tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77734824467936337222024-03-13T03:43:25.437-07:00Twins Cardsmusicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-39053558725979402922014-04-08T13:07:00.003-07:002014-04-08T13:07:53.387-07:002014 Topps Gypsy Queen TwinsBase<br />
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®<br />
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®<br />
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®<br />
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Minis<br />
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®<br />
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®<br />
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®<br />
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Reverse Image Variation<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
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Mini Box Variations<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
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"Clear" Minis<br />
127 Kyle Gibson Minnesota Twins®<br />
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
187 Oswaldo Arcia Minnesota Twins®<br />
195 Josmil Pinto Minnesota Twins®<br />
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Framed Paper Parallels<br />
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®<br />
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Graphite Minis<br />
153 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins®<br />
157 Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®</div>
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Hometown Flags<br />
GQHF-JM Joe Mauer<br />
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GBY-JM Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins®musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-42524016640344709332014-03-21T00:04:00.000-07:002014-03-21T00:04:06.941-07:002014 Topps Series One - Twins<strike>12 Aaron Hicks</strike><br />
88 Oswaldo Arcia<br />
103 Mauer/Cabrera/Trout<br />
<strike>120 Kevin Correia</strike><br />
<strike>125 Joe Mauer</strike><br />
<strike>162 Josmil Pinto</strike><br />
220 Ryan Doumit<br />
<strike>221 Brian Dozier</strike><br />
<strike>325 Trevor Plouffe</strike><br />
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1989 Topps Mini<br />
TM-43 Joe Mauer<br />
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Super Veterans<br />
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SV-6 David Ortiz<br />
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50 Years Of The Draft<br />
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Power Players Code Cards<br />
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Spring Fever Base<br />
SF-23 Joe Mauer<br />
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CP-8 Joe Mauer<br />
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SC-52 Joe Mauer<br />
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ITN-JM Joe Mauer<br />
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Topps Rookie Cup All-Stars Relic<br />
RCAS-3 Rod Carew<br />
RCAS-13 Joe Mauer<br />
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<br />musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-73680687321415595412014-02-27T09:47:00.001-08:002014-02-27T09:47:22.944-08:002014 Topps Heritage Twins base/insert sets<b><u>Base:</u></b><br />
1 Mike Trout/Joe Mauer/Miguel Cabrera<br />
62 Kevin Correia<br />
73 Francisco Liriano<br />
88 Ricky Nolasco<br />
89 Kyle Gibson<br />
90 Trevor Plouffe<br />
180 Oswaldo Arcia<br />
201 Zach Rosscup/Josmil Pinto<br />
315 Mike Pelfrey<br />
340 Josh Willingham<br />
341 Glen Perkins<br />
344 Justin Morneau<br />
367 Alex Cobb<br />
383 Ryan Doumit<br />
419 Aaron Hicks<br />
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464 Joe Mauer<br />
<b><u>Throwback Uniform Base Variations Set Checklist</u></b><br />
464 Joe Mauer<br />
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464 Joe Mauer<br />
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464 Joe Mauer<br />
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464 Joe Mauer<br />
<b><u>Full Color Red Border Variations Set Checklist</u></b><br />
464 Joe Mauer<br />
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14 Joe Mauer<br />
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37 Logan Morrisonmusicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-79788094573153496062014-02-26T11:05:00.000-08:002014-03-20T23:54:32.485-07:002014 Donruss Twins<b>Base/Inserts:</b><br />
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<strike>#167 Glen Perkins</strike><br />
Diamond Kings #21 Joe Mauer<br />
Team MVPs #7 Joe Mauer<br />
Team MVPs #25 Rod Carew<br />
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Season Stat Line #60 Joe Mauer <b>#/324</b><br />
Season Stat Line #167 Glen Perkins <b>#/36</b><br />
Career Stat Line #60 Joe Mauer <b>#/323</b><br />
Career Stat Line #167 Glen Perkins <b>#/54</b><br />
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Silver Press Proof #60 Joe Mauer <b>#/199</b><br />
Silver Press Proof #167 Glen Perkins <b>#/199</b><br />
Gold Press Proof #60 Joe Mauer <b>#/99</b><br />
Gold Press Proof #167 Glen Perkins <b>#/99</b><br />
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Diamond Kings Career Stat Line #21 Joe Mauer <b>#/323</b><br />
Diamond Kings Gold Press Proof #21 Joe Mauer <b>#/99</b><br />
Diamond Kings Season Stat Line #21 Joe Mauer <b>#/324</b><br />
Diamond Kings Silver Press Proof #21 Joe Mauer <b>#/199</b><br />
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Donruss Signatures #50 Miguel Sanomusicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-75038771500353628112014-01-05T06:53:00.002-08:002014-01-05T06:57:59.045-08:00December happened.<b>Rant-y in-house dealings</b><br />
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 <a href="http://minnesotatwinscards.blogspot.com/2014/01/crackin-wax-holiday-exchange-gift.html">gift exchange</a> I didn't get any card related stuffs from the holidays, but I did score a <a href="https://twitter.com/rootlinuxusr/status/415985253476343808">Zelda themed Wii-U</a>, 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...<br />
