I probably only spent about $30, but managed to win a raffle for $10 of free spend. All in all, I consider it a successful trip. Here is what I got:
62 more cards towards completing my 1977 set:
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"Did the photograph capture the magnificence of my hair?"
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Say "what" again. Say "what" again. I dare you. I double-dare you, motherf***er. Say "what" one more goddamn time.
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Paul: Reckon it is time to harvest the crops?
Rick: I reckon
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Welcome to the first of hopefully many Woolly Caterpillar Conventions!
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The Mad Hungarian. 'Nuff said.
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Pull my finger.
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Tire el dedo.
I also hit some of the vintage boxes, including picking up a 1959 Enos Slaughter:
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Sure, he is a Hall of Famer. But, what I really like about this card is the back. His Major League stats start in 1938. Slaughter was playing major league ball when my father was only 2 years old. How wild is that?
Added later: When this picture was taken, Slaughter was 42 or 43 years old. That is 2-3 years younger than I am right now. But, good googly moogly, he looks at least 60 years old. Is it just me, or did the guys from that era age quicker than we do?
I picked up 5 cards from 1960, just because they struck my fancy. No significant rhyme or reason.
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But bad trades are part of baseball. Who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for god's sake!
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The youngest person ever to play in a major league game at the tender age of 15. Apparently, he started off reasonably well, but became completely unglued when he saw Stan Musial in the on-deck circle.
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I grew up in Rochester, NY and, at the time, Johnny Antonelli owned a chain of tire stores there.
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Another Hall of Famer.
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Vic Power, a/k/a Victor Felipe Pellot Pove.
1972 Thurman Munson In Action....
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......for sufficiently inactive values of action.
I also got a Topps Triple Threads Bob Gibson (0387/1350) and one 2011 Topps Heritage short print, but didn't scan them.
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