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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

1979 was a good year

Without further ado here are my 1979 pickups from my vintage binge.

262 Cards in all...Lets look at some of my faves

All Star Garvey. Nuff Said

Love the future skipper cards

Have I mentioned that I love this guy's name

Thinking about getting a hit

One of my favorite cards of all time

OPC Cruz. Yes Please

Just a great card

I'll gladly pay you tomorrow for an Umbarger today

The Witches of Rawly Eastwick

Another Future Skipper

A great shot

Pujols! Pujols! Pujols!

I would have nicknamed him "Truth"

I don't often think of him as a Padre

Wish I was on the Tribe this year. O to be teammates with Cage Fighter and Speed Racer

Brock and Brock

Another magnificent Tyson

If you're good at math, then you have realized that I'm through 1979 and still have quite a few cards to discuss from a lot of 1000. Tune in tomorrow for the dramatic finish.

A trip to 1978

I blogged earlier about my 1000 card vintage pickup. Now if you like, join me as I show you some of the 1978's I picked up!

189 1978's in all. Let take a look at some of my favorites

2 Vintage sox. One looks all business, the other looks to be having a blast

I'm a sucker for rookie Pitcher. Apparantly 78 topps was a sucker for A's Rookie Pitchers

I vote for you Pedro

Who ya got in your lineup today skip?

Great name. Is the Kremlin in Moskau?

O Rozema, You're Rookie Cup Runneth Over

He looks more "Most interesting man in the world" ish than Mad Hungarian in this card.

I don't picture these guys as Rangers

Just a great shot of a guy who could catch fire at the plate.

Classic Player-Classic Shot

Classic Player-Classic Shot Part II

O Mario. You're a 5 tool guy here in the blog o sphere

You sir have an awesome name

Tune in soon for a look at my 1979 spoils.

A splurge-Trip though the 70's

I splurged a little on myself this month. Part of that splurging was a purchase from cardsone.com
Their selection is eclectic but a few things there strike my interest. One of those things was a lot of 1000 1970's cards for $49.99. I am going to detail the results here and whatever dupes don't go in my vintage binder may show up in a PWE Bomb near you!

1973 Topps Yielded these two beauties

1974 included 5 cards including Yogi!!!

Only two from 1975

Skip 1976 and jump to 1977 which had 60 cards-Here are my Top 5

#5 Cubs Topps Floating Head Team Card

#4 Two Braves that I did not have in the Anthology Binder!!!

#3 The Penguin

#2 I always smile when I see Mike Tyson Cards

#1 Joaquin Rookie(I believe)-Can't go wrong with a 4 Time All Star. Believe he won 20 twice with the Cards.

Join me later as I continue on my tour-Spoiler alert. It's heavy on 78's,79's, and something else!