My Don Mattingly collection

skrezyna23 · February 10, 2015 11:32PM

This thread is a long time coming but it will consist of card purchases and everything Donnie related. I started it today because avatar upload day is around the corner. I am working on a project and it turns out they could be good avatars. Feel free to visit the link if you're looking for a Donnie avatar. I will continually add them over time so check back often.

Also, if you have a specific Mattingly avatar in mind, let me know about it and I can post it here.

Don Mattingly avatars

UPDATED: 4/28/15: Basic Set completed, Master Set @ 49.09%
UPDATED: 4/28/15: Submission received (62 cards)
UPDATED: 4/03/15: Submission received (25 cards)
UPDATED: 4/01/15: Cachet collection now at 35.
UPDATED: 3/26/15: Porcelain cards added

LarkinCollector · February 10, 2015 11:39PM

Looking forward to it! To quote another esteemed member I've said it before and I will say it again... in fact, I will say it again right now: I love me some player collections!

dberk12 · February 11, 2015 1:59AM

As the great Mr. Burns used to say......"Excellent!"

mattyc_collection · February 11, 2015 11:16AM

It has been said that a player deserves HOF recognition if you could not tell the story of baseball in his era without mentioning him. I have often wondered how anyone could tell the story of 1980's baseball without mentioning Don Mattingly. No matter what a bunch of subjective hack writers say, Donnie Baseball will always be tops in my book. In a world filled with those who fail to reach their potential (see the likes of Strawberry, Darryl, whom I idolized as a boy), The Hitman's work ethic saw that mere 6' 175 lb-er put up a power and average combination that was truly rare for the time. In his one and only playoff series, The Don batted .417!

Ironmanfan · February 11, 2015 11:35AM

<< It has been said that a player deserves HOF recognition if you could not tell the story of baseball in his era without mentioning him. I have often wondered how anyone could tell the story of 1980's baseball without mentioning Don Mattingly. No matter what a bunch of subjective hack writers say, Donnie Baseball will always be tops in my book. In a world filled with those who fail to reach their potential (see the likes of Strawberry, Darryl, whom I idolized as a boy), The Hitman's work ethic saw that mere 6' 175 lb-er put up a power and average combination that was truly rare for the time. In his one and only playoff series, The Don batted .417! >>

please

IMF

mattinglymint23 · February 11, 2015 11:39AM

DM23HOF,

Thank you for posting this perfectly balanced and most rational reasoning justifying Don's due place in the hall.

mattyc_collection · February 11, 2015 11:54AM

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<< It has been said that a player deserves HOF recognition if you could not tell the story of baseball in his era without mentioning him. I have often wondered how anyone could tell the story of 1980's baseball without mentioning Don Mattingly. No matter what a bunch of subjective hack writers say, Donnie Baseball will always be tops in my book. In a world filled with those who fail to reach their potential (see the likes of Strawberry, Darryl, whom I idolized as a boy), The Hitman's work ethic saw that mere 6' 175 lb-er put up a power and average combination that was truly rare for the time. In his one and only playoff series, The Don batted .417! >>

please

IMF >>

I like my guy. Go like yours. Not every player is blessed with Cal's amazing longevity!

DeutscherGeist · February 11, 2015 4:09PM

Mattingly has been on the HOF ballet for the full 15 years and now his next chance for the HOF will be with the Veterans Committee (whatever they call it now).

He has some long years ahead of him as a manager and any success there will only help him. What I think will put him over the edge in voting is his good citizenship and sportsmanship. The fact that he was one of the best defensive first baseman throughout his career along with being the best player in baseball for a stretch are all great assets, but because his career did slow down offensively in the later years, he is not going to coast through the committee that easy. With so many players caught in scandals in the last decade, even ones from Mattingly's era, he seems to look better and better everytime.

Whether or not he makes the HOF, he is already very popular as a former player and talked about by baseball fans all over the country. His cards and memorabilia are already priced as if he was in the HOF.

MyDaughtersNameIsMattingly · February 12, 2015 12:52AM

Looking forward to seeing your stuff Dan!

olb31 · February 12, 2015 1:05AM

I think Don was a fantastic player. For about an 5 or 6 year span he was totally dominant. However, he is not HOFer. Neither is Dale Murphy, Jim Rice, Ron Santo, Tony Oliva and whoever else was a great player, but lacks the longevity or the wow factor. I know several of these guys are in the Hall, mainly for induction day activity reasons in my opinion.