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<a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-dos-and-donts-of-sending-baseball.html">So this happened.</a> Yes, I like to send <a href="https://twitter.com/Bipster10">Bip</a> packages - I guess <a href="https://twitter.com/scottcrawford">Scott Crawford</a> didn't warn the Night Owl.... <a href="http://www.scottcrawfordoncards.com/2013/10/hey-look-trade-post.html">1</a>, <a href="http://www.scottcrawfordoncards.com/2013/05/the-bipping-that-would-not-die.html">2</a>. 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 <a href="https://twitter.com/toppscards/status/411188413073592321">twatters</a> - look for a post about that soon enough. Also got a nice package from <a href="https://twitter.com/NorCalCollect">Fernando</a> again, which I need to send him his pile at some point... Mentioned in the extremely(!) knowledgeable ClassicMNTwins' <a href="http://classicminnesotatwins.blogspot.com/2013/11/game-video-lyman-bostocks-4-4-night.html">blog</a>. 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...).<br />
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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 <a href="https://twitter.com/glassnickels">whom</a> 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... </div>
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A nice card, and most certainly not boring!</div>
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Ignore my mess on the desk, especially those sunflower seeds(read, crack). Brief stacks to show the singles. Between <a href="https://twitter.com/glassnickels">GN</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/NorCalCollect">NorCalCollect</a>, I completed Topps Update this year without buying any. :D. Thanks guys!</div>
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I had never seen this team-issued set from 1983, but I think I know where 1988 Fleer stole their color design from. :D. </div>
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Coaching staffs, team photos, Metrodome, my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-910-001799-M570-Wireless-Trackball/dp/B0043T7FXE">mouse</a>... 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.</div>
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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. </div>
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*Takes a step off some of your lawns*...</div>
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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.</div>
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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!</div>
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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.<br />
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NP: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM">Do I Wanna Know?</a></div>
<br />musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-37211691289266472692013-12-01T12:58:00.000-08:002013-12-01T13:15:21.821-08:001989 - Oakland v. MinnesotaWhile looking for the <a href="http://minnesotatwinscards.blogspot.com/2013/11/1989-upper-deck.html">previously mentioned</a> 1989 Upper Deck <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">® or ™ cards, I noticed a lot of the Oakland and Minnesota cards shared background players of each other. Photo album below. None of them appear to be in Minnesota, leaving a four game set June 24th-26th, with a double-header on the 26th, and September 19th-21st. Interesting, that the double-header features two players that share Oakland and Minnesota players on the card. But first, one of my favorite back of a card photos. Señor Smoke, Portugal, and <a href="http://milkeespress.com/twinsnumbers.html">Jim Wynn #48(?).</a></span></span><br />
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Oakland's fence in the background? Not sure, need to do more research or consult <a href="http://twitter.com/ourtradingcards">Ben</a> again.<br />
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Same here, HUGE distance markers on the outfield walls.<br />
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I think that's #18, Paul Sorrento, again some debate on <a href="https://twitter.com/rootlinuxusr/status/406657816040980480">Twitter</a>...<br />
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<br />musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-25749085216047953242013-11-28T01:59:00.002-08:002013-11-28T17:52:02.516-08:001989 Upper DeckSo much has been said about the 1989 Upper Deck set, iconic set, great rookie cards of Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, G<span style="font-family: inherit;">ary Sheffield, Craig Biggio, Omar Vizquel. One of the first sets to put an emphasis on photography, a staple<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of UD's line for years to come. The set was not without errors however, as cards #1-100(or 2-101 depending on source) can be found with either a ® or a ™. I thought you would need a microscope to see them originally, but the circle on the ® makes it stand out very visibly.</span></span><br>
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This said, if you have #62, #81, or #85 ® version...just sayin'. I might needs them.<br>
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How's about this one for a quick funsies post? 1990 Donruss' team MVP sub-set.</div>
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In addition to the <a href="http://minnesotatwinscards.blogspot.com/2013/09/donruss.html">et-wide error</a>, the line where it says ALL-STAR GAME PERFORMANCE, for each, has a version that looks like this:</div>
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Lol, whoops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also, I can confirm, for the ALL-STAR version at least that the set wide LEAF INC./INC error holds true. I have both, as pictured.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div>
