Baseball Card Blogs » Padrographs http://baseballcardblogs.org Posts from the Best Baseball Card Blogs on the Net Tue, 22 May 2012 12:18:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Team Phungo Meets Padrographs!!!! http://phungo.blogspot.com/2012/05/team-phungo-meets-padrographs.html http://phungo.blogspot.com/2012/05/team-phungo-meets-padrographs.html#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 00:18:00 +0000 deal http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=3b0eddbd23b9a115a1964a0096a00eee Padrographs while my wife was at a conference in Portland, Oregon. 

Rod from Padrographs w/ Team Phungo Author, me

Rod is responsible for a bookstore that sells the used books from the county library.  Near as I can tell Portland must have one of the most successful library systems in the country.  In fact shortly after I left Rod, I was at Voodoo Donuts and the young man working the counter saw a book that I had bought at the start and congratulated me for having a library book while on vacation.  
 
We only met for maybe a half hour but Rod was able to give us some good background on Portland's history, geography, and culture.  He also showed us around the store pointing me in the direction of the baseball books.  The book I picked was a copy of  "The Corporal was a Pitcher" about 50s era Philadelphia Athletic Lou Brissie.

I think Rod is only the third card blogger I have met in person - once again it was a pleasure.  Rod is just as funny in person as his writing. One of my favorite parts of the afternoon was when one of the customers got upset with us for talking to loud while he was perusing books. 
]]> http://phungo.blogspot.com/feeds/5889476842564854095/comments/default 0 Testing 1,2,3 Is this thing on? http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/testing-123-is-this-thing-on.html http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/testing-123-is-this-thing-on.html#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 04:11:00 +0000 Rod http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=1acffcbf984a186be377850d38a5406a
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#1 50 different Trevor Hoffman cards
#2 50 different Trevor Hoffman cards
#3 50 different Trevor Hoffman cards
#4 50 different Tony Gwynn cards
#5 50 different Tony Gwynn cards
#6 50 different Tony Gwynn cards
#7 50 different Tony Gwynn cards
#8 50 different Tony Gwynn cards

the following groupings unless noted have some duplicates in them and all the cards are in Padres uniforms.
#9 45 Greg Maddux cards
#10 74 Ryan Klesko cards
#11 250 Andy Benes cards
#12 174 Jake Peavy cards
#13 24 Goose Gossage cards
#14 142 Adrian Gonzalez cards
#15 64 Chris Young cards
#16 90 Wally Joyner cards
#17 44 Joe Carter cards
#18 93 Fred McGriff cards
#19 275 Benito Santiago cards
#20 35 Bip Roberts cards (many teams)
#21 108 Ken Caminiti cards
#22 24 Steve Garvey cards
#23 14 Dave Winfield cards
#24 5 Ozzie Smith cards
#25 4 Joey Cora cards
#26 48 John Kruk cards
#27 131 Alomar cards (mostly Roberto)
#28 17 Mat Latos cards
#29 64 Khalil Greene cards
#30 19 David Wells cards
#31 3 Kevin Mitchell cards
#32 11 Mike Piazza cards
#33 13 Heath Bell cards
#34 23 Fernando Valenzuela
#35 6 Matt Antonelli cards
#36 8 Rickey Henderson cards (all different)
#37 6 Dave Dravecky cards
#38 3 Gaylord Perry cards

These are from one of the American Heritage sets
#39 9 Abraham Lincoln/Barack Obama cards (all different)
#40 Complete Heroes of Sports set
#41 Complete A Hero's Journey set
#42 19 Medal of Freedom cards (all different)

Looking Forward to hearing from you.  I will have some other teams up in the next few days.

]]> http://padrographs.blogspot.com/feeds/3923512046428042741/comments/default 0 2006 Topps, Josh Bard http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/04/2006-topps-josh-bard.html http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/04/2006-topps-josh-bard.html#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:31:00 +0000 zman40 http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=44c46f13d13437e8233724b04d5ef71f
#UH54 Josh Bard

Here is another card in the long line of Padrographs sent to me by Rod. This one features back-up catcher Josh Bard.

Josh was drafted by the Rockies in the third round of the 1999 draft out of Texas Tech. He played in the Rox organization for only one season before being dealt to Cleveland in 2001. With the Indians organization, he rose up the ranks quickly and made his Major League debut with the Tribe late in the 2002 season. That year, he played in 24 games and hit .222 with 3 home runs. He would bounce back and forth between the minors and the big league club over the next couple of seasons before solidifying himself as the Indians back-up catcher in 2005.

