I have not much to blog about other than I have spent days sorting through 15 thousand baseball cards.
With the purchase of my new cabinet, came a lot of work. I now have a way of sorting cards more effectively.
I took tonight off so I'm blogging about it and having TV night with the wife. The Hello Kitty with the Cubs shirt in the photo
is an addition from the kids. Not sure how I feel about having that in my card room. lol
I have been going through the contents of every box. Slowing down the process is the fact I have less than 9 thousand card cataloged. What I did have cataloged was not cataloged in any means other than random.
I did finalize the contents of the drawers as the following (basically most of my favorite small collections):
Linux, Cars, Coding, Classic Gaming, Base Ball Cards, and overall personal blog. Just another blog of a baseball card collector and geek. Older blogs can be found at http://mrgibson.com/
Monday, February 26, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Cubs and Cardinals Rankings
MLBN’s Top 100 Players and Sports Illustrated Top 100 lists are out. Currently Cubs only have 5 Cubs players in both of the lists. A total of 8 Cubs players make a list. Cardinals only have 4 players to make top 100 for either list. Even worse for the Cardinals; the poor Cardinals don't even have any top #25 players. This is why the "experts" are claiming the Cubs will trample the Cardinals this year.
I have some opinions and the season will say if I'm right or wrong, but I believe that Willson Contreras should be a little better in the rankings for both lists.
I'm guessing the gap between Kris and Anthony is due to projections based on age.
Here are the Cubs and Cardinals rankings:
I'm guessing the gap between Kris and Anthony is due to projections based on age.
Here are the Cubs and Cardinals rankings:
Rankings AVG SI MLB Player Team #6 #3 #8 Kris Bryant Cubs #23 #23 #23 Anthony Rizzo Cubs -top 26-50 #38 #45 #32 Marcell Ozuna Cardinals -top 51-100 #60 #53 #67 Yu Darvish Cubs #55 #51 #59 Tommy Phram Cardinals #61 #49 #73 Carlos Martinez Cardinals #69 #72 #66 Kyle Hendricks Cubs #75 #91 #58 Willson Contreras Cubs #77 #92 #62 Matt Carpenter Cardinals -Players that did not make both lists: --- #70 --- Jon Lester Cubs --- #80 --- Jose Quintana Cubs --- --- #95 Kyle Schwarber Cubs
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame players
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame players
At least 1 item Name Years in collection Pete Alexander 1918-1926 Cap Anson 1876-1897 Yes Richie Ashburn 1960-1961 Ernie Banks 1953-1971 Yes Roger Bresnahan 1900, 1913-1915 Lou Brock 1961-1964 Yes Mordecai Brown 1904-1912, 1916 Yes Frank Chance 1898-1912 John Clarkson 1884-1887 Kiki Cuyler 1928-1935 Andre Dawson 1987-1992 Yes Dizzy Dean 1938-1941 Hugh Duffy 1888-1889 Dennis Eckersley 1984-1986 Yes Johnny Evers 1902-1913 Jimmie Foxx 1942, 1944 Goose Gossage 1988 Yes Clark Griffith 1893-1900 Burleigh Grimes 1932-1933 Gabby Hartnett 1922-1940 Yes Billy Herman 1931-1941 Yes Rogers Hornsby 1929-1932 Monte Irvin 1956 Fergie Jenkins 1966-1973,1982-1983 Yes George Kelly 1930 King Kelly 1880-1886 Ralph Kiner 1953-1954 Chuck Klein 1934-1936 Tony LaRussa 1973 Yes Tony Lazzeri 1938 Fred Lindstrom 1935 Greg Maddux 1986-1992, 2004-2006 Yes Rabbit Maranville 1925 Robin Roberts 1966 Ryne Sandberg 1982-1997 Yes Ron Santo 1960-1974 Yes Al Spalding 1876-1878 Bruce Sutter 1976-80 Yes Joe Tinker 1902-1912, 1916 Rube Waddell 1901 Deacon White 1876 Hoyt Wilhelm 1970 Billy Williams 1959-1974 Yes Hack Wilson 1926-1931 Yes Gabby Hartnett Fergie Jenkins Bruce Sutter Greg Maddux |
Cap Anson Ernie Banks Billy Williams Lou Brock Mordecai Brown Ron Santo Andre Dawson Ryne Sandberg |
Monday, February 12, 2018
baseball card storage
After months of looking at stores and on the web, I have discovered that no one sells reasonable storage for baseball cards that are not cardboard/wood/steel boxes to stick in a closet.
