================= Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 12:30:22 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: larrytipton@windstream.net Subject: GRANTLAND.com:30 for 30 Shorts: Holy Grail: The T206 Honus You have received this GRANTLAND.com mail from: The "30 for 30 Shorts: Holy Grail: The T206 Honus Wagner" story is located at http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8994374/a-legendary-baseball-card-honus-wagner-stars-latest-30-30-documentary-series I thought you might enjoy this story from Grantland. ================= To: Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:46:59 -0500 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: Friday at the Philly Show March 1 Philly Show: Spent more than I wanted on day 1 - but after getting home and emptying the bag was pretty happy with the days catches. Really whacked the 57 set - sort of unintentionally - but got 14 hits to a set I only needed 58 for! Almost a quarter of what I needed. The best find was card #400 - Dodgers sluggers, pulled from a "90% off" box, which I talked down a bit lower. From the same box I pulled the 64 Pete Rose - a def OBC card, but no writing, holes or paper-loss, for $15. Found a 1960 Sandy Koufax with a nasty horizontal crease right in the middle for ~$10. Picked off 3 66 hi #'s for $2 or less in Uncle Dicks boxes. Amassed about 40 hits to the 61 set throughout the afternoon - nothing too bad for nothing too much. The other big hit was the 68 Hank Aaron for ~$6 - nice crease but barely noticeable (to me!). Oh, and a 70 Clemente for $5 from Uncle Dick. Along with a small stack of Posts and a few other too-nice-to-pass on 50's for a buck, my friend and not so much dealer scum, Joce K, gave me 3 of the 55 Bowman Umpires. He has the whole set of umps to sell and these were 3 dupes he pulled out of the binder and handed me. Right before I left I was looking at a binder of his that had a ton of Kellogs, a couple pages of 65 embossed and various early 80's things which I'll mention and offer on another email server. He was selling the whole binder for $30 and when I mentioned I just started collecting the Kellogs he gave it to me for $15. Nevertheless, the plan of looking more than buying didn't really pan out and today I have an overdue painting project around the house I just cant put off any longer - especially to make it 3 days of card show (again!), so will probably miss the OBCers in attendance today. I'll be back later tomorrow to help Joce tear down and pack his van. Might take a few bucks and go back to Kevin Savage's table and see if I can get a big lot of early 60's commons for cheap. Forgot to mention I met him at his table where they were going through a giant 30,000 card collection they just bought. Looked perfect for OBC. He agreed. Matt Yudt ================= To: Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:29:15 -0500 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans I thought I'd mention that my friend Joce, great guy and hate calling him 'dealer scum' especially since he mostly hawks memorabilia and other non-card stuff these days, but he had the following 53 Bowmans: #44 (Bauer/Berra/Mantle) #160 (Abrams, last card in set) #153 (Whitey Ford) The book on all 3 says $2200 He'll take $100. They're def worth it for anyone interested. Call me at 215-847-5760 so I can call him and make sure they don't sell ================= To: yudts5@verizon.net,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:35:30 +0000 From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans I don't collect them, but it seems worth it just for the 3-player card! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Matt Yudt" Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:29:15 To: Reply-To: Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans I thought I'd mention that my friend Joce, great guy and hate calling him 'dealer scum' especially since he mostly hawks memorabilia and other non-card stuff these days, but he had the following 53 Bowmans: #44 (Bauer/Berra/Mantle) #160 (Abrams, last card in set) #153 (Whitey Ford) The book on all 3 says $2200 He'll take $100. They're def worth it for anyone interested. Call me at 215-847-5760 so I can call him and make sure they don't sell ================= To: , Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:37:39 -0500 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans - SOLD That was fast - I got a call from one of you already. I'm trying to get a hold of Joce now to make sure they are still available. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 11:36 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans I don't collect them, but it seems worth it just for the 3-player card! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: "Matt Yudt" Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:29:15 -0500 To: ReplyTo: Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] dealer scum (?) - 53 Bowmans I thought I'd mention that my friend Joce, great guy and hate calling him 'dealer scum' especially since he mostly hawks memorabilia and other non-card stuff these days, but he had the following 53 Bowmans: #44 (Bauer/Berra/Mantle) #160 (Abrams, last card in set) #153 (Whitey Ford) The book on all 3 says $2200 He'll take $100. They're def worth it for anyone interested. Call me at 215-847-5760 so I can call him and make sure they don't sell ================= Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 17:10:16 -0500 To: "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Subject: Isaly Disc Waiver Wire I just have a few, and I really don't want to start the set - so can anybody use them? Just let me know, Bill Malson ================= To: Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:10:09 +0000 From: Subject: 1950 & 1949 bowman Hello all I just updated my trade page to reflect my needs and added my dupes from 48-52 and hope to drum up some trades. Check out my page please Sent from Anthony Arbeeny iPhone The information contained in this communication is confidential and intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend it to the sender and delete the original message and copy of it from your computer system. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to our official business should be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the company. ================= Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:40:14 -0600 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Steve Rittenberg Subject: Doug Smith - alive and well Doug Smith is home and doing well. He phoned me a week ago and we had a nice, but brief, chat. He has no computer access but you connect with him via phone or regular mail. Doug and Judy Smith 11701 Clemson Dr. Denton, TX 76207 Home: 940-262-3140 ================= Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 10:56:48 -0800 (PST) To: Ramblings OBC From: John Stamper Subject: T206 Wagner Here is a piece I just saw about the Honus card. Part of anESPN30 for30 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/keith-olbermann-returns-to-espn_b169238 ================= To: "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:50:35 -0500 From: Mac Wubben Subject: Stuff I'm sick of looking at I have a few cards that I'd like to unload...if you're willing to pay shipping, you jump to front of line, but they will go out regardless. 400 ct box of 1979 T's...very nice, but a lot of duplication 400 ct box of mostly 1975 and 1976 T's...with a bunch of 76 traded cards, and a few 78's and other stuff 300 ct box...approximately 200 84 Donruss and 100 73 Topps. Anybody want these? ================= Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:58:36 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: Thanks to John Hi gang, Wonderful batch of cards today from John Stamper. John sends three 1971 Kellogg's 3-D cards (Seaver, Stargell and Felipe Alou) and two 1971 3-D Kellogg's cards (Wilbur Wood and Andy Messersmith). Fabulous package, thanks so much! ================= Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:00:02 -0800 To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Maury Wills cards Well this has come full circle. Brian Lindholme sent out a email couple years ago that he wanted Maury Wills cards to get signed cause he was a speaker at a conference he was going to. Brian got me an autograph now I'm askingfor cards to get some. Would really like some vintage cards from his playing days but will take newer also. My son asked me to send him some cards because he talks to him often. He goes to college in Arizona and works at a golf course where Maury plays a lot . Not sure how many he will sign and howto distribute them but if you send any let me know if want one for your collection or if I can pass them around. My wife is going to Arizona on the 16th so need them before that or I can mail them to him. Sent from my iPad ================= Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:33:49 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Ken" Subject: March Waiver Wire Got a few more odd balls this month. Be sure to include your address. Ken P. 1964 Topps Coins 8 16 95 153 1971 Topps Coins 41 66 148 1977 Topps Cloth Stickers 5 31 1970 Fleer World Series (Black) 42 57 1974 Fleer Pioneers of Baseball 11 21 1980 Kelloggs 23 31 41 ================= Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:07:27 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Richard" Subject: valley forge baaseball card show Does anyone have a schedule of upcoming shows - i could not find anything on Richard Labs ================= To: "'Richard'" , Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:08:05 -0500 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] valley forge baaseball card show Next show is Sept 27-29 New website: http://phillyshow.com/ From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:07 PM To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] valley forge baaseball card show Does anyone have a schedule of upcoming shows - i could not find anything on Richard Labs ================= Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:19:47 -0800 (PST) To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" , From: Dan Angland Subject: Moving!!! unloading some cards Hi Guys, I am moving and wanted to unload some stuff. Not expecting anything in return, I just want it all to go to a good home. Let me know if you have any interest or if you want to send me a list to look at thats fine too. Claim away and include your address. Thanks, Dan AnglandOBC 1990 Upper Deck Many/Starter Set 1991 Upper Deck Many/Starter Set 1993 Donruss 1998 Fleer Ultra 1995 Flair 1992 Topps Stadium Club 1994 Donruss 1953 Topps Archives 93-94 Fleer Excel 1995 Topps 1999 Fleer Ultra 1990 Score Many/Starter Set? 1991 Colon Collection Sporting news low series up to #330 Starter Set? 1991 Score Many/Starter Set? 1990 Topps Many/Starter Set? 1991 Topps Many/Starter Set? 1991 Upper Deck Hockey Many/Starter Set? 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 MLB Showdown Many/Starter Sets 90=E2=99s Minor League Cards Various teams 1988 Score Many/Starter Set 1989 Topps Baseball Many/Starter Set 1989 Bowman Baseball Many/Starter Set 1992 Donruss Many/Starter Set Thanks again. ================= Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:23:11 -0800 (PST) To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" , From: Dan Angland Subject: Fw: [uvlist] Moving!!! unloading some cards Can someone forward these on to the other groups if they allow, I was bounced Thanks, Dan ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Dan Angland To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" ; "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" Cc: "Vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com" ; "DugoutTraders@yahoogroups.com" ; "Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com" ; "OCTraders@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 3:19 PM Subject: [uvlist] Moving!!! unloading some cards Hi Guys, I am moving and wanted to unload some stuff. Not expecting anything in return, I just want it all to go to a good home. Let me know if you have any interest or if you want to send me a list to look at thats fine too. Claim away and include your address. Thanks, Dan AnglandOBC 1990 Upper Deck Many/Starter Set 1991 Upper Deck Many/Starter Set 1993 Donruss 1998 Fleer Ultra 1995 Flair 1992 Topps Stadium Club 1994 Donruss 1953 Topps Archives 93-94 Fleer Excel 1995 Topps 1999 Fleer Ultra 1990 Score Many/Starter Set? 1991 Colon Collection Sporting news low series up to #330 Starter Set? 1991 Score Many/Starter Set? 1990 Topps Many/Starter Set? 1991 Topps Many/Starter Set? 1991 Upper Deck Hockey Many/Starter Set? 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 MLB Showdown Many/Starter Sets 90=E2=99s Minor League Cards Various teams 1988 Score Many/Starter Set 1989 Topps Baseball Many/Starter Set 1989 Bowman Baseball Many/Starter Set 1992 Donruss Many/Starter Set Thanks again. ================= To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 17:22:30 -0500 (EST) From: typecard@aol.com Subject: T216 Kotton Survey I'm trying to put together an accurate checklist for this set. If anyone has a T216 Kotton (or Mino, or Virginia Extra) in their collections, please let me know and tell me: exact caption on the front pose (Bender, Chase, Bridwell, Chase, Cobb, Doyle, Gibson, Lajoie, Miller, Tinker, Wagner all have pose variations) what's the back - back choices by caption: Never Go Out Never Go Out Extra Mild Mild and Sweet Virginia Extra Anyone who sends info will be listed as a contributor on the checklist. ================= To: Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:01:17 -0500 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available Since not everyone checks the "Wantlist" server, I'm forwarding this post from yesterday to the Ramblings server as well per (Guru's) request. From: George Vrechek [mailto:vrechek@ameritech.net] Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 4:28 PM To: 'OBC-Wantlist@yahoogroups.com' Subject: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available You may have heard of Guru's Sewer Collection Find of 2012 at the National. I believe I have topped the Guru today in terms on acquiring an even worse looking collection of about 75 commons from the 1958 Topps set with numbers from about 290 to 480. These cards were caught in a fire but for some reason didn't burn. They are just singed a tad (or more)on the front or the back of the card. As they say on eBay - You will find the condition of these unslabbed cards typical of what you'd expect for cards of that age - that were caught in a severe fire. Corners are a bit soft, but most of the cards are intact with absolutely guaranteed no writing on them, punch holes, trimming, tears, staples, or severe creasing. For about one-third of the cards, the fronts are mostly free of major fire damage. However, if the fronts are OK, you can be pretty confident that the backs will be terrible. One side or the other of the card got charred. I wouldn't call these cards "rare", more like "well-done" would be a better description. Even if you have completed your collection of 58s, you might want to pick up a few of these babies while they last. I don't know that you'll be able to find any cards in any worse condition in your collecting career, although it might be possible with some water and cleansing powder to slightly improve the appearance of these things. They couldn't look any worse after the I "rescued" these cards by paying about 12 cents each for them today at a local show, and later realized that 12 cents was at least 10 times the possible value. They needed a new home though, and I thought OBC would be the place. If you want these, let me know. I'd give you the card numbers, but I can't read them all. Kubek, Skowron, and Newcombe are among those of any note. If more than one person in the world wants these, I'll divide up the lot randomly among the takers. George Vrechek Upon further deliberation I think we might need a Hall (or Basement) of Fame for the top Tiptonesque cards rather than debating which cards are the worst. Cards should be graded to determine that the current owners didn't intentionally further disfigure a card in order for it to qualify for the BOF. That may be hard to police, so maybe we have to go with the honor system. I thought these "crispers" were pretty bad though. I'm going to call it the 2013 Chicago Fire Find. They come in "one side terrible and the other side not too bad" version and the more popular "partially screwed up on both sides" version. ================= To: , Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:08:42 -0700 From: "Brian Lindholme" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available I was fortunate enough to get one of Guru's smelly sewer find cards...a 1961 Del Rice. If I could add a Fire Find of Del Rice from 1958 (card#51) I would have myself a real OBC duo made from the nether regions...nor quite heavenly, but definitely That card number might be too low for your find, but it's an idea :) For the others of you who haven't quite figured out what to do with your sewer find cards...how about a burnt partner:) OBC Forever ----- Original Message ----- From: George Vrechek To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:01 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Since not everyone checks the "Wantlist" server, I'm forwarding this postfrom yesterday to the Ramblings server as well per (Guru's) request. From: George Vrechek [mailto:vrechek@ameritech.net] Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 4:28 PM To: 'OBC-Wantlist@yahoogroups.com' Subject: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available You may have heard of Guru's Sewer Collection Find of 2012 at the National. I believe I have topped the Guru today in terms on acquiring an even worse looking collection of about 75 commons from the 1958 Topps set with numbers from about 290 to 480. These cards were caught in a fire but for some reason didn't burn. They are just singed a tad (or more)on the front or the back of the card. As they say on eBay - You will find the condition of these unslabbed cards typical of what you'd expect for cards of that age - that were caught in a severe fire. Corners are a bit soft, but most of the cards are intact with absolutely guaranteed no writing on them, punch holes, trimming, tears, staples, or severe creasing. For about one-third of the cards, the fronts are mostly free of major fire damage. However, if the fronts are OK, you can be pretty confident that the backs will be terrible. One side or the other of the card got charred. I wouldn't call these cards "rare", more like "well-done" would be a better description. Even if you have completed your collection of 58s, you might want to pickup a few of these babies while they last. I don't know that you'll be ableto find any cards in any worse condition in your collecting career, although it might be possible with some water and cleansing powder to slightly improve the appearance of these things. They couldn't look any worse after the I "rescued" these cards by paying about 12 cents each for them today at alocal show, and later realized that 12 cents was at least 10 times the possible value. They needed a new home though, and I thought OBC would be the place. If you want these, let me know. I'd give you the card numbers, but I can't read them all. Kubek, Skowron, and Newcombe are among those of any note.If more than one person in the world wants these, I'll divide up the lot randomly among the takers. George Vrechek Upon further deliberation I think we might need a Hall (or Basement) of Fame for the top Tiptonesque cards rather than debating which cards are the worst. Cards should be graded to determine that the current owners didn't intentionally further disfigure a card in order for it to qualify for the BOF. That may be hard to police, so maybe we have to go with the honor system. I thought these "crispers" were pretty bad though. I'm going to call it the 2013 Chicago Fire Find. They come in "one side terrible and the other side not too bad" version and the more popular "partially screwed up on both sides" ================= To: , Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:25:13 -0700 From: "Brian Lindholme" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] T216 Kotton Survey here are my t216 holdings: Bender- T216 Kotton (thin version) White Cap- "Never Go Out" http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.aspx?cat6&set463# front caption is Phila, Amer. Plus the very, very rare People's Virginia Extra brand: Otto Knabe,Phila.Nat (I believe Otto may have a Baltimore version as well) The caption is "Mild and Sweet" I hope this helps!! OBC Forever ----- Original Message ----- From: typecard@aol.com To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 3:22 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] T216 Kotton Survey I'm trying to put together an accurate checklist for this set. If anyone has a T216 Kotton (or Mino, or Virginia Extra) in their collections, pleaselet me know and tell me: exact caption on the front pose (Bender, Chase, Bridwell, Chase, Cobb, Doyle, Gibson, Lajoie, Miller, Tinker, Wagner all have pose variations) what's the back - back choices by caption: Never Go Out Never Go Out Extra Mild Mild and Sweet Virginia Extra Anyone who sends info will be listed as a contributor on the checklist. ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:27:46 -0600 To: Brian Lindholme From: Marshall West Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available Great idea- I'm in, but probably in the same boat as Lindholme. I need a 1958 Burnt #24 Hobie Landrith to go with my 1959 Sewer Landrith. Marshall West On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Brian Lindholme wrote: > George, > I was fortunate enough to get one of Guru's smelly sewer find cards...a 1961 Del Rice. > If I could add a Fire Find of Del Rice from 1958 (card#51) I would have myself a real OBC duo made from the nether regions...nor quite heavenly, butdefinitely > That card number might be too low for your find, but it's an idea :) > For the others of you who haven't quite figured out what to do with your sewer find cards...how about a burnt partner:) > OBC Forever > Brian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Vrechek > To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:01 PM > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now > Since not everyone checks the =93Wantlist=94 server, I=92m forwarding this post from yesterday to the Ramblings server as well per (Guru=92s) request. > From: George Vrechek [mailto:vrechek@ameritech.net] > Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 4:28 PM > To: 'OBC-Wantlist@yahoogroups.com' > Subject: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available > You may have heard of Guru=92s Sewer Collection Find of 2012 at the National. I believe I have topped the Guru today in terms on acquiring an even worse looking collection of about 75 commons from the 1958 Topps set with numbers from about 290 to 480. These cards were caught in a fire but for somereason didn=92t burn. They are just singed a tad (or more)on the front or the back of the card. > As they say on eBay - You will find the condition of these unslabbed cards typical of what you=92d expect for cards of that age =96 that were caughtin a severe fire. Corners are a bit soft, but most of the cards are intactwith absolutely guaranteed no writing on them, punch holes, trimming, tears, staples, or severe creasing. For about one-third of the cards, the fronts are mostly free of major fire damage. However, if the fronts are OK, you can be pretty confident that the backs will be terrible. One side or the other of the card got charred. I wouldn=92t call these cards =93rare=94, morelike =93well-done=94 would be a better description. > Even if you have completed your collection of 58s, you might want to pickup a few of these babies while they last. I don=92t know that you=92ll be able to find any cards in any worse condition in your collecting career, although it might be possible with some water and cleansing powder to slightly improve the appearance of these things. They couldn=92t look any worse after the experiment. > I =93rescued=94 these cards by paying about 12 cents each for them today at a local show, and later realized that 12 cents was at least 10 times thepossible value. They needed a new home though, and I thought OBC would be the > If you want these, let me know. I=92d give you the card numbers, but I can=92t read them all. Kubek, Skowron, and Newcombe are among those of any note. If more than one person in the world wants these, I=92ll divide up thelot randomly among the takers. > George Vrechek > Upon further deliberation I think we might need a Hall (or Basement) of Fame for the top Tiptonesque cards rather than debating which cards are the worst. Cards should be graded to determine that the current owners didn=92tintentionally further disfigure a card in order for it to qualify for the BOF. That may be hard to police, so maybe we have to go with the honor system. I thought these =93crispers=94 were pretty bad though. I=92m going to call it the 2013 Chicago Fire Find. They come in =93one side terrible and the other side not too bad=94 version and the more popular =94partially screwed up on both sides=94 version. ================= To: "'Brian Lindholme'" , Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:57:27 -0700 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available It is most unfortunate that an "ashen-faced" #13 Hoeft won't be in that pile......would have looked great beside his '59 Sewer Find card. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Lindholme Sent: March-10-13 2:09 PM To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; George Vrechek Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available I was fortunate enough to get one of Guru's smelly sewer find cards...a 1961 Del Rice. If I could add a Fire Find of Del Rice from 1958 (card#51) I would have myself a real OBC duo made from the nether regions...nor quite heavenly, but definitely treasure. That card number might be too low for your find, but it's an idea :) For the others of you who haven't quite figured out what to do with your sewer find cards...how about a burnt partner:) OBC Forever ----- Original Message ----- From: George Vrechek To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:01 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Since not everyone checks the "Wantlist" server, I'm forwarding this post from yesterday to the Ramblings server as well per (Guru's) request. From: George Vrechek [mailto:vrechek@ameritech.net] Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2013 4:28 PM To: 'OBC-Wantlist@yahoogroups.com ' Subject: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available You may have heard of Guru's Sewer Collection Find of 2012 at the National. I believe I have topped the Guru today in terms on acquiring an even worse looking collection of about 75 commons from the 1958 Topps set with numbers from about 290 to 480. These cards were caught in a fire but for some reason didn't burn. They are just singed a tad (or more)on the front or the back of the card. As they say on eBay - You will find the condition of these unslabbed cards typical of what you'd expect for cards of that age - that were caught in a severe fire. Corners are a bit soft, but most of the cards are intact with absolutely guaranteed no writing on them, punch holes, trimming, tears, staples, or severe creasing. For about one-third of the cards, the fronts are mostly free of major fire damage. However, if the fronts are OK, you can be pretty confident that the backs will be terrible. One side or the other of the card got charred. I wouldn't call these cards "rare", more like "well-done" would be a better description. Even if you have completed your collection of 58s, you might want to pick up a few of these babies while they last. I don't know that you'll be able to find any cards in any worse condition in your collecting career, although it might be possible with some water and cleansing powder to slightly improve the appearance of these things. They couldn't look any worse after the I "rescued" these cards by paying about 12 cents each for them today at a local show, and later realized that 12 cents was at least 10 times the possible value. They needed a new home though, and I thought OBC would be the place. If you want these, let me know. I'd give you the card numbers, but I can't read them all. Kubek, Skowron, and Newcombe are among those of any note. If more than one person in the world wants these, I'll divide up the lot randomly among the takers. George Vrechek Upon further deliberation I think we might need a Hall (or Basement) of Fame for the top Tiptonesque cards rather than debating which cards are the worst. Cards should be graded to determine that the current owners didn't intentionally further disfigure a card in order for it to qualify for the BOF. That may be hard to police, so maybe we have to go with the honor system. I thought these "crispers" were pretty bad though. I'm going to call it the 2013 Chicago Fire Find. They come in "one side terrible and the other side not too bad" version and the more popular "partially screwed up on both sides" version. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6160 - Release Date: 03/09/13 ================= To: "DugoutTraders@yahoogroups.com" , Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:35:54 -0400 From: Taylor Schock Subject: Topps History (1938-1956) For an extremely detailed account of Topps (up through 1956), here's a great starting and ending point, which includes a detailed analysis of each set. Definitely a wealth of information here. http://www.scribd.com/doc/126643197/The-Modern-Hobby-Guide-to-Topps-Chewing-Gum-1938-to-1956 ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:26:37 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: The Modern Hobby Guide to Topps Chewing Gum: 1938 to 1956 I concur with Taylor. This book was written by longtime OBCer Dave Hornish and is just staggering in what it covers. I have an interview set up with Dave for Thursday and hope to gain more insights then. Whatever I come up with, I will post on my blog. ================= To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:28:09 -0400 (EDT) From: dsh46@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Digest Number 4221 Well hello OBC-been a while since I have posted here being Mr. Inactive andall. I am pretty much finished with collecting baseball at this point and have been concentrating on non-sports ocver the last couple of years. I'm not sure if I will ever go back to active status as I firmly believe that means being an active trader but did want to let you all know I have writtena guide to Topps covering 1938-56. It's a bit of a history and homage withchecklists and prices and in true OBC fashion it is free. You can view it (and hopefully download it, although that may require a Facebook account) here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/126643197/The-Modern-Hobby-Guide-to-Topps-Chewing-Gum-1938-to-1956 And there is a related blog here: http://themodernhobbyguide.blogspot.com/ And my original blog can be found here: http://toppsarchives.blogspot.com/ If the Facebook thing turns out to be true, I will find another hosting site for those who are not FB members. -----Original Message----- From: OBC-Ramblings To: OBC-Ramblings Sent: Sat, Mar 9, 2013 7:42 am Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Digest Number 4221 There are 3 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1a. valley forge baaseball card show From: Richard 1b. Re: valley forge baaseball card show From: Matt Yudt 2. pretty reasonable buy it now 59 and 65 Koufax From: psihoot 1a. valley forge baaseball card show Posted by: "Richard" rlabs1@elp.rr.com rlabs1 Date: Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:07 pm ((PST)) Does anyone have a schedule of upcoming shows - i could not find anything on Richard Labs Messages in this topic (2) 1b. Re: valley forge baaseball card show Posted by: "Matt Yudt" yudts5@verizon.net yudtahoo Date: Fri Mar 8, 2013 4:10 pm ((PST)) Next show is Sept 27-29 New website: http://phillyshow.com/ From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:07 PM To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] valley forge baaseball card show Does anyone have a schedule of upcoming shows - i could not find anything on Richard Labs Messages in this topic (2) 2. pretty reasonable buy it now 59 and 65 Koufax Posted by: hoot_owl1@verizon.net psihoot Date: Fri Mar 8, 2013 6:42 pm ((PST)) http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-1959-topps-Sandy-Koufax-Dodgers-Poor\ Messages in this topic (1) OBC is governed by Rules of Conduct approved by the OBC Advisory Committee.The Rules of Conduct are available from a link on the home page or directly at Yahoo! Groups Links ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:31:21 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: Dave's guide A Facebook account is not necessary to download this book. I downloaded it in PDF format from the site: http://www.scribd.com/doc/126643197/The-Modern-Hobby-Guide-to-Topps-Chewing-Gum-1938-to-1956 ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:21:47 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Larry Tipton Subject: GURUS GRADING SERVICE I am willing to grade, slab, and return any card submitted from the "2013 Chicago Fire Find" My phone has been ringing off the hook! Mr Mint called, but I hung up on him! Congratulations George! President and CEO GURUS GRADING SERVICE ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:27:45 -0700 (PDT) To: VCT , From: John Dahms Subject: 1964 topps coins I just picked a large lot of 64 topps coins. not ready to list them yet but thought I would offer up my dupes to see if there was any interest. if interested please let me know and I will send my list. I am only looking to trade for other coins I would need. 109 116 122 30 35 74 104 124 147 145 144 140 158 156 145 112 137 9 8 John Dahms 3260 Kingsbrook Dr. #601 Jackson, MI I collect vintage baseball and football cards. please check out my site. http://jd3681vintage.webs.com/ ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:40:43 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC ramblings From: John Dahms Subject: topps coin storage question for the group. when I picked up these coins they were in plastic pages fit for coins. are these made for these coins? John Dahms 3260 Kingsbrook Dr. #601 Jackson, MI I collect vintage baseball and football cards. please check out my site. http://jd3681vintage.webs.com/ ================= Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:43:34 -0700 (PDT) To: trading bases , From: John Dahms Subject: my 64 coins wantlist guess I should go ahead and put this list up. 64 topps wantlist 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 29 31 33 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 48 50 52 53 55 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 70 72 73 75 76 77 80 81 83 84 85 87 91 92 93 95 96 97 100 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 110 111 118 119 120 123 126 127 130 135 136 142 143 148 152 155 160 163 on John Dahms 3260 Kingsbrook Dr. #601 Jackson, MI I collect vintage baseball and football cards. please check out my site. http://jd3681vintage.webs.com/ ================= To: typecard@aol.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:56:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Levine Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] T216 Kotton Survey Here are a couple of scans of my only example from this set...hope it helps.... -----Original Message----- From: typecard To: obc-ramblings Sent: Sat, Mar 9, 2013 2:22 pm Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] T216 Kotton Survey I'm trying to put together an accurate checklist for this set. If anyone has a T216 Kotton (or Mino, or Virginia Extra) in their collections, please let me know and tell me: exact caption on the front pose (Bender, Chase, Bridwell, Chase, Cobb, Doyle, Gibson, Lajoie, Miller, Tinker, Wagner all have pose variations) what's the back - back choices by caption: Never Go Out Never Go Out Extra Mild Mild and Sweet Virginia Extra Anyone who sends info will be listed as a contributor on the checklist. ================= To: Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:10:03 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA, My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO, AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 (PDT) To: "yudts5@verizon.net" , From: Geno Wagner Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From:CRAIG WEBB Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:11:55 -0500 To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: MarkZ Subject: Re: FW: The March 2013 Fire Find of Searing 1958s! Now Available is Virgil trucks in the lot? if he was maybe he would have saved the day? Sent from my iPod ================= To: Geno Wagner , , Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 From: Mac Wubben Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? Iwould call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach outto him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into myDelete Take Care,Geno From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= To: "Mac Wubben" ,yudts5@verizon.net,"obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership ================= To: , , , Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:38:20 -0500 From: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&TFrom: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400To: Geno Wagner; ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? Iwould call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach outto him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into myDelete Take Care,Geno From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:32:44 -0500 To: yudts5@verizon.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "wwesmyster2@aol.com" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership ================= To: wwesmyster2@aol.com, yudts5@verizon.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:47:19 -0400 (EDT) From: FIREMAN Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I Am not sure if it is a scam or not, But I might send him a few cards justto do the right thing. This guy is most likely home sick and Is stuck in cuba where baseball cards I am sure are very scarce. If the address checks out, I would send hims ome old stuff of mine... Rob GIoia -----Original Message----- From: wwesmyster2 To: yudts5 ; OBC-Ramblings Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 1:33 pm Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I believe this could be a guy that just misses home, and needs a hobby to occupy his time. Yes, a bit weird as far as how his message was delivered, but his address can speak a lot. Guantanamo bay is considered a deployment area, and with this guy being enlisted rank, may not afford him a fraction of the time a computer that we have. The military address checks right, the 189th MP's are a real battalion, andfor him to say he's a sergeant first class is a tall order for enlisted soldiers. There "might" be a dozen or so SFC's per battalion, but probably not even that, especially at Gitmo. So if he wanted to scam, he'd pick a more common rank I would think. My only question is, does this guy want to buy or trade? Or does he want usto give cards to him, as like a care package or something? Because thats sort of what it sounds like. If there was some sort of sailor, soldier guild that issued or dealt donated sportscards to troops that sign up for them, that would be really neat. I wonder if the USO or VA might have something like that? Cuz I do remember in 2003 living in a foxhole for a month before graduating to a tent in 124 degree Iraq. My battalion got loads of "care packages" from random American and British citizens, and it was, at the time, even better than finding a 52 Mantle on the sidewalk in front of your house. I wonder if there may be a way to get donated sportscards into the hands ofour deployed service members? Might be a good way for some spring cleaning? Sent from my LG phone Matt Yudt wrote: >Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. > _____ >From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM >To: yudts5@verizon.net >Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership >Greetings from CUBA, >My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a >deployment GTMO... >I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you >could help me... >I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a >very young boy...close to 40 years... >I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being >deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and >No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are >the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer >of 2014!! >My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me >cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or >anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. >I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in >baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. >Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... >In the meantime I really need some help... >My address if you would like to write is: >SFC Craig Webb >JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) >APO, AE >Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! OBC is governed by Rules of Conduct approved by the OBC Advisory Committee.The Rules of Conduct are available from a link on the home page or directly at www.oldbaseball.com/obcroc.htmlYahoo! Groups Links ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:48:46 -0400 (EDT) To: wwesmyster2@aol.com, yudts5@verizon.