Oliver Perez<br />
#422 Wilson Betemit<br />
#425 Bobby Abreu<br />
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I am not really sure what is going on with this set. I guess that it was Upper Deck's version of Topps Opening Day in that it lacks foil (although '08 Opening Day had foil). While all seven cards are foil-less, the cards come in two variations. The first three cards are from the main release of First Edition and the cards are glossy and they say "First Edition". The last four cards are from First Edition Update and the cards have no gloss and they do not say "First Edition". I have no clue why they switched up between the two releases, but I obviously prefer the non-gloss cards for getting signatures.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/09/2008-upper-deck-rob-johnson.html">Rob Johnson</a>- I didn't have much to choose from when I got Rob's autograph at a Rangers game in 2008. So, it was this card and his base Upper Deck card.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/07/2008-topps-chrome-luis-mendoza.html">Luis Mendoza</a>- Luis never pitched for the Red Sox. But, I guess this was the only photo Upper Deck had of him when they decided to make this card. Luis signed this one for me after the Royals home opener in 2012. <br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/04/2008-goudey-jr-towles.html">JR Towles</a>- JR must have been a bigger prospect than Rob Johnson because I had a lot more options for cards with JR than I did with Rob. JR signed for me after a Round Rock Express game in 2008.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2011/12/2006-fleer-kerry-wood.html">Kerry Wood</a>- I got Kerry to sign at a Royals game in 2009 while he was with the Indians. Needless to say, but I was super-excited to get his autograph.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2018/11/2006-upper-deck-oliver-perez.html">Oliver Perez</a>- Speaking of the Indians, Ollie signed this card for me just last season when Cleveland came to The K. I saw the Indians play in Kansas City twice last year and Ollie signed both times. I took three cards to get signed the first time and he signed two of them. I got the third card signed when I saw them again a month later.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/02/2007-topps-heritage-wilson-betemit.html">Wilson Betemit</a>- I got Wilson to sign this card for me from the Royals parking lot in 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2010/12/2004-topps-cracker-jack-bobby-abreu.html">Bobby Abreu</a>- Bobby signed for me during batting practice at The K in 2009 while he was with the Angels.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-83197169140142455492019-10-22T16:45:00.000-05:002019-10-27T23:44:18.634-05:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck, Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsxZxpqGa7O-z3BIdsnEeuRDk7LMrIDvcTSz3gVMs75czoxbOzgNvCeMWoHxfCR0Q8sw8uZ3zpVg8DFsMc3I3cW3gD849v5-iamQQJmET7OyG5AHTQXT6xHl6XnYzxbei3yLSL4XmfsRn/s1600/08ud2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsxZxpqGa7O-z3BIdsnEeuRDk7LMrIDvcTSz3gVMs75czoxbOzgNvCeMWoHxfCR0Q8sw8uZ3zpVg8DFsMc3I3cW3gD849v5-iamQQJmET7OyG5AHTQXT6xHl6XnYzxbei3yLSL4XmfsRn/s320/08ud2.png" width="230" height="320" data-original-width="744" data-original-height="1034" /></a></div><br />
#407 Doug Davis<br />
#427 Luis Hernandez<br />
#446 Felix Pie<br />
#518 Reggie Abercrombie<br />
#526 Mark Teahen<br />
#549 Delwyn Young<br />
#670 Vincente Padilla<br />
#712 Elliot Johnson<br />
#98-JK Jason Kendall<br />
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Here are the last of the 2008 Upper Deck base set. <br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/11/2007-topps-doug-davis.html">Doug Davis</a>- Doug signed this card for me at an Oklahoma Redhawks game in 2012. He was playing for the visiting Omaha Storm Chasers.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2011/04/2005-bowman-heritage-luis-hernandez.html">Luis Hernandez</a>- Luis signed this card for me after batting practice at The K in 2009 during his one season with the Royals. He would later go on to play for the Wichita Wingnuts. But, by the time he was in Wichita, all of my cards of him were already signed.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/03/2007-upper-deck-felix-pie.html">Felix Pie</a>- I was able to get Felix by the Orioles dugout on my last visit to Camden Yards in 2009.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/05/2006-topps-52-reggie-abercrombie.html">Reggie Abercrombie</a>- Though he never played for the Wingnuts, he played in the American Association long enough for me to get multiple autographs from him throughout the years. This one was obtained in 2016 while he was with Winnipeg. He was still with the club this past season at the age of thirty-eight.