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Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions pitting television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC against one another various sporting events, which in 1976 included Swimming Relay, Tennis, Golf, Baseball Dunk, Bicycle Relay, Obstacle Course, Volleyball, Running Relay, and Tug-of-War.

Stars missing from this set, regrettably, include Pat Harrington, Jr. (Schneider on One Day at a Time) and Demond Wilson (Lamont on Sanford and Son).

Teams I have 1000 or over cards on my collection according the statistics of this site.

States I have yet to trade/sell/buy with a TCDB member.

4/8/22
Dad's coin collection bought me a 1919-21 W514 Fred Merkle, I think the only one of him on the Cubs. Ernie Banks takes double hits, since I bought this card after realizing I just couldn't go for the Banks rookie AND this card replaced a 1967 Banks in this display.
And the Nolan Ryan rookie is here! Thanks, Dad. This replaces the 1969 Ryan I did have on display. And because it's horizontal, room became a problem, so the 1971 Clemente also goes back both to the binder.

Anyway....

Here's a list of the cards that are out of the binders, in cases, and on display on a shelf in our office (I also have my four display cases of Last Topps Card of Hall of Famers, The Merkle's Boner Collection, the T207 Cubs Team Set (partial), and the First Black Player on Every Team -- I don't include those here.

This display used to be only Hall of Famers (and autographed 1970 Pete Rose) until sometime in 2016, when I opened it up to cards and players I just liked, and I expanded more fully into non-Topps. Now I label each card carefully, explaining why its on display and/or some history of the player. Making it more personal to me and finding players with interesting histories really made it fun for me. I love these cards. Hope you enjoy it.

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This is a List of the Best Names to have played in a Cedar Rapids uniform, and have gone on to be Major League Stars.

Cedar Rapids has had a long rich baseball history dating back to 1890. A few have gone on to the Hall of Fame and many All-Stars have played ball in the city of 5 Season. Cedar Rapids is a Single-A level club and currently a member of the Mid-West League

Nicknames
        1890-1891        Canaries
        1896-1903        Rabbits
        1904-1932        Bunnies
        1934-1942        Raiders
        1949         Rockets
        1950-1952        Indians
        1953-1957        Raiders
        1958-1962        Braves
        1963-1964        Red Raiders
        1965-1972        Cardinals
        1973-1974        Astros
        1975-1979        Giants
        1980-1992        Reds
        1993-present        Kernels
                
Affiliations
        1932         Cincinnati Reds
        1936-1938        St.Louis Cardinals
        1939-1942        Cleveland Indians
        1950-1952        Cleveland Indians
        1953-1954        Chicago Cubs
        1955-1957        Brooklyn Dodgers
        1958-1962        Milwaukee Braves
        1963-1964        Cincinnati Reds
        1965-1972        St.Louis Cardinals
        1973-1974        Houston Astros
        1975-1979        San Francisco Giants
        1980-1992        Cincinnati Reds
        1993-1996        California Angels
        1997-2004        Anaheim Angels
        2005-2012        Los Angeles Angels
        2013-present        Minnesota Twins

Leagues
        1890-1891        Illinois-Iowa League
        1895         Eastern Iowa League
        1896-1899        Western Association
        1901-1909        Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
        1913-1917        Central Association
        1920-1921        Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
        1922-1932        Mississippi Valley League
        1934-1937        Western League
        1938-1942        Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
        1949         Central Association
        1950-1961        Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
        1962-2020        MidWest League
        2021         High-A Central
        2022-pres        Midwest League

☆*★*☆*★*☆*★*☆ MY LIFE IN CARDS ☆*★*☆*★*☆*★*☆

Manager's (Coaches) cards depicting them in the act of hollering.

I have 8 of these cards on my Wantlist.

NFL players who never had an NFL card of their own, but appeared on someone else's card.
Excluding team photo, team/league leaders (multiple players), or post-career cards. Or cards with mere glimpses.

List is in alphabetical order by last name of the "guest" player. Latest additions are listed first.

Credit to NJDevils & Billy Kingsley

Final 8 cards to finish the 1968 Topps baseball set. Would be first set completed of sets that were issued prior to me collecting in 1969.

Since I've seen lists on here similar to this, I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring. Here are the sets I have completed.

Finns with at least 1 game played in NHL 2021-22 season.

No cards yet:
Santeri Hatakka (San Jose Sharks)

1/17/22: It's done! The display is up!

The History --

Looking at my displayed vintage baseball cards, I became disturbed that three of my four displays were virtually all white players, because I mostly display cards from the pre-Topps years, i.e., before 1951. So there just weren't many black players on cards. This bothered me.

So I decided to make another display of all the first black players on every team, using the 16 teams that existed before expansion (credit to kcjays for the idea).

This is the list of players. I am picturing the card I have for each player, usually a card from their first year with the team. Sometimes, that was prohibitively expensive, so I got another card. One card is missing at the moment. I'll update, of course, if I get different cards.

As always, it's never quite as easy as it should be. John Kennedy, the first black player on the Phillies, has no cards at all. That actually works out perfectly, as I have 15 slots in the display case I intend to use/create (from an old wall-mounted cassette holder). Hank Thompson, the first black player for both the Giants and the St. Louis Browns, has no card of him with the Browns. But I'll use a Giants card in the St. Louis slot and use Monte Irvin, who debuted for the Giants on the same day as Thompson, for the Giants. And Nino Escalera, the first black player on the Redlegs, has no vintage cards. But Chuck Harmon debuted for them the same day, so I'll go with him. It's complicated, but actually works out very well for my purposes.

