eBay Wins #207

Today's eBay penny card from one of the rarer sets in my collection, 1986 O-Pee-Chee. I now have just 3 unique cards from 1986 O-Pee-Chee, and the other two are Cardinals. This was one of the years that O-Pee-Chee looked just like Topps, with just a subtle logo swap. That subtlety is the reason I have this card, as it was actually included in a lot full of 1986 Topps cards. Perhaps the seller knew, or perhaps the seller didn't even care.

1986 O-Pee-Chee #304 Howard Johnson

I mostly remember Howard Johnson playing for the Mets, and my dad making dad jokes, before "dad jokes" was an expression, about how he owned the Howard Johnson hotel in our town. He told me lots of things like that as a kid, and I believed every one of them, for awhile at least. I should probably write up the ones I can remember one of these days.

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All-Star Winnings, Part 1

Way back in July 2012, I won a contest at Cards On Cards. The premise was to pick the Cardinals player who would have the biggest impact on the game, determined Sabermetrically. I picked the right player, and got a pile of Cardinals for my trouble. They've been sitting in that same pile, haunting me, for quite some time, so now is the time to show them to you.

1983 Topps Stickers
#135-136 Jim Kaat
#189-190 Dane Iorg
#283 Lonnie Smith

I was unaware of these Topps Stickers, but now I really wish I had known about them. Look at those sweet powder blues. There are plenty of Cardinals in the set, too, because there appears to be a World Series subset.

1982 Fleer #118 Tito Landrum
1985 Topps #113 Tom Herr
1984 Fleer #327 Jeff Lahti
1984 Fleer #660 Whitey Herzog (Checklist)
1986 O-Pee-Chee #94 Tom Herr
1986 O-Pee-Chee #171 Tito Landrum

More powder blues, Tito, Whitey, and O-Pee-Chee. This image pretty much sums up why we collect.

1987 Fleer #297 Ricky Horton

Wrapping up the older cards is current Cardinal broadcaster Ricky Horton, who goes by Rick these days. He's been doing that regularly for 10 years now, but he still feels new to me. Anyone but Jack Buck, Joe Buck, Al Hrabosky, and Mike Shannon probably always will.