what is your favorite card / set / cards and why? This should be good, maybe, yes or no.
I shit you not, the first pack of cards my mom bought for me was a pack of 1985 Topps. The top card was:
(http://cache.tias.com/stores/memories/pictures/bc100a.jpg)
I had been a sandberg fan since 83 but never was into card til 85.
Then, in 1987, Andre Dawson went ape shit on the NL. Homers galore! I wanted a Dawson card (Cub) so bad, but they didn't exist (not where i could easily get one). Then in early 1988, my Dad took me to a card show in Pine Bluff. The first card he bought me was this one:
88 Fleer Andre Dawson
(http://www.sccentral.com/store/uploads/88fleerwaxbb.jpg)
For Christmas 1985, my grandmother bought me a wax box of 1985. She and I sat and sorted out all the cubs. . . to hell with the gooden rookies, puckett rookies, and clemens rookies. We wanted the likes of rich hebner, jody davis, ryne sandberg, and keith moreland.
(http://members.aol.com/brave3/85f.gif) (http://hmjacob.com/cards/baseball/85fleer.jpg)
(http://www.strictlymint.com/online_store/store/images/23037.jpg)
(http://www.vintagecardtraders.com/virtual/56topps/56topps-026.jpg)
1956 Topps is my fav
I got this Grady Hatton when I was 12 at a flea market. They had all this laundry baskets full of assorted cards. You could go thru and grab 1000 cards for 10 bucks.
Over the years Ive bought a bunch of '56's. Most of them in bad shape.
The 1975 Topps set was my first experience with baseball cards. I have some of the set, but not all. I had them in a binder and would spend hours checking them out. My grandma bought me the full set in 1976, so I just kept them in the box. Whenever I needed a baseball card fix, I would open up the binder. I had the Reds on the first page because I loved the Big Red Machine and Ken Griffey was my favorite player. I still have this binder. I always took good care of my shit, which is why I still have so much of it (and it is difficult to walk in my basement).
i'm a little bit younger than most of you guys who have so far posted in this forum. the first pack of cards I ever got was 1989 Topps. My dad bought a pack for me when we were in K-Mart. it was early 1989, cause I remember by June 1989 (when school got out) i was already heavily into trading cards with other kids on the school bus and recess. i remember a kid at the mall refused to trade me his 1989 Fleer Nolan Ryan card, but the joke was on him, cause I already had this beauty in my collection.
(http://www.astrosdaily.com/cards/1989T_Ryan_Nolan.jpg)
better hold onto those '89 topps and donruss. . . .they are hard to find.
great thread.
My first cards were 1987 Topps. I remember getting pack after pack trying to complete the set. I also remember my younger brother complaining that I would not give him on of my doubles of the Mark McGwire from that set. (http://www.homeruncards.com/imagesrc/mcgwire87tp.jpg)I was not about to do that. I loved the wooden looking borders on the cards and I still have that set to this day as well as several of the A's team set from that year.
Right now I collect A's cards. I have tons of team sets and singles plus a gem mint Rickey Rookie (that a baseball teammate gave me this year as a gift). I have a gold of getting every Topps Oakland A's card every made (in the regular and traded set).
My favorite card is a 1991 Post Cereal card of Ryne Sandberg. I am to this day pleased at how fortune smiled upon me so - I only got two boxes of that cereal (I don't even remember what kind it was), and in one of them was a card of my favorite player.
Good choices everyone, my first packs were 1980 topps, but I really got into collecting in 1983 when my uncle got me a box of packs.
'75 and '85 Topps are nice designs, as are those '88 Fleer
i also liked 1986 Topps, I think I may be the only one.
(http://www.astrosdaily.com/cards/1986T_Cruz_Jose.jpg)
I have the 86 topps set and many of the A's team set.
I live the topps cards from 1986 until 1990 because I can go and get boxes of them for really really cheap. Good times.
Quote from: erhajj on 09/29/05, 12:26:38 PM
I live the topps cards from 1986 until 1990 because the gum inside the packs is still somewhat edible. Good times.
