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When my parents went their seperate ways(1989) one thing that kept me postive was Eric Davis. As a kid growing up in TN, I didn't get to see many Reds games but the 1990 Reds made my year and remember whipping Jose Canseco and the A's. I would read the box scores each day and loved Eric Davis. I had his posters on my wall, would trade better cards for Eric Davis cards in the neighborhood etc. When Eric left the Reds I followed him with the Dodgers and Baltimore(I drew the line when he went to St. Louis). When he was in Baltimore he would do Chemo treatments during the morning and then play baseball at night. I always respected that. I love folks who have the courage to battle cancer.
Anyway, a board member(Dboneesq) realized I liked Eric and sent me this card. We started chatting and I learned his wife and daughter had battled cancer too. That made the card even more special on my end for some reason. I just wanted the board members to know why a Eric Davis 1985 Topps autographed rookie would be my favorite card.
Doug, thanks for the card. Thanks for sharing your story with me. When I walk by that card I always smile and really appreciate it.
What is your favorite card and why is it your favorite card?
Anyway, a board member(Dboneesq) realized I liked Eric and sent me this card. We started chatting and I learned his wife and daughter had battled cancer too. That made the card even more special on my end for some reason. I just wanted the board members to know why a Eric Davis 1985 Topps autographed rookie would be my favorite card.
Doug, thanks for the card. Thanks for sharing your story with me. When I walk by that card I always smile and really appreciate it.
What is your favorite card and why is it your favorite card?
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ironically I never owned 1 until the last couple years
Later an older kid got me to trade it to him. I regretted it deeply, but kind of got bullied into it. I eventually got it back a year or so later and it will stay in my collection forever.
Edit: I will have to scan it in later as I am away on business in NYC.
<< <i>That made the card even more special on my end for some reason. I just wanted the board members to know why a Eric Davis 1985 Topps autographed rookie would be my favorite card. >>
Great story and thanx for sharing it - I enjoyed reading it!
Unfortunately - for me - I don't have a favorite card of my own.
<< <i>I have a 1987 Topps Ruben Sierra autographed from a local card show back in '87. He and Benito Santiago were there. It cost me $5 for his auto (which is a lot at 10 years old.
Later an older kid got me to trade it to him. I regretted it deeply, but kind of got bullied into it. I eventually got it back a year or so later and it will stay in my collection forever.
Edit: I will have to scan it in later as I am away on business in NYC. >>
Would love to see it.
<< <i>Anyway, a board member(Dboneesq) realized I liked Eric and sent me this card. We started chatting and I learned his wife and daughter had battled cancer too. That made the card even more special on my end for some reason. I just wanted the board members to know why a Eric Davis 1985 Topps autographed rookie would be my favorite card.
Doug, thanks for the card. Thanks for sharing your story with me. When I walk by that card I always smile and really appreciate it. >>
Nathan ... WOW! That just made my friggin week! Enjoy.
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>Edit: I will have to scan it in later as I am away on business in NYC. >>
Hey Joel, I hope you enjoy your stay here. Maybe you can see Muggy up in his penthouse.
BTW, this is another great thread. We've had a bunch lately. I have a few all-time favorites, but I think I can narrow it down. I might not get to scan it until Thursday as like Joel work is cramping my style.
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>Edit: I will have to scan it in later as I am away on business in NYC. >>
Hey Joel, I hope you enjoy your stay here. Maybe you can see Muggy up in his penthouse.
BTW, this is another great thread. We've had a bunch lately. I have a few all-time favorites, but I think I can narrow it down. I might not get to scan it until Thursday as like Joel work is cramping my style. >>
The weather was great. I can't believe it was 60 degrees in Jan/Feb. No time to do anything fun unfortunately.
I love this card because it got me started with collecting hall of fame rookie cards. And i love anything Clemente.
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
My favorite card of all time...
i was turning 14 when this card was released. if i close my eyes, i can still see myself monday to friday each morning before grade school going to the candy store to pick up 5 packs to open in the schoolyard before homeroom started. i would open them with my best friend (who still is, all these years later, although he was smart enough to never get addicted to heroin...errr cards) hoping to find a Gooden rookie. it got to the point where we knew the sequence from opening so many packs.
i miss those days
WTB: PSA 1 - PSA 3 Centered, High Eye Appeal 1950's Mantle
<< <i>My favorite card of all time...
i was turning 14 when this card was released. if i close my eyes, i can still see myself monday to friday each morning before grade school going to the candy store to pick up 5 packs to open in the schoolyard before homeroom started. i would open them with my best friend (who still is, all these years later, although he was smart enough to never get addicted to heroin...errr cards) hoping to find a Gooden rookie. it got to the point where we knew the sequence from opening so many packs.
i miss those days >>
That is so great to read. That is one of my favorite cards as well. Thanks so much for posting that.
Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
He could of had a part in the Untouchables but chose Baseball instead.He hated Earl Weaver.
This card came from Pete Rose's friend and I believe card show dealer named Whitey. Pete Rose asked me to let Whitey onto the field and even though he didnt have a field pass I still let him on. After all, it was Pete freaking Rose who was telling me to let this guy on the field. (as a side note...10 years earlier, as a 8 year old I was yelling for Pete to sign my autograph and he wouldnt give me the time of day...now he was asking me to let his friend on the field). I let Whitey on the field and later as he was walking off he thanked me and handed me this card. I collected a good amount of memorabilia from my eight years with the team (four of them as a full time employee in the front office) but this one item is the one I have held onto tightly over the years.
<< <i>My favorite card of all time...
i was turning 14 when this card was released. if i close my eyes, i can still see myself monday to friday each morning before grade school going to the candy store to pick up 5 packs to open in the schoolyard before homeroom started. i would open them with my best friend (who still is, all these years later, although he was smart enough to never get addicted to heroin...errr cards) hoping to find a Gooden rookie. it got to the point where we knew the sequence from opening so many packs.
i miss those days >>
Great post...and that card is also my favorite of all time. I was 11 in 1985. I had collected since 1980, but 85 marked the beginning of my biggest collecting years from through 1989. My best friend and I would would split a wax box about every other Saturday night...each taking two quadrants from the box. Each hoping we'd be the one to yell "Gooden!" Those were good times. I can still taste the gum mixed with Faygo Rock n' Rye....waiting for Saturday Night's Main Even to start...still trading and sorting all the while.
If so - thanx! I don't have a card but do have one item that's special to me - it's the Sadie Jansell variation to the sheet music Take Me Out to the Ball Game - 1908.
It took me 5 years to find this one - and right after another came up - isn't that the way it goes!
Anyway - the HOF believes there's - perhaps - 30 variations but only catalogued 23 - I had given them 6 more - if memory serves.
It's believed that the Jansell cover was the first one printed - but who knows.
We're not sure who the #30 is? My take? Edward Meeker - since Edison recorded him and he was very popular in the 20s. I do have the original recording.
So - in summary - I have 27 copies of the music - missing 2 and searching ebay all the time.
in 1987, the first wax I bought was 1985 Topps hockey.
These were my favorite cards from that box.
You will never see 4SC, or anyone else come up with these in quantity. Steve Hart knows of no wax cases around, and getting a PSA 9
on these is extremely difficult.
<< <i>I noticed this was edited to add "item" I believe?
If so - thanx! I don't have a card but do have one item that's special to me - it's the Sadie Jansell variation to the sheet music Take Me Out to the Ball Game - 1908.
It took me 5 years to find this one - and right after another came up - isn't that the way it goes!
Anyway - the HOF believes there's - perhaps - 30 variations but only catalogued 23 - I had given them 6 more - if memory serves.
It's believed that the Jansell cover was the first one printed - but who knows.
We're not sure who the #30 is? My take? Edward Meeker - since Edison recorded him and he was very popular in the 20s. I do have the original recording.
So - in summary - I have 27 copies of the music - missing 2 and searching ebay all the time. >>
Wow, that is some great information. You learn something around here everyday. Stone, thanks for showing us this item.
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<< <i>My favorite card of all time...
i was turning 14 when this card was released. if i close my eyes, i can still see myself monday to friday each morning before grade school going to the candy store to pick up 5 packs to open in the schoolyard before homeroom started. i would open them with my best friend (who still is, all these years later, although he was smart enough to never get addicted to heroin...errr cards) hoping to find a Gooden rookie. it got to the point where we knew the sequence from opening so many packs.
i miss those days >>
Great post...and that card is also my favorite of all time. I was 11 in 1985. I had collected since 1980, but 85 marked the beginning of my biggest collecting years from through 1989. My best friend and I would would split a wax box about every other Saturday night...each taking two quadrants from the box. Each hoping we'd be the one to yell "Gooden!" Those were good times. I can still taste the gum mixed with Faygo Rock n' Rye....waiting for Saturday Night's Main Even to start...still trading and sorting all the while. >>
You guys are killing me. I graduated high school in 85. Man, I'm old. Great card and even better stories. Thanks for sharing although Eric, I am not surprised at all, LOL.
