Fairfield Football Repack #5

Yes, I'm still picking these up. With 15 2013 figurines to go, I'll probably get at least 3 more if they keep showing up.

2013 Score
#77 Jordy Nelson
#100 Paul Pozluszny
#136 Devery Henderson
#138 Hakeem Nicks
#200 Josh Freeman
Airmail #237 Ryan Tannehill
Franchise #297 Chris Johnson
2013 Rookie #375 Johnthan Banks
Hot Rookies Retail #14 Justin Hunter

2013 Score
#15 Torrey Smith
#146 Stephen Hill
#118 Jarius Wright

2013 NFL Teenymates
Minnesote, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis

Minnesota and Indianapolis were new, Pittsburgh and Jacksonville are both #2 in my collection.

2014 NFL Teenymates
Buffalo, Baltimore, Detroit, San Diego

Another half-new set, San Diego and Detroit.

2013 NFL Teenymates puzzle

Again, half-new, with the duplicates on top.

2013 puzzle progress

I've got 20/35 puzzle pieces for 2013.

2014 NFL Teenymates puzzle

This time the top corner were the new pieces, Cincinnati and Cleveland.

2014 puzzle progress

And my 2014 puzzle is up to 23/35.

NFL Teenymates
	Figures				Puzzle Pieces
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
STL/LA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
SF	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
AZ	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
GB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
CHI	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
MIN	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
DET	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NO	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
CAR	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
DAL	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
NYG	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
WAS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
PHI	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
NE	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYJ	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
BUF	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
MIA	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
SD	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
OAK	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
DEN	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
KC	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
IND	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
JAC	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEN	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
PIT	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
BAL	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Piece	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
Tee					0	1	0	0
nyM					0	0	0	0
ates					0	0	0	0

RB Special: Glow-in-the-Dark

WR Special: Monster (x2), Orange

eBay Wins #218

Now I finish off my pile of 1987 Topps with the last 52 cards. 48 are scanned here because there were 4 doubles.

1987 Topps
#499 Bruce Ruffin
#504 Mickey Hatcher
#505 Bryn Smith
#519 Curt Young
#521 Rick Reuschel
#525 Phil Bradley
#528 Ken Dixon
#536 Terry Mulholland
#538 Tom Niedenfuer

Tom Niedenfuer and Bryn Smith both eventually came to the Cardinals after these teams.

1987 Topps
#539 Reid Nichols
#541 Rafael Belliard
#549 Bob Melvin
#551 Frank Wills
#552 Larry Sheets
#553 Mike Maddux
#568 Earl Weaver
#574 Manny Lee
#592 Chris Welsh

I like manager cards, like this Earl Weaver, and future manager cards, like Bob Melvin.

1987 Topps
#604 Fernando Valenzuela
#614 Roger Clemens (x2)
#617 Al Nipper
#619 Jerry Reed
#623 Kurt Stillwell
#636 Darren Daulton
#641 Domingo Ramos (x2)
#650 Hubie Brooks
#655 Jesse Barfield

I didn't mention it before, but some of these cards were actually from 2 unopened packs I had in among my bargain purchases. The second Roger Clemens was one of those from the unopened packs.

1987 Topps
#658 Robby Thompson
#670 Jose Cruz
#682 Jerry Reuss
#685 Jerry Hairston
#689 Darrell Porter
#702 Greg Gross (x2)
#703 Dave Schmidt
#706 Rick Manning
#713 Tom Brookens

I can't seem to get cards from the 80s without picking up a Jerry Reuss.

1987 Topps
#714 Dan Quisenberry
#722 Bob Knepper
#734 Bill Madlock
#735 Rickey Henderson
#737 Floyd Bannister (x2)
#738 Jorge Orta
#748 Mike Flanagan
#762 Gary Ward
#768 Dennis Lamp

I'm always happy to get a Dan Quisenberry card, since I modeled my pitching motion after his. This was only for pickup games, of course. I'd bet any kids' team's coaches would probably discourage that style.

1987 Topps
#778 Jack Morris
#785 Terry Francona
#789 Dan Schatzeder

And we finish off with another future manager, Terry Francona.

Once again, these were in my half-cent box, so they add 26 cents to my eBay purchases.

eBay Bargain Tracker
Total Cards Bought	3749
Total Spent	$54.65
Per Card	1.458 cents
Change	-0.013 cents

Fairfield Football Repack #4

I make a lot of trips to Target for random needs since there's one fairly close to my house, and it's less hectic than the other options around. I should really just empty off the shelf of these repacks, instead of buying the one at a time I have been.

