1968 Springfield Cardinals

I bought a 2010 Springfield Cardinals team set for Isaac at the Winter Warm Up in case he wanted to get autos of some of the AA prospects. As you can see, the team set is a nice interpretation of the 1968 Topps design. The team circle has been appropriated with a dedication to Stan the Man… you really have to look for the “Springfield Cardinals” in that logo.
While you’ve already seen a few of the AA Cardinal Prospects in our Winter Warm Up posts, I thought I’d post a card of a non-prospect featured in this set… El Presidente!

While we’re at it, here are a few of the ‘68 Cardinals we have. In this case, few = almost all. Have other 68’s for trade if anyone has spare Cardinals of that vintage though.

Thorzul’s February Group Break

Get thee to Thorzul’s for the February Group Break. He’s got a great format that let’s you pick one team and are assigned another random team. Here’s our loot from last month:

2007 Topps Chrome White Refractor 528 / 660

2005 Topps Pristine Personal Pieces 264 / 425

2005 Topps Pristine Common Jersey 216 / 500

Special request for this month’s break: New Glarus Fat Squirrel.

Stadium Used: Rebel Oakes

Thought I’d share the birthday gift my family gave me for my 40th last October. The Redbird Club is an excellent place to watch the Redbirds at Busch. The Club provides an air conditioned break from the summer heat and a variety of made to order food items that are not available elsewhere in the stadium. Its walls are adorned with large scale images of vintage baseball cards, primarily from the tobacco era.
I saw this Rebel Oakes artwork in the Cardinals Authentics store while walking around the stadium with Isaac. It’s the wall art of the Rebel Oakes T205 card from the Redbird Club in the stadium. I’ve seen posters of this card on the internet, usually side by side with the back of the card, but they can’t compare with “stadium used” art peeled off the wall. Its too bad portions of the image were cut off but they contribute to the "stadium used" aspect. This Mr. Oakes may been replaced with a newer, cleaner copy in the Redbird Club but I’m happy to have him at our house.
Check out the view to get a better idea of the size and scale of the club and the images on the wall.
 

Topps 2010 Want List

Ugh... Typos by Dad!

Series One & Two

134, 342, 358, 432, 479, 500, 515, 518, 526, 549, 575, 661

Updates - Done!

We have plenty of 2010 base to trade. Just let us know what you need!

Winter Warm Up 2011–Name Plates!

I bought these on the last day of Winter Warm Up. They are player name plates for lockers, batting helmet shelves, bat racks and other stuff. These were five for one dollar. I liked the Ankiel and got the others to make five.

Dad – The name plates are on my nook Color. Aside from the baseball card packs and Isaac’s Nintendo DSi, the nook color was a godsend as we waited through all of the lines.

Winter Warm Up 2011–Singles

My dad bought me a few cards too. Some were for autographs and some because they were cool. These are the cool cards.
These will look cool with the Jon Jay autograph from a Target pack.


This matches the Colby Rasmus jersey card I bought at the Flea Market over the summer.

And this one matches a Joe Mather autograph my dad bought at a past Winter Warm Up.

Dad - I'm actually looking forward to catching Ankiel and Mather playing for the Braves this summer when working out of the Atlanta office.

Cardboard Collections: February Group Break - 3 Boxes - Featuring '07 UD Elements

Cardboard Collections announced the February Group Break this morning. The break includes one box each of 1992 O-Pee-Chee, 2005 Topps Total, and 2007 Upper Deck Elements.

Check out the actual post here:

Cardboard Collections: February Group Break - 3 Boxes - Featuring '07 UD Elements