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>Here is my pride and joy as mentioned on page 1.
To get that card back from the older kid in your neighborhood makes that card priceless. I like it.
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<< <i>My favorite card of all time...
i was turning 14 when this card was released. if i close my eyes, i can still see myself monday to friday each morning before grade school going to the candy store to pick up 5 packs to open in the schoolyard before homeroom started. i would open them with my best friend (who still is, all these years later, although he was smart enough to never get addicted to heroin...errr cards) hoping to find a Gooden rookie. it got to the point where we knew the sequence from opening so many packs.
i miss those days >>
Great post...and that card is also my favorite of all time. I was 11 in 1985. I had collected since 1980, but 85 marked the beginning of my biggest collecting years from through 1989. My best friend and I would would split a wax box about every other Saturday night...each taking two quadrants from the box. Each hoping we'd be the one to yell "Gooden!" Those were good times. I can still taste the gum mixed with Faygo Rock n' Rye....waiting for Saturday Night's Main Even to start...still trading and sorting all the while. >>
I love that card and I still need to buy one for my collection...
+1 for Saturday Night's Main Event!
That is what is cool about baseball cards to me. My wife and I were talking today and I explained to her that it is not the card, but the memory I have about a certain card that means something to me.
I have so many memories from so many different single cards.
<< <i>He could of had a part in the Untouchables but chose Baseball instead.He hated Earl Weaver. >>
Didn't everyone hate Earl Weaver???
That Frank Zupo card doesn't surprise me at all Tony. It is all you.
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.
Andrew - Great story. I bet you have a bunch more too.
Edited to add: Joel - I missed you. Like at that slim fellow. If only those guys stayed that way. They still would have had great careers I think.
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.
Ron
My father and I took the twin boys to see the Reds vs Yankees. Brady had asked to see the Yankees for the past few years because he played for the Yankees in T-ball.
Well, the Yankees came to Cincy this year. We sat front row, right beside our current Reds hero, Joey Votto, on the first base line.
The boys had a blast. It was the only game we beat the Yankees and we pounded them. Chris Heisey hit three home runs.
Right before the game started Cueto is walking into the dugout and motions to me with a ball. I didn't really know what he was doing and the next thing I know the ball is in the air headed my way and I catch it. My sons eyes got so big and in that one moment I was a hero to them. The security guard realized we had twins and went into the dugout and got them another ball.
The boys were the opening of the broadcast and luckily my wife DVR'd it back home.
To be able to go to a game with my father and sons and sit so close was something I will remember for the rest of my life.
Here is a picture of the broadcast.
Well here is my card. This is the actual first card I ever pulled from a pack. And since I know it's coming, I did rip packs back in the day, but I've outgrown that.
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>Nice Ron!!! I think I still have the program from my first baseball game in 1978.
Well here is my card. This is the actual first card I ever pulled from a pack. And since I know it's coming, I did rip packs back in the day, but I've outgrown that.
Ron, amazing some of the things we can remember because of a baseball card. When did you stop busting packs?
<< <i>Ron, amazing some of the things we can remember because of a baseball card. When did you stop busting packs? >>
I don't know about Ron, but I broke the habit in 1986.
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>Ron, amazing some of the things we can remember because of a baseball card. When did you stop busting packs? >>
I don't know about Ron, but I broke the habit in 1986.
I haven't bought a pack of sports cards sine 1990. Still have all the ones I have bought going ack to 1963. There is a gap from 63 to 1986.
Ron
Ron
Jeff
Collecting:
post world war II HOF rookie
76 topps gem mint 10 commons 9 stars
Arenado purple refractors(Rockies) Red (Cardinals)
successful deals with Keevan, Grote15, 1954, mbogoman
But sometimes don’t make sense
Refrigerator
<< <i>This is the first box I ever ripped. I bought packs from 1972-75, but I never bought a full box. When I rediscovered the hobby
in 1987, the first wax I bought was 1985 Topps hockey.
These were my favorite cards from that box.
You will never see 4SC, or anyone else come up with these in quantity. Steve Hart knows of no wax cases around, and getting a PSA 9
on these is extremely difficult.
So did you cut these cards from the bottom of the first box(in 1987) you ever bought.
If not, did you cut them later on? Whoever cut them did an amazing job.