February Pickups

[KingFisk]

Nettles is one of the guys that just doesn't get talked about enough... surprising for a Yankee..

[MattyC]

I am really pumped over this one. The centering and the absence of damage on the red corner really please my eye. Have two now but no problem hoarding centered Micks!

[jerrys]

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[bobc88]

A nice '63 Fleer and '71 Topps semi-high # just in.

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[brewing]

This was the last card I needed to have every basic Topps issue of HoF'ers with rookie cards from 1952 forward.


Considering the scarcity vs Topps, this card is a bargain.


An upgrade of the first card I bought when jumping back into collecting in 2011.

[tonyo]

this one arrived friday.

By far the most I've spent on one card. As I wrote in another thread, I'm still trying to come to grips with that, but I'm very happy to have it! This is the jpeg from the listing. The card in hand is just as bright and colorful as the scan shows.

[brewing]

Nice one Tony. I was eyeballing that one. I'm finding it hard to put aside money for that card when there is so much other stuff I want.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by tonyo

this one arrived friday.

By far the most I've spent on one card. As I wrote in another thread, I'm still trying to come to grips with that, but I'm very happy to have it! This is the jpeg from the listing. The card in hand is just as bright and colorful as the scan shows.

Congratulations!! Wow!! So many of us can only dream of such an addition!

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by KingFisk

Nettles is one of the guys that just doesn't get talked about enough... surprising for a Yankee..

Agree on Nettles. He is another guys who's hopes of Cooperstown were shattered by people buying into the steroid era. If only that career BA were .260 rather than .248...........

[Hammerin'Hank]

Steve Garvey RC.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Steve Garvey RC.

Just like Nettles, another guy who didn't make the Hall (yet) but was a mainstay on all-star teams and in the post-season. Your card is terrific. There is so little discoloration of the border that it practically disappears into the holder.

And also the hardest third of the answer to the trivia question: Which three Los Angeles Dodger personalities played a sport other than baseball for Michigan State?

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Just like Nettles, another guy who didn't make the Hall (yet) but was a mainstay on all-star teams and in the post-season.

10 Allstars
4 Gold Gloves
1 MVP
1 runner up to MVP
1 NLCS MVP
Played 7 seasons in a row without missing a game.
4 NL Pennants
1 World Series
2,599 hits
.294 Lifetime BA
1308 RBIs

Before the steroid era this was the resume of a HOF player.

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

10 Allstars
4 Gold Gloves
1 MVP
1 runner up to MVP
1 NLCS MVP
Played 7 seasons in a row without missing a game.
4 NL Pennants
1 World Series
2,599 hits
.294 Lifetime BA
1308 RBIs

Before the steroid era this was the resume of a HOF player.

Nice Garvey...I actually just got one last week too. I spent a few years in San Diego as a kid and it was awesome going to see the 84 Padres with Garvey, Nettles and Gossage...it was like seeing legends from eons earlier (i.e., before I was born) walking the earth as a 9 year old...those guys mean a ton to me.

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

Agree on Nettles. He is another guys who's hopes of Cooperstown were shattered by people buying into the HR era. If only that career BA were .260 rather than .248...........

Anything Nettles did with the bat (like lead the league in HRs) was pure bonus. Like Ozzie Smith and Brooks Robinson, the glove was enough. Quite a talent to turn doubles into outs.

[Hammerin'Hank]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Anything Nettles did with the bat (like lead the league in HRs) was pure bonus. Like Ozzie Smith and Brooks Robinson, the glove was enough. Quite a talent to turn doubles into outs.

Excellent point.