BLOG BAT AROUND: red cards for Red Schoendienst

Last week, Collecting Cutch started a Blog Bat Around to honor the recent passing of Red Schoendienst. The idea is pretty simple, just find ten of your favorite "red" cards, and then show 'em off.

I have never participated in one of these before, mostly because they usually seem like they're going to require a lot more effort than I'm willing put forth. This one however seemed like it wasn't going to be just too easy/fun to pass up, so without further ado, here's ten of my favorite "red" cards... seven of which have never been shown here on the blog before:


2012 Panini Cooperstown Signatures Red Schoendienst

This one seemed like a fairly obvious choice.


1949 Bowman Willie Jones RC

This Bat Around gives me a good excuse to show my only card of Puddin' Head again.


1974-75 Topps Bill Walton RC

I'd be remiss if I didn't include the Big Redhead.


1960 Fleer Ted Williams

Teddy Ballgame thinks that this was a "splendid" idea for a Bat Around :)


1955 Bowman Bob St. Clair RC

Had to get at least one football card in to this post.


2008 Topps Chrome Ichiro Trading Card History Refractor

I don't have a ton of Ichiro cards, but this by far my favorite of what I do have.


1952 Topps Look N' See Amelia Earhart

Another redhead... who just also happens to be the most famous person in this post.


1999-00 Skybox E-X  E-Xceptional Tim Duncan

One of my favorite insert sets from the 90's, featuring one of my favorite players as well.


1951 Topps Ringside Max Baer

Bad scan aside, this is a pretty cool card. It's also my only card from the set.


2013 Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures Stan Lee

Saving the best for last? I bought the expired redemption for this card in January of last year for around half the price that the actual card was selling for at that time, and three months later I had this card in hand. People can say what they want about Panini, but there's denying the fact that their the most honorable when it comes to redemptions... especially those of the expired variety. I really love this card, and consider to be one of my better purchases since returning to the hobby.

Thanks to Collecting Cutch for starting the Bat Around, as I had a lot of fun putting this one together. The best part was that it only took me about 15 minutes to find all the cards. I've only seen one other "red" post as of this writing, so hopefully a few more of you will be jumping on board, as I'd really like to see what everyone else can come up with.


Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.