Now collecting wise is another story. I like collecting Don, Dale, Jim, etc. And I consider them to be just below HOFer's ( I mean true HOFer's Mays, AAron, Clemente, Ripken, etc) as far as collecting is concerned.

Just my opinions.

skrezyna23 · February 15, 2015 3:46PM

I was in the hospital this past weekend getting my gall bladder removed. Didn't think the incisions would be this painful but I'm feeling better and am back.

Today I am here to share with you my Mattingly cachets (envelope commemoration). These are cachets I own. I don't want to get confused by posting what I haven't picked up yet but I will add them as I receive them. Basically, in Mattingly's case, these are envelopes that commemorate a specific athlete's awards/record breaking events/misc events. The date of the event is stamped with the location where it happened or the home town of the team, depending, the image depicted is usually taken from an artist (Susan Rini in most cases)and made of a satiny material, and lastly, usually has a stamp in the traditional corner. These typically run from anywhere between $4-$20. Sometimes a crazy seller wants more. I have a lot of DM material I want to buy so I personally have a lower limit I'm willing to spend on these. You can find some signed at a higher cost.

To the cachets I own (in chronological order):

I will post more once I receive them. Thanks for looking!

KendallCat · February 16, 2015 9:27AM

Donnie baseball got off to a tremendous start to his career with 5 100+ RBI seasons in his first 6 seasons plus an MVP award and runner up the next year. I remember watching him in HS, but don't remember him getting injured or anything along those lines - did he have a serious injury at some point in the early 90's? He was chugging along stat wise and then hit a wall. When he was on his game back in the mid 80's he put up some sick numbers.

alifaxwa2 · February 16, 2015 9:31AM

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<< It has been said that a player deserves HOF recognition if you could not tell the story of baseball in his era without mentioning him. I have often wondered how anyone could tell the story of 1980's baseball without mentioning Don Mattingly. No matter what a bunch of subjective hack writers say, Donnie Baseball will always be tops in my book. In a world filled with those who fail to reach their potential (see the likes of Strawberry, Darryl, whom I idolized as a boy), The Hitman's work ethic saw that mere 6' 175 lb-er put up a power and average combination that was truly rare for the time. In his one and only playoff series, The Don batted .417! >>

please

IMF >>

I like my guy. Go like yours. Not every player is blessed with Cal's amazing longevity! >>

Agree with IMF. This post is not a HOF argument, it's fan sentiments.

dberk12 · February 16, 2015 9:37AM

Mattingly had an injury to his lower back that became chronic. He was never the same player afterwards.

skrezyna23 · February 16, 2015 9:46AM

His back was his primary injury but I read in an interview that he also had a wrist injury but don't remember the year.

DanBessette · February 16, 2015 11:51AM

Skrezyna, I'm glad you're feeling better. As a Sox fan I have tremendous respect for Donnie Baseball. I hope you'll keep updating this thread. Love your sig too!

skrezyna23 · February 16, 2015 12:29PM

Dan, thanks for the kind reply. I love Fenway but was only there once and can appreciate the storied franchise the Red Sox team is, being a White Sox fan. I have visited Boston a few times since 2010 since I now have family in the burbs. My bro-in-law's favorite FB player is also Andre Tippett.

I've been updating my avatar section since I'm relaxing in bed today. Avatar updating

Please let me know if I can help with anything, like this:

But I do like your avatar and you've had it for a while.

skrezyna23 · March 12, 2015 11:55AM

Received these over the past week. Will update them to the original cachet post (earlier in this thread) when my friend scans them for me.

GDM67 · March 12, 2015 5:04PM

<< I like my guy. Go like yours. >>

Exactly.

mattyc_collection · March 12, 2015 11:04PM

Can't say it better than Carlton Fisk. Those were magical years to watch as a young baseball fan.

skrezyna23 · March 16, 2015 8:22AM

More items picked up over the past few weeks.

(This is a photo slide. Great image)

MyDaughtersNameIsMattingly · March 16, 2015 8:42AM

Awesome Dan, I'm lovin' those autos!

skrezyna23 · March 21, 2015 11:38PM

skrezyna23 · March 25, 2015 12:42PM

Ceramic/Porcelain cards in chronological order.

1987 Sports Impressions, Yankess Tradition w/Mantle (need)

skrezyna23 · April 2, 2015 8:32AM

Meh. Not thrilled with the 6's and 7's, oh well. I cant expect too much considering Im buying them online (from abroad) and my friend is submitting. Also waiting on a 64 card submission from February.

