Innholdsfortegnelse for May 8, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

As a young kid spending a few years in a Detroit suburb, the Tigers became my team and Al Kaline my childhood hero. In 1962 or thereabouts, I remember taking a perfectly good white T-shirt and with black permanent marker replicating the Olde English “D” on the front with a line down the middle to make it look like a button-down shirt. I’m pretty sure I filled in buttons, too. On the back, of course, I drew No. 6, Kaline’s number. Mom wasn’t too happy. But I was thrilled. Once the family relocated to Southern California, I continued to follow the Tigers, listening to most of the 1968 World Series on a transistor radio while in grade school since most were weekday day games. Treasured memories, all, and they flooded…

2020 TOPPS TRANSCENDENT COLLECTION HALL OF FAME EDITION BASEBALL All new to the Transcendent Baseball brand, Topps introduces the Hall of Fame Edition dedicated to celebrating the careers of the immortals of baseball. The product includes one VIP Invitation to “an event of a lifetime,” a future meet-and-greet with a Hall of Fame player to be announced later. The release is limited to 50 cases containing the following: one Hall of Fame Icons 50-card set (numbered to 50), one Hall of Famers Sketch Reproductions 50-card set (numbered to 50), one Sandy Koufax Through the Years Autograph card (numbered 1-of-1), one 1954 Topps Baseball Super Fractor Autograph card (numbered 1-of-1), one Original Sketch card (numbered 1-of-1), one Transcendent Collection Cut Signature card (numbered 1-of-1), one PSA Graded Historic Topps Hall of…

APRIL 15: 2020 Topps XFL Football 15: 2019-20 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey 22: 2020 Panini Contenders Draft Picks Football 22: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic Basketball 22: 2019-20 Panini Noir Basketball 22: 2020 Score Football 24: 2020 Topps Transcendent Collection Hall of Fame Edition Baseball 24: 2020 Sage Hit Premier Draft High Series Football 29: 2019-20 Panini Court Kings Basketball 29: 2020 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball 29: 2020 Topps Definitive Collection Baseball 29: 2019-20 Upper Deck Credentials Hockey TBD: 2020 Panini Select Baseball TBD: 2019 Panini Chronicles Football TBD: 2020 Topps Now Road to Opening Day Baseball MAY 1: 2019-20 Leaf Ultimate Hockey 6: 2019-20 Panini Spectra Basketball 6: 2019-20 Upper Deck CHL Hockey 13: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Basketball 13: 2020 Panini Prizm Baseball 13: 2019-20 SP Hockey 13: 2019-20 SP Authentic…

Whether you collect baseball, football, hockey or basketball cards, the thought of creating your own card set has danced through your mind. Just admit it! But then, reality sets in as you wonder how you would actually pull off this feat. Maybe you fancy that you can do a better job at populating the backs of cards with text and stats than Company X, Y or Z. Maybe you have artistic tendencies and can design some gorgeous card fronts. Maybe you have access to the machinery and expertise to print the card sheets, and cut, collate and box them for delivery. And maybe you have the connections to players so you can include an autographed card in your set. You know it will take an investment of time and money.…

Locating these vintage Slurpee cups in decent or better condition remains doable, but more and more those with fading, smudged or missing paint are common enough, and let’s not forget about possible chips and cracks. Like a no-look, behind-the-back puck pass, Mike Mosier said to clean the cups with finesse. “Use a mild soap, pat them dry and keep them away from dishwashers because the faces will turn very green very quickly.” And, don’t rub much on the painted sections. Oftentimes the cups are stacked and that exposes the upper half-inch or so of each piece, which frequently translates into the mostly white cups becoming discolored in that area. Mosier strongly suggests keeping the cups out of direct sunlight for too long, and away from smoke from cigarettes or fireplaces.…

ALABAMA June 6 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Cards & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL, 35769. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 60+, A: free. Contact: Stephen Moore @ 256-599-0989 or stephen@jacksonssportscards.com CONNECTICUT April 25 CT, Trumbull. Trumbull Cards Show, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT 06611. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 20+, A: $1. Contact: Karen or Fred Riso – PH: 203-265-1813, Email: kmrfdr@gmail.com April 26 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New Haven Ave., Milford, CT 06460. SH: 9am-2 pm, T: 40, A: $1. Contact: Ned Skin-non PH: 860-919-0879; email: nskinnon@cox.net May 2 CT, Enfield. Enfield Sportscard Show, American Legion Post 80, 566 Enfield St, Enfield, CT, 06082. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 55, A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com May 9 CT, Meriden. Meriden Platt…

Jerry Harkness, Indiana Pacers Darel Carrier, Kentucky Colonels Bill Bradley, Kentucky Colonels Randy Stoll, Anaheim Amigos Julian Hammond, Denver Rockets Bob Netolicky, Indiana Pacers Cotton Nash, Kentucky Colonels Sam Smith, Minnesota Muskies Louie Dampier, Kentucky Colonels (HOF) Maurice McHartley, Dallas Chapparals Bobby Rascoe, Kentucky Colonels John Fairchild, Anaheim Amigos Grant Simmons, Denver Rockets Steve Chubin, Anaheim Amigos…

Here is a checklist of the 20 1973-74 7-Eleven Hockey Slurpee Cups, first by city, then player(s): ALBERTA OILERS: Allan Hamilton Jim Harrison Jack Norris CHICAGO COUGARS: Jimmy McLeod CLEVELAND CRUSADERS: Gerry Cheevers HOUSTON AEROS: John Edward Schella LOS ANGELES SHARKS: Jim Watson MINNESOTA FIGHTING SAINTS: Wayne Connelly NEW ENGLAND WHALERS: Ted Green NEW YORK GOLDEN BLADES: Andre Lacroix QUEBEC NORDIQUES: Jean-Guy Gendron Jean-Claude Tremblay TORONTO TOROS: Carl Brewer, Wayne Carleton VANCOUVER BLAZERS: Danny Lawson John McKenzie Ron Ward WINNIPEG JETS: Norm Beaudin Chris Bordeleau Bobby Hull…

One of the oddities of baseball is the fact Herb Washington earned a World Series ring for the Oakland A’s in 1974 having never played in the field and having never stepped into the batter’s box. He was purely a “designated runner.” He wasn’t Oakland’s first but is certainly the most celebrated since he never played professional baseball before taking on his unusual role. His previous baseball experience was his junior year in high school. When A’s owner Charlie O. Finley approached him with the idea of being a designated runner, Washington was a world class sprinter known for breaking or tying the world record in the 50- and 60-yard dashes. “His first words were, ‘This is Mr. Finley, the owner of the world champion Oakland A’s,’” Washington told reporters…