2013 Score
#5 Rashard Mendenhall
#60 DeMarcus Ware
#87 Ben Tate
#178 James Laurinaitis
Airmail #250 Josh Freeman
Franchise #285 Tom Brady
Future Franchise #322 Jeremy Maclin
2013 Rookie #346 Cierre Wood
Hot Rookies Retail #11 Quinton Patton

It's still a weird feeling to see St. Louis Rams on cards, since it doesn't yet really seem real they have moved to LA. Once the first few games of next season are played, it'll probably sink in a little more. Either way, James Laurinaitis is no longer with the team, signing with the Saints after being curiously cut from the team.

2013 Score
#15 Torrey Smith
#31 Jonathan Stewart
#163 Brent Celek

2013 NFL Teenymates
Kansas City, Miami, Washington, Dallas

All new Running Backs!

2014 NFL Teenymates
New York Giants, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Monster

Pittsburgh and the Monster are duplicates, but if I can find a trading partner, the rare monster may bring me some good stuff in return.

2013 NFL Teenymates puzzle

Four new RB puzzle pieces.

2013 puzzle progress

I'm over halfway now, 18/35 pieces

2014 NFL Teenymates puzzle

Three of these were new, and now I have two Pittsburgh puzzle pieces.

2014 puzzle progress

I've got 21/35 of the 2014 puzzle, that's 60% for you math whizzes.

NFL Teenymates
	Figures				Puzzle Pieces
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
STL/LA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
SF	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
AZ	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
GB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
CHI	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
MIN	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NO	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
CAR	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
DAL	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
NYG	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
WAS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
PHI	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
NE	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYJ	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
BUF	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
MIA	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
SD	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
OAK	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
DEN	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
KC	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
IND	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
JAC	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TEN	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
PIT	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Piece	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
Tee					0	1	0	0
nyM					0	0	0	0
ates					0	0	0	0

RB Special: Glow-in-the-Dark

WR Special: Monster (x2), Orange

eBay Wins #217

Once again, collating all my miscellaneous penny wins by set has led me to a large amount of cards that won't fit in one post. Enjoy the first 96 1987 Topps, and their woodgrain borders that remind me of the old paneling in my parents family room. I actually had duplicates of a few, which I noted in the captions. I didn't think I really needed to see scans of all 3 Marvell Wynne cards.

1987 Topps
#3 Dwight Evans
#11 Indians Leaders
#24 Tony Walker
#29 Jimmy Key
#37 Marvell Wynne (x3)
#38 Dennis Leonard
#51 Mel Hall
#69 Lonnie Smith
#70 Charlie Hough

Fun fact about Lonnie Smith: He was traded from the Cardinals to the Royals in 1985, and became the first player to face the team he started the season with in the World Series.

1987 Topps
#83 Mike Davis
#85 Kevin Bass
#92 Urbano Lugo (x2)
#93 Jim Leyland (x2)
#117 Jim Beattie
#127 Vance Law (x2)
#133 Jose Oquendo
#135 Mike Easler (x2)
#137 Jerry Willard

I met Jose Oquendo a few months ago. He looks younger now than he does on this card.

1987 Topps
#138 Roy Lee Jackson
#145 Charlie Kerfeld
#152 Toby Harrah
#156 Mariners Leaders
#162 Mike LaValliere
#165 Jeff Reardon (x2)
#166 Bob Boone
#170 Bo Jackson
#175 Bob Stanley

I also met Mike LaValliere. He doesn't have Jose's fountain of youth, but he's one of the funniest players I've met.

1987 Topps
#181 Cardinals Leaders
#183 Andy Hawkins
#187 Mark Huismann
#198 Lee Mazzilli
#202 Ricky Wright (x2)
#213 Randy Myers
#221 Vern Ruhle
#240 Steve Balboni (x2)
#241 Danny Heep

LaValliere and Ozzie Smith make an appearance on that Cardinals leaders card.

1987 Topps #243 Whitey Herzog
#245 Willie Upshaw
#249 Jim Pankovits (x2)
#253 Eddie Milner (x2)
#263 Stan Javier (x2)
#267 Howard Johnson
#271 Mike Brown
#274 Jeff Hearron
#278 Gary Pettis

For whatever reason, I didn't have this Whitey Herzog card until now. That's one more off the want list.

