For most of 1986 Mike Schmidt and Gary were dueling for MVP honors --- Gary got hurt and missed the middle of August and in turn knocked him out of the talk -- he still wound up with his best showing ~~ 3rd
Here are the top 4
Rank Tm VotePts Share G AB R H HR RBI 1 Mike Schmidt PHI 287.0 85% 160 552 97 160 37 119 2 Glenn Davis HOU 231.0 69% 158 574 91 152 31 101 3 Gary Carter NYM 181.0 54% 132 490 81 125 24 105 4 Keith Hernandez NYM 179.0 53% 149 551 94 171 13 83
BE SAFE TONIGHT AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!
"Rare" pic of Gary wearing the number 12 --- he wore this in Spring Training 1991 -- not sure who had 8 first -- maybe the board's Dodger fans can help
One of my goals outside cards is to obtain a ticket and/or stub for every game Gary has hit a homerun in. At first I was able to grab dozens at a time but now I would be lucky to find one in a year
Gary hit 324 HRs in his career and to date I have tickets/stubs that account for 185 -- my struggle continues and I have faith that one day I will have them all.
below are a few shots of my collection
My ticket binder which again I hope to add the remaining 139 sooner than later
This group of tickets/stubs are from Gary's 1st Sept 28, 1974 200th June 9, 1984 300th Aug 11, 1988 324th(last) Aug 12, 1992
These 2 are from games where Gary hit 3 HR's in one game April 20, 1977 and Sept 3, 1985
In keeping with Gary's HR theme This next project I have posted before and was hoping to provide a few updates every know and than but early on all my images were deleted -- I had them on AOL, switched computers and did not download them to the new computer before AOL deleted them
I am attempting to get a custom picture signed by Gary and the pitchers that he hits his 324 HRs off of. I started this in April 2008 and as of today there are a possible 301 signatures I can obtain (23 are from players that have passed) I have 210 signatures now and need 91 more -- somewhat like the ticket quest I was able to grab a ton TTM between 2008 and 2010 but now I have run in to those "impossible autographs" or will need to pay for them. This has been a blast and have to thank the SCN community for making me realize that it might just be possible to do this and for the help of many of the members there.
One great part of this is that I have received comments back from some of the players and have posted some of them below.
First shot is "the stack" ~~~ here are all 210 pics
This first group is of Gary's 1, 100, 200 and 300 HR Would love to get the last one (324) signed but that was given up by Mike Morgan who is very tough both TTM and at shows/PVT signings
Next group is of Jim Rooker who was the pitcher who gave up 3 HR's to Gary in one game (he also gave up 2 HRs to Gary in Sept of 77) --- I sent all 5 to Mr. Rooker early in April 2008 and he signed them in less than 2 weeks -- I was more than thrilled when I got these back.
Next group of 5 are from HOF's that Gary has hit a HR off of in addition to the 3 he hit off of Niekro 1 off of Blyleven (see the note he added "Luck HR") and 1 off of Jenkins he hit a total of 11 off of Carlton, 3 off of Sutter, 2 off of Ryan, 2 off of Eckersley, 1 off of Perry, 1 off of Seaver and 1 off of Sutton --- I will need to pay for all of these and will do so when I can.
Here are some of the notes I have received with my items First up Mark Bomback HR #100
Jay Howell HR #312
Tom Hilgendorf HR #15
Steve Wilson HR #304
Ron Reed HR #s 18, 26, 63
Bill Landrum #283
Tony Brizzolara HR #92
Ed Wojna HR #240 interesting note that Gary hit 3 on Sept 3 1985 and 2 on Sept 4 1985 ( the last off of Wojna)
Awesome personal notes from the pitchers. Great thread!! I would love to do this with my George Brett collection, but mine pales in comparison to yours. You all would laugh at mine.