The first pack of cards I bought was 1984 Topps, one of those rack packs or whatever they call it. My favorite year for cards was either 1985 or 1987. 85 had the more memorable set of cards to me as that is when I first started collecting. 87 was when I REALLY got into cards and started going for multiple brands and for complete sets...
My favorite cards based on look would probably be 1983 Topps, loved those cards:
(http://www.atlanticleagueplus.com/alcards/mfoley2.jpg)
MArvis Foley, the uncle of mick.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foleyma01.shtml
Somehow had 6 career IBB (most amazing would be the 1 in 1982). In 1982 he had more BB than hits. Didn't play in '83, had his best year(arguably) in 1984, then never played again.
For the record, I don't remember this Marvis Foley - merely came up with a good pic on the google images search. No clever credit should come my way...
Quote from: Strassy on 09/29/05, 11:01:16 AM
i also liked 1986 Topps, I think I may be the only one.
(http://www.astrosdaily.com/cards/1986T_Cruz_Jose.jpg)
Nope, you aren't alone. My grandmother purchased me this set for Christmas 1986. Of course, I took all the cards out. I was able to get another set later on in life.
I owe a lot to my grandmother. She got my mom interested in baseball who in turn got me into the game. Both of them bought me baseball cards.
This reminds me of something....
(http://www.homeruncards.com/imagesrc/nolan-ryan-front.jpg)
i got this card when i was born, it was some sort of birthday present. cool thing is, it has ryan's handcock on it. it's at the bank, i go look at it every so often.
Quote from: nomaaa on 09/29/05, 08:12:49 PM
(http://www.homeruncards.com/imagesrc/nolan-ryan-front.jpg)
i got this card when i was born, it was some sort of birthday present. cool thing is, it has ryan's handcock on it. it's at the bank, i go look at it every so often.
This frightens me.
it shouldn't.
Quote from: nomaaa on 09/30/05, 10:42:14 AM
it shouldn't.
I wasn't commenting on the card - that is awesome.
However, I think (and fervently hope) you meant to say "Hancock", a shortening of the term "John Hancock", meaning signature. "Handcock" is what you do when you're horny and there's no woman around, and I don't think it would increase the value of a baseball card, even if it was done by Nolan Ryan.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 09/30/05, 11:03:47 AM
"John Hancock", meaning signature.
Stupid, it's Herbie Hancock
Quote from: BeefMaster on 09/30/05, 11:03:47 AM
Quote from: nomaaa on 09/30/05, 10:42:14 AM
it shouldn't.
I wasn't commenting on the card - that is awesome.
However, I think (and fervently hope) you meant to say "Hancock", a shortening of the term "John Hancock", meaning signature. "Handcock" is what you do when you're horny and there's no woman around, and I don't think it would increase the value of a baseball card, even if it was done by Nolan Ryan.
thanks for the correction. :)
(http://students.ou.edu/C/Terence.A.Caldwell-1/sports/ed_topps.jpg)
And the entire 1984 Fleer Update set...
wow. the 84 donruss are gorgeous and super hard to find and a tad expensive. I have only one 84 donruss --- sandberg.
(http://www.grandstandsports.com/images/14473.jpg)
how sweet. he signed his penis.
(http://www.sportscollective.com/premier/hotlist/cards/baines81.jpg)
Quote from: Strassy on 09/29/05, 12:32:45 PM
Quote from: erhajj on 09/29/05, 12:26:38 PM
I live the topps cards from 1986 until 1990 because the gum inside the packs is still somewhat edible. Good times.
I once got a box of 1981 Fleer (I have the complete set now) and somebody dared me to chew the gum. This was in about 91 or 92. So, being a teenager, I did it. The gum was rock hard and it turned into powder in my mouth. It tasted like stale baking soda. dah nah.
Quote from: Ryno on 10/01/05, 11:56:13 PM
wow. the 84 donruss are gorgeous and super hard to find and a tad expensive. I have only one 84 donruss --- sandberg.