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I barely caught this, but check out the shoulder patch on the fielder's arm. Definitely a Twin player. I did my usual <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/">baseball-reference</a> detective work, and have this down to a single play again. Willie's career was winding down in 1990, and played for two teams - <a href="http://ourtradingcards.wordpress.com/">@ourtradingcards</a>' A's whom are pictured, and started the year with <a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/">@NightOwlCards</a>' Dodgers. 1990 was also Willie's only year with the Athletics, playing in 93 games for the eventual World Series losers. Suck it Ben! :D. </div>
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Eitherway, in the sixth with Paul Abbott pitching, Willie broke for second and beat out the throw by Junior Ortiz. There was some debate on <a href="https://twitter.com/rootlinuxusr/status/401133028052705280">twitter</a> regarding whether that's Al Newman or Nelson Liriano - but that's a wash as Newman was a late game replacement, and Willie never batted afterwards. Nelson Liriano's arm there folks. <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK199009150.shtml">Game log</a>.</div>
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Speaking of Al Newman though, this is definitely Al Newman. This was not the same game as above, but it was the day afterwards - <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK199009160.shtml">Game log</a>. Willie reached base in the third on a single, only to be thrown out in a 5-4-3 inning ending double-play. Newman started this game, and Randolph appears to be out on the play.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">I think I may need a new hobby.</span>musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-76970735518371840492013-11-11T18:07:00.001-08:002013-11-11T18:16:44.007-08:00Scribbles and dirty laundrySince being introduced in the mid-90s, relics autos and manufactured junk has re-vitalized a dead hobby. Like it or not, most people are supar-mojo hit chasers(it hurt to type that..). I'd like to think I have a huge Twins collection, and just wanted to share a few of my favorites here.<br />
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I'm trying to collect different player "letter" type cards to spell out my name, this was one of my first additions. Love the huge patch style on this compared to others.<br />
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My current oldest card, an original T206 that I pulled from <a href="http://teddyballgamecards.blogspot.com/">Teddy's</a> favorite LCS.<br />
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Speaking of Nick's, I pulled this thinking I needed it for my Topps team set, only saw the faint pen auto when I was sorting it into my team box.<br />
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Harmon Killebrew pinstripe card? Yeah, sure. Sign me up. Looks like it's straight from the 60s.<br />
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These Killebrew, Oliva, Carew relics all look faded, a nice historical touch. Much better than bland white squares from recent players... #ThanksTopps<br />
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Just hope this "T-Shirt" was a jersey/pants, and moreso, not from the Angels.<br />
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<br />musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-2958682918215741892013-10-24T09:50:00.000-07:002013-10-24T20:20:22.778-07:00Dating a Twin, part three<br />
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Yet another Twin, this time judging by the helmet, <a href="http://milkeespress.com/twinsnumbers.html">Ben Revere</a>(Come home Benny!). The outfield walls look like both Jacobs Field(because really..I'm not calling it whatever it is now.) and Target Field. But judging by this - <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/ohio-sports-blog/index.ssf/2010/11/indians_unveil_new-look_road_u.html">Cleveland Indians Home/Away jersey info</a>, this was in Cleveland. So, checking both <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=reverbe01&t=b&year=2012">Revere's</a> and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=cabreas01&t=b&year=2012">Cabrera's</a> BRef pages, both being in the lineup, these happened 8 times in 2012. June 1-3rd, August 6-8, and September 18-19th.<br />
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<a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201206010.shtml">June 1st</a>, Revere went 0-4 in a nasty lopsided affair, three ground ball outs, and a fly ball caught in center. <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201208080.shtml">August 8th</a>, Revere went 0-5, with two ground outs, a strikeout, a fly ball caught in center(again...). <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE201209190.shtml">September 19th</a>, Revere was a defensive replacement late in the game(bottom 9th), and never batted in the Twins 6-4 victory.<br />
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Taking these out, there are five dates that this photo could have come from, June 2-3rd, August 6-7th, and September 18th. On June 2nd, all the starting Twins had a hit except Jamey Carroll. While Revere did reach 2nd in the 1st inning, it wasn't a close play as Joe Mauer hit a ground ball past the defense, and Justin Morneau would drive him in later in the inning. Following consecutive ground outs, Revere would reach base in the 9th on a wild pitch, and even get thrown out as part of a double play, but Cabrera started the play, and was not covering second. June 2nd - eliminated.<br />
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The next day, June 3rd, Revere only went 1-5, with one walk, several ground outs and a strikeout. In the 7th after consecutive ground outs to the pitcher, Revere hit a "bunt" on the first base/pitcher side and was called safe on the play. He wound up stealing second, and was doubled in by Josh Willingham'mer. In his last at-bat of the day, he ground out to second. June 3rd - eliminated.<br />
