Vintage Blog List (46 blogs)
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RIP - Felix Mantilla
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Felix Mantilla, who played for the Braves, Red Sox, and others from
1956-66, passed away on January 10, 2025 at age 90.
Mantilla was a backup middle infi...
7 hours ago
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#581 Gary Nolan - Cincinnati Reds
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*Gary Lynn Nolan*
*Cincinnati Reds*
*Pitcher*
*Bats:* Right *Throws:* Right *Height:* 6'2" *Weight:* 197
*Born:* May 27, 1948, Herlong, CA
*Draft...
3 days ago
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The Last Pitch from Satch
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*TRIVIA WINNER: **The player who was a great reliever for the Reds but
finished his career with just four innings for the Pirates was Clay
Carroll. **...
3 days ago
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Opening a Unopened 1973 Fleer Baseball Decals Box!
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Friend of the Fleer Sticker Project Ray recently purchased an unopened box
of Fleer Baseball Decals, likely produced in 1973 or perhaps 1972.
Ray was ki...
3 days ago
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Jimmy Keyes - K/LB
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In Miami, before there was Garo Yepremian there was Jimmy Keyes.
Keyes was the Dolphins' 2nd-round pick in 1968, and kicked for the first 12
games of his r...
4 days ago
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A Dicey Situation
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There is some seriously interesting Topps test material popping up in uncut
form of late. The latest entry in the clean-out-your-checking-account
sweeps...
5 days ago
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#326 Connie Johnson - Chicago White Sox
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*Clifford Johnson*
*Chicago White Sox*
*Pitcher*
*Bats:* Right *Throws:* Right *Height:* 6'4" *Weight:* 200
*Born:* December 27, 1922, Stone Moun...
6 days ago
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An Update of the Surviving Players from the 1952 Topps Set
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Yeah, it has been a while since I've made a post. Is anyone still there?
Anyhow, way back in the day, a guy named Bob Lemke had a running thread
updati...
2 weeks ago
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1949-50 World Wide Gum NHL Ice Stars Wrappers #5, Milton "Milt" Schmidt
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My main goal remains to finish a collection of *baseball* #5s, but *Oh Boy*,
some other sports prove too interesting to ignore!
Many prewar collectors con...
4 weeks ago
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There are Still Kellogg's Cards That I Haven't Seen - Here is Something
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This showed up today. Kellogg's distributed this basketball set of five
cards in Canada during the 1995-96 season. I have four of the cards in
the...
1 month ago
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Philadelphia Eagles
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Last time we looked at my first football cards - four from 1964. I
collected football cards in '67 (NFL only), '68, '71, and '72, with a
smattering of '69...
1 month ago
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The King of Cool
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Who's the King of 1960s' cool?
1 month ago
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1965 Eagles
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Here are the 1965 Eagles' cards, the 2nd of 4 seasons where the NFL cards
were made by the Philadelphia Gum Company.
This is the 2nd year of the 5-year ...
2 months ago
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RIP - 2024
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Players from the 1965-1975 era that passed away in 2024:
Also: Carl Weathers, Golden Richards, Mike Kolen.
Baseball deaths in 2024
3 months ago
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All-Star Rookie Cups in the 2024 World Series
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To kick off the 2024 edition of the World Series we are going to examine
the series from a Rookie Cup perspective and see if that can predict a
winner.
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5 months ago
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Green Bay Packers - Custom Extension Set
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These are the 1966 Packers cards made by RetroCards.net.
RetroCards has made 1966 cards for each NFL team. As with the Cowboys,
RetroCards has 2 sets for...
10 months ago
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first
became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing
home runs...
1 year ago
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Recent Pick Ups
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*Three great new pickups for me recently.*
As some of you already know, I collect certain stamped back T206s. These
purple number back stamps rarely se...
1 year ago
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#1 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates team card
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Per Topps tradition, the reigning World Champs take card #1....Beat the
favored Orioles who were the seemingly invincible Goliath….upon inspection
howeve...
2 years ago
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#350 Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees
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*Mickey Charles Mantle*
*New York Yankees*
*Outfield*
*Bats:* Both *Throws:* Right *Height:* 5'11" *Weight:* 195
*Born:* October 20, 1931, Spavin...
2 years ago
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Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last
spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the
conclusion ...
2 years ago
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#82 Mickey Mantle
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*#82 Mickey Mantle*
94 of 274
34.3% complete
*"His Walk About" -* Mickey Mantle played in 12 World Series and won seven
World Series Rings during his 18...
2 years ago
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#290 Jerry Lumpe
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*Jerry Lumpe Kansas City Athletics*
*Career:* Jerry Lumpe was a Yankee prospect who put up impressive minor
league numbers but wasn't quite good en...
