They are too tough on the OPC rough cuts in my opinion. Minor tearing associated with the rough cut should not hold that card back from receiving an 8. I’ve had the same gripes with 73 OPCs I’ve submitted (not that I’m objective, hah!). The OPC cuts can also result in the card corners being slightly rounded, but that’s not due to wear. I think they ding for that too.
My first ‘34 Goudey. The green background really pops in person. .802 OPS as a 2nd Basemen with 2,880 hits and a .316 average with over 1100 wins as a manager.
Over the years I've picked up different '69 Mets WS champ items - not on here is a proof set of team cards but this past week I found a fax '69 signed ball that fits in really nice.
Added this Bobby Bonds to my 81 registry set (Minimum PSA 9). It is a card that is often plagued by extra black ink where it shouldn't be, or else snow in his afro.
The Pirates were supposedly regional short prints in the 1989 Starting Lineup release. This Barry Bonds is a pop 6 in PSA 9.
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Picked up my final Brian McCann for the Master Registry set to get to 100% complete. Been looking for this one for a while. 2006 Allen Ginter No Number Mini rookie card. These are out of 50. Next stop, along with the three other ones I've picked up in the last few months, to PSA.
Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector www.questfortherookiecup.com
First Yankees card for Sparky! Probably the only closer to win a Cy Young and immediately get replaced! “Cy Young to Sayonara” as Nettles remarked. 😂 When the Yanks traded him to Texas they picked up Dave Righetti. 👍
This photo may look familiar to some…I’ll include why after the jump…
565 foot Home Run 4/17/53 Griffith Stadium Washington – Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs Washington Senators
(hit right handed)
This ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. It's the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game.
The Yankees were playing the Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run there. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. A light wind was blowing out from home plate for a change. It was two years to the day since Mickey's first major league game. Mickey stepped up to the plate. Stobbs fired a fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, and he connected full-on with it. The ball took off toward the 391-foot sign in left-center-field. It soared past the fence, over the bleachers and was headed out of the park when it ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several houses up the block.
Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Mickey didn't notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my head down as I rounded the bases after a home run. I didn't want to show up the pitcher. I figured he felt bad enough already.") and almost ran into Billy! If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would have. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have automatically been declared out and would have been credited only with a double.
Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" He raced out of the park and around to the far side of the park where he found 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Dunaway showed Red the ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Contrary to popular myth, he did not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. However, sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 562-foot figure often cited. However, 565 feet is the correct number.
This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's left-field bleachers. Most believe the ball would have gone even further had it not hit the scoreboard. At any rate, it became one of the most famous home runs ever. It was headline news in a number of newspapers and a major story across the country. From that date forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" home runs. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. For most players it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky enough to even come close to this distance.
Simply incredible.
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
@mintonlypls said:
Like the story of the long home run. I did not realize that the ball hit an auxiliary football scoreboard on its moonshot. Incredible!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
Some recent returns from PSA that I have not shown off. I purchased or acquired all of these cards.
Andre Dawson Super Collector, who also collects the following- *Baseball* HOF autographs, Harold Baines, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan & Seattle Mariners *Football* Seattle Seahawks, Kenny Easley, Steve Largent, Jon Kitna, & Brian Bosworth YouTube Channel link; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAyO141lGqcV2fEjt723jUQ
@mintonlypls said:
Replacing a key rookie from the mid 1950s, which I regretfully sold to a board member...I recently have finally found a suitable replacement.
@brad31 said:
My first ‘34 Goudey. The green background really pops in person. .802 OPS as a 2nd Basemen with 2,880 hits and a .316 average with over 1100 wins as a manager.
While I bought these three in the last couple months, I sent them to Mike for review and am happy that all three received Gold Diamonds. He said the Mantle deserves 6.5, Snider a full 8 and the Bowman Mantle a full 2
Maybe I am not getting it - but couldn’t you go to PSA same day submissions at The National, crack out a Griffey in the grade of your choice in front of them - write on It yourself in front of them then submit if as a in show turnaround and have it come back the same grade as a qualifier?
