two more pages from the steve garvey oddball binder

i have three versions of the 1979 topps comics steve garvey issue in my garvey oddball binder (here is a handy link to all garvey binder posts, by the way).  here are two of the three, along with a couple other oddballs.

so that would be a uncut garvey panel in the top left and the actual pack-pulled issue on the top right.  filling out this particular page in the binder is a 1981 msa blank-back disc and a 1981 topps scratch off panel featuring two of garvey's three fellow infielders, ron cey and davey lopes.

nothing exciting to see on the backs of those items, except for perhaps the scratch off

ninety cents and a wrapper for a ball-strike indicator.  such a deal.

this next page gets us into some oddball meat.  have a look at some garvey goodness, only slightly spoiled by one very visible padre item

what we have here is a 1981 all-star game program insert, a 1981 topps sticker, a 1982 all-star game insert, two 1982 o-pee-chee stickers, two 1982 topps stickers, a 1983 all-star game insert, a 1983 fleer stamp, a 1983 sleer sticker, and a 1983 o-pee-chee sticker.

here are the backs, which are the only way to tell the o-pee-chee stickers from the topps versions

the 1982 stickers showing garvey at the plate in dodger stadium features sweet 1981 world series action.  why topps included world series stuff in their sticker release but not the flagship really chaps my hide.

i used to have a 1980 all-star game program, but i don't recall any inserts similar to the ones that have been cut up and sold off like the ones shown here.  those are the types of oddballs that i once rejected (i still don't have any desire for the red foley oddballs), but i have somewhat arbitrarily softened my stance in recent years.

more garvey goodness to come - stay tuned...

contest time! who wants to win a 1952 topps card for christmas?

alright, so the garv didn't get voted in to the hall of fame today.  that's ok - it wasn't expected (congrats to bobby cox, tony larussa, joe torre, by the way), but he is still worth celebrating.  so...

december 22 is steve garvey's 65th birthday.  how is it that my boyhood idol is that old?  and what does that mean regarding my own mortality?  while i ponder the meaning of life and reflect on the passage of time, i would like to see as many garvey cards posted on the blogs on the nl iron man's big day as possible.  to help make that happen, i will offer up a 1952 topps card from one of these teams

saint louis browns
boston red sox
chicago white sox
cleveland indians
detroit tigers
new york yankees
philadelphia a's
washington senators
chicago cubs
cincinnati reds
milwaukee braves
new york giants
philadelphia phillies
pittsburgh pirates
saint louis cardinals

(sorry, no brooklyn dodgers)

as a prize to be given out a randomly selected blogger who successfully does the following:

1. sometime on 12/22/13, publish a post featuring a steve garvey card - dodger or padre - it doesn't matter
2. have the words 'happy birthday steve garvey' in the post title - that doesn't have to be the whole title
3. link back to my blog main page - garveyceyrusselllopes.blogspot.com - in the post
4. on the 22nd, provide a link to your post in the comment section on this post with the team of your choosing from the list above

• bonus task - hype this contest on your blog and leave a link to your hype-post in the comments on this post and get a second entry in the randomization

on 12/23/13, i will select a winner via random.org and will mail out a 1952 topps card to that lucky person.  why 1952?  because that's the closest year to garvey's birth year from which i have cards to send out!

make sense?  then get to scanning/photographing/image-lifting a garvey card!  i think it would be cool to see blog rolls filled with garvey goodness!

don't you?

i will post some reminders between now and the 21st, but only comments and links left on this post on the 22nd will count.