Tommy Hanson
Aug. 28, 1986 – Nov. 10, 2015.
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In Memoriam: Tommy Hanson Aug. 28, 1986 – Nov. 10, 2015
Posted in In Memoriam with tags Atlanta Braves, baseball, baseball cards, Tommy Hanson on November 10, 2015 by Cardboard IconsGoodbye Old “Friend”
Posted in Newspaperman with tags Atlanta Braves, baseball, baseball cards, Eddie Mathews, Hall of fame, Houston Astros, Million Card Giveaway, Topps on June 22, 2010 by Cardboard Icons
It’s not every day that someone offers you a vintage card (pre-1979) of a Hall of Fame player on the Topps Million Card Giveaway site. So when someone makes the offer, you’ve got to at least listen.Such was the case Monday when I was offered a 1967 Topps Eddie Mathews card for my 1956 Topps Bob Friend. Neither card is going to be called the best card in my collection, but that’s a pretty fair trade of two cards of decent value — not exactly something you hear about on the site every day.
While most cards being given away in this promotion are commons from their respective sets, Friend is a semi-star who had a pretty decent career, and Mathews, as you know by now, is a Hall of Famer.
I suppose there is something to be said about the year each card was released. By no means is a 1967 Topps card as rare as a 1956. But neither card is really rare at all. It should be noted, however, that the MCG site only has three 1956 Topps Bob Friend cards available and only two 1967 Eddie Mathews.
Anyone make any noteworthy trades on the MCG site lately?
Rookie Card Showcase: 2007 Bowman Heritage Tommy Hanson
Posted in Rookie Card Showcase with tags Atlanta Braves, baseball cards, rookie card, Rookie Card Showcase, Tommy Hanson on November 1, 2009 by Cardboard Icons
Another prospect box success story.
Here’s why I love keeping my cheap prospects separated: You never know what you’ll unearth. This is not the best Tommy Hanson rookie card on the market, but it happens to be the one and only one I own — and I didn;t really know it until I went digging through my prospects. For every 100 prospect cards that’ll never be worth the cardboard they are printed one, you find one card that makes the whole effort worth while.
Hanson should be on his way to earning 2009 National League Rookie of the Year honors, and this 2007 Bowman Heritage Prospects card shows Hanson without that scraggly goatee. Until I go out an acquire a Bowman Chrome rookie, this one will have to do for my personal collection.
This is the part 11 of an ongoing series. To see other parts in this series, click here.
Rookie Card Showcase: 2000 Topps Traded Adam Wainwright
Posted in Rookie Card Showcase with tags Adam Wainwright, Atlanta Braves, baseball, Chris Carpenter, Cy Young Award, Rookie Card Showcase, St. Louis Cardinals, Tim Lincecum on October 10, 2009 by Cardboard Icons
They told me to stop smiling, but how could I? I've been told that within a decade's time, I will be a Cy Young Award winner.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this should be your 2009 National League Cy Young Award winner. He also should be the winner of Game 2 of the NLDS versus the Dodgers, but we won’t go there, right, Mr. Matt Holliday Mr. Ryan Franklin?
What Wainwright accomplished during the 2009 regular season was simply spectacular. He won 19 games, posted a 2.63 ERA, struck out 212 batters and posted a strikeout to walk ratio close to 4:1. Tim Lincecum and Wainwright’s teammate Chris Carpenter deserve looks for the CY Young award as well, but Wainwright should be the winner.
The Cardinals stud is shown here on a 2000 Topps Traded rookie card, available only in factory sets. Wainwright, formerly of the Braves, only has a handful of rookie cards, none of which are horribly expensive. He also has a Chrome version of this card, which I do not own.
This is the part two of an ongoing series. To see other parts in this series, click here.
A Trio of Traded Outfielders with Tomahawk Ties
Posted in Newspaperman with tags Allen & Ginter, Atlanta Braves, autograph, baseball, baseball cards, Goodwin Champions, New York Mets, Topps on October 1, 2009 by Cardboard IconsI’m a mark for baseball trades of any kind. I like watching players take the field in a new uniform and and in new surroundings. But one thing that kills me as a card collector is owning an autograph of a player in their OLD uniform. Enter the trio of Jeff Francoeur, Ryan Church and now Nate McLouth — three guys who have ties to the Red Hot Atlanta Braves.
I pulled the Frenchy auto from 2008 Allen & Ginter, the Church from 2009 Allen & Ginter, and just a few days ago I nabbed this Nate McLouth card from 2009 UD Goodwin Champions. When Frenchy and Church were traded for each other, I intended to post something but was really on a hiatus. But when I got the McLouth last week, there was no way that I could NOT write something about this weird cardboard trio.
We’ve got current Met Francoeur shown as a Brave, and then current Braves outfielders Church and McLouth shown in their former uniforms, the Mets and Pirates.
I’ve discussed before how trades can affect cards in a positive fashion, but without a doubt I can honestly say that the trades hurt the value of the cards shown here. Unless I find a hardcore Braves team collector — or three separate collectors looking for these cards — I will have a tough time trying to move these.
On a positive note, at least I am writing about autographs and not game-used cards. Those would be damn near impossible to unload at any price.
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