================= Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:11:54 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Bob is the highlight of my day Hi all, Bob D'Angelo sends 12 2006 Topps Update and Highlights. Bob, Thank you for the help!! Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:33:10 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: 2 in 2 Hi all, Bob D'Angelo sends a second package to me within 2 days. This one contained 9 more 2006 Topps Update and Highlights. Bob, thank you for helping me shrink this set's needs. Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:14:21 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Bob Hits a 3 Bagger Hi all, Bob D'Angelo sends me a total of 3 envelopes of 2006 Topps Update and Highlights in the last 2 days. The latest installment has 11 hits including a card that makes most Mets fan cringe, a Scott Kasmir card. I thought after we traded away Tom Seaver, that we have learned about stupid trades, I guess not!! Bob, Thank you for all the help. Much appreciated!! Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:53:22 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: Thanks to James Big thanks out to JAMES MOLETA for some great post-80 hits. First off is a guy who shares my hometown (Dayton) and my alma mater (Ohio University) - Mike Schmidt! That leaves only 2 more cards to kill the 81 Fleer base set. Also included were three hits to my 85 Fleer set, getting that set down to only 21 left. Three more HOF'ers are crossed off that list: Reggie Jackson, Steve Carlton, & Eddie Murray. Wow! Huge thanks, James! P.S. For any heroes-to-be, here's my remaining WL for 81 & 85 Fleer: 1981 Fleer 202 (Foster) 351 (Henderson) 1985 Fleer 023 093 110 155 187 212 242 286 291 296 353 359 393 405 416 425 473 485 490 526 581 645 647 655 ================= Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:18:27 -0500 To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" From: "Steve Rittenberg" Subject: 2006 Topps Hi all. This morning I decided to put away the 2006 Topps set that Jim Beauchemin graciously sent me last spring. I looked at the checklist and saw "Series one". Whoops! That means I need a Series two, huh? Anyone have an extra Series 2 laying around the house? Haha. Also, I wonder if I already have the Red Sox and the Rookie Cup cards. Those I probably have. And now I see there is the Topps Update and Highlight set as well. I'll have to make a list for the Red Sox in those too. Does it ever end? ================= Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 09:17:26 -0500 To: srittenberg@gmail.com (Steve Rittenberg) From: Originaleek@webtv.net Subject: Re: [uvlist] 2006 Topps To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" From: "Steve Rittenberg" Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:18:27 -0500 Subject: [uvlist] 2006 Topps ================= Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 13:40:40 -0800 (PST) To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: Dan Angland Subject: who just posted a drakes want list? Someone just posted a drakes want list..I have 4 cards to send you but i deleted the email. Can you send me your address? Thanks, Dan Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on Yahoo! Answers. ================= Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:37:21 -0500 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: Sean McGowan Subject: Thanks to Brock! Brock salvaged a bunch of cards from the trash and put a major dent in my '84 topps set. Thanks a bunch Brock! ================= Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:43:48 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Tom Housley" Subject: 1981 Donruss variations - I've officially lost my mind Since I finally put the 81 Donruss base set to bed, I figured what the hell - I might as well try to collect the variations too! So if any of you any of these "thin bastard" variations, I'd be glad to offer them a new home. 1981 Donruss variations needed: 7 (1980 avg is "185" - no period) 23 (complete box around stats) 26 (photo with bat) 51 ("Donahue" on front) 56 ("surpassed 21 hr =85" on back) 71 (lifetime HR 986) 72 (`breaking broke leg" on back) 82 ("for some reason, Phillies=85") 87 ("..Twins w/ 28 rbi..) 97 (Throws right) 313 ("see card 371" on back) 164 (no 3B in stat heads) 240 (spelled "Lacy") 261 (head shot =96 photo actually Forsch ) 306 ("Mathews" on front) 319 ("Dwayne" on front) 326 (=8530 HR mark 3rd=85" on back) 330 ("Rogers" on front) 342 ("Spittorff" on front) 357 ("Bob" on front) 379 ("Pojoils" on front) 444 (photo reversed) 457 (Lifetime ERA "9-7") 483 (Lifetime hits 642) 490 (1980 highlights begin "showed pop=85") 516 (1980 highlights begin "spent most=85) 532 1980 highlights begin "Was 2nd in=85") 554 (1980 highlights begin "After=85" ) 555 (1980 highlights begin "After=85") 556 (1980 highlights begin "Traded=85") 563 (1980 highlights begin "Traded=85") 566 ("Glen" on front) 595 (1980 highlights begin "sidelined=85") Checklist 241-360 (306 is "Garry") Checklist 361-480 (379 is "Pujols") Checklist 481-660 (566 is "Glenn") ================= Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:30:44 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob D'Angelo" Subject: Thanks to Kevin Hi gang, Monday thanks go out to Kevin Martens, who sends a Bonds HRH #431 Kevin then sends a second envelope containing five cards for the 2006 Upper Deck Series 2 set, trimming that set to a mere three cards needed for completion. Wow, great stuff. Thanks, Kev! ================= Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:27:16 EST To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: directorth@aol.com Subject: Thanks to Mark Thanks today to Mark Talbot, who puts me in debt with 8 more Conlons (knocking the 93 set down to only 2 to go), plus some nice vintage FB & hockey - all wrapped up inside a 2006 All-Star Ballot & a 2006 Hometown Heroes ballot. Very nice stuff, Mark - thanks! Tom Housley ================= Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:00:16 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Bob D'Angelo" Subject: Kevin homers back to back Hi gang, Kevin Martens continues to pound away at my Bonds HRH set, sending #568. Many