1 1 24177332 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1991 Pepsi-Cola Superstars 11
2 1 24177333 MINT 9 1990 All American Baseball Team 11
3 1 24177334 MINT 9 1990 Score Magic Motion Trivia 36
4 1 24177335 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1990 Wonder Bread Stars 6
5 1 24177336 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1989 J.J. Nissen Super Stars 4
6 1 24177337 MINT 9 1989 K-Mart 12
7 1 24177338 MINT 9 1989 Ralston Purina Hand Cut 11
8 1 24177339 GEM MINT 10 1989 Score Yankees 1
9 1 24177340 MINT 9 1989 Score Superstars 10
10 1 24177341 NEAR MINT 7 1989 Topps American Baseball 49
11 1 24177342 MINT 9 1989 Topps Big Baseball 50
12 1 24177343 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1988 Fleer Headliners 1 d
13 1 24177344 NEAR MINT 7 1988 Fleer Record Setters 24
14 1 24177345 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1987 Burger King All-Pro 13 Perforated Card
15 1 24177346 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1987 Kraft Home Plate Heroes-Hand Cut 29
16 1 24177347 MINT 9 1987 Topps 606 Trademark on Front Card
17 1 24177348 GEM MINT 10 1987 Topps Mini League Leaders 65
18 1 24177349 MINT 9 1987 7-11 Slurpee Coin Eastern Region XII
19 1 24177350 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1986 Sportflics Jumbo Discs Jumbo Discs-Coupon Card
20 1 24177351 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1986 Star Promos
21 1 24177352 NEAR MINT 7 1985 Leaf 140 Two for the Title D.Winfield/D.Mattingly Card
22 1 24177353 MINT 9 1987 Sportflics Team Previews 7 New York Yankees
23 1 24177354 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1990 Starline 1
24 1 24177355 GEM MINT 10 1990 Starline 35
25 1 24177356 N0: AUTHENTIC 1985 Fun Food Buttons Cardboard Proof Card

