Headhunting Part I: Who Wants This Card?

OK, so here’s the deal. I’m working on EJ rainbows. 2005 Bowman Chrome will take a while, but should be fun.

Over the past few days I’ve acquired the lion’s share of the versions of the 2011 Topps Update Elliot Johnson Cards. I’m still missing the reg…

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This is the other card I pulled when going down memory lane the other night:
This is Mark Lemke circa 1990. In case anyone forgot, the Braves at this point are something of an abomination. They haven’t been relevant since 1982 when they lost to the Car…

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This is the other card I pulled when going down memory lane the other night:
This is Mark Lemke circa 1990. In case anyone forgot, the Braves at this point are something of an abomination. They haven’t been relevant since 1982 when they lost to the Car…

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My grandmother passed away about 2 years ago. She’d been living with my folks for several years, and they’re just now getting around to going through her stuff. Understandable, I guess. On Sunday my dad told me he and my mom had found two autos I got i…

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My grandmother passed away about 2 years ago. She’d been living with my folks for several years, and they’re just now getting around to going through her stuff. Understandable, I guess. On Sunday my dad told me he and my mom had found two autos I got i…

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Seriously.

I sold a few things on the ‘bay recently and decided it was time to step out of my normal purchasing range. WAY out.

I’d been following the card for a while and the BIN on it was more than I wanted to pay. I was looking to get one of sever…

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Seriously.

I sold a few things on the ‘bay recently and decided it was time to step out of my normal purchasing range. WAY out.

I’d been following the card for a while and the BIN on it was more than I wanted to pay. I was looking to get one of sever…

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So here we go.

Red Sox owner John Henry goes on a radio show and says that he was “against signing CC.” Now, there’s no denying CC had a down year, but why is the Red Sox owner going on the record and throwing players under the bus? Usually Henry and …

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So here we go.

Red Sox owner John Henry goes on a radio show and says that he was “against signing CC.” Now, there’s no denying CC had a down year, but why is the Red Sox owner going on the record and throwing players under the bus? Usually Henry and …

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When I was a kid anything older than 1984 Topps was positively ancient. An older friend of a friend had a TON of ancient cards (pre-1984) and his 1977 Thurman Munson ruled them all. I guess it’s because I was so young, but I never understood the big de…

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When I was a kid anything older than 1984 Topps was positively ancient. An older friend of a friend had a TON of ancient cards (pre-1984) and his 1977 Thurman Munson ruled them all. I guess it’s because I was so young, but I never understood the big de…

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This card is the last one from the guy with the junk vintage box.
He was sharing a table with the guy next to him (the guy who sold me Eddie Moore) and, after I’d already made my original purchase, this dude points out the 1959 Banks to me. In fai…

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This card is the last one from the guy with the junk vintage box.
He was sharing a table with the guy next to him (the guy who sold me Eddie Moore) and, after I’d already made my original purchase, this dude points out the 1959 Banks to me. In fai…

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The last card from the vintage junk box from the Fargo show last weekend. But can you call this card junk?
OK, so my Stan the Man has the structural consistency of tissue paper. However, it was about 95% off book (as if book means anything these days!)…

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The last card from the vintage junk box from the Fargo show last weekend. But can you call this card junk?
OK, so my Stan the Man has the structural consistency of tissue paper. However, it was about 95% off book (as if book means anything these days!)…

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Second card from the random vintage box is the oldest one I grabbed at the show. It’s also the cheapest.
A 1920 W516-1 Hank Gowdy Strip card. Who knows if it’s authentic, but who counterfeit a Hank Gowdy? The paper feels right, the colors look right, g…

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Second card from the random vintage box is the oldest one I grabbed at the show. It’s also the cheapest.
A 1920 W516-1 Hank Gowdy Strip card. Who knows if it’s authentic, but who counterfeit a Hank Gowdy? The paper feels right, the colors look right, g…

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Overall the dealers at the Fargo show weren’t terribly organized. Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s just once you’ve seen some of the guys who frequent the Raleigh, NC shows you kind of expect to show up to a card show, ask for what you want, and have …

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Overall the dealers at the Fargo show weren’t terribly organized. Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s just once you’ve seen some of the guys who frequent the Raleigh, NC shows you kind of expect to show up to a card show, ask for what you want, and have …

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Looking at vintage make me feel better about going down 1-2 to the Rangers. OK, not really, but still.

At the card show this weekend there were about 8 guys selling cards. Of the 8 maybe 3 were serious dealers and the remaining 5 were just guys sellin…

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Looking at vintage make me feel better about going down 1-2 to the Rangers. OK, not really, but still.

At the card show this weekend there were about 8 guys selling cards. Of the 8 maybe 3 were serious dealers and the remaining 5 were just guys sellin…

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Things have been wild for the past 7 or so months.

I got my book to the publisher (yay!), spent a month in Mexico (yay!), and started the new semester back in August. Good God, it’s now October!

Anyway, I’m getting my act together. I’ve you been in t…

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Things have been wild for the past 7 or so months.

I got my book to the publisher (yay!), spent a month in Mexico (yay!), and started the new semester back in August. Good God, it’s now October!

Anyway, I’m getting my act together. I’ve you been in t…

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but WOW, just WOW. Go Rays!

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but WOW, just WOW. Go Rays!

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Ever had one of those days? Jeff Niemann has:My man Elliot Johnson gets injured the same night I post about him throwing me a ball.
Then tonight the Rays get 6 runs (SIX runs!) off of Justin Verlander, only to lose 7-6 to SMG’s Tigers. AND they dropped…

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Ever had one of those days? Jeff Niemann has:My man Elliot Johnson gets injured the same night I post about him throwing me a ball.
Then tonight the Rays get 6 runs (SIX runs!) off of Justin Verlander, only to lose 7-6 to SMG’s Tigers. AND they dropped…

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So, three weeks ago I was talking about the Rays games I caught in the Twin Cities.

Like I said in that post, Elliot Johnson (currently the starting SS for the Rays!) came over to talk with the compa and I a few minutes before the game. He even signed…

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I’m slowly catching up on emails (you know who you are!) and the second half of the Twins/Rays tilt post is coming.

Until then, here’s a quick ttm success I had a while back:
The card is from a reader, Brian, with whom I traded a while back. I was abl…

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I’m skipping game 1. Not because it wasn’t great (Rays won!), but because it was so cold no one remembered to take pictures. In case you missed it, it was SNOWED during the game.

The next day started out not so promising.
Clouds in the sky, tarp on th…

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I took a road trip to see the Rays hopefully win some games against the Twins (they did!). They were my first games in 2 years, so I was stoked to be there. So, picks and the 411 coming over the next few days!
This was day 2, after the sun a had cleare…

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but the Rays won! Heading out now to catch the day/night double header in the rain and snow and cold. No matter, go Rays!

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Check out this video of Durham Bull Mark Ekstrom. You won’t regret it.

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and I got tickets to the COMPLETE Rays/Twins tilt, including tomorrow and the doubleheader Thursday. On Thursday keep an eye out for the dude in the Durham Bulls jersey near the Rays dugout—I wouldn’t know him!

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From top left to right: Bowman, Bowman Gold, Bowman ChromeBottom Center: Bowman Silver /250
Needs: Chrome Refractor; x-Fractor; Blue Refractor; Uncirculated Gold Refractor /50

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