thanks, Kev! ================= Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:03:24 -0500 To: "uvlist@yahoogroups.com" From: "Steve Rittenberg" Subject: Thanks EEK!! Wow. Earl sent about 120 of the cards for my 2006 Topps Series 2 set. I started checking them off last night and hope to finish today and send you guys an update list. ================= Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:18:34 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Correction to my last post Hi all, Ken Kimble was not part of the Superbowl Pool, Ken was just helping my addiction to Mets stuff. Thank you so much for helping my addiction..smile Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:01:37 -0500 From: Carlos Alcazar Subject: UV List I ended up being at home all day today, and as such I was able to sit in my office and sort through different stuff that I had been meaning to get through. The result of some of this sorting is my UV Wantlist, first with some sets already well in progress and then a couple from my birth year that I have wanted to start as a project for sometime but never got around to it. No real condition requirements unless mentioned, although I'd be surprised (and impressed) if somebody had some tiptons for some of these sets. lol So if you've been dying to get rid of some 80's stuff you thought would never leave you, here's a chance. 1980 Topps (54.8% complete, 328 to go!) 001 002 004 006 010 013 019 022 028 040 041 046 057 063 065 066 067 069 070 074 077 082 085 098 100 102 105 107 109 116 124 130 136 140 142 143 147 150 153 160 161 166 169 170 171 173 185 197 198 200 203 204 206 209 210 212 215 218 225 226 227 228 230 232 235 245 247 249 250 252 259 260 262 265 267 270 274 275 276 277 280 282 285 288 290 295 297 312 313 319 328 329 335 336 338 340 342 344 348 349 351 352 355 356 358 359 362 364 366 367 368 369 371 372 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 388 389 390 392 393 394 395 396 398 400 401 406 408 409 411 412 413 414 415 416 418 420 422 424 425 426 428 429 432 433 436 440 441 443 444 448 450 451 452 453 455 456 457 458 460 463 467 468 473 474 475 476 478 479 481 483 485 487 488 490 493 495 496 497 499 500 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 512 514 515 516 519 521 522 523 526 527 528 529 531 533 534 537 538 540 541 544 545 547 549 550 551 552 553 555 556 557 558 559 563 564 565 566 567 570 572 574 575 576 577 579 580 581 582 583 588 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 598 600 601 602 608 609 611 612 613 615 616 617 619 620 621 622 624 628 631 632 633 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 643 644 648 649 651 653 657 659 662 666 667 669 672 673 674 679 682 685 689 690 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 702 703 704 707 708 709 710 712 713 716 720 721 723 725 726 1987 Topps (144 to go!) 001 005 012 015 017 023 033 034 037 042 043 044 046 052 060 067 072 073 077 082 094 112 113 115 126 142 143 146 148 151 156 161 170 179 181 182 183 184 187 189 206 217 220 221 227 232 239 241 247 248 250 267 270 271 276 289 292 309 313 314 315 318 319 328 333 336 337 347 348 358 359 362 374 375 387 391 398 433 436 437 439 442 447 452 456 465 471 473 474 479 481 486 487 489 495 496 500 501 504 514 520 523 528 530 547 548 559 563 564 578 579 583 588 590 591 594 598 606 616 624 635 639 645 646 658 670 675 683 688 689 694 699 701 702 705 707 728 729 738 742 755 760 763 780 And if anybody needs any 1987's feel free to send a list as I opened a box and a sickening amount of racks of this stuff (and I'd probably do it again too) and have a number of doubles lying around. Birth Year Project 1983 Donruss (653) 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 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711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 739 740 741 742 743 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 As usual any help is appreciated, thanks for reading, Carlos Alcazar 2440 Bromsgrove Rd Unit 144 Mississauga, Ontario L5J 4J7 ================= Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:28:58 EST To: obc-announcements@yahoogroups.com, OBC-Ramblings@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: website - not down, just moved i keep reading postings about how the website is down, so perhpas some folks didn't see this. wayne delia has offered an alternative link that does just about everything the old site does. give this one a try. _http://www.deliafamily.net/www.oldbaseball.com/_ (http://www.deliafamily.net/www.oldbaseball.com/) ================= Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:09:39 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: Super Thanks for some Super Mets cards Hi all, (Superbowl Thanks) Marshall West sends 12 Different Great Odd Ball Mets cards Incuding in these 12 were cards from the Ames set, Baseball Magazine,Fleer Exciting Stars, Kaybee Toys and many other Oddball Mets. I love these cards Marshall, Thank you so much for helping me fill in the holes for my Mets collection Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:25:01 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Linda" Subject: Need help identifying modern Topps cards in 1933 Delong style I have 3 modern topps cards that are in the style of the 1933 Delong set.I would appreciate any information on these topps cards-what set are these cards from? FF2-Derek Jeter FF3-Ken Griffey,Jr. FF5-David Wright Also on the back of the card it says "Topps Chewing Gum Company,Brooklyn NY" Is the company still in Brooklyn? I thought they relocated to ================= Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:41:58 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Linda" Subject: Buddy Blattner TCMA 1942-1946 Cardinals card wanted Thanks to Dave Fallen for the list of 1960's Los Angeles Angels announcer's Buddy Blattner's Cards: 1940 Hughes Frozen Convections Sacramento Solons 1947 Tip Top Bread 1949 Eureka Stamps 1949 Philadelphia Bulletin 1983 TCMA 1942-1946 St. Louis Cardinals 1984 TCMA 1946 Playball I have the 1984 TCMA Play Ball.I would expect his cards from the 1940's to be expensive and rare cards but the 1983 TCMA card listed above ( 1942-1946 St. Louis Cardinals) is a modern inexpensive card i don't I would like to request that