<< <i>Awesome personal notes from the pitchers. Great thread!! I would love to do this with my George Brett collection, but mine pales in comparison to yours. You all would laugh at mine. >>
I wouldn't -- I like to look at other player collectors collections -- I get ideas for different projects from other collectors -- post away
When I first jumped aboard the graded band wagon I was in awe about how much money there was out there for cards stuck behind plastic but I quickly realized that you needed Mantles, Ruths, T206s etc... My Carter cards will NEVER bring that amount of money that was flashed back then.
I realized though that having some of my Carter cards graded as high as possible is a great way to enhance my collection -- so it will never reach 6 figures and who knows what 15 years from now will bring but it was a fun way to make a collection feel new again. I was introduced to PSA cards and stuck with them ever since. I have several Carter themed sets on the registry but the one I would love to be tops in is the Carter Basic set (My 3rd place showing ) its been real slow upgrading the cards I have on there and the 2 guys ahead of me have been entrenched in the top 2 spots for years.
Along the way it has been amazing to see card grading companies (and I use the term grading very loosely) pop up today -- and disappear tomorrow. 1989FleerBillRipkencollector has a list out there of a ba-zillion companies I will grab off of ebay an example of one of these companies Carter offerings when ever I can. I will not submit to these companies (or spend more than $5.00 - $10.00) but having dozens of different graded examples is another fun way to collect
For the next 3 days I am going to show some of my non-PSA graded cards and they will be broken down as "The Good" ~ "The Bad" ~ and "The Ugly"
First up "The Good" If I was exposed to these companies first I might have a very different look to my collection.
BVG --- Still not sure why you need a different case of pre 1980 cards
BGS
SGC -- love the black within the holder
TGA --- This really falls between the "Good" and the "Bad" --- but since it is my first "graded" autograph (and a tough one at that A 7 ~ sure looks like a 10 to me) I bumped it up to the "Good" group -- don't know anything about them or how long they were in business
In keeping with Gary's HR theme This next project I have posted before and was hoping to provide a few updates every know and than but early on all my images were deleted -- I had them on AOL, switched computers and did not download them to the new computer before AOL deleted them
I am attempting to get a custom picture signed by Gary and the pitchers that he hits his 324 HRs off of. I started this in April 2008 and as of today there are a possible 301 signatures I can obtain (23 are from players that have passed) I have 210 signatures now and need 91 more -- somewhat like the ticket quest I was able to grab a ton TTM between 2008 and 2010 but now I have run in to those "impossible autographs" or will need to pay for them. This has been a blast and have to thank the SCN community for making me realize that it might just be possible to do this and for the help of many of the members there.
One great part of this is that I have received comments back from some of the players and have posted some of them below.
First shot is "the stack" ~~~ here are all 210 pics
This first group is of Gary's 1, 100, 200 and 300 HR Would love to get the last one (324) signed but that was given up by Mike Morgan who is very tough both TTM and at shows/PVT signings
Next group is of Jim Rooker who was the pitcher who gave up 3 HR's to Gary in one game (he also gave up 2 HRs to Gary in Sept of 77) --- I sent all 5 to Mr. Rooker early in April 2008 and he signed them in less than 2 weeks -- I was more than thrilled when I got these back.
Next group of 5 are from HOF's that Gary has hit a HR off of in addition to the 3 he hit off of Niekro 1 off of Blyleven (see the note he added "Luck HR") and 1 off of Jenkins he hit a total of 11 off of Carlton, 3 off of Sutter, 2 off of Ryan, 2 off of Eckersley, 1 off of Perry, 1 off of Seaver and 1 off of Sutton --- I will need to pay for all of these and will do so when I can.
Here are some of the notes I have received with my items First up Mark Bomback HR #100
Jay Howell HR #312
Tom Hilgendorf HR #15
Steve Wilson HR #304
Ron Reed HR #s 18, 26, 63
Bill Landrum #283
Tony Brizzolara HR #92
Ed Wojna HR #240 interesting note that Gary hit 3 on Sept 3 1985 and 2 on Sept 4 1985 ( the last off of Wojna)
Roric Harrison HR #s 4, 5 >>
I recall you posting about this before and was wondering how you were progressing. Glad to see you're keeping it alive. I see you had to come up with your own 74 Carter. How many of the pitchers did you do this for? Is that 80 Bomback one of them? Really cool idea and I hope you'll continue to give us periodic updates.
