In my last post I casually mentioned my new 'TV setup'. About a month ago I made to move to 'cutting the cord' as it's called. I'm not completely there yet since I still have a minimal cable account for reasons too convoluted to go into here. But I do most of my viewing thru my Amazon FireTV Box using the Sony Playstation Vue app, the Netflix app and a bunch of others.
Bottom line is I'm paying about $60 less a month than I was with our top shelf AT&T Uverse plan. And I actually have many more viewing options. I'm not really planning to spend the savings on hobby stuff but that would be fun!
I did take some extra cash to last weekend's hotel card show but the plan was to spend it on a bulk lot of 1958 Topps cards should I come across one. I'm about 90% sure that the '58 set will be my next project. I bought a handful but there were no bargain lots around so that project will wait a bit.
I rummaged through the cheap card boxes and came up with a few that were calling my name. The Frank Robinson at the top of the post is from TCMA's 1986 All Time Orioles set of 12. I love Frank Robinson cards, I love oddballs and TCMA stuff in particular. I wasn't familiar with these but I've since found the set for sale on eBay very cheap so I might need to pick it up. I've also come across a color version of at least one (Jim Palmer). I don't know the story on all that and I'm not really interested.
Here is the reverse of the Robinson card. BTW...I saw references to the set with blue back printing being a reprint set. A reprint of a TCMA set? I'm not even sure Larry Fritsch would try to pull that one off.
A few other random things I brought home.
1981 Topps Bob Griese. Did he steal those cheaters from Michael Caine?
I forgot to scan the back but it mentions that Griese coaches his kids' youth team. I guess that would be Brian Griese.
Next is a card of one of my UH friends, Otis Birdsong. That's an '86/'87 Fleer which was a cool and colorful set. Always nice to add a card of a Houston star. Particularly Bird who is such a great guy.
Had that been Campy in a Dodgers uni I might not have grabbed it but you don't see many cards with him during his days in Baltimore. That's the old Orioles Park in the picture.
And I grabbed a nice copy of Topps' 1966 Jim Bouton card. I'm not even sure why I did. I don't particularly collect Bouton but I have enjoyed his books, saw him pitch numerous times as a kid and even played Little League against his young cousins in New Jersey.
Sure, he's a Yankee but most Yankee traditionalists hated him. Even the dealer I bought it from, a Yankee fan himself, had a smart remark about this card. LOL.
I'll post the '58s next time so everyone can tee off on them (and me for collecting them).
I've got a small Bouton collection myself, just because I enjoyed Ball Four so much... But I can see how Yankee fans wouldn't look on him fondly.
ReplyDeleteNo grief from me on the 1958 set; it's one of my favorite 1950's sets even though colored background sets are normally not my thing. I'll get burned at the stake for saying this, but it's a way better set than 1952 Topps.