card if any member has one i would greatly appreciate it- thanks, Linda ================= To: "Linda" , uvlist@yahoogroups.com, obc-ramblings@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:49:46 +0000 From: talbot1@comcast.net Subject: Re: [uvlist] Buddy Blattner TCMA 1942-1946 Cardinals card wanted Hello Linda, Here is some info on Blattner (warning this reads is like a small novel): It seems that Robert "Bud" Blattner was quite an athlete in his youth as he attained world wide status in table tennis during the depression. The Aug. 31, 128-entry Cleveland Great Lakes Open that started the United States Table Tennis Associations '34-35 season marked the first appearance in Topics of Robert "Bud" Blattner (who'd come east that summer with two of his teenage St. Louis buddies, Garrett Nash and Bill Price, players also destined for table tennis stardom). This Great Lakes tournament was unique in that it was held outside, before 1,000 spectators, on 40-50 tables set up at the Euclid Beach Amusement park. Ervin Brody, a Hungarian who'd soon be befriending our U.S. Teams abroad, tells us of the famous open-air Pollak table tennis parlor in Budapest where the world-class Hungarians of the '20's and '30's played. And our one and only World Singles Champion Ruth Aarons will write why two of those great players--Barna and Bellak--stress the advantages of outdoor play. "It teaches you ball control and though at times it may be very funny and difficult to play in the wind, there is no better training for a player. It teaches quick change of strokes and gives training not possible in any other way." Uh, perhaps. Anyway, if his posted losing scores to 1935 U.S. Team member Sol Schiff are (-19, -29, -19) correct, young Blattner already had a keen sense for which way the wind would blow. This Bud would blossom. In less than two years, his photo, his name in headlines, would be on the cover of Topics as World Doubles Champion with Jimmy McClure. At 13, Blattner had been sneaking into a place called John's Pool Hall in St. Louis. There his "older baseball-playing friends had taught him how to play table tennis on a wooden board on top of a pool table"--which in the basement of my home in Dayton, Ohio, playing with my father in the late 1930's, is how I myself learned to play. Soon, though, Blattner was in the midst of a cluster of center-court players smacking balls in at the 8-table St. Louis Association Headquarters Club on Olive St.--managed by R.G. Blattner, Buddy's father--where $1.25 a month allowed you unlimited playing time. Of course the famous Coleman Clark "Circus"--a Dec. 28, 1934-Jan. 24, 1935 barnstorming Tour of 20 U.S. cities featuring the fabled World Champion Victor Barna and his former World Champion Doubles partner Sandor Glancz--committed to a stop in St. Louis. Barna would rate the players there--Mark Schlude, Dick Tindall, Blattner, Bill Price, Ernie Trobaugh, Edwin Woody, and Leonard Radunsky (runner-up to Robert Bonney in the first U.S. Intercollegiate Championship, held in Chicago in Dec., '34)--as being superior to the Chicago stars. This was an historic appraisal since heretofore only the New Yorkers as a group were considered superior to those in the Windy City. Blattner excited the "Circus" crowd by winning a "one-game exhibition match" from Glancz. Buddy "took an early lead at 9-3...[by] playing a 'soft' game": that is, during one rally, "both players hit the ball back and forth so cautiously and so long that the crowd became amused and roared when Blattner's patience wore out and he slammed a wild shot." The in-depth quality of play among the many near-equal St. Louis players can be seen from the late Jan., 1935 Missouri State Championships held in Kansas City. Defensive star Mark Schlude, loser of an earlier St. Louis tournament to attacker Dick Tindall who'd be on our 1936 U.S. Team to the Prague World's, had successfully defended his Missouri title by beating Tindall in 4 in the final--but only after 16, 19, -28, 18 struggling with Jack Nix, and then just 14, -17, -9, 26, 12 getting by World Doubles Champion-to-be Blattner. During one point in that Schlude-Blattner semi's, the ball was said to have crossed the net "419" times (though who, I wonder, point after point, could be counting?). Bud would later suggest, as an expedite rule, that, after the ball had "crossed the net 25 times, play [should] be stopped and each player awarded a point." This of course was not the modification that the USTTA would finally adopt. So strong were the St. Louis players that all five members of their Mar., 1935 Intercity Team--Schlude (#4), Tindall (#5), Blattner (#6), Price (#8), and Nix (#9)--would be ranked in the U.S. Top 10 for the '34-35 season. However, thanks to Abe Berenbaum's three wins and Sol Schiff's gutsy play, New York was able to beat St. Louis, 5-3, for the newly offered William R. Stewart Intercity Trophy. Sol not only came from 19-18 down in the 3rd to eke out a win over Schlude, but against the 15-year-old hard-hitting Blattner he rallied from down 1-0 and 20-17 in the 2nd to stave off 5 match points, then in the 3rd saved 3 more for a remarkably gritty win. A month later, however, at the Chicago National's, Blattner had a stunningly easy (12, 13, 10) time with Defending Champion Schiff. After which Buddy barely escaped Ohio's best, Jack Boksenbom, deuce in the 5th, then in another (-16, 15, 19, -21, -14) nail-biter, dropped a tense semi's match to Schlude, who would go on to lose an interminable 5-game final and the title to Berenbaum. Partnered with Nix in the Men's Doubles, Buddy would again come up with nichts on being beaten in another unhappy semi's match, 23-21 in the 5th, by the surprising team of Tindall and Coleman Clark. The two most important tournaments Reginald Hammond's Ranking Committee would consider in picking the U.S. Men's Team to the Mar., '36 Prague World's were the Chicago Intercities the first week of January and the American Zone Qualifier in Washington, D.C. four weeks later. Unfortunately, at the Intercities Bud got off to a bad start, for at a Friday night dinner at former USTTA President Bill Stewart's house, he suffered food poisoning. He was still feeling the effects of that when he was upset (19, -21, -15) by Chicago's Herbert "Chubby" Aronson, who often enjoyed hitting the ball with two hands on the racket. The wildly exciting final between the undefeated New York and St. Louis teams (New York listeners could hear at least some of this tie broadcast over WEAF by sports announcer Hal Totten) began with Buddy, up 1-0 but down 17-8 in the second to Lou Pagliaro, then rallying to win at deuce two straight. With St. Louis leading 2-1, a turning point in the tie came when Schiff just got by Blattner, 19 in the 3rd. This swing match contributed greatly to New York's eventual 5-3 victory. George "Gus" Sempeles, '36 Maryland Champ, told me this was one of those rare times when Sol was able to get the better of fellow attacker Blattner. Ordinarily Sol couldn't take the offense, for Bud's shorter strokes allowed him to keep the table. Though this was Blattner's fourth loss at this for him ptomaine tournament, he had been playing well--had won the St. Louis District over Tindall and Price--and would continue playing well, would win the Missouri State over Tindall. So, were he to distinguish himself in the upcoming American Zone tournament, the Ranking Committee would be inclined to consider that poor Bud had been somewhat indisposed, not quite himself here in Chicago, and was still very much in the running for a spot on the U.S. World Team. Indeed, when a month later, McClure, Schiff, Tindall, and Blattner were the semifinalists at the American Zone, Ranking Chair Hammond could have declared, as he was soon about to, that there could be "no other candidates" for the U.S. Men's Team. The winner of this Zonal Qualifier (one didn't have to be a U.S. citizen to play, just a U.S. resident) would be designated by the USTTA as this season's "U.S. [Closed] Champion," while the winner of the National's--open supposedly for the first time in Melting Pot History to "foreigners" (though had any U.S. residency requirement ever been established or enforced in any U.S. Open before?)--would be called the U.S. [Open] International Champion." Again, poor bruised Blattner (9, -16, 20, -20, -19) lost his high-wire, end-of-the-show balance--this time to McClure, who on being bested by Schiff in the final wasn't able to take advantage of this unique chance to be National Champion in a year the U.S. Open would be played elsewhere. On Feb. 26, 1936 the U.S. Team left for the Prague World's--but without a stunned Schiff who at the last minute had been suspended by President Zeisberg for signing a contract with Parker Brothers. Observing a pre-World's warm-up match against the English at Paddington Baths, London--which the U.S. lost 6-3--English table tennis aficionado M. A. Symons said that Blattner's "forehand was a treat to watch," especially "his final hit to the backhand corner." But Hyman Lurie's backhand was just too strong and Bud lost to him in 3. However, two of the three U.S. points were scored by Blattner and his partner in doubles. Bud won with Tindall, and with Jessie "Jay" Purves in a Mixed match. And perhaps this augured well for his Doubles play at the upcoming World's. After Paddington, there followed on Mar. 5, 6, 7 three matches, all U.S. wins, with the French--in Paris (5-4), in Bruay-en-Artois (7-2), and in Mulhouse (6-1). The most dramatic of these, "before a packed house of over 1,200," including half a dozen dignitaries, was the one the U.S. men won over France's Swaythling Cup Team, 5-4. Here's Team Captain Sidney Biddell's Topics write-up: "McClure and Blattner decisively beat [Michel] Haguenauer, French Champion, who, in the English [Open] championships last month, had given Barna his first defeat in more than two years....[Tindall, too, almost beat Haguenauer, lost 17, -20, -21]. With the score 4-4, amid wild demonstrations from the crowd, who sensed in our play the chance for an upset, Blattner played magnificently to beat France's No. 2, the colored [Charles] Dubouille, who starred for France, 2 straight, with a blazing attack that never faltered from its set purpose of blasting his opponent off the table. I was so darn excited I nearly exploded. What a real boy Bud is!" The Prague World Championships were played at the Lucerna Palace--a 4,000-seat, underground, "bomb-proof" Concert Hall, with "three balconies completely surrounding the playing floor." This was "ideal for center court (one table) play." But "the matches not held in the evening, when an eight-table layout was used, brought about conditions unparalleled in world championship play." Topics describes the chaos: "Unruly crowds at times swarmed onto the playing floor, interrupting matches at will, and soft tables and poor equipment, together with the intense national temperament of the Czech spectators, who cared not how but only that their favorites win, placed a heavy burden on their opponents." In the 14-team Swaythling Cup ties, the U.S. had a 4-2 record in their round-robin bracket, losing to both Czechoslovakia and Austria, the eventual winner, 5-1. On the first day of play, though, when we beat Yugoslavia and England, everyone took notice of our Team and especially Blattner. Bud had confidence builders right off the bat--held firm against the Yugoslavs Weissbacher (-10, 15, 19) and Marinko (-20, 15, 22). Then knocked off the entire English team--Bergl, Haydon, and Lurie. Also, enroute to a very respectable 9-5 showing, Bud, with his hopping sidespin/topspin, beat Austria's Kohn, and, though losing 25-23 in the 3rd to the 1934 German Champion Deisler, had a win over his teammate Ulrich. In the Singles, however, Blattner went down right away, in 4, to Hungary's Sarossy. And in the Mixed Doubles, though he and Jay Purves didn't even make the 1st round, they played memorably, were beaten in a preliminary match, 19 in the 5th, by...the eventual Czech winners, Milos Hamr and Traute Kleinova! As for the Men's Doubles, Bud was all set to team with St. Louis teammate Tindall whose game he knew so well. But just before play was to begin, Team Captain Biddell got Jury approval to pair Blattner with McClure. And this combination clicked, for on beating Hungarians Kelen and Bellak in 5, they found themselves in the semi's. As it turned out, this, the most climactic match of the event, was played on center court the last night of the tournament. Down 2-1 and 19-11 in the 4th