Tuesday, April 8, 2014

2014 Topps Gypsy Queen Twins

Base
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®

Minis
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®

Reverse Image Variation
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®

Mini Box Variations
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®

"Clear" Minis
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®

Framed Paper Parallels
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®

Graphite Minis
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®

Hometown Flags
GQHF-JM Joe Mauer

Mini Birth Year Pennies
GBY-JM Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®

Friday, March 21, 2014

2014 Topps Series One - Twins

12 Aaron Hicks
88 Oswaldo Arcia
103 Mauer/Cabrera/Trout
120 Kevin Correia
125 Joe Mauer
162 Josmil Pinto
220 Ryan Doumit
221 Brian Dozier
325 Trevor Plouffe

1989 Topps Mini
TM-43 Joe Mauer

Super Veterans
SV-5 Torii Hunter
SV-6 David Ortiz

50 Years Of The Draft
50YD-1 Joe Mauer

Power Players Code Cards
PP-104 Joe Mauer

Spring Fever Base
SF-23 Joe Mauer

Commemorative Patch
CP-8 Joe Mauer

Silk Cards
SC-52 Joe Mauer

In-The-Name Relics
ITN-JM Joe Mauer

Topps Rookie Cup All-Stars Relic
RCAS-3 Rod Carew
RCAS-13 Joe Mauer


Thursday, February 27, 2014

2014 Topps Heritage Twins base/insert sets

Base:
1 Mike Trout/Joe Mauer/Miguel Cabrera
62 Kevin Correia
73 Francisco Liriano
88 Ricky Nolasco
89 Kyle Gibson
90 Trevor Plouffe
180 Oswaldo Arcia
201 Zach Rosscup/Josmil Pinto
315 Mike Pelfrey
340 Josh Willingham
341 Glen Perkins
344 Justin Morneau
367 Alex Cobb
383 Ryan Doumit
419 Aaron Hicks

Hi-SPs
464 Joe Mauer
Throwback Uniform Base Variations Set Checklist
464 Joe Mauer
Logo Base Variations Set Checklist
464 Joe Mauer
Chrome Base Variations Set Checklist
464 Joe Mauer
Mini Base Variations Set Checklist
464 Joe Mauer
Full Color Red Border Variations Set Checklist
464 Joe Mauer
1965 Topps Embossed Set Checklist
14 Joe Mauer

Others
37 Logan Morrison

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

2014 Donruss Twins

Base/Inserts:
#60 Joe Mauer
#167 Glen Perkins
Diamond Kings #21 Joe Mauer
Team MVPs #7 Joe Mauer
Team MVPs #25 Rod Carew

#/d:
Season Stat Line #60 Joe Mauer #/324
Season Stat Line #167 Glen Perkins #/36
Career Stat Line #60 Joe Mauer #/323
Career Stat Line #167 Glen Perkins #/54

Silver Press Proof #60 Joe Mauer #/199
Silver Press Proof #167 Glen Perkins #/199
Gold Press Proof #60 Joe Mauer #/99
Gold Press Proof #167 Glen Perkins #/99

Diamond Kings Career Stat Line #21 Joe Mauer #/323
Diamond Kings Gold Press Proof #21 Joe Mauer #/99
Diamond Kings Season Stat Line #21 Joe Mauer #/324
Diamond Kings Silver Press Proof #21 Joe Mauer #/199

Autographs:
Donruss Signatures #50 Miguel Sano

Sunday, January 5, 2014

December happened.

Rant-y in-house dealings
Didn't really write much last month, eh? Someone hit me with a nasty flu that I've been dealing with for the better part of the last two weeks... as well as the holiday season, family, some legal matters, etc, etc. What I'm getting at is, there's more coming in the following months. Other than my gift exchange I didn't get any card related stuffs from the holidays, but I did score a Zelda themed Wii-U, a few games(New Super Mario Bros. U, Super Mario 3D Land - LOVE the cat-suit, Wind Waker Wii=U HD remake, A Link Between Worlds), and the usual socks/sweaters from the extended family. Now if this nasty cough would go away...

Card related stuffs
So this happened. Yes, I like to send Bip packages - I guess Scott Crawford didn't warn the Night Owl.... 1, 2. Three other people got near-Christmas Eve timed card packages, most with similar Bip-age(Bippage?).  I won(!) a NFL box from Topps on the twatters - look for a post about that soon enough. Also got a nice package from Fernando again, which I need to send him his pile at some point... Mentioned in the extremely(!) knowledgeable ClassicMNTwins' blog. Found several clips on Youtube with old All-Star games, portions of 70s games, as well as the oldest, fully-preserved game video, from 1967 featuring the Twins/Red Sox season ending series. Killer, Carew, Tovar, Tony-O... Ugh. That should have been our year(or you know, 2006. M&M boys, Cuddy, Cy-tana, Bradke, Kubes...).

NP: Goodbye Lament. Iommi, Grohl...what the hell was I listening to in 2000? 

Crackin' Wax holiday exchange gift!

No box shots. Probably should have gotten one, but I was too excited to crack it open. The first thing I noticed, was the address was from someone whom I had just sent a much-delayed package completing a previous trade. In explaining he stated that the huge stack of 1991 Fleers would have given it away, as that was going to be part of our next trade... 


A nice card, and most certainly not boring!

Ignore my mess on the desk, especially those sunflower seeds(read, crack). Brief stacks to show the singles. Between GN and NorCalCollect, I completed Topps Update this year without buying any. :D. Thanks guys!

I had never seen this team-issued set from 1983, but I think I know where 1988 Fleer stole their color design from. :D. 

Coaching staffs, team photos, Metrodome, my mouse... Love the first year coach card of Tom Kelly. I was excited I would finally have a player card for Kelly in Twins jersey, but was "disappointed" when the back said coach. Still searching for my first player-TK card.

The 1991 Fleer stack mentioned earlier. As the Twins won the series that year, and 1987, I've always wanted the complete sets from each of the major brands. I vividly remember these from when I first started my collection in the early 90s. This set and 1990 Score really stood out as a youngster. 
*Takes a step off some of your lawns*...
The real highlight for me, my second certified Kent Hrbek autograph. Included in the set was a near complete Panini Hometown Heroes team set, which at some point I might grab a box. I really like the throw back retro 70s/80s design.

Also in the package were these from 1986/87 - I've been meaning to pick these up from Amazon at some point. In addition to ancient coupons(though no expiration!) for Surf, the books also include pictures of nearly all the Twins cards for each year 1952 to print year. I noticed a few missing, namely leaderboard cards, cards with father/son or flashback/forward inserts, and playoff cards. Still really cool!

This guy... Knowing my @user is Rootlinuxusr, sends me a Windows networking book... Though I do find this stuff interesting and so far it's a good read. Still though.