Ok. I can't say no one.
Unless you are willing to spend literally thousands of dollars. I'm not willing 2 to 10 K of my money! With as many collectors out there, I find the fact there are no real options amazing. I have decided to try a CD storage cabinet. This 40" tall cabinet cost less than $300. Top loaders are 3" wide. The drawers are 5" wide, so there is wasted space. Each drawer will hold at least 150 top loaders x 24 drawers = 3750 cards. So that is not many, but it is better than sticking cards in cardboard boxes in the closet. |
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Topps Cubs 1963-1965
My lean years of Chicago Cubs baseball card collecting is 1963-1965. At the time of writing this -
between all three years, I only have 11 cards.
I do have Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, and Lou Brock stuck in there though. All three years were very important in the
fact that they influenced may years of baseball card designs to come. 1963 Topps influenced 1983 Topps and many
others. 1963 Fleer influenced 1973 Topps and many others. 1964's simple design influenced many, many years
including 1986 Topps.
1963 Ron Santo Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Lou Brokc Topps
1964 Topps Ernie Banks
1963 Ron Santo Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Lou Brokc Topps
1964 Topps Ernie Banks
DB ID Name Photo Brand Team Year Series Collection # c01477 Dick Ellsworth Topps Chi Cubs 1963 Standard 399 d01844 Andre Rodgers Topps Chi Cubs 1963 Standard 193 d01845 Ron Santo Fleer Chi Cubs 1963 Standard 032 d01847 Don Landrum Topps Chi Cubs 1963 Standard 113 e00048 Bob Buhl Topps Chi Cubs 1963 Standard 175 a00010 Ernie Banks Topps Chi Cubs 1964 Standard 055 c01482 Bob Buhl Topps Chi Cubs 1964 Standard 096 c01483 Steve Boros Topps Chi Cubs 1964 Standard 131 d01842 Ken Aspromonte Topps Chi Cubs 1964 Standard 252 d01846 Lou Brock Topps Chi Cubs 1964 Standard 029 d01843 Dick Bertell Topps Chi Cubs 1965 Standard 027
Topps 1966 - 1967
1966 was not a horrible year for Topps, but not a 'pretty' one either. The orange trim for the Chicago Cubs cards just feels odd for me.
My largest collection of 60s baseball cards are the 1967. Fourty-one total cards. A favorite year of mine because of the simplicity and photography. So many of the cards are photographs of players with a cloudless blue sky. So I have nicked named the set - "the blue sky set". I posted about the 1967 set in 2016. That posts sums it up.
http://mrgibson.com/viewcomments.php?post="414"
My largest collection of 60s baseball cards are the 1967. Fourty-one total cards. A favorite year of mine because of the simplicity and photography. So many of the cards are photographs of players with a cloudless blue sky. So I have nicked named the set - "the blue sky set". I posted about the 1967 set in 2016. That posts sums it up.
http://mrgibson.com/viewcomments.php?post="414"
DB ID Name Brand Team Year Series Collection # c00093 Glenn Beckert Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 232 c00266 Ed Bailey Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 246 c00267 George Altman Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 146 c00268 Bob Humphreys Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 342 c00269 Bob Buhl Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 185 c00270 Ty Cline Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 306 d01231 Bob Hendley Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 082 e00050 Jim Steward Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 063 e00051 Bill Faul Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 322 e00052 Don Landrum Topps Chi Cubs 1966 Standard 043 a01125 Glenn Beckert Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 296 a01211 Bob Hendley Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 256 a01212 Calvin Koonce Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 171 a01225 Bill Hands Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 016 a01226 Arnold Earley Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 388 a01227 Byron Browne Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 439 a01230 Adolfo Phillips Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 148 c01486 Jim Stewart Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 124 c01487 Randy Hundley Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 106 c01499 Ray Culp Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 168 e00042 Billy Williams Topps Chi Cubs 1967 Standard 315
Thursday, February 8, 2018
My dice collections
Just post'n about my dice "collection". I don't really *collect* dice. Not like I do with baseball cards,
but.... I do love them, so I'm sharing.