against the Hungarian Champion Tibor Hazi and the cocky young partner he was mentor to, Ferenc Soos, Bud and Jimmy seemed to have no chance, but then--with Hazi urging Soos to hit, and Soos refusing to--the steady topspinning Americans won 8 in a row! Then: "...With the score 19-19, the crowd, rooting for the U.S., went mad. Hazy [sic]-Soos scored the next point. Bud and Jimmy deuced the game and a flick from Jimmy nicked the corner to get game point. Soos deuced with a scorcher. Hazy angled a drop shot off the table and Bud put away game point. The deciding game was a battle royal. With the score 17-18 [sic: but really 18-17] McClure's service came up. Hungary had won the first game with finger spin, and now America retaliated. Bud missed a drive to make it 18-18 but put away the sitter that Jimmy's next serve brought. Jimmy's next two serves brought clean misses and the U.S. was in the final." That final--bringing teenagers McClure and Blattner the 1936 World's Men's Doubles Championship--was 11, 7, 9 absurdly anticlimactic. Back home, the Men's Singles winner in the Apr. 2-4, 1936 Philadelphia National's--who would be called not the U.S. [Closed] Champion but the U.S. International Champion--was, as expected, Victor Barna, here on another Tour, this time with the English #1 Adrian Haydon. Haydon, who used an eccentric shovel-grip, and played an all-forehand style, could not get through Abe Berenbaum's stiff-chop defense and afterwards complained about the glossiness of the tables: "[They] have a shiny surface and with 'chop' the resultant skid of the ball makes it hard to time or hit correctly. After one or two such returns the spin on the ball is terrific and in the end one is compelled to play safe. [He also felt that the tables hadn't a heavy enough under-carriage, and that were the tables firmer the ball would bounce higher.]" Perhaps Blattner would agree, for, after downing Johnny Abrahams, 19 in the 4th, and Glancz in the quarter's in straight games, he, too, though up 2-1, couldn't find a way through Berenbaum to the final. However, he did get to the finals of both Doubles, losing the Mixed with Purves to Barna and just crowned World Champion Aarons, but winning the Men's with McClure over Barna and Glancz. This latter match the partisan audience especially enjoyed: "McClure's antics made a hit particularly as he shouted approval [Jimmy would let Bud take the table to hit] or clapped his teammate on the back." At the 1937 Chicago Intercities, Blattner as attacker figured to have an advantage with the new U.S.-initiated, lower 6-inch net. And, though he was beaten by New Yorker Bernie Grimes (12-0) and by the red-hot Michigan Champion Edward Denges (5-6), he did acquit himself well with victories over both Schiff (10-1) and McClure (9-2). So, with a 9-2 record, he solidified his place on the U.S. Team to the Baden (near Vienna) World's, where the ITTF would continue to mandate use of the 6 and 3/4-inch net. In Baden, the unprecedented and ever after unreplicated happened--the U.S. men won the Swaythling Cup (as did the U.S. women the Corbillon Cup). On the second day of play, however, our men had what appeared to be a disastrous 5-4 loss to the Hungarians. Bud did his bit--lost to Barna, but beat Laszlo "Laci" Bellak, 2-1, and Soos, 2-0. It was Soos who killed us, though, with two key wins--over Berenbaum, 24-22 in the 3rd, and over McClure, 19 in the 3rd. Still, we hung in there--avoided a calamitous second loss to Czechoslovakia (10-2) when Schiff won all three and Bud and Jimmy contributed just enough by knocking off Miroslav Hamr (and maybe his hair net?) to give us a 5-4 victory. Bud also finished very well in our last round-robin tie against Poland, winning all three: against Schiff (Schieff, Szieff, and Sziff are variant spellings), the player who gave our Schiff his only Swaythling Cup loss, against Finkelstein, 19 in the 3rd, and against Singles runner-up Ehrlich, deuce in the 3rd. When Austria (9-3) unexpectedly 5-0 annihilated Hungary, a play-off materialized between the U.S. and Hungary. Today, if two teams are tied with 11-1 records, the tie is broken by how the teams fared head-to head. Fortunately for the U.S. the rule was different in 1937. Though earlier Blattner had won two matches against Hungary, this time he lost all three. But still--thanks to Schiff and McClure--the U.S. won the tie, 5 and 1/2 to 3 and 1/2 (the half points having been awarded to both McClure and Soos when their match was stopped for having exceeded the time limit). Any other titles the U.S. could take home? In the Men's Singles, Blattner pulled out a 19-in-the-5th win over the Czech star Adolph Slar, who after the War would win the World's Men's Doubles with Bo Vana. Then he advanced to the quarter's by battering England's Stanley Proffitt. But then he was stopped after a fierce -20, 15, 21, -17, -20 encounter with Soos who certainly at times seemed the strongest of the Hungarians, and who in far-away 1950 would be both the World Men's Singles runner-up and (with Ferenc Sido) the World Men's Doubles Champion. In the Mixed, Bud surprisingly did not mix well with Ruth Aarons who, on again getting to the Women's final, ran into time pressure against Trude Pritzi, saw the match stopped, and the title declared "Vacant." But in the Men's Doubles, Bud and Jimmy as Defending Champions had to be taken seriously, right? Except, before they were to play their first-round match, Bud went shopping and got lost, really lost. Since he wasn't in the Hall at mat ch time, he and Jimmy were defau lted--or almost defaulted. "Please give them 15 minutes more," pleaded Captain Elmer Cinnater....But then no Bud. "Please, 15 minutes more"--this time with Barna interceding for them, despite the fact that the Americans' opponents were Kelen and Nyitray, Victor's fellow Hungarians....But still no Bud. Finally Blattner arrives, too late of course--or is it? Kelen and Nyitray want to play the Americans. Want to practice against these World Champions because after they beat them the Hungarians have what they feel is the more challenging English team of Adrian Haydon and Andy Millar coming up. So, o.k., they play and what happens? Jimmy practices a little fingerspin, and the Hungarians are beaten in 4. In their remaining four