As soon as I threw away most of my cassettes, I looked at the holders and thought "baseball card display!" I intend to put a color picture of each teams logo from the year behind the player. Except for Chief Wahoo. The irony there would just be too much, so I'll go with a generic "Cleveland." I might put logos of various negro league teams around the edges, but maybe not. I will post a picture of the display when it's up if I can figure out how to do that. It will have some holes for awhile and some cards will eventually be replaced, but I have a critical mass of the cards, so I can put this up as soon as I fix up the case. For now they'll all go into a binder.

My intent here, is not to create controversy or debate. I just want to honor these (sometimes forgotten) pioneers of baseball. Also, note that these are NOT the first 16 black players in baseball after 1947. Some teams, like the Dodgers, had more than one black player pretty quickly. They're also not all rookie cards -- the Robinson because I can't afford it -- the Virgil because he played for other teams before he became the first black Tiger, for example.

Note, while not all were successful, five of the first eight players on this list are now in the Hall of Fame. ALL of those players were told they wouldn't be on teams at all if they weren't black.

Enjoy.

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Baseball players who don't really look like baseball players, and seem like they should be playing Tuesday nights for their company or church.

Something just makes these cards slightly/or blatantly atypical.

The worst team of the 2010's and easily one of the worst teams ever. The Orioles went 47-115 finishing 61 games behind the Red Sox in the AL East

Players debuting in Major League Baseball in 2021, listed in order.

I can't store these or ship them in normal stuff. Gimme a break. I want to trade them but who would want this weird sized crap.

Single cards needed to complete an insert set.

Cards showing someone blowing a gum bubble. I really don't care for the staged photos, but I have them listed. Go to New Bubble-heads to see just the recent additions.


Current record: Frank Thomas with 10 cards
Second: Jeff Cirillo with 9 cards
Third: Chipper Jones with 8
Fourth: Will Clark with 7

I love parallels. To me they are the second tier after base cards. But how many have I completed? It's not many, but I don't know the exact number...until I finish this chart.

I'm going to start the hunt for cards where Jerry Rice in the photo of the card but not named. Please help by letting me know if you see them.

Berra and Larsen statues in Yankee Museum inside Yankee Stadium, and Steinbrenner statue is a lobby entrance of the Stadium

Monument Park located behind CF in Yankee Stadium

Please help me compile a list of all of the cards with Clint Dempsey in them that are not his card. TIA.

A small show that turned out way better than I expected it to be!

players that may have been hanging out with tommy chong before picture day....

A tip of the hat to the Red Sox 406 club, this list is Red Sox players that I have 406 or more different cards of.

The 1969 season was the first for the franchise, and the team finished 69-93 and fourth in the American League West Division. Seven short years later, the Royals represented the West Division in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

My focus for this set is players that appear as a Royal on their baseball cards and actually played for the team during 1969. Exceptions have been made on a case by case basis for players that made special contributions to the team (e.g., Lou Piniella - AL Rookie of the Year).

Latest Update: Added Bill Butler

3/4/22 Update: Finished the two new shelves and successfully added them. Was about to add them Tuesday, when I realized I had put polyurethane on the original. Had to do the same with the new shelves, wait for it to dry, then try again Thursday, when my machinations actually worked. This case is HUGE. And I love it. 25 or so more slots available. Six years? Seven? Three? Let's hope for at least five....

This is my collection of the last Topps card of every Hall of Fame player who has a regular (base set) Topps card. I couldn't afford all the rookie cards and if I got into other companies, it'd be too intimidating. But I love this collection all the same. With this method, there are admittedly a lot of players in unfamiliar jerseys, but the cards also have more complete career stats than rookie cards, which is more relevant to HOF status. They are in order of year of induction. Enjoy.

It's all about the back...back...background.

What I find as interesting background happenstance; not posed setups.

To quote Yogi Berra, "It's like déjà vu all over again." Same photos used across the years and brands.
Does not include same photos used by the same company in the same year.
Does not include post-career cards.
Cards and cards only. Does not include photos (even though we have them listed in our database).

For ease of viewing, I used "blanks" to keep groups of same photos together on the same page.

Also, see my:
Same Photos: CFL
Same Photos: Football
Same Photos: Hockey & Misc
Same Photos: Team Cards


For 1969 Topps baseball cards that used previous years' Topps photos,
see Dave Sosidka's 1969 Topps Cards from the MLBPA Boycott of 1968

To quote Yogi Berra, "It's like déjà vu all over again." Same photos used across the years and brands.
Does not include same photos used by the same company in the same year.
Does not include post-career cards.
Cards and cards only. Does not include photos (even though we have them listed in our database).

For ease of viewing, I used "blanks" to keep groups of same photos together on the same page.

Also, see my:
Same Photos: Baseball
Same Photos: CFL
Same Photos: Hockey & Misc
Same Photos: Team Cards

This is a list of all the non-TTM Teemu autos I have.

If you thought you had finished collecting your favorite player, check this list ... he might be in the background of these cards.

For now, I'm going to omit "traditional" action cards to make the list more manageable in length.

Everyone who played on the 2003 Diamondbacks team. Will come back and add season's stats eventually.

To quote Yogi Berra, "It's like déjà vu all over again." Same photos used across the years and brands.
Does not include same photos used by the same company in the same year.
For ease of viewing, I used "blanks" to keep groups of same photos together on the same page.

Also, see my:
Same Photos: Baseball
Same Photos: CFL
Same Photos: Football
Same Photos: Team Cards

Traded or Free agent cards for the Mariners. Inspired by EbeSPN's transactions list for the Yankees and Red Sox.