postcards (mostly) from the steve garvey oddball binder

i'm still working my way through the steve garvey oddball binder, although we are getting close to finishing up.  then, it will be on to the card binders.  i've got a few postcard type things lined up for this post, as well as some other, well, oddballs.

this page includes two actual postcards - starting at the top left, there is a 1971 dodgers postcard (sometimes referred to as a 'dexter' postcard), a 1972 jd mccarthy postcard, a 1975 mengler baseball's best 'card', and a 1975 sspc puzzle back

i wrote a little bit about the mengler card here, which is to say i provided a link to a different source.

here are the backs, although they are reversed.  that's the back of the jd mccarthy card in the upper left.  the puzzle back piece is of nolan ryan's torso.

this next sheet is chock full of actual postcards, all issued by the dodgers.  based on what i've been able to find on the internet, i believe they are (starting in the upper left) 1975, 1981, 1977, and 1976 issues.

here are the backs.  again, they are reversed because i just flipped the sheet to scan it, and i didn't rearrange the backs to line up

i've got  a whole mess of other dodger postcards that i should post for posterity.  i'll work on that.

in the meantime, here's another sheet from the binder.  this one includes a 1987 jiffy pop disc, a 1987 m&m's star lineup uncut panel with fernando valenzuela, a 1979 metallic creations card, and a 1979 baseball patches patch of the garv

and the backs

the metallic creations card is sometimes referred to as a 'signature miniature'.

time for one more page.  this one features a really cool 2003 donruss card that was only available when you subscribed to the dodgers' magazine and a manufactured patch/auto card issued by upper deck as part of the 2002 world series heroes set

upper deck identified it as a 'souvenir' patch card, and it was one of the first manufactured patches i remember seeing.  i recall being confused as to why they didn't just use the actual 1981 world series logo, although i did appreciate them recognizing the dodgers as the world champs.  here are the backs, with the authentication of the upper deck card and all the info you could want about the garv courtesy of donruss

in fact, here's a better look at the back of that card

i was so pleased to have found out about this card when it was being offered that i even let my fellow garvey collector/ebay nemesis mrmopar know about it.  it's one of my favorite oddballs for sure.

oversized and indeterminate

i recently picked up a steve garvey oddball that i had been avoiding.  it's a jd mccarthy postcard from the 1970's.  

it's oversized, as a postcard should be, but what makes it more frustrating is that no one seems to know what year it was issued. as mrmopar pointed out, unless you get these things when they are first issued, good luck figuring out the year. i have vacillated between whether or not to collect non-standard sized garvey issues like this one for years.  i finally pulled the trigger on this one because the price was right - $4.99 shipped - and it came with four other cards, a couple of which i actually 'needed'.

from the flat black and white, we go to shiny refracting color and this 2000 topps finest shawn green oversized gems card

this is a blown-up version of a short printed regular sized card in the 2000 finest set (still need that one, by the way).  in between those two extremes of the lot were a 1984 dodgers police steve yeager card

 and a 1985 donruss all-stars fernando valenzuela card

now i just need the pedro guerrero card from this set

the last card that came in the lot was this 1983 donruss action all-stars fernando

which was complete with a signature of indeterminate origin.  at least i know that the card is from 1983, though.