matches Jimmy and Bud couldn't have proven themselves more. Haydon/Millar...Kolar/Vana ('36 and '38 World Singles Champions)...Hamr/Pivetz...all forced our boys to 5. They'd been down 2-1 to the English, and 1-1 and at deuce in the 3rd with the Czechs. But their final, -19, -20, 20, 13, 11 come-from-behind win against Richard Bergmann and Helmuth Goebel was the most satisfying one: "At deuce [Jimmy later wrote] we sort of looked at each other and said: 'We either do or don't now.' Bud hit a beautiful cross-court forehand in, to give us the advantage. The next point went back and forth several times before a fairly high one came to my backhand. A lot of things went through my mind before I hit the ball-- and a lot more after I hit it. If you ask Bud, he will probably confess that just as many things went through his mind. The ball went on, though, to win the game, and it proved to be the turning point in the match." McClure of course was noted for his point-winning forehand, but the fact that he could hit that backhand in at just the right moment contributed mightily to their Championship--and gave Bud, on turning 17, the nicest "birthday present" he ever had. At the London (Feb. 10-13) English Open that followed, Blattner was eliminated by Bellak in 4 after losing a 22-20 swing second game. But he and Aarons redeemed their poor showing at the World's by beating McClure and Dolores Kuenz in the final of the Mixed in straight games. To everyone's astonishment, though, Bud and Jimmy were upset by an unheralded English pair--which the eventual winners, Schiff and Berenbaum, took full advantage of. There remained only the Anglo-American international event at Birmingham before the U.S. players, Aarons excepted, sailed for home. Although the U.S. Team won, 7 matches to 2, the English reserves, Hyman Lurie and Ernie Bubley, thrilled the home crowd of 2,000 by upsetting the two-time World Champions McClure and Blattner, 19 in the 3rd. Accompanying our players home for a "Circus" Tour of perhaps 40 cities, and a commitment to play in the Apr. 1-4 Newark, N.J. National's, were 1936 World Champion Standa Kolar of Prague and three-time World Singles runner-up "Laci" Bellak of Budapest. Bellak would be the eventual Men's Singles and Doubles Champion (teaming with Kolar to down McClure and Blattner). Blattner was upset in the quarter's by New York's Lou Pagliaro. By block-returning Bud's serves to his backhand Lou was able to get his powerful forehand going before Bud's--which in this case, USTTA anti-pushing regulations to the contrary, certainly made Louie's trap shot an "offensive" rather than a "defensive" stroke. Blattner, however, paired with Aarons to win the Mixed. The 1938 Intercities were in Blattner's hometown of St. Louis--but this year Bud didn't play for the St. Louis Team. He'd retired, at least temporarily, supposedly to concentrate on his "schoolwork," but really because he was very disappointed he didn't win the Newark National's. However, he did enter the Western's, and though partially inactive he might be, he still wasn't going to lose to a top local player Tom Howle. But the grown up 1935 U.S. Boy's Champion, George Hendry, also from St. Louis, who'd gradually attuned his defensive game to the lower net, was too stro ng here in Kansas City for Bud.. .and everyone else. Blattner also played in the '38 Indianapolis National's--primarily, he said, to take his younger sister Marjory there (who that year would earn a National Ranking). In the Singles he reached the quarter's, where he was beaten by Schiff, 3-0. In the Men's Doubles he did better--but was upset when he and Hendry lost an intense -21, 23, -19, -14 semi's match to Chicagoans Ralph Muchow and Al Nordhem. In the Mixed he did better yet--but he and Dolores Kuenz lost a 4-game final, including a pivotal 23-21 3rd game, to Abrahams and Women's winner Emily Fuller. That December Blattner still cared enough to play in the Missouri State, and was beaten by Bill Price and his steady, floating defense. But by this time the ex-World Doubles Champion wasn't dreaming dreams about table tennis, for he'd already positioned himself as an infielder for the Columbus, Ohio team in the American Association and so was well on his way to making a living as a professional base ball player. By 1942, before his hitch in the navy, he'd moved on to Sacramento, where he "batted in 95 runs for an average of .295, stole 25 bases, and smashed out 17 homers," and then had signed with Branch Rickey as a rookie second baseman for the Cardinals. Robert "Buddy" Blattner had a 5 year career in the Majors. In 1942 he appeared in 23 games for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1946 he had his most productive season playing 126 games for the New York Giants with a .255 BA and 11 HR's, he played another 55 games in `47 and 8 games in `48 with the Giants. He concluded his Major League baseball career with the Philladelphia Phillies in 1949 with a .247 BA in 65 games. After his playing days he went into broadcasting. Buddy Blattner made a very big impression on basketball fans with his play-by-play work for the St. Louis Hawks professional basketball team, but he had begun his broadcasting career in the late 1940s and did 26 years of baseball broadcasts. He covered the St. Louis Browns and Cardinals, the Kansas City Royals and California Angels. He was a broadcaster for the St. Louis Browns from 1950 to 1953, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1960 to 1961, the Los Angeles Angels/California Angels from 1962 to 1968 and the Kansas City Royals from 1969 to 1975. He was also a television pioneer, having worked in the booth with Dizzy Dean in the early 1950s for the first 8 years of the nation ally televised “Baseball Game of the Week.” He and Dean also paired for radio’s “Game of the Day,” and he did baseball recreations on the Gordon McLendon Radio Network. Blattner was the lead announcer on the first 800 games for the St. Louis Hawks, becoming the first announcer to travel with his team and broadcast home and away games. He was twice elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and received the St. Louis Browns Historical Society Award for Distinguished Broadcasting in 1989. Robert "Buddy" Blattner can be found on the