The process of adding my duplicates to the "Trade Bait" page is going to be ongoing. Even if my number of duplicates were to remain static, I'm not sure I'd feel very confident about finishing it inside of six months. Add to that the strong likelihood of continuing to acquire new cards to add to it, and I'm not sure it'll ever really be complete. But I'll keep trying. And in the spirit of that effort, here are more cards I have available to any fellow set builders out there, again, if you need just ask, I'll get around to posting some non-Wallach need list at some point in the future.
1982 Topps: 2. 7. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 16. 18. 18. 19. 20. 22. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 28. 28. 32. 32. 32. 33. 33. 34. 34. 36. 37. 37. 38. 38. 41. 42. 44. 44. 46. 46. 47. 48. 49. 49. 50. 52. 52. 54. 54. 55. 55. 56. 57. 58. 60. 60. 61. 63. 63. 64. 64. 65. 69. 69. 71. 71. 72. 73. 76. 77. 78. 78. 79. 79. 82. 82. 83. 84. 84. 85. 86. 86. 87. 87. 87. 88. 88. 91. 92. 93. 93. 94. 94. 98. 98. 99. 99. 102. 102. 106. 107. 107. 109. 112. 112. 113. 113. 114. 117. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 123. 124. 125. 126. 128. 128. 129. 131. 130. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 136. 137. 139. 139. 140. 140. 142. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 148. 149. 149. 150. 151. 151. 152. 153. 154. 154. 155. 155. 157. 160. 160. 161. 169. 169.170. 170. 175. 176. 177. 179. 181. 184. 186. 186. 187. 187. 188. 190. 190. 192. 193. 196. 196. 196. 196. 197. 198. 198. 199. 199. 199. 202. 202. 204. 204. 205. 206. 207. 207. 209. 212. 214. 214. 214. 215. 216. 216. 216. 217. 219. 219. 219. 220. 221. 222. 222. 223. 223. 224. 226. 228. 228. 229. 229. 232. 233. 233. 233. 235. 237. 237. 238. 239. 240. 241. 242. 244. 245. 246. 248. 248. 248. 249. 249. 249. 252. 252. 253. 253. 259. 259. 262. 263. 264. 265. 265. 266. 266. 271. 272. 272. 275. 275. 277. 277. 278. 278. 278. 279. 279. 280. 281. 281. 284. 285. 285. 285. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 293. 294. 294. 296. 296. 298. 299. 302. 302. 304. 304. 308. 309. 310. 310. 311. 312. 312. 313. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317. 317. 319. 319. 320. 320. 321. 321. 321. 322. 323. 323. 325. 326. 326. 326. 328. 330. 331. 331. 332. 334. 335. 335. 336. 338. 338. 340. 345. 345. 348. 349. 349. 350. 352. 352. 353. 354. 354. 356. 356. 357. 358. 361. 361. 366. 367. 368. 368. 369. 370. 371. 372. 374. 375. 376. 377. 377. 378. 379. 380. 382. 383. 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 387. 389. 391. 391. 392. 392. 392. 392. 393. 393. 395. 398. 399. 401. 402. 405. 406. 406. 407. 407. 407. 409. 409. 411. 411. 412. 412. 414. 414. 415. 416. 417. 417. 418. 419. 419. 423. 424. 424. 427. 428. 428. 429. 430. 431. 432. 433. 434. 434. 434. 437. 438. 441. 441. 442. 442. 443. 443. 444. 444. 445. 446. 446. 447. 447. 448. 449. 449. 451. 453. 453. 454. 454. 454. 457. 457. 458. 459. 461. 461. 461. 463. 463. 463. 463. 464. 464. 464. 465. 466. 466. 467. 467. 468. 468. 469. 470. 472. 473. 473. 473. 474. 477. 477. 478. 479. 479. 482. 482. 483. 483. 484. 485. 485. 486. 486. 488. 488. 489. 489. 491. 491. 492. 492. 493. 493. 494. 496. 497. 497. 498. 499. 502. 503. 504. 504. 504. 506. 507. 507. 509. 510. 511. 513. 515. 516. 517. 517. 519. 520. 521. 522. 523. 524. 524. 525. 525. 526. 527. 527. 527. 528. 528. 529. 529. 531. 531. 531. 532. 535. 536. 536. 536. 539. 539. 541. 541. 541. 542. 543. 544. 544. 545. 546. 548. 550. 550. 552. 552. 556. 557. 559. 559. 560. 560. 561. 563. 563. 563. 564. 565. 567. 567. 567. 567. 568. 570. 570. 571. 572. 572. 574. 575. 575. 576. 577. 577. 578. 581. 582. 582. 584. 586. 587. 587 587. 587. 588. 589. 590. 591. 592. 592. 593. 595. 595. 596. 597. 599. 601. 601. 602. 604. 604. 605. 605. 606. 606. 608. 608. 609. 609. 611. 611. 612. 612. 613. 613. 614. 615. 616. 616. 617. 618. 618. 620. 623. 626. 626. 626. 627. 627. 628. 629. 631. 631. 632. 634. 635. 635. 638. 638. 639. 639. 640. 641. 643. 643. 645. 646. 646. 646. 647. 648. 649. 649. 653. 654. 655. 656. 656. 657 657. 658. 658. 659. 660. 661. 661. 662. 662. 662. 663. 665. 665. 666. 666. 