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/03/2007-upper-deck-mark-teahen.html">Mark Teahen</a>- Mark was always a great signer while with the Royals. This is one of the cards that he signed for me by the Royals parking lot in 2008.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2018/12/2007-upper-deck-delwyn-young.html">Delwyn Young</a>- I got Delwyn to sign two years ago while he was a member of the second, and last, incarnation of the Kansas Stars.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2010/09/2003-upper-deck-vintage-vicente-padilla.html">Vincente Padilla</a>- Vincente signed for me at a Royals game in 2008. His Rangers were taking batting practice at the time.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/02/2008-bowman-elliot-johnson.html">Elliot Johnson</a>- Elliot signed for me at a Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Yankees game in 2009. He was playing for the visiting Durham Bulls at the time.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2014/08/1993-select-jason-kendall.html">Jason Kendall</a>- Jason worked as a special adviser for the Royals for a few seasons and I was able to get this card signed outside The K in 2013. That day, I had just this one card of him and it was on the same page as two Emilio Bonifacio cards. When I gave him my book to sign, he said "dude, that's not me". When I pointed out his card, he was like "oh, I was going to say I'm not black". zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-23366925992601826352019-10-18T17:46:00.001-05:002019-10-18T17:46:42.475-05:00The Rest of 2008 Upper Deck, Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepDaurDr3gk1kZIINEzrwndBI-b_mu_eI3KsxlG3C65ru9fm_VSJPUc6Fdfwj_CQBHMXnYJxzx6BVPrQ7fPwY88_jyQmSUVoZ_oTMJAYO_GpNew-oQTwzx8-zLwnT-k3LwbvTWZviMZ55/s1600/ud1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepDaurDr3gk1kZIINEzrwndBI-b_mu_eI3KsxlG3C65ru9fm_VSJPUc6Fdfwj_CQBHMXnYJxzx6BVPrQ7fPwY88_jyQmSUVoZ_oTMJAYO_GpNew-oQTwzx8-zLwnT-k3LwbvTWZviMZ55/s320/ud1.png" width="230" height="320" data-original-width="756" data-original-height="1050" /></a></div><br />
#22 Lenny Dinardo<br />
#36 Gregg Zaun<br />
#146 Miguel Olivo<br />
#162 Mike Bacsik<br />
#185 Doug Brocail<br />
#196 Chris Coste<br />
#253 Kyle Davies<br />
#336 Feilpe Paulino<br />
#376 Brian Bannister<br />
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There are nothing but pitchers and catchers in this post.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/03/2005-topps-total-john-halamalenny.html">Lenny Dinardo</a>- Lenny signed this card for me before a game in Minneapolis in 2010 when he was with the Royals. It was at the final regular season series at the Metrodome.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2011/05/2005-topps-total-gregg-zaun.html">Gregg Zaun</a>- Lenny signed for me during batting practice at the K in 2009. He was with the Orioles at the time.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2015/10/2007-topps-miguel-olivo.html">Miguel Olivo</a>- I got this card signed by Miguel after a Royals game in 2008. He signed from the Royals parking lot.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2011/10/2000-bowman-mike-bacsik.html">Mike Bacsik</a>- I got this card signed at a Wichita Wingnuts game in 2011. Mike was the starting pitcher for Ft. Worth that night and would not sign before the game. But, he came through afterwards, despite getting yanked in the first inning of the contest.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2009/05/1993-topps-doug-brocail.html">Doug Brocail</a>- Doug signed this card for me at an Astros pre-season game at Minute Maid Park in 2009. Since it is dark picture, I thought that I would give the silver Sharpie a try. I did not like the results. Luckily, he was willing to go over it in blue for me.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2018/12/2007-upper-deck-chris-coste.html">Chris Coste</a>- Last year, Chris got appointed to the coaching staff of the Fargo Moorehead Redhawks. So, I made sure to hit up a Wingnuts game while they were in town so I could get three cards signed. My two year old also got a card signed and he was thrilled as can be with it.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2010/12/2004-topps-kyle-davies.html">Kyle Davies</a>- This is one of the many cards Kyle signed for me at the Royals parking lot in 2008.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2019/06/2008-topps-felipe-paulino.html">Felipe Paulino</a>- Felipe signed two cards for me at a Round Rock Express game in 2008. His unprepped '08 Topps card came out looking much better than this one.<br />