They are cheap now sweet cheeks. You can get the whole set for $30 on ebay or at shops.
wax boxes are well over $100 on ebay. . . . . only set i've found was a "complete set minus the mattingly rookie" with a current bid of $25.
Wax is always high. I wanna 1983 Topps wax box. Great fkn set.
the 83 wax is super expensive.
the wife got me an 83 Fleer complete set for father's day. very cool.
what is the deal with wax boxes? how are they different? i never understood this
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I know this pic is of the poster but the card was fkn kickass. I think it was made by Score. Definitely a favorite when I was a kid.
Quote from: Strassy on 10/02/05, 11:57:13 AM
what is the deal with wax boxes? how are they different? i never understood this
they are more expensive because you can get multiples of the "good" cards. you won't get a complete set, but you could get a bunch of rookies.
the trick is that (or so it seems) that the cards are put in similar order (esp fleer and donruss). within a wax box, I always seem to get the same players. so, if i luck up on an 83 topps wax box that has a sandberg or two in the first 5 or 6 packs, most likely I'll get a shit ton of them.
long story short --- cards are not really in random order.
My favorite baseball card has to be a 1987 Yellow Classic Update of Andre Dawson. I can't find an image of the actual card online, but it has this photo on it (minus all of the words, obviously)
(http://www.hackwriter.net/siAndreDawson.jpg)
That picture caption is hilarious for some reason.
it's funny 'cause it's true
I remember that. Eric Show threw the pitch and I was in 8th grade and in Pony League. Believe it or not, there were a ton of bean balls that season in my league...and there were a ton in the majors around the time of the Dawson hit.
I remember thinking, even as an 8th grader, that it was getting out of hand.
Anybody who says professional atheletes don't affect a child's thinking/actions is just wrong.
yeah, i once gave the middle finger to all the opposing team's parents after walking off the mound.
john rocker is awesome.
Quote from: nomaaa on 10/03/05, 09:04:48 PM
yeah, i once gave the middle finger to all the opposing team's parentshomosexual parents and single mom's with AIDS after walking off the mound.
john rocker is awesome.
I once kicked over a chair on the bench in basketbal a la Scottie Pippen and we had two kids in my little league who threw their bats at the opposing pitcher although I can't remember who did that in the bigs. I wanna say Dante Bichetter for some reason.
one of my players threw their helmet after striking out. I yelled, "get your butt on the bench NOW."
The kid's parents were pissed.
We won one game that season.
Quote from: Ryno on 10/04/05, 12:06:55 PM
one of my players threw their helmet after striking out. I yelled, "get your butt on the bench NOW."
The kid's parents were pissed.
We won one game that season.
I hope the kid's parents were pissed at the kid and not you. I can't stand parents who let their kids to anything and get pissed when a teacher/coach disciplines them.
I always wanted to be a coach so I could be a prick to the kids who were full of themselves.
parents were pissed at me.
i had a 12 year old who was an athlete with 2 problems --- 1) no brain 2) shit for brains parents (father).
he was a lefty who could bring it. I had his windup and deliver perfect --- throwing strikes like a sumbitch, but daddy wanted him to have a higher leg kick and other bull shit. fucked him all up. it was a constant battle
the kid could hit. he was ripping the ball then one day he shows up with this fucked up stance ----- his lead foot was now in the "tipppy toe" position. ALL of his weight was on the back leg and he had a strawberry-esque front leg kick. The kid struck out or grounded to the pitcher his first few ABs. I told him over and over to stop the stance. I finally get him to change and guess what? HE GOES YARD. He comes to the dugout and his daddy calls him over and chews his ass out for changing his stance. I chew the father out and tell him to stop screwing with his kid. I broke out the old "you didn't want to coach the team so go sit down." He backed off somewhat, but all year it was a battle.
It was at that moment I decided that I won't coach again until my boy is old enough to play ball.
My dad and Chubbs dad coached us from the time we were 5 until we were 18 years old. I still marvel at how they put up with everything.
But if I have a boy, I'll be coaching him for sure. Not so sure I can coach girls.
I wont coach. But I will watch those fuckers very closely.
