Sunday, July 31, 2016

Completely Red: 1999 UD MVP, 2000 UD MVP, 2009 UD Signature Stars, 1992 Upper Deck

1999 Upper Deck MVP

220 cards, 7 Reds


Checklist:

52 Denny Neagle
53 Pete Harnisch
54 Michael Tucker
55 Sean Casey
56 Eddie Taubensee
57 Barry Larkin
58 Pokey Reese
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2000 Upper Deck MVP

220 cards, 9 Reds


Checklist:

152 Sean Casey
153 Pete Harnisch
154 Dante Bichette
155 Pokey Reese
156 Aaron Boone
157 Ken Griffey Jr.
158 Barry Larkin
159 Scott Williamson
218 Ken Griffey Jr. CL
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2009 Upper Deck Signature Stars

120 cards, 5 Reds


Checklist:

 1 Aaron Harang
 16 Brandon Phillips
 54 Jay Bruce
 62 Johnny Cueto
 92 Scott Rolen
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1992 Upper Deck

800 cards, 30 Reds


Checklist:

27 Reggie Sanders 
30 Rob Dibble TC Cincinnati Reds 
45 Mo Sanford 
72 Dan Wilson TP
101 Joe Oliver 
105 Chris Hammond 
121 Hal Morris 
123 Chris Sabo 
125 Eric Davis 
142 Rob Dibble 
144 Barry Larkin 
258 Jose Rijo 
278 Randy Myers 
280 Bill Doran 
296 Jack Armstrong 
299 Jeff Reed 
341 Glenn Braggs 
461 Tom Browning 
464 Paul O'Neill 
485 Scott Scudder 
659 Mariano Duncan 
677 Norm Charlton 
680 Ted Power 
696 Carmelo Martinez
699 Billy Hatcher 
712 Jose Rijo Diamond Skills 
761 Tim Belcher 
763 Bip Roberts 
765 Greg Swindell 
784 Dave Martinez 
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Go Reds.

Friday, July 29, 2016

Five Minor League Autos

 Sal Romano. 5th year, currently in AA Pensacola.

 Miles Gordon. 2nd year, currently in Rookie League Billings.

 Brodie Greene. 6 years in minors, currently OOB.

 Tejay Antone. 3rd year, currently in A+ Daytona.

Reydel Medina. 3rd year, currently in A+ Daytona.

Go Reds.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Completely Red: 1996 Select, 1997 Bowman's Best, 1999 Upper Deck, 1988 Fleer/Fleer Update

1996 Select

200 cards, 7 Reds

Checklist:

24        Reggie Sanders
32        Barry Larkin
43        Jose Rijo
84        Pete Schourek
88        Bret Boone
139      Mike Kelly
167      Steve Gilbrlter
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1997 Bowman's Best

200 cards, 5 Reds

Checklist:

30 Barry Larkin
44 Deion Sanders
76 Reggie Sanders
119 Calvin Reese
125 Aaron Boone
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1999 Upper Deck

525 cards, 14 Reds


Checklist:

 70 Sean Casey
 71 Barry Larkin
 72 Jon Nunnally
 73 Paul Konerko
 74 Chris Stynes
 75 Brett Tomko
 76 Dmitri Young
 344 Steve Avery
 345 Mike Cameron
 346 Michael Tucker
 347 Greg Vaughn
 348 Hal Morris
 349 Pete Harnisch
 350 Denny Neagle
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1988 Fleer/Fleer Update

792 cards, 34 Reds

Checklist:

227 Buddy Bell
228 Tom Browning
229 Dave Concepcion
230 Kal Daniels
231 Eric Davis
232 Bo Diaz
233 Nick Esasky
234 John Franco
235 Guy Hoffman
236 Tom Hume
237 Tracy Jones
238 Bill Landrum
239 Barry Larkin
240 Terry McGriff
241 Rob Murphy
242 Ron Oester
243 Dave Parker
244 Pat Perry
245 Ted Power
246 Dennis Rasmussen
247 Ron Robinson
248 Kurt Stillwell
249 Jeff Treadway RC
250 Frank Williams
627 Game Closers - John Franco, Steve Bedrosian
637 Crunch Time - Darryl Strawberry, Eric Davis 
642 Prospects - Jeff Montgomery, Damon Berryhill
656 CL: Yankees/Reds - Royals/A's
82 Tim Birtsas
83 Rob Dibble
84 Danny Jackson
85 Paul O'Neill
86 Jose Rijo
87 Chris Sabo
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Go Reds.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

New Old Things

Roll em.

