March 2026: Everyone...I just want to put you on heads-up - this is going to be a long year for me, and it will interfere with card-trading. I am going to do everything I can to keep Trading on, but please understand that my responsiveness moving forward (which has NOT been great in recent weeks, my apologies) will likely be quite erratic and in-spurts. To those whom unsteady responsiveness irks, I completely understand it and I apologize for my contribution. My year will likely be littered with travel to tend to an out-of-state Mom who will be undergoing a Memory Care transfer. I will still attempt to do some trading, but small and simple will be the best opportunity...we'll go bigger as it makes sense. Thanks.
In the back half of the year, I have decided to turn my Mets Mookie Wilson cards into a PC, so I will be opening up his Toronto cards to that endeavor. Additionally, my affinity for Lenny Dykstra has drawn me to do the unthinkable....collect Philadelphia Phillies cards! (Dykstra Only) The collection is called "Hangin' with Nails," after a script he put on a jersey-sig in my Collection. Nails ia one of a kind! So, Alfonzo, Ordonez, Wilson, and Dykstra are the big Mets-related PCs if you're keeping score. The remaining collections are detailed below.
September 2023? Goodness Gracious....
****. With the taking on of a merged Collection, Traders would be wise to click on the "Match Wantlist to Collection" link...in addition to Trade Matching. If a card is outside of my listed Collection parameters [i.e., Dave Winfield, Robin Yount, Jose Canseco, Hank Aaron, etc.], it is likely FS/T in the newly Merged Collection. I have not decided how I am going to transfer items over to FS/T yet, as I have hardly had any opportunity to look through the cards to get an idea of where things might be located....and this could take some time. *******
If you are interested in Vintage cards - let me know what year interests you and I can let you know what I have....I simply don't know when I will get around to getting these entered into the database w/ Condition notes. Most of my Vintages are probably;y Vg and VgEx, some EX. If you see a FR or PR card listed, that card MIGHT BE available to you free of anything in-trade - we're calling the card a reduced-value Placeholder until you find Sir Minty!!!
After this brief Intermission, come my Collection Parameters......[cue Python Intermission Music]
I collect:
Tony Gwynn cards
NY Mets cards
*** EDGARDO ALFONZO cards
*** REY ORDOÑEZ cards
Craig Biggio cards
Kirby Puckett cards
Pacific Baseball from 1988 - 2001 !!!!!!!
*** The Torborg Family - Jeff, Dale, and Doug ***
****** NEW: [August, 2025] I have decided to put together a New York Rangers Collection - my Dad took me to see them in '82 against the Canucks [yes, the vomit sweaters] at MSG. I will be specifically looking for cards between 76-ish and '88-ish [but all years are considerable!!]. That said, if there's nothing on my FS/T for you, but you have "a stack of Rangers cards," that just might work fine!!!!! ***********
The Username...I am a Monty Python fan. Castle Anthrax is the castle in the Holy Grail movie that houses all the white-clad ladies who are under the oversight of Zoot. She wonderfully says in response to Sir Galahad's query of the castle's name: "it's not a very good name, is it?" And so it is. You can also call me Shoe Shine Boy, as that's the name I should have chosen and had occupational relevancy at the time.
Among my favorite Gwynn cards is the 1997 Topps Sweet Strokes insert. Give the back a read and marvel.
I'm good with PWE or padded - as we transact, we'll iron out those preferences.
-Doug
