Post 360

I spent the past week compiling a checklist for my All-Time teams Frankenset. It has been completed, updated, and posted to the pages tab. You can click here for the list. 

Here are some of the newest candidates for the Frankenset, courtesy of 7th Inning Stretch. I call this "Wave One." (Wave two is a trade with TCDB user Randylaw; wave three is my order from baseballcardstore.ca.)

New York aces Tom Seaver and Whitey Ford were among the few cards in this order that cost more than fifty cents. This 2003 Topps Retired Seaver single was $0.64 while the Whitey Ford from 2005 set me back just $0.97 - not bad for a Gold Parallel #d/500.

I had exactly one Don Drysdale card in my collection - and it's graded - so why not add one where he's sporting a Brooklyn cap? 1991 Topps Archives '53 won't help my cause as much as I had expected, though this single enables me to cross Clem Labine off my list. All-Time Fan Favorites singles will be scattered all over the Frankenset and Pristine is a personal favorite. This pair of Ron Cey cards gives me an idea... 

Would anyone be interested in a Frankenset Sunday feature where I post multiple cards of one player and you can vote for which one to include in the Frankenset binder? It would be almost exactly like Nick's Dime Box bracket.

Here are some sets you'll see in the binder pages - Pacific Legends, Conlon Collection (including a colorized Red Faber that I found for 50 cents) and SP Legendary Cuts. Hank Greenberg was completely absent from my collection before this order.
 

I've now got two Greenberg cards, and a third one on the way. The 1964 Topps Jim Landis is the oldest card in this order by far and one of the most expensive at $0.84.

As you can see, Quiz is a Tiffany parallel and Landis has had his back scratched.

I went a little crazy on 2004 UD Timeless Teams singles. Bill Russell and Ray Knight aren't even part of this project but I tossed them in the cart anyhow.

This trio of O's will help. I also picked up a 1963 Topps Oriole on COMC but who knows when I'll be able to have it shipped to me.

Some Red Sox for my Boston binder. The '84 Allenson is another Tiffany single. 

I really like these 1999 Fleer/SI Greats of the Game cards. 2000 Fleer Greats was more "high-end" because of the autographs (which I love) but the base cards are bland compared to these.

Here are the three Billy Williams cards I bought - which somehow earned me a free rookie card of the Cubs legend. Williams was another HOFer that wasn't in my collection. My next project will be to make a list of the top five baseball greats I'm still missing.

If I'm going to add cards of every all-time great I'll need to rely on reprints such as these. My aunt told me about Monty Stratton when I was a kid and I completely forgot about him until seeing this card. The Babe Ruth Dodgers card ($2.61) and the Addie Joss Turkey Red at the top left ($2) were the only cards in this order that cost more than a dollar.

The rest of the baseball legends including my first ungraded George Sisler single and the return of a Billy Herman card that was in my collection many years ago. 

Not all of the cards from 7th Inning Stretch were for my All-Time Teams project. This Pete Bauer was somehow missing from the 2003 Ravens team set I bought at the ballpark. Gary Sanchez brings my 2018 Stadium Club set build down to 21 needs. (A John Smoltz single is supposedly headed my way..)

When I got back into collecting basketball cards the late '80s Fleer sets appealed to me more than ever. I'm dreading any attempt at completing 1988-89 or 1989-90 (thanks, MJ) but I'm still picking up cheap singles when I can.

You'll see more of these when Wave Two hits. Also, how is Tom Chambers not a Hall of Famer? I nearly wrote a blog post about his Springfield-worthy career. Maybe someday.

We often discuss which players will or should be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. I'd like to hear from basketball (or football or hockey) fans who likely know more than I would about Hall-worthy players. Do you think Tom Chambers belongs in the Hall? How about Chris Webber? Tim Hardaway? Who else is missing?

For the football and hockey fans - are there players who you feel have waited far too long for the call to Canton or Toronto? Let me know in comments.

Thanks for reading!


 
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