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.

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.

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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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.

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.

Parallels I Have Nothing To Say About

Go Reds.

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.

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.