Thursday, February 25, 2010
Who: Pitcher Ed Farmer
Team: Chicago White Sox
Card: 1981 Donruss
Acquired: In Person, Soxfest 2010
Comments: This post goes out to Zach over at Autographed Cards - he loves these dang '81 Donruss cards. I gotta say, I like this one too. The card comes with a decent story too.
At Soxfest, one of the last autograph sessions I got to was for Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson. I was set with cards for Darrin, but didn't have anything for Ed to sign. Even after seeing the one card dealer at the Soxfest dealer area, I still had nothing. I figured I would get in line and ask around to see if someone would be willing to trade. Luckily, there were three guys in front of me who had tons of cards and one offered a few up to me. Of the three he had, I choose this the '81 D-Russ and the rest is history. Just goes to show there are plenty of nice folks out there.
Check out the uni Ed's sportin' on this card. Those collars were insane. Too bad he's not rockin' the shorts.
Labels: 1981, Baseball, Donruss, Farmer, In Person, SoxFest, White Sox
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Who: Shortstop Kurt Stillwell
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1988 Donruss
Acquired: TTM 2/2 9/28/2009 (233 days)
Comments: The nice, tight shot of Kurt on this '88 Donruss really saves the card. Yeah, those borders are hideous, but the Reds' clean white home uniforms really jump off the card. Kurt's about to smack a double to the opposite field, so this set-up is all right for me. Do you love that Kurt underlines his last name in his autograph? I do. That's confidence right there, folks. Eat it up.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Who: Infielder Chris Speier
Team: San Francisco Giants
Card: 1989 Donruss
Acquired: TTM 2/2 8/1/2009 (5 days)
Comments: Chris is an awesome signer. Always great about TTM and fantastic in person. He's just a great baseball guy. He turned my request around in just 5 days. It helps that I live in Cincinnati, but still. That is getting to your mail pretty quickly. This '89 Donruss was just a rider included in a request of two cards. The other card, which was the real reason I sent the request, will have to come later. I have some more work to do on that one.
The first card that Chris ever signed for me is one of my favorites, actually. He signed his 1973 Topps card at Redsfest last year.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Who: Pitcher Bruce Berenyi
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1983 Donruss
Acquired: TTM 2/2 3/18/2009 (124 days)
Comments: Bruce may have taken his time getting a pair of cards back to me, but his signature is a beauty. Only Aaron Harang can top that.
Bruce pitched during some dark years for the Reds in the early '80s, but he did make an impression early on and finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year balloting in 1981. Not bad at all.
You gotta love these Donruss cards... they are easy to identify, huh? I wonder who's idea it was to put the year of the cards edition in the design. I guess Topps' Allen and Ginter does that now, but it seems a tad odd. I guess that fad was short-lived in the early '80s.
Also... don't these Donruss card come off as cheap to you too? They're like cards your mom would order of you in your Little League uniform. I dunno, maybe it's just me, but the bat and ball are a little too cliche and formulaic.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Who: Infielder Billy Hatcher
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1991 Donruss
Acquired: TTM 2/2 2/20/2009 (9 days)
Comments: This is the second of two cards that Billy signed for me. This beauty is going to my little nephew, Brayden.
BTW, this design ain't too much better than that 1991 Fleer. Sorry, Billy. Nice shot of the old Plant City, Florida complex the Reds used to train at.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Who: Guy Hoffman
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1988 Donruss
Acquired: TTM 2/2 2/3/2009 (14 days)
Comments: Guy really took care of me on these two cards. He signs them like he's on a mission... and mission to make you feel special. It worked on me.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Who: Outfielder Mike Cameron
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1999 Leaf Lineage or 2002 Donruss thing
Acquired: TTM 3/3 1/16/2009 (7 days)
Comments: Mike only played one season for the Reds... the nearly-magical 1999 season. Afterwards, he was shipped off to Seattle in the Junior trade. Since then, he's been a pretty darn good player for the Mariners, Mets, Padres and Brewers.
What I cannot figure out is this card. It's says 1999 Leaf Lineage on the front. The copyright on the back is 2002 Donruss. I guess Donruss released this "Lineage" card in 2002? Seems pointless. Oh well, it's my only Mike Cameron card with his as a Red. I'll take it.
Mike's an awesome signer. I got this card and two others back in just seven days. Seven days!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Who: Shortstop Barry Larkin
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 2004 Leaf Certified Materials Autograph
Acquired: Gift from Cincy Reds Cards
Comments: The man himself, Barry Larkin. The card was a huge surprise from Joe over at Cincy Reds Cards. A great card too! The scan is not doing the card much of a favor here, the nice shiney silver on the right and left sides is got really dark on the scan. I do like the design, and the photo is pretty good - Barry is showing off not only his running skills, but flashing his captain status with the crest "C" on his jersey front and center. The card is number 12/25, so there are not a ton of these suckas running around out there. It must have been hard for Joe to give up this card, but he knew it was getting a home where it would be honored and cherished properly.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Who: Outfielder Herm Winningham
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1990 Donruss
Acquired: Christmas 1990? 1991?
Comments: Ah, part two of the 1990 (or 1991?) autograph Christmas spectacular. If you remember, the other card acquired that day was an autographed Rob Dibble. It was pretty cool to get both, but I will a little more stoked about the Dibble one, I must say. But, I have to give Herm some respect. He was not too bad... right? He helped. And stuff.
Labels: 1990, Donruss, Gift, Personalized, Reds, Winningham
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Who: Pitcher Rob Dibble
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1990 Donruss
Acquired: Christmas, 1990? 1991?
Comments: Another autograph that I was mega-stoked about. This one was a surprise though. I'm pretty sure I received this card (and another - coming soon!) from my Grandmother on my step-dad's side of the family. I was really surprised. I think it may have been the first autographed card I ever had. Of course at the time (1990?), the Reds were World Champs and Rob Dibble was pretty much a bad-ass, so you can imagine how excited I was. I love that it's personalized too.
This card was one of two that I got as a gift. The other is coming soon, of course.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Who: Pitcher Ted Power
Team: Cincinnati Reds
Card: 1988 Donruss
Acquired: 2007 Redsfest, in person
Comments: Ted Power has been with the Reds organization for quite some time. The past few years he has served as a pitching coach at several different levels in the Reds' farm system. In 2008 he was with the Louisville Bats, the Reds AAA affiliate. Ted is also a regular at Redsfest and a great signer. I have at least another card signed by him along with some ticket stubs and stuff like that. Really nice guy and seems to truly enjoy interacting with the fans.
Now, about the card. Nice photo, but I always hated the Donruss designs in the late '80s. They were a little rough. But, for some reason I have a ton of them. Where packs of Donruss little cheaper than Topps back then? I must have bought them for some reason.
Labels: 1988, Donruss, In Person, Power, Reds, Redsfest, Redsfest 2007
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