Blog Bat Around: Number Matching Birthday Edition

 Hello Friends!

Blog Bat arounds are generally fun to do, plus they're really easy for content ;)

Today, since it's a week since my birthday (April 1) I figured I'd take part. Finding the cards for this one was a slog. They didn't have a filter/search on TCDB for the particular way I wanted to search. (Collection, sort by number or filter to show only card number 401) 

All told, in my collection, there are 32 cards numbered at 401. (April 1, 04/01)

So let's pick out my favourite 10 and show them, shall we?

1973 Topps Clyde Mashore

The first one is also the earliest 401 in my collection. Fitting it's an Expo. I will admit, it does look rather plain, but it has a charm to it. 

My question is: Spring Training photo or Jarry Park photo?

1978 Topps Sparky Anderson

It's kind of fitting that I would have a card of a guy who played and managed a fair bit in the International League for teams in Canada. 

1990 Topps Kevin Mitchell AS

The All Star cards this year were a little better than the previous couple years where it was basically a disembodied head on a background. 

1991 Donruss MVP Danny Darwin

I liked these cards for some reason. 

1992 Score Bobby Thigpen AS

The caricature cards were fun. 

1992 Pinnacle Rickey Henderson

Classic card

1994 Flair Jeff Fassero

This one is interesting. I just like it. 

1995 Score Gold Rush Cliff Floyd

After a couple blah efforts from Score, the 1995 set was a departure. I actually really like this set but I've never been able to get to a point where I feel comfortable collecting it. I also find it interesting how they really started using this design in the 1994 Traded set.

2013 Topps Ryan Dempster

Got to sneak a Canuck on here.. 

2015 Topps Chris Coghlan

A beautiful card.. Really that's it.. 

Overall, I found 32, as I mentioned. I'm glad I was able to find 10 I really liked out of those to show. 

Some Cards Being Shipped

 Hello Friends!

I decided that for my birthday I was going to use some of the money I got and request the shipment from COMC that's been sitting there for a while.. (I need to do the same to Sportlots, likely later this month) 

Since I *just* put the request in, I just wanted to show what's going to be coming my way.. 

Bo Naylor. He's one of three brothers in Professional Baseball. Josh was his teammate until he was moved. His younger brother was drafted this last draft.

A Tacoma Twins Dave McKay

A couple Dave Pagan cards. Both SSPC

Had to get an Expos auto. 

Joey Votto! I looked at some of his autos and they're insanely priced. 

Kevin Reimer. I found a couple Canadians in the Keebler Rangers set.. I might have missed one 

I'm down with OPC. 

A Shawn Hill auto. Dual purpose, as an Expo and a Canadian.

Ducey!!

Building the 1983 OPC set means I'd eventually need this card anyway. Got it for $12.. I still have the Topps version that I'm looking to trade if someone needs it. 

Finally a shiny Guerrero! Again, his autos are insane... 

So according to the timeline, I should get these mid May..