Daily Dose of McGwire - 85 More Added - Thursday PM (Total Scans = 729)

samspop · May 29, 2009 1:51AM

At the suggestion of another board member - THANKS

I have decided to scan in my entire McGwire PSA collection. I have thought about it in the past, but this is my first real attempt. I will post in 20 card increments. I will try to get at least 20 a day scanned and posted. Comments through the process are always welcome. If you see holes in the collection and you have cards that will fill the holes or if you have upgrades, by all means, please contact me.

I will try to keep them in chronolological order as best I can.

Here goes the first 20:

1982 Anchorage thru 1987 Donruss #46

Kid4hof03 · May 29, 2009 2:02AM

Great stuff!

OAKESY25 · May 29, 2009 2:03AM

did you ever notice in the donn jennings card.. he is holding the bat wrong??
or he is holding it with one hand, choked up

CNote · May 29, 2009 2:51AM

I wish more folks scanned for their registry, I like seeing cards from before my time, or my youth. I scanned my Griffey collection and its about 1700 cards

jswieton · May 29, 2009 2:59AM

Very nice collection!! Are those 82 Anchorage Pilots McGwires pretty hard to come by?

cwazzy · May 29, 2009 3:09AM

Nice stuff, Mike! McGwire and Canseco were my favorite players growing up. When McGwire came over to the Cardinals he became my hero. Obviously his name will forever be connected to a dark era in the game but I still appreciate what he meant to baseball back in the day and I credit him for my current love of the Cardinals. The Cardinals have always been my team, but I didn't really follow them until he came to St. Louis.

tunahead08 · May 29, 2009 3:27AM

Great cards! Always love seeing player collection's that have a nice variety. Especially dig the minor league cards.

samspop · May 29, 2009 6:21AM

Here are the next 21...keep the comments flowing!!

Edited on 7/2/09 to add a newly acquired card.

1987 Donruss HL #27 thru 1988 Classic Red #153

samspop · May 31, 2009 1:54AM

The next 21...Still in 1988

Edited on 7/2/09 for a newly acquired card.

1988 Classic Red Instruction Card thru 1988 Fleer Exciting Stars #26

Elemenopeo · May 31, 2009 2:17AM

It's great that you're scanning these all in. Keep 'em coming. Would have to say that this one's my favorite so far... That's a great shot. Reminds me of the photography on the Topps cards of the early '70s.

tunahead08 · May 31, 2009 2:21AM

Nice '88 Drake's! I love those cards, have a '86 and '88 panel with the Ripken, both graded 9's. Also have about 5 '87 panels that I need to send in to get graded.

jeffcbay · May 31, 2009 2:34AM

<< did you ever notice in the donn jennings card.. he is holding the bat wrong??
or he is holding it with one hand, choked up >>

Nice catch! That is really weird...

lsutigers1973 · May 31, 2009 2:36AM

Did you notice that the flip is wrong on this one?

GoDodgersFan · May 31, 2009 2:46AM

Thanks for sharing.

Brings back some good memories. I love the early minor league cards especially the 1982 one.

samspop · May 31, 2009 2:49AM

"OF" or "AT"...I don't think PSA is too worried about symantics

I have never noticed that...GREAT CATCH!

DALEMURPHY03 · May 31, 2009 2:54AM

You might as well collect dave kingman

Yankees001 · May 31, 2009 2:56AM

Interesting collection, how many do you have? At 20 a day you will probably be at it for a month. Your only on 1988!!!

Impressive collection so far.

Dave

TomGshotput · May 31, 2009 3:05AM

Don't care too much for the modern stuff, but the minor league cards and boarderless 1987 ones I like a lot. Easily one of the 10 best firstbaseman in history

Rumors were Hank Aaron hit crosshand early in his career. Here is an odd picture of Sherry Magee

samspop · May 31, 2009 3:36AM

<< Interesting collection, how many do you have? At 20 a day you will probably be at it for a month. Your only on 1988!!! >>

I have over 1800, so it will take a while. I am thinking I may be at this for a couple of months.

samspop · May 31, 2009 11:14AM

20 more. I am shooting for a minimum of 40/day with the hopes that I can get 100.

I like all of the Fleer Issues from the late 80's. Some of them are hard to find in high grades due to the fact that they are all packaged like cello packs then stuck into a cardboard box. I am missing the Fleer All-Stars #25 from 1988, but it is at PSA now, should come back at least a 9.

1988 Fleer Headliners thru 1988 OPC Stickers Bell #47

MBMiller25 · May 31, 2009 11:31AM

Mike, Thats great stuff man! Man does that bring me back to when I first got into this Hobby.

samspop · May 31, 2009 11:34AM

Hey Matt...I was hoping you would check it out. Hope you had a good weekend...YOU DESERVED IT!!

