Another Package From Andy

While the online connection is still active, I'm going to try to get as much done as I can before I'm sucked back into the twentieth century.

Andy, now of the excellent blog 88 Score Rookie & Traded Set, sent out a second package last week. I spent the weekend mostly away from the computer. While this is almost a riotous act in my eyes, I had to spend some quality veg time with Tracey. We popped in DVDs of "The Critic", "The Simpsons", "South Park" and "Family Guy", among others. We had a good old fashioned animation celebration.

Anyway, back to the package. I received another e-mail from Andy shortly after the initial one, asking if I wanted a 1973 Carlton Fisk. In one of my shrewdest moves on eBay, I won a 1973 Topps Carlton Fisk for 6 cents, plus $1.50 shipping. But I could always use another one. Maybe two 1973 cards will be the equivalent of one 1972 Fisk, which I lack. Then again, maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt. Either way, it could be interesting.

Let's see what the white envelope contained.

1971 Topps
169 - Ed Hermann

1973 Topps
62 - HR Leaders (Dick Allen, Johnny Bench)
63 - RBI Leaders (Dick Allen, Johnny Bench)
150 - Wilbur Wood
174 - Rich Gossage
193 - Carlton Fisk
194 - Jorge Orta
238 - Tony Muser
261 - Pat Kelly
310 - Dick Allen
356 - Chuck Tanner (MGR + Coaches)
379 - Cy Acosta
439 - Eddie Fisher (2)
494 - Rich Morales
534 - Dave Lemonds
648 - Tom Egan

WOW!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Andy! You are one of the most generous bloggers out there! I can't thank you enough for jump starting my 1973 Topps collection again. It was really starting to look anemic compared to the other seventies sets.

Good luck with your new blog. I know it will be a success!