Let the kids stand how ever they are comfortable. You think anybody taught Sheffield that fkn bat wiggle?
listen to me damnit, your kid will bat however the fuck i tell him to!
lucky for you, the first thing I do is tell them to do whatever is comfortable. . . .then we make adjustments.
I wasnt so easy on the pitchers. I taught them to keep their arms and leg (on the kick) close to their bodies. . . then "uncoil" and release their energy towards the mitt. The primary forcus was for the kid to have his lead foot go directly towards the plate.
Those kids hated me.
I bring out the batting T during the first practice and you'd have thought I'd given them diapers and bottles --- even the parents were pissed. I told them that major leaguers hit off a T and they should be doing T exercises every day.
it went on deaf ears.
Quote from: Ryno on 10/05/05, 07:33:26 PM
listen to me damnit, your kid will bat however the fuck i tell him to!
lucky for you, the first thing I do is tell them to do whatever is comfortable. . . .then we make adjustments.
The primary forcus was for the kid to have his lead foot go directly towards the plate.
Nice work Ryno. Perfect coaching techniques in my book.
You should have had the the parents running laps.
When my kids start sports, if any parents gets out of line I will calmly stroll over and whisper, "If you dont shut the fuck up and let the kids enjoy the game, Im gonna break your fucking neck. Its not about you, jackass."
I cant wait to just sit back and enjoy them playing.
I will not coach.
you'll get into coaching the same reason my dad did. you'll get sick of the fucking retards trying to ruin the kids and make it all about them (the coaches --egos, etc).
my first coach (I was 9) actually called some of the kids on the team "stupid." Dad couldn't take that shit anylonger. He took over the team the following year.
My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young. I was just 22 or 23 at the time.
MY middle brother hurt his arm when he was 12 because some coach told him to put ben gay on his arm instead of warming up to pitch. That is the must stupid shit ever, but the coach believed in it.
This was a situation when the coach had a son on the team who was terrible but he of course was given star treatment. The coaches son got one hit all season.
Ryno, I so very much want to coach, be it track or be it baseball. But I think that I would really do badly at dealing with the parents.
Bonny, I totally understand what you are saying. I have been around kids playing sports enough to have seen so many parents act like jackasses to the point of taking the children's joy of participation away. That just sucks.
Ryno, very, very nice job with the coaching techniques. Way to get the kids to work on mechanics and fundamentals. Hitting off a tee and soft toss are fucking key.
Quote from: Ryno on 10/05/05, 08:39:35 PM
My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young. I was just 22 or 23 at the time.
I managed an American Legion team when I was 19 and 20. The team was basically our cities top 16 and unders.
American Legion (or anything older than LL) is a totally different ballgame. Parents are as much of a problem at that age.
Quote from: Ryno on 10/05/05, 08:39:35 PM
you'll get into coaching the same reason my dad did. you'll get sick of the fucking retards trying to ruin the kids and make it all about them (the coaches --egos, etc).
my first coach (I was 9) actually called some of the kids on the team "stupid." Dad couldn't take that shit anylonger. He took over the team the following year.
My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young. I was just 22 or 23 at the time.
at least you weren't a pedophile like my little league coach, i think he's still in jail. thank God i didn't go to the scrapper's game with him...
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How has no one picked the 1987 fleet set... especially the glossy tin. Gorgeous cards
Ugliest sets ever
1990 Topps
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1991 Fleer
(http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/marty_clary_autograph.jpg)
http://sports.upperdeck.com/news/article.aspx?aid=673
$500 packs of Basketball cards
i love that marty clary quoted a bible verse in his autograph. maybe if he prayed more, he would have been a better pitcher.
of all baseball cards, i probably have the most Topps 89 and 90 (90 was an ugly ass set)
i was wondering the other day: what the heck was up with the Topps Tiffany sets? how do they differ from regular cards?
Topps tiffany sets were the glossy version of the Topps base set, The were released thru catalogs, like that Sears, or JC Penney wish book thing. I believe they were limited to a print run of 10,000 sets per year.