skrezyna23 · April 27, 2015 12:31PM

1 1 23905326 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1994 Bowman 386 Foil Card
2 1 23905327 GEM MINT 10 1994 Collector's Choice 192 Silver Signature Card
3 1 23905328 MINT 9 1994 Donruss Samples 9
4 1 23905329 MINT 9 1994 Donruss Special Edition Gold 60
5 1 23905330 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1994 Donruss Anniversary-1984 8
6 1 23905331 MINT 9 1994 Fleer Team Leaders 10
7 1 23905332 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1994 Leaf Gamers 4
8 1 23905333 EXCELLENT 5 1994 Score Gold Stars 49
9 1 23905334 MINT 9 1994 Stadium Club Super Teams 24 New York Yankees
10 1 23905335 MINT 9 1994 Stadium Club Team Finest 7
11 1 23905336 MINT 9 1994 Upper Deck 90 Electric Diamond
12 1 23905337 MINT 9 1995 Donruss 440 Don Mattingly Checklist
13 1 23905338 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1995 Leaf .300 Club 15
14 1 23905339 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1995 Leaf Limited 55
15 1 23905340 MINT 9 1995 Leaf Cornerstones 3 D.Mattingly/W.Boggs Card
16 1 N6: MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT 1995 Pinnacle Museum Collection 21
17 1 23905342 EXCELLENT-MINT+ 6.5 1995 Score 564 Gold Rush Card
18 1 23905343 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1995 Select Big Sticks BS5
19 1 23905344 MINT 9 1995 Sportflix Pro Motion PM9
20 1 23905345 MINT 9 1995 Sportflix/UC3 20
21 1 23905346 MINT 9 1995 SP Championship SP Championship 175 Die-Cut
22 1 23905347 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1995 Stadium Club Super Skills 5 Super Skills
23 1 23905348 MINT 9 1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality 200 Virtual Reality
24 1 23905349 MINT 9 1995 Studio 3 Gold
25 1 23905350 MINT 9 1995 Upper Deck Special Edition 145
26 1 23905351 MINT 9 1996 Donruss 301
27 1 23905352 MINT 9 1996 Donruss Press Proof 301
28 1 23905353 MINT 9 1996 Donruss Hit List 15
29 1 23905354 MINT 9 1996 Fleer Team Leaders 10
30 1 23905355 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1996 Pinnacle Essence of the Game 15
31 1 23905356 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1996 Pacific Crown October Moments OM15
32 1 23905357 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1996 Pacific Crown Milestones M-2
33 1 23905358 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1996 Score Numbers Game 23 Don Mattingly Numbers Game
34 1 23905359 MINT 9 1996 Stadium Club 73 Don Mattingly Card
35 1 23905360 NEAR MINT 7 1996 Stadium Club Extreme Players Don Mattingly Silver
36 1 23905361 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1996 Topps Chrome Master of the Game MG13
37 1 23905362 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1996 Topps Masters of the Game MG13
38 1 23905363 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 Nashville Sounds Team Issue Team Photo Card
39 1 23905364 MINT 9 1994 Collector's Choice Team vs. Team Scratch-Off Don Mattingly/Roger Clemens Card
40 1 23905365 MINT 9 1995 Sportflix/UC3 Cyclone Squad CS11
41 1 23905366 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1995 Pacific Prism 97
42 1 23905367 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 Nashville Sounds Team Issue Don Mattingly
43 1 23905368 GEM MINT 10 1985 Donruss 651 Two for the Title Yellow Letters
44 1 23905369 MINT 9 1985 Topps Rub Downs K.Gibson/R.Gossage D.Mattingly/D.Stieb
45 1 23905370 MINT 9 1986 Fleer All-Stars 1
46 1 23905371 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1987 Topps 606 No Trademark on Front
47 1 23905372 MINT 9 1987 Topps Mini League Leaders 65
48 1 23905373 GEM MINT 10 1987 Sportflics Team Previews 7 New York Yankees
49 1 23905374 MINT 9 1988 Fleer Headliners 1
50 1 23905375 MINT 9 1988 Fleer Record Setters 24
51 1 23905376 GEM MINT 10 1989 Topps American Baseball 49 Don Mattingly American Baseball Card
52 1 23905377 MINT 9 1991 Topps 100 10 Hits in 1990 Card
53 1 23905378 MINT 9 1991 Leaf Preview 22
54 1 23905379 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1992 Leaf Gold Previews 22
55 1 23905380 MINT 9 1992 Mr. Turkey 16 Hand Cut
56 1 23905381 MINT 9 1992 Pro Line Portraits Team NFL 3 Team NFL
57 1 23905382 MINT 9 1993 Select Stat Leaders 14 D.Mattingly/R.Yount Stat Leaders
58 1 23905383 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1993 Fleer Fruit of the Loom 43
59 1 23905384 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1993 Upper Deck Looss Collection WI26
60 1 23905385 EXCELLENT 5 1989 Topps Batting Leaders 3
61 1 23905386 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1991 Kenner Starting Lineup
62 1 23905387 MINT 9 1988 Bazooka 11
63 1 23905388 EXCELLENT 5 1987 Jiffy Pop Discs 6
64 1 23905389 MINT 9 1989 Cadaco All-Star Baseball Discs

skrezyna23 · April 27, 2015 2:06PM

I have finally completed the Don Mattingly Basic Set. I will look to upgrade when it's convenient.

DanBessette · April 28, 2015 12:05AM

Congrats on the poppage, especially the Nashville cards and SLU card. But congrats most of all on completing the basic run, and doing so with such a nice GPA! That basic set is a lot of cards, about 3 times the one I'm working on. Well done!

skrezyna23 · May 19, 2015 2:42PM

Raw cards recently acquired
1981 Arby's (black & white)
1987 Classic Green box bottom
1988 Fleer Award Winners 23
1988 SLU
1989 Starline Promos x6
1989 Topps Doubleheaders
1990 Fleer Canadian 447, 626, 638
1990 SLU x2
1992 NewSport
1993 Fun Pack #208
1993 Metz 14

Panels recently acquired
1986 Fleer All Star strip
1986 True Value (w/Valuenzuela & Rose)
1986, 89-90 Basebcall Card Magazine
1993 Metz (Mattingly/Bonilla)

Sheets recently acquired
1986 Topps Box bottom
1987 Key Foods
1987 Our Own Tea
1987 Ralston Purina
1987 Weis Baseball Super Stars
1988 Chef Boyardee
1988 Fantastic Sam's
1988 Grenada
1989 Master Bread
1989 Sports Illustrated for Kids
1990 Fleer Box bottom
1990 Wonder Bread
1993 Hostess
1993 Investors Journal

Squares recently acquired
1985 Fun Foods
1987 Baseball Super Stars 6
1987 Jiffy Pop 6
1988 Fantastic Sam's 9
1988 King B 4
1988 Super Stars 3
1988 Tetley Tea 3
1989 Cadaco 34
1989 Master Bread 6
1989 Rainier Farms
1990 King B
1990 Super Stars
1990 Topps Coins 21
1990 Tetley Tea 14

Tickets acquired
07/23/94, 2000th hit
06/27/87, 100th HR

skrezyna23 · May 19, 2015 4:40PM

I just created a Don Mattingly Tribute and Resource group on Facebook. If interesed, feel free to join for all things Mattingly.