1970 Topps Super Johnny Bench. Nice warm-up pajamas, bro.

1961 Topps Magic Rub Offs. Looks like someone tried to actually rub the image off 50 years ago. Too bad, kid. Rest well knowing that a grown man will purchase the remnants of your toy five decades from now.

Here's some Topps stamps from years I forget. 1961 and 1969 maybe?

1963 Post Joey Jay. I think I'm down to the hyper-short prints for 60's Post. Gonna be tough.

1975 Topps Mini Jackson/Rose MVPs. I only need the Rose base and this team set is done. Too bad it's way more than I ever wish to pay.

1977 Hostess Pete Rose. Miscut. Crooked. Straggled. Perfect.

Go Reds. Please don't trade Disco.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Long Overdo Organization

All of you. Go to your local Mom-and-Pop-Destroyer store and pick up a three dollar packet of sticker sheets that run through your printer. Total game changer.



Three years of grabbing the wrong album are now over. I'm a slow learner.

Also, here's a Tony Blanco Relic for no reason.


Go Reds.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Completely Red: 1996 Bowman, 1996 Donruss, 1996 Leaf, 1996 Score

1996 Bowman

385 cards, 13 Reds


Checklist:

18 Barry Larkin
58 Reggie Sanders
128 Steve Gibralter
144 Curtis Goodwin
151 Pat Watkins
200 Calvin Reese
213 Scott Sullivan
215 Decomba Conner
227 Brett Tomko RC
235 Aaron Boone
244 Chad Mottola
366 Tim Belk
373 Eric Owens
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1996 Donruss

550 cards, 20 Reds



Checklist:

 85 Pete Schourek
 112 Hector Carrasco
 139 John Smiley
 170 Xavier Hernandez
 178 Bret Boone
 193 Eddie Taubensee
 219 Reggie Sanders
 245 Thomas Howard
 267 Jeff Branson
 272 Hal Morris
 287 Darren Lewis
 306 Jeff Brantley
 415 Ron Gant
 442 Barry Larkin
 469 David Wells
 493 Benito Santiago
 500 Jose Rijo
 523 Mike Jackson
 531 Dave Burba
 540 Mark Portugal
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1996 Leaf

220 cards, 6 Reds


Checklist:

65 Bret Boone
86 Pete Schourek
105 Checklist -  Barry Larkin / Mo Vaughn
122 Barry Larkin
146 Reggie Sanders
175 Hal Morris
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1996 Score

517 cards, 19 Reds

Checklist:

5    Barry   Larkin
41  Darren Lewis
70  Bret  Boone
94  John Smiley
126   Benito Santiago
144   Mark   Lewis
190   Pete  Schourek
208   Jose  Rijo
251   Scott Sullivan
311   Reggie Sanders
330   Hal   Morris
337   Ron  Gant
362   Barry   Larkin
415   Eric  Anthony
458   Mark   Portugal
471   David  Wells
480   Gabe White
484   Jeff   Brantley
516   Barry Larkin Checklist 
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Go Reds.

Monday, July 18, 2016

16,000

My collection has reached 16,000 unique Reds cards. That is too many. I love it. The 16,000th addition belongs to this 2016 Topps base card of Ramon Cabrera:

Sweet. I love catchers' gear. He looks like he's playing baseball in some future-set SciFi movie.

Here's the breakdown by year, for no good reason:


The big years:

2002 - 693
1992 - 668
1994 - 647
2013 - 608

1992 was the second year I was collecting. 1994 was the year baseball kicked us kids right in the gonads. 2013 is when I started collecting again. 2002, apparently, was a batshit insane year for collecting. I think 500 of the 2002's are just from Fleer.

Anyway, I'm still looking for a few more Reds fans to send cards to. I've gotten a few takers already. Send your address to mattmccurry@gmail.com

Go Reds.