"I think the guy must be practicing voodoo or something. Check out his eyes. Rico's crazier than a peach orchard sow." -- Whitey Herzog, Spring Training 1973
<< <i>I recall you posting about this before and was wondering how you were progressing. Glad to see you're keeping it alive. I see you had to come up with your own 74 Carter. How many of the pitchers did you do this for? Is that 80 Bomback one of them? Really cool idea and I hope you'll continue to give us periodic updates. >>
Once this "year" is done I am planning to have the old thread revived. I was bummed when I lost the images and have hated my old scanner -- but with the new one all I need is a bit of time to scan them all.
Yep the 74 Carter and 80 Bomback are custom cards - I have done that with a few. I wanted to keep with Topps as the card used for the pitchers and 95% of the images are Topps cards or customs of Topps cards.
This has been a great project and it is still a thrill when the mail comes and there is a new addition
Another IKON --- this one is "uncirculated" and it came with the fancy pouch!!
Several years ago these badboys popped up on ebay -- someone had a foil stamper and used this attractive diamond print to emboss this card making it a true 1 of 1
Do you have a Carter game bat? There is a nice one in Heritage Auction right now. You have to have an initial bd in within the next 12 minutes, but I've already bid so I can bid in extended bidding if you want me to bid for you. Current price is $160 plus juice. Shoot me a PM if you want me to bid for you.
Back on Day 160 fellow board member AJW (Drew) sent me a couple of Gary Carter Giant items that I have never seen before. Couple of months later I was looking to pick up a Christmas gift for myself and ran across the 2 signed items you see here ~ picked them up for a great price. The left one is another example of one of the items Drew sent me and the one on the right is also one I did not have.
Comments
I bet every pitching staff hated to see these guys back-to-back --- nice early Strawberry auto -- Nowadays you get the D S
For most of 1986 Mike Schmidt and Gary were dueling for MVP honors --- Gary got hurt and missed the middle of August and in turn knocked him out of the talk -- he still wound up with his best showing ~~ 3rd
Here are the top 4
Rank Tm VotePts Share G AB R H HR RBI
1 Mike Schmidt PHI 287.0 85% 160 552 97 160 37 119
2 Glenn Davis HOU 231.0 69% 158 574 91 152 31 101
3 Gary Carter NYM 181.0 54% 132 490 81 125 24 105
4 Keith Hernandez NYM 179.0 53% 149 551 94 171 13 83
BE SAFE TONIGHT AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!
I can't tell you how thrilled I was when I got this over 20 years ago.
Canseco won the rookie of the year, MVP, 40-40 player and was awesome
but now - UGH
This 4x6 postcard I got back in the 80's TTM (the bubbling happened after I kept in those crappy plastic pages that I have mentioned before)
Gary was automatic TTM --- he signed everything I sent to him when he was on the Expos and Mets and I believe he was that way with everyone
You would be hard pressed to find a star today of Gary's level signing the way he did
Mike
<< <i>That Score Christmas ornament is AWESOME. Bet that took a lot of patience to make. Good job!
Mike >>
Thanks Mike --- the cutting of the circles was the pain in the neck part but putting it together was not to bad
Here are 2 4x6 unique shots -- one of him with his 3rd team and I personal shot of Gary signing a card on top of a book?
This is the last of my plaques -- maybe one day if I have room and can settle on a style I might go the framed / matted route
I'm a fan of this shot but my knees ache just thinking about the amount of time he was in this position.