following cards: 1940 Solons Hughes #4 1947 Tip Top Bread #121 1949 Eureka Stamps #130 1949 Philladelphia Bulletin #6 1975 Johnny Mize #1 1984 TCMA Playball #45 REGARDS ---------------- MARK -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Linda" Thanks to Dave Fallen for the list of 1960's Los Angeles Angels announcer's Buddy Blattner's Cards: 1940 Hughes Frozen Convections Sacramento Solons 1947 Tip Top Bread 1949 Eureka Stamps 1949 Philadelphia Bulletin 1983 TCMA 1942-1946 St. Louis Cardinals 1984 TCMA 1946 Playball I have the 1984 TCMA Play Ball.I would expect his cards from the 1940's to be expensive and rare cards but the 1983 TCMA card listed above ( 1942-1946 St. Louis Cardinals) is a modern inexpensive card i don't I would like to request that card if any member has one i would greatly appreciate it- thanks, Linda ================= Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:13:35 EST To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: HMorgan707@aol.com Subject: Re:website - not down, just moved Anyone going to the Reading show March 2,3/4? ================= Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:15:21 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "uthminsta1" Subject: 2007 Topps - the first to post this set? Hey has anyone seen the 2007 Topps cards yet? I was lucky to get any. The local shop very seldom buys any new product, and last year I convinced him to get some 2006 series one, much of which he still has. Oops. So he probably won't be trusting my advice on what to buy next. So anyway, I was at Wal-Mart on Saturday, where we go nearly every day for one thing or another (if Wal-Mart doesn't have it, you don't need it, or so I'm told). I thought I'd stop by the cards and see what new Yu-Gi-Oh or wrestling or other junk had been brought in, continuing the drought on baseball packs, and there it was. A BOX OF 2007 TOPPS BASEBALL! A few packs were gone, but it was mostly undisturbed. I grabbed 5 packs, and went to show my wife. We continued our shopping, and a few minutes later we checked out. My wife noticed after the sale was finished that the lady had rung up 6 packs instead of 5, so she told the lady and she said if we wanted, we could just go grab another pack, to save time. I went and they were all gone. In about a half hour, someone had purchased all of the packs in the 24-pack box! Wal-Mart should take the hint and stop trying to sell all that other silly nonsense. I like the design better than the last couple years. I've scanned them and should soon have them in the picture section if anyone's Anyway, here's my wantlist. Anyone else have these cards yet? I don't have any dupes yet, but I'm hoping I will be able to get some more packs soon, either from Wal-Mart or the local dealer who still has hopes that there will be some baseball market in the future... 2007 TOPPS: 2 4-10 12-18 20 21 24 25 27-31 33-39 41 42 44-49 51 53-59 61-72 76 77 79-82 84-98 100 101 102 104 105 107-116 118 120-123 125-133 135-139 141-148 150 151 154-165 167 168 169 171-176 178 179 180 182 184-196 198 200 201 203-208 211-215 217-223 225-236 238-261 264 265 266 268 269 271-278 280-289 291 294 295 297-302 304-305 307 308 309 311-325 327-330. Missing 275 cards. Inserts: have 2K7 Unlock the Mick 2 of 5, Generation Now GN166 Wright, Mantle Home Run History MHR220, Own the Game OTG17 Jermaine Dye. Also have checklist 1 of 3. Thanks for lookin' ================= Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:03:54 -0500 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: Sean McGowan Subject: my "new" list! UV/OBC kids, I finally have most of my post 1980 wants on line. Just use the link at the bottom of my OBC page list. It is all topps stuff. I have lots of it to send out, so let me know, and thanks for looking. ================= Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:00:29 EST To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, uvlist@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: pricing help does anyone have the beckett pricing on the 2006 Topps 52 set? the regular beckett online still says NA. if so, plmk. tnx, gm


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Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. ================= Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:04:16 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "uthminsta1" Subject: 2007 Topps, now with availables... Hey, I broke down and bought one of those booster boxes, or whatever they're called. I updated my wantlist, but of course got a few dupes. I've listed them with details for all those player-collectors and team-collectors, too. Aren't there some Orioles and Mets guys out there? Come and get 'em, no hits necessary for these beauties. Just gimme your address. Oh, and if you have a 2006 Topps wantlist, include that, too cause I have a bunch of those as well. 2007 TOPPS DUPES 19 Alfredo Amezaga Marlins 22 Corey Patterson Orioles 43 Aubrey Huff Orioles 73 Moises Alou Mets 119 Michael Cuddyer Twins 199 Ryan Shealy Royals 262 Ryan Braun RC Royals 267 Grady Little MGR Dodgers 290 Matt Holliday Rockies 303 Mark Grudzielanek Gold Glove Royals 2007 TOPPS WANTLIST 2 4-9 12-15 17 18 20 21 24 25 27 29 30 31 33-39 41 42 44-49 51 53 54 55 57 58 59 61 62 63 66-72 76 77 79 81 82 84-87 89-98 101 102 105 107-113 115 116 120 121 125 126 128-133 135-139 142-148 150 151 154 156-160 162-165 167 168 169 171-174 178 179 180 182 184 185 189 190 191 193 194 198 203-206 208 211-215 217 219-223 225-229 231 232 233 235 236 239-242 244-253 256-261 264 266 268 269 271 273-277 281-288 291 294 295 297-302 304-305 307 308 309 311-324 327 329 330. Missing 233 cards, I think. Parallels: have Gold 44. Inserts: have 2K7 Unlock the Mick 1 and 2 of 5; Distinguished Service DS20; Generation Now GN28 GN44 GN166 and GN195; Josh Gibson Home Run History JG14 and JG107; Mantle Home Run History MHR207 MHR220 and MHR283; Mantle Story MMS5; Own the Game OTG6 and OTG17. Also have Checklists 1-3 of 3. ================= Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:55:21 EST To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, uvlist@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: Basketball Pricing If anyone subscribes to Beckett Online for Basketball, and wouldn't mind helping me price a few cards, please let me know. It would be much appreciated. Gary mandell