667. 669. 669. 670. 671. 672. 673. 675. 675. 676. 677. 678. 679. 680. 681. 682. 683. 683. 683. 685. 686. 686. 687. 687. 688. 688. 691. 691. 692. 695. 696. 696. 697. 698. 699. 700. 702. 703. 704. 704. 706. 706. 706. 707. 707. 708. 708. 710. 710. 711. 712. 713. 714. 718. 718. 719. 719. 720. 721. 721. 722. 722. 722. 723. 725. 726. 726. 727. 728. 728. 728. 729. 729. 731. 732. 732. 732. 733. 733. 734. 734. 735. 735. 736. 736. 736. 737. 737. 738. 739. 739. 740. 741. 741. 742. 742. 743. 743. 745. 745. 745. 747. 747. 748. 749. 752. 752. 756. 757. 758. 760. 761. 761. 762. 763. 764. 764. 765. 766. 766. 767. 767. 768. 771. 772. 772. 773. 773. 774. 775. 776. 776. 777. 778. 779. 779. 782. 782. 783. 784. 785. 785. 788. 788. 788. 789. 790. 791.
Recent Acquisitions
Those cards arrived in my mailbox Saturday, the result of a recent purchase on Sportlots.com from a seller going by the name "Kenswank." I went on with the intent of knocking off some of my many 1980 Topps needs. I typically like to keep it to one or two sellers at a time on Sportlots, taking into account a seller's shipping cost, "loot" rewards, and the number of my needs they have. I find myself repeating purchases with the same two or three sellers as a result, "Kenswank" being one of them. I filled out my order with a good number of 1979 needs and a few 73's and 72's. Even at 18¢ a card, it adds up quick. But the costs become less painful as I break out my red sharpie and start crossing off numbers in my book. I'm down to a little over 200 needs for 1980 Topps, and mere 77 to go with the '79 set.
1980 Topps has always been a set I didn't think much of. But as I've made a more concentrated effort to complete it, it has really grown on me. There are some great looking cards in this set. It's interesting the way your opinion of a set will change, for better or worse, when you make the effort to complete it, and start sleeving it in 9 pocket pages.
This Simmons card is one I had not seen before and absolutely love. I'm not sure if catchers are even allowed to wear a soft cap under the mask anymore, but it's a total badass move. Simmons is one of those guys I've always appreciated in a similar vein to Wallach. That being a guy who was as good as anyone in the game in their prime, but simply didn't compile the career numbers for serious Hall of Fame consideration and as a result have drifted into relative obscurity. As an 8x All-Star with 2,400+ hits I'm guessing "Ted Simmons" isn't a name that rings out with most fans under 20 (or even 30) today despite the fact for the better part of a decade he played with the likes of Fisk, Bench, and Carter, and didn't have to take a back seat to any of them.
I'm sure I'm far from alone in calling Fidrych one of my favorites, but somehow I'd managed to go 25 years without ever acquiring this card. I'm pretty sure it's the only Fidrych I didn't have, and it's a beauty. Maybe I'm projecting, but I feel like you can see a hint of sadness in his face. This 1985 interview with Fidrych totally changed the way I thought of him, for the better, and I was already a huge fan.
I'm not normally a huge fan of photos like the one on that Rose, in fact I deplore them, but I'm happy to make an exception here. Rose looks like an absolute monster. I may not think of Fingers as a Padre, but that's about as good as a uniform can look. I have no idea what the Padres have been doing the last two decades or so, but they need to stop and go back to these or something similar.
Finally this card is a real "what iffer" for me. The 1981 Expos Future Stars may be a more direct example, but this could have been it as well. Tim Wallach and Tim Raines both appeared with the Expos in 1980. I'm not sure what criteria Topps used, but minor leaguers seemed to be fair game as Randy Miller spent all of 1979, 80, and every year after that entirely in the minors. Wallach and Raines both had monster seasons in Memphis in 1979, and could have been joined by the likes of Tony Phillips, Bryn Smith, or Charlie Lea on this card.
I have accumulated a fair number of 79 dupes. Send me a list.
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