Next few days a few Dodger shots --- 4x6 personal shot
"Rare" pic of Gary wearing the number 12 --- he wore this in Spring Training 1991 -- not sure who had 8 first -- maybe the board's Dodger fans can help
Must have been a cold morning when this shot was taken
One of my goals outside cards is to obtain a ticket and/or stub for every game Gary has hit a homerun in. At first I was able to grab dozens at a time but now I would be lucky to find one in a year
Gary hit 324 HRs in his career and to date I have tickets/stubs that account for 185 -- my struggle continues and I have faith that one day I will have them all.
below are a few shots of my collection
My ticket binder which again I hope to add the remaining 139 sooner than later
This group of tickets/stubs are from Gary's
1st Sept 28, 1974
200th June 9, 1984
300th Aug 11, 1988
324th(last) Aug 12, 1992
These 2 are from games where Gary hit 3 HR's in one game
April 20, 1977 and Sept 3, 1985
In keeping with Gary's HR theme
This next project I have posted before and was hoping to provide a few updates every know and than but early on all my images were deleted -- I had them on AOL, switched computers and did not download them to the new computer before AOL deleted them
I am attempting to get a custom picture signed by Gary and the pitchers that he hits his 324 HRs off of.
I started this in April 2008 and as of today there are a possible 301 signatures I can obtain (23 are from players that have passed)
I have 210 signatures now and need 91 more -- somewhat like the ticket quest I was able to grab a ton TTM between 2008 and 2010 but now I have run in to those "impossible autographs" or will need to pay for them. This has been a blast and have to thank the SCN community for making me realize that it might just be possible to do this and for the help of many of the members there.
One great part of this is that I have received comments back from some of the players and have posted some of them below.
First shot is "the stack" ~~~ here are all 210 pics
This first group is of Gary's 1, 100, 200 and 300 HR
Would love to get the last one (324) signed but that was given up by Mike Morgan who is very tough both TTM and at shows/PVT signings
Next group is of Jim Rooker who was the pitcher who gave up 3 HR's to Gary in one game (he also gave up 2 HRs to Gary in Sept of 77) --- I sent all 5 to Mr. Rooker early in April 2008 and he signed them in less than 2 weeks -- I was more than thrilled when I got these back.
Next group of 5 are from HOF's that Gary has hit a HR off of
in addition to the 3 he hit off of Niekro 1 off of Blyleven (see the note he added "Luck HR") and 1 off of Jenkins he hit a total of 11 off of Carlton, 3 off of Sutter, 2 off of Ryan, 2 off of Eckersley, 1 off of Perry, 1 off of Seaver and 1 off of Sutton --- I will need to pay for all of these and will do so when I can.
Here are some of the notes I have received with my items
First up Mark Bomback HR #100
Jay Howell HR #312
Tom Hilgendorf HR #15
Steve Wilson HR #304
Ron Reed HR #s 18, 26, 63
Bill Landrum #283
Tony Brizzolara HR #92
Ed Wojna HR #240 interesting note that Gary hit 3 on Sept 3 1985 and 2 on Sept 4 1985 ( the last off of Wojna)
Roric Harrison HR #s 4, 5
<< <i>Awesome personal notes from the pitchers. Great thread!! I would love to do this with my George Brett collection, but mine pales in comparison to yours. You all would laugh at mine. >>
I wouldn't -- I like to look at other player collectors collections -- I get ideas for different projects from other collectors -- post away
When I first jumped aboard the graded band wagon I was in awe about how much money there was out there for cards stuck behind plastic but I quickly realized that you needed Mantles, Ruths, T206s etc... My Carter cards will NEVER bring that amount of money that was flashed back then.
I realized though that having some of my Carter cards graded as high as possible is a great way to enhance my collection -- so it will never reach 6 figures and who knows what 15 years from now will bring but it was a fun way to make a collection feel new again. I was introduced to PSA cards and stuck with them ever since. I have several Carter themed sets on the registry but the one I would love to be tops in is the Carter Basic set (My 3rd place showing ) its been real slow upgrading the cards I have on there and the 2 guys ahead of me have been entrenched in the top 2 spots for years.