@brad31 said:
Maybe I am not getting it - but couldn’t you go to PSA same day submissions at The National, crack out a Griffey in the grade of your choice in front of them - write on It yourself in front of them then submit if as a in show turnaround and have it come back the same grade as a qualifier?
@brad31 said:
Maybe I am not getting it - but couldn’t you go to PSA same day submissions at The National, crack out a Griffey in the grade of your choice in front of them - write on It yourself in front of them then submit if as a in show turnaround and have it come back the same grade as a qualifier?
Sure, but that would ruin the allure.
Nothing magical about a 3 (MK), sure you could make one, but cheaper to just buy one.
Comments
They are too tough on the OPC rough cuts in my opinion. Minor tearing associated with the rough cut should not hold that card back from receiving an 8. I’ve had the same gripes with 73 OPCs I’ve submitted (not that I’m objective, hah!). The OPC cuts can also result in the card corners being slightly rounded, but that’s not due to wear. I think they ding for that too.
George in a 7.
That is a nice 7 of Brett’s RC.
Thanks KC!
My first ‘34 Goudey. The green background really pops in person. .802 OPS as a 2nd Basemen with 2,880 hits and a .316 average with over 1100 wins as a manager.
Dang, Brad! You’re collecting some very vintage cards. Congrats! Great eye appeal, too!
Just had the May/June Special drop and here are some of my favorites. (Grades pretty decent overall)
Over the years I've picked up different '69 Mets WS champ items - not on here is a proof set of team cards but this past week I found a fax '69 signed ball that fits in really nice.
More Staubach cellos
Added this Bobby Bonds to my 81 registry set (Minimum PSA 9). It is a card that is often plagued by extra black ink where it shouldn't be, or else snow in his afro.
The Pirates were supposedly regional short prints in the 1989 Starting Lineup release. This Barry Bonds is a pop 6 in PSA 9.
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Picked up my final Brian McCann for the Master Registry set to get to 100% complete. Been looking for this one for a while. 2006 Allen Ginter No Number Mini rookie card. These are out of 50. Next stop, along with the three other ones I've picked up in the last few months, to PSA.
www.questfortherookiecup.com
Picked up today at the post office
First Yankees card for Sparky! Probably the only closer to win a Cy Young and immediately get replaced! “Cy Young to Sayonara” as Nettles remarked. 😂 When the Yanks traded him to Texas they picked up Dave Righetti. 👍
Another for the 61 auto set:
Replacement. Label is parsed using google's tesseract ocr (I use mode 7 for labels).
Picked up this oddball 1989 issue from Topps.
This photo may look familiar to some…I’ll include why after the jump…
565 foot Home Run
4/17/53
Griffith Stadium
Washington – Pitcher: Chuck Stobbs Washington Senators
(hit right handed)
This ranks as one of, if not the, most famous home run in history. It's the home run that coined the term "tape measure home run" and is listed in the Guinness Book of Sports Records as the longest home run to be hit in a regular-season major league game.
The Yankees were playing the Senators at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. Griffith Stadium was a little bandbox of a ballpark but, as Mickey said, "It wasn't that easy to hit a home run there. There was a 90-foot wall in center-field, and there always seemed to be a breeze blowing in." Lefty Chuck Stobbs was on the mound. A light wind was blowing out from home plate for a change. It was two years to the day since Mickey's first major league game. Mickey stepped up to the plate. Stobbs fired a fastball just below the letters, right where the Mick liked them, and he connected full-on with it. The ball took off toward the 391-foot sign in left-center-field. It soared past the fence, over the bleachers and was headed out of the park when it ricocheted off a beer sign on the auxiliary football scoreboard. Although slightly impeded, it continued its flight over neighboring Fifth Street and landed in the backyard of 434 Oakdale Street, several houses up the block.
Billy Martin was on third when Mickey connected and, as a joke, he pretended to tag up like it was just a long fly ball. Mickey didn't notice Billy's shenanigans ("I used to keep my head down as I rounded the bases after a home run. I didn't want to show up the pitcher. I figured he felt bad enough already.") and almost ran into Billy! If not for third base coach Frank Crosetti he would have. Had Mickey touched Billy he would have automatically been declared out and would have been credited only with a double.
