General All Purpose Baseball Card Thread

[batmagadanleadoff]

How bad might the Mets pitching staff be this season? Topps ain't sayin', but Dickey and Johan are the only Mets starters to get their own 2012 Heritage cards.*







*And Schwinden. Rookie card craze and all.

[Methead]

Apparently Dmitri Young amassed a very valuable collection of baseball cards during his playing days, and now he's selling all of them to start a foundation. Some pretty amazing cards in there, although I'm not sure how a few hundred cards ends up costing you $5 million.

Article - http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/05/12/dmitri-young-had-5-million-baseball-card-collection-is-selling-it-for-charity/

Catalog - http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/95f8b978#/95f8b978/1

[Ceetar]

Keith was talking last night about a baseball card he had of Mickey Mantle that had the the trajectory of his home run that nearly left Yankee Stadium.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar wrote: Keith was talking last night about a baseball card he had of Mickey Mantle that had the the trajectory of his home run that nearly left Yankee Stadium.

[Frayed Knot]

Isn't that the one he hit in Washington? The one which almost certainly did not go 565 feet.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: Isn't that the one he hit in Washington? The one which almost certainly did not go 565 feet.

Yes.

[seawolf17]

Topps sure has some sense of humor with their collation. Grabbed one pack of 2012 Topps Archives at lunch:

http://twitpic.com/9xy7ob



(The other five: Andrew McCutchen, Carl Crawford, Jay Bruce, Ken Singleton, and Jarrod Parker.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Topps 2013 set unveiled -- (not new news)



http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/08/first-look-2013-topps-baseball-cards/

[batmagadanleadoff]

Topps 2013 set unveiled -- (not new news) http://www.beckett.com/news/2012/08/first-look-2013-topps-baseball-cards/

2013 Topps Heritage ('64 style) preview

[seawolf17]

Bought two Update packs on the way in to the office this morning. Among the cards: Harper, Chipper, Jeter, Stanton... and Manny Acosta.

UP YOURS, TOPPS.

[seawolf17]

Nice of Topps, btw, to include Greenberg in the set for next year.

[seawolf17]

2013 Topps checklist is out (cards should hit in the next week or two), and... dammit, Topps. Jason Bay? Really? Fuckin' hell.

21 Lucas Duda - Mets
43 R.A. Dickey - Mets
60 Jon Rauch - Mets
81 Kershaw - Cueto - R.A. Dickey
89 Johan Santana - Mets
109 Kirk Nieuwenhuis - Mets
129 Ike Davis - Mets
139 Bobby Parnell - Mets
144 Jason Bay - Mets
156 Dillon Gee - Mets
250 Jonathon Niese - Mets
271 Jeurys Familia - Mets
300 Daniel Murphy - Mets
312 Scott Hairston - Mets

1972-style minis among the inserts this year, but Dickey is the only Met listed on the checklist for Series 1.

[Ceetar]

Is the numbers intentional to match the uniform?

[seawolf17]

Topps does a lot of that, yes. Cap'n Intangibles is card 2, Trout is 27, Felix is 34. Full list: http://sportscardradio.com/index.php/product-previews-a-reviews/1387-2013-topps-series-1-baseball-checklist

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Topps does a lot of that, yes. Cap'n Intangibles is card 2, Trout is 27, Felix is 34. Full list: http://sportscardradio.com/index.php/product-previews-a-reviews/1387-2013-topps-series-1-baseball-checklist

ahh. is Topps bullish on Duda or something?

Why is Mickey Mantle special to have his number retired?

[seawolf17]

They did it several years ago (2006ish). He actually still has cards in the set, #7. Don't know why there's no card listed there this year.

[ashie62]

seawolf17 wrote: Topps does a lot of that, yes. Cap'n Intangibles is card 2, Trout is 27, Felix is 34. Full list: http://sportscardradio.com/index.php/product-previews-a-reviews/1387-2013-topps-series-1-baseball-checklist

If they could there would a Trout base card..A league leaders card, a season highlight card. In the update..an all star card, another base card and an All star relic.

Kill it with quantity....

[seawolf17]

So true. The 2013s should be out this week some time. Target/Walmart early in the week, then at your local hobby shop by Friday.

[ashie62]

seawolf17 wrote: So true. The 2013s should be out this week some time. Target/Walmart early in the week, then at your local hobby shop by Friday.

Presells are shipping Friday retail...Hobby boxes look like $89.95

The Whale is a Ruth cut signature bat jersey swatch..probably 25 made at most

[ashie62]

New to Ashie

Travis 'Arnaud 2011 Bowman Platinum Prospects BPP7

[ashie62]

Somehow he reminds me of Loduca..

[seawolf17]

Swung through Target yesterday to grab a few packs. Metly content: Scott Hairston in the first pack, Jason Bay and Bobby Parnell in the second, along with a Niese insert.

Found this gem on the back of Starlin Castro's mini-1972-style card:



Tsk, tsk, Topps.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Some of Dickey's last Met cards

Topps 2013 base


Topps Calling Card


Topps Mini Insert


Topps Chasing History


Wins Leaders


ERA leaders

[Ceetar]

I'll grab a pack at Target today since i'll be in the area.

[ashie62]

#1 pick Cecchini 2012 Bowman Draft Chrome Refractor Rookie

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I love the 1972 design -- but I like the Schaefer versions produced by our acclaimed 'Pooler because he knows that action photos in the 1972 set were reserved for "in action" cards!

[seawolf17]

I hate our local hobby shop. I think they're a bunch of d-bags. But they're literally the only game in town, so I don't have much by way of choice.

That said, I have remarkable luck there. I've bought only three packs there in the past year or so, and yet I've pulled three autographed cards: a Madison Bumgarner out of 2012 Topps S2, an Addison Russell (A's draft pick) out of 2012 Bowman Draft, and then yesterday, Dodgers infielder Dee Gordon out of 2013 Topps S1. Go figure.

[ashie62]

At least your hobby store doesn't "feel up the packs."

[MFS62]

Revisionist history can be a force for good:


http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/14/Pete-Rose-erased-from-Topps-baseball-cards/1931360845473/

Farg you, Pete!

Later

[Edgy MD]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Topps Mini Insert

This isn't one of Ben Grimm's cards?