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Content-Language: en I seem to remember, and maybe it was in another group of mine, that we bombarded a guy with cards to distribute to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq not too many years ago. I dont recall and questions at that time, and cant really remember how he found us, or if a member found him. Anyone else recall this? In a message dated 3/11/2013 12:33:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wwesmyster2@aol.com writes: I believe this could be a guy that just misses home, and needs a hobby to occupy his time. Yes, a bit weird as far as how his message was delivered, but his address can speak a lot. Guantanamo bay is considered a deployment area, and with this guy being enlisted rank, may not afford him a fraction of the time on a computer that we have. The military address checks right, the 189th MP's are a real battalion, and for him to say he's a sergeant first class is a tall order for enlisted soldiers. There "might" be a dozen or so SFC's per battalion, but probably not even that, especially at Gitmo. So if he wanted to scam, he'd pick a more common rank I would think. My only question is, does this guy want to buy or trade? Or does he want us to give cards to him, as like a care package or something? Because thats sort of what it sounds like. If there was some sort of sailor, soldier guild that issued or dealt donated sportscards to troops that sign up for them, that would be really neat. I wonder if the USO or VA might have something like that? Cuz I do remember in 2003 living in a foxhole for a month before graduating to a tent in 124 degree Iraq. My battalion got loads of "care packages" from random American and British citizens, and it was, at the time, even better than finding 52 Mantle on the sidewalk in front of your house. I wonder if there may be a way to get donated sportscards into the hands of our deployed service members? Might be a good way for some spring Sent from my LG phone Matt Yudt <_yudts5@verizon.net_ (mailto:yudts5@verizon.net) > wrote: >Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. > _____ >From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:_gtmocollector@gmail.com_ (mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com) ] >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM >To: _yudts5@verizon.net_ (mailto:yudts5@verizon.net) >Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership >Greetings from CUBA, >My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a >deployment GTMO... >I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you >could help me... >I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a >very young boy...close to 40 years... >I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being >deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and >No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these >the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the >of 2014!! >My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me >cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or >anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. >I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in >baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. >Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... >In the meantime I really need some help... >My address if you would like to write is: >SFC Craig Webb >JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) >APO, AE >Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:03:17 -0700 (PDT) To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Geno Wagner Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Gary -- I know you guys hit me with a bunch of cards one Christmas when I was deployed over there. I think it was in 2009...and it was awesome! I hope my comment wasn't too negative, but I guess on rereading it, maybe it was. I don't think it's a scam, I just like a more personal approach to guys wanting to join the group. There's definitely no harm in sending him some cards, so I suppose I will too. Who knows, maybe he's a future Take Care, From: "smartalecx@aol.com" To: wwesmyster2@aol.com; yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I seem to remember, and maybe it was in another group of mine, that we bombarded a guy with cards to distribute to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq too many years ago. I dont recall and questions at that time, and cant really remember how he found us, or if a member found him. Anyone else recall this? In a message dated 3/11/2013 12:33:05 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wwesmyster2@aol.com writes: >I believe this could be a guy that just misses home, and needs a hobby to occupy his time. Yes, a bit weird as far as how his message was delivered,but his address can speak a lot. Guantanamo bay is considered a deployment area, and with this guy being enlisted rank, may not afford him a fraction of the time on a computer that we have. >The military address checks right, the 189th MP's are a real battalion, and for him to say he's a sergeant first class is a tall order for enlisted soldiers. There "might" be a dozen or so SFC's per battalion, but probably not even that, especially at Gitmo. So if wanted to scam, he'd pick a more common rank I would think. >My only question is, does this guy want to buy or trade? Or does he want us to give cards to him, as like a care package or something? Because thats sort of what it sounds like. >If there was some sort of sailor, soldier guild that issued or dealt donated sportscards to troops that sign up for them, that would be really neat. I wonder if the USO or VA might have something like that? Cuz I do remember in 2003 living in a foxhole for a month before graduating to a tent in 124 degree Iraq. My battalion got loads of "care packages" from random American and British citizens, and it was, at the time, even better than finding a 52 Mantle on the sidewalk in front of your house. >I wonder if there may be a way to get donated sportscards into the hands of our deployed service members? Might be a good way for some spring >Sent from my LG phone >Matt Yudt wrote: >>Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. >> _____ >>From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] >>Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM >>To: yudts5@verizon.net >>Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership >>Greetings from CUBA, >>My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a >>I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you >>could help me... >>I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a >>very young boy...close to 40 years... >>I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being >>deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these >>the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer >>of 2014!! >>My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me >>cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or >>anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. >>I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in >>baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. >>Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the >>In the meantime I really need some >>My address if you would like to write >>SFC Craig Webb >>JTF GTMO (189th MP >>APO, AE >>Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:39:01 -0700 (PDT) To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Jeffrey Whitworth Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I replied to him and will check him out Army-wise. Like everyone has said the address is legit. However, especially on sites like the facility in Cubawe are very well supplied and taken care of. In my opinion, it is no different than a random guy from NJ asking for some free cards. I'll probably send him cards but just think he needs to better understand the spirit of thegroup before just asking for cards. Jeff Whitworth From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 5:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From:CRAIG WEBB Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:44:49 -0700 (PDT) To: VCT Mailing List , From: Mike Mackie Subject: 1951 Bowman Baseball Hi everyone I recently picked up a group of 27 different 1951 Bowman baseball high numbers - condition VG/Ex generally. It's not a high priority set for me but the price was too good to pass up. In the interest of drumming up a trade or two (or more), I thought I'd check with some of you who are further along in this set and see if we can help each other out. The cards I received in this grouping are: 255, 261, 265, 266, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 280, 283, 285, 288, 293, 296, 299, 300, 302, 303, 309, 311, 313, 316, 317. Let me know if you're interested in making a deal. Mike Mackie ================= To: "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:49:22 -0400 From: Mac Wubben Subject: Set Completion! Wow...this has been a long time in the making. A 38 Goudey Joe Dimaggio arrived in the mail today...the no cartoon version. That's the last one in the 1938 Goudey set. Only 48 cards...but two Joe D rookies and two Bob Feller rookies make it quite a challenge. I started the set on 11/11/2002...soI averaged about 4-5 cards per year. Way back in the day, then OBC'er Jeff Sackmann traded me his Dimaggio (with cartoons) for my first 19th centurycard...an Allen and Ginter Comiskey. It's been a long slow ride...with Joe D starting and finishing it. Thanks to everyone that helped along the way...Spike Glidden and Andy Cook for sure...but there were probably others. Thanks everyone! ================= To: "Mac Wubben" ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:12:25 +0000 From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! ================= To: "'Fr. Patrick Wattigny'" , Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:16:18 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn't included the "holes in his collection" he mentioned, and the 'mass mailing' aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you're gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the 'slap in the head'. : ) From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:37:42 -0500 To: Matt Yudt , "'Fr. Patrick Wattigny'" From: "wwesmyster2@aol.com" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership ================= Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:41:07 -0500 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "wwesmyster2@aol.com" Subject: Fwd: Re: Cards ================= Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 (UTC) To: yudts5@verizon.net From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussion of the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guy a setto enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here and I willsend these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboard I am going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning of OBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. If you are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig Webb: 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135, 145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255, 260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365, 367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465, 467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590, 598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, 707 Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint condition and I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's day, share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what -I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all join in the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Yudt" To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" , "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! -who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn=E2=99t included the =E2=9Choles in his collection=E2=9D he mentioned, and the =E2mass mailing=E2=99 aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you=E2=99re gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the =E2slap in the head=E2=99=E2=A6 : ) From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage,I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk tothe guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= To: Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:35:41 -0500 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I received the following in response to my email to him. It adds another element to the story. -----Original Message----- From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 9:26 PM To: George Vrechek Subject: Re: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mr. Vrechek, Thank you for the response and your interest in helping... My idea is based off of another group that collects and donates paperback books called "operation paperback.org" for the Soldiers thata are deployed. I am trying to start a card collecting club of sorts over here and anything that you can find to donate would be greatly appreciated!!! I like the SF Giants and 49ers, as I am from Vallejo, Ca...but anything would be welcomed. Again thanks for your response and interest!!! On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 8:20 PM, George Vrechek > I read that anything would be great, but do you have a wantlist? > George Vrechek ================= To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:44:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Kent Subject: Spring Training in Arizona Great game yesterday between the Giants and Rangers. Will be attending the Reds and Dodgers game tonight. ================= Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:54:08 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "joedenning71" Subject: Fwd: Re: Cards I have read all of the traffic and concerns revolving around this. I have reached out through Army channels to contact SFC Webb directly and ensure this is legit and not some "fake stuff in the name of a servicemember". Hopefully I will get a response back soon on this. If all is legit, I will bewilling to stand tall and sponsor him as a potential new member. More to follow. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "wwesmyster2@..." wrote: > Here guys, Craig Webb wrote fr gitmo > Sent from my LG phone > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Cards > From: CRAIG WEBB > To: "wwesmyster2@..." > CC: > Wes, > Thanks for the response and sorry for the confusion... > My intentions now that I think about it were a little ambiguous, > please share my apologies...and tell your friends at OBC & VTC (what > is VTC by the way?) that I am not a scam artist, just an old Soldier > that loves collecting cards and miss it already!!! > I have been here for just shy of a month so I do not know "yet" if > others collect, but I have the ability to produce flyers and put out > some feelers. I am sure that others collect, but just don't while here > because of lack of availability of cards. > As for your other follow on question...my living space "barracks" is > quite large considering that all I have here is a twin bed and a book > shelf that I "found" to put some books that I have been getting in the > mail from the generous volunteers at "operation paperback". Because of > my rank I have my own room and it seems that the others here either > have there own room or share with one roommate. > We have basic needs as far as supplies go, nothing in the card > collecting arena, I was just planing to go "old school" and store any > cards in a shoe box or something similar. > Lastly, I can assure that anything sent to me through the mail will > get to me or anyone else addressed, our mail is handled by the US > Postal service (you have to fill out a customs declaration slip)...I > don't think that we have any scummy card dealers from Arizona down > here fishing for a couple of suckers :-) > I really appreciate your time and any other thoughts you might have > for a "starving card collector"... > I also would like to become a member of the OBC family...what do I > need to do for that? > I see you mentioned that you were in the sandbox...when and where did > you serve...and coming from someone that has served and continues to > serve THANK YOU for your service to our great country...it takes a > special person to lace up the boots and protect our freedoms!!! > Again thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon. > Craig > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 2:35 PM, wwesmyster2@... > wrote: > > SFC Webb, > > Hello, I'm Wes from obc and vct trading groups. I have got back into collecting since I got home from the sandbox. I would be interested in sending some cards your way, but some of the other members might have some reservations, as your email apparently went spam as the format or way it was sentwas > > > > Are there any other troops into collecting? It may be advantageous for you to inspire other marines or soldiers to pick up the hobby. > > > > If there is a way to ensure cards would get into the hands of you or other troops, I think some of my collecting friends would send "a lot" of cards. I know I can send some, but mostly from the 80s and 90's. I do have some from the 70s though. > > > > Now, do you have a trailer, or barracks? And do you have a way to storecards? Have you plastic sleeves for your favorites? And, do you know a wayto ensure you are getting our cards, versus some scummy card dealer in Arizona fishing for a couple of suckers? > > > > Let me know! Thanks, > > Wes > > Sent from my LG phone ================= To: "DugoutTraders@yahoogroups.com" , Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:07:00 -0400 From: Taylor Schock Subject: 1958 Topps available for trade Ended up with about 100 different 1958 Topps cards in varying condition (pr-VG/EX) that are now available for trade. http://www.sportscardfun.com/trader/taylor_schock.asp ================= Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:57:12 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "zackenback23" Subject: Personal News I need to shamelessly make a little plug here. I think a few of you may know that I help to mentor the high school FIRST Robotics team of which my son is a member. He is a freshman, but before that, my step-daughter was on the teams for her 4 years of high school. Anyway, this past weekend, the team won their first ever district championship. They have won numerous awards over recent years, and have attended the World Championships for the past 3 years straight, but until now, have failed to win a competition. It looked pretty bleak, as they finished the robot up just 2 days before the competition, but they dominated on the field,going 11-1 in qualification matches (their only loss was by 2 points) and sailing right through the elimination rounds. So, we'll again be attending the Michigan State Championship and most likely the World Championship in St Louis. The reason for this long ramble, however, is to ask for a bit of help. Theteam has a Facebook page to keep their fans updated, and one of the questions that keep coming up with judges is "How many Facebook 'Likes' do you have?", so they are trying to build as many 'likes' as possible before the judging at the championships. So, if any of you are so inclined, and have a Facebook page, please take a look at http://www.fightingpi.org/ and you can access the Facebook from there. Also, for any of you that I may owe, I haven't forgotten about you and willdefinitely get some mailings out when the season ends in April. Sorry for the long ramble.... Mike Mroz ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:10:01 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: Blog item on Dave Hornish book Hi gang, Here is my blog piece after talking with OBCer Dave Hornish about his book on the early years of Topps: http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/book-takes-fresh-look-at-topps-early-years/ ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:14:27 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Larry Tipton Subject: Avail 1975 76 Topps Hockey Contact me if you have a wantlist I can look at as I have extras. Sent from my iPhone ================= To: "talbot1@comcast.net" , Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:55:04 -0400 From: richard dingman Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I'm with Mark, I can add these to the 1980 list...10, 14, 15, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 72, 84, 89, 93, 99, 113, 122, 138, 149, 151, 153, 158. 168, 170, 175, 177, 180, 184, 193, 197, 198, 208, 211, 213, 217, 234, 253, 261, 263, 268, 284, 292, 294, 298, 301, 304, 309, 313, 317, 325, 333, 341, 346, 360.I will wait for instructions as to where to send them.Richard To: yudts5@verizon.net CC: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: talbot1@comcast.net Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussion of the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guya set to enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here andI will send these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboard Iam going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning of OBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. Ifyou are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig Webb: 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135, 145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255, 260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365, 367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465, 467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590, 598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, 707 Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint condition and I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's day, share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what - I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all joinin the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK From: "Matt Yudt" To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" , "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn=92t included the =93holes in his collection=94 he mentioned, and the =91mass mailing=92 aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you=92re gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the =91slap in the head=92=85 : ) From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership from CUBA My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed hereand it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:41:41 -0400 (EDT) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OBC-National@yahoogroups.com From: ChicoD1@aol.com Subject: Set complete...sort of (At least I think so...)-Early bird National plans... Hey all, Completed (until I do a final research check) are the 1962 Greenies! Yes Glenn it is possible to complete the regular and green tints. I'd like to Un-thank Ken Morganti for getting me started on this quest at an OBC swap meet many years ago. I just had to pass the torch on to Glenn in Speaking of Chicago... I have been trying to sort out my lists and complete the "odds and ends" so I can concentrate on bigger game at the National and maybe start the 59 set. That being said, looks like the Cubbies are playing the Dodgers the Friday we will be there. Obviously this isn't a good thing for us. I'm thinking of trying to buy 6 tix or so in advance. Anyone have any thoughts on this and what kind of tickets to go for? Prices range and it looks like the cheapest are $25 a pop upper reserved outfield. With their taxes and stuff they come to about $31 a pop. They have tier pricing, and of course the Dodgers will be a premium game. I know we generally get anywhere from 5-12 people who want to go. My main thought here is because it's the Dodgers. Last time we had SRO for the Reds game. I'd rather sit down this time for the price difference. Let me know what you guys are thinking. Personally, I'm good with the price and the seats. Haven't sat up there yet, should be a good game, and being from NY $31 is CHEAP lol. They haven't announced whether its a day game or not, but usually doesn't matter because we usually hit a day game. I won't be taking orders for this. I have a few friends in Chicago and not sure how many I will need myself. Probably 1-3. Might be something to talk about amongst yourselves. If you want to form a coalition, good idea. But I really think this time we need to get tix in advance. Looks like Google killed my want list. I have a site that I should be able to post to and maybe host some other lists, once I figure out how to use Well, just some summer food for thought. Already planning.. The big fish I will be looking for are: 58 Yellow Clemente, Yellow Aparicio, 1952 B Mays and Mantle, 67 Seaver. Other than Aparicio, Chicago will be a success if I come home with one of those for under $100 ================= To: "'richard dingman'" , Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:02:59 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: 1980 in GTMO I'm in too - here are my 1980's to add. (I wanted to combine them into a spreadsheet, resort, and list, but my Microsoft office skills are not that advanced! Frustrating) 54, 56, 71, 86, 90, 126, 127, 134, 144, 152, 155, 156, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199, 232, 233, 235, 246, 249, 254, 267, 269, 270, 271, 283, 286, 327, 330, 331, 338, 352, 353, 354, 362, 373, 377, 399, 403, 418, 430, 447, 454, 462, 469, 487, 489, 513, 527, 565, 618, 623, 628, 654, 687, 725, Thanks for keeping the list Mark - and great idea. I have a bunch of 'Fong' cards to send him as well (including the basketball no one claimed). A few Michael Jordans from the early 90's should be a nice addition.. I'm going to send them directly to the address he provided - at the very end of this long thread. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richard dingman Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:55 PM To: talbot1@comcast.net; yudts5@verizon.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I'm with Mark, I can add these to the 1980 list... 10, 14, 15, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 72, 84, 89, 93, 99, 113, 122, 138, 149, 151, 153, 158. 168, 170, 175, 177, 180, 184, 193, 197, 198, 208, 211, 213, 217, 234, 253, 261, 263, 268, 284, 292, 294, 298, 301, 304, 309, 313, 317, 325, 333, 341, 346, 360. I will wait for instructions as to where to send them. Richard D To: yudts5@verizon.net CC: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; From: talbot1@comcast.net Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussion of the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guy a set to enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here and I will send these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboard I am going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning of OBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. If you are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig Webb: 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135, 145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255, 260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365, 367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465, 467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590, 598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, 707 Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint condition and I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's day, share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what - I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all join in the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK From: "Matt Yudt" To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" , "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn't included the "holes in his collection" he mentioned, and the 'mass mailing' aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you're gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the 'slap in the head'. : ) From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:04:36 +0000 (UTC) To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Hello Fellas, I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I willupdate the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseb all Want List 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95,96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to sendwith my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting a posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:19:09 -0700 (PDT) To: yudts5@verizon.net, richard dingman , From: EEK Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO OK, here is what I'm sending: 8, 19, 21, 36, 46, 58, 73, 81, 94, 106, 107, 114, 121, 133, 143, 159, 161, 164, 166, 173, 183, 185, 212, 219, 221, 223, 226, 236, 239, 243, 272, 277, 305, 312, 322, 343, 344, 357, 364, 374, 380, 411, 422, 423, 448, 452,459, 460, 471, 480, 491, 502, 517, 525, 534, 541, 547, 552, 557, 573, 584, 597, 605, 611, 625, 634, 645, 652, 660, 682, 694, 702 So if you put these together with what Mark, Richard & Matt are sending we have the following thus far: "we keep what we give away!" From: Matt Yudt To: richard dingman ; talbot1@comcast.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; Sent: Wed, March 13, 2013 11:03:34 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I=E2=99m in too - here are my 1980=E2=99s to add. (I wanted to combine them into a spreadsheet, resort, and list, but my Microsoft office skills are not that advanced! Frustrating) 54, 56, 71, 86, 90, 126, 127, 134, 144, 152, 155, 156, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199, 232, 233, 235, 246, 249, 254, 267, 269, 270, 271, 283, 286, 327, 330, 331, 338, 352, 353, 354, 362, 373, 377, 399, 403, 418, 430, 447, 454, 462, 469, 487, 489, 513, 527, 565, 618, 623, 628, 654, 687, 725, Thanks for keeping the list Mark - and great idea. I have a bunch of =E2Fong=E2=99 cards to send him as well (including the basketball no one claimed). A Michael Jordans from the early 90=E2=99s should be a nice addition=E2=A6. I=E2=99m going to send them directly to the address he provided - at thevery end of this long thread. From:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richard dingman Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:55 PM To: talbot1@comcast.net ; yudts5@verizon.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com ; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I'm with Mark, I can add these to the 1980 list... 10, 14, 15, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 72, 84, 89, 93, 99, 113, 122, 138, 149,151, 153, 158. 168, 170, 175, 177, 180, 184, 193, 197, 198, 211, 213, 217, 234, 253, 261, 263, 268, 284, 292, 294, 298, 301, 304, 309, 313, 317, 325, 333, 341, 346, 360. I will wait for instructions as to where to send them. Richard D To: yudts5@verizon.net CC: seventytwop@hotmail.com ; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; From: talbot1@comcast.net Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussionof the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guy a set to enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here and Iwill these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboard I am going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning of OBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. If you are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135, 145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255, 260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365, 367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465, 467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590, 598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint conditionand I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what - I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all join in the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK From: "Matt Yudt" < yudts5@verizon.net > To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" < seventytwop@hotmail.com >, "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. didn=E2=99t included the =E2=9Choles in his collection=E2=9D he mentioned, and the =E2mass mailing=E2=99 aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you=E2=99re gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the =E2slap in the head=E2=99=E2=A6 : From:Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto: seventytwop@hotmail.com ] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net ; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. WhenI agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'dsend him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; < yudts5@verizon.net >; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talkto guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net ; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into Delete folder. Take Care, From:Matt Yudt < yudts5@verizon.net > To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From:CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO, AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 29, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 44, 46,47, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 81, 83,84, 85, 86, 89. 90, 93, 94, 99, 100, 106, 107, 113, 114, 115, 119, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 133, 134, 135, 138, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 164, 166, 168, 170, 173, 175, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 185, 187, 190. 191. 193, 195, 197, 198, 199, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, 211, 212, 213,216, 219, 221, 223, 226, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 239, 243, 245, 246, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 260, 261, 263, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 277, 280, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290, 292, 294, 298, 299, 300, 301, 304, 305, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 317, 322, 325, 327, 330, 331, 333, 335, 337, 338, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 352, 353, 354, 357, 360, 362, 364, 365, 367, 373, 374, 377, 380, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 399, 400, 403, 405, 411, 416, 418, 422, 423, 430, 437, 446, 447, 448, 449, 452, 454, 459, 460, 462, 465, 467, 469, 471, 472, 473, 480, 481, 483, 487, 489, 490, 491, 495, 502, 510, 513, 517,521, 527, 532, 534, 537, 541, 542, 547, 552, 557, 565, 570, 573, 584, 587, 590, 597, 598, 605, 607, 611, 612, 618, 621, 623, 624, 625, 628, 634, 637, 643, 645, 650, 652, 654, 655, 660, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 687, 682, 688, 690, 694, 695, 698, 699, 700, 702, 707, 725 ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:35:51 -0700 (PDT) To: talbot1@comcast.net, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: EEK Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Wow, this is moving fast, looks like Craig already has some 80 dupes for trade "we keep what we give away!" From: "talbot1@comcast.net" To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, March 14, 2013 1:04:39 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Hello Fellas, I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested injoining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps BaseballWant List 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66,67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97,98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to sendwith my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:07:12 -0700 To: "talbot1@comcast.net" From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO I can send # 4-8-18-20-31-60-65-68-69-87-88-91-105-118-154-183-207-218-237-239-243-247-272-293-297-311-315-334-351-361-364-372-375-401-408-420-421-426= I will hold these until I hear if we are sending all at one time or ? Rick Sent from my iPad On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:04 PM, talbot1@comcast.net wrote: > Hello Fellas, > I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: > SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List > 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30,31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, > If you are participating please send your cards to: > SFC Craig Webb > JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) > APO , AE > 09522-9998 > As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to send with my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting a posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE > REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:15:03 -0700 To: "talbot1@comcast.net" From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO I see while I was up stairs pulling cards eek beat me to some of my list. I'm taking out 8-183-239-272-364-471-502-534-634-645-694 since they overlap Sent from my iPad On Mar 13, 2013, at 11:07 PM, rick.lyons22@yahoo.com wrote: > I can send # 4-8-18-20-31-60-65-68-69-87-88-91-105-118-154-183-207-218-237-239-243-247-272-293-297-311-315-334-351-361-364-372-375-401-408-420-421-4= I will hold these until I hear if we are sending all at one time or ? Rick > Sent from my iPad > On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:04 PM, talbot1@comcast.net wrote: >> Hello Fellas, >> I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interestedin joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: >> SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List >> 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137,139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164,165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189,192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220,222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242,243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273,275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302,303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323,324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351,355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375,376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401,402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421,423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440,441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460,461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482,484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502,503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522,523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540,541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556,557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574,575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593,594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613,614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634,635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652,653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672,673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694,696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714,715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, >> If you are participating please send your cards to: >> SFC Craig Webb >> JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) >> APO , AE >> 09522-9998 >> As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to send with my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting a posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93BE >> REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:22:19 -0700 (PDT) To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-National] Set complete...sort of (At least I think so...)-Early bird National plans... Well, I'm just over a year and a half into my own quest for the emerald skulls, and I've got 10 to go (and one "no comma" Checklist to be fully compliant). If anyone happens to have greens of 121, 136, 138, 141, 142, 144, 150, 169, 179, or 185 kicking around, I'd be grateful! (Damn that Ruth fella....) Finishing these off is one of my 2013 objectives. Wish I could make it to Chicago. Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: "ChicoD1@aol.com" To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; OBC-National@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 2:41 AM Subject: [OBC-National] Set complete...sort of (At least I think so...)-Early bird National plans... Hey all, Completed (until I do a final research check) are the 1962 Greenies! YesGlenn it is possible to complete the regular and green tints. I'd like to Un-thank Ken Morganti for getting me started on this quest at an OBC swap meet many years ago. I just had to pass the torch on to Glenn inChicago. ================= To: "obc" Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:26:07 -0500 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I am in......................here is what I have..........will keep until you guys give the thumbs uppppppp. Ken Goetsch ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Yudt To: 'richard dingman' ; talbot1@comcast.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com ; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com ; obcmac@hotmail.com ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I'm in too - here are my 1980's to add. (I wanted to combine them into aspreadsheet, resort, and list, but my Microsoft office skills are not thatadvanced! 54, 56, 71, 86, 90, 126, 127, 134, 144, 152, 155, 156, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199, 232, 233, 235, 246, 249, 254, 267, 269, 270, 271, 283, 286, 327, 330, 331, 338, 352, 353, 354, 362, 373, 377, 399, 403, 418, 430, 447, 454, 462, 469, 487, 489, 513, 527, 565, 618, 623, 628, 654, 687, 725, Thanks for keeping the list Mark - and great idea. I have a bunch of 'Fong' cards to send him as well (including the basketball no one claimed). Afew Michael Jordans from the early 90's should be a nice addition.. I'm going to send them directly to the address he provided - at the very end of this long thread. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richard dingman Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:55 PM To: talbot1@comcast.net; yudts5@verizon.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I'm with Mark, I can add these to the 1980 list... 10, 14, 15, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 72, 84, 89, 93, 99, 113, 122, 138, 149, 151, 153, 158. 168, 170, 175, 177, 180, 184, 193, 197, 198, 208, 211, 213, 217, 234, 253, 261, 263, 268, 284, 292, 294, 298, 301, 304, 309, 313, 317, 325, 333, 341, 346, 360. I will wait for instructions as to where to send them. Richard D To: yudts5@verizon.net CC: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; From: talbot1@comcast.net Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussion of the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guy a set to enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here and I will send these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboardI am going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning ofOBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. If you are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig Webb: 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135,145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255,260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365,367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465,467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590,598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679,688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, 707 Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint condition and I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's day, share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what - I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all join in the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK From: "Matt Yudt" To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" , "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn't included the "holes in his collection" he mentioned, and the 'mass mailing' aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. But I thought the same thing - if you're gonna scam or look for freebies, why wouldyou have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the 'slap in the head'. : ) From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests.When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was avery young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time beingdeployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:43:33 -0700 (PDT) To: talbot1@comcast.net From: Mike Mackie Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Mark / all: 1980 is that awkward year for me when I was in high school and not buying many cards. Then, when I got back into collecting, I bought the entire set. My dupes list for that set is very small but I can contribute the following if 17, 174, 275, 410 Keep me updated if these are still needed and when to mail. From: "talbot1@comcast.net" To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, March 14, 2013 12:04:41 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Hello Fellas, I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps BaseballWant List 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66,67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97,98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to sendwith my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:47:59 -0400 (EDT) To: talbot1@comcast.net From: rjsfgmv@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Content-Language: en Hey Mark I got these to send 73 88 172 179 345 452 502 596 Randy Welk From: "talbot1@comcast.net" To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, March 14, 2013 12:04:41 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO Hello Fellas, I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending andI will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to send with my cards =E2=93 when completed I will post it to ramblings inhopes starting a posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: "'ken goetsch'" , Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:10:16 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I suggest we start sending the cards at your convenience. (I just put my box together and included a bunch of the Fong UV cards for him too) I believe Mark volunteered to keep the running LIST of 1980's so we can try and complete his set before he leaves, but we should send on our own: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ken goetsch Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 6:26 AM To: obc Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I am in......................here is what I have..........will keep until you guys give the thumbs uppppppp. Ken Goetsch ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Yudt To: 'richard dingman' ; talbot1@comcast.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com ; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com ; obcmac@hotmail.com ; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] 1980 in GTMO I=12m in too - here are my 1980=12s to add. (I wanted to combine them intoa spreadsheet, resort, and list, but my Microsoft office skills are not that advanced! Frustrating) 54, 56, 71, 86, 90, 126, 127, 134, 144, 152, 155, 156, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199, 232, 233, 235, 246, 249, 254, 267, 269, 270, 271, 283, 286, 327, 330, 331, 338, 352, 353, 354, 362, 373, 377, 399, 403, 418, 430, 447, 454, 462, 469, 487, 489, 513, 527, 565, 618, 623, 628, 654, 687, 725, Thanks for keeping the list Mark - and great idea. I have a bunch of =11Fong=12 cards to send him as well (including the basketball no one claimed). A few Michael Jordans from the early 90=12s should be a nice addition. I=12m going to send them directly to the address he provided - at the very end of this long thread. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of richard dingman Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 4:55 PM To: talbot1@comcast.net; yudts5@verizon.net Cc: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I'm with Mark, I can add these to the 1980 list... 10, 14, 15, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 44, 47, 59, 61, 62, 72, 84, 89, 93, 99, 113, 122, 138, 149, 151, 153, 158. 168, 170, 175, 177, 180, 184, 193, 197, 198, 208, 211, 213, 217, 234, 253, 261, 263, 268, 284, 292, 294, 298, 301, 304, 309, 313, 317, 325, 333, 341, 346, 360. I will wait for instructions as to where to send them. Richard D To: yudts5@verizon.net CC: seventytwop@hotmail.com; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; From: talbot1@comcast.net Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:04:22 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Hello All, I always like a project and so with the discussion of the service man in Cuba I propose the following: Let's pool our resources and send the guy a set to enjoy. I have pulled (100) 1980 Topps cards that I list here and I will send these out in the next couple days. Along with the cardboard I am going to write the soldier a letter and express to him the meaning of OBC as I see it - then I'm going to post my reflection on the ramblings server to begin a ramble chain that I would hope would spark some interest. If you are so inclined to join me slip me an email post with the cards you will be sending and I will keep the group posted as to our results. Here is what I will be sending SFC Craig Webb: 1980 Topps Baseball 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 35, 51, 53, 55, 75, 78, 83, 85, 100, 115, 119, 125, 135, 145, 146, 157, 178, 201, 202, 203, 205, 216, 229, 231, 245, 250, 251, 255, 260, 274, 280, 285, 287, 290, 299, 300, 308, 310, 335, 337, 342, 345, 365, 367, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 395, 400, 405, 416, 437, 446, 449, 465, 467, 472, 473, 481, 483, 490, 495, 510, 521, 532, 537, 542, 570, 587, 590, 598, 607, 612, 621, 624, 637, 643, 650, 655, 663, 667, 671, 674, 677, 679, 688, 690, 695, 698, 699, 700, 707 Many of these are in perfect Tipton mint condition and I will explain a little of that in my letter. My hope is it will brighten a serviceman's day, share the RAOK principle with someone outside the group, and you know what - I'll feel good about as well. So what do ya say OBC'ers - are ya in??? Everybody's got a stack of `80's Topps laying around so let's all join in the fun - BE WELL!!! REGARDS ---------------------------- MARK From: "Matt Yudt" To: "Fr. Patrick Wattigny" , "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 7:16:18 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Thanks for all the responses - other than feeling like a dirtbag now for questioning a homesick soldier - I appreciate the comments. I agree with Mac - got PLENTY of cards to send him (especially from the Bobby Fong boxes!! - who knows, maybe I have another donie for a few thousand UV!). I was really just curious if others got this and/or new of him first, and what they though. He didn=12t included the =13holes in his collection=14 he mentioned, and the =11mass mailing=12 aspect was just a little odd, nothing more. ButI thought the same thing - if you=12re gonna scam or look for freebies, why would you have them sent to GTMO? I will reach out and reply, and thanks for the =11slap in the head=12 : ) size2 width"100%" aligncenter> From: Fr. Patrick Wattigny [mailto:seventytwop@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 10:38 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership I did respond to him, telling him I'd send him some cards, and thanked him for serving our country. I got a thank you e-mail from him this morning. Fr. Pat To: obcmac@hotmail.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:34:56 +0000 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Mac -- It wasn't that I thought we're being scammed so much as the "mass mailing" requesting cards. It seems to me that in the time it took to put in all those addresses, he could have picked out a few guys with similar interests. When I agreed with the red flags comment, it wasn't necessarily that the guy's a scammer...I was more concerned about prospective membership from a rather impersonal spam. If he emailed me directly and commented on my webpage, I'd send him something...no problem, then see where it goes. Just my thoughts. Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:18:40 -0400 To: Geno Wagner; ; Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership So you think we're being scammed out of some beat up old baseball cards? I would call them yellow flags...and think someone should at least reach out to him. It is a bit odd/unusual, but I don't think it would hurt to talk to the guy. If he asks for money, then we'll call it a red flag. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 05:16:14 -0700 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Matt -- I received it as well and thought the same thing. It promptly went into my Delete folder. Take Care, From: Matt Yudt To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 6:10 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] FW: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Anyone else get this? Lots of red flags here. From: CRAIG WEBB [mailto:gtmocollector@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:47 AM To: yudts5@verizon.net Subject: Plea for help and potential OBC Membership Greetings from CUBA , My name is SFC Craig Webb and I am currently serving the US Army on a deployment GTMO... I got your email address from the OBC directory and was wondering if you could help me... I have been an avid sports card collector (mostly baseball) since I was a very young boy...close to 40 years... I have been in the US Army for over 21 years, this is my first time being deployed here and it is the same as my previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan ... No cards for sale and I can't find any one to send me any either...these are the holes in my collection that I intend to fill once I retire in the summer of 2014!! My request (plea) is to find some collectors that are willing to send me cards over here...I don't care what kind or from what sport or year or anything...I just miss my hobby and want to continue if at all possible. I have a large collection of cards ranging from the 1950s to present in baseball and football and some basketball, hockey, and racing too. Once I return to the states I would like to become a member of the OBC... In the meantime I really need some help... My address if you would like to write is: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks for considering my request and I hope to hear from you soon!!! ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:22:34 -0400 To: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com From: Jake Elwell Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO And I will take out 19 166 221 344 422 459 611 and WILL SEND: 63 116 169 366 383 413 435 506 507 571 581 583 608 627 680 718 723 On Mar 14, 2013, at 2:15 AM, rick.lyons22@yahoo.com wrote: > I see while I was up stairs pulling cards eek beat me to some of my list.I'm taking out 8-183-239-272-364-471-502-534-634-645-694 since they overlap > Sent from my iPad > On Mar 13, 2013, at 11:07 PM, rick.lyons22@yahoo.com wrote: >> I can send # 4-8-18-20-31-60-65-68-69-87-88-91-105-118-154-183-207-218-237-239-243-247-272-293-297-311-315-334-351-361-364-372-375-401-408-420-421-= I will hold these until I hear if we are sending all at one time or ? Rick >> Sent from my iPad >> On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:04 PM, talbot1@comcast.net wrote: >>> Hello Fellas, >>> I heard back from Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who pulled stacks of 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted thecurrent want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sendingand I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: >>> SFC Craig Webb Project =96 1980 Topps Baseball Want List >>> 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 57, 58, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94,95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 117, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 147, 148, 150, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 179, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 334, 336, 339, 340, 343, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 374, 375, 376, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 389, 392, 393, 394, 396, 397, 398, 401, 402, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 448, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463, 464, 466, 468, 470, 471, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488, 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 540, 541, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 584, 585, 586, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 625, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 652, 653, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 694, 696, 697, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 719, 720, 721, 722, 724, 726, >>> If you are participating please send your cards to: >>> SFC Craig Webb >>> JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) >>> APO , AE >>> 09522-9998 >>> As I said before I am also writing a letter of what OBC means to me to send with my cards =96 when completed I will post it to ramblings in hopes of starting a posting thread. Hope to hear from more of you =96 BE WELL!!! >>> REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: "'obc'" Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:58:26 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: no corners? I've heard of rounded corners - but NO corners? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Topps-Nolan-Ryan-712-No-creases-no-soft-corners Subject: Adventures In Hockey Cards After attending this past years National Convention in Baltimore, many of you know that I greatly expanded my wantlist to include non sports cards, football cards, and basketball cards. Thanks to those who gave me those starter sets in Baltimore! Right away I knew that I would soon be chasing hockey cards, and I thought I would try to pick up complete sets when I could, and at least purchase starter sets before posting some kind of wantlist. I=92ve been after hockey cards since the National Convention! I bought an 81-82 Topps complete set on ebay $20 shipping included and I started looking for older sets as they came up on ebay. Won the 77-78 set for$27.50 shipping included, then later won the 78-79 set for $38 free shipping. I purchased starter sets 70-71 and also 72-73 from Kruk cards. The 70-71 was missing 28 cards cost $142, the 72-73 was missing just 6 cards and cost $122 all shipping included and posted wantlists. Then with my birthday money bought a nice complete set 73-74 for $150 incl shipping. On ebay I won almost complete set 75-76 (minus six cards) came with 104 dupes cost me $43 free shipping and I posted a wantlist. I had one epic fail along the way. On ebay I =93won=94 a 76-77 Topps set $134.50 incl shipping, not a great deal, but ok, I kind of got caught up in the bidding lol! The cards came in an office type binder with old style plastic sheets. The cards were in the sheets back to back. I removed the cards from the sheets and was checking to make sure all 264 cards were there, when I realized this was actually a 77-78 hockey set! The ebay auction listed as a 1976 1977 set, but after I looked again at the pictures these are 77-78 cards! The seller had a few choice words for me, but I was able to finally plead my case, and also the seller finally realized his part of the mistake, and gave me a full refund including the shipping charges. I was a bit anxious on that one, but really learned a good lesson! Seller actually apologized to me for being so rude, and I was happy to get a full refund, I didn=92t expect to be refunded for shipping, but he did. One last story to tell, the latest, and this is one you may not believe. SoI got my income tax refund, and stashed most of the refund away to attend the National in Chicago this year, but put a little aside for cards. Where were you in 1988? Well I was in Southern California, and really into Wayne Gretzky getting traded to the LA Kings. I knew the 1979 80 Topps set would be expensive with the Gretzky rookie card, and the lowest I saw a set sell on ebay was $425. On ebay I saw a 1979 80 Topps full set for buy it now $310 free shipping also included 21 cards helmet decal insert set (full set I think). This was a 30 day auction, and at day 2 of 30 had nine people already watching it. The pictured Gretzky card looked really good, and with the insert set I felt like this set looked legit and I bought it. Well the cards arrived and they really look good including the Gretzky card, and now I am going to tell you the something you won=92t believe. I actually submittedthe Gretzky card to PSA for grading! Between what it cost me to mail the card to PSA, and $35 charge to grade slab and return this card to me, it cost over $47 dollars! But really it was kind of neat to see how this whole PSA thing works. And yesterday I was notified that the Gretzky card graded NM7 which I thought was about right, and I was pretty happy with that. On ebay right now there are four Gretzky RC PSA 7 listed buy it now, low is $324to the highest priced $419. I=92ve not gotten the card back from PSA yet. Also saw a story on ebay about a Gretzky RC that PSA would not grade because the borders had been re-colored I never even knew about this. ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:42:04 +0000 (UTC) To: yudts5@verizon.net From: tvalacak@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] no corners? What was he thinking? That card has 8 sharp corners. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Yudt" To: "obc" Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:58:26 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] no corners? I=E2=99ve heard of rounded corners - but NO corners? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Topps-Nolan-Ryan-712-No-creases-no-soft-corners-NO-CORNERS-Must-See-/111010755121?ptUS_Baseball&hashitem19d8c1b231= I may never get this card - $21 for that? However, I would argue it now has 8 corners, they just aint all 90 degrees=E2=A6 ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:41:17 -0700 (PDT) To: "yudts5@verizon net" , From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] no corners? In my book that doubles the price! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:25:54 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "zackenback23" Subject: Re: Adventures In Hockey Cards Buying Complete Sets?? Isn't that blasphemous in this group? --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Larry Tipton wrote: > After attending this past years National Convention in Baltimore, many ofyou know that I greatly expanded my wantlist to include non sports cards, football cards, and basketball cards. Thanks to those who gave me those starter sets in Baltimore! > Right away I knew that I would soon be chasing hockey cards, and I thought I would try to pick up complete sets when I could, and at least purchase starter sets before posting some kind of wantlist. I've been after hockey cards since the National Convention! > I bought an 81-82 Topps complete set on ebay $20 shipping included and I started looking for older sets as they came up on ebay. Won the 77-78 set for $27.50 shipping included, then later won the 78-79 set for $38 free shipping. > I purchased starter sets 70-71 and also 72-73 from Kruk cards. The 70-71 was missing 28 cards cost $142, the 72-73 was missing just 6 cards and cost$122 all shipping included and posted wantlists. > Then with my birthday money bought a nice complete set 73-74 for $150 incl > On ebay I won almost complete set 75-76 (minus six cards) came with 104 dupes cost me $43 free shipping and I posted a wantlist. > I had one epic fail along the way. On ebay I "won" a 76-77 Topps set $134.50 incl shipping, not a great deal, but ok, I kind of got caught up in thebidding lol! The cards came in an office type binder with old style plastic sheets. The cards were in the sheets back to back. I removed the cards from the sheets and was checking to make sure all 264 cards were there, when I realized this was actually a 77-78 hockey set! The ebay auction listed asa 1976 1977 set, but after I looked again at the pictures these are 77-78 cards! The seller had a few choice words for me, but I was able to finally plead my case, and also the seller finally realized his part of the mistake, and gave me a full refund including the shipping charges. I was a bit anxious on that one, but really learned a good lesson! Seller actually apologized to me for being so rude, and I was happy to get a full refund, I didn'texpect to be refunded for shipping, but he did. > One last story to tell, the latest, and this is one you may not believe. So I got my income tax refund, and stashed most of the refund away to attend the National in Chicago this year, but put a little aside for cards. Where were you in 1988? Well I was in Southern California, and really into Wayne Gretzky getting traded to the LA Kings. I knew the 1979 80 Topps set would be expensive with the Gretzky rookie card, and the lowest I saw a set sell on ebay was $425. On ebay I saw a 1979 80 Topps full set for buy it now $310 free shipping also included 21 cards helmet decal insert set (full set I think). This was a 30 day auction, and at day 2 of 30 had nine people already watching it. The pictured Gretzky card looked really good, and with the insert set I felt like this set looked legit and I bought it. Well the cards arrived and they really look good including the Gretzky card, and now Iam going to tell you the something you won't believe. I actually submittedthe Gretzky card to PSA for grading! Between what it cost me to mail the card to PSA, and $35 charge to grade slab and return this card to me, it cost over $47 dollars! But really it was kind of neat to see how this whole PSA thing works. And yesterday I was notified that the Gretzky card graded NM7 which I thought was about right, and I was pretty happy with that. On ebay right now there are four Gretzky RC PSA 7 listed buy it now, low is $324to the highest priced $419. I've not gotten the card back from PSA yet. Also saw a story on ebay about a Gretzky RC that PSA would not grade because the borders had been re-colored I never even knew about this. > Guru ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:31:34 -0400 To: yudts5@verizon.net, 'obc' From: "wwesmyster2@aol.com" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] no corners? ================= To: , Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:05:42 -0400 From: Mac Wubben Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Adventures In Hockey Cards Ok, I am now in a parallel universe...where the ol' guru himself is submitting cards to PSA and getting 7's? Pretty soon Rittenberg will be paying 150% of nrmt book value, Morganti will send a three word message, mike rich will have the shortest want list, and nobody will care about green tints. Strange days indeed! (the gretzky sounds nice though). To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: larrytipton@windstream.net Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:07:26 -0400 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Adventures In Hockey Cards After attending this past years National Convention in Baltimore, many of you know that I greatly expanded my wantlist to include non sports cards, football cards, and basketball cards. Thanks to those who gave me thosestarter sets in Baltimore! Right away I knew that I would soon be chasing hockey cards, and I thought I would try to pick up complete sets when I could, and at least purchase starter sets before posting some kind of wantlist. I=92ve been after hockey cards since the National Convention! I bought an 81-82 Topps complete set on ebay $20 shipping included and I started looking for older sets as they came up on ebay. Won the 77-78 set for$27.50 shipping included, then later won the 78-79 set for $38 free shipping. I purchased starter sets 70-71 and also 72-73 from Kruk cards. The 70-71 was missing 28 cards cost $142, the 72-73 was missing just 6 cards and cost $122 all shipping included and posted wantlists. Then with my birthday money bought a nice complete set 73-74 for $150 incl shipping. On ebay I won almost complete set 75-76 (minus six cards) came with 104 dupes cost me $43 free shipping and I posted a wantlist. I had one epic fail along the way. On ebay I =93won=94 a 76-77 Topps set $134.50 incl shipping, not a great deal, but ok, I kind of got caught up in the bidding lol! The cards came in an office type binder with old style plastic sheets. The cards were in the sheets back to back. I removed the cards from the sheets and was checking to make sure all 264 cards were there, when I realized this was actually a 77-78 hockey set! The ebay auction listed as a 1976 1977 set, but after I looked again at the pictures these are 77-78 cards! The seller had a few choice words for me, but I was able to finally plead my case, and also the seller finally realized his part of the mistake, and gave me a full refund including the shipping charges. I was a bit anxious on that one, but really learned a good lesson! Seller actually apologized to me for being so rude, and I was happy to get a full refund, I didn=92t expect to be refunded for shipping, but he did. One last story to tell, the latest, and this is one you may not believe. SoI got my income tax refund, and stashed most of the refund away to attend the National in Chicago this year, but put a little aside for cards. Where were you in 1988? Well I was in Southern California, and really into Wayne Gretzky getting traded to the LA Kings. I knew the 1979 80 Topps set would be expensive with the Gretzky rookie card, and the lowest I saw a set sell on ebay was $425. On ebay I saw a 1979 80 Topps full set for buy it now $310 free shipping also included 21 cards helmet decal insert set (full set I think). This was a 30 day auction, and at day 2 of 30 had nine people already watching it. The pictured Gretzky card looked really good, and with the insert set I felt like this set looked legit and I bought it. Well the cards arrived and they really look good including the Gretzky card, and now I am going to tell you the something you won=92t believe. I actually submittedthe Gretzky card to PSA for grading! Between what it cost me to mail the card to PSA, and $35 charge to grade slab and return this card to me, it cost over $47 dollars! But really it was kind of neat to see how this whole PSA thing works. And yesterday I was notified that the Gretzky card graded NM7 which I thought was about right, and I was pretty happy with that. On ebay right now there are four Gretzky RC PSA 7 listed buy it now, low is $324to the highest priced $419. I=92ve not gotten the card back from PSA yet. Also saw a story on ebay about a Gretzky RC that PSA would not grade because the borders had been re-colored I never even knew about this. ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:20:05 -0000 To: Mac Wubben ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: Adventures In Hockey Cards (in Rod Serling voice) Submitted for your approval....in the Twilight Zone. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Mac Wubben wrote: > Ok, I am now in a parallel universe...where the ol' guru himself is submitting cards to PSA and getting 7's? Pretty soon Rittenberg will be paying 150% of nrmt book value, Morganti will send a three word message, mike richwill have the shortest want list, and nobody will care about green tints. Strange days indeed! (the gretzky sounds nice though). > Mac > To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > From: larrytipton@... > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:07:26 -0400 > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Adventures In Hockey Cards > After attending this past years National Convention in Baltimore, many of you know that I greatly expanded my wantlist to include non sports cards, football cards, and basketball cards. Thanks to those who gave me those starter sets in Baltimore! > Right away I knew that I would soon be chasing hockey cards, and I thought I would try to pick up complete sets when I could, and at least purchase starter sets before posting some kind of wantlist. I've been after hockey cards since the National Convention! > I bought an 81-82 Topps complete set on ebay $20 shipping included and I started looking for older sets as they came up on ebay. Won the 77-78 set for $27.50 shipping included, then later won the 78-79 set for $38 free shipping. > I purchased starter sets 70-71 and also 72-73 from Kruk cards. The 70-71 was missing 28 cards cost $142, the 72-73 was missing just 6 cards and cost$122 all shipping included and posted wantlists. > Then with my birthday money bought a nice complete set 73-74 for $150 incl > On ebay I won almost complete set 75-76 (minus six cards) came with 104 dupes cost me $43 free shipping and I posted a wantlist. > I had one epic fail along the way. On ebay I "won" a 76-77 Topps set $134.50 incl shipping, not a great deal, but ok, I kind of got caught up in thebidding lol! The cards came in an office type binder with old style plastic sheets. The cards were in the sheets back to back. I removed the cards from the sheets and was checking to make sure all 264 cards were there, when I realized this was actually a 77-78 hockey set! The ebay auction listed asa 1976 1977 set, but after I looked again at the pictures these are 77-78 cards! The seller had a few choice words for me, but I was able to finally plead my case, and also the seller finally realized his part of the mistake, and gave me a full refund including the shipping charges. I was a bit anxious on that one, but really learned a good lesson! Seller actually apologized to me for being so rude, and I was happy to get a full refund, I didn'texpect to be refunded for shipping, but he did. > One last story to tell, the latest, and this is one you may not believe. So I got my income tax refund, and stashed most of the refund away to attend the National in Chicago this year, but put a little aside for cards. Where were you in 1988? Well I was in Southern California, and really into Wayne Gretzky getting traded to the LA Kings. I knew the 1979 80 Topps set would be expensive with the Gretzky rookie card, and the lowest I saw a set sell on ebay was $425. On ebay I saw a 1979 80 Topps full set for buy it now $310 free shipping also included 21 cards helmet decal insert set (full set I think). This was a 30 day auction, and at day 2 of 30 had nine people already watching it. The pictured Gretzky card looked really good, and with the insert set I felt like this set looked legit and I bought it. Well the cards arrived and they really look good including the Gretzky card, and now Iam going to tell you the something you won't believe. I actually submittedthe Gretzky card to PSA for grading! Between what it cost me to mail the card to PSA, and $35 charge to grade slab and return this card to me, it cost over $47 dollars! But really it was kind of neat to see how this whole PSA thing works. And yesterday I was notified that the Gretzky card graded NM7 which I thought was about right, and I was pretty happy with that. On ebay right now there are four Gretzky RC PSA 7 listed buy it now, low is $324to the highest priced $419. I've not gotten the card back from PSA yet. Also saw a story on ebay about a Gretzky RC that PSA would not grade because the borders had been re-colored I never even knew about this. > Guru ================= Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:08:50 -0700 To: Obc Ramblings From: Edward Watts Subject: Psychos killed After 3 years of work the 1972T set finally bit the dust today with an eBayKoosman in Action. This was a need list of over 130 when I joined OBC andyou guys have helped a huge amount. It also means that my 1970-1996 Toppsrun is done. On to that 1969 set! Over the years, I got 72 hits from Jake Elwell x2, Larry Tipton x2, Ed Schott, Yaz, Al Autry x22 cards, Rick Lyons, Marshall West, Bob Donaldson, JohnStorman, Richard Labs x2, Dan Angland, Jason Christopherson, Mike Rumley-Wells, and Tom Elliott. Thanks to all of you--and thanks to OBC for all the help. Ed Watts Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:40:21 +0000 (UTC) To: marshall@marshallwest.com From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Hello Fellas, I heard back from EEK, Ken Goetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk and Rick Lyons who pulled more 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. I have posted below the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48,49, 50, 52, 57, 64, 66, 70, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 108, 109, 112, 120, 123, 124, 128, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 147, 148, 150, 160, 163, 165, 167, 171, 172, 176, 181, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 222, 224, 225, 227, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 242, 244, 248, 252, 256, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 273, 276, 278, 281, 282, 288, 289, 291, 295, 296, 302, 303, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 349, 350, 355, 356, 358, 363, 368, 369, 371, 376, 378, 379, 382, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 404, 406, 409, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 425, 429, 431, 433, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 441, 444, 445, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 461, 463, 466, 468, 470, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 488, 492, 493, 494, 496, 497, 498, 499, 501, 503, 504, 505, 508, 509, 511, 512, 514, 515, 518, 519, 520, 522, 523, 526, 528, 531, 533, 536, 538, 539, 540, 543, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549, 550, 551, 553, 555, 556, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 566, 569, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 582, 585, 586, 588, 589, 593, 594, 595, 599, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 620, 622, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 638, 639, 641, 644, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651, 656, 658, 659, 661, 662, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675, 676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 686, 689, 691, 692, 693, 696, 697, 701, 704, 705, 706, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 716, 717, 719, 721, 722, 724, 726, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who have already pulled cards to send to SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: OBC Ramblings Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:39:38 -0400 From: Bob Reed Subject: 11th Annual OBC College Basketball Bracket Pardon the interruption but it's that time of year again. Looking for 15 others that would like to compete in the OBC NCAA Contest. Each person will be represented by four teams, one in each of the regions with the seed numbers adding up to 34. That means you'll get one team with a 1-4 seeds, one with a 5-8 seed, one with a 9-12 seed and one with a 13-16/17 seed. For example: East #15, South #7, Midwest #2, and West #10; 15+7+2+1034. Whenever any of your teams win then you'll receive cards from the owner of the losing team. Likewise if your team loses then you send cards to the owner of the winning team. Everybody sends cards to the final winner which last year was Peter Mead and the Kentucky Wildcats. I hope to improve on my 1-4record from last year which was slightly better than Matt Y's 0 for 4 showing. Anyway, if you want in then let me know. If more than 15 people respond then I'll take the first 15 and anybody else will get first crack next year. The odd men out last year were John Scott Gray and Doug DeJong, so I have 2 spots reserved for them if they want to get in. Doug and JSG, let me know if you do or don't want to participate this year. -Bob ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:46:20 +0000 (UTC) To: marshall@marshallwest.com From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Hello Fellas, I heard from Marshall West who pulled a big stack 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. Before I go to bed for the night I have posted below the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 6, 7, 9, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 50,57, 66, 70, 76, 77, 80, 82, 95, 98, 101, 108, 109, 112, 120, 123, 128, 130, 131, 136, 139, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, 160, 163, 165, 167, 171, 172, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 222, 224, 225, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248, 252, 256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 278, 281, 282, 291, 295, 302, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 355, 356, 369, 371, 379, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 404, 406, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 425, 431, 438, 439, 440, 445, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 461, 463, 466, 468, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 493, 496, 497, 499, 501, 505, 508, 515, 518, 520, 522, 526, 533, 536, 539, 540, 544, 545, 548, 550, 551, 553, 556, 558, 560, 561, 562, 563, 566, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 582, 585, 589, 594, 595, 599, 600, 602, 604, 606, 609, 610, 613, 615, 616, 617, 620, 622, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 647, 651, 656, 658, 659, 661, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 689, 691, 701, 704, 705, 706, 708, 710, 712, 721, 722. If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to EEK, Ken Goetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk, Rick Lyons, Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who have already pulled cards to sendto SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:12:44 -0500 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: Re: Adventures In Hockey Cards and eBay descriptions Guru's eBay problem of cards not accurately described is a problem I'm also finding to be more common. I got stuck with a Jello card that was listed as a Post Jello card. I missed seeing the "Jello" portion of the description. The Jello card is worth a lot less than the Post card. I also missed seeing "reprint" on a 1952 card description, that I got stuck paying $11 for. I returned it to the seller after punching a few holes in it, but he got my money. I couldn't believe someone would start the bidding for a reprint at Recently I was the successful bidder on a lot of 9 1940 Playballs. However I was bidding based on what I saw in the first two of the 4 pictures. Turns out the two other pictures had 9 different cards which were the ones that went with the listing. I paid for the cards before realizing the mixup. Seller reversed everything and cancelled the sale. Similar thing on a previous deal where the card was advertised as "#240" and it was #179 of Now I look a little closer. Caveat emptor! George Vrechek ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:14:24 -0400 (EDT) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, obc-national@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: cubs weekend the cubs play the dodgers at wrigley thur-sun 8/1-8/4. game times are 705, 120, 305 and 120 in order to miss the least amount of floor time, my initial plans are to go to the Thursday evening game. i have 3 more seats available, 6th row upper deck on third base side of home. my seats are $72 each (more on saturday). if you think you would like to join me, please let me know ASAP. If there is enough interest for other games that weekend, i can set some of those aside as well. Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 Member: OBC, OCT, DT, TB ================= To: "vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com" , Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:01:43 -0400 From: Taylor Schock Subject: 1955 Topps wants So close on this set I can almost taste it (the gum, that is). I know there are 3 biggies left here, but can anyone possibly help on the other 1955 Topps - 50(Robinson) 180(Labine) 194(Mays) 204(Smith) 210(Snider) http://www.sportscardfun.com/trader/taylor_schock.asp ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:22:36 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: A new card collector in the family Hey all, Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud parents of ElijahThomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout for his OBC application in about 2031. ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:12:02 -0400 To: Tom Housley , OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: John Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:44:52 -0400 (EDT) To: directorth@aol.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family Content-Language: en i suggest waiting until July when the factory sets come it cheaper That what i did with my four grand kids and children In a message dated 3/15/2013 3:22:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, directorth@aol.com writes: Hey all, Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud parents of Elijah Thomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout for his OBC application in about 2031. ================= To: , "directorth@aol.com" , Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:27:42 -0400 From: richard dingman Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family How come Elijah won't be joining until he's 18? At that point something other than baseball cards gains in importance, though I'm straining to recallwhat that was... To: directorth@aol.com; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:44:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family i suggest waiting until July when the factory sets come it cheaper That what i did with my four grand kids and children In a message dated 3/15/2013 3:22:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, directorth@aol.com writes: Hey all, Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud parents of Elijah Thomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout for his OBC application in about ================= Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:29:51 -0700 To: Tom Housley From: David Fallen Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family Congratulations Gramps! Should Elijah make the majors he would be the first Riggle to do so. On 3/15/2013 1:22 PM, Tom Housley wrote: > Hey all, > Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a > grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud > parents of Elijah Thomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is > pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much > as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. > Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets > older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout > for his OBC application in about 2031. > Tom ================= To: Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:35:28 -0500 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: Re: cubs weekend/National I have two tickets to the Tuesday night Cubs-Brewers game (7/30) the week of the National. My tickets are in the same vicinity as Gary's - first row of the upperdeck behind home. The tickets price is about the same, I believe. (I don't have the tickets in hand yet.) If someone is interested in buying one ticket and going with me, that would be fine. I can also sell both George Vrechek ================= To: "obc" Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:17:19 -0500 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: 1978 RED SOX ..............1980 St.Louis Cardinals available I received this week.1-1978. RED SOX Scorebook magazine, from Fenway.........Unscored game against the Yankees........absolutely beautiful......no corner 2,- 1980 St. Louis Cardinals "Official Souvenir Magazines............looks like a score card..but nowhere to score inside the magazine......also perfect......... Just say the word...............would love to get these into hands of guys that follow ..these teams................. Ken Goetsch ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:58:11 -0500 To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: MarkZ Subject: Re: A new card collector in the family congrats Tom! my first grandson is due apr 10, I am ready now to hold him Sent from my iPod ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:55:29 -0700 (PDT) To: David Fallen , Tom Housley From: Thomas Elliott Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family Congrats to Mr. Housley. May he be the next Dave Concepcion. Tom Elliott From: David Fallen To: Tom Housley Cc: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:29 PMe Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family Congratulations Gramps! Should Elijah make the majors he would be thefirst Riggle to do so.DaveOn 3/15/2013 1:22 PM, Tom Housley wrote: >Hey all, >Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud parents of Elijah Thomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. >Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout for his OBC application in about 2031. ================= To: Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:10:09 -0400 From: "Supreme Commander" Subject: '52 topps high "short prints" are there actually "short prints" in the '52 high series? Cards that are really more scarce than others? ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:33:23 -0400 (EDT) To: seanobc@comcast.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] '52 topps high "short prints" Content-Language: en I dont know about short prints but Conniw Marrero xard as three different variation to it the regular card has a white border around it the secon the white border on top is cut off and creme de resistence which set me back $1200 has black star on back in place of on of the red star. (good thing he was any one relevant, I dont know if this is short prints or not but Yankee and Dodger high numbers are hard to come by as Kurt just got me Black, Mueller and Russ Meyer for me knocking me down to 19 cards for my run 1951 through present In a message dated 3/16/2013 1:10:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, seanobc@comcast.net writes: are there actually "short prints" in the '52 high series? Cards that really more scarce than others? ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:39:26 -0400 (EDT) To: directorth@aol.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A new card collector in the family Content-Language: en You about to find out as all of us grandparents if you how much fun they are you would of started with them first Congrats but i still bring my id to bars cause you are really young looking for being a parent :-) In a message dated 3/15/2013 3:22:42 P.M. Central Daylight Time, directorth@aol.com writes: Hey all, Happy news - about 14 hours ago, at 2:26 am this morning, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter & her boyfriend are the proud parents of Elijah Thomas Riggle. He weighs in at 8 lbs 6 oz., which is pretty hefty considering my daughter is 4'11" & weighs about as much as a couple of monster boxes full of cards. Now I just need to start a birth-year set for Elijah & as he gets older teach him all about collecting Tipton Mint. Be on the lookout for his OBC application in about 2031. ================= To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com, obcmac@hotmail.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:58:07 -0400 (EDT) From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! A truly worthy accomplishment. I have found these to be even tougher to find than the 1941 Goudeys. By far the weakest part of my Goudey collection,representing 20 of the last 31 Goudeys I need for the base sets. Congratulations! Mike Rich -----Original Message----- From: illini_grad_90 To: Mac Wubben ; OBC-Ramblings Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 7:12 pm Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! Awesome job, Mac!! I need to see your collection one of these days...been a long time since we crossed paths! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:49:22 -0400 To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! Wow...this has been a long time in the making. A 38 Goudey Joe Dimaggio arrived in the mail today...the no cartoon version. That's the last one in the 1938 Goudey set. Only 48 cards...but two Joe D rookies and two Bob Feller rookies make it quite a challenge. I started the set on 11/11/2002...soI averaged about 4-5 cards per year. Way back in the day, then OBC'er Jeff Sackmann traded me his Dimaggio (with cartoons) for my first 19th centurycard...an Allen and Ginter Comiskey. It's been a long slow ride...with Joe D starting and finishing it. Thanks to everyone that helped along the way...Spike Glidden and Andy Cook for sure...but there were probably others. Thanks everyone! ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:29:44 -0400 To: Supreme Commander From: Ken M Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] '52 topps high "short prints" ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:18:47 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Larry Tipton Subject: Hey Sweat-Hogs At a local show today I bought a stack of 1976 Topps "Welcome Back Kotter" cards. Came up with a full set except need #3. Have plenty of extras does anyone else collect these? Contact me and I'll look at your wantlist. I could also come up with a starter set if anyone is interested. ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:23:22 -0700 To: Larry Tipton From: BBC Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Hey Sweat-Hogs One of my favorite non sports sets. I have your # 3. I also have many dupesif anyone is working on the set. I started a second set and never listed it. Here is what I can use. 7, 14, 16, 19, 24, 31, 38, 41, 47, 50. John Stamper On Mar 16, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Larry Tipton wrote: > At a local show today I bought a stack of 1976 Topps "Welcome Back Kotter" cards. Came up with a full set except need #3. Have plenty of extras doesanyone else collect these? Contact me and I'll look at your wantlist. I could also come up with a starter set if anyone is interested. > Guru ================= Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:40:20 -0400 (EDT) To: mikesportsfan@aol.com From: obcjohn@knology.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! Mac, Congrats on finishing a tough set. I've been stuck on the two Dimaggios for at least 10 years so I can appreciate your success. ----- Original Message ----- From: mikesportsfan@aol.com To: "illini grad 90" , obcmac@hotmail.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 4:58:07 PM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! A truly worthy accomplishment. I have found these to be even tougher to find than the 1941 Goudeys. By far the weakest part of my Goudey collection, representing 20 of the last 31 Goudeys I need for the base sets. Congratulations! Mike Rich -----Original Message----- From: illini_grad_90 To: Mac Wubben ; OBC-Ramblings Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 7:12 pm Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! Awesome job, Mac!! I need to see your collection one of these days...been along time since we crossed paths! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Mac Wubben < obcmac@hotmail.com > Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:49:22 -0400 To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com < obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Set Completion! Wow...this has been a long time in the making. A 38 Goudey Joe Dimaggio arrived in the mail today...the no cartoon version. That's the last one in the1938 Goudey set. Only 48 cards...but two Joe D rookies and two Bob Feller rookies make it quite a challenge. I started the set on 11/11/2002...so I averaged about 4-5 cards per year. Way back in the day, then OBC'er Jeff Sackmann traded me his Dimaggio (with cartoons) for my first 19th century card...an Allen and Ginter Comiskey. It's been a long slow ride...with Joe D starting and finishing it. Thanks to everyone that helped along the way...Spike Glidden and Andy Cook for sure...but there were probably others. Thanks everyone! ================= To: Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:55:41 -0400 From: "Gord Ellis" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] '52 topps high "short prints" Actually, from what I heard, the Mantle is a triple print. Gord ================= Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:47:26 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC ramblings , From: John Dahms Subject: some vintage basketball and hockey ATT taking some time to get packages together this morning. forgot I received some vintage basketball and hockey. thinking back to all basketball and hockey i have traded away thru the years i could have probably put together a couple of sets......so in saying that I have some more to offer up forhits to my lists. thanks and let me know and as always, conditions vary so please email mewith 75-76 #'s 145 110 203 74-75 #'s 45 233 47 52 137 21 135 139 127 142 231 88 228 225 89 let me know and thanks John Dahms 3260 Kingsbrook Dr. #601 Jackson, MI I collect vintage baseball and football cards. please check out my site. http://jd3681vintage.webs.com/ ================= To: OBC Ramblings Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:03:06 -0400 From: Bob Reed Subject: 11th Annual OBC College Basketball Contest (Update) Here's the deal. The contest works best with 16 teams and I've received 20responses (with a few regulars that didn't respond, Talbot?, Cook?, Betza,Yudt?) If I can get a few more responses then I'll set up two brackets. One with tough to hit lists (Mandell, Mead, Luurs, Wagner, Wubben, Gersbach, Luurs, Rich, etc) and one with easier list to hit. In order to set up two brackets I would need 32 participants or have people do both. For example 24 participants would have 8 do one bracket only, 8 do the other bracket only, and8 others would do both. Here are the 16 that's definitely in so far (in order of when responded):1)Bob Reed, 2) John Stamper, 3) Earl Kilbourne, 4) Richard Labs, 5) Doug DeJong, 6) Gary Mandell, 7) Peter Mead, 8) John Dahms, 9) Nick Covello, 10) T.J. Valacak, 11) Ray Luurs, 12) Randy Welk, 13) Geno Wagner, 14) John Scott Gray, 15) Mac Wubben, and 16) Mike Mroz. Current waiting list (unless I get at least 4 more responses):17) Joe Adriance, 18) Larry Gersbach, 19) Taylor Schock, and 20) Mike Rich So if you're name is not mentioned above and want to get in them let me know. And if it is listed let me know if you want the tough want list bracket, the easy want list bracket or both. I also need a couple of volunteers to help assign the teams. Let me know if you're interested. ================= Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:29:41 +0000 (UTC) To: Ken , Supreme From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] '52 topps high "short prints" As I struggle to find high number Dodgers for a price remotely close to what I'm willing to pay, I recall that Joe Black was remarkably inexpensive. I think I paid $25 or so from a 7-day eBay auction somewhere around 2 years ago. Decent centering and condition, too, considering the price. I have no idea how it slipped through.

Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App ================= Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:54:28 -0400 To: Bob Reed From: Andy Subject: Re: 11th Annual OBC College Basketball Contest (Update) Bob, count me in if you set up a second bracket. Sent from my iPad On Mar 17, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Bob Reed wrote: > Here's the deal. The contest works best with 16 teams and I've received 20 responses (with a few regulars that didn't respond, Talbot?, Cook?, Betza, > If I can get a few more responses then I'll set up two brackets. One with tough to hit lists (Mandell, Mead, Luurs, Wagner, Wubben, Gersbach, Luurs, Rich, etc) and one with easier list to hit. In order to set up two brackets I would need 32 participants or have people do both. For example 24 participants would have 8 do one bracket only, 8 do the other bracket only, and 8 others would do both. > Here are the 16 that's definitely in so far (in order of when responded): > 1) Bob Reed, 2) John Stamper, 3) Earl Kilbourne, 4) Richard Labs, 5) DougDeJong, 6) Gary Mandell, 7) Peter Mead, 8) John Dahms, 9) Nick Covello, 10) T.J. Valacak, 11) Ray Luurs, 12) Randy Welk, 13) Geno Wagner, 14) John Scott Gray, 15) Mac Wubben, and 16) Mike Mroz. > Current waiting list (unless I get at least 4 more responses): > 17) Joe Adriance, 18) Larry Gersbach, 19) Taylor Schock, and 20) Mike Rich > So if you're name is not mentioned above and want to get in them let me know. And if it is listed let me know if you want the tough want list bracket, the easy want list bracket or both. I also need a couple of volunteersto help assign the teams. Let me know if you're interested. > -Bob ================= Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:48:30 -0400 To: Andy From: Doug Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: 11th Annual OBC College Basketball Contest (Update) So, are those of us with the easy lists like the NIT teams and the heavyweight OBCers are the NCAA tourney teams? Doug - OBC NIT Sent from my iPad On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Andy wrote: > Bob, count me in if you set up a second bracket. > Thanks, > Andy > Sent from my iPad > On Mar 17, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Bob Reed wrote: >> Here's the deal. The contest works best with 16 teams and I've received20 responses (with a few regulars that didn't respond, Talbot?, Cook?, Betza, >> If I can get a few more responses then I'll set up two brackets. One with tough to hit lists (Mandell, Mead, Luurs, Wagner, Wubben, Gersbach, Luurs, Rich, etc) and one with easier list to hit. In order to set up two brackets I would need 32 participants or have people do both. For example 24 participants would have 8 do one bracket only, 8 do the other bracket only, and 8 others would do both. >> Here are the 16 that's definitely in so far (in order of when responded): >> 1) Bob Reed, 2) John Stamper, 3) Earl Kilbourne, 4) Richard Labs, 5) Doug DeJong, 6) Gary Mandell, 7) Peter Mead, 8) John Dahms, 9) Nick Covello, 10) T.J. Valacak, 11) Ray Luurs, 12) Randy Welk, 13) Geno Wagner, 14) John Scott Gray, 15) Mac Wubben, and 16) Mike Mroz. >> Current waiting list (unless I get at least 4 more responses): >> 17) Joe Adriance, 18) Larry Gersbach, 19) Taylor Schock, and 20) Mike Rich >> So if you're name is not mentioned above and want to get in them let me know. And if it is listed let me know if you want the tough want list bracket, the easy want list bracket or both. I also need a couple of volunteers to help assign the teams. Let me know if you're interested. >> -Bob ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:09:20 -0400 (EDT) To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 _http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html_ (http://gmcards.homestead.com/) Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:15:00 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Rob Fitts Subject: OBC Monday is back 75T minis Hi all Since I've missed the last three Mondays and will be out next Monday, I decided that I had better post today. This OBC Monday is a little different. Over the weekend a friend gave me a set of 75 minis. That frees up my partial set for OBC. I still have to go through the set to make sure they are all there and check on condition so I'm not exactly sure what cards I have to give away but I should have several hundred. SO, please email me your 75 mini want list and I will hit you as much as I can later this week. By the way, Banzai Babe Ruth is now an Audible book for those of you who like to listen to books. ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:09:43 -0400 To: OBC Ramblings From: Bob Donaldson Subject: Spring Shriner's Show For the Boston OBC contingent (and those visiting the Boston area). There will be s spring Shriner's show http://www.hollywoodcollectibles.com/rich-altmans-boston-show-2013/ ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:30:19 +0000 (UTC) To: smartalecx@aol.com From: tvalacak@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I will be there Saturday as well. I had thought I might be able to show up on Friday too, but that's not going to happen now. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: smartalecx@aol.com To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:09:20 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:08:46 -0400 To: obc ramblings From: Jimmy Parker Subject: Rob's Seymour Medal Saw this in my twitter feed. Hope you don't mind me sharing. Congratulations! http://sabr.org/latest/rob-fitts-receives-2013-sabr-seymour-medal-nine-conference-banquet (Source: https://twitter.com/sabr/status/313772615414194176) Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:35:16 -0700 (PDT) To: tvalacak@comcast.net, smartalecx@aol.com From: Mike Mackie Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I'm planning on heading down Saturday afternoon. Not sure exactly when I'll get Mike Mackie From: "tvalacak@comcast.net" To: smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; OCTraders@yahoogroups.com; Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, March 18, 2013 11:30:23 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I will be there Saturday as well. I had thought I might be able to show up on Friday too, but that's not going to happen now. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm From: smartalecx@aol.com To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:09:20 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:13:39 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Ken" Subject: Chemtoy Superballs Saw on the Thanks server that someone completed the whole Chemtoy Superballset. Just wondering how many of us are actually working on the whole set.I'm just trying to put together a Reds team set and it's driving me crazy. Are there 'short prints' in this set? I've been watching Ebay for almost a year and have never seen Tony Perez listed for sale. ================= Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:08:58 -0400 To: Jimmy Parker From: Matthew Glidden Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Rob's Seymour Medal Congrats again, Rob! Great to see it all in black and white. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Jimmy Parker wrote: > ** > Rob, > Saw this in my twitter feed. Hope you don't mind me sharing. > Congratulations! > http://sabr.org/latest/rob-fitts-receives-2013-sabr-seymour-medal-nine-conference-banquet > (Source: https://twitter.com/sabr/status/313772615414194176) > Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:08:02 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Larry Tipton Subject: Parallel Universe Part II I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. ================= To: , , Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:09:26 +0000 From: John Scott Gray Subject: Good morning! http://saltlakeroofing.com/wp-content/windows8.php?abpmbehm706bynfavf He's stoopid. Has an IQ of 2, but it takes 3 to grunt. ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:30:34 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Rob Fitts Subject: Re: Rob's Seymour Medal Thanks for sharing the post Jimmy! ================= To: "obc ramblings" Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:51:38 -0400 From: "Supreme Commander" Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Rob's Seymour Medal Awesome! can I get an autographed copy? :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jimmy Parker To: obc ramblings Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:08 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Rob's Seymour Medal Saw this in my twitter feed. Hope you don't mind me sharing. Congratulations! http://sabr.org/latest/rob-fitts-receives-2013-sabr-seymour-medal-nine-conference-banquet (Source: https://twitter.com/sabr/status/313772615414194176) Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:43:19 -0400 To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Ken M Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:03:50 -0400 To: Ken M From: originaleek1@att.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II Interventions usually require the element of surprise and are not that effective if the intervenee has prior knowledge of same. Perhaps a simple groupsupport system would be sufficient as it would seem that Guru is in the Prodromal stage of his disorder. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Ken M wrote: > OK, that's about all I can take. Larry has gone from purchasing the binder of "sewer find" cards at last year's Nationals to submitting cards for PSA grading this year. I'm in the planning stages for an intervention. Next thing you know, he'll start upgrading his sets to EXMT. Help me stop the insanity! > Ken M > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID > Larry Tipton wrote: > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing#28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSAgraded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Goodmiscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to$150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the NationalConvention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > Guru > ------------------------------------ > OBC is governed by Rules of Conduct approved by the OBC Advisory Committee. The Rules of Conduct are available from a link on the home page or directly at www.oldbaseball.com/obcroc.htmlYahoo! Groups Links ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:16:08 -0000 To: Larry Tipton ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: Parallel Universe Part II What. The. Hell?????? Seriously, guys, can we confirm that this really is our Guru? Has he been the victim of identity theft or the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers?? Did he get conked on the noodle by a foul ball (or the corner of a PSA holder)? --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Larry Tipton wrote: > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing#28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSAgraded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Goodmiscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to$150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the NationalConvention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > Guru ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:30:02 -0400 To: Tom Housley From: Doug Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Parallel Universe Part II It's not him. It can't be. Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:16 PM, "Tom Housley" wrote: > Guru, > What. The. Hell?????? > Seriously, guys, can we confirm that this really is our Guru? Has he beenthe victim of identity theft or the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers?? Did he get conked on the noodle by a foul ball (or the corner of a PSA holder)? > Tom > --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Larry Tipton wrote: > > > > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > > > > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. > > > > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want tocarry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much itcosts to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in theseholders. > > > > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Willhave to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > > > > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > > > > Guru > > ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:55:29 -0400 To: Doug From: originaleek1@att.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Parallel Universe Part II OK, rule number one, we have to stop Rambling about Larry as if he is not "in the room". Guru please know that we are your friends and will do everything we can to help you through this. We need complete honesty on your part and we will be honest with you. We first need an accurate diagnosis. We first need to rule out Demonic Possession, Multiple Personality Disorder, or Borderline Character Disorder. I will offer my services pro bono with regardto the latter two, however Fr. Pat would be required with the former. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Doug wrote: > It's not him. It can't be. > Doug > Sent from my iPad > On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:16 PM, "Tom Housley" wrote: >> Guru, >> What. The. Hell?????? >> Seriously, guys, can we confirm that this really is our Guru? Has he been the victim of identity theft or the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers?? Did he get conked on the noodle by a foul ball (or the corner of a PSA holder)? >> Tom >> --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Larry Tipton wrote: >> > >> > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. >> > >> > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversizedPSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. >> > >> > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reducedto $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these >> > >> > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! >> > >> > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongsidethe PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. >> > >> > Guru >> > ================= To: "'Larry Tipton'" , Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:52:26 -0700 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] Just a rhetorical question........has the OBCAC ever put any members on From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Tipton Sent: March-19-13 7:08 AM To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] [Attachment(s) from Larry Tipton included below] I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:18:22 -0700 To: Grant Rainsley From: Geordie Calvert Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:52 PM, "Grant Rainsley" wrote: > Just a rhetorical question........has the OBCAC ever put any members on Probation? > GrantJ > From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Tipton > Sent: March-19-13 7:08 AM > To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] > [Attachment(s) from Larry Tipton included below] > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing#28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSAgraded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Goodmiscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to$150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Upsfor $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the NationalConvention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > Guru ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:32:09 -0400 To: Grant Rainsley From: Doug DeJong Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II In my work environment, mandatory drug screening kicks in with certain On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Grant Rainsley wrote: > ** > Just a rhetorical question........has the OBCAC ever put any members on > Probation?**** > ** ** > GrantJ**** > ** ** > *From:* OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto: > OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Larry Tipton > *Sent:* March-19-13 7:08 AM > *To:* OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments]**** > ** ** > **** > *[Attachment(s) <#13d84da99742a61b_TopText> from Larry Tipton included > below]* **** > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA > slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing > #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA > graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good > miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA > holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters > I think high PSA scores are rare. > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to > $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on > something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want > to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded > Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how > much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool > in these holders. > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National > Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will > have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the > PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > Guru**** > **** ================= Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:05:29 -0400 To: Ken M From: Jimmy Parker Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II Guru is getting cards graded and Ken is sending messages that you don't have to scroll... What have we become??? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 19, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Ken M wrote: > OK, that's about all I can take. Larry has gone from purchasing the binder of "sewer find" cards at last year's Nationals to submitting cards for PSA grading this year. I'm in the planning stages for an intervention. Next thing you know, he'll start upgrading his sets to EXMT. Help me stop the insanity! > Ken M > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID > Larry Tipton wrote: > I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. > A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing#28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSAgraded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Goodmiscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. > Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to$150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. > I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the NationalConvention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! > Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. > Guru > ------------------------------------ > OBC is governed by Rules of Conduct approved by the OBC Advisory Committee. The Rules of Conduct are available from a link on the home page or directly at www.oldbaseball.com/obcroc.htmlYahoo! Groups Links ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:00:41 +0000 (UTC) To: , From: Subject: The Familytoad Find Pardon the interruption... It almost started out as one of those finds we all love to hear about. Some longtime friends of the family "inherited" some old baseball cards from a brother-in law's neighbor's grandparents mailman's sister who got them from some old guy in an estate sale. Since these friends are about 70 years old, an inheritance from someone older than them sounded so great! Being a self-proclaimed expert in the baseball card arena, (this has not been verified by anyone except the man in the mirror) I offered a full,no charge appraisal. My friends hauled a couple hundred pounds of boxes to me. We struck out mightily. I did recycle a few thousand Pro Set football and 88 Donruss rather than carrying them back to the truck. Only one decent find was included. They are going to give away the cards to an auction to benefit a food share. Cards are from 1989 Upper Deck. The missing ones are #152 Rick Cerone, #155 Will Clark, and #798 Tracy Jones. They have the rest of the set, even in sheets &binder. The Griffey is pretty solid. They want to acquire the final three cards to auction off a complete set, I dont have those years anymore. ...It might generate 20-30 for the food share if the right stars align :) Does anyone wish to be a hero? Thanks for your help OBC Forever, Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD ================= To: Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:56:10 -0500 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: Re: Parallel Universe Part II Friends don't let friends get cards graded. George Vrechek ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:13:10 -0400 To: Ken From: Doug Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Chemtoy Superballs I remember as a kid rummaging through the bin at the local Ben Franklin store trying to find a Tony Oliva ball. Probably passed up a dozen Mays, Clementes, and Aaron's in the process. Sent from my iPad On Mar 18, 2013, at 10:13 PM, "Ken" wrote: > Saw on the Thanks server that someone completed the whole Chemtoy Superball set. Just wondering how many of us are actually working on the whole set. I'm just trying to put together a Reds team set and it's driving me crazy. Are there 'short prints' in this set? I've been watching Ebay for almost a year and have never seen Tony Perez listed for sale. ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:38:43 -0700 To: "" From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] The Familytoad Find I have the Clark and cerone they will go out today Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2013, at 7:00 PM, wrote: > Pardon the interruption... > It almost started out as one of those finds we all love to hear about. > Some longtime friends of the family "inherited" some old baseball cards from a brother-in law's neighbor's grandparents mailman's sister who got them from some old guy in an estate sale. > Since these friends are about 70 years old, an inheritance from someone older than them sounded so great! > Being a self-proclaimed expert in the baseball card arena, (this has not been verified by anyone except the man in the mirror) I offered a full,no charge > My friends hauled a couple hundred pounds of boxes to me. > We struck out mightily. I did recycle a few thousand Pro Set football and88 Donruss rather than carrying them back to the truck. > Only one decent find was included. > They are going to give away the cards to an auction to benefit a food share. > Cards are from 1989 Upper Deck. The missing ones are #152 Rick Cerone, #155 Will Clark, and #798 Tracy Jones. They have the rest of the set, even in sheets &binder. The Griffey is pretty solid. > They want to acquire the final three cards to auction off a complete set,I dont have those years anymore. > ...It might generate 20-30 for the food share if the right stars align :) > Does anyone wish to be a hero? > Thanks for your help > OBC Forever, > Brian > Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:04:46 +0000 (UTC) To: Mike Mackie From: tvalacak@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show What about the FOOT members? Mike? Ron? JD? Mark? Come out West! T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Mackie" To: tvalacak@comcast.net, smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:35:16 PM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I'm planning on heading down Saturday afternoon. Not sure exactly when I'll get there. Mike Mackie From: "tvalacak@comcast.net" To: smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; OCTraders@yahoogroups.com; Sent: Mon, March 18, 2013 11:30:23 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I will be there Saturday as well. I had thought I might be able to show up on Friday too, but that's not going to happen now. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: smartalecx@aol.com To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:09:20 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:06:17 -0400 (EDT) To: tvalacak@comcast.net, macknife13@prodigy.net From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show Content-Language: en usual noon at kevin savage's table on Saturday if we dont hook up before In a message dated 3/20/2013 10:04:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tvalacak@comcast.net writes: What about the FOOT members? Mike? Ron? JD? Mark? Come out West! T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm From: "Mike Mackie" To: tvalacak@comcast.net, smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:35:16 PM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I'm planning on heading down Saturday afternoon. Not sure exactly when I'll get there. Mike Mackie From: "tvalacak@comcast.net" To: smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; OCTraders@yahoogroups.com; Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, March 18, 2013 11:30:23 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I will be there Saturday as well. I had thought I might be able to show up on Friday too, but that's not going to happen now. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm From: smartalecx@aol.com To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Tradingbases@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:09:20 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day _on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html_ (http://gmcards.homestead.com/) Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:27:18 -0400 (EDT) To: talbot1@comcast.net From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Content-Language: en Hi Mark Been out for a while, so I am not sure if the is the most a recent update. Here is what I have. Please let me know if these are still needed, and I will get them out ASAP 659, 656, 647, 326, 295, 224, 222, 194, 163, 136, 131, 109, 45, 42, 26, 7 gary mandell In a message dated 3/14/2013 10:46:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, talbot1@comcast.net writes: Hello Fellas, I heard from Marshall West who pulled a big stack 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. Before I go to bed for the night I have posted below the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 6, 7, 9, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 50, 57, 66, 70, 76, 77, 80, 82, 95, 98, 101, 108, 109, 112, 120, 123, 128, 130, 131, 136, 139, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, 160, 163, 165, 167, 171, 172, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 222, 224, 225, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248, 252, 256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 278, 281, 282, 291, 295, 302, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 326, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 355, 356, 369, 371, 379, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 404, 406, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 425, 431, 438, 439, 440, 445, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 461, 463, 466, 468, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 493, 496, 497, 499, 501, 505, 508, 515, 518, 520, 522, 526, 533, 536, 539, 540, 544, 545, 548, 550, 551, 553, 556, 558, 560, 561, 562, 563, 566, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 582, 585, 589, 594, 595, 599, 600, 602, 604, 606, 609, 610, 613, 615, 616, 617, 620, 622, 626, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 647, 651, 656, 658, 659, 661, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 672, 673, 676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 689, 691, 701, 704, 705, 706, 708, 710, 712, 721, 722. If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to EEK, Ken Goetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk, Rick Lyons, Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who have already pulled cards to send to SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:17:33 +0000 (UTC) To: Larry Tipton From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] Well I have to say that even though I look to liberate cardboard from it's plastic PSA tomb every chance I get - this does look like a nice way to display paper posters. I can't say I would be smashing up this group to get myhands on the "goodies" inside. Nice grab IMHO - BE WELL!!!! REGARDS ----------------- MARK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Tipton" To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 10:08:02 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Parallel Universe Part II [2 Attachments] [ Attachment(s) from Larry Tipton included below] I don't know what is happening to me as I had another encounter with PSA slabbed cards this weekend at our local card show. A dealer had a near set 1971 Topps Football Pin-Ups 31 of 32 only missing #28 Dick Butkus. Well thats only part of the story. All 31 Pin-Ups are PSA graded and they looked great in these holders! Grades range low PSA 2 Good miscut to EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 most are PSA 4 to PSA 6. They are in oversized PSA holders and like I said they looked awesome! With the folds in the posters I think high PSA scores are rare. Dealer seemed anxious to sell these, and said $200 but quickly reduced to $150. Although these looked really cool, $150 I would rather spend on something else. Came back later on in the show and I guess he did not want to carry them home (they are heavy), because I bought all 31 PSA graded Pin-Ups for $80 ($2.60 each). Seemed like a really good deal, I know how much it costs to get a card graded, and like I said they really look cool in these holders. I plan on finding a nice Butkus poster and carrying it up to the National Convention this year and submit it for grading to complete the set. Will have to go into stealth mode in Chicago, "Guru is at the PSA counter"! Attached are two photos, photo #1 OJ regular 1971 Topps card alongside the PSA EX 5 poster, photo #2 shows the collection. ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:17:49 -0500 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Steve Rittenberg Subject: OBC worthy cards on ebay Hmm. I've stumbled across a seller on ebay with lots of POOR condition cards. He's from Columbia, Maryland -- where Peter Mead lives. Have you been holding out on us Peter? I thought perhaps this might be a storefront for ex-OBCer Bill List but the inventory seems way too big. Here are a couple of things I see tha tmight interest others: 1955 Koufax RC #123 $120 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-123-Sandy-Koufax-RC-POOR-D24546-/350612885505?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item51a2281001 1955 Snider #210 $60 http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-210-Duke-Snider-POOR-D24547-/180986674969?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item2a23a57f19 I've asked him about a group price for a few FB cards I need. I'd buy them at the individual prices but maybe I'll get a discount. Happy hunting. ================= Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:41:47 -0700 To: Steve Rittenberg From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] OBC worthy cards on ebay I just bought two cards for 57 topps,48 leaf and a 40 playball from him haven't received them yet Sent from my iPad On Mar 20, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Steve Rittenberg wrote: > Hmm. I've stumbled across a seller on ebay with lots of POOR > condition cards. He's from Columbia, Maryland -- where Peter Mead > lives. Have you been holding out on us Peter? I thought perhaps > this might be a storefront for ex-OBCer Bill List but the inventory > seems way too big. > Here are a couple of things I see tha tmight interest others: > 1955 Koufax RC #123 $120 > http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-123-Sandy-Koufax-RC-POOR-D24546-/350612885505?ptUS_Baseball&hashitem51a2281001 > 1955 Snider #210 $60 > http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Topps-210-Duke-Snider-POOR-D24547-/180986674969?ptUS_Baseball&hashitem2a23a57f19 > I've asked him about a group price for a few FB cards I need. I'd > buy them at the individual prices but maybe I'll get a discount. > Happy hunting. > Steve ================= Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:25:29 +0000 (UTC) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Hello Fellas, I recetnly heard from Taylor Schock and Gary Mandell who pulled more 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. Before I go to bed for the night I have posted below the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If youare interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 6, 9, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 43, 48, 50, 57, 66, 70, 76, 77, 80, 82, 95, 101, 108, 112, 120, 123, 128, 130, 139, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, 160, 165, 167, 171, 172, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 196, 200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 225, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248, 252, 256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 278, 281, 282, 291, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 355, 356, 371, 379, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 404, 406, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 431, 438, 439, 440, 445, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 463, 468, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 493, 497, 499, 501, 505, 515, 518, 520, 522, 526, 533, 536, 539, 540, 544, 545, 548, 550, 551, 556, 558, 561, 562, 563, 566, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 582, 585, 589, 594, 595, 599, 600, 602, 609, 610, 613, 615, 616, 617, 620, 622, 626, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 651, 658, 661, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 673, 676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 689, 691, 701, 704, 705, 706, 708, 710, 712, 721, 722. If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to Marshall West, EEK, Ken Goetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk, Rick Lyons, Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who have already pulled cards to send to SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more of you =E2=93 BE REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: talbot1@comcast.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:30:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Joshua Levine Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE I can send along #70, 200 ,320, and 651. Will go out tomorrow. -----Original Message----- From: talbot1 To: OBC-Ramblings Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:25 pm Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Hello Fellas, I recetnly heard from Taylor Schock and Gary Mandell who pulled more 1980Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. Before I go to bed for the night Ihave posted below the current want list and the mailing address forCraig. Ifyou are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me anemail of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regularbasis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 ToppsBaseball Want List 1, 6, 9, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 43, 48,50, 57, 66, 70, 76,77, 80, 82, 95, 101, 108, 112, 120, 123, 128, 130, 139,140, 141, 147, 148,150, 160, 165, 167, 171, 172, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 196,200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 225, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248, 252,256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 278, 281, 282, 291, 316, 318, 319, 320,321, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 355, 356, 371, 379, 392, 393, 394,396, 398, 404, 406, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 431, 438, 439, 440, 445, 450, 451,455, 456, 457, 458, 463, 468, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 493, 497,499,501, 505, 515, 518, 520, 522, 526, 533, 536, 539, 540, 544, 545, 548, 550, 551,556, 558, 561, 562, 563, 566, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 582, 585, 589, 594,595, 599, 600, 602, 609, 610, 613, 615, 616, 617, 620, 622, 626, 630, 631, 632,633, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 651, 658, 661, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 673,676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 689, 691, 701, 704, 705,706, 708, 710, 712, 721,722. If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to Marshall West, EEK, KenGoetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk, RickLyons, JakeElwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who havealready pulled cards to send to SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more ofyou =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= To: smartalecx@aol.com, tvalacak@comcast.net, macknife13@prodigy.net Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:37:42 -0400 (EDT) From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show Ron is thinking about a 1 day trip on Saturday. I think the rest of FOOT is passing on this show. Saving funds for Strongsville in April, and possibly Toronto in May. I think I may have to pass on Toronto and will try and make the Robert Morris show for the first time instead. Mike Rich -----Original Message----- From: smartalecx To: tvalacak ; macknife13 Cc: dugouttraders ; OBC-Ramblings ; OCTraders ; Tradingbases Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:06 am Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show usual noon at kevin savage's table on Saturday if we dont hook up before hand In a message dated 3/20/2013 10:04:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tvalacak@comcast.net What about the FOOT members? Mike? Ron? JD? Mark? Come out West! T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm From: "Mike Mackie" To: tvalacak@comcast.net, smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 5:35:16 PM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I'm planning on heading down Saturday afternoon. Not sure exactly when I'll get there. Mike Mackie From: "tvalacak@comcast.net" To: smartalecx@aol.com Cc: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com; OCTraders@yahoogroups.com; Sent: Mon, March 18, 2013 11:30:23 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show I will be there Saturday as well. I had thought I might be able to show up on Friday too, but that's not going to happen now. T.J. Valacak OBC member since August 2005 http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm From: smartalecx@aol.com To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 7:09:20 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] sun times show anyone planning on attending the show? i plan to be there all day on saturday Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:02:07 -0700 (PDT) To: "talbot1@comcast.net" , From: Jeffrey Whitworth Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE I'll send: 1, 50, 165, 188, 214, 321, 379, 404, 438, 463, 468, 533, 539, 562, 609, 639, 708, 712 From: Joshua Levine To: talbot1@comcast.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE I can send along #70, 200 ,320, and 651. Will go out tomorrow. -----Original Message----- From: talbot1 To: OBC-Ramblings Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:25 pm Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] SFC Webb Project - 1980 in GTMO - UPDATE Hello Fellas, I recetnly heard from Taylor Schock and Gary Mandell who pulled more 1980 Topps cards to send to Craig Webb. Before I go to bed for the night I have posted below the current want list and the mailing address for Craig. If you are interested in joining in the FUN simply slip me an email of what you will be sending and I will update the group on a regular basis. Here where we are at: SFC Craig Webb Project =E2=93 1980 Topps Baseball Want List 1, 6, 9, 16, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 41, 43, 48, 50, 57, 66, 70, 76, 77, 80, 82, 95, 101, 108, 112, 120, 123, 128, 130, 139, 140, 141, 147, 148, 150, 160, 165, 167, 171, 172, 182, 186, 188, 189, 192, 196, 200, 204, 206, 210, 214, 215, 220, 225, 228, 230, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248, 252, 256, 257, 259, 262, 264, 265, 266, 276, 278, 281, 282, 291, 316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 339, 340, 348, 355, 356, 371, 379, 392, 393, 394, 396, 398, 404, 406, 412, 414, 415, 419, 424, 431, 438, 439, 440, 445, 450, 451, 455, 456, 457, 458, 463, 468, 470, 474, 477, 478, 479, 482, 485, 493, 497, 499, 501, 505, 515, 518, 520, 522, 526, 533, 536, 539, 540, 544, 545, 548, 550, 551, 556, 558, 561, 562, 563, 566, 574, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580, 582, 585, 589, 594, 595, 599, 600, 602, 609, 610, 613, 615, 616, 617, 620, 622, 626, 630, 631, 632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 641, 644, 646, 651, 658, 661, 664, 665, 668, 669, 670, 673, 676, 678, 681, 683, 684, 685, 689, 691, 701, 704, 705, 706, 708, 710, 712, 721, If you are participating please send your cards to: SFC Craig Webb JTF GTMO (189th MP CO) APO , AE Thanks again to Marshall West, EEK, Ken Goetsch, Rob Gioia, Randy Welk, Rick Lyons, Jake Elwell, Matt Yudts and Richard Dingman who have already pulled cards to send to SFC Craig Webb. Hope to hear from more you =E2=93 BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------- MARK ================= Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:09:45 +0000 (UTC) To: rick From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Wantlist] Re: [OBC-Ramblings] The Familytoad Find excellent!
Thanks Rick!