That job was short-lived, however, as the Tribe traded Bard to the Red Sox after the season in the Coco Crisp/Andy Marte trade. Josh's tenure in Boston was extremely short as they then traded him to San Diego after only appearing in seven games with the Sox. He saw much more action with the Padres, though, as he had career highs in games played and at-bats with the Friars in 2007. He even hit a robust .338 in his first season with the club, which is about eighty points higher than his career average.

Josh spent 2009 with the Nationals and then split the last two seasons between Seattle and their AAA team in Tacoma. He signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers before this season started, but his Major League Baseball page lists him as released. The Dodgers AAA team's website still lists him as an active member of their club, so I am not really sure what is going on there.

Josh's signature is much better than yesterday's Padrograph of Russell Branyan. But, it really is no more than a "J" and a "B" with a little line to make up what I am assuming is part of the last letter in his name.
]]> http://autocards.blogspot.com/feeds/8172049462455028134/comments/default 0 2006 Topps, Russell Branyan http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/04/2006-topps-russell-branyan.html http://autocards.blogspot.com/2012/04/2006-topps-russell-branyan.html#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:19:00 +0000 zman40 http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=0a2d5b0710e2a17888061033bda3078c
#UH11 Russell Branyan

Here is a Padrograph of Russell Branyan that was sent to me by Rod a few years back. In case you have forgotten what a Padrograph is, it is a term that Rod coined for his Padre autograph collection. He's got a seemingly unlimited supply of them and every once in a while he will send some extras my way. This one happened to come from the initial lot that he sent me which included more than 150 Padrographs. Like I said, he has a bunch!

Russell has had a long and journeyed career in the Majors. He broke into the league with the Indians in 1998 and, as best as I can tell, he is still playing although he is currently rehabbing from a herniated disc. During his career, he has played for the Indians, Reds, Brewers, Devil Rays, Padres, Phillies, Cardinals, Mariners, Diamondbacks, Angels, and he is currently signed to a minor league deal with the Yankees. He has 194 career home runs and a .232 batting average. His best season came with the M's in 2009 when he had a career-high 31 homers and 76 RBI.

Russell's signature doesn't do much for me. But, by all accounts, this is a fairly standard signature from him.
]]> http://autocards.blogspot.com/feeds/3349980489715387827/comments/default 0 Phungo 5 with Padrographs http://phungo.blogspot.com/2012/04/phungo-5-with-padrographs.html http://phungo.blogspot.com/2012/04/phungo-5-with-padrographs.html#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:11:00 +0000 deal http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=edbe1be289c66c7588848da04e2a36dc The Phillies early season west coast swing continues with a trip to San Diego.  Today we check in with Rod from Padrographs, our books and baseball man on the west coast.

1) Do you think that Cameron Maybin is a Future All-Star?   
Cameron Maybin maybe an all star because is the only one with any name recognition for people to vote on.  Or he will be chosen as the Padres lone rep this year.      

2) Do you collect any specific team from the Pre Padres era?
there was baseball before 1969, seriously though I collect a few players from pre 69, notably Rube Wadell

3) Did Bruce Bochy managing the Giants get you to root for them in the World Series?
 Bruce Bochy didn't, the fact that Tim Flannery is the third baseball coach did.
1984 Topps #684 Tim Flannery (image from Baseball Card Database) 

4) What is the Best Baseball Book you have read in the last year? 

5) Who would play your charater on "Portlandia"
John Kruk could play me on Portlandia, 95% of which is true.  

Scorecard
easy 4 out of 4 - I will withhold the Cameron Maybin point for a bit.  However, the assumption that the mandatory team rep will end up making Maybin an All-Star is quite likely.  What more can you ask for out of a P5 - we have Rube Wadell, John Kruk, Tim Flannery and Willie Mays!