Along the way it has been amazing to see card grading companies (and I use the term grading very loosely)
pop up today -- and disappear tomorrow. 1989FleerBillRipkencollector has a list out there of a ba-zillion companies
I will grab off of ebay an example of one of these companies Carter offerings when ever I can. I will not submit to these companies (or spend more than $5.00 - $10.00) but having dozens of different graded examples is another fun way to collect
For the next 3 days I am going to show some of my non-PSA graded cards and they will be broken down as "The Good" ~ "The Bad" ~ and "The Ugly"
First up "The Good"
If I was exposed to these companies first I might have a very different look to my collection.
BVG --- Still not sure why you need a different case of pre 1980 cards
BGS
SGC -- love the black within the holder
TGA --- This really falls between the "Good" and the "Bad" --- but since it is my first "graded" autograph (and a tough one at that A 7 ~ sure looks like a 10 to me) I bumped it up to the "Good" group -- don't know anything about them or how long they were in business
The "Bad"
Ok you have BVG and BGS -- why do you need BCCG???
IGS -- know nothing about them
Grade My Cards -- still out there
PGC --- Website still active
FGS --- know nada about
SPA --- no idea
GAI --- should have been better but tooooo many issues out there
Advanced Grading --- no idea
The Final Authority --- I think some thought went into this idea
<< <i>Day 278 -- January 10, 2011
In keeping with Gary's HR theme
This next project I have posted before and was hoping to provide a few updates every know and than but early on all my images were deleted -- I had them on AOL, switched computers and did not download them to the new computer before AOL deleted them
I am attempting to get a custom picture signed by Gary and the pitchers that he hits his 324 HRs off of.
I started this in April 2008 and as of today there are a possible 301 signatures I can obtain (23 are from players that have passed)
I have 210 signatures now and need 91 more -- somewhat like the ticket quest I was able to grab a ton TTM between 2008 and 2010 but now I have run in to those "impossible autographs" or will need to pay for them. This has been a blast and have to thank the SCN community for making me realize that it might just be possible to do this and for the help of many of the members there.
One great part of this is that I have received comments back from some of the players and have posted some of them below.
First shot is "the stack" ~~~ here are all 210 pics
This first group is of Gary's 1, 100, 200 and 300 HR
Would love to get the last one (324) signed but that was given up by Mike Morgan who is very tough both TTM and at shows/PVT signings
Next group is of Jim Rooker who was the pitcher who gave up 3 HR's to Gary in one game (he also gave up 2 HRs to Gary in Sept of 77) --- I sent all 5 to Mr. Rooker early in April 2008 and he signed them in less than 2 weeks -- I was more than thrilled when I got these back.
Next group of 5 are from HOF's that Gary has hit a HR off of
in addition to the 3 he hit off of Niekro 1 off of Blyleven (see the note he added "Luck HR") and 1 off of Jenkins he hit a total of 11 off of Carlton, 3 off of Sutter, 2 off of Ryan, 2 off of Eckersley, 1 off of Perry, 1 off of Seaver and 1 off of Sutton --- I will need to pay for all of these and will do so when I can.
Here are some of the notes I have received with my items
First up Mark Bomback HR #100
Jay Howell HR #312
Tom Hilgendorf HR #15
Steve Wilson HR #304
Ron Reed HR #s 18, 26, 63
Bill Landrum #283
Tony Brizzolara HR #92
Ed Wojna HR #240 interesting note that Gary hit 3 on Sept 3 1985 and 2 on Sept 4 1985 ( the last off of Wojna)
Roric Harrison HR #s 4, 5
I recall you posting about this before and was wondering how you were progressing. Glad to see you're keeping it alive. I see you had to come up with your own 74 Carter. How many of the pitchers did you do this for? Is that 80 Bomback one of them? Really cool idea and I hope you'll continue to give us periodic updates.