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<a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/04/2006-topps-brian-bannister.html">Brian Bannister</a>- Speaking of cards that came out looking bad, this one may take the cake. I am sure glad that I learned about prepping glossy cards at some point in 2009. This one was signed at a Royals game in 2008. He signed it after throwing 120 foot curveballs to Kyle Davies.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-39130612599408816742019-10-17T09:31:00.000-05:002019-10-17T09:31:31.130-05:002008 Upper Deck, Zach Duke<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMqM2C8BobY_bZEQneMbcvNPmhkI4a9owXEskWb8JMRizJ05RQ0xI26Faoa3AwoKnU954Wcd1ytf-R0wwTgFoeysWFFi3PkVmtyTNsDqmbpV-P3xv0XJt2ux7teLzWleZZ19dQ3Is8CTb/s1600/zd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMqM2C8BobY_bZEQneMbcvNPmhkI4a9owXEskWb8JMRizJ05RQ0xI26Faoa3AwoKnU954Wcd1ytf-R0wwTgFoeysWFFi3PkVmtyTNsDqmbpV-P3xv0XJt2ux7teLzWleZZ19dQ3Is8CTb/s320/zd.jpg" width="228" height="320" data-original-width="756" data-original-height="1062" /></a></div><br />
#UDJ-ZD <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dukesza01">Zach Duke</a><br />
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My name is Zach and, whenever I run into a Zach (or Zack or Zac) that plays ball, I like to get a card personalized to me. It may be a little weird and a bit creepy, but I call it my "To Zach, From Zach" collection. This is the first card that I have posted from this collection. <br />
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I got this card signed by Zach at a Royals game in 2015. He was playing for the White Sox at the time. It was a Sunday day game in early September and it was super hot. The 'graphing sucked as all I got was Duke. But, he did sign all three of my cards in addition to personalizing this one. Mike Sweeney was at the game for Sweeney bobbleheads. But, by the time I realized he was there and signing at the Hall of Fame, they had closed the line off.<br />
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To make matters worse, my wife was five months pregnant and battling a terrible migraine. The sun and heat weren't helping her out at all, so we left the game about the time it started. It was not the way I envisioned the day going, but I was not about to jeopardize my wife's and unborn son's health for a ballgame. <br />
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As for Zach Duke, he pitched for the Reds for half of the 2019 season before getting released in July after going 3-1 with a 5.01 ERA. It is quite possible that his career is over and, if it is, he lasted fifteen seasons and pitched for the Pirates, Diamondbacks, Nationals, Reds, Brewers, White Sox, Cardinals, Twins, and Mariners. He has a 69-91 record with 4 saves and a 4.31 ERA. In 2009, he represented the Pirates on the National League All Star roster.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-91117444172256264942019-10-14T11:01:00.000-05:002019-10-14T11:01:54.429-05:002008 Upper Deck, Yasuhiko Yabuta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK6HuQSNpZK0WjR1RQGwhzvOMIuSmy4sZFtoOQrzTncry1M8o2cdhK1Y2o4Yln_Fgx7GKUG0BF9C_VgPSUCq5538DqRJ3g_orWmAqPT3pA__L_jnylfJ_LMHF9dsXsv88bUi1jp27r7b-/s1600/yy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirK6HuQSNpZK0WjR1RQGwhzvOMIuSmy4sZFtoOQrzTncry1M8o2cdhK1Y2o4Yln_Fgx7GKUG0BF9C_VgPSUCq5538DqRJ3g_orWmAqPT3pA__L_jnylfJ_LMHF9dsXsv88bUi1jp27r7b-/s320/yy.jpg" width="320" height="228" data-original-width="1067" data-original-height="759" /></a></div><br />
#729 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=yabutya01">Yasuhiko Yabuta</a><br />
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Anyone remember this guy? Yaz was the Royals first, and so far only, foray into bringing a Japanese player over to the States. It did not fare too well for the franchise or the player.<br />
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At the time, the Royals were under the helm of Trey Hillman, who himself had come over from managing in Japan. Trey had nothing but great things to say about Yaz and was surely instrumental in getting him for the Royals. But, Yaz struggled to find the strike zone in the Major Leagues and he struggled as a result.<br />
