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Twitter – Batch of Cubs players

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I’ve recently started following other card collectors on Twitter (@cubsfanstan) and Instagram (@cubsfanstan). I ran across Cliff (@oriolesrise) on Twitter who was sharing photos of cards he was looking to move. I saw he had a few Cubs players and asked him how much he wanted for them. It wasn’t very much so he found a few more to make the shipping worthwhile.

They’re in varying condition but all new ones for me. I really like batches of cards as I usually get a good assortment for a low price. I added another Ron Santo to my collection along with fellow Cubs Billy Williams and Fergie Jenkins. Thanks Cliff for the great deal!

1962 Topps Ron Santo #170

1973 Topps Fergie Jenkins #180

1974 Topps Billy Williams #110

Cards in this order:
1960 Topps Dick Ellsworth #125
1960 Topps Harry Bright #277
1962 Topps Barney Schultz #89 RC
1962 Topps Ron Santo #170
1964 Topps Bob Buhl #96
1964 Topps Don Elston #111
1964 Topps Steve Boros #131
1970 Topps Ken Rudolph #46
1970 Topps Phil Regan #334
1970 Topps Willie Smith #318
1971 Topps Larry Gura #203 RC
1973 Topps Fergie Jenkins #180
1973 Topps Whitey Lockman #81
1974 Topps Billy Williams #110
1974 Topps Carmen Fanzone #484
1974 Topps Chicago Cubs Team Checklist #5
1974 Topps Traded George Mitterwald #249T
1975 Topps Ken Frailing #436
1989 Kmart Baseball Dream Team 33 card set
1991 Woolworth Baseball 33 card set
1992 Post Ryne Sandberg #2

Target and Meijer run

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My wife and I had some errands to run so we stopped by Target and Meijer. Target has a much better baseball card selection than Meijer. I hadn’t bought any Bowman cards for awhile and they had some small packs so I got some of those. I also grabbed some Stadium Club as I wanted something different. Kris Bryant (on the box) kept staring at me, so I picked up a 2017 Topps series 1 hanger pack. (because I don’t have enough Series 1 stuff this year!) My wife picked out the Donruss football cards, but she gave them all to me after pillaging the Colts players. 🙂

2017 Bowman Baseball (4)
2017 Stadium Club Baseball (2)
2017 Topps Baseball Series 1 Hanger (1)
2017 Donruss Football (5)

In the Bowman packs, I landed a Tomoyuki Sugano /499 refractor card.

In the Stadium Club, I found an Anthony Rizzo card with an awesome picture of him standing on the wall to make the catch at Wrigley Field!

As for the Topps Series 1 cards, the only thing I really liked was the Toronto Blue Jays team card. Why a team card? Because this one was blue (well they are the Blue Jays) and has a serial # of 21/50! I’ve never found a blue card like this before so that’s really neat.

As for the 2017 Donruss football cards, it was a mixed bag. I landed my first Mitchell Trubisky card in the form of a Gridiron King which looks pretty snazzy. Not shown is a few other Bears players including a Walter Payton card. There were a lot of duplicates in the packs we picked up, so that was disappointing.

I found a Tony Romo card which didn’t excite me that much until I flipped it over and noticed a mention about my alma mater (Eastern Illinois University) on it.

I attended Eastern Illinois University during the same time that Romo was there in 2000/2001. While visiting the campus on September 11, 2010, I snapped a picture of the retired #17 Romo jersey next to the retired #18 jersey of Saints head coach Sean Payton.

FYI: Did you know that Patriots backup / future quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo played college football at Eastern Illinois University? I’d love to get some of his cards, especially ones showing him in an EIU jersey. 🙂

eBay – 1975 Ron Santo

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In my search to get all the 1960s and 1970s Ron Santo cards, I stumbled across a 1975 on eBay for $3 shipped. Even though the 1975 card is for the crosstown Chicago White Sox, I still wanted it. It came in a plain-white envelope inside a toploader. The card has really good corners and edges. There is a small red pen mark on the right front but that doesn’t bother me much. I’m very happy with the card!

Cards in this order: 1975 Topps Ron Santo #35