4 years ago
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Zee-Nuts and Zee-Numbers
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In 1912, the Collins McCarthy Candy Company issued its second series of
Zee-Nut baseball cards. That same year, the confectioners produced another
series ...
5 years ago
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Final Card - Harvey Haddix
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This is the final card (and final season) for Harvey Haddix. He may be
best remembered for his time with the Pirates from 1959-63, but he played
from 195...
5 years ago
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Final Card: Dick Bertell
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I already posted Dick Bertell's 1965 card, so I will dispense with the
usual write-up.
I recently acquired his final card (#587) and have moved several car...
5 years ago
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Final Card: Dick Bertell
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I already posted Dick Bertell's 1965 card, so I will dispense with the
usual write-up.
I recently acquired his final card (#587) and have moved several car...
5 years ago
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Collecting the 1967 Phillies
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Wow, it's been 2 1/2 months since I've posted any baseball cards. I needed
something to bounce me out of my post-season doldrums, and it came to me
today.
...
5 years ago
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#314 Roy Campanella
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#314 Roy Campanella
Progress: 1st of this card
310 of 407 76.2% complete
How acquired: Sent as an *extremely* generous gift from a reader
Condition: Poo...
5 years ago
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#67 Joe Ginsberg
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New York-born Joe Ginsberg was raised in Detroit and signed with the Tigers
in 1944 at the age of 17. He soon found himself in the Army and playing
serv...
5 years ago
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Jim Rooker (#222)
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This is Jim Rooker's first solo card, and one of the many nice cards from
the '69 and '70 sets featuring the new Royals' uniform.
Although the expansion 19...
5 years ago
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Frank Johnson (#227)
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Frank Johnson had a very short career (1966-71, all with the Giants). The
record shows 6 seasons, but in three of them he only played 15, 8, and 7
games. M...
5 years ago
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3rd Series Checklist (#191)
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Many of the checklist posts I see on peoples' blogs are accompanied by
statements like "I hate checklists", "Checklists are a waste of a card", or
even "Wh...
5 years ago
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Dick Kelley (#203)
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Dick Kelley was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, and made his
major-league debut on April 15, 1964. In that game he had the misfortune of
giving up ...
5 years ago
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Philadelphia Eagles (bonus cards - part 2)
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Here are the remaining 6 cards in the 1968 Eagles set produced by RetroCards
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(You can see the other 12 cards here in part 1.)
*Lane Howell* was the Eag...
5 years ago
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1978 Topps Baseball #351 - Jeff Torborg
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- Jeff Torborg was a backup catcher with the LA Dodgers and the California
Angels from 1965-1973.
- Jeff was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. My fat...
7 years ago
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no. 752 - dick drago
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*Who is the man:* Dick Drago pitched 240 innings for the Royals in 1970 as
one of their starting staff mainstays. He won 20 games for K.C. in its
first ...
7 years ago
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#55 LA Dodgers HOFer Don Drysdale
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Next up is 5 card. Topps saved their biggest star cards for cards ending
in 5 or 0 and this time it's Don Drysdale whose Major League career speaks
for ...
7 years ago
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Miami Dolphins
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Here are the 1972 Miami Dolphins, about to embark on their magical 17-0
season, culminating with a win in Super Bowl VII.
The previous season, they made th...
8 years ago
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Buffalo Bills
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Here are the 1971 Buffalo Bills, just 3 years removed from being the worst
team in football in 1968 with a record of 1-12-1 (awarding them the #1 pick
in t...
8 years ago
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Jim Bouton #470
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Jim Bouton's career spanned 10 seasons in the big leagues. After riding the
bench for his time in high school, Bouton, however, secured a professional
co...
10 years ago
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#658 - Lee Lacy
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I really am stretching this thing out but, trust me, it’s not intentional.
Too much work and other stuff. For our third-to-last card we get Lee Lacy
at S...
10 years ago
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484 - Ernie McAnally
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*About This Player*
Ernie McAnally pitched in four Major League seasons with the Montreal Expos
from 1971 to 1974. McAnally was drafted originally by the...
10 years ago
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#526 Bob Speake
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Outfielder Bob Speake had a major league 'moment in the sun' in 1955. As a
Cubs rookie he was given the role as a starting outfielder due to an injury
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11 years ago
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#525 Eddie Bressoud
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Here we are at last...the end of the road. One last time, I would like to
thank everyone who has read, shared, or commented on this blog over the
last fi...
11 years ago
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#27, MIKE CURRENT, T, Broncos
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It only took 10 months to get to #27!
Mike Current is shown here on his second Topps card, his first coming in
1970. He played just as many games in the...
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