<< <i>I recall you posting about this before and was wondering how you were progressing. Glad to see you're keeping it alive. I see you had to come up with your own 74 Carter. How many of the pitchers did you do this for? Is that 80 Bomback one of them? Really cool idea and I hope you'll continue to give us periodic updates. >>
Once this "year" is done I am planning to have the old thread revived. I was bummed when I lost the images and have hated my old scanner -- but with the new one all I need is a bit of time to scan them all.
Yep the 74 Carter and 80 Bomback are custom cards - I have done that with a few. I wanted to keep with Topps as the card used for the pitchers and 95% of the images are Topps cards or customs of Topps cards.
This has been a great project and it is still a thrill when the mail comes and there is a new addition
The "Ugly"
GRA --- U-G-L-Y you aint go no alibi
All Star Grading -- ouch
IKON -- rivets?
Another IKON --- this one is "uncirculated" and it came with the fancy pouch!!
Several years ago these badboys popped up on ebay -- someone had a foil stamper and used this attractive diamond print to emboss this card making it a true 1 of 1
If I recall these were selling rather well
Well that ends the "Good", "Bad" and "Ugly" of non-PSA graded Carter cards --- If you have any Carter cards that are on this list
1989FleerBillRipkencollector has a list out there of a ba-zillion companies
send them to me -- I won't tell anyone
Back to some magazines --- Met focused
Sport March 1985 -- would love to have a cleaner copy signed by all 3
Inside Sports May 1985 -- Check out the NFL Draft preview
Do you have a Carter game bat? There is a nice one in Heritage Auction right now. You have to have an initial bd in within the next 12 minutes, but I've already bid so I can bid in extended bidding if you want me to bid for you. Current price is $160 plus juice. Shoot me a PM if you want me to bid for you.
Mike
Sport Plus May 1985 -- even though he is on the Mets one more cover in an Expos uniform
1985 Mets Scorebook
Not really a magazine but a softcover book highlighting the 1985 season and has small shots of Gary on the front and back
1987 Bill Mazeroski's Baseball -- This Mag is alot bigger than standard sized magazines
1986 Game Plan's Baseball Preview
July 1986 Sport magazine --- this is another one where I would love to get signed by all 3
1986 Mets Scorebook
Gary's last Baseball Digest cover -- September 1986
October 1986 Daily News playoff preview
October 27 1986 Sports Illustrated (his 4th of 5 covers)
1987 Petersen's Pro Baseball Annual
1987 Baseball Yearbook with a nice autograph
1987 Street and Smith's
April 20 1987 Sports Illustrated -- Gary's last SI cover
Boy, times have changed --- check out the salaries 24 years ago
1988 Mets Yearbook --- could have been a great year -- damn Dodgers
1988 Mets Scorebook
March 1988 Inside Sports
Berkscable Listing TV Host Weekly July 9-15 1988
Sept 1988 Baseball Cards Magazine --- I loved this magazine and thought it was about time they put Carter on the cover
1989 Mets Yearbook
1983 Fleer Stamps --- My PSA 10 and an un-opened sheet (#3)
There is a part of me that misses all those "junk" cards of the 80's -- Supersized, microsized, stickers, coins, tattoos, pop-ups and more.
Here are a few offerings of Pop-ups
1988, Donruss, 1987 Donruss (also graded) and 1995 Stouffers
Gave my son a few of these a few years ago and he quickly found a great use for them --- shot rubberbands at them from 10 paces -- fun
Back on Day 160 fellow board member AJW (Drew) sent me a couple of Gary Carter Giant items that I have never seen before.
Couple of months later I was looking to pick up a Christmas gift for myself and ran across the 2 signed items you see here ~ picked them up for a great price.
The left one is another example of one of the items Drew sent me and the one on the right is also one I did not have.
Some Cadaco Discs
The top 2 are from 1989 -- not sure the date of the bottom one
The square has the New York Mets and National League printed on it the disc only one does not