A few card pickups and a wiffle ball
Stone193
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Hi everyone
I haven't posted on anything in some time - this is not informative - just some stuff I picked up.
First - an upgrade to my 63F BB set - I really didn't want the 9 but it was the first one in some time that was really centered.
63F Bill Monbouquette (edit: dot is in the scanner NOT the card)
and a couple of 52Ts - I've been collecting them for years - I've patiently waited for centered copies - which - like the 63F set - is a major chore!
(scratch is in the scanner)
And - I like the Rose Wiffle Ball - the pic on it is reminiscent of the 63T bobbing head Rose RC. The wiffle ball was invented by David Mullany in 1953.
And last - being the King of Krap - I added to my whiskey decanter collection - this one is #23:
Thanx for viewing!
I haven't posted on anything in some time - this is not informative - just some stuff I picked up.
First - an upgrade to my 63F BB set - I really didn't want the 9 but it was the first one in some time that was really centered.
63F Bill Monbouquette (edit: dot is in the scanner NOT the card)
and a couple of 52Ts - I've been collecting them for years - I've patiently waited for centered copies - which - like the 63F set - is a major chore!
(scratch is in the scanner)
And - I like the Rose Wiffle Ball - the pic on it is reminiscent of the 63T bobbing head Rose RC. The wiffle ball was invented by David Mullany in 1953.
And last - being the King of Krap - I added to my whiskey decanter collection - this one is #23:
Thanx for viewing!
Mike
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Very nicely centered cards indeed!!! Those PSA 7's look really great. Congrats!!!
BTW, you can throw a great knuckleball with that wiffleball.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
<< <i>Did you have to drink the whiskey out of it first Mike?
Very nicely centered cards indeed!!! Those PSA 7's look really great. Congrats!!!
BTW, you can throw a great knuckleball with that wiffleball. >>
Thanx Doug.
Hiya Mike - thanx - being from NYC - you can appreciate that I played with the wiffle ball but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few.
<< <i>Hiya Mike - thanx - being from NYC - you can appreciate that I played with the wiffle ball but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few. >>
Hello Mike, yes I played some stickball in my time too, but we used a tennis ball instead.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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<< <i>Hiya Mike - thanx - being from NYC - you can appreciate that I played with the wiffle ball but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few. >>
Hello Mike, yes I played some stickball in my time too, but we used a tennis ball instead. >>
Amateur!
<< <i>Hiya Mike - thanx - being from NYC - you can appreciate that I played with the wiffle ball but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few. >>
PENSY PINKIE! Played stoopball and stickball with them all the time! (Was an "egg ball" in play for you? LOL)
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>......but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few. >>
Mike, great centering on those cards.
With regard to stickball and stoopball, did you also pronounce the Spalding ball spaldeen? Also, the "true" spaldeen was the pink one that was like a thin rubber, not the pink one that was like a squishy foam.
<< <i>With regard to stickball and stoopball, did you also pronounce the Spalding ball spaldeen? Also, the "true" spaldeen was the pink one that was like a thin rubber, not the pink one that was like a squishy foam. >>
Of course it was a thin rubber SPALDEEN! Hit it just the right way and off you were back to the store to buy a new one because it split in half!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Thanks for sharing Mike.
Steve
Nice stuff, Mike. What's the completion % on the 63F set?
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<< <i>......but was much more partial to the 'pink' colored Spalding rubber ball for stickball and stoopball - to name a few. >>
Mike, great centering on those cards.
With regard to stickball and stoopball, did you also pronounce the Spalding ball spaldeen? Also, the "true" spaldeen was the pink one that was like a thin rubber, not the pink one that was like a squishy foam. >>
But of course fellow Spaldeen player!
Thanx for the kind words guys.
<< <i>Nice stuff, Mike. What's the completion % on the 63F set? >>
Hi Bryon
87% - I've been working on it since 2004 - after about 2 yrs, my eye will - now - only stop if I see a well centered card. One can easily complete this set in a year 60/40.
"Molon Labe"
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06