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After a strikeout looking on August 6th, Benny blooped a single to center, scoring Carroll and advancing Denard Span to third. Mauer drove him in, in the next at-bat. No dice here, but the Twins did light up Cleveland pitching for 10 runs in the inning! In the fourth, Revere hit a single, and was the duck on the pond for <a href="http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=23669463&topic_id=8878976&c_id=mlb">Morneau's 200th homer</a>! In the sixth, he singled, and Mauer drove him in with a double, and in his last at-bat of the night he would end up at third after a single, Mauer's single, and advancing on Willingham's grounder out. August 6th - eliminated.<br />
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We're getting closer, on August 7th, Revere singled in the 1st, took second on Mauer's walk and would score on Morneau's deep center single. After a foul fly ball out, Revere was walked, and was part of a double play(!), one that went second, to the shortstop covering second(Cabrera!!), to first(!!!). 4-6-3, we may have a winner. He finished the game with three ground outs. August 7th - Likely/Possible!<br />
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Finally September 18th, Ben only hit 1-5, with both a walk and a strike out. In the first he had a bunt hit, advanced to 3rd on Mauer's single and scored on a Morneau fly out. Two grounders, a K looking, and another ground out, Revere was walked in the 11th. Except Mauer couldn't beat out a infield single and was thrown out at first to end the inning. In the 12th, the Twins would break the tie-game, and despite Glen Perkins allowing a homer to Carlos Santana, the game was finished. Twins win 6-5.<br />
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<strike>So, by all of this, this photo could only have occurred August 7th, 2012. Here's the MLB write-up for the <a href="http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_08_07_minmlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=cle">game</a>. Despite all the videos, even with two nice stops by Cabrera, this play isn't recorded - except by a nice Topps photo.</strike><br />
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Update: fail. I probably should have compared any of the videos to the photo to triple verify the jersey. It was pointed out on <a href="https://twitter.com/digitalHaas/status/393564673523462144">twitter</a> by <a href="http://twitter.com/digitalHaas">@digitalHaas</a> that they're wearing their home blue jerseys, and the video confirms that. Look for an update to the update when I check their 2011 seasons...<br />
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That looks like a Twins player to me. The 'M' is on the classic Twins road uniform that is one of my all-time favorites. Judging by the back of the player's uniform, the player's name ends in either an 'o' or a '0'. One of those is unlikely. I checked the 1991 Twins roster and found two players - <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=paglimi01&t=b&year=1991">Mike Pagliarulo</a>, and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=sorrepa01&t=b&year=1991">Paul Sorrento</a>. Sorrento only faced Baltimore once, in September, but didn't hit against Olson - in fact he homered in his one at-bat. Pags however faced Olson only <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/batter_vs_pitcher.cgi?batter=paglimi01&pitcher=olsongr01#gotresults&batter=paglimi01&pitcher=olsongr01&min_year_game=1988&max_year_game=1991&post=1&ajax=1&submitter=1">twice</a>, going 1-2 with an RBI. Got to love relief-pitchers, makes this so much easier to eliminate dates. Looking at his 1991 starts, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=olsongr01&t=p&year=1991">Gregg Olson</a> made four appearances against the Twins. I don't think that's the Metrodome, the base lines don't look right, and the color looks too much like an outdoor game. With his starts against Baltimore, in-Baltimore, Pags faced Olson on <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199106190.shtml">June 19th, 1991</a> and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL199108240.shtml">August 24th, 1991</a>, and we can eliminate the August game because Pags was never on base, or at-bat while Olson was pitching. Just to make sure, I checked the game log for the June game, and Pags did indeed have a single up the 1B-2B side, with a throw to first likely coming in from the right fielder. Who's on first? Olson, or Baltimore's 1B that day, David Segui. On this particular play, June 19th, 1991, it appears Olson was on first.musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-80047251293065235342013-10-17T12:16:00.000-07:002013-10-17T12:16:09.757-07:00Speaking of 1972s...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'd like to think these were connected at some point. Part of a sheet?musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-18869606837549255132013-10-17T11:31:00.002-07:002013-10-17T11:31:30.279-07:00Dating a Twin week.Day one.<br />
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1972 Topps Gene Michael and John Ellis. Neither are Twins, however they both have Twins pictured, and along with finding error cards and variations, another hobby of mine is to try and put a date on when photos were taken. So it's a given that these occurred during the 1971 season or before since these are cards in the 1972 set. Most likely 1971. Going by <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1971-schedule-scores.shtml">this</a> the Twins played the Yankees twelve times in 1971, six at home, six in New York. As someone who never attended any games at old Yankee Stadium, I'm relying on the Gene Michael card, which based on the box score is in New York. Based on said box score, this game could only have occurred <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197107210.shtml">July 21<sup>st</sup>, 1971</a>. Based on <a href="http://milkeespress.com/twinsnumbers.html">this</a> great resource, #36 is Jim Kaat(who will be featured later this week) sliding into second. Looking at the play-by-play from the day, in the 8th Kaat hit his only single of the day, then stole second(!) with Rod Carew at-bat. While there's no way to officially without a doubt guarantee the John Ellis card was the same day. However, John Ellis did have a single in the bottom of the 7th, just before this play, and Killebrew(pictured) stayed in the game all the way until the 9th when he was pinch-ran for, a pinch-runner(Rich Reese) who scored the game winner. I'd like to think these were from the same game. :D.</div>
musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-35922432429783403072013-09-30T14:04:00.004-07:002013-10-01T05:39:08.968-07:001990 Upper DeckA quick Google can yield many results <a href="http://junkwaxgems.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/quick-look-1990-upper-deck-101-199-copyright-variations/">1</a>, <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-12-18/sports/8903190647_1_upper-deck-beckett-baseball-card-monthly-printing-process">2</a>, <a href="http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Errors.cfm/sid/149/1990-Upper-Deck">3</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckett.com%2Fforums%2Fthread-179699.html&ei=ZOFJUoz2I-HI2AXGmYCoDw&usg=AFQjCNEBZoM6_7jOGPq-tUR06wF9NUb6xg&sig2=RxUuAI2VPX-bXLBRHEjdUg&bvm=bv.53217764,d.b2I">4</a> <a href="http://www.freedomcardboard.com/forum/baseball/123424-junk-era-rarities-look-out-1987-1994-rarities-check-before-tossing-out.html">5</a> to discussions about different error cards, set variations, printing/inking differences... In my postings on errors, I like to include the more common errors, differences that affect a good chunk of a release if not the entire set. For this week's post I'll take a look at the common errors found in 1990 Upper Deck.<br>
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There are two very common errors that affect most in this set, the first being cards that have missing hologram/foil on the back side; the second is much more rare(update 10/1/13, maybe not so much more rare, found another stack that was supposed to go with this post...), with a missing copyright on the back. From the first link above we see the cards that are missing the "Copyright 1990 Upper Deck Co. Printed in USA" run from cards #101-199, which is consistent to the cards that I found missing copyrights. I went through ~15,000 1990 Upper Deck before making this post pulling all versions of these that I could find. This is in no way indicative of all hoards of 1990 Upper Deck, just of the stock my LCS had in their backroom(most likely since 1990, hah). Of the boxes I found, one of the 5,000 count boxes had cards sorted numerically(five #1s, three #2s, four #3s, etc...), one box was sorted into four or five sets(cards #1-800), and the other had no rhyme or reason - completely random sorting(not numerical, not set, not by team/position/player...). Here's my findings:<br>
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No copyright: 104,106,108,111,2x114,2x115,116,117,2x123,128,3x157,164,166,2x167,2x168,169,170,171,173,177,181,191,193,199(Twin!)<div><br></div><div><br>
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So you can see why I like this search, there were several Twins found missing stuffs. It's actually how I first found out about these, card #493 caught my attempt while sorting one day. Other than the missing section there is nothing that stands these numbers apart from any other in the set. The fronts look as they are supposed to, it doesn't look like someone took an eraser to the card, they hold up to viewing them in the light... Very odd. Also odd, all of the ones that are missing the hologram/foil were cards that are in the #400-499 range. Strange times these be. Have you found any of these? Lemme know in the comments below?<br>
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In addition to a different numbering scheme(MIN-1, MIN-2, etc.) some photos have been known to be different, or players that weren't in the base set are known to be in this team set, so I asked if he could pick me up a set. Interesting, I didn't notice any cropping or different photos used like NightOwl did for his <a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-very-own-team-set.html">2008 Dodgers set.</a> No, I don't have a Morneau from series 2, if anyone wants to ship me one? :D.<br />
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Let's look at the retail checklist and their 2013 Topps counter-part:<br />
MIN-1 Joe Mauer - 107 Joe Mauer - Also has a photo variation short print.<br />
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MIN-2 Justin Morneau - 575 Justin Morneau<br />
MIN-3 Josh Willingham - 216 Josh Willingham - Also has a photo variation short print.<br />
MIN-4 Darin Mastroianni - 528 Darin Mastroianni<br />
MIN-5 Chris Parmelee - 446 Chris Parmelee<br />
MIN-6 Ryan Doumit - 460 Ryan Doumit<br />
MIN-7 Jamey Carroll - 88 Jamey Carroll<br />
MIN-8 Brian Dozier - 596 Brian Dozier<br />
MIN-9 Scott Diamond - 656 Scott Diamond<br />
MIN-10 Trevor Plouffe - 629 Trevor Plouffe<br />
MIN-11 Glen Perkins - 547 Glen Perkins<br />
MIN-12 Vance Worley<br />
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MIN-14 Pedro Florimon - 451 Pedro Florimon<br />
MIN-15 Kevin Correia<br />
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102 Denard Span<br />
335 Chris Herrmann<br />
346 Aaron Hicks<br />
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636 Cole De Vries<br />
MIN-12 Vance Worley<br />
MIN-15 Kevin Correia<br />
MIN-16 Mike Pelfrey<br />
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musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-6597645197040654242013-09-15T07:29:00.001-07:002013-09-21T06:13:02.251-07:00Donruss<div dir="ltr">
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PiZRKUoF1DQ/UjXgg1vpqMI/AAAAAAAAHMk/Do_rbNjFO4g/s1600/2013-09-15+11.26.03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PiZRKUoF1DQ/UjXgg1vpqMI/AAAAAAAAHMk/Do_rbNjFO4g/s320/2013-09-15+11.26.03.jpg" width="238" /></a>Here's where it gets interesting, each regular base card has a back with * denotes led league and a back with * denotes led league *. Notice the second asterisk. Whether this was intentional or not, neither version is particularly rare, but something to chase for set and team collectors. However the fun doesn't stop there in 1989, in addition to this, each denotes version has on the back either Leaf INC., or Leaf INC without the period. Yes, they're really that pedantic. You might be best served opening these in a new tab, however where you're looking is right next to the thick black bar in the top-right.<br />