First things first - How do I catalog/describe my dice? I have broken up my collection of dice into 7 dice types, 4 dice functions types, and 4 dice displays types:
Dice Base Types:
Dice function types:
Dice display types:
Here is a listing of my collection:
First things first - How do I catalog/describe my dice? I have broken up my collection of dice into 7 dice types, 4 dice functions types, and 4 dice displays types:
Dice Base Types:
4d= 4 sided |
6d= 6 sided |
8d= 8 sided |
10d= 10 sided |
10dT= 10 base 10 sided |
12d = 12 sided |
20d = 20 sided |
N= number | C= compass | B= body | S= situation |
Top or vertical aligned 1= |
Bottom, horizontal, and/or underscored. 2= |
Pip-scored 3= |
Pip only numbers 4= |
Set 1 - 7 pcs - black Set 2 - 7 pcs - Royal Purple (CHX 27467) 4d N2 black 4d N1 purple trans metal flake 6d N2 black 15.7mm 6d N2 purple trans metal flake 15.5mm 8d N2 black 8d N3 purple trans metal flake 10d N2 black 10d N2 purple trans metal flake 12d N3 black 12d N3 purple trans metal flake 20d N3 black 19.5mm 20d N3 purple trans metal flake 10dT N2 black 10dT N1 purple trans metal flake Set 3 - 7 pcs - Red Set 4 - 8 pcs - black (CHX 25404) (Valiant Games DM set) 6d N2 black 15.7mm 4d N1 Red 6d N4 black 15.7mm 6d N2 Red 15.0mm 6d N4 black 15.7mm 8d N2 Red 6d N4 black 15.7mm 10d N2 Red 8d N2 black 12d N2 Red 8d N2 black 20d N2 Red 8d C- black 10dT N1 Red 12d B- black Set 5 - 8 pcs - gold pearl Set 6 - 7 pcs - white 4d N1 gold pearl 4d N2 white 8d N2 gold pearl 6d N4 white 6d gold pearl 6d N4 white 6d gold pearl 8d N2 white 10d N2 gold pearl 8d N2 white 12d N3 gold pearl 10d N2 white 20d N3 gold pearl 10dT N2 white 10dT N1 gold pearl Set 7 - 7 pcs - black Set 8 - 7 pcs - sky blue (CHX 25416) 4d N2 black 4d N1 sky blue 6d N3 black 14.0mm 6d N2 sky blue 15.0mm - 8d N3 black 8d N2 sky blue 10d N3 black 10d N2 sky blue 12d N3 black 12d N2 sky blue 20d N3 black 19.5mm 20d N2 sky blue 10dT N2 black 10dT N1 sky blue Set 9 - 7 pcs - Set 10 - 9 pcs - dark blue pearl (CXH 25427) 4d N1 dark lavender 4d N1 dark blue pearl 6d N2 dark lavender 6d N2 dark blue pearl 8d N2 dark lavender 8d N3 dark blue pearl 10d N2 dark lavender 10d N3 dark blue pearl 12d N2 dark lavender 10d N2 dark blue pearl 20d N2 dark lavender 10d N2 dark blue pearl 10dT N1 dark lavender 12d N2 dark blue pearl 20d N3 dark blue pearl 10dT N1 dark blue pearl Set 11 - 5 pcs - purple Set 12 - 7 pcs - blue 4d N2 dark purple 4d N2 blue 8d N2 dark purple 6d N2 blue 12d N3 dark purple 6d N4 blue 12d N3 dark purple 8d N2 blue 12d N3 dark purple 10d N2 blue 10dT N2 blue 10dT N2 blue Set 13 - 7 pcs - dark blue Set 14 - 5 pcs - spare (CHX 25406) 4d N1 med dark blue 4d N1 black w red flake 6d N2 med dark blue 15.0mm 6d N2 red w grey flake 15.0mm 8d N2 med dark blue 10d N2 yellow w greenflake 10d N2 med dark blue 12d N2 translucent blue swirl 12d N2 med dark blue 20d N3 brown 20d N2 med dark blue 10dT N1 med dark blue Set 15 - spare Set 16 - 5 pcs - Translucent yellow 6d N2 dark brown 15.0mm 4d N2 Translucent yellow 12d N3 dark purple pearl 8d N2 Translucent yellow 6d N2 green 15.0mm 10d N Translucent yellow 20d N3 cream 20d N Translucent Yellow 10dT N Translucent Yellow Set 17 - 6 pcs - red 4d N2 red 6d N2 red 8d N2 red 10d N2 red 12d N3 red 20d N3 red
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