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In 2008, his first season in America, he appeared in 31 games for the Royals. He logged 37.2 innings of work and was 1-3 with a 4.78 ERA. While that ERA is on the high side, it was about par for the course for a Royals relief pitcher at the time. But, like I said, he struggled with the strike zone and walked 17 batters while only striking out 25. He did even worse in 2009 while only appearing in 12 games for the Royals. That year, though, he went 2-1 with a 13.50 ERA in 14 innings of work. His walk rate was a bit worse that time around as he walked 7 and struck out just 9 batters.<br />
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After that season, the Yaz Yabuta experiment was over and he went back to Japan. In 2011, he had his best season ever when he had a 1.75 ERA and 31 saves for the Chiba Lotte Marines.<br />
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Yaz signed two cards for me after a game in the Royals parking lot in 2008.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-69591930100887438692019-10-13T23:10:00.000-05:002019-10-17T09:32:29.623-05:002008 Upper Deck, Callix Crabbe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmcTYI2F9qg5y27p0iTzqfdogyT100DDyP-GiFZhmZhQBfmom1bgz2OvyHQEFLicGf_2IiHxxiXv7qQecILrVRhgW_bh6_TPSwslfBmFIC_pKwABIAvPZGYRW7Y2NTw91vHb0rGLEWmQ8/s1600/cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmcTYI2F9qg5y27p0iTzqfdogyT100DDyP-GiFZhmZhQBfmom1bgz2OvyHQEFLicGf_2IiHxxiXv7qQecILrVRhgW_bh6_TPSwslfBmFIC_pKwABIAvPZGYRW7Y2NTw91vHb0rGLEWmQ8/s320/cc.jpg" width="231" height="320" data-original-width="766" data-original-height="1059" /></a></div><br />
#706 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=crabbca01">Callix Crabbe</a><br />
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Back-to-back Padrographs! Ten years ago, that was a regular occurrence. Nowadays, they are few and far between. But in 2009, they were so common that I started to post two cards a day- one Padrogarph and one non-Padrograph. That was back in the day when not only did I have time to post daily, but I could bust out two a day. The times sure have changed. Anyways, here is the card of Callix Crabbe that Rod sent me way back when.<br />
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Callix was a Rule V pick of the Padres prior to the 2008 season. He made the team's roster out of Spring Training and got into 21 games with them. Unfortunately, those 21 games would be the only time that Callix would see the Major Leagues. During that time, he hit just .176 with a double and 2 RBI. On May 16th of that season, the Padres returned Callix back to the Brewers organization.<br />
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He would spend the rest of '08 in AAA before getting let go by the Brew Crew. He would play three more years of professional ball before hanging up the cleats.<br />
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Unlike many of the guys that I have posted that had rookie cards in this set, Callix actually got a Topps base card as well.zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5033273215489425714.post-59777468855721784442019-10-09T10:43:00.000-05:002019-10-09T10:43:08.934-05:002008 Upper Deck, Scott Hairston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadWzDPF6rGKOA1j_yJMlG-ZdOeSnj5CqgAFPiNT3pHP2tAHlgZ8okRdzD60Cy5wHNbURO3QKfxHEzE_83eUXs1vY5EmoPoN3AjepUHr74F1Ohpdrci_Gzh8jqJBQdq41JiewhY3gcnIJt/s1600/sh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadWzDPF6rGKOA1j_yJMlG-ZdOeSnj5CqgAFPiNT3pHP2tAHlgZ8okRdzD60Cy5wHNbURO3QKfxHEzE_83eUXs1vY5EmoPoN3AjepUHr74F1Ohpdrci_Gzh8jqJBQdq41JiewhY3gcnIJt/s320/sh.jpg" width="320" height="231" data-original-width="1059" data-original-height="766" /></a></div><br />
#633 <a href="https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=hairssc01">Scott Hairston</a><br />
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Here is a card that was given to me by Rod, from Padrographs, many years ago. If I remember correctly, it was in his initial package he sent me that included over 125 signed Padre cards. That has been over ten years ago now. It is truly hard to believe that I have been at this blog for that long.<br />
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As for Scott, he had a long eleven year Major League career. During that time, he played with the Diamondbacks, Padres, A's, Mets, Cubs, and Nationals. He was a .242 career hitter that knocked 106 home runs and drove in 313 RBI. His best season was with the Mets in 2012. That year, he played in a career high 134 games and responded by batting .263 with 20 home runs and 57 RBI. Despite the long career, Scott never appeared in the postseason.<br />
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It looks like Rod and I were in the same boat in 2008 and getting glossy cards signed without prepping them first. zman40http://www.blogger.com/profile/07221290018484413350noreply@blogger.com0