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This is my first thank you post, especially to Greg from night owl cards and Bob from the best bubble for helping me fill in gaps in my collections! Greg saw that I had 8 Alston cards in a 9 pocket sheet and well it just didn't look right. So he sent me the above 2002 Topps Super Teams '55 and the 2003 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Alston card below to fill the void. Both are sweet additions to my Alston Collection. But this creates a new (and welcome) dilemma where I now have a second sheet, and it only has 1 card in a 9 pocket sheet! Eight more to go!?!?


The same week I received two cards from Bob that will fit in nicely into my Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame collection. The Hugh Critz and Fred Lucas cards below are Galasso reprints of 1933 Goudy Gum Co., Big League Chewing Gum. I normally only collect cards of Reds HoFers while they played for the Reds, but I make exceptions for players from the really early years. There just aren't many cards of these players out there. The Critz card is a perfect example.




I have a few cards set aside ready to mail to these guys to show my appreciation for their generosity. They should arrive this week.

Receiving cards is an unexpected benefit of the blog world, and I am very appreciative.

Thank you again to Greg and Bob, and thanks for visiting!

CinciCuse Bill
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  1. night owlFebruary 3, 2020 at 10:32 PM

    So do I have to find 8 more Alston cards? I might be able to do that. Might.

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