When I was a kid I would get overly excited about cards Adding Score Dream Team cards or a Pirates Denny's card was cause for celebration. Bragging, Showing off and fighting with my brother were all common reactions throughout my youth.
As an adult I've become much more subdued. I still get plenty of enjoyment out of cards, but I'm not one of these guys that have insane reactions over getting a "sick hit" that causes them to lose their mind. I still get tunnel vision when I see a card I want , but my excitement is more of a sense of accomplishment that manifests itself into a blog post.
One reaction that I rarely have with cards is laughter.
Julie to the rescue.
I mean come on....This is perfection. Alphie Perdue!!!!! I love the black and white look too. Makes it look like it is a card from the early 1900's. Doesn't old Alphie look like the love child of John Candelaria.
It is the minor leagues so you better be good at multitasking. Alphie was the Bat Boy and Clubhouse Boy!
Holy crap that is a great card. Maybe I should rename my blog after Alphie Perdue for a month to fully celebrate this.
Some more comedy to come....but here are a few "regular cards."
Nothing too special about the Honus cards design wise, but I love the checklists. Topps only focuses on Gerrit Cole (tear), Marte and Polanco. I crave variety!
Not everyday I get a 54 in a trade. Pretty nice condition too!
I shit you not this guys name is Wink Cole. Thank you Carolina League. I bet Randy Brandt has used the phrase "mustache ride."
Troy Polamalu is a favorite of mine. Talk about an exciting guy to watch. His cards are actually pretty expensive so getting them in trades is a nice bonus!
Parallel and base rookies from Gold Label.
Tekulve cards are so cool it really doesn't matter what team he is on.
Ugh, Cutch (tear).
Julie has long been my main source of high end base. Over the last couple of years she has loaded me up with Buccos from sets I would never open like Triple Threads, Five Star etc. High end base is underrated trade bait!
Thanks for giving me laugh with old Alphie and Wink (sounds like a bad radio morning show). I'll hit you back soon Julie.
Thanks for reading!
Love the early TCMA Minors-I randomly bought a lot of them and they crack me up every time i see them
ReplyDeleteThey are awesome. You could seriously have a whole blog devoted to researching each one.
DeleteTukulve was at his prime (fashion wise) with the Pirate's uniforms!
ReplyDeleteTekulve is a cardboard God.
DeleteGreat lot of cards from Julie. Looks like there are a couple Alphie Perdue's on Facebook. That'd be a fun card to get signed!
ReplyDeleteWell now that I'm an Alphie Perdue super collector I should seek him out.
DeleteYou cannot beat TCMA minor league cards from the '70s. You. Absolutely. Can. Not. ... They will all be mine one day.
ReplyDeleteGetting them all would be quite the accomplishment.
DeleteI get what you're saying about being subdued. I've noticed a few times that a card I bought arrives in a bubble mailer, I open it, look at it for a second, and that's that. I don't love that and need to be better about appreciating new pickups...but then again, none are as cool as Alphie Perdue.
ReplyDeleteThat was definitely the way I was before I started blogging. While I'm not fist pumping when I get a new Andy Van Slkye card, I at least take my time to look at it now.
DeleteGotta wonder what Alphie is up to these days. That card is forty years old, so he's probably in his late 50's or early 60's and starting to prepare for retirement. Damn... time sure flies by.
ReplyDeleteI like to think Alphie has some really good stories to tell.
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