OBC Forever

Brian

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================= Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:03:49 -0400 (EDT) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: obcjohn@knology.net Subject: Change of email I'm changing my email server to gmail. My new email address is obcjohn@gmail.com. Could whoever handles this please add my new email address to the OBC servers? ================= To: obcjohn@knology.net,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:19:10 +0000 From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Change of email ================= Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:08:10 -0000 To: obcjohn@knology.net,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: Change of email Bama (and anyone else), You can self-update your address & collecting goals on the OBC homepage: Click "directory" then click "update your address & collecting goals" then click "update OBC profile information". Log in & make your changes, which should automatically update your info. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, obcjohn@... wrote: > I'm changing my email server to gmail. My new email address is obcjohn@... Could whoever handles this please add my new email address to the OBC servers? > thanks, > Bama ================= Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:19:26 -0700 (PDT) To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" , From: Ron Perry Subject: Sun Times Show Hello Everyone, The roads look good and John Dahms and I will be leaving from John's place in Jackson at 6:30 am Saturday and will return late Saturday. If any oneelse wants to make a last minute decision and ride along let John or me know I'll try to get some cards set aside for TJ, Mike and Gary. Ron Perry ================= To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:14:07 -0400 (EDT) From: FIREMAN Subject: white plains show hey guys, Anyone going to the white plains show tomorrow? I am taking my son to the show.....let me know if any other obcers will be attending and we can all meet Rob FIREMAN Gioia ================= Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 06:23:41 +0000 (UTC) To: familytoad , rick From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Wantlist] Re: [OBC-Ramblings] The Familytoad Find OBC Gang, today's mail brought my AARP payment due envelope and two of the three 89 UD cards needed for the charity set from Rick Lyons.
Guess which I liked better?

Thanks Rick!
OBC Forever

Brian

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================= Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:42:56 +0000 (UTC) To: From: Subject: 55 teddy ballgame http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=165508 Good trader Ralph Genova has a 55 Ted Williams for $18 here. Its a card waiting for an OBC home ! OBC Forever Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD ================= Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:49:51 -0700 To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: mike diamanti Subject: Predictable Agreements Well Cardboard Lovers: It's time to sharpen your prediction mojo, and tell everyone where you think "Your Team" (baseball today, not basketball, you March Madness nutcases....) will end up, once the divisional playoffs begin. Grant and I argue constantly about the Halos vs. Mariners. So make your team pick and let's see where we end up come September. (I will record the predictions and we will have some kind of award, cards, cash something) for the winners. My prediction? Mariners in 1st place in the AL West....... Oh, and you don't have to justify your position...... Cofffeedude in Coupeville Diamanti ================= Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:52:24 -0700 (PDT) To: "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Bob Saxton Subject: Cracker Jack prize & pin While cleaning out a desk drawer I found the following items, available FCFS to good homes. Cracker Jack prize Ballpark Legends II, Gaylord Perry Pin, still in unopened cellophane, for Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cleveland Indians Interleague Play July 16, 1999 sponsored by Pepsi, Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh, ================= To: islandcoffeeman@gmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:19:09 -0400 (EDT) From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Predictable Agreements Justified optimiism for FOOT fans for the Tigers to finish first. With ourpitching, if they stay healthy, and we get any semblance of a closer, the Tigers could end up with the best record in BB. That is not even considering the heart of our batting order. Mike Rich -----Original Message----- From: mike diamanti To: obc-ramblings Sent: Sat, Mar 23, 2013 12:49 pm Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Predictable Agreements Well Cardboard Lovers: It's time to sharpen your prediction mojo, and tell everyone where you think "Your Team" (baseball today, not basketball, you March Madness nutcases....) will end up, once the divisional playoffs begin. Grant and I argue constantly about the Halos vs. Mariners. So make your team pick and let's see where we end up come September. (I will record the predictions and we will have some kind of award, cards, cash something) for the My prediction? Mariners in 1st place in the AL West....... Oh, and you don't have to justify your position...... Cofffeedude in Coupeville Diamanti ================= Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:41:47 +0000 (UTC) To: obc-ramblings , From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Predictable Agreements AL east =Yankees
AL central=Tigers
AL west=Angels
AL Wildcards=A's, Rays

NL east=Braves
NL central=Reds
NL west=Diamondbacks
NL wildcards=Phillies,Giants

Al Champions=Angels
NL champions= Reds

ML champions = Reds

Now, go to your nearest sportsbook in Vegas or Atlantic City, and bet on the exact opposite of what I choose...you'll cash in big!