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Dig out a magnifying glass and you'll see either Leaf INC, or Leaf INC. with period, as well as the single/double asterisk around denotes. The rest of these years focus on the INC./INC variations, because with the slight exception of 1991, these were the only set wide editions that vary.
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musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-19540378575303897872013-09-08T18:50:00.001-07:002013-09-08T19:27:27.669-07:00Last post on 91 UDs...I swear<p dir=ltr>So I over covered this, but I figured I should detail what numbers had variants in the box of ~2,000 I searched. I only found three types(90 MLB, 90-91 NHL, 92 MLB), with 92 being the most rare. That said here's the breakdown:</p>
<p dir=ltr>90 MLB: 2x98, 100, 2x102, 4x103, 3x104, 105, 106, 107, 114, 3x116, 2x117, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 128, 2x129, 4x130, 3x131, 137, 138, 148, 2x149, 2x150, 153, 159, 2x168, 169, 2x173, 176, 2x178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 3x184, 185, 2x186, 189, 2x190, 2x191, 2x193, 194, 199, 305, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 316, 318, 321, 322, 327, 329, 331, 333, 348, 359, 368, 369, 370, 379, 395, 398, 399, 516, 529, 2x541, 549, 549, 3x558, 559, 2x560, 562, 590, 595, 596.</p>
<p dir=ltr>90-91 NHL: 312, 314, 318, 320, 322, 339, 369, 381, 382, 623, 628, 630, 631, 639, 648, 650, 2x652, 658, 660, 667, 669, 671, 678, 2x681, 2x682, 2x683, 684, 691, 692, 693, 695, 695, 697, 699, 700.</p>
<p dir=ltr>92 MLB: 191</p>
<p dir=ltr>Some interesting notes:</p>
<p dir=ltr>There doesn't seem to be much overlap in numbering. I find this odd, I expected there to be many shared numbers, but it's almost as if each hundred block(100-199, 200-299, etc) are in their own group. All teams are represented, some more than others. The first number is 1990 MLB, second number is 1990-1991 NHL, the Twins and the Rangers were the only two teams with a 1992 MLB logo.</p>
<p dir=ltr>American League(1990 division alignments):</p>
<p dir=ltr>Baltimore 0/2<br>
Boston 6/5<br>
Cleveland 1/13<br>
Detroit 3/7<br>
Milwaukee 1/3<br>
New York 3/1<br>
Toronto 1/4<br>
Oakland 0/5<br>
Minnesota 2/3/1<br>
Texas 2/3/1<br>
Seattle 0/7<br>
California 3/3<br>
Chicago 2/1<br>
Kansas City 3/2</p>
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<p dir=ltr>Chicago 1/4<br>
Montreal 2/5<br>
New York 0/1<br>
Philadelphia 0/2<br>
Pittsburgh 1/7<br>
St. Louis 2/7<br>
Atlanta 1/1<br>
Cincinnati 2/4<br>
Houston 2/4<br>
Los Angeles 0/9<br>
San Diego 1/2<br>
San Francisco 1/3</p>
<p dir=ltr>Checklists 1/1</p>
<p dir=ltr>For a prior run down on these errors, see the previous few posts! Also, if anyone wants a particular card, let me know in the comments. Next week's focus, Donruss/Leaf errors!</p>
musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-64486792212715765392013-09-07T08:33:00.001-07:002013-09-07T08:33:18.329-07:0091 UD Hologram Identification Guide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The normal '91 Upper Deck has the company name repeated several times horizontally, and if viewed from a different angle, '91's. This is the most common and easiest to spot. The others when viewed look smudged, and this is the best indicator you have a variant. 1990's design was the most common, and again the photo is blurry, but it features a repeated pattern of baseball's(which you can kind of make out the stitches and ball shape) and if viewed at a different angle, a very tiny pattern of '90's. This was the most common, and the easiest to differentiate. Upper Deck's 1990-91 Hockey features another pattern of '90's(however bigger and more noticeable than 1990 baseball) and crossed hockey sticks. It is also the second most common design that I found. 1992's design is the next most distinct, with a diamond shape and '1992' visible, however as the previous post stated, this was one of the rarest, I only found two in roughly 10,000 cards that I sorted. The rarest of them all was the Comic Ball 1 design, and I'm not even positive it's not just an error edition of the NHL release. In all the cards I checked, I only found one! ...and a Twins card at that! Score....err Upper Deck.musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-82311177777569993492013-09-05T21:53:00.000-07:002013-09-07T08:33:27.343-07:001991 UD Hologram errorsFor whatever reason, 1991 Upper Deck's base set came with several different holograms on the back of the cards. Ranging from the standard 1991 Upper Deck hologram, to the previous year's 1990 Upper Deck containing a repeated pattern of baseballs, very oddly 1990-1991 Upper Deck NHL's design with "90" and crossed hockey sticks, as well as 1992 Upper Deck's design. I'm not sure where each of these come from, I would hazard a guess that they're obviously from different print runs, but why would they make these errors? Chase $$$? Confuse collectors? Strange times were the 90's...<br />
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I recently broke down ~10,000 cards from the set that were thrown in 5,000 ct. boxes by my LCS, and pulled all of the Twins. Here's my breakdown of what I found:<br />
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Make of that what you will, but I find this kind of rarity breakdown cool. There is also apparently some with the Comic Ball 1 hologram, but I didn't see any of these in what I went through. Also, I wasn't looking but I did find a Rangers card with the 1992 hologram, #191 and a 1990-1991 NHL hologram for #666(spooky...). These are all from 1991 Upper Deck, with photos below.<br />
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75 regular 1991 UD designed hologram cards.<br />
23 1990 MLB UD designed hologram cards(1x#167, 2x#170, 3x#360, 1x#377, 8x#501, 3x#503, 4x#505, 1x#659).<br />
