Showing posts with label Nolan Ryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nolan Ryan. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Up For Grabs: Nolan Ryan Mother's Cookies


Now that I've got my trades mostly under control, I figured it was time to fire up the ol' "Up For Grabs" machine once again. I've still got some players left in my old binders to purge, plus a heaping helping of Cardinals dupes and something I'll just call Yankeepalooza. This is a little bit of a special edition, however. I recently acquired some sealed-in-package Nolan Ryan Mother's Cookies cards from a few different sets and thought I'd offer them up here as they went quickly last time around. Speaking of which, if you spot a card in one of those old posts and it's not crossed off, there's at least a chance that I still have it lying around. I'm not going to make any guarantees, of course, but it's worth checking up on.


The list:

1990 Mother's Cookies #1 of 4
1990 Mother's Cookies #3 of 4
1991 Mother's Cookies #1 of 4 [3 2 available]
1991 Mother's Cookies #2 of 4
1991 Mother's Cookies #4 of 4
1992 Mother's Cookies #1 of 8
1993 Mother's Cookies #1 of 10 [4 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #2 of 10 [2 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #3 of 10 [2 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #4 of 10 [3 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #5 of 10
1993 Mother's Cookies #6 of 10 [2 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #7 of 10 [2 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #8 of 10 [2 available]
1993 Mother's Cookies #9 of 10
1993 Mother's Cookies #10 of 10 [2 available]

[updated 7/8/13]

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Up For Grabs: The Ryan Express


I have a lot of Nolan Ryan cards. No, that's probably an understatement. I'm not going to add them all up, but I believe that I have more than 100, and they are all up for grabs. I've always been a Nolan Ryan magnet, and I can't really complain about that. I was never a huge fan, but I built up a lot of respect for a guy that could still perform at the level that he performed at well into his 40s. As usual, see the end of the post for the complete list. I haven't received a ton of interest in these posts, so let me just assure you that I'm not seeking anything special in trade for these cards. They're merely being tossed into the abyss that is the general populace of my card collection, subject to my random whims and occasional Listia postings. Let me know if something intrigues you.


I wish there was a tribute card to the Ryan/Ventura brawl.


This is one of those 60 Years of Topps inserts from last year's Topps set. Don't get too excited.


Ryan was already on his 3rd MLB team when I started accumulating baseball cards. I was never an Astros fan, but I certainly admired their uniforms. I also was an Astro when we won trophies in little league, so there's that.


This might be one of the dumbest cards ever. A fledgling game manufacturer trying to masquerade as a baseball card company tended to get cute.


Despite the intrusive font, this is a 180 degree turn from the Classic card. This is the way you crown the King of All No-Hitters, with a night card Night Owl would be proud of.


I really like the old Mother's Cookies cards. If there's anything in this lot that I am letting go with a little bit of reservation, it's these guys.


Ahh, good ol' unlicensed oddballs.


7 no-hitters? 300 wins? 5000 strikeouts? All the milestones!


This kind of looks like a Kanye West video. All of the lights.


I have a ton of these Pacific Nolan Ryan cards. I guess that's what happens when the entire set is based around one player. I seem to remember these packs being pretty cheap, and they were very similar in design to their inaugural NFL set in 1991.


I have the Upper Deck football throwing Ryan card, too.


This doesn't look like a tense pennant race as much as it looks like a warmup drill, since you see no players or spectators in the background.


This is fun.


More Mother's Cookies. This one is from 1993. All of my Mother's Cookies Ryan cards are still in the original wrappers, for what it's worth.


This one is from a later Pacific set, but you can barely tell.

The list:

1990 Mother's Cookies #1 of 4
1990 Mother's Cookies #3 of 4 [2 available]
1990 Mother's Cookies #4 of 4 [2 available]
1991 Mother's Cookies #1 of 4
1991 Mother's Cookies #3 of 4
1993 Mother's Cookies #4 of 10
1991 Upper Deck #345 [3 available]
1993 Triple Play #96
1990 Leaf (No Hit King) #265
1991 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #12
1991 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #13 [2 available]
1991 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #16
1990 Upper Deck (5000 Strikeouts) #34
2005 Upper Deck Classics #93
1982 Topps Stickers #41
1989 Topps #530
1990 Bowman #486
1990 Bowman Art Inserts #NNO [5 4 available]
1990 Topps K-Mart #25
1990 Upper Deck (6th No-Hitter w/ 300th Win Stripe) #734b
1989 Upper Deck #774
1989 Upper Deck #145 [2 available]
1988 Leaf #77 [2 available]
1988 Donruss #61 [3 available]
1988 Topps #250
1990 Donruss #166 [2 available]
1991 Donruss Bonus Cards #BC-3 [7 available]
1988 Topps (Record Breakers) #6 [2 available]
1990 Topps Mini Leaders #39 [2 available]
1991 Fleer #302
1991 Score (No-Hit Club) #701 [3 available]
1981 Topps Stickers #171 [2 available]
1990 Score #250 [2 available]
1990 Score (1989 Highlight) #696
1989 Upper Deck (Team Checklist) #669
1991 Topps (Record Breaker) #6
1987 Sportflics #125
1993 Topps #700
1990 Topps Kay-Bee Kings #28
1989 Score #300
1991 Score #4 [2 available]
1990 Donruss (King of Kings) #665
1990 Fleer (SuperStar Specials w/ Mike Scott) #636 [2 available]
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #9
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express (w/ Gil Hodges) #11
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #17 [2 available]
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #33
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #41
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #42
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #47
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #56 [2 available]
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #59
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #60
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #61
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #64
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express (w/ Brad Arnsberg + Geno Petralli) #68
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #80
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #100 [2 available]
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #101
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #108
1991 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #110
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #111
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #119
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #131
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #145
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #157
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #171
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #177
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #194
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #200
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #207
1992 Pacific Ryan Texas Express #212
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #78
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #99
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #106
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #114
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #142
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #154
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #162
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #167
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #173
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #206
1993 Pacific Ryan 27th Season #212
1990 Topps #1 [2 available]
1990 Topps (5000 Mets) #2 [2 available]
1990 Topps (5000 Angels) #3 [3 available]
1990 Topps (5000 Astros) #4 [2 available]
1990 Topps (5000 Ranges) #5 [3 available]
2010 Topps History of the Game #HOTG22
1990 Classic Update (Nolan Knows Bo) #T26
1992 Classic Best #1
2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes #35
1984 Topps (Team Leaders w/ Jose Cruz) #66
1991 Score (K-Man) #686
1987 Topps Stickers (w/ Damaso Garcia) #27
1991 Score (Highlight) #417 [2 available]
1988 Topps (Turn Back the Clock) #661 [3 available]
1987 Fleer #67
1987 Topps #757
1991 Topps Cracker Jack #1
1991 Bowman #280
1991 Classic (300 Game Winner) #T80
1991 Classic (Strikeout Kings w/ Roger Clemens) #T97
1992 Post #27
1990 Post #11 [2 available]
1992 Pinnacle #618
1992 Score (No Hit Club) #425 [2 available]
1992 Topps #1 [2 available]
1992 Fleer #320
1992 Fleer (Pro Visions) #710
1991 Fleer Ultra (Checklist) #400
1986 Topps Mini Leaders #43
2011 Topps 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-20
1993 Panini Stickers #87
1989 Donruss #154
1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier #102

[updated 11/5/12]

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Reaching Deep Into the Archives

I've been feeling rather uninspired lately. Even though I have plenty of material to go through, I was just having trouble coming up with something to fill up this space. (This is the best way to start a post, isn't it?) I'd talk about something topical like the MLB Draft, but I have no idea who any of the kids are that got picked and therefore have no basis on which to analyze how the Cardinals did or how any of it went. The NBA Finals are going on, but a post about that would be very short and look something like "I hate the Lakers. The end." The Stanley Cup Finals seem like they've been pretty entertaining, but my hockey knowledge generally ends with mid-'90s EA Sports games.

Instead, I reached into the old oddball binder and pulled out this 1989 Topps box bottom 4-card panel. I have several of these: a couple from '89, some '88 and even a mini 2-card 1987 Topps panel. All of them are pretty beat up. They're scratched like crazy (they did make up the bottom of a junky pile of wax packs) and there are some creases here and there. This is the type of thing that I have no idea what to do with now. It's not Cardinals-related, it's not in good shape at all, but I have a hard time just tossing it. There should be a market somewhere for abused but worthless treasures.


Anyway, I ended up choosing this panel because it was clearly the best as far as player selection. When Jim Rice is your weak link, you know that you have a pretty solid group of ball players. I had an irrational dislike of Cal Ripken growing up, but I always liked Nolan Ryan and Mike Schmidt. Does anyone dislike Mike Schmidt?