Don Mattingly Tribute and Resource

jackstraw · May 19, 2015 7:53PM

I wish PSA would realize that those " square proofs" are not proofs and just cut from the posters or
in the 90 Superstars or Tetley case the calendar. The oversized Jimmy Deans are the same thing just cut from the posters.
These should be graded just like the box bottoms..

skrezyna23 · May 19, 2015 8:33PM

True. I wish they would as well. I'm currently waiting on an email back from CS. I asked them if they would grade the Investor Journals. They graded Nolan Ryan's IJ's before but they are not currently in Mattingly's registry.

Jackstraw, you say the oversized Jimmy Dean's are cut from a poster. Is that the same for the 1994 Post oversized?

skrezyna23 · June 7, 2015 1:11AM

Added this to the site. Will post more tickets later.

DanBessette · June 7, 2015 1:35AM

Wow, I really love this thread! So much cool stuff!

MyDaughtersNameIsMattingly · June 7, 2015 10:36AM

Great stuff, as always Dan!

skrezyna23 · June 7, 2015 7:22PM

skrezyna23 · June 23, 2015 9:32AM

Recent acquisitions:

4 photos
3 prints
1 poster
2 bobbleheads
3 tickets (1000th run, 100th HR, 2000th hit)

DanBessette · June 24, 2015 8:55PM

Don't know how I missed this last update. Great stuff! What's the significance of the tickets?

skrezyna23 · June 24, 2015 10:58PM

This thread is easy to miss because it gets pushed to the second page quickly.

The significance of these three tickets are:

(1000th run, 100th HR, 2000th hit)

My previous post are stubs with him on them, not necessarily having a significance.

DanBessette · June 24, 2015 11:04PM

Yeah, it was the ones without his photo that I was referring to. Cool milestone tix! A couple against the sox too.

Your Mattingly collection is crazy. Because of the era when he played, he must be on a thousand cards, plus you keep picking up all these other things, like tix, porcelain and bobble heads. Nice variety and quite ambitious of you!

skrezyna23 · July 15, 2015 1:49PM

It got out of hand with the avatars and now I have this..

.. not all labeled yet.

MyDaughtersNameIsMattingly · July 16, 2015 9:58AM

Very cool Dan!

dberk12 · July 16, 2015 10:12AM

Excellent resource. Now I know where to go on the 15th if I decide to change my avi. Thanks!

skrezyna23 · July 21, 2015 11:00AM

Don Mattingly collage

This took a while in the making. When I came back to Korea from the US in January, I brought back a lot of about 250 Mattingly cards from all years and brands. I took some with me to work and cut out what I needed from the cards. I believe I cut out an 11x14 piece of dark blue construction paper and glued the cards to the paper. I used foam tape to raise some of the images to appear 3D. There are a few more small sports I need to fill. I will try to get this framed.

skrezyna23 · October 7, 2015 12:18PM

Not thrilled with the outcomes on the Rice (pack pulled and owned for years), Griffey Jr (pulled from pack in Jan), S.I. or the General Mills but Im exstatic to get 11 squares encapsulated authentic. Happy about the 9s and 10s.

DanBessette · October 7, 2015 10:48PM

There's some great stuff in that sub!

LarkinCollector · October 7, 2015 11:14PM

<< Not thrilled with the outcomes on the Rice (pack pulled and owned for years) >>

Congrats on some tough cards to get slabbed! Was the Rice stored in a screwdown holder? This can make the corners look pressed/stretched.

skrezyna23 · October 7, 2015 11:24PM

<< Congrats on some tough cards to get slabbed! Was the Rice stored in a screwdown holder? This can make the corners look pressed/stretched. >>

You may be right about the screwdown, didnt know any better back then and i think I remember it having a hairy corner.

Thanks, Dan. Took forever to get the squares slabbed.

skrezyna23 · May 10, 2017 11:09PM

Haven't posted in some time but thought I would share these. These error stickers are so rare I just wanted them slabbed.

Ironmanfan · May 11, 2017 5:26AM

very cool stickers!

IMF

divecchia · May 11, 2017 9:05AM

I love wrong front or wrong back errors.

ETA: I also love that Mattingly collage that you put together.

Donato

My Don Mattingly collection

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