================= To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: week of thanks Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 07:54:03 -0500 From: "Joe Isaac" Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We were out of town most of last week and upon our return last night, I found 2 envelopes between all the junk mail and a few bills. Kent Goto sends a Bowman TV, thanks Kent! Bob Saxton sends a Billy Pierce Baseball Thrills from '59, thanks Bob! Share holiday photos without swamping your Inbox. Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:30:03 -0500 Subject: still Thanksgiving! From: Bob Saxton After a very nice relaxing Thanksgiving with all the family on Cape Cod....and several days of enjoying another of my hobbies - beachcombing- the 10 + hour drive home is made bearable by the discovery of an SCP in my mail from Art Wainwright. A 53 Topps Ron Kline, from the first set I ever collected. ThanksArt! y'all have a great week! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:34:56 EST Subject: thanksgiving thanks giving To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com returned (after digging out from 6 inches of cleveland snow) from the holiday to find a couple of wonderful packages. SPIKE GLIDDEN sent a hit to the 53 list along with a half dozen 40 year olds (1963 for those of you scoring at home). tnx spike! JIMBO BEAUCHEMIN sends along another 40 year old, definitely looking its age in the form of a postie. tnx jim! hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. we're in the homestretch now! ================= To: "obc-thanks" Subject: Incoming Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:14:24 -0600 From: "ARDELLA MILLER" Ken G. hits me with a couple 67 Phil football. Thanks, Ken. Nice. Belated thanksgiving greetings to all. Greg Miller ================= To: "Thanks \(OBC\)" Subject: upon further review Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:41:01 -0800 From: "Geordie Calvert" Couldn't resist another cursory inspection (and shake ) of my Christmas package. Early thanks out to Jim Beauchemin, my OBC Santa. ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:40:55 EST Subject: This Week in Baseball Cards To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: JEdward@aol.com Nine more 79T from Ed Schott. Thanks ED, and not a single dupe in the group. Bob D'Angelo distracts my attention from the 79's with a SCP from the 1965 set, and what a card it is! Four sharp corners and enough gloss that I had to check twice to see if it was a reprint, and a high number to boot. Thanks Bob. OBC, it's an attitude John's Old Baseball Card Site ================= Date: 01 Dec 2003 16:16:28 -0600 Subject: SPECIAL THANKS To: OBC Thanks From: Roger Raum To Geno Wagner for hitting me with a 1964 Topps of one of my childhood heros-- Jimmie Hall of the Twins. He made a big splash when he was a rookie and created very few ripples after 1965 ================= Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 22:13:06 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: OBC Thanx From: "larrygersh" OBC Thanx goes out to: JERRY COKER-Cola quenches, just don't mix it with Jack Daniels and Mike Grasso, 53Bowmans. YUK CHOW-Ders the want lists with 63T Hi# Steve Boros & a Topps Deckle Edge-Rick Monday. BOB D'ANGELO-And behold, it's a 60T Nosebleeder-Billy Pierce AS. DOUG Chamberlain-Digs deep to & dug a couple of beauties, 48B-Larry Jansen and 55T Hi# Don Johnson. EEK-Gads, its a boatload of hits. 53Bowman-Colored-Staley, Hi# 62T of Del Greco and two early Posties. KENT GOTO-Love the hits he sends, a 61-Fleer double of John Mcgraw and Jimmy Wilson. ANTHONY ARBEENY-Babies they're not, as the newest rookie sends a fistful including Deckles, Posties & Minis. Much appreciation gang, ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:11:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: Cards in this week To: obc thanks From: Matthew Spent the Thanksgiving holiday with some family of my girlfriend's, putting me away from cards for a while. I returned to the following goodies: JERRY COKER sends a sharp 1952 Topps, Pirate Ted Beard. According to the card, Ted and Babe Ruth were the only men to hit a homer over the RF grandstand of Forbes Field. Whack! DAVE FALLEN sends a pair and regrets and missing each other in Tacoma. The pair are a 1952 Sauer and 1949 Bowman Bob Chesnes. The 1949 Bowmans advertise a plastic ball game and bank on the back--anyone ever seen one of those in the hobby? Thanks guys! Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:52:49 EST Subject: thanks to dave hornish To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Thanks to Dave Hornish for 9 beautiful 1961 Topps! This group is paced by Lew Burdette who wrote one of my favorite books when I was a kid Lew Burdette of the Braves. ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:06:19 EST Subject: Thanksgiving thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: ChicoD1@aol.com Inbounds to Long Island over the last few days: The Earl of EEK adds to the 1960 quest with among others Curt Flood. Poor guy had no idea what he started LOL... I was "Spiked" with a few 50s Dodgers. Well cut to look like 52 Bowman's, if I put Hughes and Hoak together, the Dodger emblam almost perfectly matches to look like one cool card! AA non-anonymous- Anthony Arbeeny chips in with a stack of some needed Yankees. Ant, the usps also seemed to like these, but they are in one piece. Those 9-pockets cut up fit nicely in the envelope and the cards stay ok that way too :)! Kent Mongomery does damage to my supp list and adds a few 60s for good Thanks gentlemen, well appreciated cards... On another note, my computer took another dump. Of course all my lists are on that one. I'm waiting for a new harddrive and hopefully I can recover the data from the old one at that point (just like last time). Keep your fingers ================= To: Subject: upgrade thanks Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:55:57 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Andy Cook sends along 3 cool '70 cards to help 3 from my set that were mushed.. If anyone needs #395,#414, and #420 (all look as though they have done "pocket time") let me know. Thanks a ton Andy! ================= Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 20:42:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Rainy Day Thanks To: Thanks OBC From: John Pugsley Yes, it rains in Hawaii. Makes for a wet morning run and hopefully a nice rainbow later in the day. Well today there was no rainbow, but there was a nice puffy from FATHER PAT WATTIGNY in the mailbox. Three super nice 1955 Topps cards -- a NY Yankee battery of Lopat and Silvera as well as a Nat outfielder Tom Wright. If that wasn't good enough, he adds a 1973 Topps Rod Carew. Late last week, JOHN LEROUX's puffy paid a visit at the PO Box and low and behold -- it was stuffed with 20-1973 Topps cards to bring that set to under 100! Thanks John. http://johnpugsley.20m.com Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Maxwell was here, too Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:17:24 -0800 From: "Michael Kinney" House of Maxwell has been busy! Making the trip to Cayucos were: '60 Topps- Geiger and Jurges '71 Topps Cepeda and Tigers Team cards! From the hottest toys to tips on keeping fit this winter, you’ll find a range of helpful holiday info here. http://special.msn.com/network/happyholidays.armx ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:27:26 EST Subject: Thanks Mark! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Thanks to MARK TALBOT, who blows me away; I sent Mark a SCP from the 71 FB set, and Mark retaliates big time by sending 3 from the 71 Topps game insert set (including Johnny U, and Gale Sayers; Johnny U. is a "fumble", but Gary Collins is a 23 yard gain???), and 8 hits to the dwindling 1969 wantlist. Included was Rams flanker Bernie Casey, who I fondly remember as U.N. Jefferson in "Revenge of The Nerds". Outstanding cards, Mark, thank you - I will have to dig deep to find something to hit you back with! ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 08:07:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Just Back From the Holiday! To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet Got in last night from a trip to NY to visit some family for Thanksgiving. After a long trip back (traffic was miserable from Jersey through Virginia on Sunday), I came home to find about 250 emails waiting for me and three OBC packages to make me feel right at Today's my 31st, so these feel especially welcome! Thanks go out to: DAVE HORNISH for ten hits my my small '59 Topps set-in-progress, most in really good shape! Included are Dodger Don Bessent, a Jacksonville native, and Al Smith, whose back reads: "Al can play practically any infield position, star in the outfield, and if needed, will even take the mound and hurl a few innings." Talk about buckling under pressure! (For those of you who didn't get the joke..."hurling" is slang for "throwing up") But then again, put ME on the mound against Mantle, Killebrew or Brooks Robinson and I'd probably have felt a little dizzy, too. FATHER PAT sends along six hits to my 1970 Topps set. Included are a very young Danny Walton (with Seattle, though I remember him with the Rangers a lot later) and a smiling Stan Williams (though I seem to remember that he never smiled on the mound unless he was about to give some "chin music.") Finally, JAMES MOLETA goes way overboard with a waiver wire claim...I claimed a '69 Deckle Edge Rusty Staub and mentioned that it was one of only five cards left to finish that set. So Jim sends along BOTH #22 cards (Staub and Joe Foy). Yaz, Mays and Jim Wynn are all that are needed now. But Jim didn't stop there. He tossed in '78s of Yount and Seaver, gave me my first two '79 Burger King cards and cut my '79 Topps list right in half! 29 in all, including Murcer, McGraw, Buckner, Lyle and Adrian Devine...who was born on Dec. 2nd! Happy birthday to him too! Thanks to all for giving me something to put away that wasn't on the larger-than-normal, post-vacation "honey do" list. Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:18:00 EST Subject: thanksgiving every day To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com JAMES MOLETA keeps the holiday going with a waiver wire hit of rod carew in the 69 deckle edge set, and keeps him company with a couple of birth year (57) hits and a clete boyer from 1960, knocking that set down to 18. tnx james! ================= To: Subject: A "Spiked Do!" Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:59:24 -0800 From: "Grant Rainsley" Yes, Mr. Glidden hit me, too.a tiptonesque '64 of The Rajah.but, he also tossed in a '33 Goudey.hold it, this is a US Goudey.only Canadian Goudeys are on my list..what are you doing Spike, trying to get me going on a second pre-war set???? Hmmmm.kinda neat..hmmm.how many in the set? Hmmm.you say there are variations??? Thanks Spike...Grant ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 13:12:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: The Red Menace? To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet Two packages arrived today. One was from Baseball Planet. I won three cards in the auction that ended last week...a '53 Topps Joe Collins, a '54 Bowman Kiner, and a '55 umpire (my first). Total cost: $10! The second envelope came from ARTHUR WAINWRIGHT with a note on the back: "Hope this gets your list further out of the RED!" It was an SCP of a Reds player, but what was the card? A '63 Rose? '68 Bench? '77 Seaver? No, it was a '53 Bob Borkowski, one of the "no-crease" variety and all corners intact! That's better! Thanks for helping me get a little closer on that '53 set! Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 20:05:05 EST Subject: Three hits! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: jfsilva@aol.com Spike Glidden, Bill Malson, and "EEK" Maxwell, send along cards older than my high school diploma. From Spike, 2 redbacks - one in two parts so it almost counts as three redbacks. Ferris Fain and Sid Gordon. Nice start to a potent lineup I would say. From the House of Maxwell, a '60 Topps of the entire Cleveland Indians team! Why did Topps ever start making separate checklist cards? Love those team From Bill Malson, a '60 Topps of Pedro Ramos and a '54 Topps of Bob Boyd. Thanks for the great cards guys! ================= Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:37:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Weekly Thanks! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Wierzbicki Hi, Gang! Three OBCers added to my list of Thanksgiving thanks in the last week: ART WAINWRIGHT sent a SCP--a 1953 hit. JERRY COKER sent hits to my 1953 Topps and 1955 Bowman (Hoyt Wilhelm!!) sets. JIM BEAUCHEMIN sent a marvelous waiver wire SCP--1961 Post Marv Throneberry. Thanks, all! Mike W ================= To: "Thanks" Subject: Thanks to Gary Mandell Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:42:52 -0600 From: "George Vrechek" who sends some much needed 60s footballers. George Vrechek ================= Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:53:55 +0800 To: Thanks Subject: To Grant From: Lynn Miller For another vintage hit to the Hank Aaron list. This is an oddball issue. I suppose that's correct term, however, I don't consider any of his cards as "oddball" ;-) Grant had me scrambling to ID this one cause he said it was a 78 Nobis Oil card. Couldn't find it on my list or in the SCD I have. But he managed to "sleuth" it out after I couldn't initially find it and we correctly came up with the 1978 Atlanta Nobis Center card. The card says he holds almost all the Braves offensive records. That was true then, 25 years ago, and still is today, as well as a slew of NL and ML records also. Yes, that's my man! Thanks Grant for a cherished card. OBC - You Can't Topps This!! ================= To: "OBC THANKS" Subject: Worlds Greatest Mailbox Day! Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:03:04 -0500 From: "larry.tipton" Yesterday I had the best mailbox day ever! I received two 1954 Bowmans from Yuk Chow. Yankee Gene Woodling, and NY Giant Wes Westrum. Both needed cards for my shrinking 54 set. I also received a couple of checks from my recent house re-finance. It seems I overpaid some document fees, and also County taxes. $466. So I received a couple of sweet baseball cards, and some unexpected cash. A very good day at my mailbox! THANKS Yuk! ================= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:48:49 EST Subject: SCP thanks To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Hi all, Jim Beauchemin sends another 1960 Post waiver wire claim. That makes twice in a week that Jim has had a card for my set after my wantlist endured a long period of inactivity... or maybe he's just releasing one card at a time to me over the next six months? This time it's a Jim "Mudcat" Grant which would probably wouldn't look too much worse if it got dragged through the mud. I think it's safe to assume that Pepe Montane's pen worked on both the front and back of the card. Fills a spot in the binder though. THANKS JIM!! TAYL, Ken M ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Subject: thanks Peter Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:09:25 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Peter Mead sends a couple of 64 HOF's my way - Billy Williams and Robin Roberts! thanks Peter! thanks OBC!!! ================= Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:29:21 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: A DCP From: "mikesportsfan" Peter Mead sends another package my way with a DCP of 1966 Fleer Don Drysdale puzzle cards. I think Peter has met the only 2 people who might be collecting this set, Mark Talbot and myself. This pair takes me off the unlucky 13 (that I had). Slowly finding these to get close to 1/4 of the set. Thanks Peter. Mike Rich ================= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:37:24 EST Subject: List Bob-bed To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: jdelott@aol.com Bob Bannon cuts my '57 WL by 3. Thanks much. ================= To: Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] 1965, a very blue year Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:38:03 -0600 From: "Tim Newcomb" the backs of the baseball cards issued that year, at least. Thanks to Gary Mandell for a great group of '65 Topps! No, Gary, I'm not collecting the bottle caps or anything like them. Musta been somebody else. Thanks for asking. ================= Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:45:26 -0500 To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to Bob Bannon From: bdangelo@aol.com Hi gang, Wednesday thanks go to Bob Bannon, who sends a 1955 Topps of Frank Leia and a 1958 Jim Finigan. Both are in awesome shape! Thanks Bob ! ================= Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:50:49 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Midnight Train from Georgia..... From: "jimbo777777" A great package from James Moleta arrived in the hilltowns this morning, containing a '52 Bowman, a 53 Bowman, a '72 Yaz upgrade, and two hits to my dwindling '69 Deckle list. Just two more to go to finish the Deckles!!! Thanks James! ================= To: Subject: Thanks to Peter Mead Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:11:03 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Peter Mead sent over a great TCP of cards with a 63 Topps Stengel combo card and a 64 Topps Bill Vidron combo card as the two highlights along with a hit to the 1960 set. Thanks, Peter! ================= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:36:02 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks guys! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Three envelopes in the mail over the past two days. SPIKE GLIDDEN hits me with 4 nice 66's and a few other items I'll mention somewhere else. Is there anyone he hasn't hit during his recent assault on the group??Thanks Spike. ANDY COOK sends over some Kellogg's cards - two from 75 an another pair from 1980. Thanks Andy, and thanks also for your well-wishes for my boy. Thankfully, he is recovering really well. DAVE HORNISH sends a nice surprise pack of a dozen 59's. Great cards, including a Frank Thomas. Thanks Dave. Paul Biggs Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ================= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:07:03 EST Subject: horizontal hero To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com A Granite State gracias goes out to David Hornish who sends along four hits to my 1960 Topps list. I've looked really hard, but just couldn't find creases on any of them! Many thanks David! Happy Collecting! ================= Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:35:26 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, hoot-owl@comcast.net Subject: incoming thanks From: Jerry Coker Peter Mead - for a variety pack, including a 58T Don Mossi (man...those ears just keep growing ;), two 73T higher #'s Phil Niekro (what a pitcher!) and Joe Ferguson, and a 77T Cookie Rojas (and as my 6 year old daughter Sarah just said..."the Cookie Monster"...BTW, does anyone else have a kid that goes to bed around 8:30pm, but doesn't really go to bed till 11:00pm :). From Sarah and I...thanks for the great cards Peter! Thanks OBC! Jerry Coker ================= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 19:43:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks to Jeff D To: obc thanks From: Matthew JEFF DELOTT sends a SCP from a short list, a 53T Irvin. This is a well-loved gem, loved all the way down to 8 uniquely angled corners. Thanks Jeff! Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= To: "Grant Rainsley" , Subject: 2 slipped through !! Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:58:39 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" OBC World... The title refers to a border crossing from Canada, where two packages arrived from on the same day !! The patrols must have been light near Blaine's Peace Arch that day... The packages in question, are most fabulous. First from the Honorable Ex-Constable Grant Rainsley, a baker's dozen hitsfrom 1959 !!!! (Don Mossi made the trip...I wonder if these cards actuallycrossed the border by air :) Thanks very much Grant !! Hope to see you inAmerica next month for an international bocce rematch !!! There will be plenty of ketchup according to Big Al, so I hope you can make it !! Grant also passed along a keen observation, as he is known to do...claimingthat working LESS hours is better than MORE hours. I'm with you mon ami ,but my boss ain't !!! Grant's buddy TigerDave was the other Canadian sender, remitting my loot from a recent eBay deal. In case we ever branch off to OHC ( Old Hockey Cards), I've got a few HOFers now thanks to TigerDave's auction. Very Cool !!! Thanks from this side of the line !! ================= To: "OBC" Subject: Thank you Perry much! Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:55:30 -0600 From: "meyergray" My friends, Thanks go out to Ron Perry, who introduces himself to me the old fashioned way -- with a RAOK! He sends along nine hits for my 1971 OPC set, including Luis Tiant! Thanks for the great group of helpers! ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Incoming Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:04:27 -0500 From: "Bob Reed" I received an SCP from Art Wainwright. A nice hit to the 1953 set with Gus Bell. Gus was the head of the baseball family with direct desendants that had the most hits until last year when the Boone family passed them. Gus and Buddy had a lead of over 1000 on Ray and Bob before the grandkids came along. Thanks for the nice hit Art! For the record the top 7 go something like this: Boones (5346 hits), Bells (5253), Alomars (4980), Bonds' (4481), Roses (4258), Alous [just Felipe and Moises] (3689), Sislers (3557). I don't think I missed anybody. Browse styles for all ages, from the latest looks to cozy weekend wear at MSN Shopping. And check out the beauty products! http://shopping.msn.com ================= Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:22:39 EST Subject: Howard Morgan sends a phabulous phils package... To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Long time OBC friend Howard "the grizzled one" Morgan sent down a large package fill with goodies! Two 11X14 black and whites of Robin Roberts and Jim Bunning were the first to leap out! There are so many nice things here, a "Final Year at the Vet" tee shirt, lots of cards....many of my beloved phils, 8X10's of Rick Wise and Richie "Dick" Allen!!!!.... and a gorgeous 53 Bowman of Richie Ashburn who I got to meet just a few months before he died. Howard, what a treasure trove!! I love this stuff! Oh, here's a 1972 phils schedule sponsored by Schmidt's Beer. Box seats cost $4.25. Oh those were the days. Funny thing, when this package arrived last week, I had a substitute secretary who took it upon herself to open ALL the mail. There's no telling what she thought of this. Howard, thank you very much kind friend! ...doc J OBC is good. ================= Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:30:43 EST Subject: thursday thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com BOB BANNON helps to "perk" up an otherwise gloomy day here in chicago with a 1957 semi-hi bob purkey. tnx bob! ================= To: Subject: End of Set Thanks Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:21:30 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" With the placement of the Pete Rose in the binder today, the 1969 Topps Deckle Set is now officially completed. Thanks to Anthony Arbeeny again for finishing it off and to these other members who contributed to the cause over the 13 months the set was listed . . . Bob Corvello, Jim Hatch, Kit Okamuro, Steve Rittenberg, Andy Cook, Spike Glidden, and John Harrell. Thanks, guys!! Brian Dwyer ================= Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:10:27 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Secret Santa From: trufan999@aol.com I am only writing to inform my secret santa that a package arrived. Christina (wife) has hid it on me so I cannot provide any other details. John Leroux ================= Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 19:34:05 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to Art From: bdangelo@aol.com Hi gang, Thursday thanks go out to Art Wainwright, who sends a very sharp 1953 Topps of Johnny Groth. Many, many thanks! ================= Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:35:36 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Cooked again From: "mikesportsfan" Andy Cook sends yet another package. This time a 1963 Bazooka All Time Great of Tris Speaker. Tough set to find the cards. Andy continually does. Thanks much. Mike Rich ================= Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:59:16 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, groucho1001@comcast.net Subject: incoming thanks From: Jerry Coker Kent Montgomery - for 2 beautiful 67T Pin-ups, and these are the biggies in the set, Mickey Mantle and Roberto Clemente! Wow!! I'm down to just one more to complete the set (#4 Tommie Agee). Thanks a ton Kent!! Thanks OBC! Jerry Coker ================= To: "obc" Subject: Thursday...Thanks Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:34:32 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" BOB BANNON- Sends 14 hits for the 68' set. Thanks Bob, will have to dig......but, don't worry. Thanks -OBC Ken Goetsch ================= Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 19:18:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks guys! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Thanks today for 2 OBC care packages: JIM BEAUCHEMIN sends over a 61 postie Juan Pizarro. It's one of those very rare Frank Kreutzer backs and modified front. Fits perfectly in the binder with all my other variations. Thanks Jim. JOHN LEROUX sends a puffy that I'm not going to describe any further here. Thanks John. Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now ================= Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:06:30 EST Subject: Im en-Rich-ed! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Thanks today go up north to MIKE RICH, who sends a 1972 SCP - and the last "green" Cubs variation I needed. Terrific hit, Mike, huge thanks! Tom Housley ================= To: "OBCthanks" Subject: thanks Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:57:49 -0700 From: "Marshall West" ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: It's a lousy pun... Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:35:47 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" OBC World, ....the old play on words...a Schott to the Heart happened here on the stormy Oregon Coast. Ed sent FORTY-TWO hits to my all-time favorite card set. It's the 1971 Football set that really started me on card collecting, and here are many more to add to my collection !!! THANKS ED !! These cards really do hit the heart, bringing back those winter nights I spent as a youth in VT, reading the backs and trading cards with my school buddies....ahhh yes, if it weren't for those cards, I might notbe the insane card collector I am today. I can't blame it all on you guys,but kind acts like this sure aren't helping !! THANKS ED !! As a side note, just in case you don't think I'm insane, I am now trying toaccumulate every 1971 Topps Football card I can find...well, not really, but I want to put together more sets of these cards. I guess after I've got two or three sets compiled, I can go for a 4th, but we'll see what happens !!! I think I'm closing in on my second set, cuz I've got a couple hundred cards towards it...crazy but it's true. So, in case you haven't figured it...no 71 FB card refused...of course, no T3 Turkey Reds or E105 Mello Mints refused either, but I might have a better chance on the FB !!! OBC Forever, ================= Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 02:04:55 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Horn(ish)schwaggled From: digdugdig@webtv.net OK...spelling incorrect!!....could someone "enlighten" me?? Anywho, DAVE HORNISH graces the southern side of Florence, OR...via the mail...was gonna say mailman but I think mine is a FEmailman....uuuggghhh (more sic??). In any case, Dave sends a super hi# to the 55T's in the form of Chuck Tanner (RC) and a pair to the 59T's with Billy Loes and...well...a card of Don...Don Cardwell!! Thanks Dave!!...much appreciated!! OBC...'Nuff said...D ================= Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:45:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: Doug hits Bahston To: obc thanks From: Matthew DOUG CHAMBERLAIN couldn't let Schilling be the only guy in town--he sends a 6-pack of 1949 Bowmans to keep the house warm as the winter temperatures settle in (18 degrees at the moment). Thanks Doug! Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:15:48 EST Subject: friday thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com KEN GOETSCH hits my 70 FB set with jim wrong way marshall. tnx ken, great to meet you last month at the show! tnx ken! ================= Date: 5 Dec 2003 23:35:44 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: A tip of the From: "obcjohn@knology.net" OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to: Peter Mead - who sends a TCP at this dreaded end-of-semester season that brightens my day considerably. Included are a 64 Topps WS, a TV set of Tom Umphlett who was described as having fallen victim to the dreaded "sophomore jinx" with a .219 BA and a 53 Topps of Harry Byrd. Welcome relief from reading term papers!!! Thanks Peter. Have an error-free season. ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Subject: Thanks John! Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:23:51 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" John Leroux sends a 7 pack of 75's including 2 Bosoxers - Doug Griffen and Bob thanks John! thanks OBC!!! ================= Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:40:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: Old and ??forgotten thanks! To: From: Hi all- With the snow coming down hard, the boys exhausted from playing in the snow, and a few cold beers in the fridge, I finally had time for the first time in about a month to try and clear off my desk. Aside from some overdue bills, there were some OBC packages that I am unsure if I gave thanks for, so excuse any repeats: EEK sends a great '57 of Ray Narleski. Bob D'Angelo sends a nice '78 Mr October. Ron Perry sends a handful of '71 OPCs, including OBC favorite Joe Morgan. Tom Housely sends some 70 Oddballs and 71 Coins. Sean McGowan sends a '33 Goudey of Jim Bottomley Ray Luurs sends a handful from 52 to 63. Thanks one and all. Time to return some fire. Let it snow!!! Dan Austin sends a trio of 61 posts. Kent Goto sends a handful of 61 Fleers Randy Griffin sends a Judge Landis from '61 and some unmentionables. ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Ant makes me say Uncle !!! Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:14:24 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" Hey OBC World, How do you like that, the new guy welcomes himself to OBC with a package for me that really hits the spot !! SCP 70, SCP 71, 5 hits to the neat 1967 set including former Angels skipperBuck Rodgers and a really great card of all-time great and true sack-master Deacon Jones from the 66 Philadelphia set !! Wow, that's some introduction !! I need to catch up on the out-goings this weekend...some headed back to Ant for sure !!! ================= Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:37:43 EST Subject: Kansas Killer To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com The Kansas Killer is RICK SVETECZ , who made it his personal goal, or so it seems, to hammer my 1976 Isaly's disc wantlilst into oblivion - and today he succeeded! Today I opened an envelope to discover Tony Perez (my favorite all-time Red), Jerry Reuss, Dave Parker, and, last but not least, Nolan Ryan. This officially kills a wantlist! In addition to Rick, I'd like to thank RICHARD KIMBALL for the huge starter set on September 9. Wow, in less than 3 months, my first all-OBC set is started and completed, thanks to these two fine Thanks OBC, ================= To: "OBC-Thanks" Subject: Friday Night Popcorn Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:23:51 -0800 From: "Dave Fallen" Seattle Popcorn card, that is. Courtesy of Brian Lindholme. Brian sends a 1961 Bo Toft Seattle Popcorn card. I was especially happy toget this specimen as the SCD says the 1961s and 1962s are nearly identical, save for the style of print on the bottom. I already had 3 1962s, but no1961s. So having the Bo Toft card as an example will make identification of future acquisitions more accurate. THANKS BRIAN!!! -Dave Fallen ================= Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 10:31:32 EST Subject: TWIBS To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: kwg0@aol.com Hi! All, This week in baseball cards,etc. to B-ville thanks out to the following: GARY MANDELL - 1st package contained - 52Ts #38,41,50,53,55, and 125; and 53T #47. 