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Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. ================= Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:35:42 -0800 (PST) To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: Dan Angland Subject: Availables Hi all, Claim away on anything you would like. Send address please to speed up delivery. Thanks, Dan Angland 1994 Fleer Extra Bases 60,61,76,88,103,163,180,232,261,304,348 Major League Hopeful #10 of 10 Wes Weger Leaf/Donruss Puzzle Pieces Carl Yastrzemski 1-3, 7-9, 10-12, 16-17, 19-21, 25-27, 28-30, 34-36, 37-39, 43-45, 46-48, 52-54, 61-63 Willie Stargell 10-12,19-21,28-30, 55-57 Roberto Clemente 4-6 Duke Snider 4-6 Lou Gehrig 13-15, 40-42, 49-51,52-54 Warren Spahn 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12,13-15, 19-21, 22-24, 25-27, 52-54, 55-57 Hank Aaron 1-3, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15, 16-18,19-21, 28-30, 31-33, 34-36, 37-39, 46-48, 49-51, 52-54 1995 Old Judge T-96 series #30 2005 Bowman Heritage # 79 , #200 Juan Pierre 1983 1944 Playball # 9 Hersh Martin 1984 1946 Playball #16 Jim Hegan 1985 1947 Playball #18 Paul Lehner Dominos Pizza 1968 Tigers Pat Dobson Origins of Baseball 2,19,49,62,93,97 2006 World Champion Twins Allen & Ginters Topps Brooklyn NY Johan Santana 1980 TCMA 59 LA Dodgers Carl Erskine 1992 Front Row Whitey Ford 1981 TCMA Renata Galasso Inc. Roger Peckinpaugh NY Yankees 1980 Babe Ruth Classic 10 of 80 1978 TCMA 41 Brooklyn Dodgers Lew Riggs, Tony Giuliani 2006 Upper Deck legendary Cuts 64 2005 Donruss Greats 138 Mark Prior 1988 The Conlon Collection baseball Immortals series 3 Joe Judge Series 4 Mel Ott, Baby Doll Jacobson 1986 Smithsonian Institution baseball Immortals Carl Hubbell Targets 100 Year Anniversary Dodgers 24, 106, 120, 204, 205, 233, 256, 277,364,388, 500, 527,595, 625, 630, 640, 703, 748, 761, 774, 804, 827, 839, 878 2005 Padres English and Spanish 2006 NY Mets Cliff Floyd 2005 Chargers 2006 Topps Turn Back the clock 6 of 22 LenDale White -Titans 1981 Topps Football 7,8, 14,34,62,65,67,90,110,133,174,184,320,441,446,517 Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. ================= Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:20:54 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "kevin71058" Subject: 2006 Upper Deck Needs 2006 Upper Deck: Updated 2/25/07, First hit goes to Gary Sitze, Trading Bases, Followup hits- Ron Brown, Kenny Couillard and Larry McGowan, Trading Bases Player Highlight:PH-4,8,9,10,11,13,14,16,17,20,21, Speed to Burn:SB-2,4,5,6,9,10,11,12,13,15

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Inaugural Images:II-1,4,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,18,19,20, Any help is appreciated.. Happy Trading, Kevin Martens ================= Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:14:37 EST To: dugouttraders@yahoogroups.com, uvlist@yahoogroups.com, From: smartalecx@aol.com Subject: set id - checklists needed hi: i have 2 cards from a set where the back says 1990 Rookies Superstars across the top. the bottom left says M.V.P., and the bottom right has the card # of 7. the front of the card is a full color photo of the player, and a little white box says M.V.P. in black letters. player name, team and 1990 are in small white letters on the front. there is also a cartoon on the back with an umpire calling a sliding runner out at a base, with someone in a phillies uniform being the fielder. similarly, i have an almost exact same set, except the numbers are to 12, and there is no white box with MVP on the front. finally, i have a similar set to 16, but the back says 1990 Superstars & Rookies Superset, and a line across the bottom back sats Blue Box Promotions, Phoeniz, AZ. no cartoon on the back. any help and/or checklists on IDing these three related sets? tnx, gm


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AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ================= To: "UV \(OBC\)" Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:16:23 -0800 From: "Geordie Calvert" Subject: 2007 Topps needs & availables Cracked a box today and filled almost all my needs. Most of the following are team cards and Dodgers. Also need four "red back" variation Dodgers. I'm not doing the red back set, so if anyone is, LMK as I have about 100 dupes. 2007 Topps Series 1 needs: White: 12 40 45 102 195 209 226 227 228 229 231 232 233 234 236 237 238 239241 242 244 255 267 311 321 Red: 195 209 255 267 Own the Game: 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 Distinguised Service: 1 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 Hobby Masters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2007 Topps Series 1 availables: White: 44 49 54 58 63 112 246 252 266 268 269 274 276 287 291 294 302 309 315 316 317 Red: lots - send your list Gold: 62 117 146 192 Mickey Mantle home runs: 220 260 264 288 295 Josh Gibson home runs: 10 75 110 440 575 Alex Rodriguez home runs: 23 24 Mickey Mantle Story: 6 8 14 Generation Now Ryan Howard: 28 Generation Now Chase Utley: 53 55 58 61 63 Generation Now Chien-Ming Wang: 90 Generation Now David Wright: 171 174 Generation Now Jered Weaver: 189 ================= Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:00:37 -0000 To: uvlist@yahoogroups.com From: "Linda" Subject: Thanks Since Ed Pike sent me a package with all but 1 card being more modern issues i wanted to thank him here- Thanks to Ed for a 1975 topps mini of Angels Bobby Heise.He also sends a big stack of modern cards including 3 from a very rare set-the "Little Sun" Black Sox set.Also included are very much appreciated cards called "Yankee Classics" which include Joe Pepitone,Tony Lazzeri,and Don Larsen, + a couple of Negro leagurers from the Ted Williams set- Lester Lockett and Armando Vazquez,another card from the Ted Williams set- Rocky Colavito and cards of Olympic champions and some hockey players, plus card of a Dodger who many think belongs in the Hall of Fame-Gil Hodges from the Pacific baseball legends set-this is a wonderful set that has some great color pictures of the players and unfortunately i think is overlooked by a lot of collectors- thanks, Linda