Monday, February 26, 2018

Nights of sorting cards for new cabinet

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
Days of sorting cards for new cabinet
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.
Days of sorting cards for new cabinet
Days of sorting cards for new cabinet
I did finalize the contents of the drawers as the following (basically most of my favorite small collections):
Days of sorting cards for new cabinet

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:
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
North wall frames
Gabby Hartnett

Fergie Jenkins
1977 Topps Bruce Sutter
Bruce Sutter
Greg Maddux
Greg Maddux
North wall frames
Cap Anson
Cap Anson
1964 Topps Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks
1969 Topps Billy Williams card
Billy Williams

Lou Brock
1960 Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Brown
1973 Topps Ron Santo 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.
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1963 Ron Santo Fleer
Older cards
1963 Topps
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1964 Lou Brokc Topps
Cubs
1964 Topps Ernie Banks
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.

1966 Topps Cubs


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"

1967 Topps Cubs


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.
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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
  dice4t
6d=
  6 sided
  dice6u
8d=
  8 sided
  d8
10d=
10 sided
  d10nu
10dT=
10 base 10 sided
  dice10h
12d =
12 sided
  d12
20d =
20 sided
  dice20u
Dice function types:
N= number C= compass B= body S= situation
Dice display types:
Top or vertical aligned
1= dice4t dice10v
Bottom, horizontal, and/or underscored.
2= dice4b dice6u dice10h dice20u
Pip-scored
3= dice6d dice20d
Pip only numbers
4= dice6p
Here is a listing of my collection:
Dice set 1Set 2

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 3Set 4
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 5Set 6

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

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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
 
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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 16

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

At the geek store

Finally picked myself up a keypad for Atari Systems.  I have been wanting one of these for some time. $10 felt like a fair price for one in ...