2nd package contained - 52T #8 SPIKE GLIDDEN - fills my mailbox too with two 52T #108 and 135 and a nicely trimmed 53T #121 Brooklyn Dodger Clem Labine JAMES MOLETA - graces my mailbox with a package containing two 53B St. Louis Cardinals #17 Gerry Staley and 53 Del Rice;53Ts #21,47,55,109,162,165,177,197,200,244, and 245; and some 57Ts #38 Fox,61 Rhodes,133 Crandall,264 Turley,309, and 359 ED SCHOTT - sends five Chicago Bears football cards 71Ts #78 and 103 and 72Ts #41,64, and 84 Once again thanks all for the great cards, Kent ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Belated Thanks Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 07:38:17 -0800 From: "Erik & Leticia Greenwood" I would like to thank The House of Maxwell for two great hits - 65 Topps Jim Gentile and Curt Flood. Thank you Erik for the great hits. Erik Greenwood ================= To: "OBC-Thanks" Subject: SCP (Saturday Card Pleasure) Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:46:23 -0600 From: "Tim Newcomb" in the form of a 1965 Cardinals team in lovely shape, from KEN GOETSCH-- Ken, next time we'll catch up with each other in Chicago-- ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Thanks from Glasgow Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:37:01 -0000 From: "Glenn Codere" Thanks out today to fellow long suffering Tigers fan Ron Perry, who brokered a deal for me at a show in Toronto. Ron picked up 3 OPC hockey starter sets for me - from the 69/70, 70/71, and 71/72 vintage (nearly 400 cards in total) – at an incredibly reasonable price. Ron told me that there weren’t many stars in the lots, so just to redress that balance, he threw in a gorgeous 69/70OPC Rocket Richard, not to mention a pair of auto’d UV Detroit I’m presently updating my wantlists to include these sets. I’d also like to make a start to the Topps sets from these years, so if anyone out there in OBC Land can help out, I’d be grateful. Thanks Ron!!! Glenn Codere Glasgow, Scotland ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Update on the Ron Perry Thank You.... Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 19:17:07 -0000 From: "Glenn Codere" Make that 4 auto’d UV Tigers… (I really gotta start looking at those semi rigid holders a little more carefully!). ================= To: "bb thanks" Subject: thanks Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:44:21 -0500 From: "jeff sinclair" thanks to the following... JOHN PUGSLEY for a 73 Cobb Batting Leader JSG the Younger for a variety pack of 75's and 76's including a Brock All Star Father Pat for 14 hits to the 63 list with a couple of team cards and a checklist Thanks guys! ================= Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 15:30:09 EST Subject: thanks to Mark Talbot To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, Vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com From: typecard@aol.com Thanks to Mark Talbot for a huge puffy full of hits to 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1972 Topps, and a bunch of hits to 1961 Post. Mark also included lapel pins for Michigan and Michigan State, and an assortment of scheds. I have a strong family connection to Michigan. My Dad, all his brothers and my grandparents all went to UM. Growing up in LA my Dad and I went to see UM in the Rose Bowl probably 5 or 6 times. I don't think we brought them much luck because we only saw them win once. In the January 1979 game where they lost to USC (this is evolving into a ramble) we had seats in the endzone. Charles White scored a "touchdown" at the end of the game to win it for USC. Officially he fumbled in the endzone after scoring. My Dad took a picture of the play that clearly shows the ball in mid-air and White is not yet in the endzone. He blew it up and posted it on his wall where is has resided ever since. Since I went to Oregon for college in the 80s, I've been waiting for my team to play Michigan, and happily we had that opportunity earlier this season and made the most of it! I still root for Michigan againist everyone (especially against OSU, sorry Buckeye fans), except my Ducks! ================= Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:22:47 EST Subject: The Corps Thanks Father Pat! (and 55 & 57 are in!) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Hello OBC! Thanks out today to Father Pat for a trifecta of 57's! The good father sends along Ike DeLock, Hal Brown and a tough semi-high Paul LaPalme. On another note, I have done it! I have officially added the 55 and 57 Topps sets to my wantlists. I said this week, and I made it. Got a pretty good start on 55, but the 57 set want's are not for the faint of heart. At least I got it done. But with Father Pat's help it is now three shorter. Hope ya'll have a great weekend. God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:34:37 EST Subject: Neighborhood arrival To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: friar4@aol.com Bob Bannon and I have never met, but we live probably about 10 miles apart. Southbury is two towns away from Washington Depot. Suffice it to say that Bob and I need to get together. In the meantime, I want to thank him for five great '65 Topps from my wantlist that arrived today. Bob - your package is much appreciated up here in Washington Depot. I will get back to you at some point. Thanks again. ================= Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:36:48 EST Subject: Correction To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: friar4@aol.com Make that six '65 Topps sent by Bob Bannon. Increase that thank you by 1/6. ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:51:09 -0500 To: jimbo777777@yahoo.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, Subject: Additional Thanks!!! From: Mark S Talbot Hello All, A few more thanks to report to the group!!! Jim Beauchemin let's me claim a SCP from the `61 Post set with a waiver wire claim of Curt Flood which slowly whittles down the Post set toward completion - Thank a lot Jim!!! Dave Hornish completely blind sides me with treasures for my many "oddball" collections. Listen to this group sent by Dave, a `71 Topps Super of Reggie Smith, (2) `75 Twinkee cards of Henderson and Sanguillen, a `69 Topps decal of Maury Wills, and a `66 Topps rub-off of Jim Malony. I'm reeling from these fine "oddballs" Dave - so thank you very Thanks to these and all of OBC - Happy Holidays to all - BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:44:22 -0500 To: hoot-owl@comcast.net, vct@yahoogroups.com, Subject: Many Thanks!!! From: Mark S Talbot Hello All, It's been a busy week here in Southeastern Michigan with old Wyatt my mail carrier included. He has been dropping off a regular barrage of puffies and flats the entire week. It's been a challenge to get to the computer this week and write the group about these arrivals so bear with me tonight as I give thanks for an entire weeks worth of generosity. To Bob Bannon who strikes back with (8) very nice `80-`81 Topps Basketball "Trios" that are direct hits to the list. Included in the lot were names like Moses Malone, Kareem. Bill Walton, Bob Lanier and Robert Parish. Bob has been a "regular" in the postal express and I thank you for all the attention you have given my collection recently Bob. Andy Cook sent a few recent waiver wire claims my way that hit two sets a Bobby Tolan card from the `71 Milk Duds set and a Dick Allen card from the `75 Kellogg's set. Oh how I love those "oddball" issues, Thanks so much Andy for these and the many hits you routinely send my way. Peter Mead completely takes me by surprise with a group of (11) cards from the `66 Fleer Match baseball Game (Drysdale puzzle back) set as well as a trio of `71 - `72 Topps Hockey cards with Pat Quinn, Johnny Bucyk and NHL Assists Leader featuring Orr, Esposito and Bucyk. Very cool package Peter - proof positive that the "never-ending trade" continues. Thanks so much Peter!!! These great packages from these fine traders really brightened up many a day this week that have been jamb packed with plenty of activity. Our daughter turned 10 this week and with the many activities surrounding that milestone we have been quite busy. So the slight diversions were welcomed - so thanks for the cards fellas. BE WELL!!!! REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= To: "obc" Subject: FOUND THE STENGEL-1963 Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 06:44:50 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Just a short note to let every one know I found a 1963 Stengel. I put out an APB bulletin yesterday, and in true trading spirit.............The guys answered the call. This will make a great Xmas gift for a guy I work with. Thanks again to all that looked for me. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= To: Subject: Thanks Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 08:00:37 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Thanks to the OBCer who sent a SCP 1953 Topps card my way. I misplaced theenvelope, so I hope you remember who you are. Always love to get 53s--thanks very much! Brian Dwyer ================= To: "obc thanks" Subject: Thanks Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:23:36 -0500 From: "senthi" Hello All, Ken Goetsch was having trouble hitting my list and after awhile a clean 68 football jurgensen appears on my door step. What a solid hit to that slow moving P.S. also received a ebay strike with a 1968 Iron MAn comic Book #2 ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 13:24:28 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Weekly Thanks! From: Dan Austin Thanks go out this week to: OBC-wannabe JASON URSANER hits me with an SCP - a high number 72 OPC! BRYAN LONG for 2 great '65 upgrades! SEAN McGOWAN for a cool Topps archives "56 Piersall that never was" SPIKE GLIDDEN for a cool '56 Campy! and MIKE "holy cow" RICH sends along the mother of all OPC lots - close to 100 hits to my 60s and 70s lists including guys like Aaron, Carlton, Seaver, Morgan, and Yaz! Whoah momma! Thanks, OBC! Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:26:35 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Long overdo thanks From: "rayluurs" With me being gone this week to Minnesota and unable to access email. I must send out thanks to FATHER PAT who sends 3 beautiful 1962 including a league leader card and one on my Twins favorite (although he is an Angel in this one of Dean Chance along with these theree he send along more to my 1967 list Thank Father for the MAJOR MATT (keeping in tne theme of title peopled first :-) sends along more 67 cards 5 I beleieve to keep a waiver wire 61 of Bill Short to keep company Thanks to you Matt for the cards also. In an update take it as you may I finished a trade with Mark Zimmerman I sent him some star cards which he returned most of them to me as didnt meet his specific needs but he too subtracted to my 67 list with four very nice looking cards. ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 13:29:59 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to Ken From: bdangelo@aol.com Hi gang, Weekend thanks to Ken Goetsch, who sends 21 hits to my 1978 Topps football set. Wonderful cards, thanks so much!! ================= Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:06:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: Thanks to Peter To: , From: Peter Mead sends a great three pack, including a nice 1960 Leaf and a few Kelloggs 3Ds. Thanks, Peter. ================= Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 20:42:28 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to Anthony Arbeeny From: "yukchow" This past week received from Anthony Arbeeny a SCP of 56T Walter Alston. Alston may be the only HOMer with a career batting stat of 0 fer 1 with a strikeout. Thanks Anthony for the MASH (much appreciated solid hit). Now back to snow shoveling, ================= Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 15:46:16 EST Subject: Sunday Thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: dsh46@aol.com Just before the blizzard hit LI, I received an envelope from Bob Bannon with a bunch of 65's, including 4 high's. Strangely, these cards exhibit sharp colors and square corners. Well, I guess I'll have to keep them even though they are not true Tipton's! Thanks Bob! ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: More thanks this weekend ! Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:16:15 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" OBC World, From the bayou, and near my old stomping grounds in New Orleans, Father Patmails a neat puffy of cards from 1959 and 1961 ....Phils team card & Mud Cat Grant led the way. Incidentally, Jim Grant's nickname, according to the back of this card came from a teammate who thought he was from Mississippi....but Ol 'Jim actually hails from Florida !!! Good stuff on the backs ofthese cards !! Thanks Padre !! ================= Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:01:27 -0500 (EST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanx & Ramble From: Originaleek@webtv.net Thanks out to fellow FOOT member MARK TALBOT who bestows upon me a 52 Bowman Matt "what a cool baseball name" Batts. The best part is that Mark presented Mr Batts in person at a local card show. It's always good to see Mark since he was the first OBCer I met in person. Also at the card show was Mike Rich & Ron Perry. It's amazing how much conversation & camaraderie is shared while rifling through boxes of cards. I guess this was too short to be a Ramble, more like an amble. We keep what we give away! ================= Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 05:52:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: JSG hits MA To: obc thanks From: Matthew JSG sends a SCP, a needed 1950 Bowman. Those hand-colored little square cards are among my Thanks JSG! Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:02:26 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks Jimbo & Peter! From: "jmoleta30341" PETER MEAD hit my basketball tallboys 4X and included some unmentionable companions! JIM BEAUCHEMIN sent some Post cards from the waiver wire, and threw in an "unadvertised special" - a 63 Post Say Hey Willie! Thanks also to JEFF SACKMANN for running this year's Santa Swap, and for finding me a spot last week at the 11th hour! Thanks guys! OBC - you gotta love it! ================= To: Subject: What The Heck Is Going On Here? Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:13:31 -0800 From: "Grant Rainsley" Okay, two envelopes from OBC is not that unusual. But..when both contain really NICE '50's cards, you gotta start wondering. Peter Mead does his best to send my TV collection spiraling upwards condition-wise, with a very nice umpire. At least James Moleta apologized for sending a blazer of a Hi # from '60 of All Star Billy Pierce, and attempted to balance it out with more well-loved '59's of Maz and Duke. Always a pleasure to head off to update the ol' wantlist.thanks Peter and James! ================= To: "thanks \(OBC\)" Subject: appreciations Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:07:44 -0800 From: "Geordie Calvert" Thanks out to Peter Mead for a trio of great '73s - Dave McNally, Bob Barton and a Braves team card. Thanks Peter! I also received my auction winnings from Baseball Planet - the '63 Dodgers team is put to bed with the addition of the Ken McMullen/Charlie Hustle RC.Thanks to OBC for supplying the majority of the cards in this set. Much appreciated! ================= Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:47:57 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to Someone in Lacey Washington From: "kevin71058" Hi all, I like to thank someone in Lacey Washington for 2 1998 Collector's Choice and bringing my 2003 Upper Deck set down to needing just 1 I received these cards with the return address and no note. (Was this you Santa?) So, whoever you are, thank you..!! Happy Holidays, ================= To: "OBC Thanks" , Subject: Fw: Big Thanks! Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:58:28 -0500 From: I forgot to mention that the '76 Wonder bread cards Finished my Set ! wow, Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: mheilenman@comcast.net To: HeyAC@aol.com ; OBC Thanks Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: Big Thanks! A big fat envelope graced my mail box today thanks to Mr. Al Crotte. Contained inside were the following: 2 1972 Topps Baseball cards 2 1970 Topps football cards 1 1976 Topps Football Fred Carr 17 1976 Topps Baseball cards 8 1976 Wonder Bread football cards(Bergey ,Rileyand Ham) 8 1974 Wonder Bread Football (Yary ,Otto and Griese) and a few newer football cards , Including the last card I need for '88. What an awesome package! Thanks you very much Al, ================= To: , Subject: Big Thanks! Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:54:28 -0500 From: A big fat envelope graced my mail box today thanks to Mr. Al Crotte. Contained inside were the following: 2 1972 Topps Baseball cards 2 1970 Topps football cards 1 1976 Topps Football Fred Carr 17 1976 Topps Baseball cards 8 1976 Wonder Bread football cards(Bergey ,Rileyand Ham) 8 1974 Wonder Bread Football (Yary ,Otto and Griese) and a few newer football cards , Including the last card I need for '88. What an awesome package! Thanks you very much Al, ================= Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:53:06 -0500 To: Originaleek@webtv.net, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, Subject: Thanks OBC style!!! From: Mark S Talbot Hello All, (*** WARNING -- RAMBLE ALERT!!! ***) Yesterday (4) members of the FOOT (Fraternal Order of Tiger-fans) met at "The Redford Show" for chat, cards and comradarie. I arrived last at about 10:30 or so and quickly met Mike Rich and Earl Kilbourne at the table of Mike Sandles where we usually converge for great deals on "vintage" stuff. I looked around and spied Ron Perry at another table (Denny's table) spewing through boxes of 50's stuff. I said hello to Ron and was handed (5) beaut's from the `73 OPC set that Ron had picked up in Toronto recently. We chated a bit and then I went off to plow through cardboard. Not before I was stopped by Mike Rich who showed me some neat pick ups from the show and some Tiger team issues and "cool stuff" he had picked up on the other side of town. Mike always has very cool stuff to look through and he knows how much I enjoy doing that. Then of course he hands me a stack of stuff he got for me from Toronto, a `64 OPC, a ``69 OPC, a `73 OPC and (19) `74 OPC cards with Brock, Bando, Lopes, Forsch and Yogi Berra to name a few. Then Mike hits me with (2) T-218 boxers - nice cards of Jim Brewer and Jack Goodman. I got Mike started on this set and have passed a number of cards on to him but never nice ones like these two - very cool Mike. Finally, before we left Mike did some trading with some guy and handed over another card for me - a `71 Kellogg's of Joe Torre. Way cool Mike!!! Well I finally got to sit and sift through cardboard, EEK and I enjoyed each others company for more than an hour. I got caught up on the happenings at the House of Maxwell and enjoyed seeing him again. It's fun to gather tons of cardboard at this show (I grabed another (11) T-218's, one of the `65 Topps cards I still needed and 200-300 additions for the dupe box) but I most look forward to getting together with these fine characters and swapping stories. Next meeting is on Feb. 1st and I am already looking forward to it. Today I received a package from Bob Bannon full of shiny stuff that I'm sure I will enjoy and the hits keep on coming in. I am looking forward to the holiday's and a break from the daily grind at the school and hope to be in contact with more of you over this time - BE WELL!!! REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 21:10:15 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: incoming thanks From: Jerry Coker Scott Earle - OBC wanna be who sends me two nice 79T's (Frank Taveras and Horace Speed). Ouch...man these card corners are sharp! I forgot what pack fresh cards looked like :) Thanks to Scott for the cards and shortening my 79T list down to sweet sixteen! Thanks OBC! Jerry Coker ================= Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:11:23 EST Subject: thanks to jsg To: Vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com thanks to jsg for a two pack of 1953 Bowman colors! ================= Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:06:40 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks Matt! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Major Matt Shirley sends over a trio of nice 61's - Dick Hall, A's Big Armor (that must be American for armour), and the Dodgers Brother Battery, Norm & Larry Sherry. Super cards Matt! Thank you. Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:24:34 EST Subject: Thanks to the Father To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Thanks go out to start the week to FATHER PAT WATTIGNY, who sends 10 1961/1962 Fleer to me from his uncle's dupes box. A lot of truly great old-timers in there, like Pie Traynor, Sliding Billy Hamilton, Hal Troskey & Denny Galehouse, to name just a few. And some of these are the tough high numbers, too. Great cards, Father Pat, thanks for thinking of me. Tom Housley ================= Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 06:58:34 -0500 (EST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Over the Topps! From: Originaleek@webtv.net Some people just don't play fair. Take that JERRY COKER guy for example. You would think it would be sufficient to finish off a fellow OBCers 56T Tigers set with the Bob Miller card right? But no, Jerry has to go over the top by including the 55T Kaline as well. Wow, great cards both! This group continues to amaze & I am humbled to be a part of it. Thank you Jerry for your kindness & generosity. We keep what we give away! ================= To: Subject: Montgomery campaign Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:54:02 -0600 From: "D. F. Julien, AIA" Kent M. gets my vote in his campaign to shorten my 1960 wantlist. Three horizontal additions to my collection and unblemished--these ballots are Thanks Kent for some beautiful cards sent in the true OBC spirit! -Doug Julien St. Louis ================= Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 15:47:00 -0600 To: _thanks Subject: mailzin! 12/9 From: Rick & Deb OBC Friends...along with some cool baseball cards of Phillie Phavorites Mike Schmidt, Dutch Daulton and Von Hayes (autographed)...I am now the proud owner of a souvenir batting helmet that once belonged to my pal KENT MONTGOMERY. Kent and I chatted by phone last week about "stuff", including a young Pirates fan's visit to the Vet in it's infancy, and his acquisition of this fine piece of memorabilia. I'll give it a good home. It'll probably find it's way onto the head of one of the grandkids. Thank you, KENT! Thanx...Rick Svetecz...The Biggest Phillies Fan in Kansas (Ph04) ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Thanks to Pug for some availables! Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 16:35:35 -0500 From: Thanks to John Pugsley for sending a pile of availables for my '70 , '71 and '72 Topps baseball sets. Tons of leader cards ( Aaron, Carlton, Palmer , killer, Gibson, Yaz) , #1 1971 O's team ,Pepitone. and many more great cards. Thanks a bunch John , I hope to have your cards in the mail within a couple of days( been sitting here for a week , sorry). thanks for the great cards, ================= Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:54:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Hoping I'm not on his "kill file"... To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet After speaking out on the political issue earlier, I'm hoping I haven't been placed in his killfile, but thanks go out to JOHN PUGSLEY. He sends 26 cards from 1970-73 out from their tropical Hawaiian home to my not-so-tropical (but a lot closer than if I still lived in NY) home in Florida. Among the wantlist damage were a J.R. Richard RC, Don Mincher, Jeff Torborg and Jeff Burroughs. The 11 hits to the 1970 set take me below the 300 mark (a big deal, because just over a year ago I needed over 600!). Thanks, John. These beauties will be given a great Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= To: grains@dccnet.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Canuck inbound! Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:55:12 -0800 From: "Geno Wagner" OBCers -- I got an awesome '33 Goudey today from Grant Rainsley, or so I thought! Upon further inspection as I was putting it into my binder, I noticed it said World Wide Gum, Montreal instead of Goudey Gum, Boston like the rest of my binder. I knew I had one or two of the Canadian Goudeys from Todd Knowles and some other OBCers, but I never thought to check my binder. Sure enough, my '33 Goudey binder produced two other World Wide Gum cards! So Grant sends me a card which results in my list getting longer - hmmmm, thanks anyway my friend!! Take Care, Geno Geno and Sharon Wagner ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 05:15:28 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thank You - ver. 9.0 From: "airal6" Hello. Al Crotte here. Here is a list of people who have sent me cards over the many, many months since my last posting to this server. If you are interested as to why I have been so absent from OBC recently, please refer to the ramblings server. I procrastinate but OBC just keeps getting better and better. Thanks again to everyone. Thanks to: JOHN LEROUX - sends a '64 Philadelphia FB card. JIM WIEHE - sends a huge load of UV BK starter sets and some FB too. RICHARD KIMBALL - sends me a stack of '72 HI FB cards, trimmed OBC style, along with some '66 FB. KEN GOETSCH - sends me a '63 Topps FB, a '67 Philadelphia FB, and a '69 Topps Four-in-one with Lance Alworth. PETER MEAD - sends me a '62 Topps FB, and some UV FB. KENT MONTGOMERY - sends some awesome UV stuff. LARRY TIPTON - sends some OBC stickers. ANDY COOK - sends me a '62 Post FB of Milt Plum. BOB D'ANGELO - sends me a stack of Topps FB from '63 to '65, many of which were short prints. TODD KNOWLES - sends me a '66 Topps FB card. MATT HEILENMAN - sends me a handful of '59 Topps FB cards. PAUL BIGGS - sends me a '71 OPC CFL of Gary Wood and some soccer cards. ANTHONY ARBEENY - sends me a '57 Topps FB, a '66 Philadelphia FB, a '68 Topps FB, and a huge load of hits to my UV lists. KEN MORGANTI - sends me a '69 Topps FB card of Brian Piccolo (one of my Top 10 most desired cards) along with my Redpath auction winnings. My last line always seems to be cut off so I decided that these last sentances will always end my postings. Does anyone else seem to have this problem? : ) ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:04:24 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: More hits from the 50's From: digdugdig@webtv.net Hi all, A couple thanks due out from the south side of Florence. MIKE WIERZBICKI sends out a great DCP...a 53T of Chuck Klein...(ok, Chuck Klein Stobbs!) and one of those nosebleedin' guys from 59 in Don Elston who, so it states, had 6 of his 9 wins against the Giants and Dodgers. Thanks Mike!! KENT MONTGOMERY sends one of those puffy thingies with 9 super hits to the 59T's including Bobby Thomson and a pair of hi#'s, one of which is Chick King. The little cartoon states that "Chick hit 3 HR's in a game in 1954." Hhmm, 1954 Detroit..A.L....0 Hr's...3 RBI. Oopps...just above that...1954...Buffalo...I.L....16 Hr's...61 RBI!! Mucho thanks Mike and Kent...enjoy your Holidays!! OBC...'nuff said. ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:18:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: Rhoades to glory To: obc thanks From: Matthew MARK RHOADES hits me something fierce, with a pair of 52s (including vaguely cross-eyed Dodger Clyde King) and a 58 Curt Flood RC. The Flood card knocks my 58 list down to one, just the Thanks Mark! Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Todays Thanks! Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:10:25 -0500 From: Hello All, I would like to thank Peter Mead for a '65 Topps embossed Joe Christopher and some newer cards that will be listed on the proper server. Thank you very much Peter, ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:15:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks To: OBC Thanks From: Terry Dietrick Thanks go out today to the following- From the South Pacific- John Pugsley, from his waiver wire, sends 2-71's and 4-73's, high numbers too! Thanks John! From Peter Mead-a DCP of KDKA Pirate cards! Thanks Peter! Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= To: Subject: 70-year-old thanks Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:51:33 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Neal Thomas sends along a nifty '33 Goudey, and a Brownie as well! Thanks Neal! ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:52:43 -0500 Subject: biggie thanks! From: Bob Saxton to John Pugsley for a nice envelope full of waiver wire cards 90 -70's; 50 -71's and 15- 72's. Thanks a million, John, for helping to fill some big gaps in those years! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:10:14 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks James! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Thanks today to JAMES MOLETA. I asked for 1 69 Deckle Edge from his recent availables posting, which he graciously sent my way. But he didn't stop there. He sent over a big box of UV stuff (details elsewhere), with 5 other Deckle Edges hidden randomly in the mix. Nice surprise James! Thank you. Paul Biggs Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:44:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks Bob & Lynn -- Six Time Senders! To: Thanks OBC From: John Pugsley Rambling Alert & Disclaimer: I have a hard time calling any ballplayer from the 50's a "common". Thanks to BOB D'ANGELO for rapping out some nice hits to my Braddah's 1980 KC Royals team set. LYNN MILLER continues to amaze. Three hits to the '73 Topps set: Alltime HR leaders, Pops Stargell and F. Roby. 14 hits from '55 Topps including Stan Hack, Russ Kemmerer, Herman Wehmeier, Gair Allie, "Spook" Jacobs, Thornton Kipper, Ron Jackson, Johnny Gray, Lou Ortiz, Bill Renna, Carl Sawatski, Bob Trice and Ray Herbert. Five hits from '56 Topps to include: Ed "Hold the Mayo" Smith, Bill Renna, Dean Stone and Willie Miranda. A couple hometown connections: '55 Topps Bob Keegan who was born in Rochester NY and '56 Topps Warren Giles who was President of the Rochester Red Wings during the late 20's. I attended many a Triple-A game at Silver Stadium in the early 70's. Boy, my Dad could really pound the Genesee cream ale! Both of these fine OBCers have sent to me 6 times since I joined up in July. Thanks for keeping me on your radar Mahalo and Aloha from Ewa Beach, John Pugsley http://johnpugsley.20m.com Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 05:20:06 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: thanks to Lynn Miller From: "mark zentkovich" for the great 74 spurrier...and right on time! I was just about to trade for one of these from a non-obcer, and about to ask obc for some help with his list....now that is not and thanks for the other home flavor with a penny hardaway, and steve thanks, Lynn! ================= To: Subject: Fugitive sighting Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:08:12 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Richard Kimaball sends a handful of mid-60s footballers my way including all-time sack king Deacon Jones (and I am still a Bruce Smith and Buffalo Bills thanks Fuge! ================= To: "OBCthanks" Subject: thanks Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:32:11 -0700 From: "Marshall West" ================= To: "obc" Subject: Thanks to Al Crotte Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 05:28:14 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Thanks to Al Crotte for sending a 5 pack of hits to 76/77 Basketball set. Very much appreciated. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:30:54 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Recent thanks From: "David Skoglund" Thanks go out to Anthony Arbeeny for a pair of 69s and a 1970 Rollie Fingers (pictured pre-moustache). Hero thanks also go out to Rick Svetecz who becomes the second person to complete my 1978 Topps set. ================= Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:24:40 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, boreed@hotmail.com Subject: incoming thanks From: Jerry Coker Wonderful package in today from Bob Reed who sends the last 67T Pin-Up I needed to complete the set (Tommie Agee)!! I really like this odd-ball set because of the picture size, plus it has many of the stars during that period including Mays, McCovey, and Marichal who I watched at Candlestick during the 60's. Also, the Pin-Ups were inserts in packs and I had a few from when I was a kid to start the set with! Thank you so much Bob!! Jerry Coker ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:44:02 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Packages in From: "mikesportsfan" The last couple of days have seena resurgence of packages in the mailbox. Wednesday a couple of chatroom waiver claims were recevied: Peter Mead starts me "collecting" another set with my first 2 1954 Johnston Cookies, Sisbby Sisti and Taylor, the assistant trainer. He is the 2nd assistant trainer card I have picked up this month! Neal Thomas asists my quet to obtain 1963 Topp sFB with a Tiotonesque dozen. I am accumulating 1963 Topps FB, to try and determine if, like the 1962 Topps BB 2nd series, there is a "green" tint version. Yesterday, Jim Moleta sends a long a 1963 Topps #387 and 5 1962 Topps BB including a high number! Matt Shirley again has me add another set to my list with 15 of the 24 1963 Western Oil Minnesota Twins. They remind me of the ARCO cards of the Red Sox issued in the early 70s. I also received an Ebay win of some of my cherished Coke caps and OBC dealer Kevin Savage OK'd me buying a book that i forgot to bid on a couple os weeks ago. No one else bid, so he is selling it to me at the opening bid. This has been a pretty good month for cards. With year end fast approacning it will be interesting to see how I have done in meeting my 2003 goals. Thanks everyone. Mike Rich ================= To: "OBC THANKS" Subject: Mickey! Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:36:11 -0500 From: "larry.tipton" Al Crotte surprised me with a 1950 Bowman card of Mickey Owen. He was banned from baseball for five years for "jumpimg to Mexico." The Dodgers traded him to the Cubs during this time as well. Doesn't look like that move paid off Thanks Al! ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:11:02 EST Subject: thanks to Mac To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Thanks to Mac Wubben for 1960 Topps Willie Mays and Killebrew, 1961 High # and a 1962 Eddie Matthews! ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:53:24 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Friday thanks From: bdangelo@aol.com Hi gang, Some nice stuff today. Rob Gioia sends a Christmas card, then adds a baseball card -- a 1954 Topps Gene Woodling. Kevin Martens sends 9 cards from a UV set. Erik Greenwood sends a monster package -- two 1964 Standups of Pete Ward and Wayne Causey -- in between, 55 cards from 1966, including a Willie Mays! Wow! Al Crotte returns to active duty with a 1956 Topps football card of Bob Zartkoff, a 1961 Nu-Scoops of Dick Stuart, and 40 hits to my 1978 Topps football set. Thanks so much!! ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:11:24 EST Subject: The Corps Thanks Mr. Bannon! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Hello OBC! Thanks out today to Bob Bannon for hits all over my want lists! Four 57's for that brand new one, a 58 Cal Neeman for that rather short one, two 63 semi-highs and a high, and closes with a 64 high hard one of Joe Moeller. 58 and 63 are now down to 26 and 25 to go respectively. Thanks Bob very much especially for hitting the short ones! Ya'll have a great weekend. God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:45:36 EST Subject: Major thanks to the Major To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, vct@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com A nice surprise package awaited me today. Major Matt Shirley from down Texas way sends some way cool vintage cardboard - 2 from the lower level seating area in the Topps 58 set, 2 from the middle level from 61 Topps (including a Haddix 12 inning perfect game highlight), and to top it off, a 1961 Post. Matt's note says if I don't like them I can send them on down the line. Who is he kidding - these babies are perfect for me, & they are going nowhere except into a binder with their brothers! A great way take my mind off of work, Major Matt, I love the cards, thank you. Tom Housley ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:56:42 EST Subject: Thanks Rob To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com, Celenox@aol.com From: Traderdoug@aol.com Rob Gioia sends 2 59's and a dozen 60's along with a Christmas card. Maybe he's trying to use up all those return address labels before he moves to the new house? Thanks Rob. Merry Christmas. - Doug ================= Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:21:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks guys! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Three great packages in the mailbox yesterday: KENT MONTGOMERY sends over a nice bunch of unmentionables. Thanks Kent. JOHN PUGSLEY sends over a trio of 71's including Wilhelm and a checklist, 32 72's including Gibson, and 8 73's. Great cards John, thank you. And soon-to-be OBCer??? JASON URSANER sends over a baker's dozen 75's. Thanks Jason. Paul Biggs Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Thanks Again to Al ! Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:33:40 -0500 From: Another package friom Al Crotte Arrived with a 1959 Harry Anderson and a '71 Les Cain. Thank you once again Al, much appreciated! ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:54:25 -0500 Subject: Saturday kudos From: Bob Saxton to Matt Heilenman who suprises me with and SCP 76 Brooks Robbie, that takes that set's wantlist into the single digits! Thanks, Matt, very much appreciated! y'all have a good weekend! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Subject: weekend thanks Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 16:36:03 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Richard Kimbal sends a couple of early 70's FB. Jerry Coker sends a few 64-65 Topps BB. thanks guys! thanks OBC!!! ================= Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:40:22 -0500 To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks from Santa Claus, Ind. From: bdangelo@aol.com Hi gang, Postmarked from Santa Claus, Ind., comes a Christmas card from Randy Griffin, plus two football cards from 1974 -- Bill Lenkaitis and Al Nelson. Thanks so much, and warm Christmas regards! ================= Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:51:39 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com,vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com Subject: Thanks to Steve and Andy! From: Dan Austin A big thanks go out to STEVE RITTENBERG and ANDY COOK for a great swap session at my humble abode today. Steve found me a great low grade '38 Feller RC and left me with tons of great hits to all sorts of sets on my list. Andy swapped me some great oddball cards and let me raid his '52 Topps binder, where I found another 30 or so hits! A great day for the wantlist! Thanks guys! Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:58:50 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks Al & John, and Set News! From: "jmoleta30341" Great day in OBC-land, despite the rain & cold! Here's why... AL CROTTE sends a beam of sunshine (not UV, though!) with an SCP from the 69-70 tallboy set! JOHN STORMAN (sounds like the weather in GA!) brings a set quest of nearly 3 years to a close by delivering a 1950 Bowman Johnny Mize! In addition to putting the set to bed, how cool is it that this got done in classic OBC-style: 1) John emailed to offer me the card, without trying to swing a trade. 2) The card came from John's boyhood collection. 3) There is cardboard stuck to the back, and a young boy signed "Bob Cerv" in cursive on the front of the card! (John explained that he didn't have enough current Yankee cards when he inked Cerv's name back in the 50's!) A person not familiar with our group might chalk this up to just the Christmas spirit, but most of us know better! :-) Thanks John & Al, for brightening my day and shortening my list! OBC - You gotta love it! ================= Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:59:05 EST Subject: Thanks to Steve & Dan To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, Vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com From: typecard@aol.com As Dan mentioned, we had a miniOBC swap at Dan's this afternoon. Thanks to Dan and Steve for making several hundred hits to my Topps sets, some Playballs, Double Plays, Fleers, Batter Ups and a stack of American Caramels! Dan had to give me an extra box to haul it all away! ================= To: "obc" Subject: Thanks to Ant..and Rob Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 06:55:31 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Thats Anthony Arbeeny- My favorite chef sends a TCP from 69'-all beauties. Thanks very much RobGioia -Sends a SCP from 65' always a pleasure Rob. Thanks very much Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 08:42:51 EST Subject: The Corps Thanks Mr. Gioia! To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Hello OBC! Thanks out today to Rob Gioia for a waiver wire hit to the fledgling 55 Topps set. A great OBC-style SCP of Ears Mossi now graces my binder. Many thanks God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 06:07:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: Thanks and Outbounds To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Ron Perry Six great packages inbound within the last few weeks Lynn Miller sends a 1954 Bowman of Nellie Fox and three 1953 Topps including Dixie Art Wainwright kicks in a 1953 Topps of Frank Smith. Frank is one of the nicer cards in the binder. Peter Mead sends four 1961 NuCard Scoops. There were three HOF'er including Jackie Robinson and the fourth was Eddie Gaedel. Doug Chamberlain sends a 53 Topps and a 55 Bowman of Virgil Trucks. Mark Talbot handed to me six 1970-71 Basketball, and three 1952 Bowmans including Fred Hutchinson at last Sunday's Redford show. Jim Beauchemin sends a 1961 Post Cereal of Gene Woodling. Jim mentioned that this wasn't a very great looking card. I disagree! I erased the pencil marks and upgraded it. If I could remove the ink marks it might be nrmt. Anyway, it fits in perfectly with my set. Outbounds to the above and a total of ten packages are ready to go in tomorrow's mail. With the Toronto show, a Gibraltar show, the Redford show, and a local swap, my wantlist has changed considerably in the last month: 1940 and 1941 Playball have now been listed, as I picked up a group of over 100 pre war cards in Toronto. 1971, 1973, and 1979 OPC Baseball and several 1970's OPC Hockey can also be found on the list. I'm looking to start some more OPC sets as well and have starter sets from 71 and 73 OPC baseball and several years of 70's OPC hockey to swap too. The 1947-66 Exhibits have list now lists over 125 different. I've listed the variations thatn I have too. Finally, work isn't slowing down. We continue to do the expected more work with fewer people, but I should be able to find more time for OBC during the winter months, especially on the weekends. Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:42:48 EST Subject: Waiver wire arrival To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: trufan999@aol.com Thanks to Rob Gioia for yesterdays shipment of his most recent waiver wire. Claimed and in a new binder are 3 1965's Thanks Rob... John Leroux a new card to someone is just a stamp away My Baseball Collecting Page ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:24:35 EST Subject: One more time To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: friar4@aol.com Thanks yet once again out to Jim Beauchemin for a '61 Post Cereal Wally Moon. Much appreciated, Jim. ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:43:11 EST Subject: thanx to kevin martens and Major Matt To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Celenox@aol.com Hello all, Thanks Go out to Kevin Martens and Major MAtt shirley. Kevin sends a great christmas card with a scp 73 topps miller and a great note along with the card, And Matt sends a great 56 topps Wilhelm much needed THank you all and happy holidays Rob Gioia ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:26:15 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: Thanks to AC! From: Dan Austin Thanks to AL CROTTE who sends along a nice selection of late 70s basketball upgrades and a great 71-72 Topps Trio hit with the "big O"! Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:24:17 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Subject: THANKS From: "rayluurs" NEAL THOMAS and ED SCHOTT continue the assault on my 1967 set with eleven more with such name as Aaron, Sims, Draboswky, Davis, Kline. Ed's was a little surprise because he is my OBC Santa and i have another package of his under the tree. Neal also send along a 56 of Jim Wilson to keep the 67's company. Thanks Neal an dEd for the beautiful additions to my set ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:07:28 EST Subject: Thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: brockhattox@cs.com Arrived back in Gulf Shores this evening for a week of catching up. Thanks to James Moleta for a 1940 Play Ball Daffy Dean, and 9 1956 Topps including Hoyt Wilhelm. Thanks to Spike Glidden for 14 1964 Topps, 1/2 of the cards I needed to finish my second set!!! Take care, ================= Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:35:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: weekly thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Wierzbicki Hi, Guys! Thanks go out this week to TERRY DIETRICK, who sent two great hits to my 1954 Bowman set--Roy Smalley and Willard Nixon. Thanks, Terry! I also received an envelope from my Secret Santa--Sean McGowan--It will be hard to wait until the 25th! Best wishes, Mike W ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Cards Fallen into my mailbox !! Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:20:04 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" Yesterday's mail was loaded with the usual bills, catalogs, special offers and best of all, an OBC Envelope !! From Long Lake, Dave Fallen mails a neat pile of familytoad wantlist hits...4 from 1959, and a hit to both 1961 and 1967. Leading the pack were Slugger Hank Sauer, Hurler turned announcer Ernie Johnson and Rookie Star Dick Stigman. Thanks Dave !!! Here's hoping that your Holiday Season is a great one !! ( Hey that goes for all of you !!) ================= To: Subject: Santa Arrives Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:25:03 -0600 From: "Randy G. Griffin" My secret Santa has arrived via his southern branch of the North Pole in New Orleans! Have to wait until the 25! Thanks, OBC! ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:18:54 EST Subject: out of the snow comes...jimbo To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com JIM BEAUCHEMIN hits me with another postie, this time a 1963 harvey kuenn. tnx jim! ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:52:24 -0800 (PST) Subject: Christmas cards! To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet On the same day I finally got my "Secret Santa" gift out, what do I find in my mailbox but two Christmas cards! I've already recieved my own Secret Santa gift and can't open it until the 25th...but nobody said I can't open these! From my native state, ROB GIOIA sends along holiday wishes and includes a 6-pack of wantlist damagefrom '55-'65 including eventual Bosox manager Joe Morgan and a TV of Mickey Vernon. The other Christmas card comes from an OBCer who once lived near my current home when he was in the Navy...LYNN MILLER sends his own Chrismas cheer and more, with 34 more hits to the lists from '69-'78. In the package are some guys you may have heard of: Aaron, Gossage, Lyle, Fisk (twice), Bench, Palmer, Brooks, Yaz, Seaver and Reggie. Plus, a card showing Pete Rose in the '76 NLCS, barreling around second while Larry Bowa awaits a throw from Garry Maddox and a card from '75 showing the '51 MVPs...Berra's card has been altered, while Campanella's was fabricated for the card. Something that I always got a kick out of is the way that some players had their off-season jobs listed on the backs. Here are some from the stack Lynn sent: Danny Thompson: Member of Twins' Tours troupe Terry Harmon: House painter Dennis Ribant: Hockey player Bobby Klaus: Works for San Diego Union-Tribune Jerry Johnson: Iron worker Imagine some of today's players having to take up a job painting houses or working in an iron factory to make a little extra money... Thanks to both fine OBC gentlemen for spreading the holiday cheer! Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:20:45 EST Subject: Thanks To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: brockhattox@cs.com Thanks to Mike Rich for a 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 featuring Hack Wilson, and a 1936 Goudey of Pepper Martin. Mike, thanks for your note as well. Thanks to Brian Lindholme for 1953 Topps of Hegan and Easter for my Indians Thanks to Rob Gioia for 1965 Topps of Lau and Howsen. Take care, ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Subject: Thanks from Glasgow Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:33:46 -0000 From: "Glenn Codere" Thanks out today to Jerry Coker, who checks in with 13 fine examples of cardboard from the 1964-1966 era, including many highs and semihis. Jerry also sent along an escort of younger cards, to keep the old guys in check – 18 hits to the 1985T set. The ‘65s take that list down to less than 200 to go, while the 13 pre-1980’s takes my 1960-1980 list down to under 1400 to go. I’ll soon be setting my annual target figures for my want list, and for the first time I’m seriously considering setting an “over all” target rather than a series of “per set” targets. I may well shoot for getting my 1960-1980 list down to something in the region of between 900-1000 cards. Then again, having the individual targets gives me the satisfaction of achieving a number of goals throughout the year. Hmmmmm…. What to do?………. Glasgow, Scotland ================= To: Subject: Computer Problems and Overdue thanks! Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:35:32 -0800 From: "John Scott Gray" My friends, I have spent the better part of the last week trying to get my computer back up and online after a series of viruses, crashes and re-installs. I am not all the way back into the swing of things yet, but I definitely think that I have turned the corner. I hope everyone is well, and I look forward to catching up on some trading before I leave town for Christmas/New Years. While I was offline, I was unable to post thanks for the following cardboard: Randy Griffin sends a Christmas card complete with a hit to my 69-70 basketball set! Thanks for the thought, and the hit! Al Crotte also helps that same list, sending two more nice-looking tallboysfor my collection! Thanks for the double trouble! Be happy, John Scott Gray ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:58:21 EST Subject: Quick Thanks To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Hi all, Two envelopes arrived recently along with the snow. The first comes from OBC prospect Jason Ursaner, who adds a couple hits to a very recent set. I crossed off the rest of that list at the last Ft. Washington show. THANKS JASON!! The other arrival is a SCP from Al Crotte. Jerry Lumpe arrives in the form of a 1963 Jello card. I guess he'll have to fill the hole in my Post set in case I never find the short printed cereal card. THANKS AL!! TAYL, Ken M ================= To: "obc thanks" , Subject: Thanks Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:18:55 -0500 From: "senthi" Hello All Chris Stufflestreet sends along the first hit to the 70 booklet set Anthony Arbeeny ================= To: , Subject: Thanks much to Matt Heilenman Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:32:08 -0600 From: "George Vrechek" for the basketballers that showed up today. It is always nice to get stuff out of the blue. I'll be glad when I finish the 75-76 set since it is so hard to read the numbers. George Vrechek ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 20:36:34 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Subject: Thanks Lynn! I'm sure these cards are disappointed. How would you feel if you were exiled to the southern arctic from the balmy Pacific beaches? I'll do my best to make them comfortable here. Perhaps a nice warm binder will help. LYNN MILLER sends over a a super puffy ranging from 1970 to 1979 including a couple of Carltons, a Rose, a Kaline, as Winfield....You get the idea. About 80 cards in all. Great surprise, Lynn! Thank you. Thanks also for your kind thoughts about my son. He's doing really well. Today he returned to school. Things appear to be getting back to normal now. Best wishes of the season to everyone, Paul Biggs Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:38:25 -0500 From: "Bob Reed" Subject: Incomings Recent arrivals to snowy Connecticut: Matt Shirley sends some Christmas cheer in the form of a 1958 Norm Siebern as a Yankee. Thanks Matt! Keith Summers sends along the prize for his recent trivia contest. An OBC key chain and a OBC baseball hat. The hat is an upgrade for the one that I had until my puppies got a hold of it a while ago. If anybody wants a tipton chewed up hat with “dog”-eared corners let me know. Thanks for the package Keith and for doing the contest! Also I won a card off ebay from Dave’s Dugout who lives right in town. Got together with him this weekend for some trading of other stuff he had. He’s working on the 1964 Topps set and I mentioned I’d pass his list along. In looking at his ebay feedback the only name I noticed was John Scott Grey. Feel free to contact Dave if you’re interested in trading with him at SLVERFX50@aol.com. Here’s his list: 1964 Topps 40 47 53 54 60 67 68 70 71 73 79 84 86 93 108 109 113 115 123 160 169 176 188 226 265 289 320 371 373 375 392 393 395 397 398 403 406 410 412 415 429 432 433 439 442 450 451 452 457 458 459 461 464 465 466 469 470 471 472 473 475 476 477 478 482 487 488 489 490 491 494 495 498 501 503 505 509 510 513 514 515 517 519 520 523 536 538 544 547 552 553 556 563 564 565 567 568 572 575 576 581 582 587 -Bob Reed Get holiday tips for festive fun. http://special.msn.com/network/happyholidays.armx ================= Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:02:26 -0800 (PST) To: obc thanks From: Matthew Subject: Mandell brings Xmas early GARY MANDELL hits me with a pair of semi-hi 1967s, including Rico Petrocelli, a hard card to find in Boston. Thanks Gary! Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:14:46 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, DaPatriot1@aol.com From: Jerry Coker Subject: incoming thanks Package in yesterday from Rob Gioia, includes seven 60T's and a 65T. Rob sent me these after I was late for his recent waiver wire and Rob decided to look at my list and dig into his dupes box! Great cards and much appreciated Rob!! Thanks OBC! PS: I'm anxiously awaiting a couple eBay winnings, including a four card lot of T-205's! Yeehaw :) Jerry Coker ================= To: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 07:23:43 -0800 From: "terry ellis" Subject: thanks thanks to peter mead for 64s from my list, kit okamuro ================= To: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:46:39 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Subject: Thanks to Lynn Thanks to Lynn Miller for a thoughtful Christmas card as well as some nice vintage cardboard. Lynn hits my favorite set four times with great looking1953 Topps cards. He also added three more from 1954 and a 1976 Topps FredLynn for my type collection. A very nice card to open up; thanks for sending it my way! Brian Dwyer ================= To: "obc" Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:57:18 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Tuesday Thanks LYNN MILLER- Humbles me by sending 13 hits to the 68' set, a tcp from 67', and finishes it off with a scp from 69'.........Wow perfect hits, now if itwas only this easy to hit Lynn's list. Thanks LYNN DAN CIPRA- Sends a beauty of a 69' Basketball ruler of Bob Rule and a beautiful tcp from 75'. Dan thanks so very much. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:39:52 EST To: Vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Subject: fugitive thanks Thanks to Fugitive for three hits to my 1963 Topps Football set! ================= Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 03:29:23 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: West is Best Marshall West sends a package my way with payment for dealer scum pick-ups in Toronto (hope you felt I got you a good deal) plus a hit to the 62 Topps BB list - Dodgers team, a 1963 Jell-o (Marshall and I are among the most devoted Post/Jell-o collectors in the group) and a sked of the Utah Jazz. Sked wsa issued by Zion Bank. Marshall's check for teh dealer scum was written on Zion Bank. Hmm, wonder where he got this sked??? Thanks. Mike Rich ================= Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:01:45 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, vct@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Thanks to FDNY's finest Thanks are extended to ROB GIOIA, who takes time out from remodeling his new house to send a Christmas card my way. Actually it was a baseball card Christmas card, as Rob includes a one-of-a-kind 1965 Topps Dal Maxvill "traded" version. Many thanks, Rob! ================= Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:14:06 -0800 (PST) To: Thanks OBC From: John Pugsley Subject: Crotte's Excess Cardboard & Matt's Little Box of Joy Hi gang -- Just thankin' AL CROTTE for 3 nice hits to the '73 Topps set. Tigers Team, Jack Hiatt, and Darrell Evans. Thanks again AL -- you've really been movin' some cardboard I think MATT HEILENMAN called my post office and asked what size PO box I had because the 3X4X5 inch box he sent fit perfectly. The insides were perfect as well: 3-1964 Topps Giants, 2-1956's (Hank Sauer & Harvey Haddix), 3-1973's, 13-1980 KC Royals for my Braddah and some parts to a Mustang GT. Very well done, thank you very much MATT. John Pugsley http://johnpugsley.20m.com Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 00:47:50 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: JEdward@aol.com Subject: This Week in Baseball Cards Today's mail brought a Christmas card from Lynn Miller. Besides a very nice Christmas greeting it also included three nice little pieces of cardboard from Topps: 1980 Reggie jackson, 1968 Don Drysdale, 1965 ERA Leaders from 1964, Koufax/Drysdale. Wow! Thanks Lynn, and Happy Holidays to you and yours. OBC, it's an attitude John's Old Baseball Card Site ================= To: "bb thanks" Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:53:08 -0500 From: "jeff sinclair" Subject: Lynn Lynn Miller continues his "card" sending tradition with an annual Christmasgreeting. And lets not forget the 15 smaller cards that were stuffed within! A nice variety pack including a horizontal of old bucco Rocky Nelson. Thanks Lynn! P.S. Also received my "Santa" gift via Wayne Delia and it sits waiting in my stocking. Out of sight, out of mind?? ================= Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:57:22 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: brockhattox@cs.com Subject: Thanks to Jerry Thanks to Jerry Coker for 2 additions to the 1953 Topps Indians team set I am putting together. Jerry sends Luscious Luke Easter and Dale Mitchell. Take care, ================= To: Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:49:34 -0800 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: Thanks to Mr. Sinclair... For a very nice '75 Al Kaline Highlight card, bringing that all-OBC set down to..5. Almost there. Thanks Cap.great card! ================= Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:39:51 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: KEVINM38@aol.com Subject: Thanks to Gary Mandell Hi all, Gary Mandell sends 2 nice looking 1962 Topps cards and 5 UVs my way. Thanks Gary!! Happy Holidays, ================= To: "obc thanks" Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:13:13 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Thanks for some 72 nosebleeder's HEllo All, ED Schott sends along 3 great highs for my 72 set bring it down to 87 cardsleft. I can not belive I am closer on the 69 set then this one. Anthony Arbeeny ================= To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:19:29 -0800 From: "Greg \(yaz\)" Subject: incomes Ok, gang, computer's been down about a month and a half now. Fora couple of weeks I borrowed a buddy's and then gave it back when my upgrade parts finally came in. The new CPU was damaged though and I couldn't getit to work and it took awhile to figure out where the problem lay. Sent off for another and it got here yesterday. How does two-day ground always turn into 6-day plus? Anyway, I put the thing in and I'm back in business. I still have scrambled files and I lost about a year's worth of database info on my cards and mp3s but mostly I'm good. I also finally downloaded all the emailwaiting for me onto his computer. Wonder how long it takes to read around 700 emails, 99% of them from OBC? Let me tell you, A LONG time. I see I don't get to participate in the secret Santa this year though I did see Coop's in the same boat so I'll try and rush something outto him if I can. I got interrupted in my attempt to send cards out everywhere but hopefully I'll pick that back up soon. I'd like to thank the following for cards sent here. I can't describe them real well because I lost and/or misplaced a lot of information. Jerry Coker sent me 3 '56 Topps -- I no longer know who they were. Neal Thomas sent 3 '55 Bowman -- Grim, Mele and Houtteman Joe Dalton who I don't know, (somebody help me out here?) sent some 83 Donruss and 89 Upper Deck Todd Knowles sent me a Wonderful 1963 Jello Yaz Ben Fisher hit me with another '56 Topps -- Don't know who Peter Mead sent four 1976 Kelloggs -- Hrabosky, M.Perez, Murcer, and Rivers Larry Gersbach sent a 1953 Topps -- Dave Madison I think Spike Glidden sent a 64 Topps AL Rooks and a 66 Dick Egan Yuk Chow hit me with a 56 Topps -- Don't Know and a 54 Bowman maybe Bill Pierce Kent Montgomery sent me a 59 Topps hi # Mark Freeman Art Wainwright hit me with a great 53 Topps card of Willie 'puddinhead' Jones Thanks to All. Greg (yaz) ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:05:21 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: digdugdig@webtv.net Subject: XMas card(board) Hi all, Thanks go out today to LYNN MILLER who sends some Holiday Greetings with an xmas card filled with a 59T Bobby Thomson and a 69T John Purdin. The card is signed "For you and your family", so Bri, Julie, and young-uns...Lynn says Hi. I have no family members west of New England so the Familytoads have inherited me, or me them...and they have once again made me feel welcome by inviting me to join them for xmas...as they have...every year since I moved to the Oregon coast!! Thanks to the "Toads"...for being who they are, and thanks to Lynn Miller 'cause...look it up...in Webster's....Class Act -- Lynn Miller!! Thanks so much Lynn!!...A big time "Happy Holidays" to you and yours...the card, not the "board" carries more weight!! OBC...continues to amaze...just when you were gonna say 'nuff said!! Happy Holidays all!!! ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:17:10 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "yukchow" Subject: Inbounds from Athens Georgia that is. Received from Jerry Coker a trio of 56T of Gus Bell, Stan Lopata, and Tom Poholsky. Thank you Jerry for the terrific hits. ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:43:42 EST To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Subject: Bouncing back Hi gang, Steve Rittenberg sends along a pair of tallboys that leave the set only three short of completion. I haven't heard too much from Steve since right after the National when he started his new job. Good to know that he's not working ALL the time. THANKS STEVE!! TAYL, Ken M ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:13:40 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: thursday thanks to the m&m boys KEN MORGANTI delivers a big hit to the inactive 62 Green Tint set (let's all remember to thank grant for starting us on this insane journey) with a julian javier. tnx ken! My OBC Santa gift arrived today, but with Chanukah starting tomorrow and me out of the office (that's my story and i'm sticking to it), i "had" to open it today. it contained three huge hits with a 64 Topps Giant Cisco SP, and 68 Clemente AS and a 65 Topps FB HOF Ron Mix. tnx santa! hope the elves are good to you on eaglebeak row! ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:07:24 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Conspiracy theory.... Dear Friends... I think I smell a conspiracy here! :-) I am being deluged with boxes, enveolopes and packages from you all... many with strick orders not to open until Christmas. You all are so very kind. I am about brought to tears... in a manly sort of I have been so quiet for a about a year now, but you friends bombard me anyway. Last December, given my health situation, I asked Doug Smith to remove me from the active roster and put on on the DL... but oh no, he simply refused. I will write more when I start ripping into this glories. Perhaps I should start with this big box with the Gus Triandos mailing label and the Johnny Callison return mailing label. We all know from which philly phanatic this one You guys are too much. OBC is good. ...doc J Director, Gus Triandos Research and Relocation Center ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:21:39 EST To: XDrJ@aol.com, OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: mikesportsfan@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] Conspiracy theory.... Doc J, I think I speak for us all when I say we wish you a speedy recovery and that your presence has been missed in the group. May the new year bring you the best of health. We hope our little gifts of cardboard can help the healing process and to let you know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. ================= To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:48:44 -0800 From: "John Scott Gray" Subject: Brian Beats Me To Punch! My friends, Thanks go out to Brian Dwyer, who sends along four AL hits for my 61 Post set, including Vic Power and Sherman Lollar! As luck would have it, I had just put together a six-pack of 68 hits to head his way! Great minds..... Thanks Brian! John Scott Gray ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:34:13 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Subject: The Corps Thanks Lynn and Ken! Hello OBC! My two new wantlists took a pounding today as a Christmas card from the Phillipines included Lemon, Drabowsky, Virdon, and Groth from the 57 Topps set. Many thanks Lynn and you ARE my favorite Bubblehead! Not to be outdone, Ken Morganti hit me hard from his recent waiver wire (plus some) with a puffy filled with 9 hits to the 55 set including a high number! Ken, you are the MAN! Thanks very much. God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:23:18 EST To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Traderdoug@aol.com Subject: Holiday time thanks Thanks to Al Crotte for a 1960t Senators team card and a 72T rookie stars card. Both are very much appreciated. Thanks to Ken Morganti for a 62T high number Bill Stoneman and a bakers dozen 62T's including a couple of checklist. Much appreciated. Enjoy the holiday season. - Doug ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:22:50 -0500 From: Bob Saxton Subject: Santa came Just wanted to let my Santa know that the package was delivered and duly deposited under the tree. *smile* Bob Saxton The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:51:13 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Subject: thanks to Jim Jim Hatch sent two Zeenut beauties and a hit to my tough to hit T213-2 set - Hal Chase (portrait, Chicago AL version - there are 6 variations of Chase in the set) ================= Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:38:11 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: malsman250@cs.com Subject: Thanks, Ken! Thanks out to Ken Morganti for a three-card waiver wire claim - one each from 58, 62 and 73. Been a while since I made any progress on the woodies, nice to get the binder back out again. Thanks, Ken! Bill Malson ================= To: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:23:57 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Subject: return of the jedi ( I mean Al Crotte) Al Crotte sends a box of cards (it always seems that Al sends boxes--not envelopes). A couple of starter football sets including 1979 and a bunch of early UV baseball. Thanks Al! Ron Perry sends a great package with a couple of highs from 1963 and 1964, two 1961s including Ellie Howard and the Mathewson, and a 61 Golden Press Frisch. Thanks Ron! thanks OBC and Happy holidays to one and all, peter mead ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:23:47 -0500 From: "Mac Wubben" Subject: A few thanks... Thanks out today to.... Richard Kimball...for 2 54 Bowmans. Thanks Fuge! Art Wainwright makes an appearance with a great 53T Sam Jones. Thanks Art! Andy Cook sends along a Brett RC for the second set. Thanks Andy! Thanks guys! Grab our best dial-up Internet access offer: 6 months @$9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:34:37 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" Subject: puffies in ! OBC World, I must tell you briefly of my recent OBC haul....and when I mention the twonames, you'll know automatically that I got some great cards. But I'm not going to get into listing off the cards I received,( and trust me they are GREAT cards) but rather I want to say THANKS to these guys for just being great guys, great OBCers and pals. Again, I've never met either one mano y mano, but when I do, I'm betting it will be like we've known each other for 20 years !! That's the OBC thing I like best !! Mac Wubben & Lynn Miller. Thanks guys. And to the rest of the OBC World, Have a great holiday season. Being in this group, I know we all will !! OBC Forever, ================= To: "bb thanks" Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:41:00 -0500 From: "jeff sinclair" Subject: Ken M Thanks to Ken for an scp Jim Kaat from the sloooowly shrinking 73 list. 37 to ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:01:24 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Thanks to Ken Ken Morganti has been a busy man - today I received a puffy stuffed with cards from Ken's waiver wire - specifically, a pair of 61's, including current Reds broadcaster (2004 is his last season by the way) Joe Huxhall; a 56T grayback variation; and 10, count 'em, 10 hits to my 55T wantlist. Great package, Ken, many thanks! ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:03:03 +0800 To: Thanks From: Lynn Miller Subject: To Fuge, Dave Fallen, and "Mr Coke Caps" And I can also say I was the recipient today of 3 great envelopes from 3 great OBCers who have presented me with some wonderful gifts at this wonderful time of year. Dave surprises me with a terrific 71 Milk Duds of Hank and a super 51 Topps blueback. I said surprised because Dave says he mentioned mailing these to me quite awhile ago, but I guess I forgot about them. However, the timing was perfectly delayed. Thanks so much Dave. Mike "Mr Coke Caps" Rich does in fact send one. None other than Hank peering out at me from a 67 Coke Cap. And how does a 36 year-old piece of metal stay rust-free. Wow, what a beautiful cap. Appreciate this addition very much Mike. Fuge aka Richard Kimball shortens the 51 Topps blueback list even more with another hit. That set gets torpedoed twice in the same day after months of no activity. Yippee, I'm one happy sailor today. Thanks again to my OBC friends, all of you, for a terrific year once again and look forward to many, many more together. We send best wishes from the Philippines to you and your families and loved ones for the holiday season, or as we say here "Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Taon". OBC - You Can't Topps This! ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 06:38:06 -0800 (PST) To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet Subject: Ken M. overdoes it again! A few weeks ago, KEN MORGANTI offered up a waiver wire, and I made a few requests but stressed that other OBCers should be taken care of first. I have been in OBC for a little over a year, but I really shoulkdn't have been surprised that Ken turned what I expected to be a small puffy into a 250-ct. box filled with hits to the '53-'73 wantlists! Here's what was 53T: SCP of Gus Zernial! 55T: 9 hits including Stan Hack, leaving me with 106 cards left! 60T: SCP 61T: a baker's dozen, including some great names like Ashburn, Torgeson, Triandos and Gus Bell! I haven't really focused much on this set, but it's coming along nicely anyway. 62T: eight hits, including the 1st series checklist variation I needed. 63T: SCP of Frank Torre. 64T: 10 hits including Pappas, two checklists and LA Angels team card. 65T: SCP of "Sudden" Sam McDowell 67T: 31 hits, including Belinsky, Lolich, Jim Wynn and two checklists. 68T: 21 great cards including Wilhelm, Sutton, Staub, Cleon Jones and Hal McRae's RC. 69T: 10 hits including Alston, Ollie Brown and the "No Neck" Williams card showcased in "The Book." 70T: baker's dozen including a Boog AS. 71T: 13 hits including Catfish, Bobby Bonds and a George Foster RC. 72T: birthyear DCP, both in the next-to-last series! 73T: four in all, including Rico Petrocelli and a Braves TC! Thanks Ken, for making this an early Christmas here! Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:51:40 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: friday thanks JIMBO BEAUCHEMIN saves the best for last, as his 3rd hit in as many weeks to my post sets was a 63 of al kaline. tnx jim! BOB SCHAUB sends an incredible package which contained a dozen 53 Topps, of one of the most beautiful sets ever produced, including early wynn, roy face and a couple of hi #s. bob also sends 5 hi # 1962s including gibson and the bouton rookie card. a tremendous bomb from a tremendous trader and friend! tnx KIT OKAMURO delivers hits to for the second straight day to the previously dormant 56 Topps football set with 4 big hits including norm van brocklin. tnx kit, wonderful cards! have a great weekend! ================= To: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:19:22 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Subject: Thanks Thanks to Ken Morganti for a TCP featuring a hit to the 55, 61, and 72 Topps sets. Harry Perkowski from 55, Dick Groat MVP from 61, and hi number TomGrieve from 72. All great hits. Thanks, Ken! Also thanks to my Secret Santa. Gift arrived yesterday and will be opened promptly Christmas morning. Brian Dwyer ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:26:30 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Rick ... I just could not wait a minute longer! I yielded to this big box with the Gus Triandos address label and the Johnny Callison return label with Rick's name on it. I had too.... our researchers here at the Gus Research and Relocation Center were squeezing me. Now they are throwing a party! At the heart of this box was a Wilson A2414 Gus Triandos Model mitt!!! This is a beauty. Immediately I cleared off my desk.... got rid of the Sherlock Holmes pipe and Presbyterian Mixture tobacco tin, in order to display the Gus glove!!! An archvist also retrieved the famous Gus ball (of OBC tripleplay origin) from the vaults, to sit next to this beautiful mitt. Rick, your kindness is stunning! And what else.... Rick made two sheets of Gus mailing labels for me, replete with that great 65 Topps image of Gus, finally in a phabulous phils suit. When I get to sending some things out, y'all will get to see these. Oh Rick.....here is a 64 Topps Giant Johnny Callison...autographed! (My older brother got to go to that '64 All Star game when Callison won it after two outs in the bottom of the 9th with a dinger...I think it was a Shea) ... a 5X7 Gus as a Phil which our researchers have yet to identify because they are still partying around the Gus glove! And Rick knows I am also a big Jim Bunning phan, both from his playing days and now in his political days in Kentucky....so I have a beautiful 5x7 color 1967 Dexter Press of Mr. Jim "Perfect Game" Bunning, This one was once owned by a young "Dale Kleintop" who signed the back... I wonder where Dale is now? There's a cool Phils' patch here and also a 1983 yearbook with lots of great photos of Schmidt, Tony Perez, Daulton, Von Hayes, Bob Dernier (who was to be the next Mantle), Greg Gross, Ivan DeJesus, Bill Robinson, ...yes, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Bo Diaz, the Tugger, crazy Marty Bystom, and of course Carlton and many more. These were glory years for sure. What a flood of memories come from this yearbook! And maybe best of all... a sincere note from Rick and a beautiful Christmas card with blessings from above. Rick, I can only again say "thank you friend." OBC is good! doc J, Gus Research and Relocation Center ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:26:33 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Conspiracy theory confirmed... With the arrival of today's mailman... who is now complaining... the plot is surely exposed! My spirits are soaring. Thank you friends.... you will be hearing all about these packages! A night of peace in all of OBC land. ...doc J ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:03:15 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XTrJmx@aol.com Subject: Thanks, Santa... Hi all... Just a quick note before we take off for the Washington area. Advance thanks to my almost-secret Santa from Palmyra, PA (danged postmarks!) for causing me sleepless nights until I can open it on the 25th! I love this childish sense of anticipation... something I had not thought I'd experience again before OBC. I can't wait!! Second thanks goes out to Ken Goetsch, for some cool UV bkb cards, including a Ken Goetsch rookie card! Ken notes that he was a season ticket holder for the Bucks from 1975 - 2001 and he was in the background of this card! It's always fascinated me how many people are *really* on cards and now I know at least one of them! I wonder if Jack Nicholson has ever made it in the background of a card? Thanks, Ken... these are way-too-cool! Ok, I know this belonged on the UV server, but I couldn't resist taughting Ken's rookie card! Anyway, thanks again to all and I look forward to seeing some of you on my trip out east! Take care, ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:59:13 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: brockhattox@cs.com Subject: Thanks to James Thanks to James Moleta for 2 1953 Topps for my Indians set -- Al Rosen and Bill Glynn. Take care, ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 00:50:59 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Thanks go out to Rob Gioia Hi all, Fellow Long Islander Rob Gioia sends a 1959 Topps my way inside a great Christmas card!! Thanks Rob!! Happy Holidays, ================= To: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:34:26 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Subject: The Oregon Trail Many thanks to the Family Toad (sometime us relative newcomers will need tohear where the name came from) for a three pack of 53 Topps. My, as Briancalls it, fledgling 53 set is a complete OBC effort. Many thanks and Happy holidays! Peter Mead ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:42:36 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Celenox@aol.com Subject: thanx to ken morganti Hello all, After a long day and long week it was great to come home to a nice OBC package. I open it and find 43 1969 topps football cards, 5 62 topps w/ a league leader w/ Roberto Clemente on it and a nice note form ken. Thank you very much Ken Rob Gioia ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 02:02:42 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "mikesportsfan" Subject: On the first nite of Hanukah well OK, it was during this Hanukah week, that I received some packages of sports goodies. Today, Peter Mead sends me a cookie, as in the Johnston variety. 50 year old vintage of Antonelli. Terry Dietrick has me wash it down with a Coke (cap from the 1966 AFL AS set). Lately, I have checked out the wantlists of members of other card groups and have picked up a few cards from former OBCer Steve Simms and recevied some of my beloved Coke caps from Chuck Bossardt who asked me to hit former OBCer Bob Schaub's list in exchange. Taylor Schock, another OCTer sent a package with some UV, a few 62 Topps & 1 of the last 5 1953 Bowman Color I need in Joe Garagiola, in true OBC Yesterday, saw a couple of 1962 Topps from the Wizard, aka Ken Morganti, who may be trying to do his periodic attempt at hitting everyone on OBC. Wednesday, saw Lynn Miller send a Cracker Jack package (UV variety) and a 1975 Tony Perez. The 75 set is seeing good progress. Gary Mandell had sent me an E-mail that I should contact a Dave Keller about some more Coke caps and they arrived this week. Gorgeous unused seets of White Sox. This has been one of the best weeks for hits, outside of when I go to a major show, in the last few years. Thanks everyone. Mike Rich ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:34:35 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: trufan999@aol.com Subject: Thanks Ken M. a flat 6 pack came in today from Ken Morganti 5 1962's my unposted list including Harvey Haddix (needed them all), and a single 1954 my new set. Thanks Ken John Leroux a new card to someone is just a stamp away My Baseball Collecting Page ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:57:29 -0800 From: "Erik & Leticia Greenwood" Subject: Double Thanks Thank you's go out to: Bob D'Angelo for sending a 66 Topps Harry Walker. Thank you Bob for hitting a seldom hit set. Kit Okamuro finishes off my 75 Topps set with a Pete Rose. Thank you for the hero hit Kit! Erik Greenwood ================= Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:38:05 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Wierzbicki Subject: weekly thanks Hi, Gang! Thanks go out this week to two OBCers who sent SCPs to my 1953 Topps set. LYNN MILLER sent Willard Schmidt and a nice card. Thanks, Lynn! BRIAN LINDHOLME sent Tommy Byrne. Thanks, Brian! With these two cards, my 1953 Topps wantlist is down to double digits. Besy wishes for the holidays, Mike W ================= To: Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:50:13 -0800 From: "KIT OKAMURO" Subject: santa likes the desert today my secret santa from minn package arrives, I guess ill take it to newyork with me so I can open it at the appropriate time. thanks muraclaus, kit kit okamuro ================= To: "obc" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 06:33:21 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Thanks to ED Schott Ed sends a super 4 pack of Packers...........all HOF'ers.......from Ed.........UV Hits..........legends they are.....Starr, Nitschke, Adderly........Thanks Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= To: "obc" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 06:36:32 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Ken Morganti seen in Wisconsin Ken Morganti-----------or at least his envelope is seen in Wisconsin today. Ken sends a nice 8 pack from 68'. Thanks Ken, very much. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:26:38 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com Subject: expansion and contraction Thanks this week goes out to Andy Cook, who knocks off a card from one list and adds a card to another. The subtraction is in the form of a W512 Alexander (leaving Babe and Bancroft for the baseball subset). The addition is one to my type card "have list" - an E90-3 ChiSox Dougherty. Great stuff Andy! Happy Collecting (and of course Happy Holidays), ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:39:13 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jimbo777777" Subject: Hilltown Hits Ron Perry hits the hilltowns this morning, with a package containing three Bowman TV beauties. Thanks Ron! ================= To: , Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 10:37:54 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Thanks Hello , Randy Griffen sends along a warm christmas card for the holidays....ALso attaches 1 hit to the 75 FB set with a all pro card with the juice in it . Then hits my 65 philly FB quest with a giants and an eagles players anthony arbeeny ================= To: "obc thanks" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 10:45:35 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Thanks Hello All, Brian Lindholme sends along 3 hard nosebleeder to the 72 set. All of a sudden this set is getting hit.I have a big trade in the works to hit it harder. anthony arbeeny ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 11:53:31 EST To: senthi@earthlink.net, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: ChicoD1@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] Thanks Hello senthi@earthlink.net (senthi), In reference to your comment: =E8 .I have a big trade in the works to hit it harder. Just make sure the players union accepts it ! ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:21:22 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: cardclctor@aol.com Subject: Santa arrives in Everett Hello all, Today's mail yielded a puffy from Guru! Interestingly, this is the second time my name has popped up on Larry's radar. I recall the last package, which was sent to me weeks in advance and had Topps coins rattling around in it. The torture was unbearable. This one presents a punishment of a different nature - it was marked "Fragile". Now I have to restrain myself from shaking it and be really careful as I delicately tear the wrapping to smithereeens on Christmas morning. Did Guru trade names with anyone so he could torture me again? I think Doc J might not have the only holiday conspiracy directed his way THANKS LARRY!! TAYL, Ken M ================= To: "Thanks" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:55:15 -0600 From: "George Vrechek" Subject: Thanks to Bama for Hank Sauer Bama surprises me before Christmas with a 1949 M&P of Hank Sauer. It looks just like him. George Vrechek ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:53:30 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: ChicoD1@aol.com Subject: Santa's arrival! Isn't it torture to have one of these puffy's under your tree so early? But this is one of my favorite things about Christmas... Chuck Paris has carefully labeled "DO NOT OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS" on the back! I always wanted to know what Christmas in Paris is like and this year I'll find out :). OK Sal, put the package under the tree and stop playing with it! Thanks Chuck, I'll be posting Christmas morning! ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:23:45 -0500 To: vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com,obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Dan Austin Subject: Thanks to Kit Thanks go out to KIT OKAMURO for a nice 6-pack of 50 and 51 Bowman FBs! Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:58:27 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Steve Blass from Anthony Arbenny! Happy thanks to Anthony for sending down a needed 68 Steve Blass of the It's a beauty! Thank you all for yanking me up off the bench! OBC is good. ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:58:25 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Spiked ! Friends... it was a few weeks back, but I am much further behind in thanks than this.... I still have thanks to render from May!!! But you all have brought me back into action! Spike sent down two 54's for the birthyear quest.... a Bowman and a Topps. And the Topps is none other than Billy Martin! Deep thanks Spike! A night of peace in all of OBC land. .....doc J ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 17:58:30 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: A king from Todd Knowles... A big "thank you" to Todd for a needed 58 Jim King! Todd, I sure do appreciate this... the simple pleasure of a single card... and a very nice one at that! ....doc J ================= To: "obc thanks" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 18:19:43 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: kit strikes Hello All, The mail man has sent a piece of kit O's 68 cardboard. He sends along a hard hit with a 68 steve carlton. Down to 17 to polish it off. Anthony Arbeeny ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 03:30:40 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "rayluurs" Subject: weekly thanks ED SCHOTT(my OBC Santa) continues the Christmas spitit with yet another envelope (3 in one week)with 5 more 67 including the likes of a checklist, Luis Aparicio, Davey Johnson, and yet another Alou Brother (felipe this time) and sombody named Smith (could be an alioas :-) Thanks Ed I cant wait till Chrismas till I really get to open the present. PETER MEAD send along a few Tiptons (his words not mine) since I dont have them they look Mint to me. 62 of Ed Mathews and two 67 a MCCovey and the Senator team cards Thanks Peter for the cards it is always appreciated ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 23:02:26 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, HeyAC@aol.com, lynnm@piol.net From: Jerry Coker Subject: incoming thanks Two OBC'ers grace my mailbox today: Lynn Miller sends me a nice Christmas card plus some baseball cards as well. Spanning 1973-1977 names like Schmidt, Gossage, Parker, Gibson, Reggie, and Carlton... Thanks for the baseball cards Lynn, and particularly, thanks for the Christmas card! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Holiday! Al Crotte sends me nine 69-70T Basketball cards. I added this set to my wantlist a few months ago. I remember I had a few of these cards when I was a kid, including some BB posters. I don't know what happened to them though. All my baseball and football cards survived, but something mysterious happened to all my basketball cards. Anyway, these cards bring back memories of going to the Cow Palace in SF with my Dad and seeing Nate Thurmond, Jeff Mullins, Rick Barry... Al includes a couple Warriors who I'd forgotten all about, Clyde Lee and Ron Williams. Great cards Al...thanks for the memories! BTW...an aside story about the Cow Palace. As some of you know, I'm a big Beatles fan. In 1964, the Beatles played the Cow Palace (Aug. 19th.). I recently asked my Dad if we were living in SF at the time (I had always wondered if I'd missed an opportunity to see the Beatles). He said indeed we did, having just moved to SF from Indianapolis (yep...I was born a Hoosier ;) I then asked my Dad if he was even aware of the Beatles at that time and if he knew they were coming to the Cow Palace. You see, my Dad was a jazz pianist (and a CPA during the day :) and already knew some musicians in the SF area. As it turns out, a couple of his musician buddies actually got tickets and saw the Beatles concert! I was only 6 years old at the time, thus my Dad didn't think me and my sister would be interested in going to see the Beatles.... I guess he's probably right, but man, the Beatles, in 1964 (the height of Beatlemania), in the cozy Cow Palace (as I remember when going to BB games, not too many bad seats there)...wow that would have been something. Oh well, my Dad took me to see the Giants, A's, 49'ers, Raiders, Warriors, and Golden Seals (NHL hockey), so I can't complain ;) Thanks again gentlemen for the great cards, memories, and RAOK's! Thanks OBC!! Jerry Coker ================= Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 21:04:17 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: digdugdig@webtv.net Subject: Birthyear pounding Hi all, Me birthyear set takes a recent "pounding" thanks to KEN MORGANTI and RON PERRY!! Ron sends a 55T Don...Zip..."don't attack me Pedro"..Zimmer in very fine shape as well as 2 very appreciated 56T's in Jim Hearn and Foster Castleman...not to be confused with Foster Brooks!!...I think he was elsewhere!!...Big time thanks Ron!! Ken "nails" the 55's with 4 "hits" including Elvin W. Tappe...how is this pronounced??...I'm definately more familiar with a tap than a Ken also sends a very welcome 53T in Bill Connelly...and big time thanks to Ken ta boot!! Tis the season for giving, and the OBC family makes it a year 'round Always nice to receive, but the "gift" of giving is always most Happy Holidays to all... D...OBC...'nuff said ================= To: "thanks \(OBC\)" Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 21:29:49 -0800 From: "Geordie Calvert" Subject: appreciations Thanks out to good buddy Lynn Miller. Lynn graces my mailbox with a terrific Christmas card. Along for the ride was one of my all time favorite Dodgers, 1973 Davey Lopes. Thank you Lynn for brightening a dreary flu week! Happy Holidays and Merry Christ-mas to all of OBC from Merced! ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 06:33:35 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Spiked... Friends... it was a few weeks back, but I am much further behind in thanks than this.... I still have thanks to render from May!!! But you all have brought me back into action! Spike sent down two 54's for the birthyear quest.... a Bowman and a Topps. And the Topps is none other than Billy Martin! Deep thanks Spike! A night of peace in all of OBC land. .....doc J ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:15:09 -0000 From: "Glenn Codere" Subject: Hits to the birthyear set! I’d like to thank Peter mead for sending a great pair of 1960s my way, in the form of Red Schoendienst and Robin Roberts. These to bring me within 5 cards of 100 to go. Unfortunately, most of those 105 cards still needed are stars and high numbers. This set is still a LLLOOONNNGG way from completion! Thanks, Peter! Glasgow, Scotland ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:28:24 EST To: LUURSCJG@aol.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Traderdoug@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] weekly thanks In a message dated 12/20/2003 9:32:06 PM Central Standard Time, LUURSCJG@aol.com writes: > and sombody named Smith (could be an > alioas :-) Ray, once everyone was named Smith. Those that sinned had their name changed. - Doug ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:00:29 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: thanks Bama! Thanks to Bama for a nice group of 75's and an M.P. & co 1943 Lou Boudreau! thanks Bama! thanks OBC! ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:01:22 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jmoleta30341" Subject: Thanks Gary & OBC Santa arrival Earlier in the week past, GARY MANDELL sent a 68 Dave McNally with many more recent friends! Also, an OBC Xmas pkg arrived from the biggest Philly Phan in Kansas. After reading about Dr John's package from Rick, I'm even more eager for Xmas to arrive than I already was! :-) Thanks Guys! OBC - You gotta love it! ================= To: "obc" Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:15:21 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: OBC --Santa arrival My Obc Santa arrived via the North Pole with a short stopover in Jacksonville, Florida.............HHHMMMMMMMMMMMM......wonder who its from. Will soon see. Thanks Santa Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:43:24 -0800 (PST) To: OBC Thanks From: Terry Dietrick Subject: Thank yous! Many thanks due out(some past due out) this week. Cards were received lately from the following OBC'ers- BEN FISHER-Ben sends a SCP from 55 and a DCP from 56! Thanks Ben and you're very welcome! ROB GIOIA-Rob sends holiday wishes and cardboard from the 62! Thanks Rob! THE WIZARD-The best left-handed shortstop in OBC overwhelms me a box of cards from the 50's, 60's & 70's!!!!! WOW!!!! He must have wiped out his dupes box this past couple of weeks. Thank you ever so much Ken!!!!!!! Also, my OBC Santa arrived earlier this past week. Put it in a nice bare spot on the tree and look at it every day!!! I don't know if I can hold off until Christmas? Many times I've thought about ripping it open but so far I have been able to fight off the urge, that is so far, only 4 more days. As Alvin and his bro's say, "Hurry Christmas, Hurry Fast"!!!! Merry Christmas to All in OBC land!!!!! May we have a peaceful holiday season. Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ================= Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:11:53 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: A tip of the cap to Cap Thanks to JEFF SINCLAIR for a fine addition to my 1965 set - a nice card of Brave Gary Kolb, whose expression indicates he's re-thinking the whole professional athlete thing after a sub-.200 season. Thanks for the hit, Cap! ================= To: Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:07:40 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Subject: Thanks Terry Terry Dietrich sends a type coke cap and a two pack of 1960 footballers. Thanks Happy Holidays OBC, peter mead ================= To: Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 22:19:31 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Subject: bowman spoof Howard Morgan sends along a Bowman Heritage ('01 I think) of Me! Oh, wait, this is the *other* Sean McGowan. Anyway, Howard sends along what I think is a '39 PlayBall of BoSox utility guy Thomas Carey. Except for a slight difference in size the 2 cards look remarkably similar. Almost makes me want to collect both sets :) Thanks Howard, but, my question is... on the back of the Carey it says that this is one of 250, but my vintage beckett has the '39 playballs as a set of 162. ???? Where am I off? Thanks again Howard! ================= Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:48:23 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: monday thanks xmas came early as KIT OKAMURO delivers two big football hits: a 1970 johnny u. and a 1972 broadway joe. tnx kit! ================= To: "OBC THANKS" Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:09:23 -0500 From: "larry.tipton" Subject: My Secret Santa My Secret Santa is Jeff Sinclair. My envelope marked "Do Not Open Until 12/25/03" arrived today. Thanks Jeff. ================= Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:27:31 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: bdangelo@aol.com Subject: Christmas week thanks Hi gang, Monday thanks go out to Jim Wiehe, who sends some sharp 1971 and '72 football cards including Sonny Jurgensen, Dick LeBeau, McArthur Lane and Emmitt Thomas, to name a few. Thanks Jim! ================= Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:07:38 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: malsman250@cs.com Subject: Santa rides into Football Town Santa arrives in Canton, via Coupeville. Pretty tough to hold out, this is a heavy sucker, somewhere between a puffy and a bulky. The envelope says I have to wait until midnight, 12/24 - but by my own tradition, I'll hold out until about 8:00 a.m. Don't know if any of you saw it, but my Mount Union Purple Raiders got trounced in the Division III football finals this year by St. Johns of Minnesota. If Mount is to get beat by anybody, I'm glad it was St. Johns - that is a great team to watch, and is truly the neatest football program in the U.S. Must be about time to sack the Mount coach - Saturday's loss puts him and 109-2 over the last 9 years. ================= Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:51:17 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Dan Austin Subject: Thanks to Peter! PETER IVERSEN hits me with a nice surprise package - a '55Topps FB, 3 '50 Bowman FB and a nice stack of British Tobacco cards! Thanks Peter! A nice early Xmas present, and I haven't even gotten to my OBC Santa's gift yet... Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= To: Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:16:06 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Subject: Chat room bliss Received a couple of packages today that started up in one of last weeks chats-- Ray Luurs sends a four pack--a 53 Peanuts and three tipton mint 52s. Great cards thanks Ray! Mike Wierzbicki sends a two-pack--a 53 Luke Easter and a 63 nosebleeder of rookie Dave McNally et al. Thanks Mike--hope my stuff arrives on your doorstep Thanks OBC--and Happy Holidays one and all! peter mead ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:20:56 -0500 From: Subject: Holiday Thanks! A few packages arrived today. John pugsley sends 2 1971 Topps including Niekro and Simmons , a 1966 ERA Leaders with Koufax and Marichal and an Australian baseball card (can't say I ever had one of those before) . Thanks for the great cards John! George Vrechek sends a great variety pack including a '64 Giants Tony Gonzalez, a '71 Pat Corrales , a '72 Tim McCarver and 3 '75/76 Topps Basketball for my new3ly listed set. Thanks for the great package George! Lastly my OBC Santa package arrived via Montana. Only a few more days to go , the suspense is great! Thanks again for the great cards! ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:29:13 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: todays thanks Chef Anthony sends a trio of sharp looking 65's including Clay Dalrymple (what a name!) and a 67. thanks Anthony! thanks OBC! ================= To: "bb thanks" Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:09:49 -0500 From: "jeff sinclair" Subject: thanks Received a couple of packages this week ROB sends a couple of 61's off the waiver wire BOB sends an scp 66 Jim Perry Thanks guys! Merry Christmas to all in OBC land ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 07:31:36 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Wierzbicki Subject: Thanks! Hi, Guys! Thanks go out to PETER MEAD, who sent several welcome cards, following our hooking up last week in the OBC chatroom: 1962 Post Killebrew, 1973 Cubs Blue Team Checklist, and a 1950s Johnston Cookies Del Crandall! Crandall was the Braves catcher in the 1950s and early 1960s. I remember seeing him win a contest between the games of a double-header, in which the two teams' catchers threw from a crouch into a peach basket at second base. Those were the days. Thanks for the memories, Peter! Best wishes, ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:48:08 -0800 (PST) To: Thanks OBC From: John Pugsley Subject: Mr. Buckett's Puffy Rocks Blue Hawaii One Big Kahuna sized Mahalo goes out to OBC's most recent celebrity KEN "Mr. Buckett" MORGANTI for sending a very generous 24 card puffy of '55 Topps cards. Included in the lot were two "hole punch" variations. My first for this set. Ken ~ thanks for the nice batch of cards and for scanning the Buckett article and putting it on your web page. Happy Holidays, John Pugsley http://johnpugsley.20m.com Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:17:59 EST To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Subject: SCP inbound Hi gang, Ken Goetsch hits my 71-72 hoops list with Virginia Squires' forward George Carter. Been a while since I added one to that set. THANKS KEN!! TAYL, Ken M ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:56:07 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, OCTraders@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: card thanks xmas card that is, as KEVIN MARTEN's holiday wishes find a place on the mantle (not mickey!). tnx kevin! happy holidays to all! gary mandell ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:03:57 -0800 (PST) To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet Subject: Hits from out West... MARSHALL WEST sends an early Christmas gift in the form of two '61Ts. Camilo Pascual and Norm Siebern will now join the rest of my '61 set-in-progress. Thanks, Marshall! I'll be heading out to see family elsewhere in Florida between tomorrow and Sunday, so I'll be away from the servers. My OBC Santa gift will travel with me and I'll send out thanks when I return. Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:42:10 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: ehpiii@aol.com Subject: OBC thanks Late as usual, at least I can acknowledge these within the calender year ! Thanks to Richard Kimball, who sends a pair of 77 topps inc Robin Yount and another fine card that has become a fugitive ! That's what happens when you don't check your mail for a month - at least my wife is pulling out the bills to be paid so that the lights don't go off ! This fugitive is somewhere on my desk and will definately get tracked down. Geno Wagner sends "Duke Carmel" from the 64 topps set - anyone know if he was ever in a candy set, seems like the guy should be in one ! - and An Australian league baseball card. And Art Wainwright sends a cool 53 Topps card of Ed Yuhas. The first name seems like a good one to me, but the last name I'm curious about. Thanks ! ================= To: "obc thanks" , Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:06:50 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Kit is in the house Hello All, I had the pleasure of meeting kit O as he does a family walk-about in the NYC area. Just in case anybody is interested he was expecting someone alittle older. Sorry to say, But I am young for being a regional Exe. Chef in NY.All the same I enjoyed meeting up with him and hope him well on his trip. Anthony Arbeeny ================= Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:50:40 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: My OBC Santa makes a delivery Santa's OBC Reindeer dropped off my Secret Santa package yesterday. Seems Santa is using Matt Heilenman's return address these days :) I am resisting temptation & eagerly await 12:01 am on December 25 to see what Matt/Santa has sent. ================= To: Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:57:02 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Subject: '77 thanks Mike W wends along 5 hits to my '76-'80 project. Including a '77 version of BoSox catcher Bob Montgomery... Did you know that in 1975, at the start of the season, Bob had 4 of the first 11 GWRBI for Boston? I wonder how many he ended up with :) Thanks Mike! ================= To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:54:55 -0800 From: Peter Iversen Subject: Santa has DELIVERED! OBC Santa Bob Reed has sent along a lovely Christmas Card with photos of a very good looking trio of children (dogs included...)! I don't get to see him or Maureen though since they had other duties when this photo was being taken... Thanks Bob!! A full description will follow along with my 'opening' report on 12/25. There is a CHOICE on the envelope though - It says on the back: "Is it Christmas Yet?" Yes ___ No Go ahead and open this envelope Wait a day and try I think I should take my chances and check the box on the left and then go for it! After all - what can an envelope do to me!! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= To: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 00:49:47 -0800 From: "Greg \(yaz\)" Subject: income I want to thank Ken Goetsch, Terry Dietrick and Marshall West for a some big stacks of cards from my back page lists. Thanks guys. I appreciate the effort. Greg (yaz) ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:07:14 -0500 (EST) To: From: Subject: Christmas Eve thanks! Hi all- Marshall West surprises me with a '76 Hostess of Willie McCovey. Thanks, Marshall. ================= To: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:33:17 -0600 From: "Randy G. Griffin" Subject: A Christmas Treat from Bama A big thanks to Bama for a 57 Moe Drabowsky. Here's wishing everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas! Stay Safe! ================= To: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:23:37 -0600 From: "Tim Newcomb" Subject: Xmas Eve thanks To Jeff Sinclair for a Zoilo Versalles card from 1965 (his MVP year!). Thanks Jeff! Thanks OBC! ================= To: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:09:39 -0800 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: Thanks Spike! Spike admits he is not my OBC Santa, but wants to say Merry Christmas anyways, which he does in fine style.two hits to the '33 Canadian Goudey Thanks Spike, best to you as well. ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:19:56 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com Subject: 'Twas the night before Christmas... when the last mail came. Peter Mead sent a three pack, with Maz from the Hall of Fame! He took note of my want list during last weeks chat, and immediately sent me 1960's. How about that?? Many thanks for the cards, they fit in just right. Until then...Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good night. Happy Collecting! ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:29:46 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com Subject: From the North Pole...by way of PA? My secret Santa swap arrived yesterday from Ben Fisher. The envelope inside the puffy is just thick enough so I can't see what's inside (Yes, I've been holding it up to the light). What's peculiar is that Ben's package was postmarked in Pennsylvania, a bit of a ride from Montreal. All of this is making me very anxious to tear this thing open, but I guess I can hold out for a few hours more :-) Happy Collecting! ================= To: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:36:28 -0800 From: "Greg \(yaz\)" Subject: income Merry Christmas OBC! Got a wonderful Christmas card from Kent Montgomery today with a Yaz card inside. Homemade and with a 'Pirate Glory days' poem inside and photos of Ruth, Joe D and Yaz on the front, it's a keeper. Thanks Kent! More nice Yaz stuff comes on the night before Christmas, Josh Levine sent a 1971 Super Yaz and a 1967 World Series Highlights card of Yaz that may befrom the 2003 Topps set. (not sure yet). Thanks Josh! Greg (yaz) ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:55:15 -0500 (EST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Originaleek@webtv.net Subject: A FOOT hits HOM Thanks to fellow FOOT (Fraternal Order Of Tiger fans) JOHN MCLAUGHLIN for a Christmas Eve puffy containing 2 great looking 51 Bowman Tigers and an 8X10 autographed Glossy of my HOM guy Charlie Maxwell. Wow, really great stuff John, and I am, as your note implores, having a Happy I guess I should also say thanks to John for diverting my attention from a previously received puffy with the dreaded "Do Not Open Until Dec. 25th" on it. Only Randy Griffin, my OBC Santa, knows the contents, and he's not talking. We keep what we give away! ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:11:40 EST To: OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, From: tply@aol.com Subject: In the Spirit of the Season December 22, 2003 A federal holiday poem Twas the night before Christmas, and all 'cross the Web Not a surfer was surfing, except for some feds. The FAA cleared Santa for his annual flight, As the Weather Service predicted a clear, starry night. FEMA stood by in case of snow, ice or sleet. As troops 'round the world maintained the peace. When out on the Web there arose such a crowd Of kids on their mice click, click, clicking around 'Til they landed their browsers on a special Web site Where NORAD tracked Santa all through the night. In English, in Spanish, in even Francais, The radar tracked Nicholas around on his sleigh. The radar bleep, bleeped as Santa drew close Drawn by the heat off of Rudolph's red nose. The satellites tingled, the warning bells jingled When NORAD got sight of merry Kris Kringle. Kids 'cross the land knew their friends had been wrong. NORAD's site proved it: Santa lives on! And as feds 'round the world kept the peace through the Santa looked down, and called out with his might, "Thank you, civil servants! You fight the good fight! Happy days to you all, and to all a fine night!" Happy Holidays from all of us at GovExec.com! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:25:10 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "mikesportsfan" Subject: Scooped again Bama sends a group of lucky 7 1954 Scoops cards. These are listed on my multi-sport list although they also contain non-sport cards. The only issue I collect that contains non-sports I think. I WILL NOT expand the collection to non-sports (unless of course teh issue has sports cards in it). I had thought there were only 72 in the set. Among the cards Bama sent is #144. So with these 7, the wantlist increases by 65. LOL. Thanks Bama and it is great to hear that your wife is doing better. Thanks to Steve for trying to help get my links on my wantlist fixed. Not quite there yet, but better. Thanks Steve and your presence is missed in the group. Hope to see you regain your card enthusiasm in 2004. Thanks to the group for your support and help this year. Mike Rich ================= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:26:29 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: digdugdig@webtv.net Subject: Early Xmas Hi all, Xmas comes a day early via OBC mail as JOSH LEVINE slides down the chimney...of course, not really...I don't have a chimney!! Anywho...Josh blows me away with a pre-xmas (just barely "pre") delivery of 2 absolutely super 1934 BFingers!!! Great shape ta boot!!! ...Whoa Nellie!! Gus Mancuso and Oscar Melillo!! Josh, ya put me over the "half way hump" on these...and in fine Some serious reciprocation seems in order!! Mooooocho Thanks Josh!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all OBC....'nuff said ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:09:34 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: bdangelo@aol.com Subject: OBC Santa strikes Hi gang, It's past midnight and so it's Christmas! That means I can reveal the gift from my OBC Santa. This year it is Erik Greenwood, who sends approximately 25 percent of the 1966 O-Pee-Chee baseball set, including card No. 1 -- Willie Mays! Say hey, this will be a challenge. Thanks Erik for an awesome Christmas package! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:38:14 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: ChicoD1@aol.com Subject: I must have been a real good boy this year... Because my OBC Santa, Chuck Paris put a huge smile on my face this year! 3 HUGE nose bleed hits to the 68 set (which hasn't seen much action since it got under 50), and a slew of Brooklyn's finest including 2 51Bs and one of my all time favs Rube Walker. Of course I like the guy, he was the Met pitching coach in the late 60s/early 70s. And not ending there-- 7 from 1960 including former Met coach Eddie Yost, best known for growing tomatoes in the Met bullpen (I have no idea how well they tasted being planted on a landfill LOL). Thanks Chuck, you helped make this a special christmas as does all of OBC! ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 04:56:01 -0500 From: Bob Saxton Subject: Thankin Santa :-) OBC Santa Brian Lindholme presents me with cards from some of the earliest sets I've collected; Bob Keegan, Murray Wall, Vern Benson and Gene Conley from the 53 Topps, and Exhibits of Bob Friend, Joe Adcock, Johnny Antonelli and Bill Skowron. Thanks, Brian, and the happiest of holidays to everyone! Bob Saxton The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= To: Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 06:06:19 -0500 From: "Chuck Paris" Subject: Super Santa My Secret OBC Santa, Bob D'Angelo, sent an awesome 1984 Detroit Tigers Media Guide !!! It's been almost 20 years now since "World Champions" and "Detroit Tigers" were conjoined and this is bringing back some great memories !! Thanks Bob and Merry Christmas to All !! P.S. Suggestion for a new OBC Poll ...... Was your OBC Secret Santa package the first one you opened this year? (It surely was for me!) ================= To: Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 07:30:44 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Subject: Thanks to Santa Stahlman Thanks to Santa Rex Stahlman for a puffy full of hits to the wantlist. Rexdid a great job of concealing his identity (I don't know if it was intentional or not). The postmark on the puffy was directly on the stamps making it impossible to see a zip code or city of origin. The return address was OBC S. Santa. Do Not Open until 12.25.03. This all made for quite a surprise this morning when I opened it and found a very nice letter from Rex explaining the reason he picked the cards that he did. He sent 18 hits to the 1964 Topps set (first set collected), a 1969 Topps Deckle Pete Rose (last card for the set on my wantlist), and a nice UV of Tony Gwynn (his sports hero). All superb reasons!! Rex leaves open the possibility of meeting in Cooperstown for Gwynn's induction. My sports hero, Cal Ripken Jr., goes in the same year, doesn't he? Too perfect. Thanks a ton, Rex, for the wonderful gift!! Merry Christmas, Brian Dwyer ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 07:45:15 -0500 (EST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, grif@psci.net From: Originaleek@webtv.net Subject: Santa Report Contrary to my impatience, the 25th has arrived & like my fellow FOOT friend, Chuck, my OBC Santa package was the first to be opened. My Santa, RANDY GRIFFIN, made it worth the wait with a cornucopia of Tigers. Old & new, Topps, Bazooka, Don Russ & Upper Deck. Highlights were a 63 Bazooka Greenberg, a 67T Kaline Pin up, 68T Freehan Game Card, a well loved 63T of HOM guy Charlie Maxwell & three of the last four 54T needed to complete that Tiger set. A great haul I'd say. Thanks much Santa Randy & a special thanks for the "Chris-moose" card. Hope you, Vicki & Kyle have a wonderful Christmas. We keep what we give away! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:34:05 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jmoleta30341" Subject: OBC Santa Svetecz I went to church last night so that I could wake up this morning and head straight for the tree (I guess teaching 6th & 7th graders has me acting like one!) Needless to say, the first present I tore into was my OBC package, which has been staring at me for over a week. Santa Rick was good this year, sending a neat bat & ball keychain along with a nice note and 24 hits to my 99% OBC-only 75 Topps mini set! Thanks Rick! I hope all is well in OBC-land on Christmas day, and if I don't post again in the next week I hope that all have a Happy New Year as well. OBC - You gotta love it! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 09:29:00 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com Subject: Hoilday Horizontals Christmas thanks goes out to Ben Fisher who stuffed my stocking with seven hits to my 1960 Topps list: a couple of Sport Magazine rookie cards, BoSox infielder Pete Runnels, HOM Johhny Callison and a pretty fair outfielder from the Tigers...Al Kaline!! Thanks very much for the super cardboard Ben! Heppy Collecting! ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 09:33:27 -0500 From: Subject: OBC Santa and a package from yesterday! Woke up this morning and opened my OBC Santa package right away. Todd Knowles was my OBC Santa and sent 2 1972 Topps including a hi # , 4 1971 Topps' including Yaz , and a 1965 Topps Les Narum Christmas tree ornament. Thanks for the great cards and ornament Todd, a great way to start off my Yesterday a package from Kent Montgomery arrived with a great OBC Christmascard and 4 1959 Topps including Vic Wertz . Thanks for the great Christmascard and baseball cards Kent! Thanks again for the great cards and Happy Holidays to all in OBC, it has been an excellent first year for me! ================= To: "bb thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:16:35 -0500 From: "jeff sinclair" Subject: Santa thanks My secret Santa package was of course the first to be opened this morning and what a great gift! Wayne Delia donned his red suit and delivered a 1968 Hank Aaron to my Christmas stocking. A previous one owner card to boot! Santa's package was followed by another flat from my wife Suzanne. A 1968 Pete Rose! These gifts bring that set down to just two remaining (Bench & Tigers Yesterdays mail brought two OBC packages as well... Kent sent his now famous Christmas card with a DCP featuring a 76 Yount anda 72 upgrade Brad Chambers added 7 hits from 65,66, and 67 Thanks to all!! ================= To: Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:26:07 -0500 From: "Peter Mead" Subject: Santa makes a housecall! The doorbell rang at about 6:00PM on Christmas Eve--and what to my wonderous eyes should appear-- My OBC Santa looking remarkably like Jim Wiehe with his trusty elf (Steve Rittenberg) in tow. I call that a long distance delivery--and a distinct pleasure. And yes--I still had to wait to open the package--something new and something old. The newer hits were all glossy--but the old hit required my dog-eared 1998 SCD. Knew the player--HOFer Rube Marquard--didn't know the issue.I now believe it is a 1915 Sporting News Postcard (M101-3). What a neat piece--many thanks Jim! Even more so for taking time out of your busy holiday schedule to make a housecall. Happy holidays OBC! Peter Mead ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:33:55 -0500 From: "Bob Reed" Subject: Santa Coker Jerry Coker was my secret Santa and he sent over a wonderful 5 card For starters there were two 1952 Topps. Al Zarilla, who once hit two triples in the same inning, and George Stirnweiss. The significance of these are it puts the 1952 set over the half way point! When I started OBC almost 7 years ago I had just 1 1952 card. Now I have over 204. For some reason I think it will take more than 7 years to get the other half. Next up was a card from one of my favorite sets. A 1953 Bowman Color of Bob Friend. His first two years were not very good. Six wins and ten loses his rookie year followed by a 7 and 17 record his second year but he did do better later on. After Bob came a very nice looking 1953 high number in Sam Calderone that puts the rest of my 53 highs to shame. And finally wrapping up the assortment was none other than Mr. Klaus himself, Billy “Santa” Klaus. He was one of the few commons left I needed for 1956 and it’s only appropriate he arrives at this time. Thanks a bunch “Santa” Coker and I hope you and your family are having a happy holiday as well as everyone else in OBC. -Bob Reed Working moms: Find helpful tips here on managing kids, home, work — and yourself. http://special.msn.com/msnbc/workingmom.armx ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:35:13 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: malsman250@cs.com Subject: Santa Diamanti lands in Ohio On the first day of Christmas, Diamanti gave to me....... Ok, I'm not going through that whole business, but Mike Diamanti certainly sent a big enough package to fill up that long song. Let's take inventory - there's 17 1958s, 3 woodies, 1 1961, a 54 Bowman. There's 2 1955 Bowman football. Here's 2 T206 Tribesmen that are the nicest that I have. And, as a final kicker, a sharp 1954 Goudey of underrated Indian Mel Harder, who died in 2003 (and probably should be in the Hall of Fame). And yes, Mike, I opened them in the prescribed order, forever avoiding the dreaded "Curse of St. Al," and therefore not being doomed to eternally wandering in the wilderness, asking futilely for directions. Overall, an incredibly generous package from an OBC stalwart. Here in Ohio, it turns out that it snowed last night, so we do have a "White Christmas." I hope all of you out in OBC land are having wonderful holidays, and I hope we all enjoy many more years of this unusual, but wonderful, long-distance OBC fellowship. Bill Malson ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 07:52:01 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Michael Wierzbicki Subject: OBC Santa Thanks! Hi, Guys! My secret Santa was Sean McGowan, who sent a "killer" of a card--1967 Killebrew. Thanks, Sean! Best wishes, OBC, for a safe and happy holiday season. Mike W ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:11:58 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: Christmas Thanks A great Christmas. My lovely wife gives me an E120 for my type collection and a beautiful T205 of Otis Crandall which will put my other T205's to shame, also a 2004 Big book SCD guide! OBC Santa Mac Wubben sends a T206 horizontal of Pattee and an E106 of Gibson Merry Christmas! Thanks Mac Thanks Christine Thanks OBC!!! ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 07:53:11 -0800 From: "Erik & Leticia Greenwood" Subject: Santa Fly-by My OBC-Santa is our resident astronaut-in-training Geno Wagner, whom I had the pleasure of meeting a few months ago. Geno sends a great looking T-206 Southern Leaguer - Hart. In addition, Geno sends a T202 middle panel featuring the Philadelphia (A) middle infield. It is interesting that they do a write-up on Harry Davis when they infield also boasts of Eddie Collins and Home Run Baker. Thank you for the great cards Geno. I hope everyone has a blessed day today. Erik Greenwood ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:26:20 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Thnaks to OBC Santa Matt-man! Merry Christmas to all! My daughters made me get up by 8 am (and when you have teenage daughters, 8 am is an accomplishment for them). My first gift to open was from my OBC Santa, Matt-man Heilenman. Matt sends hits to many lists: 4 1967 Topps FB, a 1970 Topps FB glossy insert, a 1959 Topps baseball, a 1958 Topps, a way cool 1954 Bowman, 3 1968 game inserts, a 1955 Topps Rip Repulski (the same one in "The Book"), and to "Topps" it off, a 1956 "mini" Al Kaline! A great package, Matt, thank you very much. ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:27:03 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Subject: Thanks to Santa Lynn Santa Lynn left a puffy of hits to my 1958 set and a stack of 1960s including high numbers and hofers Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio! Thanks Lynn! Happy Holidays Everyone ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 09:37:45 -0700 (MST) To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: tknowles@sofast.net Subject: Great Canadian Santa Thanks Fortunately packages from Canada to the States had little difficulty crossing the border as my package from Grant arrived a couple of weeks ago. I left it under the tree until this morning, although the urge to rip it open was great. Inside was a 62 Musial, a (message deleted because of its UV nature) Yaz, four 61 Fleers and some way cool address labels with the Yaz RC. Awesome! Thanks Grant! Hope everyone is having a great holiday I never met an OBCer I didn't like... ================= To: Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 11:39:16 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Subject: a red(back) christmas! My OBC Santa way Ray Luuras and what a hit he delivered! A '51 redback Snider! That leaves me with just the #20 parnell to complete the set, So.... I went right to ebay determined to spend more than I should.... :( Not a single one on ebay. Oh well, one will show up. Thanks a bunch Ray! Go OBC! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:56:04 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "rayluurs" Subject: OBC Santa and other Baseball gifts As stated in previous post in the past weeks, my OBC Santa was (and still is ) ED SCHOTT. His assortment of presents included a 56 Topps of Bill Wight, 62 Topps of Jerry Adair, 63 Topps of Jack Fisher and 6 67 Topps in cluding a Twins favorite of Ted Uehlander. Ed states in an email that he thought some of 67 were fakes. Well if having 4 corners and no creases are considered fakes then some of these are fakes Other than that i cant nor will make the effort to look for points of forgery. Thanks Ed for the nice gifts. My wife and son also get thanks for the baseball theme. My son, Geoff, gives me a new album and binders for 900 cards. He states now if they are in binders he wont get yelled at for scattering cards arounds when he walks into my tiny computer room and hits a stack. He also gave me a ball holder for my newly acquired autographed ball of Herb Plews. He was are speaker at last SABR dinner where I was elected the new Vice President for 2004-05. I hope to do the honours well. Geno would be well pleased with Mr Plews as he scorned the University of Minnesota to play ball at Illonois and help them win a Big Ten championship in late 40's early 50's. My wife,Kris in hopes that I will end this foolishness (her words not mine), gives me complete set of 1977, 1978, and 1979 leaving me 1964- 66, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975-76 along with the ten years i am working on as the only sets left. She hasnt heard me speak of variations and traded sets yet something i fail to mention in conversation for health reason. On other thanks goes out to AL CROTTE who send a nice 67 Topps of the Cubs rookies, Thanks Al. Good luck in the upcoming marriage ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:00:09 EST To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Subject: Thanks to Santa Guru! Merry Christmas everyone, My secret Santa was Larry Tipton himself. Guru sent me an odd shaped package marked 'fragile' and I had a hard time even guessing what it might be. Well, as soon as I opened it up I immediately recognized it from my trip to visit him and his collection so many years ago. Enclosed was a hard plastic holder along with a small display stand. After several minutes of trying to free it from it's Saran wrap cocoon, I finally got to read the note he included on the back. The card is a 1962 Post cereal card of Hank Aaron fron Guru's childhood collection. You can tell that there was greatness in Larry's future, as he had the foresight to cut out Hank's photo from the card, leaving an 'L' shaped card with just Aaron's bio and stats. The card brings back some good memories of one of my first OBC trips. Plus if you read the Buckett article, you'd know that it's one of the first players I collected myself long before I became an "Industry Expert". THANKS SANTA GURU!! TAYL, Ken M ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:22:26 EST To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Traderdoug@aol.com Subject: thank you santa The return address says North Pole Lane, Cooperstown, but the postmark is from Montgomery. Inside is a Goudey Wide Pen Lombardi. It's a horizontal wide pen and it's beautiful. I also know how hard it is to find, I've been looking for one for years. He also sent a complete set of Fleer All Star Stickers. Couldn't find them in my 4 year old SCD catalogue. The last card/sticker is the 1980 All Star Game, so the set may have been lost in the catalogue cusp between new stuff and old stuff. At any rate, its a very cool set. Thank you My staff at the office gave me a beautiful replica of Wrigley Field and my secretary game me a crystal baseball, so it was a baseball filled Christmas. My wife gave me one of those new flat monitors, which will allow more room for cards on my desk. And the kids gave me one of those hard metal golf club carrier bags that might be tough enough the airlines can't destroy it. The kids and wife seems to enjoy their gifts too, the weather here is sunny and 60's, and I'm not working all week. How could things be better. Merry Christmas everyone. - Doug ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:37:03 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "Brett W. Domue" Subject: Cards in.. ...from Peter Mead a hit to the HOF Rookie collection for Hockey HOF Bill ..from Lynn Miller a great hit to the 1973 Topps set of the LL Ryan/Carlton ...from Santa Claus (represented by Terry Diertick, a great 1952 Topps of Bill Nicholson (looking awfully Christmassy with the green background and red hat and pinstripes) Thanks guys!!! Thanks OBC!!! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 12:39:14 -0500 To: Celenox@aol.com From: Mark S Talbot Subject: Secret Santa Surprises!!! Hello All, (RAMBLE ALERT !!!) I have been a bit invisible over the past few weeks, as the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has kept me away from the old computer. I have a number of thanks but will send those out later - this ramble is reserved for thanking my Secret Santa. My Secret Santa this year was New York Firefighter Rob Gioia. I received Rob's envelope marked "Psst, Do not open till Christmas" about 2 weeks ago and it resided on my desk for a short while and then I stuck out of my X-mas stocking which hung on the mantle ever so patiently waiting for Christmas day. Like so many before me, it was a torturous two weeks as I yearned to bust open Rob's letter, but somehow I made it to this day without surcoming to the temptation. Last night as my wife Donna and I, accompanied by our daughter Kendall enjoyed the company of family and friends at my daughters Godparents home I stole away to "play Santa". I arrived at our home about 10 p.m. and completed the transformation of our family room into a dumping grounds for "Toys'r'us" in about a half an hour and then worked on filling those stocking while eating cookies, milk and carrots Kendall had left for Santa and his I arrived back to the party without a little 10 year old knowing I was gone and we headed toward home at about 11:30 p.m. Well we arrived about 10 minutes later and Kendall went nuts as she hollered "He must be real, he must be real" - kind of slick to have once again pulled off the Santa routine, this time on a 10 year old. She'll probably figure it out by next year - we will have to see. She ran over to the stocking, so carefully stuffed and to my surprise and delight decided to pass those out first. YES!!! The time had arrived - it was 15 minutes early but I had to go with the flow. As Kendall was excitedly showing off cassette tapes, camera film and nail polish - I was explaining with the largest smile possible how delightful it is to receive (4) pre-war cards form my Secret Santa. Okay - the suspense must be killing all of you as well. Rob sent me a T-206 cards with Ira Thomas of the A's and an Obak T-212 card of Vernon Hogan (I think), an American Caramel (E121) card of Joe Wood from the series of 80 and a 1928 W-513 strip card of Pirate Pitcher John Miljus. Simply put - Astounding!!! I received about 2 months worth of pre-war cards in one Christmas package. I've enjoyed them so far and will continue to research the Hogan card that in true OBC style has had it's back removed - without a trace, so I'm not quite sure what I have here. Thanks Rob for a wonderful surprise on Christmas day and I wish all a Blessed Holiday season. BE REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= To: toppsrun368@peoplepc.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:07:02 -0800 From: "Geno Wagner" Subject: SANTO Claus Comes to Town!! OBCers -- It happens every year - the kids tear through presents on Christmas Eve while I hungrily eye that OBC gift under the tree, waiting for midnight. Well, last night after putting together a bike (for what seems the eighth year in a row) and putting back a few Dry Manhattans, I was laid out cold by 11:30. So this morning it was straight to the tree to beat the kids! My Santa was Brian Dwyer this year and he really came through with some great gifts! My HOMer is Ron Santo - who should be an HOFer, but that's a whole other ramble. Brian starts things off with a very cool photo of Mr. Santo with his autograph to boot! Brian, where did you find this little gem? Ron is looking quite young in his late sixties Cubs uniform - although he was at the time already diagnosed with diabetes. He kept it under wraps as a player, but has become a staunch supporter of Diabetes Research in the years since his retirement. If you didn't know, Ron has lost both legs to diabetes in the past few years and has been having health problems related to it that caused him to miss the Cubs playoffs this year. You may have noticed his jersey in the dugout for the games - he's probably the biggest Cub fan in the world! Package #2 contained 8 of the 10 Cool Grays from 1970 that I need to complete that binder! And right there in the thick of it was another Santo - this one laminated by aging Scotch tape! I remember seeing these cards growing up and thinking the kids that had them were REALLY old because my collection started in 1974, with a few 1973s sprinkled in from trades. It took some coaxing to get my first Gray, but it was worth it since the last stat line was from the sixites! Ahhh, and thirty years later I'm only a Rose and Bench away from nailing it down... Thank you so much for your thoughfulness, Brian! The wait was definitely worth it! And to all of you in OBC, thanks for another great year and I look forward to 2004 with all of my far-flung friends!! Merry Christmas! Geno and Sharon Wagner ================= To: "OBC THANKS" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:24:15 -0500 From: "larry.tipton" Subject: My Secret Santa Jeff "Cap" Sinclair was my OBC Santa. I had to work at 6AM this morning, but I had plenty of time to grab my gift from the tree and open it up. Cap sent me one of the seven cards I need to complete my 1962 Topps set. #570 Yankee Bill Stafford. Thanks for the gift Jeff, I really do appreciate it. Merry Christmas! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:34:23 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: trufan999@aol.com Subject: Secret Santa Thanks Thanks to my secret santa, for sending one of the biggies in my soon to be ending 1973 set. Mr. Clemente is in the binder. Also included was 13 1965 cards 8 of them nosebleeders. Now who was my secret santa.. Not sure yet, but they are from California. or at least the only readable marking said Cali.. Thanks !! John Leroux a new card to someone is just a stamp away My Baseball Collecting Page ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:48:09 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Subject: The Corps Thanks Santa Bob Farrell!!! Merry Christmas OBC! Thanks out today to Santa Bob Farrell for a dozen Chirstmas hits matching the twelve days of Christmas. Four beautiful hits to the 56 set including Papa Gus Bell and Johnny Temple. Followed by eight more blasts to the newly published 57 wants including none other than Hoyt Wilhelm. Many, many thanks Bob! Hope Santa was good to you all. Sounds like he was. Please say a prayer for those who are far from home this Holiday season and wish them and their families well. We have had a great Christmas here in our new home in Texas. Life is Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:52:22 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Dan Austin Subject: X-mas Santa Thanks Thanks go out to my X-mas Santa, DAVID HORNISH who pounds on my '78 Topps FB list with a whopping 27 upgrades! Dave also sends along a cool unopened pack of vintage Topps FB. Of course I had to open it! I'm afraid I was unwilling to experiment with eating the 21 year old gum, though. ;-) Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:32:53 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "alcattle" Subject: Santa Thanks The mystery was solved, and the city of Santa Clarita turns out to be home of Josh Levine. My longtime OBC buddy made sure the package did not fall open before the 25th with that super tape that cannot be cut without welding tools. I peeled it back and found a terrific trio of hits to my list. He dug back and found a beaute of an Obak, Raymond (Seattle, of course) and a couple from a much newer set, 56 Topps od Don Newcombe and Bill "Moose" Skoron. They fit my well started set perfectly. All in all a great day in Seattle. Thanks Josh and thanks to the OBC Santa committee for another fine job. Big Al in Seattle ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:18:10 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: HMorgan707@aol.com Subject: A very, very merry Christmas...to me! A hard list is good to find! I think it was Franklin Roosevelt who said this or something like it! Well, I sure have a hard list, but Santa, with his deep perception, nailed my "new stuff" which was really getting perplexing! I got a whole plastic (big) box of 2001 and 2002 Bowman Herirage shortprints which have been evading me at every turn of the card! Thanks. Mr. Santa, whoever you may be. Now if I can find the 40+ cards which my 2 year old grandson, Dan, just sprayed around the house, I may be in some shape to complete that 2001 Bowman H set in 2004! Merry x mas and a happy new year to all. Howard the Grizzled one. PS: Just sent off all my 2001 Bowman Heritage dupes last week to the Poor Children's Christmas group in St. Louis. Heres hoping Dan didn't eat them! ================= To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:32:19 -0800 From: Peter Iversen Subject: Secret Santa.... It has been a longish Christmas Morning and we have had a wonderful time - eating and talking and listening to music and opening stockings and presents and stuff... Now we are on our way to Denice's brothers for more festivities - but I had to let you all know what pleasure my Secret Santa BOB REED brought me this morning! As I had previously reported I got a great Christmas Card and photo of Bob & Maureen's kids (and doggies too) that I have put on display here by my computer. I ended up following the instructions on the Santa Envelope and did not check the YES to open (because it is Christmas) box until this morning. I opened it slowly to find 3 terrific additions to my A 1949 Bowman of Harry "The Cat" Brecheen - coming off a 20-7 record in '48. Harry is one of the players voiced in my favorite song ("Van Lingle Mungo"). He gave the Dodger hitters fits if I remember right - especially in 1946... A 1952 Bowman HORIZONTAL of Senators (First base if I remember and his mitt is what it looks like) Mickey Garasso. Very cool looking card. Looks like Mick did not get much action in 1951 for the Sens - playing since 1941... This takes the 52B All horizontal set down to Three a 1957 Topps of Roy Campanella! Dodger great in his last year. Roy is also mentioned in the Mungo song - besides being a Dodger and HOFer. Fabulous card to have for the Mungo binder - I have some Campy's in my Dodger binders but most of the ones in the Mungo binder are reprints or recent cards. I use the Mungo binder as a 'show and tell' book while I listen to the song. there are only a couple of players in the Mungo Song I have no card on - and one never had a card... It was/is a Happy Christmas at my house and I will be rereading these cards later this evening before I put them in their new homes. Thanks for the adding brightness to a wonderful day Bob!! And the best to you and Maureen and Brendan and Connor and Katie and Pebbles and Cocoa...! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:08:05 EST To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com From: Wite3@aol.com Subject: Santa Thanks Could not wait to get to my girlfriend's house and dig under her tree for my Secret Santa gift. Bob Saxton hit me with a great book that I have not read yet (which I am looking forward to) about Philadelphia baseball. He also included two needed '55 Bowmans (Phillies) and three hits to my '53 Topps set. Big huge thanks to Bob... Happy Holidays to all OBCers, their families, and their friends. ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 16:33:09 -0800 From: "Michael Kinney" Subject: OBC Santa Thanks Mark Z was my secret Santa- Santa plucked off a star! A 1960 Whitey Ford has found a home in my '60 binder! Thanks, Mark! Merry Christmas to all! Make your home warm and cozy this winter with tips from MSN House & Home. http://special.msn.com/home/warmhome.armx ================= To: "OBC - Thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:34:23 -0600 From: "Kevin Wolf" Subject: RE: Santa's close to home stop....... North Dakota Santa Strikes Big! Earl Kilbourn had Santa drop by Fargo, North Dakota on his way back to the Left behind were a bunch of Pucketts, Maris reprints, Olivas, Killebrews, Hellings, and Erstads. Also a seperate package for my son who collects Griffeys. But most importantly, he left behind some good cheer that may a great Christmas day even better at the Wolf house. Thank you Earl and till next time..... Play Ball! Kevin Wolf (Wolfman) ================= To: Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 18:42:18 -0600 From: "Tim Newcomb" Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] OBC Santa Thanks This Christmas was a bit unusual since we were at home rather than visiting family. We had friends for dinner last night, then had a very quiet time today opening our presents. Tomorrow we fly to San Diego for a conference and a little vacation. The openings were made a lot brighter for me by Jim Silva, my OBC Santa, who sent two 1949 Bowmans, one of them, Ned Garver, doctored to look a little like an Andy Warhol painting. And Jim also included a 1947 Bond Bread card of Joe Gordon. Terrific stuff, Jim! Thanks again, and also to Jeff S. for coordinating the exchange again. I'll be offline for the next week-- happy New Year everyone! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 21:40:26 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: WMDpks@aol.com Subject: Five Play Balls from a formerly anonymous Secret Santa My Secret Santa package arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I dutifully obeyed the warning on the outside: "Do Not Open Before Xmas," unaware that precious time was ticking away which would have helped discover the identity of the culprit. The note inside, hastily scribbled as if the perpetrator was on the run, trying to escape detection, simply said "Ho! Ho! Merry Xmas from Secret Santa." Perhaps too hastily, because the note (accompanied by five 1939 and 1940 Play Ball cards in super, super condition - Lonny Frey and Lon Warneke from my signature 1940 set, and Irwin Fox, Jimmy De Shong, and Paul "Daffy" Dean from 1939 Play Ball America - beautiful!!!) contained several giveaway clues. First of all, the return address label was from Dave Fallon, so I immediately eliminated him from suspicion. Second, the note was written on hotel stationary from the posh Villa D'Este resort in Lago di Como, Italy - which included an international telephone number, fax number, Web site (http://www.villadeste.it), and e-mail address (info@villadeste.it). The blonde who had appeared in my office, with these long legs that went all the way up, and all the way down, had nothing to do with the mystery. My range of vocabulary in Italian was rusty, limited to "Mangia!" and several curse words, so I turned to the CIA for assistance. Forensic evidence was not much help, although their experts indicated this was done by a deeply disturbed person, which didn't narrow down the list of suspects at all. So, broken Italian and all, I contacted the hotel manager via fax, email, and telephone. Deals were made. Agreements were broken, then re-made. Shots were fired. Lira was exchanged. Pies were thrown in a sequence reminiscent of the Three Stooges. International incidents were narrowly avoided. I presented him with a list of OBC'ers, and demanded to know who of these people had any contact with his hotel in the past year. After the initial confusion had died down (he seemed to think I was on a hunt for international espionage spies), and realizing his life was no longer on the line, the hotel manager sang like a bird and gave up the name of "that American," HOWARD MORGAN. Case closed, so I donned my fedora, and whistled a smoky jazz tune as I strolled along the foggy streets as the movie ended. Also, the postmark from Wayne, PA somewhat gave it away, too. But wait - it could have been a doublecross! Somebody else could have been trying to frame Howard, by travelling to Howard's home town and mailing it from the Wayne, PA post office - yeah! A perfect crime! Stay tuned for the sequel! Merry Christmas, Wayne Delia, wayne@deliafamily.com Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College "Frank, bring me a ball-peen hammer and your head." (Dr. Clayton Forrester, ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 21:43:24 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: WMDpks@aol.com Subject: Five Play Balls from a formerly anonymous Secret Santa My Secret Santa package arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I dutifully obeyed the warning on the outside: "Do Not Open Before Xmas," unaware that precious time was ticking away which would have helped discover the identity of the culprit. The note inside, hastily scribbled as if the perpetrator was on the run, trying to escape detection, simply said "Ho! Ho! Merry Xmas from Secret Santa." Perhaps too hastily, because the note (accompanied by five 1939 and 1940 Play Ball cards in super, super condition - Lonny Frey and Lon Warneke from my signature 1940 set, and Irwin Fox, Jimmy De Shong, and Paul "Daffy" Dean from 1939 Play Ball America - beautiful!!!) contained several giveaway clues. First of all, the return address label was from Dave Fallon, so I immediately eliminated him from suspicion. Second, the note was written on hotel stationary from the posh Villa D'Este resort in Lago di Como, Italy - which included an international telephone number, fax number, Web site (http://www.villadeste.it), and e-mail address (info@villadeste.it). The blonde who had appeared in my office, with these long legs that went all the way up, and all the way down, had nothing to do with the mystery. My range of vocabulary in Italian was rusty, limited to "Mangia!" and several curse words, so I turned to the CIA for assistance. Forensic evidence was not much help, although their experts indicated this was done by a deeply disturbed person, which didn't narrow down the list of suspects at all. So, broken Italian and all, I contacted the hotel manager via fax, email, and telephone. Deals were made. Agreements were broken, then re-made. Shots were fired. Lira was exchanged. Pies were thrown in a sequence reminiscent of the Three Stooges. International incidents were narrowly avoided. I presented him with a list of OBC'ers, and demanded to know who of these people had any contact with his hotel in the past year. After the initial confusion had died down (he seemed to think I was on a hunt for international espionage spies), and realizing his life was no longer on the line, the hotel manager sang like a bird and gave up the name of "that American," HOWARD MORGAN. Case closed, so I donned my fedora, and whistled a smoky jazz tune as I strolled along the foggy streets as the movie ended. Also, the postmark from Wayne, PA somewhat gave it away, too. But wait - it could have been a doublecross! Somebody else could have been trying to frame Howard, by travelling to Howard's home town and mailing it from the Wayne, PA post office - yeah! A perfect crime! Stay tuned for the sequel! Merry Christmas, Wayne Delia, wayne@deliafamily.com Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College "Frank, bring me a ball-peen hammer and your head." (Dr. Clayton Forrester, ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 21:50:06 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: WMDpks@aol.com Subject: Five Play Balls from a formerly anonymous Secret Santa My Secret Santa package arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I dutifully obeyed the warning on the outside: "Do Not Open Before Xmas," unaware that precious time was ticking away which would have helped discover the identity of the culprit. The note inside, hastily scribbled as if the perpetrator was on the run, trying to escape detection, simply said "Ho! Ho! Merry Xmas from Secret Santa." Perhaps too hastily, because the note (accompanied by five 1939 and 1940 Play Ball cards in super, super condition - Lonny Frey and Lon Warneke from my signature 1940 set, and Irwin Fox, Jimmy De Shong, and Paul "Daffy" Dean from 1939 Play Ball America - beautiful!!!) contained several giveaway clues. First of all, the return address label was from Dave Fallon, so I immediately eliminated him from suspicion. Second, the note was written on hotel stationary from the posh Villa D'Este resort in Lago di Como, Italy - which included an international telephone number, fax number, Web site (http://www.villadeste.it), and e-mail address (info@villadeste.it). The blonde who had appeared in my office, with these long legs that went all the way up, and all the way down, had nothing to do with the mystery. My range of vocabulary in Italian was rusty, limited to "Mangia!" and several curse words, so I turned to the CIA for assistance. Forensic evidence was not much help, although their experts indicated this was done by a deeply disturbed person, which didn't narrow down the list of suspects at all. So, broken Italian and all, I contacted the hotel manager via fax, email, and telephone. Deals were made. Agreements were broken, then re-made. Shots were fired. Lira was exchanged. Pies were thrown in a sequence reminiscent of the Three Stooges. International incidents were narrowly avoided. I presented him with a list of OBC'ers, and demanded to know who of these people had any contact with his hotel in the past year. After the initial confusion had died down (he seemed to think I was on a hunt for international espionage spies), and realizing his life was no longer on the line, the hotel manager sang like a bird and gave up the name of "that American," HOWARD MORGAN. Case closed, so I donned my fedora, and whistled a smoky jazz tune as I strolled along the foggy streets as the movie ended. Also, the postmark from Wayne, PA somewhat gave it away, too. But wait - it could have been a doublecross! Somebody else could have been trying to frame Howard, by travelling to Howard's home town and mailing it from the Wayne, PA post office - yeah! A perfect crime! Stay tuned for the sequel! Merry Christmas, Wayne Delia, wayne@deliafamily.com Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College "Frank, bring me a ball-peen hammer and your head." (Dr. Clayton Forrester, ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:04:03 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: WMDpks@aol.com Subject: Five Play Balls from a formerly anonymous Secret Santa My Secret Santa package arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I dutifully obeyed the warning on the outside: "Do Not Open Before Xmas," unaware that precious time was ticking away which would have helped discover the identity of the culprit. The note inside, hastily scribbled as if the perpetrator was on the run, trying to escape detection, simply said "Ho! Ho! Merry Xmas from Secret Santa." Perhaps too hastily, because the note (accompanied by five 1939 and 1940 Play Ball cards in super, super condition - Lonny Frey and Lon Warneke from my signature 1940 set, and Irwin Fox, Jimmy De Shong, and Paul "Daffy" Dean from 1939 Play Ball America - beautiful!!!) contained several giveaway clues. First of all, the return address label was from Dave Fallon, so I immediately eliminated him from suspicion. Second, the note was written on hotel stationary from the posh Villa D'Este resort in Lago di Como, Italy - which included an international telephone number, fax number, Web site (http://www.villadeste.it), and e-mail address (info@villadeste.it). The blonde who had appeared in my office, with these long legs that went all the way up, and all the way down, had nothing to do with the mystery. My range of vocabulary in Italian was rusty, limited to "Mangia!" and several curse words, so I turned to the CIA for assistance. Forensic evidence was not much help, although their experts indicated this was done by a deeply disturbed person, which didn't narrow down the list of suspects at all. So, broken Italian and all, I contacted the hotel manager via fax, email, and telephone. Deals were made. Agreements were broken, then re-made. Shots were fired. Lira was exchanged. Pies were thrown in a sequence reminiscent of the Three Stooges. International incidents were narrowly avoided. I presented him with a list of OBC'ers, and demanded to know who of these people had any contact with his hotel in the past year. After the initial confusion had died down (he seemed to think I was on a hunt for international espionage spies), and realizing his life was no longer on the line, the hotel manager sang like a bird and gave up the name of "that American," HOWARD MORGAN. Case closed, so I donned my fedora, and whistled a smoky jazz tune as I strolled along the foggy streets as the movie ended. Also, the postmark from Wayne, PA somewhat gave it away, too. But wait - it could have been a doublecross! Somebody else could have been trying to frame Howard, by travelling to Howard's home town and mailing it from the Wayne, PA post office - yeah! A perfect crime! Stay tuned for the sequel! Merry Christmas, Wayne Delia, wayne@deliafamily.com Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College "Frank, bring me a ball-peen hammer and your head." (Dr. Clayton Forrester, ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:06:38 -0500 (EST) To: From: Subject: Santa Thanks! Well, after a full day of watching a 5, 4, and 2 year old run around the house like Mexican Jumping Beans, I finally have time to get my Santa thanks LARRY GERSBACH was my OBC Santa. He said a great package of hits spanning the years. Leading off a 7 75 mini's. Next up was a nice '62 of Elston Howard. Third in line were two from 1957, Minnie Minosos and Jim Pyburn. Rounding up the package were two Cubbies from '53: Turk Lown and Bob Schultz. Great hits. Thanks very much, Gersh! Happy Holidays to each OBCer and their loved ones. ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:19:23 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Whoops! Forgot to add... ..in my thanks to Matt-man for his OBC Santa package - also included were three 1964 Topps coins. I suspected they were in the puffy (yep, I shook it!). Sorry for the omission in my original thanks to Matt. :) ================= To: "thanks \(OBC\)" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 19:31:06 -0800 From: "Geordie Calvert" Subject: Christmas appreciations Merry Christmas everyone! My Secret Santa this year was Jim Beauchemin. Jim graced my baseball collection with a terrific tape containing recordings of of a couple of vintage Dodger First on the tape was the last 1 1/2 innings of Game 2 of the 1956 World Series (in which the Bums beat the Yanks 13-8). It was wondeful watching footage of players that were long gone before I was born, including Mantle, Gilliam and Campy among others. The Bums were now up 2 games to none and thinking of winning back-to-back WS. Of course the Yanks came on strong to win the series in seven games, thanks in no small part to Don Larsen's (who couldn't make it out of the 2nd inning in Game 2) perfect game in Game 5. Next on the tape was a July 9, 1972 game between the Mets and Dodgers at Shea. The game picked up in the 4th with Tom Seaver and Claude Osteen pitching. Osteen ended up with a 6-hit shutout and the Dodgers won 2-0. A little controversy in the 5th inning as Seaver attempted to squeeze catcher Duffy Dyer from 3rd. Replay shows that Dyer was safe, but the call went to theBums (as it should ). The Mets '72 lineup included Seaver, Mays, Fregosi and Yogi Berra managing. '72 was Berra's first year as the Mets' skipper - '72 was also the year he was inducted into the HOF. Also along for the ride with the tape were hits to my favorite set - 57s ofDodger Rene Valdes and Tiger Eddie Robinson, and my birth year - 66s of future Dodger Tommy John, Giant Bob Priddy and Senator Ron Kline. Tommy John's blurb on the back of his card states that his "future remains long and bright." Well, he did have a pretty good career, but he's best remembered for the surgery that carries his name. Thanks Jim for a terrific Christmas package - I really enjoyed watching thevintage footage and looking over the new cards. Take care everyone! ================= Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 23:05:02 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: WMDpks@aol.com Subject: (no subject) My Secret Santa package arrived in the mail a few days ago, and I dutifully obeyed the warning on the outside: "Do Not Open Before Xmas," unaware that precious time was ticking away which would have helped discover the identity of the culprit. The note inside, hastily scribbled as if the perpetrator was on the run, trying to escape detection, simply said "Ho! Ho! Merry Xmas from Secret Santa." Perhaps too hastily, because the note (accompanied by five 1939 and 1940 Play Ball cards in super, super condition - Lonny Frey and Lon Warneke from my signature 1940 set, and Irwin Fox, Jimmy De Shong, and Paul "Daffy" Dean from 1939 Play Ball America - beautiful!!!) contained several giveaway clues. First of all, the return address label was from Dave Fallon, so I immediately eliminated him from suspicion. Second, the note was written on hotel stationary from the posh Villa D'Este resort in Lago di Como, Italy - which included an international telephone number, fax number, Web site (http://www.villadeste.it), and e-mail address (info@villadeste.it). The blonde who had appeared in my office, with these long legs that went all the way up, and all the way down, had nothing to do with the mystery. My range of vocabulary in Italian was rusty, limited to "Mangia!" and several curse words, so I turned to the CIA for assistance. Forensic evidence was not much help, although their experts indicated this was done by a deeply disturbed person, which didn't narrow down the list of suspects at all. So, broken Italian and all, I contacted the hotel manager via fax, email, and telephone. Deals were made. Agreements were broken, then re-made. Shots were fired. Lira was exchanged. Pies were thrown in a sequence reminiscent of the Three Stooges. International incidents were narrowly avoided. I presented him with a list of OBC'ers, and demanded to know who of these people had any contact with his hotel in the past year. After the initial confusion had died down (he seemed to think I was on a hunt for international espionage spies), and realizing his life was no longer on the line, the hotel manager sang like a bird and gave up the name of "that American," HOWARD MORGAN. Case closed, so I donned my fedora, and whistled a smoky jazz tune as I strolled along the foggy streets as the movie ended. Also, the postmark from Wayne, PA somewhat gave it away, too. But wait - it could have been a doublecross! Somebody else could have been trying to frame Howard, by travelling to Howard's home town and mailing it from the Wayne, PA post office - yeah! A perfect crime! Stay tuned for the sequel! Merry Christmas, Wayne Delia, wayne@deliafamily.com Delta Iota Chapter Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma at Marist College "Frank, bring me a ball-peen hammer and your head." (Dr. Clayton Forrester, ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 00:16:25 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, typecard@aol.com, Brockhattox@cs.com From: Jerry Coker Subject: secret santa thanks... This year Andy Cook was my secret Santa. Andy sends me a beautiful T-206 Otto Knabe, Phila. NL and 74T Willie McCovey variation (Washington). I saw McCovey hit many a HR to the RF bleachers at the "Stick"! Thank you Andy for these two great cards!! I also received a package from Brock Hattox earlier this week. Brock sends me a nice looking 56T Red Wilson plus 18 cards for my 1961-1966 sets. Much appreciated Brock!! I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and New Year!!! Thanks OBC! Jerry Coker ================= To: "OBC Thanks" Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 23:57:18 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" Subject: My Merced Santa...long thanks !! OBC World, The man from Merced sent a Mercedes of a package !!! I finally got to open the securely wrapped box that Santa Geordie mailed at about 10: 30 this morning. It took the toad kids several hours to open their gifts and engulf the house in wrappings, boxes , bows and bags. ( Hurryup, kids I got an OBC box waiting here !!) I was also waiting for my good pal DigDugDig to arrive so that he could watch the special OBC moment....turns out he may have conspired with Geordie earlier this week, so I was the only one surprised at the contents. AND WHAT CONTENTS THEY WERE !!! Wow, Geordie knows how much trouble the 1972 Psychos have been for me. I have been accumulating this set of multi-colored madness for over thirty years now, and after today's great offering, I have a chance at sanity again !!! ( really...) About 8 years ago, I lost the entire high number series which I had carefully separated from the others for safe keeping. I placed them in such a top secret holding area for their protection that I still cannot find them. Luckily, the only card from the big numbers that made it safely was the Nolan Ryan who resides in a screw-down holder. But that is the event that only begins the craziness !! I dug out the set about 7 years ago when OBC fever hit the familytoad household. I did not realize how tough finding replacements for those higher numbered cards would turn out to be !! Swaps, card shows, RAOKS and a desperate check written to John Morrison (oldbbcards) got me very close to completion about 6 months ago. That's 6 and 1/2 years looking for the last 100 or so cards from that huge 787 card set !! I thought I needed just a card or two to put this one to bed. But whileI was accessing the binder which holds these crazed cards, I nearly screamed ( okay, I did in fact scream...) when I figured out that about 40 cards had jumped from the binder, or never made it to it and I could not find them anywhere !!! I had crossed them off the list, but never secured them. Bad idea when you're talking about maniacal old baseball cardboard. More swaps, ebay and OBC RAOKs made it just 20 cards short, and just a few more months of agony. Today Geordie mailed 19 of those needed cards !!!!! Did you hear that ....19 of the 20 needed cards for the pyscho 72's set !!! Geordie, you are definitely DA MAN !!! I am probably still going to be crazy even after #695 Rod Carew finds his way into the book, but Geordie (Da man) makes my day today Ohhh..I've been so excited about that slaughter of the 72's that I nearly failed to mention the solid 6 hits(including Rose, Ted Williams & Pepitone) to the cool greys that need just 19 more to kill off. ~~~~ WOW !! ~~~~~~~~~~~Great job Geordie (Da man)!!! What about the 35 other cards in the box ,you ask ??? Well, they just represent my all time football hero Dan Marino !!! 35 unique cards from all different sets and subsets. They will make abig impact in the hero worship binder which will also feature cards from Mike Schmidt and Steve Yzerman. What a great thing this OBC thing is. Thanks for reading this lenghty THANKS notice !! OBC Forever God Bless Happy New Year, ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:24:37 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: barely a white xmas, and a "gray" day after JOHN SCOTT GRAY sends xmas cheer with a 53 Bowman Color. I am really liking this set, as well as its Topps competitor of the same year. tnx jsg! have a great weekend everyone! ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:17:01 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: JEdward@aol.com Subject: This Week in Baseball Cards Holiday greetings to all. We had our white Christmas with all the trimmings, and topping it off was an OBC Christmas card from Kent Montgomery. Inside the card was four 1979T cards that I needed, thanks Kent. May we all be blessed with peace and prosperity in the New Year. OBC, it's an attitude John's Old Baseball Card Site ================= To: Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:27:59 -0500 From: Subject: December arrivals Even though I've been so burried at work the following guys have found timeto send me some RAOK to brighten up the winter. I'm taking some time off next week for my daughters surgery and should find time to finally send out some of my own. Geno Wagner sends a scp hit to 1964. Thanks Geno. John Pugsley sends a scp hit to 1958. Thanks John. Lynn Miller sends a trio of 58s and a 59. Thanks Lynn. Spike Glidden sends a 4some of 1966s. Thanks Spike. The House of Maxwell sends hits to the TV set 62 & 63 Thanks EEK. Matt Heilenman sends a pair of birthyear hits to 1965. Thanks Mattman. Thanks to all & thanks OBC. Robert Pigeon ================= To: Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:25:41 -0600 From: "Randy G. Griffin" Subject: Santa Pat This years Santa was Father Pat Wattigny. The package itself was very unique in that Pat alternated Red and Green markers in the address and return labels. Inside was the final 70 Topps poster needed for my set, Rick Wise, an extremely nice 78 Topps George Brett and a San Francisco Giant sign fromthe 70's-a very unusual piece of Giants history. Thanks so much, Father Pat! Thanks, OBC! ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:28:19 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "larrygersh" Subject: OBC Thanx OBC Thanx goes out to: KENT MONTGOMERY-Christmas. Yes indeed it was. Kent's Christmas greeting had a surprise tucked inside, a 59T Nosebleeder #519 Infield Power. The poem about the Pirates besting the Yankees made it just that much sweeter. BRIAN DWYER-Not kidding it's a great day to be alive. Brian made it so with a couple of Hi #'s, 72T-Healy & 70T-McBean. A few Posties & Deckle edges filled out the envelope. JEFF SINCLAIR-CAPped off the week with a 65T-Aspromonte. Much appreciation gang, ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:37:58 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Sweendoger@aol.com Subject: Thanks is a Gray Area Thanks Santa Gray for three hits to my shrinking 1960 list. Funny, when I went to the mall and talked to Santa I only asked for two hits to my list. I guess I was good this year since he brought three!!!! Merry X-mas to all and to all, thanks John Gray! Pat Sweeney ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:41:06 -0500 From: "Mac Wubben" Subject: Santa Thanks Fellow MW Mike Wierzbicki was my obc santa this year...and unlike my thanks, the gift arrived on time. Mike sent along an interesting looking book (haven't had a chance to read it just yet)...and stuffed it with a bunch of great hits to the wantlist. I don't know about the rest of you, but the OBC present is always one of my favorites. Thanks Mike for making it another wonderful obc holiday. Take advantage of our limited-time introductory offer for dial-up Internet access. