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.

3 comments:

  1. Congrats to you! That's an AWESOME collection you've amassed! I'm just shy of 9,000 Mets...and that seems crazy. Can't imagine 16k.

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    1. Well my Reds have about a century head start for cardboard on your Mets, so it's a bit easier.

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