Big Pile - Part 1 - NL East

...And the Pile keeps on growing...

At first I was going to just show all the cards in one ginormous post.  Once I realized how ridiculous that would be, I figured I would cut it in two.  Now I've cut it down to a reasonable level...the division-level for baseball.  I had no idea how big the pile was getting as I kept throwing other cards onto it.  To get a view for how many cards we are talking about here, take what you see below, multiply it by about 6, add some football, some basketball, and then a little other stuff...craziness.  That's what's taking so long on the scanning/posting.

So, without further ado...Here is the NL EAST portion of the pile.

ID #

Player

Set

Card #

Other

B1	Bobby Abreu	2005 Bowman	58
B2	Lenny Dykstra	1991 Classic	133
B3	Roy Halladay	2011 Topps	359
B4	Ryan Howard	2006 Bowman	57	Gold
B5	Gary Matthews	1982 Fleer	249
B6	Scott Rolen	2011 Fleer Tradition	17 DT	Diamond Tributes
B7	Jimmy Rollins	2002 MLB Showdown	O43
B8	Curt Schilling	1995 Donruss	205
B9	Mitch Williams	1992 Pinnacle	406

 

B10	Hammers and Nails	1993 Upper Deck	485
B11	Miguel Cabrera	2006 Bowman	194
B12	Luis Castillo	2002 MLB Showdown	O28
B13	Andre Dawson	1995 Stadium Club	578
B14	Derrek Lee	2002 Topps	244
B15	Paul LoDuca	2005 Topps	539
B16	Mike Lowell	2005 Turkey Red	234
B17	Gary Sheffield	1998 Topps Finest	25
B18	Gary Sheffield	1996 Topps	80

 

B19	Dan Uggla	2007 Fleer Ultra	69
B20	Bobby Bonilla	1992 Pinnacle	395
B21	Gary Carter	1990 Donruss	147
B22	Angel Pagan	2011 Topps	207
B23	Mike Piazza	2002 MLB Showdown	S2	Clutch Hitting
B24	Darryl Strawberry	1988 Donruss MVP	BC-20
B25	Mets Team Card	2011 Topps	157
B26	Mets Team Sticker	1990 Fleer	N/A
B27	Freddie Freeman/Jason Heyward	2011 Topps	DD-HF	Diamond Duos

B28	Ron Gant	1991 Classic	123
B29	Tom Glavine	1999 HologrFx	9
B30	Bob Horner	1979 Topps	586
B31	Kenny Lofton	1997 Upper Deck	SA10	Star Attractions-Die Cut
B32	Andruw Jones	1998 Donruss Preferred	180	Preferred Power
B33	Chipper Jones	2002 Fleer Ultra	10
B34	David Justice	1992 Pinnacle	620
B35	Javy Lopez	1998 Topps Finest	86
B36	Jason Marquis	1997 Bowman	401

B37	Dale Murphy	2001 Topps American Pie	18
B38	John Smoltz	1990 Topps Minis	47	Mini
B39	John Smoltz	1997 UD Collector's Choice	265
B40	Chad Cordero	2007 Upper Deck	468
B41	Leonard Davis	2006 Bowman Chrome	BC109
B42	Ian Desmond	2011 Topps	308
B43	Nick Johnson	2005 Turkey Red	31
B44	Wilson Ramos	2011 Topps Heritage	167
B45	Ryan Zimmerman	2008 UD Baseball Heroes	173

B46	Jason Bay	2002 Topps	326
B47	"Oil Can" Boyd	1991 Classic	9
B48	Tim Burke	1990 Topps Minis	61
B49	Gary Carter	1992 Pinnacle	321
B50	Andre Dawson	2011 60 Years of Topps	60YOT-30
B51	Mark Grudzielanek	1995 Flair	376
B52	Vladimir Guerrero	2002 MLB Showdown	O33
B53	Vladimir Guerrero	2002 Fleer Ultra	27
B54	Denny Martinez	1992 Topps	15
B55	Pedro Martinez	1995 Flair	164
B56	Tim Raines	1988 Donruss All-Star	57
B57	Larry Walker	1991 Score Rising Star	21

I think I have email addresses for all the winners.  I'll send emails (in addition to posting) once the drafting starts.

Up next....NL Central.

Classic Cards - Garage Sale Finds

I LOVE Garage Sales.  Good garage sales, that is, not the junky ones with old furniture and paperbacks from the '70s.  Good garage sales have BASEBALL CARDS.  Luckily, my wife is always looking for a deal, so we hit our fair share of garage sales together.  Last Saturday the local high school sports teams were having a garage sale fundraiser so we drove down there.

At this sale LAST YEAR, I picked up a complete starter set of "MLB Showdown 2002" cards.  This alerted me to the "cards IN games" niche that is out there.  I was hoping to find something similar this year...and find it I did.

It was the 1991 Classic Trivia Board Game.  How much would you pay for such a thing?  $50??  $25??  $10??  No ladies and gentlemen, I was able to purchase this game for the low price of ONE dollar.  The school  was happy to have the money, I was happy to have the cards, and some mother was happy to have this out of her closet. 

But wait, there's more!  This game was apparently so special that it needed to be serial-numbered:

 004759/100000

I'm glad it wasn't some common thing that just anyone could buy....

Inside the box was a game-board, a bunch of pieces, some fake money (likely from a different game), and these two boxes of cards:

I cracked open those bad boys and found about 200 of the purple 1991 player cards.  The boxes were full, so I am assuming most of the set is there.  This set was nothing too special, but it did have a few interesting features.

Just like Johnny Cash sang "Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down," Lenny Dykstra is singing, "Ain't No Frame Can Hold My Body Down."  He is busting out of the frame, spitting, and trampling upon his family name.  That just ain't right!!  And he's not the only one -- many players are doing such violent actions that they thrust themselves out of the frame.  Roger Clemens is having an on-mound chat with his catcher and coach while sticking his elbows out across the border.  What an action shot!

Classic did include one cheesy shot (awesome):

Because his NAME is Justice!  I get it now.  :-)

All in all, a great find for a buck.  Except for the Royals, all of these cards are FOR TRADE.  The checklist is here, so see what you want and send me an offer.  I'll probably take it, as long as it gets approved by our benevolent judge above...