October Pickups

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Nice, what 5 do you need?

3 biggies in Mathews, Wilhelm and Campy and the other 2 in Bob Cain and Bob Schultz, Ben.

Cain and Schultz are still doable someday but I'm unsure if those other 3 ever will be as all 3 command big money as you know.

[skelly423]

I've been after this one for a while. Nice to finally find the right example for my collection.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

3 biggies in Mathews, Wilhelm and Campy and the other 2 in Bob Cain and Bob Schultz, Ben.

Cain and Schultz are still doable someday but I'm unsure if those other 3 ever will be as all 3 command big money as you know.

I miss my Eddie, it's one of the few cards I miss after trading. Best of luck finding some lower grade nice eye appeal cards.

[GregZakwin]

[Eric72]

Picked this up from eBay last week. I'm putting together a run of Steve Carlton cards from 1965 - 1980. At this point, I'm still hunting for '68, '69, and '72 Cardinals.

[111gecko]

Pretty fired up about this one. 1,100+ Zeenuts from original family in California. 25 still have the coupons. Condition all over the board but still a nice find.

[irv]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Congrats Dale, card checks another box on your list...good luck on the last 5!

Originally Posted by bnorth

I miss my Eddie, it's one of the few cards I miss after trading. Best of luck finding some lower grade nice eye appeal cards.

Thanks guys!

[irv]

Originally Posted by 111gecko

Pretty fired up about this one. 1,100+ Zeenuts from original family in California. 25 still have the coupons. Condition all over the board but still a nice find.

I guess so!

Congrats.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by 111gecko

Pretty fired up about this one. 1,100+ Zeenuts from original family in California. 25 still have the coupons. Condition all over the board but still a nice find.

Holy cow Gary, nice find.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Those Zeenuts are awesome!

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by 111gecko

Pretty fired up about this one. 1,100+ Zeenuts from original family in California. 25 still have the coupons. Condition all over the board but still a nice find.

Great collection! How did a good ol' boy from North Carolina find an original Zeenut collection in California?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Picked this up from eBay last week. I'm putting together a run of Steve Carlton cards from 1965 - 1980. At this point, I'm still hunting for '68, '69, and '72 Cardinals.

Very nice. Carlton is a ridiculously underrated pitcher in his time if you look at his accomplishments.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

Very nice. Carlton is a ridiculously underrated pitcher in his time if you look at his accomplishments.

Agreed. Pitchers are generally second fiddle in the hobby. Chicks dig the long ball.

Even among pitchers, Lefty gets overlooked. His decade-plus media silence kept him largely out of the spotlight. As difficult as it for some people to imagine, Steve Carlton flatly refused to give interviews. This likely diminished his popularity outside of Philadelphia. Lucky for me, I grew up in Philly during Carlton's time there.

Candidly, I don't want people to look at his accomplishments more closely...at least, not until after I've finished this little run.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Eric72

As difficult as it for some people to imagine, Steve Carlton flatly refused to give interviews.

Yeah at some point in 1973, after his amazing '72 unanimous Cy Young season - he got pissed at the media and just decided to flat quit talking to them. Imagine how much more popular he would have been had the press been in his court for most of his career?