Happy New Year. January pickups.

[B O'Brien]

I got three odds and ends cards for the little random stack/trading pile.

This I’ve never owned a E103, damn they have some thin paper stock!

I keep telling myself I need to focus on the last back I need for the backs line and last two HOFer cards I need for the T206 sets, but super fun to add a couple random cards to keep the juices flowing.

Happy Saturday,
Bob

[gregndodgers]

My first Walter Johnson card! I’m ecstatic!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

My first Walter Johnson card! I’m ecstatic!

I always liked the look of that E121 Walter Johnson. I think it is a nice snap shot of the follow through on his pitching motion (looks like a warm-up toss). Congrats.

Brian

[gregndodgers]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I always liked the look of that E121 Walter Johnson. I think it is a nice snap shot of the follow through on his pitching motion (looks like a warm-up toss). Congrats.

Brian

I agree, Thanks Brian. Those Caramels are sweet!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by B O'Brien

I got three odds and ends cards for the little random stack/trading pile.

This I’ve never owned a E103, damn they have some thin paper stock!

I keep telling myself I need to focus on the last back I need for the backs line and last two HOFer cards I need for the T206 sets, but super fun to add a couple random cards to keep the juices flowing.

Happy Saturday,
Bob

You never know, sometimes random stack cards become cards from sets you are focusing on. Nice cards, and I like the E103, and especially like the E95 Willis. I hear Willis has 24 potential playmates living on the same block of Philadelphia Caramel Blvd.

Brian

[B O'Brien]

Brian,
Very true! I’m not really a set guy, but E95 will probably be the one that I do commit to building down the road. There are some great looking cards in the set and my aversion to buying commons (except Chase and Merkle) won’t be too bad since it’s only a 25 card set!

Thanks, as always,
Bob

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by B O'Brien

Brian,
Very true! I’m not really a set guy, but E95 will probably be the one that I do commit to building down the road. There are some great looking cards in the set and my aversion to buying commons (except Chase and Merkle) won’t be too bad since it’s only a 25 card set!

Thanks, as always,
Bob

It is indeed an outstanding set, and besides the nine other Hall of Fame players included, there are cards of Merkle and Eddie Cicotte, some players that had outstanding careers (Larry Doyle, Tommy Leach, Ed Reulbach), and even an eventual manager of the Red Sox, Bill Carrigan, who was the first manager of, and won two World Series in 1915 and 1916, with budding superstar Babe Ruth on the mound. So in my mind only 9 of the 25 are schlubs or semi-schlubs that you will need to pick up.

Brian

[hammertime]

Crossed another one off the E98 list.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Crossed another one off the E98 list.

Andy, that is a great orange Chase! I wish I had that one in my set. Congrats on the pick up.



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[B O'Brien]

I’m really hoping I didn’t accidentally turn into a type card collector, before finishing any of my T206 goals! I’ve got to get back to the monster weeds before I end up deciding to put $ towards the random raw stack.

E102 Crawford, no creases, wrinkles or paper loss, so pretty happy with this one.

Love a Sunday mail truck!
Bob