DALEMURPHY03 · May 31, 2009 11:41AM

thats alot of junk

digicat · May 31, 2009 11:53AM

<< thats alot of junk >>

You must have a huge bladder, because you've been pissing on threads all day long.

ploobims · May 31, 2009 11:53AM

<< 

<< thats alot of junk >>

You must have a huge bladder, because you've been pissing on threads all day long. >>

DALEMURPHY03 · May 31, 2009 11:54AM

<< 

<< thats alot of junk >>

You must have a huge bladder, because you've been pissing on threads all day long. >>

yea i finally passed my stone

samspop · May 31, 2009 11:55AM

<< 

<< thats alot of junk >>

You must have a huge bladder, because you've been pissing on threads all day long. >>

I just assumed it was one of the Beckett Board High Schoolers. I would suspect that her bedtime is near, so she should be checking out soon.

MBMiller25 · May 31, 2009 11:55AM

<< thats alot of junk >>

It's funny I said the exact same thing to your mother before I tapped that A$$!

EAsports · May 31, 2009 12:04PM

Mark sure looked "different" in the late 80's, then he did later on...

No matter, he was a joy to watch, through his entire career.

Also, I forgot how nice those Classic sets were!

Great show, keep it up!

DALEMURPHY03 · May 31, 2009 12:14PM

<< 

<< thats alot of junk >>

It's funny I said the exact same thing to your mother before I tapped that A$$! >>

where is your addy?

samspop · May 31, 2009 12:32PM

Last 20 of the day...

Back of card#50 above...

jackstraw · June 1, 2009 2:52AM

I love player collectors best bunch in our hobby!
Great stuff love that 88 Nestle.
Thanks for the scans keep them coming.

cwazzy · June 1, 2009 4:04AM

Nice stuff (again)! I would love to see where this ball landed!

onefasttalon · June 1, 2009 4:20AM

Always liked this card... AND... it's much tuffer than people would think to land a 10 on it.

Love your thread Samspop! Keep'em coming!

samspop · June 1, 2009 6:02AM

20 More...The Star Series. If anyone has any of these sets lying around, I still need a few!!

samspop · June 1, 2009 11:25AM

20 More...still more Star issues

samspop · June 1, 2009 11:36AM

20 more...the last of the Star issues.

Back of the above card

A little information on this card. It is actually a mechanical error. PSA has graded a few of the #3 Tiffany issues and given them a number of 3B. However, they show up in the composite as a the "White Triangle" version of the Tiffany card. But, there is no "White Triangle" version of the Tiffany card. Tiffany was only issued in Factory Set form, the "White Triangle" error occurs only in rack packs. PSA has decided against removing this from the McGwire Master Set composite, so this card is here to satisfy that line.

samspop · June 1, 2009 11:43AM

21 more. Finishing up 1988 and into 1989

BPorter26 · June 1, 2009 12:30PM

Mike, Nice collection. I love the 88 Score card

tunahead08 · June 1, 2009 2:28PM

<< A little information on this card. It is actually a mechanical error. PSA has graded a few of the #3 Tiffany issues and given them a number of 3B. However, they show up in the composite as a the "White Triangle" version of the Tiffany card. But, there is no "White Triangle" version of the Tiffany card. Tiffany was only issued in Factory Set form, the "White Triangle" error occurs only in rack packs. PSA has decided against removing this from the McGwire Master Set composite, so this card is here to satisfy that line. >>

Why would PSA decide against that when it's obviously an error on their part and not a real card? Sometimes the decisions PSA makes just seem ridiculous.

jeffcbay · June 1, 2009 2:39PM

I'm totally diggin' this thread. It's a nice stroll down memory lane. I'm a subscriber for sure, thank you for sharing!

storm888 · June 1, 2009 3:54PM

<< I'm totally diggin' this thread. It's a nice stroll down memory lane. I'm a subscriber for sure, thank you for sharing! >>

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Ditto.

samspop · June 2, 2009 12:56AM

22 more...

I like the way these discs fit so nicely in the holders

1989 Cadaco Disc thru 1989 OPC Stickers #3

cwazzy · June 2, 2009 1:04AM

There's that wrong grip again:

samspop · June 2, 2009 1:05AM

22 more...The Pepsi Cola cards are tough to find and even tougher to find in high grade. They were issued in a small, tightly wrapped cello pack and only issed in Northern California. All of the Pepsi cards listed are the highest graded and are 1 of 1's except for #9 (PSA 7), there is one higher.

1989 OPC Stickers 27 thru 1989 Topps All Star Set of 22

samspop · June 2, 2009 12:32PM

22 more. Finally making it through the 80's and into the 90's

1989 Topps All-Star Set of 60 thru 1990 Donruss Grand Slammers

daddymc · June 2, 2009 12:38PM

Really cool thread. I'm enjoying the stroll down memory lane.

samspop · June 2, 2009 12:42PM

Thanks for the positive comments guys!! It definitely keeps me motivated. I would love to knock this out by July 4th...so I continue....

jackstraw · June 2, 2009 10:02PM

Keep it up. Great stuff.

BunchOBull · June 2, 2009 10:42PM

I've been following this thread and I have to say, the early stuff is the best stuff to me as a fellow player collector. Awesome and thorough collection...do you have an '89 Donruss Blue Chips by chance?

samspop · June 3, 2009 12:01AM

20 more...

1990 Fleer #15 thru 1990 Topps #690