Mega Collection 775-783

 Mega Collection 775-783

Observations:

• An average page, nothing too fancy as we head towards the end
• Favorite player on the page:  Tony Gwynn
• Favorite card on the page:  1993 Upper Deck Ryan Bowen
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1989 Topps Greg Briley

Mega Collection 766-774

 Mega Collection 766-774

Observations:

• I apparently had a lot of 1988 & 1989 Topps cards; they seem to be a huge presence, especially now that we've hit the 700's
• Favorite player on the page: Lou Whitaker
• Favorite card on the page:  1985 Topps Darrell Brown
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1989 Topps Ron Oester (lots of 1989 Topps getting the potential boot lately)

My first card from Twitter

I follow Daniel (It's like having my own card shop) on Twitter.  He posted a for sale on Twitter, this beautiful Salvador Perez card.  I haven't been able to find any Topps Fire to buy, so this is my first 2020 Topps Fire card!  He was kind enough to not even charge me, so I returned the favor by researching his want lists and sent some cards his way!

TCDB trade with abide2

 Another awesome trade...in fact, sad to report, my last trade (probably) for 2020.  I have to shut it all down because we are moving!  It is exciting and will be a lot of work, but I hope that we find a house where I can have a hobby room of my dreams!  

Mega Collection 757-765

 Mega Collection 757-765

Observations:

• I loved those ProCards!
• Favorite player on the page:  Andre Dawson
• Favorite card on the page:  1989 Topps Robin Ventura
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1989 Topps Bobby Thigpen

TCDB trade with 2822ams

 New trade partner, and an awesome trade with 2822ams.  I got several big "needs" checked off the list!

Player collections

Set needs (HUGE needs!)

Royals mega collection

Jose Tabata

 This was a nice quick return from Jose Tabata.  I always thought he had awesome cards!

Jose Tabata
Signed 2/2
Sent c/o Home address
22 days

Mega Collection 748-756

 Mega Collection 748-756

Observations:

• Love the old Pirates uniforms, and the Spring Training uni's on Ozzie and Mo
• Favorite player on the page:  Ozzie Smith
• Favorite card on the page:  1987 Topps Ozzie Smith
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1989 Topps Bob Brower (man 1989, again!)

Ryan Weathers

 I was just in the process of writing this one off, but a nice return from Ryan Weathers.  He spent most of the year at the Padres alternate training site, but did get into 1 game with the big league team this year.

Ryan Weathers
Signed 1/1
Sent c/o Fort Wayne Tin Caps
428 days

Mega Collection 739-747

 Mega Collection 739-747

Observations:

• I prefer the Draft Pick cards in their HS or College uniforms
• Favorite player on the page:  Mike Harkey
• Favorite card on the page:  1993 Topps Mike Devereaux
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1992 Topps Willie Banks

Mega Collection 730-738

 Mega Collection 730-738

Observations:

• I would rather have players who changed teams look like the Ken Dayley card versus a bad photoshop attempt
• Favorite player on the page:  Jack Morris
• Favorite card on the page:  1991 Upper Deck Jack Morris
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1992 Topps Anthony Young

Mega Collection 721-729

 Mega Collection 721-729

Observations:

• Another page of a nice mixture of cards
• Favorite player on the page:  Terry Steinbach
• Favorite card on the page:  1989 Topps Terry Steinbach
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1989 Topps Dickie Thon

FINALLY! I FOUND SOME CARDS!

I was at Target picking up a few quick things, and I decided to look at the card section, even though regardless of where I go every week, it is bare bones...literally nothing.  Well, there were a few Allen & Ginter boxes sitting there, almost hidden, and I grabbed one.  Even though I wasn't really excited about A&G this year, opening that box made me change my mind.  I wish I would have grabbed two now.  

First Card

Pack 1

Pack 2

Pack 3

Pack 4

Pack 5

Pack 6

Pack 7

Pack 8

Inserts - There are some of these sets I really love; others...bleh

I love all of these!  Especially the Field Generals.  I want to collect that as an Insert set to put in my catcher binder...hope I can do it!

I think this set is cool, too.  I saw someone on the internet had the whole set and it glows in the dark!  Might try to collect this one, too.

Token Cubs card

Biggest hit of the box

Mega Collection 712-720

 Mega Collection 712-720

Observations:

• So many cards here...I don't know where to start
• Favorite player on the page:  Kirby Puckett
• Favorite card on the page:  1989 Topps Ty Griffin
• Card most likely to get bumped:   1992 Topps Steve Cooke

A few quick TTMs

These might be the last TTM requests I sent out for the year.  We are prepping to move at the end of the year, and I don't want to send any out, and possibly miss getting them back.  These were two suggestions from Sports Card Forum contributors.  I had a hard time picking out cards to send; I always like to pick out cards that signatures will look good on, as well as any cards that might be memorable!

Gary Lucas

Signed 3/2 (sent minor league coaching card back signed, as well)

Sent c/o Home address

11 days

Wilson Alvarez

Signed 2/2

Sent c/o Home address

8 days

TCDB trade with brianscards

 Another awesome trade!  I was able to knock out 1 fairly hard to come by card on my set list!

Player collections

Set need

TCDB trade with frankgifford

 Oh my...quite a few set needs via an awesome trade with frankgifford.

2017 Topps Salute set

Texas A&M baseball alumni

Iowan in the MLB

Royals mega collection

Player collections