16 1990-1991 NHL UD designed hologram cards(8x#360, 5x#377, 2x#659, 1x#698).<br />
<u style="font-weight: bold;">1</u> 1992 UD designed hologram card(1x#490).<br />
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Poor picture, but this is 1990 Upper Deck. Baseball's that rotate back and forth are most prominent, but I think I see a '90 also.<br />
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1991 Upper Deck regular(left), 1992 Upper Deck regular(right). Very odd that this would come out on a set released the year prior, no?<br />
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This is 1990-1991 Upper Deck NHL edition. Repeated pattern of smaller '90' in the background, with hockey sticks crossed.<br />
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Editing to add, I found one among my dupes, that doesn't match any of these, and seems to match the Comic Ball Series 1 hologram! This one almost looks like the 1990-1991 Upper Deck NHL design, but the '90' in the hologram is much bigger(in person anyway...).<br />
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musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-28376798119196684462013-08-29T23:17:00.001-07:002013-08-30T16:42:35.189-07:001991 Upper Deck hi-series double box breakI picked up two boxes of 1991 Upper Deck hi-series for cheap, because why not? I've never opened this before, so it was a fun ripping.<br />
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Shinies!<br />
Breakdown:<br />
9 AL, 10 Yankees, 1 Indians, 8(!) Twins.<br />
8 NL, 3 Cardinals, 5 Expos, 3 Braves, 3 Cubs, 1 Reds, 1 Phillies, 1 Pirates, 3 Astros headed <a href="http://houstonastrosproject.blogspot.com/">Swlvguy</a>'s way, 4 Mets, 5 Giants, 4 Dodgers<br />
Ignore the doofus with the purple shorts.<br />
Funny story on the Aaron holograms, I got skunked on my first box, then pulled three in my second box. #90sCollation...<br />
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I was expecting there to be a ton of pre-high series cards and only a few 700+ cards. Just the way current sets have conditioned me, but I was pleasantly surprised to have equal sized stacks of pre-700 and cards between 700-800 ("hi-series"). Not pictured, I pulled both variations of the Rickey Henderson/Lou Brock "939" base, with and without date.<br />
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Huge stack of Twins to sort, resort, and triple check; as well as some "key" rookies. Cheepar being the highlight at ~2$, the rest under .50 cents.<br />
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<br />musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-643056464765403472013-08-13T08:59:00.002-07:002013-08-13T08:59:48.754-07:00Co-Franchise players(early morning ramblings...)There's a relatively short list of players who played for both Senators franchises, the Twins edition(1901-1960) and Rangers(1961-1971). I'm working on an experiment-type sql database, and was curious how many players we shared, and after that I was curious if we shared any with the current Washington franchise, the Nationals.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Twins-Senators</span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Twins</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Washington Senators</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Roy Sievers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1954-1959<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1964-1965</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Camilo Pascual</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1954-1966</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1967-1969</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pedro Ramos<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1955-1961</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1970-1970</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Johnny Schaive<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1958-1960</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1962-1963</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hal Woodeshick<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1959-1960</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1961-1961</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zoilo Versalles<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1959-1967</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1969-1969</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hector Maestri<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1960-1960</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1961-1961</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rudy Hernandez<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1960-1960</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1961-1961</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Don Mincher<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1960-1966</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1971-1972</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marty Martinez<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1962-1962</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1972-1972</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bernie Allen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1962-1966</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1967-1971</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jim Roland<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1962-1968</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1972-1972</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Joe McCabe<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1964-1964</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1965-1965</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Johnny Klippstein</span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1964-1966</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1961-1961</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ron Kline<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1967-1967</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1963-1966</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">John