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:38:53 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: thanks Lynn Lynn Miller sends a Christmas card that arrived 1 day late. However, he more than made up for the tardiness by including 3 64's and a 65 of Dr. Strangelove - Dick Stuart. thanks Lynn! thanks OBC! ================= Date: 26 Dec 2003 22:40:11 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: A tip of the OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to: Peter Mead - who shortens my psycho nosebleed list by 3. Hits to this list always rate an extra thanks. So, thanks Peter. Have an error-free season. ================= To: Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:45:34 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: JSG gives them up Hello All, After speaking to John Leroux today after he saw me bidding at ebay on the 70 ryan card ...we got talking about how I think a portion of us bid against each other with out knowing. Well a couple of months ago I did a fast bidon a 60 leaf lot set and I saw that JSG was the last bidder. I wrote him and said I was sorry and to please go right ahead. He won & got a great dealoff a nice size lot and sent me about 23 cards which were extra and has the smell of cards hanging out in a smoking room. So I think I will have to set the 145 card set now. Anthony Arbeeny ================= To: "obc thanks" Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:59:19 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Thanks Hello All, Al Crotte send along a nice box of cards. All starter sets for the 80 &81 fb set and 92 fleer & skybox Basketball set. He was having trouble hitting my vintage stuff and now has created 4 more goals for me to complete ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:01:40 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: friar4@aol.com Subject: '83 Donruss I know they are a little new for most of you guys, but I want to thank Marshall West for virtually destroying my '83 Donruss wantlist. Much appreciated, Marshall. ================= To: jedward@aol.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:03:45 -0800 From: "Geno Wagner" Subject: Holy Cow!! OBCers -- I received an amazingly cool puffy to day from John McLaughlin that took a little bit of time to identify...but the detective work paid off to identify the cards as 1941 Chicago Cub Picture Pack Photos - 10 to be exact! Added to that was a pair of 1951 Bowmans I needed as well - too cool! The Picture Pack cards were given out at Wrigley and taken home and pinned up on John's bedroom wall it appears. The group he sent to me includes great Cubbies like Phil Cavarreta, OBC favorite Stan Hack, Charley Grimm, and Dizzy Dean!! These are very cool - I was going to find a frame for my Santo Xmas photo from Brian, but it looks like I may need a few more now. The best (or worst) thing about these photos are the uniforms. I have never noticed these Cubs uniforms before, but they feature a vest design with a two-tone sweater underneath that looks like something Red Grange wore for the Bears decades before - truely hideous. Thaks for making my day, John, these are great!! Take Care, Geno Geno and Sharon Wagner ================= To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:23:24 -0500 From: "Benjamin Fisher" Subject: thanks For those of you who may be wondering why I have yet to acknowledge the givings of my secret santa, it is because I am at home with my family- the envelope is probably waiting for me in my mailbox in Montreal. Needless to say, I am very curious, and will send out another email when the holidays are over. BUT, my holidays were by no means giftless when it comes to OBC. Just before I was getting ready to board the train home, the mailman brought me a rather large puffy from Father Pat. Pat sends me a wonderful book- "The Glory of Their Times" for some light holiday reading. I've read 7 chapters and am loving it. A must read for anybody interested in pre-war baseball. Pat also slips in 13 hits to my '62 wantlist, as well as a '33 goudey!!! How's that for generousity. Thank you so much Pat, and I hope you have a wonderful trip Well, the turkey leftovers are about ready, I'm going to go indulge. Happy holidays to all! Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:01:55 EST To: vct@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: trufan999@aol.com Subject: Late Card, Early Card... Mailman got to me a late Christmas card from Mark Talbot, in it contained a great hit to a early 70's set. a 1973 ATG of Aaron. Thanks Mark and Happy Holidays to you and your family.. John Leroux a new card to someone is just a stamp away My Baseball Collecting Page ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:48:40 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: bdangelo@aol.com Subject: Post-Christmas thanks Hi gang, The day after Christmas brings four envelopes stuffed with goodies. Better than any stocking hanging on the fireplace. Lynn Miller checks in from overseas with a 1954 Topps Harry Perkowski and three cards from the 1953 Topps set -- Eddie Pellagrini, Clem Koshorek and Faye Throneberry. Brad Chambers sends a pair from the 1954 Topps set -- Hoyt Wilhelm and Johnny Logan; a pair from the 1970 Kellogg's 3D set -- Ron Santo and Billy Williams; and a pair from the 1969 Topps football set -- W.K. Hicks and Bob Talamini. Kent Montgomery sends a version of "The Night Before Christmas" that any Pirates fan would cherish. Hey, I'm a Yankees fan and even I got a kick out of it. Kent also sends three UV cards that I will mention on another server, but wanted to say thanks here too. And finally, John McLaughlin sends a 1958 Topps Luis Aparicio, and two from the 1956 Topps set -- Hank Bauer and Bobby Thomson. Thanks to all four of you!! ================= Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:02:00 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: digdugdig@webtv.net Subject: Ooopps Hi all, Had such an enjoyable time with the Familytoads on xmas day...ya know...taking Brian's place on putting his "young-uns''" "assembly required" gifts together!! Beginning to realize why the "Toads" invite me over!!!(G!!) Just kidding Bri...I loved it!! Anywho...it's seldom that a visit to the "Toads" is leaving without some sort of cardboard...and Bri hit the 53T's five times!!!...including that "Puddin" guy!! It seems, from what I've been reading, that Xmas has been good to OBC land...but let us not forget those less fortunate!! Be it finacially or away from home...count YOUR blessings!! D. ...OBC ... 'nuff said!! ================= To: , Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:09:48 -0800 From: "Brian Lindholme" Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] Ooopps Gotta say thanks to Digdugdig Doug as well. He helped the kids with the assembly of their Christmas loot yesterday...and we tried out John's new race track enough times that I was back at the store today buying batteries !!! Doug didn't mention the GREAT old baseball piece he gave me yesterday, so I will here : An awesome Butterfinger of Robert Moses Grove, aka Lefty !!! Somewhat stuck to the back was some tagalong named Owen Carroll...doubling the fun !! Thanks Doug ! I never tire of mentioning Grove's pitching accomplishments during the hitting-heavy early thirties. With the league batting average @ ~.300, Lefty was able to completely dominate the hitters, unlike any other pitcher in his day. It's rare to see anytime when one player outshines the entire league by that much. For example...Maris had Mantle, McGwire had Sosa, Ty Cobb once hit .400 and didn't even lead the league. Lefty was the only AL hurler in 1930 with an ERA under 3.00, had a remarkable 28-5 record and followed that season with 31-4, 2.05 ERA. Just two seasons from a fabulous career and the pose from this great Butterfinger "card" shows his great style and grace. You could look it up !! Neat item !! Thanks again Doug ! So, as you can tell , a very merry Christmas was had in the Familytoad household. Looking foward to a great 2004 when the Phillies will rise to their dusty throne and be called Champs. Well, even if that doesn't happen, it'll be a great OBC year, based on past Thanks everyone. OBC Forever, ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: [OBC-Thanks] Ooopps > Hi all, > Had such an enjoyable time with the Familytoads on xmas day...ya > know...taking Brian's place on putting his "young-uns''" "assembly > required" gifts together!! > Beginning to realize why the "Toads" invite me over!!!(G!!) > Just kidding Bri...I loved it!! > Anywho...it's seldom that a visit to the "Toads" is leaving without some > sort of cardboard...and Bri hit the 53T's five times!!!...including that > "Puddin" guy!! > It seems, from what I've been reading, that Xmas has been good to OBC > land...but let us not forget those less fortunate!! Be it finacially or > away from home...count YOUR blessings!! > D. ...OBC ... 'nuff said!! > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > OBC-Thanks-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OBC-Thanks/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > OBC-Thanks-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ================= To: "obc" Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 05:14:57 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Santa Thanks ! OBC Santa thanks go to my Santa .....Chris Stufflestreet, who sends a beautiful customized picture frame adorned with OBC notation. Then Chris fills the frame with some Packers [ Chris knows where to send these babies] and then sends a beauty of a vintage Steeler , Jack Lambert............As, you know Chris is a huge Steeler fan, and I know how he feels when he sends 1 of the all time best linebackers, its almost like loosing 1 from your own family. Thanks Santa, very much. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:21:58 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jimbo777777" Subject: OBC Santa Thanks to Trader Doug Smith, who was a hellified secret santa, knocking twenty-nine holes in my 1955 Bowman TV list. Great way to start a Christmas morning! Thanks Doug! ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:23:38 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jimbo777777" Subject: Not so secret santa! Lynn Miller checks in Christmas morning with a great novelty pin of my all-time favorite pitcher, Dennis Eckersley. Not to mention, as he mentions anyway, a beautiful holiday greeting card complete with our favorite bird of the season, the brilliant red cardinal. Thanks Lynn, and best of the season to you as well! ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:22:18 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "mikesportsfan" Subject: Chat room claims Bama was very kind to offer up a few cards in a recent chat that have found there way to me. This is Bama's 2nd package in a week. This 1 had a 1949 MP & Co. Hoot Evers. By far the nicest MP & CO card I own. For those that do not know, MP & Co. cards are the ugliest cards ever issued. Having such a nice one, I can say they are still ugly cards. LOL. In addition John increases my 1938 Goudey collection by 50%. He nails me with Owens and Doerr. I now have 6 cards in the set. Does anyone collect this set as a choice of either with or without the cartoons to cut the set in half? Please remember the OBC chats on Sunday and Tuesday nites around 7:00 est. You never know what you may get out of it. Thanks Bama for the tremendous hits once again. Mike Rich ================= Date: 27 Dec 2003 17:34:26 -0000 To: "mikesportsfan" , OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] Chat room claims I'm working on the whole set and believe me it's slow going. I'm down to 5, 1 Foxx, both Greenbergs, and both Joe D.'s. Been that way for almost a year. The cards show up frequently on Evilbay but at fantastic prices. I'm waiting to find some cut in half (or multiple pieces). On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:22:18 -0000, "mikesportsfan" wrote : > Bama was very kind to offer up a few cards in a recent chat that have > found there way to me. This is Bama's 2nd package in a week. This 1 > had a 1949 MP & Co. Hoot Evers. By far the nicest MP & CO card I > own. For those that do not know, MP & Co. cards are the ugliest > cards ever issued. Having such a nice one, I can say they are still > ugly cards. LOL. > In addition John increases my 1938 Goudey collection by 50%. He > nails me with Owens and Doerr. I now have 6 cards in the set. Does > anyone collect this set as a choice of either with or without the > cartoons to cut the set in half? > Please remember the OBC chats on Sunday and Tuesday nites around 7:00 > est. You never know what you may get out of it. > Thanks Bama for the tremendous hits once again. > Mike Rich > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > OBC-Thanks-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OBC-Thanks/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > OBC-Thanks-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ================= Date: 27 Dec 2003 17:49:00 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: A tip of the OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to: Mike Rich - who blast6sahuge hole in my Topps lists with 1 64, 10 68's and a whoppin' 45 slams to the 62 list. Enough wood for a small house!! Thanks Mike. Have an error-free season. P.S. Get to those chat sessions!! ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:51:10 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: bdangelo@aol.com Subject: Is Plato worth reading? Hi gang, That is the question JSG the Younger poses in his latest envelope. Not sure if Plato is worth reading, but any envelope from JSG is worth opening. Today was no exception, as JSG sends a pair of 1953 Topps -- Frank Shea and Les Fusselman. Awesome cards, thanks!! ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:48:28 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Post-Xmas mail in! Thanks today go out to MARK TALBOT for a nice Christmas card, which included a nice hit to my 1960 Topps wantlist. More thanks go out own philosopher, JOHN SCOTT GRAY. Dr. JSGtY sends a flat with a DCP of hits to my 1963 Topps wantlist, including a nosebleeder from the mid-500 seating level. On a more general note - it was last December, about this time, when I received word that I had been accepted into this fine collection (no pun intended) of card collectors & traders. It has been an AMAZING year; thanks once again to all who have hit my lists (some of you multiple times), and for the friendships I have developed with you on-line. Thanks OBC! ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 20:25:49 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: jdelott@aol.com Subject: Thanks Mark Mark Talbot sends a Christmas card enclosing a 1959 Topps Eddie Bressoud. Thanks much. ================= Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 21:09:12 -0600 To: _thanks From: Rick & Deb Subject: OBC Santa Kinney OBC Friends...my OBC Santa was MIKE KINNEY, and his cool gift is one of those new fangled Upper Deck Pride of the Yankees cards of my hero Johnny Callison! It's the AUTOGRAPHED one. Yes, that's right, Johnny Callison...the Yankee. When I gave him a hard time about it he said he liked playing for Houk and it was a great place to wrap it up. Johnny was traded to New York by the Cubs before the 1972 season. When new ownership took over in '73 "..all the old guys were axed". Johnny said ol' Ralph had a tear in his eye when he released him. Thanks Mike for your thoughtfulness and another great Callison piece! Happy Holidays! Thanx...Rick Svetecz...The Biggest Phillies Fan in Kansas (Ph04) ================= To: , Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:23:40 -0500 From: "Brian Dwyer" Subject: Thanks Thanks to JSG for a six pack of hits to the 1968 Topps set. Some nice cards, John! Thank you! Thanks to Kent Montgomery for an amazing Christmas card (what a poem!) filled with some hits to the wantlist from 1959 and 1960 Topps. Great stuff, Kent! Thank you! Thanks to Bob Schaub for a four bagger of 1954 Topps to add to that set. Much appreciated, Bob! Thank you! Brian Dwyer ================= To: "obc" Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 06:12:30 -0600 From: "ken goetsch" Subject: Thanks to Kent KENT MONTGOMERY- Sends his wonderful Christmas card with poem, and that wasn't enough.......he slides in a 4 bagger from 68' and a scp from 67. Thanks for the thoughts and cards, Kent. Ken Goetsch-OBC ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:51:47 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: MatShirley@aol.com Subject: The Corps Thanks Mr. Talbot! Hello OBC! Some late Christmas thanks out today to Mark Talbot for a beautiful Christmas card, a very thoughtful note, and an SCP hit to the new 57 set in Cubbie Don Kaiser. Many thanks Mark! Happy Holidays to All. God Bless America! Semper Fi, ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:38:29 EST To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: jdelott@aol.com Subject: Pacific Thanks Lynn Miller sent a great Christmas package. Three '54's and five '59's. Thanks much and seasons greetings to all. ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:20:10 -0800 (PST) To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Chris Stufflestreet Subject: Thanks Santa! We just returned from our grand tour of the Florida peninsula (visiting friends and relatives in St. Pete, Cape Coral, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami for Christmas/Hannukah -- we are an interfaith couple and our daughter doesn't realize how lucky she is) Along with the 850 miles on our car, we brought back a bunch of stuff and among the pile was my OBC Santa gift. Due to my time away from the house, I apologize for taking this long to get out my thanks. My Santa this year was JOHN LEROUX, who sent eight great hits to my wantlists from '54-'71. Among the wantlist damage were Doug Camilli (son of old Bum Dolph) and Curt Young (who deserves credit or blame for free agency). The cards have now settled into my collection and seem happy in their new home. Thanks for the Christmas cheer! Take care, I am an avid collector of vintage baseball cards. To view my online wantlist, visit: http://www.geocities.com/chrisstufflestreet/wantlist.html Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:02:18 -0500 To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com,vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com From: Dan Austin Subject: Talbotized! Thanks go out to MARK TALBOT for a nice Xmas card, and some "stuffing" - 3 '69 Milton Bradleys! Dan Austin - dan@iamdanaustin.com Visit me at http://iamdanaustin.com "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." - William Shakespeare ================= To: Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:12:26 -0800 From: "Diamanti" Subject: Santa & St. Nick at Cooperstown!!! Well Guys and Gals: Just a short thanks/ramblings to say that my secret Santa was Spike Glidden who flew all the way across country to present me with my presents! (Ok, so his parents and family needed to see him, too...). Santa met me at Cooperstown (Pete's Cooperstown, Fremont, Washington - one of the few decent, remaining vintage card shops in our state) and lo and behold, St. Nick (St. AL) was also in attendance. ST. AL had no wantlist or daughter along to help him so he watched me nearly finish my '55 Bowman set. After the owner horrified us by telling about TWO break-ins in his shop during December, we needed to get some food and calm down. Spike brought his digital camera and the shop owner took our picture...Spike will probably make this available later. Lunch was literally next door at a hip restaurant called Persimmon (no espresso, just drip coffee...huh?!?) The skinny kid, Spike, had the salad and the two old fatsos had Reuben sandwiches. What's wrong with the younger generation? They eat too healthy......That out of the way, and much catching up to do, Santa and St. Nick went their separate ways and I headed over to a friend's house for walking the dogs, BS, and a spaghetti dinner with garlic bread. All in all, a fine Saturday spent with two priceless friends, OBC -style. Island Coffee Diowemontee ================= To: Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:13:35 -0500 From: "Sean McGowan" Subject: '78 teams Bob D. hits my shrinking '78 list with 2 team cards from the beginning of the alphabet and one player from the end (Vuckovich) who's '77 era of 3.47 was the lowest on the BlueJay staff. Just in case you didn't know that :) Thanks Bob!!!! ================= To: Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 13:15:48 -0600 From: "Randy G. Griffin" Subject: After Christmas Thanks Mark Talbott sends a 70/71 Basketball Tall Boy of Mel Counts. John Scott Gray sends two 63 Topps plus a 62 Topps. Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! Thanks, OBC! ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:18:49 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Thanks to Mark Talbot Hi all, Thanks go out to Mark Talbot, Mark sends a Christmas card with a 1962 Topps card inside!! Mark much appreciated!! Happy Holidays, ================= Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:00:17 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Subject: mega thanks this week Thanks this week go out to Bob Donaldson for a puffy including two E92 Dockmans and a huge stack of 1955 Bowmans! Thanks to Bama for a 1934 Batter Up of Gus Suhr! Thanks to George Vrecheck for a 1939 Playball Eldon Auker! ================= To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 03:43:06 +0000 From: "Jeffrey Sackmann" Subject: OBC SECRET SANTA MESSAGE Here's a note from former OBCer Mike McGrail, who took part in this year's Secret Santa fun. Christmas Greetings All, The unpacking (or should I say christmas morning chaos!) is finished here in Holland and we are getting ready for the FOOD portion of the program. Bring on the bird!! I want to thank my secret santa (Brett Domue) for making this christmas an OBCish one again. Brett sent along what I'll call the 3 wise men: - A nice card of the Dutch Master John van der Meer. I am still working on finding the set for this one. - A E220 National Caramel Eddie Rousch - A V61 Neilsons Chocolate Eddie Collins Thanks Brett !! The cards will continue to receive the love and care they Mike "The Flying Dutchman" McGrail Make your home warm and cozy this winter with tips from MSN House & Home. http://special.msn.com/home/warmhome.armx ================= To: OBC-thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:18:14 -0500 From: Bob Saxton Subject: ty! Big thanks to Lynn Miller for the Christmas card and baseball cards. 60 JC Martin, 73 Nolan Ryan and a 76 Willie McCovey that brings that wantlist down to only 8 cards. Thanks a million, Lynn! The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:20:38 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "David Skoglund" Subject: OBC Santa Thanks & Apology Mark Talbot was my Santa, and boy was Santa good to me this year. Mark sent a huge book called 'The Sports Imortals' which looks like it will be hours of good reading. Included with the book were various bookmarks which turned out to be hits to just about every one of my vintage sets. Thanks Mark! I'll also take this opportunity to publicly apologize to Rex Stahlman for the fact that he didn't get my OBC Santa package until after the 25th. One of the items within arrived late and I didn't get Rex's package mailed until Saturday. (The item was ordered on the 8th of Dec and was in stock and left the warehouse in a couple of days. However, according to the tracking log it looks like it sat in a warehouse for about 8 days not going anywhere.) ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:03:05 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "cjmdpi" Subject: Santa secret no more! My secret "santa" was Gary Mandell who graciously sent me three different cards of "Old Time" HOFer's. Nap Lajoie (Upper Deck?), Honus Wagner Checklist (Upper Deck?) and a 1976 Topps ATG of Walter "Big Train" Johnson. Now if he could only bring these three back to life, the Tigers might have a chance this next year!!! Thanks for your thoughtful Christmas card as well. Hope everyone has been enjoying this Holiday season. I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Healthy 2004. May your teams still be in the pennant race by the 4th of July, unless your in the AL "North" where the Tigers will have it "Locked up" by then! (One can only dream-it's still December!) ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:07:53 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "cjmdpi" Subject: Santa secret no more! My secret "santa" was Gary Mandell who graciously sent me three different cards of "Old Time" HOFer's. Nap Lajoie (Upper Deck?), Honus Wagner Checklist (Upper Deck?) and a 1976 Topps ATG of Walter "Big Train" Johnson. Now if he could only bring these three back to life, the Tigers might have a chance this next year!!! Thanks for your thoughtful Christmas card as well. Hope everyone has been enjoying this Holiday season. I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Healthy 2004. May your teams still be in the pennant race by the 4th of July, unless your in the AL "North" where the Tigers will have it "Locked up" by then! (One can only dream-it's still December!) ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:49:21 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Santa came..Santa came!! Hi all, Santa arrived.. He brought me 1 1952, 5 1959's. I think the elfs were scissor happy as the corners of all the cards have been cut off. and they wrote a nice poem with te cards.. "We wish you a merry Snipmas" ! "We wish you a merry Snipmas" ! "We wish you a merry Snipmas" ! " a an Happy New Shear"! Thanks Santa Dan Austin"! Happy Holidays, ================= To: Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:38:06 -0800 From: "Grant Rainsley" Subject: Breaking News! OBC Santa managed to slip the steely dragnet set up by Customs, and made his way to Stately Rainsley Manor: The Fugitive laid off his quest to find the one-armed man for just long enough to send off a stack of '56's..a couple of the ultra rare "Traded" set, as well as Ford and Killebrew, (not quite enough Moof there), and a Kaline with four very sharp corners! Okay, so they aren't the original corners, but they look good to me. Thanks Fuge! And Lynn sent his usual Christmas Greetings, and slipped a couple of '64 cards inside the other card! Thanks Lynn! ================= Date: 29 Dec 2003 19:38:42 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: A tip of the OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to: JOhn Storman - who sends a DCP of a 61 Orioles team card and a 50 Bowman of Vic Raschi. Thanks to Panhandle John. Kevin Wolf - who despite the best efforts of the Alabama postal service manages to fill my mail box with a great Secret Santa package. The cards were terrific (6 1960's with somebody named Callison, 4 62's, 4 64's, and 2 65's with a Yankees' team nose bleeder). But to top things off Kevin also sends a fantastic collection of Roger Maris memorabilia that includes a program from Maris' funeral service, a comemorative card from the opening of the Roger Maris museum, a guide to the museum, and a Homer Hanky from the Twins' 2002 ALCS series. Kevin says he's going to become more active in the group; well, I'd say he's become very active. Thanks Kevin for the much appreciated Xmas surprise. Have an error-free season. ================= To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:09:13 -0500 From: "Joe Isaac" Subject: Xmas thanks to Mark T Just got in a few hours ago from a trip back east to spend Christmas with the folks. Mark Talbot sends a nice Christmas card and a '61 hit. Thank you Mark and wishing all of you in OBC land a happy and safe holiday season, Get reliable dial-up Internet access now with our limited-time introductory offer. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:26:01 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: bdangelo@aol.com Subject: Evaluating Bowmans Hi gang, Monday thanks go out to Dr. JSG the Younger, who sends a pair of 1954 Bowmans in Dick Kokos and Dick Kryhoski. JSG also sends a Teaching Evaluation Summary, which I will fill out at my leisure. Thanks!! ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:46:11 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: May Day!... Big Al.... May Day! ... Big AL.... Friends: The Christmas deluge has continued... you guys are all wonderful! But because I have been on the DL for a year, I just reached into the big pile today and pulled out another envelope.... I am so very far behind in my I thought I reached into the Christmas pile..... and a pile it is...but no, this one is postmarked May 14th, 2003. OBC HOF'er "Big AL" Cummings sends a simple note: " "Here's a little card board healing." Oh my... the 59 Warren Spahn I have been seeking..... and to think it has been here for 7months!!! Sorry Al......Thank you AL. But what's this??? I am not sure, nor are my researchers here at the Gus Triandos Research and Relocation Center, Inc. ..... Al has sent down a "proof" of a 1962 Gus, the woodies. It is ASA-Accugrade.com graded.....but is this for real??? AL, what have you sent to us?? It says: ("1962 Unique" "Proof -9" #426 Gus Triandos Orioles 1989 ToppsArchiveAuction ASA 84070) If a spoof, and not a proof, I am still glad to have this....but the ASA-ACCUGRADE.COM site is for real. Al....what did you send to me so many months ago!!! We thought we had ALL this Gus stuff accounted for and understood!!! This card we have never We are trembling down here.... and only to mention again the beautiful '59 The research center is abuzz! ...doc J ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:52:16 EST To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com, vct@lists.vintagecardtraders.com From: Sweendoger@aol.com Subject: Thanks Mark I'd like to thank Mark Talbot for his christmas card and gift of 5 FB cards... tis the season! Thanks again Mark! Pat Sweeney ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:05:07 EST To: XDrJ@aol.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XDrJ@AOL.COM Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] May Day!... Big Al.... May Day! ... Big AL.... Here I am replying to myself! Our researchers have just discovered that we have another "proof" here in our Gus archives... that of the 64 Triandos as a phabulous phil, but alas, still in his Tiger suit. What evidently has confused me is the eeery green tint on this 62 woodie Gus... but those green tint 62's are spooky for sure. Look's like Big Al has sent two gems to me.... the '59 Spahn..... and this very unique Gus! Time to party at the Gus Research and Relocation Center!!!! ...doc J ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 21:04:36 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "David Skoglund" Subject: More thanks - Bama Thanks go out to Bama for the qunitet of hits to the 1964 set. ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:11:12 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: typecard@aol.com Subject: Monday thanks x 4 Thanks today to: Jim Hatch for two Zeenuts - 1914 and 1927! Trader Doug for four Zeenuts - 1 1931 and 3 from 1932! John McLaughlin for a great Joe Torre rookie! Major Shirley for a huge puffy of 1958s! A great card Monday, thanks everyone, ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 16:49:46 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XTrJmx@aol.com Subject: Oh-Oh-Oh... Thanks, Santa!! Hi all... After finally gaining access to a room with a phone jack at my in-laws, I downloaded all the Christmas e-mail and thoroughly enjoyed reading through it last night. I have access again for a little while this afternoon so I thought I'd better let you all know about the amazing generousity of my own Santa... Santa Neal Thomas! Neal made sure my package arrived in plenty of time to spare, which was great as it was then able to accompany me eastward to my in-laws for Christmas. Unlike many of the postings I read last night, I always save my OBC Santa present for *last*, as I *know* that it will be the highlight of my opening experience... kinda like desert! Neal certainly didn't disappoint this year... SIX *huge* hits to my '55 Bowman set... all high numbers and FOUR of the six Umpires, including HOF'er Conlan!! WOW!!! But wait... there's more?!?! YES!! Apparently he didn't want my Bowman set to leap *too* far ahead of my '58 Topps set in the race to the finish, as he included three fantastic '58s... Drysdale, Score, and Lumpe!! What a fantastic package... definitely made up for the plethora of clothes that filled the rest of my Christmas packages (thankfully, no ties!! ) Thanks, Santa!! Thanks, Neal!! Thanks, OBC!! Well, there are many other thanks to get out as well, as I'm continually blessed with Santas from this group, so I better write up my appreciations for some of them as well! Take care and a very Happy New Year to all! ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:42:19 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Jrhatchjr@aol.com Subject: Bama packs his Suitcase! Today's Granite State gracias goes out to Bama, who sends along a cool SCP for my 1960 Topps set: none other than Harry "Suitcase" Simpson! Gotta love the nickname "Suitcase." Thanks Bama - this will fit in very nicely with my set! Happy Collecting! ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:52:39 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: trufan999@aol.com Subject: Thanks Kevin Mentor Kevin Martens hits me with a threesome of beautiful 1969's.. They look great to me Kevin! John Leroux a new card to someone is just a stamp away My Baseball Collecting Page ================= Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:49:36 EST To: obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com, Biggies@aol.com From: Traderdoug@aol.com Subject: Thanks To Bob Bannon for completing a trade. I ended up with a bunch of woodies. Man those green tints are going to drive me nuts. When i get that set done some experts gunna have to look and tell me what i really still need. Thanks, Bob. the cards are appreciated. And Grant - I will never forgive you for sending me that first green tint. Happy New Year everyone. - Doug ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 01:18:54 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: digdugdig@webtv.net Subject: Holiday Hits Hi all, The hits keep coming...no, not Bing...not even Nat King Cole...but from our own "cap tipper" from Bisquitland....aka...or is that... A La BAMA!! An SCP from Hitching Post arrives in the form of a type card "hit"...a 1949 MP & Co. of Del Rice. "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"....oooppps...too late....Happy New Year BAMA and much appreciation!! PS ... I forgot Burl Ives!! OBC....'nuff said...D. ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:45:37 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Thanks to the Sax-man! A DCP arrived yesterday from BOB SAXTON, who sends two welcomed hits to my (very large) 1953 Topps wantlist. Seems the Topps artists didn't know what the new Milwaukee Braves hat looked like so they slapped a real ugly block "M" on Murray Wall. Thanks for the hits Bob - they're great. Tom Housley ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:06:19 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "jimbo777777" Subject: Hilltown Hits Gary Mandell hits the hilltowns this morning with a nice upgrade to my '62 Alvin Dark, and a '66 ruboff of early Astro star Bob Bruce. Great package, thanks Gary! ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:06:36 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XTrJmx@aol.com Subject: More thanks from Maryland... Hi all... Wanted to send out one more batch of thanks before we take off for my brother's place in Ohio (Sandusky... sure wish it was summer and the park was open!). As usual, Steve Rittenberg has been a blessing for me during our stay at my in-laws. First off, when I arrived at his place, he handed me a huge box of the usual amazing assortment of cards. Then he hands me a '59 Killebrew!! WOW!!!! Later that night, when I was going through the box of cards, found a box with a complete set of '91 ProSet Golf cards. However, I had *no* idea that these boxes came filled in with vintage cards as well, INCLUDING A '68 JOHNNY BENCH ROOKIE CARD!!!!!! Wow!!!! (again... and that doesn't even begin to describe it!) Next, Steve made sure I was able to find Peter Mead's house (though Denise's directions were impecable!) so that I could deliver my not-so-secret Santa package to Peter. While at Peter's house, Peter surprises me with a nice stash of cards because he had gotten a heads-up that I was coming. Only in OBC does Santa *get* packages from his supposed recipient! Peter dug out a pair of awesome cards for me... a '62 WS Game 4 and a '63 AL HR Leaders featuring my boyhood hero, Harmon Killebrew! On top of that, he found some incredible catcher cards for my boy, Ben, and a great trifecta of Shawn Green, Hideo Nomo, and Mac Suzuki cards for my daughter, Sarah! They loved 'em... I loved mine... doesn't get much better than that! Thanks, Peter... and Steve! Finally, on Friday, Steve hosted a get together in my honor which allowed me to meet Joe Cerullo and re-meet Peter Mead again. When I arrived, Joe and Steve were talking about stuff that sounded like Greek to me, but it turnedout it was just banter about Wide Pens, Narrow Pens, Jellos and Posts, etc... amazing knowledge. It was wonderful meeting Joe, and just as he was about to he found my binder that has cards of ballplayers with their kids. He immediately says, "Oh.. there's some famous Wide and Narrow pen cards that have with their kids on them!" and procedes to dig out dupes of each of the two and gives 'em to me. Only in OBC! Wow!! Thanks Joe!! Peter let me rifle through his doubles box and dig out an amazing '60 Scoops card of Killebrew. My own pile of dupes was so pathetic that I resisted all urges to help myself to more, but his high numbers and stars had me drooling bit. The Killebrew, however, was so amazing... love that card. Thanks, Peter.... it was wonderful getting to know ya better, too! When our two other guests left at about five, Steve started an all-out assault on my wantlist, jumping from UV to vintage, hitting every sport andnonsport set in sight... massive carnage to the wantlist, to the extent that it will be at least two weeks before it will be current again! Holy cow... amazing stuff, just amazing. Steve, your generousity and kindness never cease to amaze me (even though I know you're shaking your head and saying, "ah, it's nothing" right about now!) Thank you so very much. Some day I *will* be able to ret aliate and ya better watch out! Anyway, it's time to take off here, so I need to get this posting out to you all. Take care and a very Happy New Year to all! John Leroux, aka 2003 Trading Bases "Secret Santa", 12/25/03 =E2=93 Nicestuff!: (1) 1962 Topps Baseball #138 (Babe Ruth!!!!!) (6) 2002 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 438 468 524 573 580 and 603 (4) 2003 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 379 384 (Santana) 444 465 (1) 1993 Bowman Baseball #535 (Yount) (1) 1997 Leaf Baseball #136 (Pettitte) (1) 1995 Collector=E2=99s Choice SE Baseball #75 (Ozzie) (1) 1992 Pinnacle Baseball #293 (Yount) (1) 1995 Select Baseball #15 (Ozzie) (8) 1984 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 114 233 482 517 527 609 672 792 (1) 1974 Topps Football #385 (Ted Hendricks) Peter Mead, aka 2003 OBC "Secret Santa" recipient=E2=A6 wait=E2=A6 what=E2=99s he doing giving ME cards???! 12/24/03 =E2=93 nice stuff too=E2=A6 some for Sarah, Ben, and me! (1) 1962 Topps Baseball #235 (1964 World Series Game 4=E2=A6 Ford hits new (1) 1963 Topps Baseball #4 (1962 AL Home Run Leaders =E2=93 Killebrew!!/Cash/Colavito/Wagner/Gentile/Maris=E2=A6 what a card!!) For Sarah: Shawn Green and a pair of Japanese MLB pitchers (1) 1996 Metal #120 =E2=93 Shawn Green (1) 1996 Upper Deck #193 (Mac Suzuki!) (1) 1998 Aurora Pennant Fever #30 (Hideo Nomo!) For Ben: Eight catchers! (1) 1962 Topps #16, Darrell Johnson (1) 1966 Topps #73, Jerry Zimmerman (1) 1973 Topps #402, Jack Hiatt (1) 1977 Topps #576, Fred Kendall (1) 1988 Topps All Star Glossy #20, Gary Carter (1) 1993 Ted Williams Company #2, Rick Ferrell (2) 1994 Ted Williams Company #=E2=99s 59, Elston Howard and #129, Chad Steve Rittenberg, 12/24/03, another amazing mix of cards and other stuff! (1) 1959 Topps Baseball #515 (Harmon Killebrew!!) (1) 1889 Arbuckle Coffee "Principal Nations of the World" (K3) China (1) 1950=E2=99s Nabisco Shredded Wheat Tony Sarg=E2=99s Animal Circus(F275-16) (1) 1920=E2=99s Exhibit Supply Company movie star card with salutation, tinted red, with way-cool ad for Exhibit Supply Company on back. The corner of thecard was supposed to be clipped as a redemption coupon, but is still intact! Actor is Francis Bushwall. (1) 19?? Aviation Pioneers #5, Amelia Earhart!! (13) oddball stickers, probably by Fleer, that I=E2=99ll have to ID later=E2=A6 (1) cool 1964 Hillerich & Bradsby Company ad featuring Yaz, Davis, Killebrew, and Aaron! (1) 1965 Topps Embossed #56 =E2=93 Harmon Killebrew! (1) 1970 Milton Bradley Game Harmon Killebrew (1) very cool card featuring Minnesota Metropolitan Stadium. Baseball Fact on bottom of card in blue. (1) panel of 196? Topps Baseball Stamps with Twin Zoilo Versalles with Whitey (1) 1977-84 Galasso Glossy Greats #167 =E2=93 Germany Schaefer! (2) 2000 UD Ionix #8 (Shawn Green, x2) (1) 2003 Upper Deck Victory #41, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Bowman #90, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Bowman Gold #90, Shawn Green (2) 2003 Flair #64, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Fleer Authentix #66, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Upper Deck Game Face #56, Shawn Green (1) 1999 Bowman=E2=99s Best #76, Shawn Green (1) 1988 Panini Baseball =E2=9988 Stickers #222 (Tony Fernandez) (1) 196? Edu-Cards Flip Movie #5 (1) 1979 Topps Crazy Comic Stick-Ons #25 (1) set of 10 Kahn=E2=99s Hillshire Farms Cooperstown Collection + 1 extra Mathews card (1) 1988 TSN Hardee=E2=99s Coca-Cola set of 6 cards=E2=A6 Gehrig, Waddell, Mack, Cool Papa Bell, Stengel, and Cobb! (1) 2002 Fleer Showcase #100, Harmon Killebrew! (1) 1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game #33, Harmon Killebrew!! (2) 2003 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #37, Harmon Killebrew!! (1) 1999 Bowman Chrome #210 (LeCroy) (1) 2002 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia #80 (Hunter!) (1) 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Retrospection #1 (Rod Carew!) (1) 2000 Fleer Tradition #189 (Mientkiewicz) (1) 2002 Topps 206 Piedmont #245 (Milton) (1) 2002 Topps 206 Polar Bear #140 (Mohr) (3) 2002 Topps Archives Reserves #=E2=99s 8 (Carew) 77 (Blyleven) and 78(Oliva!) (1) 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #52 (Oliva) (5) 2003 Topps 205 #=E2=99s 37 64 99(x2) and 106 (1) 2002 Topps 206 T206 #17, Shawn Green (1) 1972 Sunoco Stamps Vikings Carl Eller! (4) 1994 Triple Play Bomb Squad cards #=E2=99s 4 (Bonds!) 7 (Gant) 10 (Matt Williams, x2) (3) 1963 Ohio Match Company "Ohio Blue Tips" match boxes: Male golfer (x2), Horse and Carriage. 2 of the 3 had faux pearl handmade handles for the boxes. One of the 2 male golfer boxes did not=E2=A6 it still was full of matches! (1) 2002 Leaf Rookies and Stars Statistical Standouts #SS-41 =E2=93 Shawn (1) 2002 SP Authentic Game Jersey #J-SG=E2=A6 Shawn Green game-used jersey Way cool! (1) Complete set of 1991 Pro Set PGA Tour Cards OH MY GOSH!!! There=E2=99s filling in the =E2=9991 Pro Set PGA Tour Cards!!! (1) 1968 Topps #247 =E2=93 Johnny Bench Rookie Card!!!!!! (1) 1946 Kellogg=E2=99s Portraits of the Presidents (F273-21) John Tylerin condition=E2=A6 WOW!! (1) 1994 Tuff Stuff Promo for Stargate, #TSM-1 (8) 1994 O-Pee-Chee #=E2=99s 53 (Winfield!) 92 93 (Puckett!) 155 227 246247 261 (Hrbek!) (1) 1991 Topps Desert Storm #234 (Scott Erickson) (1) 2002 Topps 206 #218 (Shawn Green, no bat) (1) 2002 Topps 206 T206 #T206-11 (Shawn Green) (1) 2002 SP-Authentic Golf #123 (Jack Nicklaus!!!, #=E2=99d 1467/3499) (1) Unidentified (British?) tobacco card by Standard Cork Tipped, "B. Carslake in colors of Mr. I.T. Carslake) Lynn Miller, 12/17/03, oh just the usual amazing package! (1) 1999 Prestige Alma Mater # AM4 =E2=93 RANDY MOSS (a huge card!) (1) 1964 Topps #152 (Tommy Sisk) (2) 1974 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 10 (Johnny Bench!!!!!) and 600 (Bill Madlock (1) 1977 Topps Baseball #6 (Strikeout Leaders Ryan/Seaver) (1) 1974 Topps Football #1 (O.J. Simpson!) (6) assorted Vikings =E2=93 =E2=9996 Ultra Sensations #61 (Reed) =E2=9992 Topps #=E2=99s 159 (Gannon) and 222 (Anderson), =E2=9992 Stadium Club #=E2=99s 19 (Gannon) 95 (Steve Jordan) and 72 (Herschel Walker) ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:08:47 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XTrJmx@aol.com Subject: More thanks from Maryland... Hi all... Wanted to send out one more batch of thanks before we take off for my brother's place in Ohio (Sandusky... sure wish it was summer and the park was open!). As usual, Steve Rittenberg has been a blessing for me during our stay at my in-laws. First off, when I arrived at his place, he handed me a huge box of the usual amazing assortment of cards. Then he hands me a '59 Killebrew!! WOW!!!! Later that night, when I was going through the box of cards, found a box with a complete set of '91 ProSet Golf cards. However, I had *no* idea that these boxes came filled in with vintage cards as well, INCLUDING A '68 JOHNNY BENCH ROOKIE CARD!!!!!! Wow!!!! (again... and that doesn't even begin to describe it!) Next, Steve made sure I was able to find Peter Mead's house (though Denise's directions were impecable!) so that I could deliver my not-so-secret Santa package to Peter. While at Peter's house, Peter surprises me with a nice stash of cards because he had gotten a heads-up that I was coming. Only in OBC does Santa *get* packages from his supposed recipient! Peter dug out a pair of awesome cards for me... a '62 WS Game 4 and a '63 AL HR Leaders featuring my boyhood hero, Harmon Killebrew! On top of that, he found some incredible catcher cards for my boy, Ben, and a great trifecta of Shawn Green, Hideo Nomo, and Mac Suzuki cards for my daughter, Sarah! They loved 'em... I loved mine... doesn't get much better than that! Thanks, Peter... and Steve! Finally, on Friday, Steve hosted a get together in my honor which allowed me to meet Joe Cerullo and re-meet Peter Mead again. When I arrived, Joe and Steve were talking about stuff that sounded like Greek to me, but it turnedout it was just banter about Wide Pens, Narrow Pens, Jellos and Posts, etc... amazing knowledge. It was wonderful meeting Joe, and just as he was about to he found my binder that has cards of ballplayers with their kids. He immediately says, "Oh.. there's some famous Wide and Narrow pen cards that have with their kids on them!" and procedes to dig out dupes of each of the two and gives 'em to me. Only in OBC! Wow!! Thanks Joe!! Peter let me rifle through his doubles box and dig out an amazing '60 Scoops card of Killebrew. My own pile of dupes was so pathetic that I resisted all urges to help myself to more, but his high numbers and stars had me drooling bit. The Killebrew, however, was so amazing... love that card. Thanks, Peter.... it was wonderful getting to know ya better, too! When our two other guests left at about five, Steve started an all-out assault on my wantlist, jumping from UV to vintage, hitting every sport andnonsport set in sight... massive carnage to the wantlist, to the extent that it will be at least two weeks before it will be current again! Holy cow... amazing stuff, just amazing. Steve, your generousity and kindness never cease to amaze me (even though I know you're shaking your head and saying, "ah, it's nothing" right about now!) Thank you so very much. Some day I *will* be able to ret aliate and ya better watch out! Anyway, it's time to take off here, so I need to get this posting out to you all. Take care and a very Happy New Year to all! John Leroux, aka 2003 Trading Bases "Secret Santa", 12/25/03 =E2=93 Nicestuff!: (1) 1962 Topps Baseball #138 (Babe Ruth!!!!!) (6) 2002 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 438 468 524 573 580 and 603 (4) 2003 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 379 384 (Santana) 444 465 (1) 1993 Bowman Baseball #535 (Yount) (1) 1997 Leaf Baseball #136 (Pettitte) (1) 1995 Collector=E2=99s Choice SE Baseball #75 (Ozzie) (1) 1992 Pinnacle Baseball #293 (Yount) (1) 1995 Select Baseball #15 (Ozzie) (8) 1984 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 114 233 482 517 527 609 672 792 (1) 1974 Topps Football #385 (Ted Hendricks) Peter Mead, aka 2003 OBC "Secret Santa" recipient=E2=A6 wait=E2=A6 what=E2=99s he doing giving ME cards???! 12/24/03 =E2=93 nice stuff too=E2=A6 some for Sarah, Ben, and me! (1) 1962 Topps Baseball #235 (1964 World Series Game 4=E2=A6 Ford hits new (1) 1963 Topps Baseball #4 (1962 AL Home Run Leaders =E2=93 Killebrew!!/Cash/Colavito/Wagner/Gentile/Maris=E2=A6 what a card!!) For Sarah: Shawn Green and a pair of Japanese MLB pitchers (1) 1996 Metal #120 =E2=93 Shawn Green (1) 1996 Upper Deck #193 (Mac Suzuki!) (1) 1998 Aurora Pennant Fever #30 (Hideo Nomo!) For Ben: Eight catchers! (1) 1962 Topps #16, Darrell Johnson (1) 1966 Topps #73, Jerry Zimmerman (1) 1973 Topps #402, Jack Hiatt (1) 1977 Topps #576, Fred Kendall (1) 1988 Topps All Star Glossy #20, Gary Carter (1) 1993 Ted Williams Company #2, Rick Ferrell (2) 1994 Ted Williams Company #=E2=99s 59, Elston Howard and #129, Chad Steve Rittenberg, 12/24/03, another amazing mix of cards and other stuff! (1) 1959 Topps Baseball #515 (Harmon Killebrew!!) (1) 1889 Arbuckle Coffee "Principal Nations of the World" (K3) China (1) 1950=E2=99s Nabisco Shredded Wheat Tony Sarg=E2=99s Animal Circus(F275-16) (1) 1920=E2=99s Exhibit Supply Company movie star card with salutation, tinted red, with way-cool ad for Exhibit Supply Company on back. The corner of thecard was supposed to be clipped as a redemption coupon, but is still intact! Actor is Francis Bushwall. (1) 19?? Aviation Pioneers #5, Amelia Earhart!! (13) oddball stickers, probably by Fleer, that I=E2=99ll have to ID later=E2=A6 (1) cool 1964 Hillerich & Bradsby Company ad featuring Yaz, Davis, Killebrew, and Aaron! (1) 1965 Topps Embossed #56 =E2=93 Harmon Killebrew! (1) 1970 Milton Bradley Game Harmon Killebrew (1) very cool card featuring Minnesota Metropolitan Stadium. Baseball Fact on bottom of card in blue. (1) panel of 196? Topps Baseball Stamps with Twin Zoilo Versalles with Whitey (1) 1977-84 Galasso Glossy Greats #167 =E2=93 Germany Schaefer! (2) 2000 UD Ionix #8 (Shawn Green, x2) (1) 2003 Upper Deck Victory #41, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Bowman #90, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Bowman Gold #90, Shawn Green (2) 2003 Flair #64, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Fleer Authentix #66, Shawn Green (1) 2003 Upper Deck Game Face #56, Shawn Green (1) 1999 Bowman=E2=99s Best #76, Shawn Green (1) 1988 Panini Baseball =E2=9988 Stickers #222 (Tony Fernandez) (1) 196? Edu-Cards Flip Movie #5 (1) 1979 Topps Crazy Comic Stick-Ons #25 (1) set of 10 Kahn=E2=99s Hillshire Farms Cooperstown Collection + 1 extra Mathews card (1) 1988 TSN Hardee=E2=99s Coca-Cola set of 6 cards=E2=A6 Gehrig, Waddell, Mack, Cool Papa Bell, Stengel, and Cobb! (1) 2002 Fleer Showcase #100, Harmon Killebrew! (1) 1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game #33, Harmon Killebrew!! (2) 2003 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #37, Harmon Killebrew!! (1) 1999 Bowman Chrome #210 (LeCroy) (1) 2002 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia #80 (Hunter!) (1) 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game Retrospection #1 (Rod Carew!) (1) 2000 Fleer Tradition #189 (Mientkiewicz) (1) 2002 Topps 206 Piedmont #245 (Milton) (1) 2002 Topps 206 Polar Bear #140 (Mohr) (3) 2002 Topps Archives Reserves #=E2=99s 8 (Carew) 77 (Blyleven) and 78(Oliva!) (1) 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #52 (Oliva) (5) 2003 Topps 205 #=E2=99s 37 64 99(x2) and 106 (1) 2002 Topps 206 T206 #17, Shawn Green (1) 1972 Sunoco Stamps Vikings Carl Eller! (4) 1994 Triple Play Bomb Squad cards #=E2=99s 4 (Bonds!) 7 (Gant) 10 (Matt Williams, x2) (3) 1963 Ohio Match Company "Ohio Blue Tips" match boxes: Male golfer (x2), Horse and Carriage. 2 of the 3 had faux pearl handmade handles for the boxes. One of the 2 male golfer boxes did not=E2=A6 it still was full of matches! (1) 2002 Leaf Rookies and Stars Statistical Standouts #SS-41 =E2=93 Shawn (1) 2002 SP Authentic Game Jersey #J-SG=E2=A6 Shawn Green game-used jersey Way cool! (1) Complete set of 1991 Pro Set PGA Tour Cards OH MY GOSH!!! There=E2=99s filling in the =E2=9991 Pro Set PGA Tour Cards!!! (1) 1968 Topps #247 =E2=93 Johnny Bench Rookie Card!!!!!! (1) 1946 Kellogg=E2=99s Portraits of the Presidents (F273-21) John Tylerin condition=E2=A6 WOW!! (1) 1994 Tuff Stuff Promo for Stargate, #TSM-1 (8) 1994 O-Pee-Chee #=E2=99s 53 (Winfield!) 92 93 (Puckett!) 155 227 246247 261 (Hrbek!) (1) 1991 Topps Desert Storm #234 (Scott Erickson) (1) 2002 Topps 206 #218 (Shawn Green, no bat) (1) 2002 Topps 206 T206 #T206-11 (Shawn Green) (1) 2002 SP-Authentic Golf #123 (Jack Nicklaus!!!, #=E2=99d 1467/3499) (1) Unidentified (British?) tobacco card by Standard Cork Tipped, "B. Carslake in colors of Mr. I.T. Carslake) Lynn Miller, 12/17/03, oh just the usual amazing package! (1) 1999 Prestige Alma Mater # AM4 =E2=93 RANDY MOSS (a huge card!) (1) 1964 Topps #152 (Tommy Sisk) (2) 1974 Topps Baseball #=E2=99s 10 (Johnny Bench!!!!!) and 600 (Bill Madlock (1) 1977 Topps Baseball #6 (Strikeout Leaders Ryan/Seaver) (1) 1974 Topps Football #1 (O.J. Simpson!) (6) assorted Vikings =E2=93 =E2=9996 Ultra Sensations #61 (Reed) =E2=9992 Topps #=E2=99s 159 (Gannon) and 222 (Anderson), =E2=9992 Stadium Club #=E2=99s 19 (Gannon) 95 (Steve Jordan) and 72 (Herschel Walker) ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:00:32 -0800 (PST) To: obc thanks From: Matthew Subject: Xmas thanks Many cards over the break, all waiting for my return from Seattle. Woo hoo! The givers: Ant, Brock Hattox, Mark Talbot, OBC Santa The cards: 1939 Playball, 1950 Bowmans, 1951 Bowman Mapes (only one to go!), 1952 Bowman Ashburn (last card! Thanks Santa!), 1967 semi-hi Shaw. Mike D already gave a rambling about our trip to the Cooperstown store in Seattle. They had nice finds for me, including a trimmed 59 Gibson for the WL and 1935 Goudey and 1951 blue back cards for my #5 collection. Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:48:02 -0500 To: vct@yahoogroups.com, obc-thanks@yahoogroups.com, From: Mark S Talbot Subject: Thank you Dr. Gray Hello All, I received a very nice SCP from fellow trader John Scott Gray. Postmarked December 23rd - Dr. John sent to me a `50 Bowman card of Henry Thompson, perfect for my growing collection of these - Thanks I would like to wish all a Happy New Year - BE REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:08:49 -0500 To: obcron@yahoo.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Mark S Talbot Subject: Inexcusable delay on these Thanks!!! Hello All, I am quite embarrassed to say that I have neglected to thank the following three traders in a proper fashion. I is an inexcusable blunder and I do apologize to Ron Perry, James Moleta and Ken Fellow FOOT member Ron Perry passed along (8) hits to my `73 OPC set. Ron had picked up plenty of these in his recent trip to Toronto and pulled these beaut's for me including the Pirate and Royals Team card, Tim McCarver, Mike Cuellar and manager and HOF'er Leo Durocher. Thanks so much Ron. James Moleta send (7) cards from the `87 Fleer update set and skillfully hides (3) `49 and (1) `50 Bowman cards in-between all the shiny stuff. Along for the ride were Les Moss, Aaron Robinson, Frank Gustine and Whitey Lockman in perfect OBC condition that will be further enjoyed by this collector. Finally, Ken Morganti finds some variations for me - a `62 Green Tint of Mike De La Hoz, a Series 2 - `69 Checklist variation and a "Classic" `69 variation of Donn Clendenon with the Houston scratched out and Expos penned in - my kind of variation. Obviously this boyhood collector was not going to wait for Topps to correct this card - he would lead the charge with this "homemade variation". I'm pleased to have it Ken!!! All of these offering to my collection arrived at least two weeks ago and I do regret not thanking these fine gentlemen more quickly. I am thankful for these additions. Happy New Year to all - BE REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= To: "obc thanks" Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:13:52 -0500 From: "senthi" Subject: Thanks HEllo All, ED Schott sends along the first strikes to the 66 set. 20 each hits to the first ================= Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:22:55 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com, groucho1001@comcast.net, trufan999@aol.com From: Jerry Coker Subject: incoming thanks Couple thanks to get out to: Kent Montgomery - for sending a cool Xmas card filled with some UV hits, as well as a great poem about Maz's HR in the 1960 WS. I also like the Tinkers - Evers - Chance T-205's on the back of the card! Thank you Kent! John Leroux - for sending two 70T hi #'s and a UV Don Sutton. Sutton is definately in contention with Don Mossi for some seriously funny ear "mug shots". I guess that's why Sutton eventually grew those curly locks that I think he still sports :) Thanks for the great cards John! Happy New Year to all! Thanks OBC!! Jerry Coker ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:31:18 EST To: undisclosed-recipients:; From: cardclctor@aol.com Subject: I sent that creep something LAST YEAR... ...and he never thanked me for it. Hi all, Now before someone says the above about me, I'd like to finally get around to thanking a couple folks who enhanced my collection last week. I'd also like to thank the guys who bettered it just yesterday. Lynn Miller sent some holiday wishes in the form of a Christmas card and included a basball card of Joe Grzenda for my 1969 Topps set. THANKS LYNN!! Gary Mandell adds a trio of 1969's including one of the last AS's I needed and a Podres. THANKS GARY!! Yesterday I got a large flat dropped on my doorstep with a recent copy of Buckett Vintage from Rick Svetecz. Rick added a cool felt patch of next year's (or this year's if you're getting this in the digest version ) WS champs from Boston and a return envelope for the magazine. Rick is going to be the first person to own an autographed copy of the article bearing my ugly mug. THANKS Yesterday I took a little side trip down to meet up with a couple guys in Long Island. I met Jeff Delott for the first time and he added a baker's dozen worth of hits to the 1969 set. Most of these fit way in the back of the binder too. THANKS JEFF! George Altemose let me look over his T205 dupes and I found 10% of my wantlist in there (two hits)! One of them is the scarce Rowan, which I'm kinda glad was the only hard to get one I needed out of the many Goerge had. I didn't have anything on his list, but George was kind enough to take on of my dupes in exchange... possibly an upgrade. THANKS GEORGE!! Both of the cards I got finished off a page in the binder - That made the long drive worth it. Kit Okamuro pulled out a ton of nice cards that might've been hits to plenty of lists in the group. Unfortunately, my list was not included in that group. THANKS KIT for trying and the pleasure of your company! Dave Hornish, our host, couldn't hit my list either, so he started me on a set. I now own almost half of the 1970 Topps posters including Frank Robinson and Carew. Dave also let me take a couple hours rest in the brand new guest room bed to get some much needed rest before the trip home. THANKS DAVE!! Now unless the postman brings something in the mail today, I think I'm all caught up on thanks for the year. One final note of thanks I'd like to add though. Thanks to everyone in OBC for making this year another special one for me through your friendship! TAYL, Ken M ================= To: "OBC_Thanks" Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 09:43:13 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: thanks Andy Andy Cook sends 10 Diamond Stars and 10 T205's to complete a trade. The T205's are some of the most beautiful I have. Missing a corner here and there, but who needs a corner? They can be dangerous ;-) thanks Andy! thanks OBC! ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:18:38 -0500 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: XTrJmx@aol.com Subject: Thanks from Ohio... Hi all... made it to my brother's place in Sandusky just fine last night. Before we get on with our day, I wanted to finish thanking folks that I had to leave out of my posting yesterday (we were heading out the door when I sent my thanks...). Those of you who read beyond my closing at the end have had a little preview... I often copy and paste recent incomings into my message and then delete them as I finish my thanks verbage but forgot to delete yesterday. Oh well... ANYWAY: Wanted to send out a special thanks to another OBC member, John Leroux, who was my Secret Santa in Kevin Marten's trading group (Trading Bases). John apologized for having a depleted inventory after our last trade, but he certainly found a fantastic card for me... a '62 featuring the Great Bambino himself. A Ruthian accomplishment, literally! John also tossed in a bunch of UV hits that were very welcome by Sarah, Ben, and me. Thanks, John!! Wish we were closer in Ohio so that we could visit a bit... maybe next summer! My other omitted thanks goes out to Kevin Martens for a terrific Christmas card (with an insert ) and to Lynn Miller for an awesome card containing a pair of awesome '74s (Bench and the Madlock RC!!), the '77 Strikeout Leaders card with Ryan and Seaver (oops... I think Steve may have given me one of these too!!), a '64 Tommie Sisk, a '74 Topps football card of O.J. and a bunch of Vikings! Thanks a ton Lynn and Kevin... love 'em all!! Well all, it's about lunch time here so I better log off. Thanks again to all and I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year!! ================= Date: 31 Dec 2003 19:44:02 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: A tip of the OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to the following: Matt Heilenman - who blinds me temporarily with a couple of welcome UV hits to the 84 set. Thanks Matt for the shiny cardboard. Mike Rich - who sends yet another package my way, this time with 7 63's including Gentle Giant Frank Howard and 3 64's. Thanks a second time Mike. Andy Cook - who sends a half dozen gold-bordered beauties including the open-mouth variation of Eddie Collins. Tobacco cards so tempting you almost want to light up again. Thanks Andy. Have an error-free season. ================= Date: 31 Dec 2003 19:54:54 -0000 To: "obcjohn@knology.net" , OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "obcjohn@knology.net" Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] A tip of the Need to correct the report on Andy's package. There were 7, not 6 205's and besides Eddie there was Jimmy Collins, old Boston 3rd sacker who supposedly perfected the bare-handed scoop and throw technique. Double thanks Andy. On 31 Dec 2003 19:44:02 -0000, "obcjohn@knology.net" wrote : > OBC cap goes out from Biscuitland to the following: > Matt Heilenman - who blinds me temporarily with a couple of welcome UV > hits to the 84 set. Thanks Matt for the shiny cardboard. > Mike Rich - who sends yet another package my way, this time with 7 63's > including Gentle Giant Frank Howard and 3 64's. Thanks a second time > Andy Cook - who sends a half dozen gold-bordered beauties including > open-mouth variation of Eddie Collins. Tobacco cards so tempting you > almost want to light up again. Thanks Andy. > Have an error-free season. > Bama > Yahoo! Groups Links > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OBC-Thanks/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > OBC-Thanks-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:54:21 EST To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: dsh46@aol.com Subject: Santa Arrives in time for the new year! Well, US Customs must have been keeping out packages from Canada due to mad cardboard disease but Paul Biggs was my OBC Santa this year and he hit me with a themed gift-all '66. A clutch of Ruboffs and a 66 Topps mid-series card arrived in a well-sealed puffy just in time to finish off 2003--Thanks Paul! ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:50:50 -0500 To: dfjulien@swbell.net, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Mark S Talbot Subject: Happy New Year and a year end thanks!!! Hello All, I would like to thank Doug Julien for a wonderful assortment of Football cards. Nicely packaged with a rubber band (Nice touch) come (26) cards from the `60 Fleer Football set. Each one lovingly taped into a scrapbook by the original owner and now they will be enjoyed by this collector. An OBC package at its finest - Thanks Doug. I do appreciate the effort to pull these beauties together Doug, the cards and the opportunity to continue our friendship through these little pieces of cardboard. Happy New Year to all in OBC land - BE WELL!!!!! REGARDS --------------------------------- MARK "Live long and prosper" - Spock * Mark S. Talbot * * 34030 Chatsworth Drive * * Sterling Heights, MI. * * 48312-4604 * * talbot1@comcast.net * ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:29:10 -0800 (PST) To: Thanks OBC From: John Pugsley Subject: End of Year Thanks To... JAMES & ABBIE MOLETA for sending a 1955 Topps Dale Long and a 1956 Topps Nelson Burbrink within hours of the 2003 trading dealine. Well done James. Thanks again and enjoy all the bowl games. http://johnpugsley.20m.com Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:31:24 -0800 (PST) To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: Paul Biggs Subject: end of year thanks 4 packages have made their way to Manitoba ovaer the past few days. 2 of them were from Rob Gioia, who sends a 62 a couple of 59's and 8 1960's. Thank you Rob, the cards are great. I hope you and your wife are doing OK. Ken Morganti sends an amazing cornucopia of cards - 9 55's, a pair each of 56's and 61's, 11 62's, a 66, 22 67's, 20 68's, a 69, a couple of 70's, 13 71's, 7 psychos, and a half dozen 73's. Some great names in there too! Wow. Thanks Ken. The fourth package I can't mention on this server, but thanks just the same Marshall West. Happy New Year everyone, and I hope all of us have a wonderful 2004. Paul Biggs Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Get your photo on the big screen in Times Square ================= Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 04:19:36 -0000 To: OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: "mikesportsfan" Subject: Year End thanks Thanks is due to the founders of OBC for arranging a group that has been so supportive to myself and to others over the years. Both personally and in my obsessive pursuit of cardboard and other As the year draws to a close a few specific thanks are in order to Mattman for some UV waiver claims and a starter set of 1980 Burger King Phillies, including Lefty. In addition to making me hungry it allowed me to add another set to my wantlist. We all know how short my lists were becoming. Andy Cook also allowed me to claim a pair of Atlantic Oil cards, McCovey and Aspromonte. A fun set that Andy recently finished. Also received a package fom Ralph Genove of OCT who is considering applying to OBC. Ralph sent a 1962 Original Frank Thomas plus a 62 high number, a 62 high number and 2 66 high numbers. With dupes like these, some of you may want to contact him. I also stopped by a card shop today which may be part of a Ramble, where although I spent some money only ended up with 1 card for myself a Berk Ross of B-Baller Bill Sharman. I hope all enjoy a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. Mike Rich ================= Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:23:17 EST To: Mikesportsfan@aol.com, OBC-Thanks@yahoogroups.com From: tply@aol.com Subject: Re: [OBC-Thanks] Year End thanks Well said Mike, as one of the earlier members of this group I certainly agree with your thoughts! P.S HAPPY NEW YEAR OBC!!!!!