Friday, March 29, 2019

COMC Shuffle #4

After a few unplanned days away from the blog (still been reading all of yours though, and commenting where I can), I'm back just in time for another COMC post. The ten cards in today's post don't seem to be quite as diverse as past weeks (IMO), but that's gonna happen from time to time, the shuffle button isn't perfect after all. But don't get me wrong, the cards that were selected are still good though, so don't go anywhere!

1961 Topps #16
I believe that I've spoken before about my semi-recent love for this Billy Muffett card, if I'm wrong, and I haven't, well, sometime last year I developed a minor obsession with this card. The "why" is still a mystery to me, but whatever the reason, it's still very much a thing, case in point...

... !!!!!!! It's a good thing that I'm counting duplicate purchases as one, otherwise dear reader's you'd be seeing these in separate posts, and I'm pretty sure that nobody but me, and maybe Mr. Muffett's relatives would want to see that.

1999-00 Ultimate Victory Ultimate Collection #17
Shawn Bradley used to be the butt of many a joke. Player's, as well as the folks who were calling the games, always made a big deal about him getting dunked on. I never understood that! He blocked a lot of shots during his career (even led the league one season). Sometimes when you attempt to block a shot, said attempt isn't successful, and you get dunked on, so what? At least he tried to block the shot! Would all of these people liked it more if he had saw someone coming down the lane, and just ducked out of the way, thereby conceiting the basket? Personally, I prefer the guy that goes for the block. Ducking out of the way is a really bad look.

1998-99 Topps Stadium Club Triumvirate - Luminescent #T16b
Not much to say about this one, other than it was cheap, and I didn't have it.

1933 Goudey #170
There doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there about Mr. McCurdy, his Wikipedia page is almost non-existent, and the SABR people seem to be dragging their heels (again), so that doesn't leave us with too many other options. I did notice that he passed away on my brother's birthday (different year though), which is mildly interesting, at least on a personal level.

Obligatory scan of the back.

2014 Panini Prizm Red, White, and Blue Prizms #105 (x2)
This my second favorite image (right behind Frank Gifford) from the 2014 Prizm set.

2014-15 Panini Prizm Blue and Green Mosaics #238 (x2)
I didn't realize until just a couple of months ago, how many people still collect Shawn Kemp, because of this, his cards carry a bit of a premium.

2018 Panini Classics Timeless Tributes Gold #134
I very much hope that Warren Moon doesn't ever stop getting new cards.

2012 Panini Black Friday Progressions - Magenta #4
Eli's coming! Or has he already came? I don't know where I'm going with this, but I swear that it wasn't supposed to sound so dirty, Three Dog Night gets me into more trouble...

2014 Panini Golden Age Historic Signatures #TDW
Wally freakin' Cleaver!!!!!!!!! This is why the Golden Age autos were, and still are, so great!

2015-16 Panini Prizm Ruby Wave Prizm #179
Look at all of that red! Is it just me, or does Dame look a lot like Russell Westbrook in this photo? That's not a compliment by the way.

That's ten cards, well, technically it was twenty one cards, but you know what I mean. These posts go by so fast. If I didn't need them for later-in-the-year card content so bad, I'd increase the number of randomized cards per post, but then July or August would roll around and I'd probably have no new cards to talk about -- so I guess I better keep it at ten per post :)


Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.

18 comments:

  1. That Goudey (what's the official pronunctiation? Goo-dee or Gow-dee - I say the 2nd.) is really great, especially since it was cheap!

    Those Golden Age are consistently awesome too.

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    1. I've never heard anyone pronounce it as Goo-dee before? That would be really weird.

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  2. I hope that when you look at your Billy Muffett cards, you sit on a tuffet.

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    1. I was sort of of expecting someone to say something along those lines at some point.

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  3. Part of the beauty of collecting is that you never know when or why a card will speak to you. Seems to be the case with you and Mr. Muffett!

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  4. I too think the Muffett is cool. Obviously can't speak for you... but for me... it's the stirrups, the angle of the photograph, and Yankeee Stadium in the background.

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    1. I know that the angle is part of the appeal, but other than that...

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  5. Fun Fact? The Goudey McCurdey card has an misspelling on the back. I wonder if they spelled Stephens Point differently back then than today's spelling of Stevens Point. It would be neat to know how some of these little things of history have been lost over the years but still documented solely on baseball cards.

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    1. That is a fun fact, and one that I would've never noticed! Considering how easy it is to document our history these days, we seem to be losing an awful lot of it... and no one seems to care :(

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  6. The DOW! Another one checked off your list! Beaver was in early syndication when I was five or six. I had such a little girl crush on him and those eyes. Nice Goudey too but I'm afraid basketball is all dribble to me. I'm a lover of history, American and pop culture. Younger generations I feel, lack the appreciation for history, and its relevance to their future.

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    1. It's always fun to hear about the crushes that people had when they were young. This past Valentine's Day I thought about doing a top ten list of my earliest celebrity/character crushes (in order), but ultimately decided against it... maybe next year. And I don't think that most people under 30 have any interest in history, the mainstream media has done a pretty good job of making sure that they remain in their uninformed present.

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  7. This has been posted and I'm 2 days late to the party. Missed out on the chance to crack a Muffet joke so........Wally freakin' Cleaver!!!!!!!!!........ Did you see the episode where June speaks and says "Ward, lately you've been a little hard on the Beaver"?

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    1. You were probably just too busy on the Twitter again! And no, I haven't seen that episode, but I have heard many people reference it over the years.

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  8. Very nice pickups from COMC! Love the reference to Three Dog Night!

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