to the card show i went

i took a couple of hours a few weekends back to attend a card show.  this wasn't the regular monthly twin cities show - it was a semi-annual or quarterly event at a different location.  it is more sparsely attended from what i have seen, but it was where i found my 1955 topps sandy koufax card so it's been worth my time in the past. i wound up spending only a few dollars, and i will show all but one or two cards that i bought in this and one other post.

you can't go wrong with double plays from the discount box.  these 2011 topps update roberto alomar sp diamond

and cognac parallels

were in the 5 for a dollar bin.  as was this cognac carlton fisk sp from the same set.

i spent less than a dime for this 1995 score ricky gutierrez gold rush parallel double play turn

and the same for a 2007 bowman gold parallel of carlos guillen

here's another double play parallel - a 2011 bowman chrome dan uggla blue parallel

from the 5 for a dollar box, as were the rest of the cards below.  i'll run through them quickly.

2011 bowman vladimir guerrero international parallel

2009 topps attax manny ramirez

2014 donruss hanley ramirez press proof numbered parallel

this was the first 2014 donruss card i had seen in person, and the only dodger i pulled from the box.  i actually don't recall seeing any other dodgers, now that i think about it.  i was still in need of a few cards to get to an even 10 for $2, so i pulled a 2014 donruss derek jeter card

plus a 2014 donruss pablo sandoval elite dominator numbered insert

and a 2013 topps chrome matt harvey

for some reason.

i did pick up more dodgers than just the two ramirii above - i'll show those later today.

mr. (night) owl, how many packages do you have to send to gcrl before he writes a post?

let's find out.

one:

1980 kellogg's davey lopes
if only that mustache really were in 3-d.

1986 topps glossy send in fernando valenzuela this set reminds me of a tcma issue. but in color.

2009 upper deck spectrum matt kemp (the heretofore unbeknownst to me blue variation) the question is, why?

2006 bowman heritage wilson betemit

interesting that we had, at one time, both furcal and betemit at the same time. just like the braves did.

2006 upper deck sp authentic julio lugo thankfully, lugo was a short-timer. unfortunately, ned traded for him in the first place.

2006 fleer greats of the game dusty bakeras seen on night owl's blog recently!

2009 upper deck spx clayton kershaw here's hoping the 2009 postseason is really his month long coming out party.

2008 upper deck timeline james loney sp perhaps my favorite first baseman since popeye himself.

ta-whooooo:

1985 fleer frank dipinoa very nice card with the right field pavilion and it's color palette complementing the astros uniform.

2002 upper deck kaz ishiinow we have the left field pavilion with diamond vision, a carl's jr ad, and half of tommy lasorda's outfield fence mural. plus the overhyped ishii in street clothes. ishii, because of the hype, was the dodger that got all the short prints which sucks when trying to complete my 2003 upper deck vintage set, among others.

2009 upper deck a piece of history james mcdonaldmcdonald hasn't made or seen much history yet.

2009 upper deck clayton kershaw 20th anniversary

another kershaw. this one from a subset within an insert set. i don't understand upper deck sometimes.

2009 topps target throwback chan ho park

did topps do this for series 2? did anyone care?

2009 topps attax vladimir guerrero

shiny must mean parallel. again, why?

three:

2009 topps finest russell martin

a disappointing season hopefully means fantastic postseason. or at least a bargain in next year's fantasy draft.

2009 topps jackie robinson turkey red insert

now that's a nice card!

2009 bowman manny ramirez

sans umpire. very very bad.

2008 upper deck goudey pee wee reese

i wonder what ken griffey jr does say about pee wee? any guesses?

2008 topps chin-lung hu trading card history

a glossy version of the 1959 set. as opposed to the more traditional versions in the 2008 heritage set. speaking of which,

2008 topps heritage vladimir guerrero chrome looks like it's snowing in anaheim

1997 pinnacle zenith wilton guerrero

i wish wilton had been more like vlad.

1993 score select rick trlicek

a pitcher with a hockey name. he actually debuted with the blue jays in 1992. recorded his only career save and hit (off of tom glavine) in his one season as a dodger.

so, the answer is three. each package filled with dodger and set building goodness, which is even better than the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop.

thanks greg. i'll get another package out to you soon.

supercali-padrograph-ic expealidocious cards from rod!

rod over at padrographs sent me a bunch of dodgers, double plays, plays at the plate, dodger stadium shots, and even some much appreciated padres recently. just because. awesome.

1985 topps steve garvey autographed.
i choose not to think about garvey as a padre too much, but this card is much appreciated.

1987 leaf candy city team roy campanella.

a little research tells me that this card was issued for the special olympics. it's the same card essentially as the 1983 donruss hall of fame heroes set campy.

1989 bowman gil hodges.

one of those contest things disguised as an insert. not a bad idea, although issuing the 1989 set in the original bowman size was a bad idea. very bad.

here's another one - jackie robinson.

i've thought about trimming some off the top and bottom of these cards so they are more easily stored, but i haven't done it yet.

1990 upper deck eddie murray.

rockin' the hat under the helmet look. just like little league, although i don't see too many kids doing this these days. i am guessing it's because the helmets these days have better foam padding that more easily adjusts to their head sizes.

2002 upper deck piece of history steve garvey.

that's better. garvey in dodger blue. i really liked this set. today's piece of history, not so much. anyone else remember garvey being interviewed after the final game of the '81 world series as though he had won the mvp with cey and pedro? someone must have told the reporter the wrong steve, and he interviewed garvey instead of yeager. bad times for popeye.

1992 upper deck chris and tony gwynn.

one of two bloodlines subsets rod sent. this one had the brothers gwynn posing in beautiful dodger stadium. tony at one time tried to convince everyone that chris was the better hitter. obviously to no avail.

2009 topps attax clayton kershaw.

it is a crime that his curveball only rates an 82. unless that's on a scale of 1-10. then it's ok.

here's a play at the plate - 1990 upper deck benito santiago.
billy hatcher scores standing up. it looks like both teams are wearing their home whites.

here's a play at second base - 1996 topps stadium club tony gwynn.

the wizard of oz lurking and waiting for the ball. i'll guess that tony is safe.

1991 score paul faries.

i'll assume that he tried to tag the runner heading to second before throwing to first to complete the double play, although it looks like the ball was hit too softly for that to have happened.

1991 upper deck paul faries.

airborne to avoid john orton of the angels. is this a double play turn? maybe, maybe not.

here's a legitimate double play turn by faries on his 1992 topps card.

kevin mitchell bearing down, but it looks like faries has enough time to get rid of the ball.

1992 upper deck cal & billy ripken bloodlines.

here's the other bloodlines card. cal gets all the double play action while billy just looks on.

1991 score barry larkin.

another double play turn.

thanks rod! all of the cards you sent are much appreciated!