But most importantly I am very pleased to find out that "Portlandia" is closer to documentry than fiction

Replay

2012 Phungo 5 Postings
Philadelphia Phillies - The Phillies Room.
Miami Marlins - 30-Year Old Cardboard
Pittsburgh Pirates - Pirates Treasure Room
Oakland A's - The Fuji Chronicles
Seattle Mariners - Emeral City Diamond Gems 
Texas Rangers - Play at the Plate
]]> http://phungo.blogspot.com/feeds/5734287993491898601/comments/default 0 TTM and New Padres sigs http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/ttm-and-new-padres-sigs.html http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/ttm-and-new-padres-sigs.html#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:17:00 +0000 Rod http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=fa6b4a712d6c2f0e8877deec3c621b68  Last October during the Wordstock book festival I started typing up passages from books I read and asking the authors to sign them.  I have sent passages out to some authors and received them back signed.  This is the most recent, I read Jerry Wests' autobiography and chose this passage and sent it to him care of the Warriors and after about three weeks I got it back, it will go into my authorgraphs scrapbook.
 I picked up three Padrographs from ebay that I didn't have, Brad  Brach, Dustin Moseley and Chris Denorfia. I have these cards out in the mail to Dustin and Chris, but it has been over a month now.  These 3 cards give me 801 different Padrographs.

Those of you who live in Oregon may recognize this man.  I started making a set of cards for my granddaughter covering her life.  She is almost six months old and I have started making a set for her when she gets older.  Mr. Adams took less than a week to sign this.  This is the second card in the set that I have gotten signed.  Kenny Sears a NBA player from the 50's and 60's signed card number 2.  Kenny is from Watsonville, CA and played high school basketball with my Dad.  I will do a post on the set soon.  Eventually I will get back to the Padrographs.
]]> http://padrographs.blogspot.com/feeds/2186126837150672793/comments/default 0 More Spring Training TTM http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-spring-training-ttm.html http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/04/more-spring-training-ttm.html#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:53:00 +0000 Rod http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=1a30b0b6080cd1a22b33b53441afe5f8  I already had an O'Dog autograph but it was on a Padrographs card from last year.  Now I have an officially licensed card signed by him.  He is always very quick in returning cards.









 I sent this to Erik Davis care of the Nationals in Florida and it came back in less than a week.  I got this purple bordered card and a printing plate signed.  I have one more printing plate that I would like to get signed but it is Adrian Gonzalez.  I don't know if it is even worth trying to send it to him.

I am working on a Padres Frankenset and have just finished going through all of my Padres cards to get the set.  The next step is to sort all my left over cards by brand and year and pull out the people that I think others might be interested.  Who would you like cards of?

]]> http://padrographs.blogspot.com/feeds/2420009232511525144/comments/default 0 Spring Training TTM Successes http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-training-ttm-successes.html http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-training-ttm-successes.html#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:55:00 +0000 Rod http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=97fcc40e20057864c9558b5af0d9dc29 I sent these two to Kyle for my one per year collection.  Kyle will be the representative of the 2012 Padres.  I haven't been able to decide which one to use.  I got these back in just about a week from spring training.



I already had a signed card of Luke Gregerson, but I wanted to get this card with no name on it signed.  It took about 8 days to go to Peoria and come back.









Nate Freiman is card number 798 in my signed Padres collection.  I sent him this printing plate and another card for him to sign.  I also sent him a bunch of cards to keep and a pen to use and keep.



PunkRock Paint made this card for me so I could get it signed at a recent event that I attended.  Darcy never actually played for the Padres, but he had a 1972 Padres rookie card, with a couple of other people.








I sent Heath Bell two cards to sign, one was his SP from 2012 Topps and his sliding All Star Game card from the update set.  I also sent him an 8X10 and a bunch of cards for him to keep.  Well he signed the 8X10 and the sliding card, and kept the SP and signed everything else I sent him and included a few copies of his testimony card.  If you want an autographed Heath Bell card, let me know and we can make arrangements.  Specify which card you are interested in.  You can email me at padrographs at live dot com.

]]> http://padrographs.blogspot.com/feeds/957337716531908540/comments/default 0 Another Brand comeback http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-brand-comeback.html http://padrographs.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-brand-comeback.html#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:44:00 +0000 Rod http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=8daa374e4f7d78e6c0345fe35e5d7b1d Someone sent me this, asking if I had seen if before or had one.  In doing some research I found out that someone is going to resurrect the fleer brand.  I just wish that they would match the uniform patch to the uniform pictured on the card.  I would like to see the back of the card to see what provence they give to the relic, for all we know it could be from Tim Flannery, the gift shop or from some fanatic.  I hope that this is real though cause some competition is needed for Topps before all their cards look like Panini designed them.
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