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================= Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:55:50 -0700 To: mike diamanti From: BBC Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Predictable Agreements Well Baseball lovers, I think Brian nailed it. And he even has my Reds taking it all! Of course my pick is the Reds for NL Central. John Stamper On Mar 23, 2013, at 9:49 AM, mike diamanti wrote: > Well Cardboard Lovers: > It's time to sharpen your prediction mojo, and tell everyone where you think "Your Team" (baseball today, not basketball, you March Madness nutcases....) will end up, once the divisional playoffs begin. > Grant and I argue constantly about the Halos vs. Mariners. So make your team pick and let's see where we end up come September. (I will record thepredictions and we will have some kind of award, cards, cash something) for the winners. > My prediction? Mariners in 1st place in the AL West....... > Oh, and you don't have to justify your position...... > Regards, > Cofffeedude in Coupeville Diamanti ================= Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:14:26 -0400 (EDT) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: obcjohn@knology.net Subject: Help with OBC servers I'm dropping my old email server today. Hopefully Mark will get this and hook my new email to the OBC servers. I've already changed my email address on the profile page. I sent an email to him directly but have not heard back. ================= Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:18:33 -0400 (EDT) To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: sun times show great to see ron perry, john dahms (first time meet), george vrechek, tj valacak and mike mackie at the show yesterday. a pleasantly good turn out, with none of the aisles clogged so you couldn't move. seemed like prices were a bit higher, with plenty of money being spent. most of the obc crowd spent time at uncle dick's (tj made him cry), jd heckelthorn (always great stuff with a big OBC discount) and coach ron estes i picked up some 57 checklists and contest cards, a couple of 34 goudeys, a 56 football checklist that i didn't need and a 56 indians team dated 1955. knocked off a 63 checklist variation i needed as well. despite tj's efforts, i did not start another set, although the 51 blue backs are tugging at me. enjoyed a couple of brews and some potato skins afterwards with tj and mike, always my favorite part of the show. thanks to john dahm who hit my penny wantlist, and ron perry when provided a tcma of sweet swinging billy williams. thanks guys! looking forward to national in early august! Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 _http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html_ (http://gmcards.homestead.com/) Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:35:32 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC Ramblings From: Glenn Codere Subject: Virgil Trucks Very sad to hear of the passing of ex-Tiger Virgil Trucks. One of the greatbaseball names of all time. Back in my early 20s, I was in a very short-lived band - just a duo...mesinging the other guy on guitar. We were scratching around for a name whenhe overheard me mention a ballplayer called Virgil Trucks. He loved the name too, and we ended up calling ourselves "The Trucks Brothers". Two gigs later, we were toast. Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:46:29 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC Ramblings From: Glenn Codere Subject: A good start to the week!! In addition to the 62T checklist from Rick Lyons, Monday was made even better when I checked my email and found that overnight I had won a 1967T #574 Jerry Buchek - one of those tough hi#s still on my list - for the princely sum of $3.99. Looks like a really nice card, so I'm not sure why it slippedthrough at that price....not that I'm complaining!! Only 6 to go on the '67s, with Brooks and Shannon being the toughest. Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:38:22 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC Ramblings From: Glenn Codere Subject: Even more Monday thanks!! Guru seems to be doing the rounds in some style these days. A second helping of office mail comes in, in which I find another envelope from the Sewer King. Knocks a further 5 cards off my 1958T list. Great stuff, my friend. Thanks!! Glasgow, Scotland Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList ================= To: "'obc'" Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: 1. just freaking verify the account 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple years. 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory. Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. Happy Monday Matt Yudt ================= To: yudts5@verizon.net,"'obc'" Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:33:38 +0000 From: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:45:57 -0700 (PDT) To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com, yudts5@verizon.net, From: Mike Mackie Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Hi everyone I completely agree with Geno that this sounds like a phishing scam. (Usually such emails are in broken/poor English; not gramatically proper) Whatever you do DON'T do option 1. Matt's email serves as a reminder to us all that should never click on a link in an email if you have any doubt. I also agree with Geno as well that if the Paypal account seems to be working fine that there's no issue. I have Paypal bookmarked as a favorite in my browser - what I would do is log into Paypal from my bookmark and verify that the access is still good. Again DO NOT click the link. This is how scammers steal your accounts - and your money. Mike Mackie From: "illini_grad_90@yahoo.com" To: yudts5@verizon.net; obc Sent: Mon, March 25, 2013 8:33:48 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! My guess is that you got a fraudulent email and you shouldn't click on it. If it's still working, then their's no problem. You can forward the email to PP ask them about it...but don't enter your info into that one!! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: "Matt Yudt" Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 To: 'obc' ReplyTo: Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years ofgood business, I am now looking at my options: 1. just freaking verify the account 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative I don=E2=99t want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even and tried to get them to explain this better and raise the limit. They raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory=E2=A6 Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. Happy Monday Matt Yudt ================= To: "'Mike Mackie'" , , Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:49:31 -0400 From: "Matt Yudt" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! No fraud - it came up as a declined payment for my auctions. I emailed them from their website and then called them this morning too. They set a 5K limit - used to be 10 - now it is only 2K on new accounts before you have to get verified. Did a little googling too - and yes, there are fraudulent phishing scams on paypal verification - unfortunately (or fortunately?) this wasn't one of em From: Mike Mackie [mailto:macknife13@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 9:46 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Hi everyone I completely agree with Geno that this sounds like a phishing scam. (Usually such emails are in broken/poor English; not gramatically proper) Whatever you do DON'T do option 1. Matt's email serves as a reminder to us all that you should never click on a link in an email if you have any doubt. I also agree with Geno as well that if the Paypal account seems to be working fine that there's no issue. I have Paypal bookmarked as a favorite in my browser - what I would do is log into Paypal from my bookmark and verify that the access is still good. Again DO NOT click the link. This is how scammers steal your accounts - and your money. Mike Mackie From: "illini_grad_90@yahoo.com" To: yudts5@verizon.net; obc Sent: Mon, March 25, 2013 8:33:48 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! My guess is that you got a fraudulent email and you shouldn't click on it. If it's still working, then their's no problem. You can forward the email to PP and ask them about it...but don't enter your info into that one!! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: "Matt Yudt" Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 To: 'obc' ReplyTo: Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: 1. just freaking verify the account 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple years. 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory. Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. Happy Monday Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:52:47 -0700 (PDT) To: 'obc' From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Option 5: Spend less on cards Hmmm.....on second thoughts, that's not really a very good option, is it. Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: Matt Yudt To: 'Mike Mackie' ; illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; 'obc' Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 1:49 PM Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! No fraud - it came up as a declined payment for my auctions. I emailed them from their website and then called them this morning too. They set a 5K limit - used to be 10 - now it is only 2K on new accountsbefore you have to get verified. Did a little googling too - and yes, there are fraudulent phishing scams onpaypal verification - unfortunately (or fortunately?) this wasn=E2=99t one of em From:Mike Mackie [mailto:macknife13@prodigy.net] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 9:46 AM To: illini_grad_90@yahoo.com; yudts5@verizon.net; obc Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Hi everyone I completely agree with Geno that this sounds like a phishing scam. (Usually such emails are in broken/poor English; not gramatically proper) Whatever you do DON'T do option 1. Matt's email serves as areminder to us all that you should never click on a link in an email if you have any doubt. I also agree with Geno as well that if the Paypal account seems to be working fine that there's no issue. I have Paypal bookmarked as a favorite in mybrowser - what I would do is log into Paypal from my bookmark and verify that the access is still good. Again DO NOT click the link. This is how scammers steal your accounts - and your money. Mike Mackie From:"illini_grad_90@yahoo.com" To: yudts5@verizon.net; obc Sent: Mon, March 25, 2013 8:33:48 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! My guess is that you got a fraudulent email and you shouldn't click on it. If it's still working, then their's no problem. You can forward the email to PP and ask them about it...but don't enter your info into that one!! Take Care, Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: "Matt Yudt" Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 To: 'obc' ReplyTo: Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verifiedand give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: 1. just freaking verify the account 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another coupleyears. 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative I don=E2=99t want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise the limit. They didn=E2=99t raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory=E2=A6 Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. Happy Monday Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:59:06 -0700 To: "" From: BBC Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! When I opened my Paypal acct. many years ago I also opened a separate Bank acct as well. John Stamper On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:26 AM, "Matt Yudt" wrote: > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > just freaking verify the account > Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple years. > Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don=E2=99t want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise thelimit. They didn=E2=99t raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory=E2=A6 > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:02:39 -0400 To: Mike Mackie From: Jake Elwell Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Agree with Mike -- it sounds like a scam. I've used Paypal since it first launched and never had a problem either sending or receiving money. A good rule of thumb is never click a link relating to Paypal sent from an email. Instead, if you think there is a problem, log into your Paypal account on your browser and click around your balance, recent activity, etc. If there truly is a problem, it will present itself there. If your account looks fine there, with no alerts, limits, etc. -- then it _is_ fine. On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Mike Mackie wrote: > Hi everyone > I completely agree with Geno that this sounds like a phishing scam. (Usually such emails are in broken/poor English; not gramatically proper) Whatever you do DON'T do option 1. Matt's email serves as a reminder to us all that you should never click on a link in an email if you have any doubt. > I also agree with Geno as well that if the Paypal account seems to be working fine that there's no issue. I have Paypal bookmarked as a favorite in my browser - what I would do is log into Paypal from my bookmark and verifythat the access is still good. Again DO NOT click the link. This is howscammers steal your accounts - and your money. > Mike Mackie > From: "illini_grad_90@yahoo.com" > To: yudts5@verizon.net; obc > Sent: Mon, March 25, 2013 8:33:48 AM > Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! > My guess is that you got a fraudulent email and you shouldn't click on it. If it's still working, then their's no problem. You can forward the emailto PP and ask them about it...but don't enter your info into that one!! > Take Care, > Geno > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > From: "Matt Yudt" > Sender: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 > To: 'obc' > ReplyTo: > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > just freaking verify the account > Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple years. > Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don=92t want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise thelimit. They didn=92t raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory=85 > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:38:04 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Interesting customer "service" from an eBay seller I was looking to find the "numerical" version of one the 1958 Topps team checklists. Of course many sellers don't post a pic of the back (bad enough) - but get this from New England Sports Cards: I send a question to the seller asking if the back is alphabetical or numerical. And the response is: "Thanks for the email. Sorry, I do not have that additional info on the item. I can only provide the title and scan that is shown. I do not have further details. Thanks for looking." As Charles Barkley would say - this is turr'ble customer service. Just turr'ble. Guess who I won't be buying from ever again? ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:19 -0000 To: "Matt Yudt" ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! I don't know how much eBay & PayPal actually do to go after phishing scams,but if you ever get an email from one or both, you can forward it to spoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. If it's not a legitimate email, you'll get an automated response from Paypal or eBay telling you so. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Yudt" wrote: > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some > arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and > give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly > email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 > years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > 1. just freaking verify the account > 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another > couple years. > 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 > makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and > protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal > profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, > oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise > the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but > they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory. > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt ================= To: "yudts5@verizon.net" , 'obc' Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:30:18 -0400 From: Taylor Schock Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! In part, it's to protect both (you and paypal). And maybe they are restricting this even further (in part) due to the rash of triangle fraud schemes lately. My better half got caught up in one, but was lucky not being the onewho got taken. (more on this in a bit, with a VERY interesting ebay twist at the end). If you think about it, most of us have more credit available than we do cash in the bank. If you have a bank account linked to paypal, then "all" the thief can do is drain your account, which can happen very fast but can alsobe noticed quite easily/quickly. So while you may have $1000 in your bank account, you probably have 10x that in credit (pick your own numbers). If your paypal account is linked to your credit card, then you can be out much more than the "cash" in your bank account, and it might take a lot longer (relatively speaking) for you to notice. However many/most credit cards have some sort of fraud protection, so YOU might not be out of luck (since you're covered) but SOMEONE will be picking up the tab. Put on top of this how paypal is issuing credit cards (if memory serves) and you can see how paypal can be footing the bill if one's paypal credit card is hit by the scam. So paypal would prefer there be some formof "cash" behind your paypal transaction to guarantee that transaction andlet them "off the hook " (by tying it to a bank account). Paypal would like the benefit (ie interest gained) from using your paypal card, but they want to minimize their risk (and to a lesser extent, yours as well). So the best/safest advice, as some have already pointed out, is having a bank account solely to back your paypal usage. Do bank account-to-account transfers only enough (or little more) to cover paypal purchases. So how does the triangle scam work on ebay? The scammer has a list of compromised credit card numbers. They then in turn place ads on ebay for products that they don't own. As a buyer, I come along and see a good deal (but not TOO good to be true) on an item, say a Kuerig machine, and place the order with the scammer. They in turn use 1 of the compromised credit cards and charge a purchase to a retailer and have that retailer ship the product directly to me. The key here is they have to dothis with a retailer who has poor loss prevention measures, such as not verifying a purchase where the purchasing credit card address doesn't match the "ship to" address (let's say someone like Cabelas). The product arrives at the buyer's address, the scammer get's the buyer's money (from ebay/paypal), and the person with the compromised card gets hit.Who ends up losing? The credit card owner "might" but its usually either the credit card company (since they offer fraud protection) or the retailer (depending on how the cc company pursues it). In this particular case, it's the retailer through their own poor practices. The credit card owner received a credit back to their account since they never authorized the purchase. The cc company in turn got the funds back from the retailer. So what does the retailer do? The contact the "ship to" person asking to pay for the item since the retailer never received payment. However the "shipto" person didn't have a contract with the retailer, but a contract with the seller (scammer) and that contract was fulfilled. Now certain "ship to" recipients would be happy to pay for the item IF theyreceived a refund/credit from ebay/paypal, but since ebay/paypal won't refund the purchase (since the item sold was the item received), the recipientwill not pay for the item twice. We've reported this practice for this particular scammer to ebay/paypal. Prior to this Kathy did her own bit of digging and actually talked to 2 of the other "ship to"s that received items from the scammer, 1 who also contacted ebay (the 3rd did not). She emailed a few but only 2 responded, with whom she had phone conversations. One card owner was in Washington, another inAlabama, and the third was Michigan (so it's obvious the scammer had a list of compromised cards). Kathy also printed out the feedback listing of theseller/scammer prior to calling (which later showed an interesting thing). On ebay, the seller/scammer is no longer a registered user (as expected) but neither ebay nor paypal has done much else (that we could tell) beyond sending canned email responses regarding investigation, etc, along with canned email responses that either show they don't actually read the emails theyreceive or don't comprehend English very well. While I understand that there are valid reasons they can't comment on internal investigations, I wonder how MUCH of an investigation they are doing. The one curious thing we DID notice (thanks to Kathy's earlier printout) isthat most of the feedbacks were "pulled" from the buyer and seller for this specific "scammed" item (which was sold multiple times) regardless of positive/negative feedback. We noticed this from the buyer's total feedback being reduced by 1 (from 86 to 85, 402 to 401, etc). This was done for ALL buyers (of this item) EXCEPT for Kathy, another lady she talked to who also reported the problem to ebay, and a third person who never responded to Kathy. Why did they pull these feedbacks? What was the point of pulling these feedbacks and not the other 3? Were the feedbacks left for ONLY those who reported the issue to ebay and/or opened a claim? Was it to cover up a much larger problem in ebay? To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: yudts5@verizon.net Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:26:30 -0400 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 years of good business, I am now looking at my options: just freaking verify the Create a new bank account just to verify paypal Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another couple years. Screw paypal - find an I don=92t want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 makes me realize I do kind of value this service. It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise the limit. They didn=92t raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory=85 Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. Happy Monday Matt Yudt ================= To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:34 -0400 From: Taylor Schock Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! One of the easiest ways to tell: If it does NOT have your name in the body of the letter (like "Dear Taylor Schock"), then it is probably NOT from ebay or paypal. This is for those "your blah blah blah has been blah blah blahed" type emails, and not the massmarketing/newsletter If it has your name, it's not a guarantee to be legit, just it's NOT legit if the email is "directed" at an individual and does NOT have your name. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:19 +0000 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! I don't know how much eBay & PayPal actually do to go after phishing scams, but if you ever get an email from one or both, you can forward it tospoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. If it's not a legitimate email, you'll get an automated response from Paypal or eBay telling you so. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Yudt" wrote: > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some > arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and > give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly > email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 > years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > 1. just freaking verify the account > 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another > couple years. > 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 > makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and > protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal > profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, > oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise > the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but > they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory. > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:35:40 -0700 (PDT) To: VCT Mailing List , From: Mike Mackie Subject: Daniel Hudson's 2013 Heritage Card This seems the kind of thing you would expect to read aboutregarding a 1960s 70s card. Perhaps this is truly a Hertiage card. Saw this and thoughtit worth passing along. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/daniel-hudson-baseball-card-game-blew-elbow-213252138--mlb.html Mike Mackie ================= To: , Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:45:20 -0400 From: richard dingman Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Matt,Happened to me.I called ebay and they straightened it out.Richard D To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: taylor_schock@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:34 -0400 Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! One of the easiest ways to tell: If it does NOT have your name in the body of the letter (like "Dear Taylor Schock"), then it is probably NOT from ebay or paypal. This is for those "your blah blah blah has been blah blah blahed" type emails, and not the massmarketing/newsletter If it has your name, it's not a guarantee to be legit, just it's NOT legit if the email is "directed" at an individual and does NOT have your name. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:19 +0000 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! I don't know how much eBay & PayPal actually do to go after phishing scams, but if you ever get an email from one or both, you can forward it tospoof@paypal.com or spoof@ebay.com. If it's not a legitimate email, you'll get an automated response from Paypal or eBay telling you so. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Yudt" wrote: > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached some > arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and > give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly > email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 > years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > 1. just freaking verify the account > 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another > couple years. > 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 > makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and > protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal > profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an issue, > oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and raise > the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - but > they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small victory. > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:14:31 -0400 (EDT) To: brightair@msn.com, taylor_schock@hotmail.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! Content-Language: en YOu can also put your mouse over the link they provide. Usually, you can spot a web address that is not paypal, and obviously a phony. In a message dated 3/25/2013 1:45:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, brightair@msn.com writes: Happened to me. I called ebay and they straightened it out. Richard D To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: taylor_schock@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:34:34 -0400 Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! One of the easiest ways to tell: If it does NOT have your name in the body of the letter (like "Dear Taylor Schock"), then it is probably NOT from ebay or paypal. This is for those "your blah blah blah has been blah blah blahed" type emails, and not the mass marketing/newsletter ones. If it has your name, it's not a guarantee to be legit, just it's NOT legit if the email is "directed" at an individual and does NOT have your name. To: yudts5@verizon.net; OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:19 +0000 Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: Arghhh!! Paypal verificaion crap! I don't know how much eBay & PayPal actually do to go after phishing scams, but if you ever get an email from one or both, you can forward it to _spoof@paypal.com_ (mailto:spoof@paypal.com) or _spoof@ebay.com_ (mailto:spoof@ebay.com) . If it's not a legitimate email, you'll get an automated response from Paypal or eBay telling you so. --- In _OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogro ups.com) , "Matt Yudt" wrote: > Ok, I heard someone else go through this not long ago. Today I reached > arbitrary limit on my Paypal account that I now need to get verified and > give them access to my bank account. After shooting off a not-so-friendly > email expressing my dissatisfaction with being treated like this after 5 > years of good business, I am now looking at my options: > 1. just freaking verify the account > 2. Create a new bank account just to verify paypal > 3. Create a new paypal account and go through this again in another > couple years. > 4. Screw paypal - find an alternative > I don't want to do #1 for the principle at this point. But looking at #4 > makes me realize I do kind of value this service. > It makes me angry that they do this - claiming fraud prevention and > protection of ME - when it is clear the main reason is to maximize paypal > profits. If they were just honest about that, I may have less of an > oddly. I even called and tried to get them to explain this better and > the limit. They didn't raise the limit or admit the greed motivation - > they did let the $21 of auctions from last night get paid. A small > Anyway - thanks for letting me vent. > Happy Monday > Matt Yudt Gary Mandell 3930 North Pine Grove Avenue # 3108 Chicago, IL 60613-5518 _http://gmcards.homestead.com/mywebpage.html_ (http://gmcards.homestead.com/) Member: OCT, OBC, DT, TB ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:49:58 +0000 (UTC) To: OBC , Glenn From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Virgil Trucks Gang, if i am not mistaken, one of Virgil's relatives is Derek Trucks, southern rock artist, guitar player extraordinaire now of the Allman Brothers. Butch Trucks was one of the band's founders. Derek is Butch's son. Virgil was Butch's uncle. Glenn, by a few ways of separation is now on tour with the Allman Brothers, a real ramblin' man! Eat a peach! OBC Forever Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD ================= Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:58:04 -0400 To: Glenn Codere From: Matthew Glidden Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Virgil Trucks Also saddened to hear, as Virgil was a generous signer and communicator with fans late into life. Condolences, Tiger fans! On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Glenn Codere wrote: > ** > Very sad to hear of the passing of ex-Tiger Virgil Trucks. One of the > great baseball names of all time. > Back in my early 20s, I was in a very short-lived band - just a duo...me > singing the other guy on guitar. We were scratching around for a name when > he overheard me mention a ballplayer called Virgil Trucks. He loved the > name too, and we ended up calling ourselves "The Trucks Brothers". Two > gigs later, we were toast. > Glenn > Glenn's Music Collection at Rate Your Music > Glenn's Sports Collection WantList ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:44:10 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: Jake and I chat about vintage hockey Hi gang, Had a nice phone conversation with Jake Elwell today about cards, vintage hockey, and his adventures as a literary agent in New York. Seee what we talked about on my blog: http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/well-loved-cards-contain-priceless-memories/ I'm telling you, I am having a blast finding out stuff about you guys. Every one of you has a tale to tell. And I'm trying to tell it. ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:02:06 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "tjv815" Subject: Sun Times show report I was able to get out to the Sun-Times show here in Chicago on Saturday. Right away, I was able to meet up with Gary Mandell, George Vrechek , JD, and Ron Perry. Later in the day, I would meet up with Mike Mackie as well. It's always great to see these guys, and even though the FOOT members travel quite a distance, it sure seems like they are regulars at these shows. Thanks to JD for a pair of 1972 Kelloggs. Ron hands over a 53 Redman of Enos Slaughter, and an SCP of Herb Pennock for my 61 Fleer set. Thanks to Mike for a trio of coins to my 64 Topps coins set. Great additions guys! It seems like the last 3 years that I have been going to these big shows inhopes of finding that 67 Seaver. Well, this show was no different for theSeaver. I saw a few, but they were out of my price range. I did pick up a 67 Colavito though, leaving the Seaver as the last hit needed for the 67 set. The Colavito card was picked up at Uncle Dick's table. I whittled him down to 40 bucks on a pretty nice card. I'm not sure he was as excited as I was to make the sale. I also picked up a number of Chicago Bears football from Uncle Dicks table, as well as some non =96sport. Some of the nonsport included a few 56 Topps US Presidents that will be a new set added. At Coach Ron Estes' table, I was able to pick up a few more Chicago Bears cards, as well as a large group of the 69 Topps football stamps, or 4 in 1's. This is another set that is new to the wantlist, as the Guru started me off on this one and the 74 Topps football set. It's funny, as I don't everrecall seeing these stamps/4 in 1's before. I know I had seen the albums plenty, but never the stamps. And here Ron had a huge group. Cool. At JD Heckathorn's table, I picked up a few 67 OPC cards, and a t206 Ed Walsh! I love adding to the prewar collection! A local dealer by the name of Tony Gordon set me up with a few great hits, including my last three 1960 Topps football cards. Title, Gregg, and Bednarik put that set to bed. I also picked up a 52 Bowman Sey Hey from Tony. It was pretty exciting putting those cards in the binders. After the show, Gary, Mike and I headed over to Gibson's across the street for a few beers, potato skins, and NCAA hoops. A great day! I am looking forward to getting together for the National! http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:02:12 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "tjv815" Subject: Sun Times show report I was able to get out to the Sun-Times show here in Chicago on Saturday. Right away, I was able to meet up with Gary Mandell, George Vrechek , JD, and Ron Perry. Later in the day, I would meet up with Mike Mackie as well. It's always great to see these guys, and even though the FOOT members travel quite a distance, it sure seems like they are regulars at these shows. Thanks to JD for a pair of 1972 Kelloggs. Ron hands over a 53 Redman of Enos Slaughter, and an SCP of Herb Pennock for my 61 Fleer set. Thanks to Mike for a trio of coins to my 64 Topps coins set. Great additions guys! It seems like the last 3 years that I have been going to these big shows inhopes of finding that 67 Seaver. Well, this show was no different for theSeaver. I saw a few, but they were out of my price range. I did pick up a 67 Colavito though, leaving the Seaver as the last hit needed for the 67 set. The Colavito card was picked up at Uncle Dick's table. I whittled him down to 40 bucks on a pretty nice card. I'm not sure he was as excited as I was to make the sale. I also picked up a number of Chicago Bears football from Uncle Dicks table, as well as some non =96sport. Some of the nonsport included a few 56 Topps US Presidents that will be a new set added. At Coach Ron Estes' table, I was able to pick up a few more Chicago Bears cards, as well as a large group of the 69 Topps football stamps, or 4 in 1's. This is another set that is new to the wantlist, as the Guru started me off on this one and the 74 Topps football set. It's funny, as I don't everrecall seeing these stamps/4 in 1's before. I know I had seen the albums plenty, but never the stamps. And here Ron had a huge group. Cool. At JD Heckathorn's table, I picked up a few 67 OPC cards, and a t206 Ed Walsh! I love adding to the prewar collection! A local dealer by the name of Tony Gordon set me up with a few great hits, including my last three 1960 Topps football cards. Title, Gregg, and Bednarik put that set to bed. I also picked up a 52 Bowman Sey Hey from Tony. It was pretty exciting putting those cards in the binders. After the show, Gary, Mike and I headed over to Gibson's across the street for a few beers, potato skins, and NCAA hoops. A great day! I am looking forward to getting together for the National! http://www.oldbaseball.com/wantlists/valacak.htm ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:26:10 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Virgil Trucks I'll settle for that! Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: "familytoad@comcast.net" To: OBC ; Glenn Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Virgil Trucks Gang, if i am not mistaken, one of Virgil's relatives is Derek Trucks, southern rock artist, guitar player extraordinaire now of the Allman Brothers. Butch Trucks was one of the band's founders. Derek is Butch's son. Virgil was Butch's uncle. Glenn, by a few ways of separation is now on tour with the Allman Brothers,a real ramblin' man! Eat a peach! OBC Forever Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:54:47 -0600 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Steve Rittenberg Subject: Denver card shop report I'm in Colorado Springs for a couple days to provide some management training. No, not weight management. I fail at that five or six times a day. Anyway, I hoped to meet up with Geno or Jim Silva but both are unavailable. Geno recommended a card shop as an alternative. I think it was worth the scenic 60 min drive to get there. Every inch of this place is packed withstuff. All the cards are in glass showcases which are almost buried under shirts, hats, posters and other crap. First I went through their 50s baseball. As usual, it was 1 for me, 10 for OBC. I ended up with a 54B Minoso (me) to go with a 58 Aaron, 58 Mantle AS, 66 Twins team, 63 Aaron, 63 Killebrew, 55 Sain, 61 Brooks AS etc. I eventually dug into a box of $3 eachor 10 for $20 and took some 52s and a Schmidt mini. From the oddball pile, I picked up a Callahan Klem for $5 (SP), Greatest Hits Freehan, Blue TintDixie Walker and '59 cut out of Smoky Burgess. FOOT should be getting theFreehan. Brian Betza gets the Pirates unless there is another Pirate collector I don't know about. I saw stuff for me but it was too expensive. 55T Kinard (last card) was $15 but BV is only $35 so I will wait. Hextall RCs (OPC and Topps) were $6 or $7 so ii will wait on those too. A few boxes of Topps coins yielded a lot of hits. I had to bargain hard and stay for a couple hours but it was worth it to knock off about a dozen common/semi stars plus the Mays and Clemente AS. They even had non-sport. I though about a box of T51 College cards but they were all upgrades. I did pick up a Heroes of History Lincoln and some Standard My new bargaining tactic is to offer to pay with Paypal to duck the sales tax. My piles added up to $155 so the $10 savings was not insignificant. That didnt work so I went and found an ATM and paid cash. I came back and added a few HoF post cards and said I was at $155 so with this it is $160. The guy said, no, it's still $155. Sweet! I wish the stop at Twin Peaks on the way back had been as enjoyable. The waitress Tinker Bell didnt measure up to the standards set by the other waitresses I saw there. The busguy took my beer and leftovers away while I wasin the bathroom. I came back and emailed the restaurant but the email bounced. It didnt compare to Sun-Times how or a Reading show or any FOOT show but I really have no other choices these days. Someday I will start asking people to take my list with them. How many days until the National? Steve Rittenberg Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:09:25 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Michael" Subject: Waiver Wire Just send me your address. Hopefully I can help. Mike Dillon Topps Baseball Waiver Wire: 68: 44 51 53 64 79 108 69: 44 51 79 70: 18 316 71: 29 69 73: 12 75: 162 282 353 467 496 632 650 76: 7 12 13 22 24 28 37 51 62 75 76 84 85 96 97 105 106(2)108(2) 112 121 139 148 155 159 177 181 217 229 236(2) 248 249 251 252 264 268 269 274 276 277(2) 282 287 289 291(2) 297 309 312 313(3) 319 322 327(2) 336 362 363 364 368(2) 375 381 382 390 391(2) 395 398 402 413 423 425 427 434 437 439(2) 457 466 485 488 511 512 515 519(2) 548 551 552 558 573 574 576 577584 602 618 621 625 77: 15 22 41 73 96 143 209 212 255 258 262 312 384 389 393 415 465 547 609 612 643 658 659 78: 19 29 32 42(2) 53 68 206 241 249 252 281 315(2) 327 334 361 409 449 461 481(2) 493(2) 496 585 600 612 619(2) 622 626 640 653 675 711 79: 7 23 50 105 227 247 315 320 372 405 409 428 450 495 529 605 633 636 689 80: 8 30 46 76(2) 94 95 151 155 184 213 331(4) 335 376 481 628 ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:11:45 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Michael" Subject: Westchester Baseball Card Show Went to the Westchester County Center Baseball Card show this weekend and picked up a lot. Really narrowed down my 1973 topps set (need 50 Roberto Clemente, 100 Hank Aaron, 615 Mike Schmidt RC). Also got some more 67, 68, and 69 topps cards. I'm just getting started on those 3 sets so if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Mike DIllon ================= To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:51:49 -0400 (EDT) From: FIREMAN Subject: white plains show/new future obcer Hey everyone, Saturday was the White Plains show. As usual I decided to bring my 11 y/o son Tony who collects some old sets. The night before we go he asks if we can see if his best friend can come with us. I say Sure why not, as Matt andTony have played on the same baseball teams for 7 seasons and I know Matt is a HUGE baseball/sports fan. Where to start?...we I will start on the ride down to the show. Usually when my son is in the car he need to play his video games, or if he is with afriend they talk about video games...well not this day the entire ride down those 2 boys talked about baseball, both little league and MLB it was so great listening to their conversations. At the show My sons friend was in awe when we walked in as it was his first baseball card show. We did our usual lap around the floor before we stopped to buy any cards. Then we found atable with a box "any card $2" so we looked and Matt saw a 53 bowman NY Giants card...i couldnt tell you who he was, but Matt loved the NY that looked like the mets NY and the player looked "mean". so I bought the card for him and he was hooked. During the show I found a bin of $1 cards buy 30 and its $20 so i went through them got some hits to tonys 55 bowman....Matt andTony split the 55s up and put them in numeric order and red the #s off to me as i checked them off, Matt LOVED doing this...then the 10 left overs matt was looking at them and said how much he loved them ...so i picked them up for him and now he is working on the 55 bowmans ! We started walking around and I let Tony and Matt lead the way, they stopped at a few more tables and the dealers were shocked watching Tony wheel anddeal...lol...Then Matt got in on the action and he talked a dealer down from a $5 beater 55 bowman ump to $2. As we were on our way out a dealer called the boys over and said I saw how you 2 boys work you magic, and handed them each 5 packs of 90s cards...ok it was 90s but the boys were so excited.We then stopped at my buddy Jimmys table and looked through the cards, Matt who is a Mets fan saw a beat up 54 topps Whitey Ford for $6 and under it was the same beater for $10 Jimmy sold them to the boys for $8 for the 2...then matt said this is my first HOFcard. Jimmy went over to his box pulled out a 72 mays regular 72 mays in action, 73 mays, 74 carlton 74 Aaron 74 bench and gave them to the boys no cost the boys were so happy..... Now this is what got me big time...as we were leaving Matt looks to me and Tony and said " Coach Rob, next time you and tony come to the show can I come with you?" how great is that....when Matt got home he showed his older brother his cards and his father who is one of my best friends. His dad calls me up at 8 pm to tell me Matt is still talking about the show and looking at the cards he got He looked on the internet about the history of the 55bowmans, and wants to complete the set with his best friend Tony!!!! Oh BTW i didnt get any hits to my sets at the show but Tony did, and we introduced a new boy to the hobby. What an awesome day spending time with my son, his best friend, and just watching them talk sports and taking charge in the show. Thats is what baseball and the hobby does! Rob "FIREMAN" Gioia ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:02:00 -0700 (PDT) To: "obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] white plains show/new future obcer Love reading this kind of stuff on the Ramblings server!! Thanks for sharing, Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: FIREMAN To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 1:51 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] white plains show/new future obcer Hey everyone, Saturday was the White Plains show. As usual I decided to bring my 11 y/o son Tony who collects some old sets. The night before we go he asks if we can see if his best friend can come with us. I say Sure why not, as Matt and Tony have played on the same baseball teams for 7 seasons and I know Matt is a HUGE baseball/sports fan. Where to start?...we I will start on the ride down to the show. Usually when my son is in the car he need to play his video games, or if he is with a friend they talk about video games...well not this day the entire ride downthose 2 boys talked about baseball, both little league and MLB it was so great listening to their conversations. At the show My sons friend was in awe when we walked in as it was his first baseball card show. We did our usual lap around the floor before we stopped to buy any cards. Then we found a table with a box "any card $2" so we looked and Matt saw a 53 bowman NY Giants card...i couldnt tell you who he was, but Matt loved the NY that lookedlike the mets NY and the player looked "mean". so I bought the card for him and he was hooked. During the show I found a bin of $1 cards buy 30 and its $20 so i went through them got some hits to tonys 55 bowman....Matt and Tony split the 55s up and put them in numeric order and red the #s off to me as i checked them off, Matt LOVED doing this...then the 10 left overs matt was looking at them and said how much he loved them ...so i picked them up for him and now he is working on the 55 bowmans ! We started walking around and I let Tony and Matt lead the way, they stopped at a few more tables and the dealers were shocked watching Tony wheel anddeal...lol...Then Matt got in on the action and he talked a dealer down from a $5 beater 55 bowman ump to $2. As we were on our way out a dealer called the boys over and said I saw how you 2 boys work you magic, and handed them each 5 packs of 90s cards...ok it was 90s but the boys were so excited.We then stopped at my buddy Jimmys table and looked through the cards, Matt who is a Mets fan saw a beat up 54 topps Whitey Ford for $6 and under it was the same beater for $10 Jimmy sold them to the boys for $8 for the 2...then matt said this is my first HOFcard. Jimmy went over to his box pulled out a 72 mays regular 72 mays in action, 73 mays, 74 carlton 74 Aaron 74 bench and gave them to the boys no cost the boys were so happy..... Now this is what got me big time...as we were leaving Matt looks to me and Tony and said " Coach Rob, next time you and tony come to the show can I come with you?" how great is that....when Matt got home he showed his older brother his cards and his father who is one of my best friends. His dad calls me up at 8 pm to tell me Matt is still talking about the show and looking at the cards he got He looked on the internet about the history of the 55 bowmans, and wants to complete the set with his best friend Tony!!!! Oh BTW i didnt get any hits to my sets at the show but Tony did, and we introduced a new boy to the hobby. What an awesome day spending time with my son, his best friend, and just watching them talk sports and taking charge in the show. Thats is what baseball and the hobby does! Rob "FIREMAN" Gioia ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:09:10 -0700 (PDT) To: OBC Ramblings , From: Glenn Codere Subject: Skype noobie Hey guys! I've just signed up to Skype. Still trying to figure it out, but one thing I do know is that I need to build up a bit of a contacts list. If you are aSkype user and think that one day you might like to have a chat, please send me your user name. My user name is GGCTigers Glasgow, Scotland ps Always remember that there is a +5 hour difference between GMT and US EST!! Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList ================= Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:17:43 -0000 To: FIREMAN ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: white plains show/new future obcer What a fantastic story! Thanks for sharing it Rob. I bet that Matt will never forget what you allowed him to experience - and I'm guessing he'll always remember it was YOU that allowed him to experience it. Years from now when he's surrounded by his vintage collection, he'll be posting to OBC Ramblings & thanking his Coach Rob for getting him started. --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, FIREMAN wrote: > Hey everyone, > Saturday was the White Plains show. As usual I decided to bring my 11 y/o son Tony who collects some old sets. The night before we go he asks if wecan see if his best friend can come with us. I say Sure why not, as Matt and Tony have played on the same baseball teams for 7 seasons and I know Matt is a HUGE baseball/sports fan. > Where to start?...we I will start on the ride down to the show. Usually when my son is in the car he need to play his video games, or if he is witha friend they talk about video games...well not this day the entire ride down those 2 boys talked about baseball, both little league and MLB it was so great listening to their conversations. At the show My sons friend was inawe when we walked in as it was his first baseball card show. We did our usual lap around the floor before we stopped to buy any cards. Then we founda table with a box "any card $2" so we looked and Matt saw a 53 bowman NY Giants card...i couldnt tell you who he was, but Matt loved the NY that looked like the mets NY and the player looked "mean". so I bought the card forhim and he was hooked. During the show I found a bin of $1 cards buy 30 and its $20 so i went through them got some hits to tonys 55 bowman....Matt and Tony split the 55s up and put them in numeric order and red the #s off to me as i checked them off, Matt LOVED doing this...then the 10 left overs matt was looking at them and said how much he loved them ...so i picked them up for him and now he is working on the 55 bowmans ! > We started walking around and I let Tony and Matt lead the way, they stopped at a few more tables and the dealers were shocked watching Tony wheel and deal...lol...Then Matt got in on the action and he talked a dealer down from a $5 beater 55 bowman ump to $2. As we were on our way out a dealer called the boys over and said I saw how you 2 boys work you magic, and handedthem each 5 packs of 90s cards...ok it was 90s but the boys were so excited. We then stopped at my buddy Jimmys table and looked through the cards, Matt who is a Mets fan saw a beat up 54 topps Whitey Ford for $6 and under it was the same beater for $10 Jimmy sold them to the boys for $8 for the 2...then matt said this is my first HOFcard. Jimmy went over to his box pulled out a 72 mays regular 72 mays in action, 73 mays, 74 carlton 74 Aaron 74 bench and gave them to the boys no cost the boys were so happy..... > Now this is what got me big time...as we were leaving Matt looks to me and Tony and said " Coach Rob, next time you and tony come to the show can I come with you?" how great is that....when Matt got home he showed his olderbrother his cards and his father who is one of my best friends. His dad calls me up at 8 pm to tell me Matt is still talking about the show and looking at the cards he got He looked on the internet about the history of the 55 bowmans, and wants to complete the set with his best friend Tony!!!! > Oh BTW i didnt get any hits to my sets at the show but Tony did, and we introduced a new boy to the hobby. > What an awesome day spending time with my son, his best friend, and just watching them talk sports and taking charge in the show. > Thats is what baseball and the hobby does! > Rob "FIREMAN" Gioia ================= To: srittenberg@gmail.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:13:18 -0400 (EDT) From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Denver card shop report It is not like I am counting down to it, or anything, but the National starts 18 weeks from tonite. Unfortuantely, I will not be able to go until Thursday August 1, so it is still 18 weeks and a day until the National for me. Mike Rich -----Original Message----- From: Steve Rittenberg To: OBC-Ramblings Sent: Tue, Mar 26, 2013 6:54 am Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Denver card shop report I'm in Colorado Springs for a couple days to provide some management training. No, not weight management. I fail at that five or six times a day. Anyway, I hoped to meet up with Geno or Jim Silva but both are unavailable. Geno recommended a card shop as an alternative. I think it was worth the scenic 60 min drive to get there. Every inch of this place is packed withstuff. All the cards are in glass showcases which are almost buried under shirts, hats, posters and other crap. First I went through their 50s baseball. As usual, it was 1 for me, 10 for OBC. I ended up with a 54B Minoso (me) to go with a 58 Aaron, 58 Mantle AS, 66 Twins team, 63 Aaron, 63 Killebrew, 55 Sain, 61 Brooks AS etc. I eventually dug into a box of $3 eachor 10 for $20 and took some 52s and a Schmidt mini. From the oddball pile, I picked up a Callahan Klem for $5 (SP), Greatest Hits Freehan, Blue TintDixie Walker and '59 cut out of Smoky Burgess. FOOT should be getting t he Freehan. Brian Betza gets the Pirates unless there is another Pirate collector I don't know about. I saw stuff for me but it was too expensive. 55T Kinard (last card) was $15 but BV is only $35 so I will wait. Hextall RCs (OPC and Topps) were $6 or $7 so ii will wait on those too. A few boxes of Topps coins yielded a lot of hits. I had to bargain hard and stay for a couple hours but it was worth it to knock off about a dozen common/semi stars plus the Mays and Clemente AS. They even had non-sport. I though about a box of T51 College cards but they were all upgrades. I did pick up a Heroes of History Lincoln and some Standard My new bargaining tactic is to offer to pay with Paypal to duck the sales tax. My piles added up to $155 so the $10 savings was not insignificant. That didnt work so I went and found an ATM and paid cash. I came back and added a few HoF post cards and said I was at $155 so with this it is $160. The guy said, no, it's still $155. Sweet! I wish the stop at Twin Peaks on the way back had been as enjoyable. The waitress Tinker Bell didnt measure up to the standards set by the other waitresses I saw there. The busguy took my beer and leftovers away while I wasin the bathroom. I came back and emailed the restaurant but the email bounced. It didnt compare to Sun-Times how or a Reading show or any FOOT show but I really have no other choices these days. Someday I will start asking people to take my list with them. How many days until the National? Steve Rittenberg Sent from my iPhone ================= Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:16:14 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "thenamenotused" Subject: Re: white plains show/new future obcer What an awesome story Rob. They will remember those cards for a long time.Thank you.Your story is along the lines of something I was just planning to put out. I was thinking about when I was the age of matt and tony. My dad took me to a card show just outside os St. Paul MN. I had bought a lot of modern early 90's cards an we were leaving. My dad happened to look down and saw a 1964 Topps Hank Aguirre. The card was in a bargain pile, maybe a buck or two. My dad told me how this was the type of cards he had when he was a kid. He bought the card and gave it to me. This was my first card from the 1960's. My firs card from the 50's came when I traded away several 1999 Upper Deck Century Legends cards for a 1956 Topps Roy Campanella. I know I got the better end of that deal. It made me wonder if anybody else has a memorable first card or similar experience???? Nick Pelletier --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Housley" wrote: > What a fantastic story! Thanks for sharing it Rob. I bet that Matt will never forget what you allowed him to experience - and I'm guessing he'll always remember it was YOU that allowed him to experience it. Years from now when he's surrounded by his vintage collection, he'll be posting to OBC Ramblings & thanking his Coach Rob for getting him started. > Tom > --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, FIREMAN wrote: > > > > Hey everyone, > > Saturday was the White Plains show. As usual I decided to bring my 11 y/o son Tony who collects some old sets. The night before we go he asks if we can see if his best friend can come with us. I say Sure why not, as Mattand Tony have played on the same baseball teams for 7 seasons and I know Matt is a HUGE baseball/sports fan. > > Where to start?...we I will start on the ride down to the show. Usually when my son is in the car he need to play his video games, or if he is with a friend they talk about video games...well not this day the entire ridedown those 2 boys talked about baseball, both little league and MLB it wasso great listening to their conversations. At the show My sons friend was in awe when we walked in as it was his first baseball card show. We did ourusual lap around the floor before we stopped to buy any cards. Then we found a table with a box "any card $2" so we looked and Matt saw a 53 bowman NY Giants card...i couldnt tell you who he was, but Matt loved the NY that looked like the mets NY and the player looked "mean". so I bought the card for him and he was hooked. During the show I found a bin of $1 cards buy 30 and its $20 so i went through them got some hits to tonys 55 bowman....Mattand Tony split the 55s up and put them in numeric order and red the #s offto me as i checked them off, Matt LOVED doing this...then the 10 left overs matt was looking at them and said how much he loved them ...so i picked them up for him and now he is working on the 55 bowmans ! > > We started walking around and I let Tony and Matt lead the way, they stopped at a few more tables and the dealers were shocked watching Tony wheeland deal...lol...Then Matt got in on the action and he talked a dealer down from a $5 beater 55 bowman ump to $2. As we were on our way out a dealer called the boys over and said I saw how you 2 boys work you magic, and handed them each 5 packs of 90s cards...ok it was 90s but the boys were so excited. We then stopped at my buddy Jimmys table and looked through the cards,Matt who is a Mets fan saw a beat up 54 topps Whitey Ford for $6 and underit was the same beater for $10 Jimmy sold them to the boys for $8 for the 2...then matt said this is my first HOFcard. Jimmy went over to his box pulled out a 72 mays regular 72 mays in action, 73 mays, 74 carlton 74 Aaron 74 bench and gave them to the boys no cost the boys were so happy..... > > Now this is what got me big time...as we were leaving Matt looks to me and Tony and said " Coach Rob, next time you and tony come to the show can I come with you?" how great is that....when Matt got home he showed his older brother his cards and his father who is one of my best friends. His dadcalls me up at 8 pm to tell me Matt is still talking about the show and looking at the cards he got He looked on the internet about the history of the 55 bowmans, and wants to complete the set with his best friend Tony!!!! > > > > > > Oh BTW i didnt get any hits to my sets at the show but Tony did, and weintroduced a new boy to the hobby. > > What an awesome day spending time with my son, his best friend, and just watching them talk sports and taking charge in the show. > > Thats is what baseball and the hobby does! > > > > > > Rob "FIREMAN" Gioia > > ================= To: thenamenotused@yahoo.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:15:27 -0400 (EDT) From: FIREMAN Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: white plains show/new future obcer Nick and gang, My father and I use to go to card shows in the late 80s and early 90s. Wedid this all the time and it was fun. I remember working on the 86 topps with my dad and the 87 which we completed like 4 sets on...it was something we loved doing together. Now as far as my first cards from the 60s I remember them...I found a box in my grandmothers house and in the box i found 2 cards both 1960 topps Andy Cary of the yankees and Johnny Antonelli of the Giants...those were the only 2 cards that survived the wrath of grandma. Those cards got me interested in older cards. I was 10 when I found those. Then Dad and I found a card store called "Amazing Larrys" and I would save my allowance to buy cards every week. Again something dad and I did together...so maybe I collect cards because it reminds me of the days and times I spent with my dad. Rob Fireman Gioia -----Original Message----- From: thenamenotused To: OBC-Ramblings Sent: Wed, Mar 27, 2013 12:16 pm Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Re: white plains show/new future obcer What an awesome story Rob. They will remember those cards for a long time. Thank you.Your story is along the lines of something I was just planning toput I was thinking about when I was the age of matt and tony. My dad took me to card show just outside os St. Paul MN. I had bought a lot of modern early 90's cards an we were leaving. My dad happened to look down and saw a 1964 Topps Hank Aguirre. The card was in a bargain pile, maybe a buck or two. My dadtold me how this was the type of cards he had when he was a kid. He bought the card and gave it to me. This was my first card from the 1960's. My firs card from the 50's came when I traded away several 1999 Upper Deck Century Legends cards for a 1956 Topps Roy Campanella. I know I got the better end of that deal. It made me wonder if anybody else has a memorable first card or similar Nick Pelletier --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Housley" wrote: > What a fantastic story! Thanks for sharing it Rob. I bet that Matt will never forget what you allowed him to experience - and I'm guessing he'll always remember it was YOU that allowed him to experience it. Years from now when he's surrounded by his vintage collection, he'll be posting to OBC Ramblings & thanking his Coach Rob for getting him started. > Tom > --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, FIREMAN wrote: > > > > Hey everyone, > > Saturday was the White Plains show. As usual I decided to bring my 11 y/o son Tony who collects some old sets. The night before we go he asks if we can see if his best friend can come with us. I say Sure why not, as Matt and Tony have played on the same baseball teams for 7 seasons and I know Matt is a HUGE baseball/sports fan. > > Where to start?...we I will start on the ride down to the show. Usually when my son is in the car he need to play his video games, or if he is witha friend they talk about video games...well not this day the entire ride down those 2 boys talked about baseball, both little league and MLB it was so great listening to their conversations. At the show My sons friend was in awe when walked in as it was his first baseball card show. We did our usual lap around the floor before we stopped to buy any cards. Then we found a table with a box "any card $2" so we looked and Matt saw a 53 bowman NY Giants card...i couldnt tell you who he was, but Matt loved the NY that looked like the mets NY andthe player looked "mean". so I bought the card for him and he was hooked. During show I found a bin of $1 cards buy 30 and its $20 so i went through them got some hits to tonys 55 bowman....Matt and Tony split the 55s up and put themin numeric order and red the #s off to me as i che cked them off, Matt LOVED doing this...then the 10 left overs matt was looking at them and said how much he loved them ...so i picked them up for him and now he is working on the 55 bowmans ! > > We started walking around and I let Tony and Matt lead the way, they stopped at a few more tables and the dealers were shocked watching Tony wheel and deal...lol...Then Matt got in on the action and he talked a dealer down from $5 beater 55 bowman ump to $2. As we were on our way out a dealer called the boys over and said I saw how you 2 boys work you magic, and handed them each packs of 90s cards...ok it was 90s but the boys were so excited. We then stopped at my buddy Jimmys table and looked through the cards, Matt who is a Mets fan saw a beat up 54 topps Whitey Ford for $6 and under it was the same beater for $10 Jimmy sold them to the boys for $8 for the 2...then matt said this is my first HOFcard. Jimmy went over to his box pulled out a 72 mays regular 72 mays in action, 73 mays, 74 carlton 74 Aaron 74 bench and gave them to the boys no cost the boys were so happy..... > > Now this is what got me big time...as we were leaving Matt looks to me and Tony and said " Coach Rob, next time you and tony come to the show can I come with you?" how great is that....when Matt got home he showed his older brother his cards and his father who is one of my best friends. His dad calls me up 8 pm to tell me Matt is still talking about the show and looking at the cards got He looked on the internet about the history of the 55 bowmans, and wants complete the set with his best friend Tony!!!! > > > > > > Oh BTW i didnt get any hits to my sets at the show but Tony did, and we introduced a new boy to the hobby. > > What an awesome day spending time with my son, his best friend, and just watching them talk sports and taking charge in the show. > > Thats is what baseball and the hobby does! > > > > > > Rob "FIREMAN" Gioia > > OBC is governed by Rules of Conduct approved by the OBC Advisory Committee.The Rules of Conduct are available from a link on the home page or directly at www.oldbaseball.com/obcroc.htmlYahoo! Groups Links ================= Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:33:11 -0500 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: john harrell Subject: Landslides on Whidby Island I just saw the news story on the huge landslides on Whidby Island and hope all is well with Mike and his family. Mike, if you can, give us an update. ================= Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:22:00 +0000 (UTC) To: OBC-Ramblings , john From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Landslides on Whidby Island i read that news too...
Having been to Mike's several times, the area impacted is close by, but not exactly where CheZ Diamanti is...so that's a blessing for Mike.
I read that no one was hurt, but a lot of property damage.
Here's to hoping all Mike's neighbors stay protected.