Meanwhile up in the press box Yankees PR director Red Patterson cried out, "That one's got to be measured!" He raced out of the park and around to the far side of the park where he found 10-year-old Donald Dunaway with the ball. Dunaway showed Red the ball's impact in the yard and Red paced off the distance to the outside wall of Griffith Stadium. Contrary to popular myth, he did not use a tape measure, although he and Mickey were photographed together with a giant tape measure shortly after the historic blast. Using the dimensions of the park, its walls and the distance he paced off, Patterson calculated the ball traveled 565 feet. However, sportswriter Joe Trimble, when adding together the distances, failed to account for the three foot width of the wall and came up with the 562-foot figure often cited. However, 565 feet is the correct number.
This was the first ball to ever go over Griffith Stadium's left-field bleachers. Most believe the ball would have gone even further had it not hit the scoreboard. At any rate, it became one of the most famous home runs ever. It was headline news in a number of newspapers and a major story across the country. From that date forward long home runs were referred to as "tape measure" home runs. That this home run is ranked as #7 on Mickey's top ten says an awful lot about Mickey's incredible power. For most players it would have been a once-in-a-lifetime shot if they were lucky enough to even come close to this distance.
Simply incredible.
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Like the story of the long home run. I did not realize that the ball hit an auxiliary football scoreboard on its moonshot. Incredible!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Some recent returns from PSA that I have not shown off. I purchased or acquired all of these cards.
*Baseball* HOF autographs, Harold Baines, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan & Seattle Mariners
*Football* Seattle Seahawks, Kenny Easley, Steve Largent, Jon Kitna, & Brian Bosworth
YouTube Channel link; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAyO141lGqcV2fEjt723jUQ
Here are a few of my recent ones
Only 3 cards shy of the Hockey Epic Signatures set after years of looking.
Always loved this card. Clarke looks about 30x, and that smirk says I am going to break your wrist with a slash.
These came in the mail yesterday. Hated to see Heston get hit in the head later that day. Hope he'll be all right.
Very nice! I have a PSA 8 of his 1974 RC that I’m thinking of selling. Underrated player.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Love Parker and wish he’d get in the HoF.
That 75 is awesome.
Awesome Kahn’s. Those are amazing!!
Nice Parker!
Another addition to my HOF set...
For the 58 set:
That is a beautiful Banks
And that's a beautiful Frisch
Tiny bit of PD on Nolan’s pitching arm seem to be the issue. Probably paid a bit too much but happy with it.
Bosox1976
Nice centering on the ‘78 Ryan!
A couple for my Modano set;
Needed to honor the "Say Hey Kid" with a notable purchase:
And always adding to my HOF Collection with another 8.5 value grade:
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
Added card No. 35 to my 1955 All-American set. Now five years since I started this set and it’s slowly coming along.
Chipper Jones Basic Topps Set - All 10's for 10
Sam Houston State Alumni Rookie Set
Another for the 58 set, almost done. I need 6 more cards. By the way, this card is gorgeous in hand, and I can't believe it is not an 8.
WS Batting Foes is my all time favorite card. That is a beauty.
While I bought these three in the last couple months, I sent them to Mike for review and am happy that all three received Gold Diamonds. He said the Mantle deserves 6.5, Snider a full 8 and the Bowman Mantle a full 2
There are only 2 POP 1's of the 1989 UD Griffey, here is one of them. A 3 with a qualifier. Other is a 2 with a qualifier.
Added to my PSA grade run showcase: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1042519/in-process-1989-upper-deck-ken-griffey-jr-psa-grade-run/p1
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
Maybe I am not getting it - but couldn’t you go to PSA same day submissions at The National, crack out a Griffey in the grade of your choice in front of them - write on It yourself in front of them then submit if as a in show turnaround and have it come back the same grade as a qualifier?
Sure, but that would ruin the allure.
Nothing magical about a 3 (MK), sure you could make one, but cheaper to just buy one.
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
mintonlypls
Please do not post anymore of your recent pick ups. I am incredibly jealous. LOL. Nice cards bruh!!
Gold diamonds?
Successful card BST transactions with cbcnow, brogurt, gstarling, Bravesfan 007, and rajah 424.