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How I Spent My Time As A Kid

PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was going through a box at my mom's house yesterday. I'd forgotten how interested I was in vintage cards as a kid. Apparently (and I don't remember doing it) I made some homemade cards. The bizarre part is the stuff on the backs of the cards is all completely made up nonsense. Pretty strange.

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My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets

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  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Those are awesome!! It always fun to find great momentos like that.

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Knowing you now, David, I'd expect better T/B centering on that '64 Brooks, LOL!!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love that Brooks had 100 doubles in '63 and Don won the Cy (which didn't exist yet) in '53 with an ERA of 4.00.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I love that Brooks had 100 doubles in '63 and Don won the Cy (which didn't exist yet) in '53 with an ERA of 4.00. >>



    That .730 batting average in '61 is pretty impressive, too, LOL!!!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Those are pure folk art David!

    What's the size?

    If I had done them? I'd try to have them encapsulated by PSA.
    Mike
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think I had that early BB card book back then. It probably had pics of the card fronts (which I copied) but I had to get creative on the backs!

    And Tim, you wouldn't have known me back then. I still have 19 1974 Merv Rettenmund traded cards I pulled from packs, and not one of them would grade a PSA 4.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I used to do stuff like that when I was a kid also. Have you checked the math on all your stats? Very cool. .739 average is quite impressive.
  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    Too cool!!!

    Love the Newcombe!!!
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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Those are pure folk art David!

    What's the size?

    If I had done them? I'd try to have them encapsulated by PSA. >>



    They're approximately normal size cards.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I love that Brooks had 100 doubles in '63 and Don won the Cy (which didn't exist yet) in '53 with an ERA of 4.00. >>



    That .730 batting average in '61 is pretty impressive, too, LOL!!! >>



    But you can't beat 318 hits in 150 AB in '63!
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>

    << <i>I love that Brooks had 100 doubles in '63 and Don won the Cy (which didn't exist yet) in '53 with an ERA of 4.00. >>



    That .730 batting average in '61 is pretty impressive, too, LOL!!! >>



    But you can't beat 318 hits in 150 AB in '63! >>



    True, LOL!

    The attention to detail on these is rather remarkable. Even if it doesn't make much sense! LOL!


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭
    That Newcomb autograph is an obvious forgery... I'm reporting you to Operation Bullpen. image

    Seriously though, those are awesome... and better than half the sketch cards on eBay. image

    All I ever did with my cards was sort them endlessly.

    Snorto~
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You should frame them with the original 1964 brooks and 1956 Don.
    Very cool
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Wow--Newcolm won 30 games in 1955, but win the CY Award in 1953 with 10 wins.

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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow--Newcolm won 30 games in 1955, but win the CY Award in 1953 with 10 wins. >>



    It's the bizarro MLB. And doesn't Brooks kind of look like Ed Kranepool?
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Those are priceless! BTW, Ken Boyer had 105 SBs in 15 YEARS! LOL (He DID have 8 in '60.)
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    Doug

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  • 70ToppsFanatic70ToppsFanatic Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭
    Massive KUDOS for your homemade cards.

    It's these kinds of things that keep the "connection" fresh in my mind, and generate a familiar and
    welcome warmth of an earlier, simpler time!

    Thanks so much for sharing.


    Dave
  • JaktJakt Posts: 573 ✭
    Those are actually pretty neat. Are you sending them in for grading?
    I'm building a 1968 and a 1970 Topps set. I have lots of 1970s and 1960s to offer in trade.
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭✭
    Those are awesome. If you have a spot in your home where you display items, these need to be included.
  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    How awesome is it that your mom saved those? Priceless. To this day I am repurchasing "lost" childhood toys (I've never really grown up).
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • flcardtraderflcardtrader Posts: 798 ✭✭✭
    Love the Newcombe made to look like a 56 = well done!
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    Those are great!!

  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    Very cool.

    I would have them encapsulated by psa. They would make a cool item to have.
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

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  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    Very cool. I agree that you should have them encapsulated.

    PSA Personalized Trading Card Encapsulation
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    I could not resist posting images of the original cards. Here they are. You were quite the little autograph forger back then Paul Maul.

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    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah, I clearly was copying the fronts of the cards, but without seeing the backs I had to get creative.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    Do you still own the original cards? I would love to know the condition that they are in.
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Do you still own the original cards? I would love to know the condition that they are in. >>



    I don't think I ever owned the cards. I had that baseball card book that came out in the early '70s, it must have had photos of these two cards in it. That's why I didn't have the backs to copy.
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    That is a great story. Thanks for sharing.
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This book....

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    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    This is way better than sniffing glue and eating paint chips.
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  • 19541954 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭
    That is an awesome example of how much passion you had for our hobby. Thanks for sharing.
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • MikeyPMikeyP Posts: 990 ✭✭✭
    Seeing the image of that book again must have brought back some very fond memories. Very cool.
    "Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood."
  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Letters to Grandma:

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    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    That's awesome.

    "Molon Labe"

  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭


    << <i>That's awesome. >>



    +1

    This thread is pure awesomeness!

    So did Grams take the hint and spot you 15 bucks to drop on that Mays card? image

    Snorto~

  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    Like everyone else said, this thread is awesome! Love the drawings and stories and how others kid about the stats you have on them. Love it!
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  • dberk12dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭
    So did Grams take the hint and spot you 15 bucks to drop on that Mays card? image

    Hilarious. Grandma probably went out that day to pick up the Mays for you. Thanks for posting this.


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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,891 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>That's awesome. >>



    So did Grams take the hint and spot you 15 bucks to drop on that Mays card? image

    Snorto~ >>



    Nope. And there's no such thing as a 1950 Willie Mays, is there?

    It's interesting that I was so interested in vintage cards at age 9. I even had a T-206!
    My 1972 Baseball and Wacky Pack Registry Sets
  • lightningboylightningboy Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭
    But you can't beat 318 hits in 150 AB in '63!


    Very impressive, as is the fact that he got his first big league hit at 15 years old.
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I love that Don won the Cy (which didn't exist yet) in '53 with an ERA of 4.00. >>



    ....and with only 60 Ks against 80 walks. I love that the stats say Brooks hit a nifty .700 in '63, but the fact below says he "only" hit .361 that year. Thanks for sharing, these were hilarious. Can't think of a better way to spend my 2000th post.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    (especially old ones)

    LOL, classic!


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  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    Are they standard size, or Tall Boys?

    You should definitely get them slabbed. I bet they would even bring pretty decent money at auction. I would bid.
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  • brian26brian26 Posts: 826
    Awesome posts. Thanks for sharing the pics!
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