Mikee? Hello?

OBC Forever

Brian

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================= Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:48:23 -0700 To: "" From: rick.lyons22@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Landslides on Whidby Island Where that slide was is the same housing development where me and my wife hope to build a house someday. Our lots are up on the road above that so no worries Sent from my iPad On Mar 27, 2013, at 6:22 PM, wrote: > i read that news too... > Having been to Mike's several times, the area impacted is close by, but not exactly where CheZ Diamanti is...so that's a blessing for Mike. > I read that no one was hurt, but a lot of property damage. > Here's to hoping all Mike's neighbors stay protected. > Mikee? Hello? > OBC Forever > Brian > Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App on my iPAD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: obcjohn@gmail.com > To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com > Sent:Wed Mar 27 11:33:17 UTC 2013 > Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Landslides on Whidby Island > I just saw the news story on the huge landslides on Whidby Island and hope all is well with Mike and his family. Mike, if you can, give us an update. > Bama ================= Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:17:16 -0600 To: OBC-Ramblings From: Marshall West Subject: 7-11 offers After many years collecting 7-11 disks, I am now down to just 7 left to finish a complete 7-11 run (1983-2000, baseball and football). I have a lot ofdups that I want to get rid of, so anyone that can hit any of my missing 7disks WILL BE rewarded: MARSHALL'S WANTLIST FOR 1991 (SOUTH CALIFORNIA REGION "PJ", BROWNISH FRONT W/GREEN 1(abbott) 2(canseco) 5(hershiser) 6(e davis) 7(joyner) 9(mcgriff) 13(santiago) Here are my AVAILABLE DUPS. Even if you can't hit any of my wants, don't beafraid to ask for any of these that you need: 1984 (west region "K") 15 18 18 20 1984 (east region "H") 8 9 9 11 12 20 22 24 1984 (central region "E") 24 1985 (southeast region "DT") 15 1985 (great lakes region "AC") 1 1 3 15 1985 (west region "DH") 8 15 1986 (east region "orange back") 6 9 12 16 1986 (mideast region "yellow back") 1 1 1 8 10 12 1986 (west region "green back") 4 6 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 1987 (east region "CM") 2 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 1987 (chicago region "WS") 14 15 1987 (detroit region "HS") 5 6 7 9 12 15 1991 (northwest region "SM") 6 6 6 7 7 11 11 12 13 1992 (score company) 24 24 2000 (pacific trading company) 18 22 Thanks OBC, Marshall West ================= Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:38:42 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob" Subject: A chat with Glenn in Scotland Hi gang, Had the pleasure of chatting with Glenn Codere today via a Skype call. Wwe talked about the challenges he faces as he collects from the UK. Here's what we discussed, on my blog at tbo.com: http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/great-scot-collecting-from-uk-can-be-fun/ ================= Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:12:18 -0700 To: obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: mike diamanti Subject: No Slide Issues Greetings Cardboard Lovers: Appreciate the concern about Whidbey Island sloughing off into Puget The area on the news(we even made NBC and Brian Williams last night) is in a mini-development called Ledgewood, and it's about 3-4 miles south of where I live. Over the years many homeowners chose to build fairly close to the water, aka hillsides, cliffs. We have had 6-9 super heavy months of rainfall that have left every place soggy and water logged. Some of the young trees on our land are listing to or port due to excessive moisture. My place is at least a mile from the coastline and 200 feet above sea level, so all is well here. Still drinking coffee-Diamanti ================= Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:46:27 -0500 To: mike diamanti From: john harrell Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] No Slide Issues Mike, glad to hear it. My wife and I will be coming to the Seattle area sometime within the next year and she definitely wants to go to Whidby Island. Seems there are some of her interest groups located there (not cardboard). We'll be sure to look you up. Bama (6 weeks from retirement) On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, mike diamanti > ** > Greetings Cardboard Lovers: > Appreciate the concern about Whidbey Island sloughing off into Puget > Sound.... > The area on the news(we even made NBC and Brian Williams last night) is in > a mini-development called Ledgewood, and it's about 3-4 miles south of > where I live. > Over the years many homeowners chose to build fairly close to the water, > aka hillsides, cliffs. > We have had 6-9 super heavy months of rainfall that have left every place > soggy and water logged. Some of the young trees on our land are listing to > starboard > or port due to excessive moisture. My place is at least a mile from the > coastline and 200 feet above sea level, so all is well here. > Still drinking coffee-Diamanti ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:53:33 -0400 To: OBC Ramblings From: Jake Elwell Subject: Waiver wire: 77 Philadelphia Phillies yearbook Book sale find -- claim away & pls include mailing address. ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:45:54 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Rob Fitts Subject: 1975 mini lot would any new members like a 1975 mini starter set? ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:46:23 -0400 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Subject: Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Just read that Gus Triandos passed away last night in his sleep. Only 82. A true emblem of what a major league baseball player should be. ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:17:11 -0000 To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Richard" Subject: question I found 3 transfer? of Banks, Gibson, and Robinson. They are 2 X 3 inches and have no other identifying marks - except for a black mark at the bottom - if you can identify these I would appreciate it Richard Labs ================= To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, Thenamenotused@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:41:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Tom Housley Subject: Fun link to the past & a possible OBC connection? Hey fellas, One of my Facebook groups posted this link For obvious reasons it's of interest to me, but I think it's interesting anyway, even if you're not connected to the TV industry - and it's narrated by someone named Vincent Pelletier. A possible relative of our own Nick Pelletier perhaps? It's less than 8 minutes, so take a few minutes & enjoy a look at the "new" industry of television, circa 1941. Nick, is the name a coincidence or are you related to Vincent? https://www.youtube.com/watch?vkiDwxlPFYp8 Tom Housley ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:47:21 -0700 (PDT) To: Andy , OBC ramblings From: John Dahms Subject: Re: NCAA (Late) Sweet 16 Update Andy I found myself in a huge dilemna last nite. I have never, ever rooted for nor even liked syracuse and they were playing a big ten team. but they are my only remaining team in the dance......so root for them i did. haha tonite will be a great basketball nite as both my teams from michigan are playing...and one of them will send your dukies home.....lol good nite to all John Dahms 3260 Kingsbrook Dr. #601 Jackson, MI I collect vintage baseball and football cards. please check out my site. http://jd3681vintage.webs.com/ From: Andy To: Bob Reed Cc: "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ;"" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" ; "" Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 5:01 PM Subject: Re: NCAA (Late) Sweet 16 Update It's going to be a great night of hoops. Both of my alma maters Oregon and Duke play back to back. Go Michigan, keep me alive in the pool! I'll be packing cards on my losing teams as I root my Ducks to victory. Sent from my iPad On Mar 29, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Bob Reed wrote: >Forgot to send this out. >Here are the results before the Sweet 16: >EASY WANTLIST BRACKET >Jeff Whitworth - IN E2 Miami, W9 Wichita St / OUT S16 West Kent[JohnS], M7Creighton[MarkH] >Larry Gersbach - IN E3 Marq, W13 LaSalle / OUT S12 Akron[Earl], M6 Memphis[MikeM] >Doug DeJong - IN S3 Florida, W6 Arizona / OUT E16 Jam Mad[Matt], M9 Missouri[JohnS] >Brian Betza - IN M1 Louisville / OUT E8 NC St[Earl], W14 Harvard[Doug], S11 >John Stamper - IN S1 Kansas / OUT E13 Mont[JD], M8 Colo St[Brian], W12 OleMiss[Larry] >Mark Holland - IN M2 Duke / OUT E15 Pacific[Jeff], W10 Iowa St[Bob], S7 San Diego St[Joe] >Joe Adriance - IN S15 Fla Gulf / OUT M10 Cincy[Jeff], W3 New Mex[Brian], E6 >Bob Reed - IN W2 Ohio St / OUT S14 NW St[Doug], M11 St. Mary[Larry], E7 Illinois[Jeff] >Matt Yudt - IN E1 Indiana / OUT S9 Villanova[TJ], M16 NC A&T[Brian], W8 Pitt[Jeff] >Joel Freedman - IN S4 Michigan / OUT E11 Bucknell[Joe], M14 Valpo[MikeM], W5 >Mike Mroz - IN M3 Mich St. / OUT E14 David[Larry], S6 UCLA[Brian], W11 Belmont[Doug] >John Dahms - IN E4 Syracuse / OUT S10 Okla[MarkH], M5 Okla St[Randy], W15 Iona[Bob] >Randy Welk - IN M12 Oregon / OUT E5 UNLV[NickC], S13 S Dak St[Joel], W4 Kansas >Earl Kilbourn - OUT W16 Southern[TJ], S5 VCU [Joel], M4 St. Louis[Randy]. E9 >T.J. Valacak - OUT E10 Colo[Bob], M15 Albany[MarkH], W1 Gonzaga[Jeff],S8 No >Nick Covello - OUT S2 Georgetown[Joe], M13 New Mex St[Earl], W7 Notre Dame[MarkH], E12 Cal[JD] >TOUGH WANTLIST BRACKET >Nick Pellitier - IN E2 Miami, W9 Wichita St / OUT S16 West Kent[MikeR], M7Creighton[JohnS] >Bob Reed - IN E3 Marq, W13 LaSalle / OUT S12 Akron[Taylor], M6 Memphis[RichL] >Gary Mandell - IN S3 Florida, W6 Arizona / OUT E16 Jam Mad[NickC], M9 Missouri[MikeR] >Ray Luurs - IN M1 Louisville / OUT E8 NC St[Taylor], W14 Harvard[Gary], S11 >Mike Rich - IN S1 Kansas / OUT E13 Mont[JSG], M8 Colo St[Ray], W12 Ole Miss[Bob] >John Stamper - IN M2 Duke / OUT E15 Pacific[NickP], W10 Iowa St[MarkT], S7San Diego St[Larry] >Larry Gersbach - IN S15 Fla Gulf / OUT M10 Cincy[NickP], W3 New Mex[Ray], E6 >Mark Talbot - IN W2 Ohio St / OUT S14 NW St[Gary], M11 St. Mary[Bob], E7 Illinois[NickP] >Nick Covello - IN E1 Indiana / OUT S9 Villanova[Peter], M16 NC A&T[Ray], W8 >Andy Cook - IN S4 Michigan / OUT E11 Bucknell[Larry], M14 Valpo[RichL], W5Wisconsin[MikeR] >Richard Labs - IN M3 Mich St. / OUT E14 David[Bob], S6 UCLA[Ray], W11 Belmont[Gary] >John Scott Gray - IN E4 Syracuse / OUT S10 Okla[JohnS], M5 Okla St[Geno], W15 >Geno Wagner - IN M12 Oregon / OUT E5 UNLV[Mac], S13 S Dak St[Andy], W4 Kansas >Taylor Schock - OUT W16 Southern[Peter], S5 VCU[Andy], M4 St. Louis[Geno],E9 >Peter Mead - OUT E10 Colo[Mark], M15 Albany[JohnS], W1 Gonzaga[NickP],S8 No Caro[MikeR] >Mac Wubben - OUT S2 Georgetown[Larry], M13 New Mex St[Taylor], W7 NotreDame[JohnS], E12 Cal[JSG] >After Thursday night's game with had four more teams eliminated. The top two owners went head to head in each bracket and came out with a split asMarquette beat Miami and Wichita State knocked off LaSalle. For the second game in a rowOhio State squeeked by this time over Arizona and Syracuse upset Indiana, the #1 seed in the East. >As of now there are 12 teams left and no owner has more than one team so every game is an elimination game from here on out. >Good luck everybody and Go Buckeyes! (or Go Marquette!) ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:49:53 -0700 (PDT) To: "OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com" From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Just remind me guys......was it John Ball that was the great collector of all things Gus? Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: "rdn56@nc.rr.com" To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 4:46 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Just read that Gus Triandos passed away last night in his sleep. Only 82. Atrue emblem of what a major league baseball player should be. ================= To: "'Glenn Codere'" , Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:03:14 -0700 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Yes indeed...........John nominated Gus for the HOM, and he made it on the first ballot. Very fitting choice. From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Codere Sent: March-29-13 3:50 PM To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Just remind me guys......was it John Ball that was the great collector of all things Gus? Glenn's Music Collection at Rate Your Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: "rdn56@nc.rr.com" To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 4:46 PM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Just read that Gus Triandos passed away last night in his sleep. Only 82. Atrue emblem of what a major league baseball player should be. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3267 / Virus Database: 3161/6212 - Release Date: 03/29/13 ================= Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:56:14 -0400 (EDT) To: rdn56@nc.rr.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] Sad day for OBC, the passing of Gus Content-Language: en John Ball III will welcome him to his new digs RIP In a message dated 3/29/2013 11:46:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, rdn56@nc.rr.com writes: Just read that Gus Triandos passed away last night in his sleep. Only 82. A true emblem of what a major league baseball player should be. ================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:02:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "Ramblings (OBC) " From: Geordie Calvert Subject: A bittersweet day is upon me Hello gang, My daughter was a wee lass of four when I joined OBC in late '96. Tomorrow at noon Pacific, I will be walking her down the aisle. I'm excited, nervous, sad, happy, proud, nervous, sad and nervous. Kinda hard to really pin down my feelings, as you can tell. I have so much I want to write, but don't quite know how to write it. Maybe I'll ramble in a couple days. ================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:48:42 +0000 (UTC) To: Ramblings , Geordie From: Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me
Geordie, congrats to you and you daughter!
Aw...go ahead and cry!
OBC Forever,

Brian

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================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:44:39 -0700 (PDT) To: Geordie Calvert , From: Glenn Codere Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me Congratulations to your daughter, and enjoy the day, Dad!! I'll be sure to raise a dram of the good stuff to her. Glenn's MusicCollection at Rate Your Music Glenn's Sports Collection WantList From: Geordie Calvert To: Ramblings (OBC) Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:02 AM Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me Hello gang, My daughter was a wee lass of four when I joined OBC in late '96. Tomorrow at noon Pacific, I will be walking her down the aisle. I'm excited, nervous, sad, happy, proud, nervous, sad and nervous. Kinda hardto really pin down my feelings, as you can tell. I have so much I want to write, but don't quite know how to write it. Maybe I'll ramble in a couple days. ================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:11:23 -0400 (EDT) To: dodgergeo@comcast.net, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: LUURSCJG@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me Content-Language: en Been there done it when the time come it will be your daughter you will need to say the emotional stuff. Tell us wil be easy. Whenever i read these message domes across I wish I would of had my second chance. Congrats to you and your daughter I hope you gain another son you could equally be proud as your own, In a message dated 3/29/2013 11:02:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, dodgergeo@comcast.net writes: Hello gang, My daughter was a wee lass of four when I joined OBC in late '96. Tomorrow at noon Pacific, I will be walking her down the aisle. I'm excited, nervous, sad, happy, proud, nervous, sad and nervous. Kinda hard to reallypin down my feelings, as you can tell. I have so much I want to write, but don't quite know how to write it. Maybe I'll ramble in a couple days. ================= To: "'Geordie Calvert'" , Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:30:02 -0400 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: RE: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me That=E2=99s Great! Bring Kleenex. My money is on #iamtotallygoingtocry From: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com [mailto:OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Geordie Calvert Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 12:02 AM To: Ramblings (OBC) Subject: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me Hello gang, My daughter was a wee lass of four when I joined OBC in late '96. Tomorrowat noon Pacific, I will be walking her down the aisle. I'm excited, nervous, sad, happy, proud, nervous, sad and nervous. Kinda hard to really pin down my feelings, as you can tell. I have so much I want to write, but don't quite know how to write it. Maybe I'll ramble in a couple days. ================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:04:05 -0000 To: "Richard" ,OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Re: question Hi Richard, From your description, it sounds like they are 1966 Topps rub-offs. Here's a link to an eBay listing of a Robinson for comparison: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-topps-rub-off-FRANK-ROBINSON-/230942789735?ptUS_Baseball&hashitem35c5435067 --- In OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" wrote: > I found 3 transfer? of Banks, Gibson, and Robinson. They are 2 X 3 inchesand have no other identifying marks - except for a black mark at the bottom - if you can identify these I would appreciate it > Richard Labs ================= Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:23:06 -0400 To: Geordie Calvert From: Ken M Subject: Re: [OBC-Ramblings] A bittersweet day is upon me