Roseboro<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1968-1969</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1970-1970</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Joe Grzenda<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1969-1969</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1970-1971</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Brant Alyea<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1970-1971</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1965-1969</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jim Shellenback <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1977-1977</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1969-1974</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Twins-Nationals<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Twins</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Washington Nationals</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hector Carrasco</span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1998-2001</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2005-2005</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cristian Guzman</span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1999-2004</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2005-2010</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Matt LeCroy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2000-2007</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2006-2006</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Michael Restovich<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2002-2004<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2007-2007</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Joe Beimel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2004-2004</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2009-2009</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tony Batista<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2006-2006</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2004-2007</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ramon Ortiz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2007-2007</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2006-2006</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Livan Hernandez<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2008-2008</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2003-2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Brendan Harris<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008-2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004-2006</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Denard Span<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2008-2012</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2013-2013</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Luis Ayala<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2009-2009</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2003-2008</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jon Rauch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009-2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004-2008</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wilson Ramos<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010-2010<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010-2013</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Matt Capps<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2010-2012</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2010-2010</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jason Marquis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012-2012<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010-2011</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jamey Carroll<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2012-2013</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2002-2005</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Josh Willingham<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2012-2013</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: x-small; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2009-2010</span></div>
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Interestingly, both <i>other</i> Washington franchises have almost the same amount of shared players. 19-17. One of these days I'll get around to how many players we shared with the original Washington Nationals/Senators, a list that includes many of our 1960s greats.</div>
musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-40246675942792414312013-08-08T11:06:00.002-07:002013-08-08T11:07:29.036-07:00Who knew Edgar Renteria was a Twin in 1996?Not that we couldn't have used him in 1996, with his .309/.358/.399/ for a .757 OPS, 3.3 WAR. and .979 fielding %...but who knew Edgar played for us?<br />
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I made a trade with <a href="https://twitter.com/SouthPawKersh22">@SouthPawKersh22</a> for Twins, and ex-Twins to even the trade. I was surprised to see this one among them. I have a pretty good photographic memory of Twins rosters, and didn't remember him playing for us. Obviously a printing error, but by now you would think Topps would have a way of pulling detailed stats reliably. They've only been doing this for 60+ years, and this is the digital age. Hell, I'll help them install a LAMP setup, with web/php queries if needed...musicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773482446793633722.post-61467767690835830252013-07-30T12:51:00.002-07:002013-07-30T12:51:58.125-07:002013 Bowman Platinum Team ChecklistHere's the Twins checklist for this years Bowman Platinum.<br />
Base: 21,32,77<br />
Prospects: BPP7,BPP19,BPP51,BPP56,BPP62,BPP84<br />
Chrome Prospects: BPCP7,BPCP19,BPCP51,BPCP56,BPCP62,BPCP84<br />
Baseball America "Diamonds In The Rough": DIR-JP<br />
Cutting Edge Stars: CES-JM<br />
Top Prospects: TP-AM,TP-BB,TP-MS,TP-OA<br />
Not listed: Autos/Relicsmusicfan87http://www.blogger.com/profile/06103605773602526887noreply@blogger.com0