Friday 30 July 2010

2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces

Big B sent along this pack of Masterpieces. With only 4 cards per pack you would think this would a difficult set to collect, however if you are a regular of 'Check Out My Cards', finishing the base set it not too difficult. Collecting all the colour variations that is a different story.
There are no Red Sox that I need from the base set.
The pack:
#7 Evan Longoria Bay Rays
#12 Wade Boggs Red Sox
#52 Ken Griffey Jr. Reds
#56 Jose Reyes Mets
Not a bad pack really. All that was missing was a short print. Pity they didn't try again with Masterpieces.

Tuesday 27 July 2010

1960's Red Sox wants list 1965 - 1969

The Red Sox cards I needs from:

1965 Topps
#29 Felix Mantilla
#55 Tony Conigliaro
#74 Rico Petrocelli, Jerry Stephenson RS
#88 Jack Lamabe
#111 Lee Thomas
#145 Luis Taint RC
#147 Dennis Bennett
#178 Dalton Jones
#199 Bob Heffner
#222 Bob Tillman
#272 Chuck Schilling
#295 Dick Radatz 
#315 Frank Malzone
#356 Bill Spanswick
#385 Carl Yastrzemski
#403 Boston Red Sox Team 
#434 Dave Morehead
#452 Gary Geiger
#494 Jay Ritchie
#509 Bobby Guindon, Gerry Vezendy RS
#525 Eddie Bressoud 
#543 Ed Connolly
#573 Jim Lonborg, Mike Ryan, Bill Schlesinger 


1966 Topps 
#37 Billy Herman
#53 Bob Duliba
#70 Carl Yastrzemski
#93 Jim Lonborg
#114 Jim Gosger
#135 Dave Morehead
#203 Jose Santiago
#227 Russ Nixon
#259 Boston Red Sox Team
 #277 George Thomas
#298 Rico Petrocelli
#317 Dalton Jones
#329 Pete Charton
#343 Joe Christopher 
#356 Ken Sanders, Owen Johnson RC
#380 Tony Conigliaro 
#396 Jerry Stephenson
#419 Mike Ryan
#456 Darrell Brandon RC
#475 Dick Radatz
#491 Dennis Bennett
#512 Dick Stigman
#523 Bob Sadowski
#542 George Smith
#558 Red Sox Rookies
#575 Earl Wilson

1967 Topps 
#36 Bob Tillman
#75 George Scott
#99 Lee Stange
#161 Dick Williams
#184 George Thomas
#223 Mike Ryan
#261 John Wyatt
#280 Tony Conigliaro
#314 Mike Andrews, Reggie Smith RC
#342 Hank Fischer  
#355 Carl Yastrzemski
#371 Jim Lonborg
#473 Jose Santiago
#547 Russ Gibson, Billy Rohr RC
#572 Don Demeter
#594 Dan Osinski
#596 Galen Cisco
#604 Boston Red Sox Team Checklist


1968 Topps 
#4 American League 1967 RBI Leaders (Carl Yastrzemski)
#43 Gary Bell 
#61 Reggie Smith (All-Star Rookie)
#87 Dick Williams
#106 Dalton Jones
#123 Jose Santiago 
#140 Tony Conigliaro
#152 World Series Game #2
#155 Boston Red Sox Team
#156 World Series Game 6 
#167 Elston Howard
#189 Bill Landis
#233 George Scott
#250 Carl Yastrzemski
#346 Jerry Adair 
#369 The Sporting News All Star Selection (Carl Yastrzemski)
#387 Joe Foy 
 #430 Rico Petrocelli 
#449 Gene Oliver
#481 John Wyatt
#502 Mike Andrews
#519 Jerry Stephenson
#537 Norm Siebern
#555 Jose Tartabull 
#565 Larry Dierker
#566 Ken Harrelson
#581 Garry Roggenburk
#593 Lee Stange


1969 Topps 
#539 Mike Epstein, Ted Williams
#574 George Scott
#628 Bill Conigliaro, Syd O'Brien, Fred Wenz RC
#660 Reggie Smith

1960's Red Sox vacancy list 1960 - 1964

Red Sox cards needed from;

1960 Topps 5/35
94, 111, 117, 148, 153, 184, 203, 220, 232, 249, 267, 280, 296, 310, 317, 336, 363, 382, 403, 426, 439, 452, 456, 474, 487, 520, 533, 537, 544, 557

1961 Topps 5/30
16, 33, 53, 69, 81, 113, 128, 193, 210, 221, 268, 287, 301, 340, 373, 419, 434, 445, 454, 476, 499, 519, 540, 548, 562

1962 Topps 5/28
3, 35, 81, 117, 153, 201, 225, 244, 276, 301, 334, 336, 345, 403, 425, 444, 457, 467, 504, 523, 559, 567, 580

1963 Topps 
#2 Batting Leaders,
#52 Chuck Schilling,
#76 Earl Wilson,
#96 Lou Clinton,
#115 Carl Yastrzemski,
#136 Ike Delock,
#168 Russ Nixon,
 #188 Eddie Bressoud,
#202 Boston Red Sox Team,
#216 Gene Conley,
#232 Frank Malzone,
#251 Jack Lamabe,
#285 Dick Stuart,
#299 1963 Rookie Stars (Dave Morehead),
#307 Chet Nichols,
#328 Dick Williams,
#343 Johnny Pesky,
#363 Dick Radatz ,
#408 Billy Gardner ,
#432 Roman Mejias,
#447 Felix Mantilla,
#480 Bill Monbouquette,
#513 Gary Geiger,
#553 1963 Rookie Stars (Jim Gosger)
#574 Hal Kolstad,

1964 Topps 
#60 Frank Malzone, 
#79 Bob Heffner , 
#93 Gary Geiger, 
#153 Dick Williams, 
#170 Dick Radatz, 
#182 Sox Sockers 
#186 Roman Mejias,
 #210 Carl Yastrzemski, 
#248 Johnny Pesky, 
#267 Wilbur Wood, 
#287 Red Sox Rookie Stars, 
#329 Russ Nixon, 
#376 Dave Morehead, 
#410 Dick Stuart,
 #428 Rookie Stars(Archie Skeen, Pete Smith), 
#459 Rookie Stars(Pete Charton, Dalton Jones), 
#481 Chuck Schilling, 
#503 Earl Wilson, 
#526 Lou Clinton,
#572 Dave Gray, 
#579 Boston Red Sox Team

Sunday 18 July 2010

2010 Allen and Ginter

My favourite set in 2010 was a close call between Allen and Ginter and Obak. I haven't attempted to collect a complete set of A+G set before so that pushes slightly ahead of Obak.

There are 350 cards in the 2010 Allen and Ginter base set, which includes 260 baseball veterans, 30 rookies, 35 champions from other sports and 25 historical figures/places.
There is also a 350 card mini parallel set. Other parallel sets including Wood (1of 1), Silk (#to 10), Bazooka back (#to 25), No Number back (#to 50), Black Border Minis and Allen & Ginter back minis.

I will attempt to collect the entire 350 base set, no mini's or parallels, however I will try to collect the 'Monsters of the Mesozoic'.

I need 0 cards to complete the base set.




Monsters still needed:
completed