1987 Topps
#280 Jeffrey Leonard (x2)
#289 Bob Kipper
#308 Don Slaught
#309 Mike Young
#318 Jim Fregosi
#321 Mike Laga
#325 Garry Templeton
#333 Ken Phelps
#334 Ed Correa

Mike Laga is the only guy to hit the ball out of Busch Stadium II. He did it with a foul ball, though.

1987 Topps
#341 Mike Brown
#344 Joe Niekro
#347 Mickey Brantley
#350 Keith Hernandez
#362 Luis Quinones
#363 Jose Guzman
#366 Mark McGwire
#373 Jeff Dedmon
#385 Orel Hershiser

I've been seriously considering purchasing a 1980s powder blue Keith Hernandez jersey from Mitchell and Ness, because not only was he a great player, but he wore my favorite number, 37. Plus I don't see many Hernandez jerseys around town, whereas McGwires are still everywhere.

1987 Topps
#387 T.R. Bryden
#388 Geno Petralli
#401 Billy Jo Robidoux
#402 Mike Trujillo (x2)
#407 Jim Acker
#411 Darnell Coles
#438 Kelly Downs
#441 Dave Leiper
#461 Craig McMurtry

No Cardinals in this scan? Boooo.

1987 Topps
#464 Butch Wynegar
#465 Todd Worrell (x2)
#466 Kal Daniels
#467 Randy St. Claire
#468 George Bamberger
#469 Mike Diaz
#479 Bob Sebra
#480 Jim Rice
#497 Dale Mohorcic

And we wrap up with Todd Worrell's card featuring the Rookie Cup.

These were again out of my half-cent box, which I created to even out the less-than-a-penny-per-card lots I bought. So these 96 count for 48 cents in my tracker.

eBay Bargain Tracker
Total Cards Bought	3697
Total Spent	$54.39
Per Card	1.471 cents
Change	-0.026 cents

Fairfield Football Repack #3

When I find a good deal, I tend to go back for more. Here's another Teenymates repack with a mystery pack of cards, which, again, turned out to be 2013 Score.

2013 Score
#45 Jermaine Gresham
#80 Clay Matthews
#103 Jamaal Charles
#197 Robert Turbin
Airmail #243 carson Palmer
Franchise #283 Camerson wake
Future Franchise #319 Hakeem Nicks
Future Franchise #330 Alfred Morris
2013 Rookie #373 Jawan Jamison

2013 Score
#141 David Wilson
#203 Doug Martin
Road to the Super Bowl #266 Justin Tucker

At first glance I thought that David Wilson card was one of the horizontal cards, and didn't notice until after I scanned it. Still, even if it was correctly oriented he'd be upside down, so I'm going to let that one slide.

2013 NFL Teenymates
Cincinnati, Denver, San Francisco, Glow in the Dark

2014 NFL Teenymates
Carolina, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Monster

I got a rare figurine in 2 different packs in this repack. The Glow in the Dark from series 2 is inserted 1:64, while the monster is 1:37. And, the other 6 figures were all new to my collection.

2013 NFL Teenymates puzzle

2013 puzzle progress

2014 NFL Teenymates puzzle

2014 puzzle progress

All 8 puzzle pieces were new as well, putting me closer to completing both puzzles.

If you're a teenymates collector and have some duplicates to trade, see the list below for my duplicates (anything with more than 1) and needs (zeros).

NFL Teenymates
	Figures				Puzzle Pieces
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
STL/LA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
SF	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
CHI	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NO	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
CAR	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
DAL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PHI	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
NE	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYJ	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
BUF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
MIA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
OAK	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
DEN	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
IND	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
JAC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEN	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
PIT	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Piece	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
Tee					0	0	0	0
nyM					0	0	0	0
ates					0	0	0	0

RB Special: Glow-in-the-Dark

WR Special: Monster, Orange

eBay Wins #216

Not more 1987 Fleer?!

Not exactly; this is Fleer Update. This lot of 3 includes two guys who only had single-season careers, Ken Dowell and Jim Paciorek. Wally Ritchie stayed with the Phillies for several years.

1987 Fleer Update
#U-27 Ken Dowell
#U-95 Jim Paciorek
#U-104 Wally Ritchie

Update, Traded, or Extended sets always seem to be more rare than the flagship counterparts. In the past some of them were only sold as boxed sets, but other than that, I can't really explain it. When I want to complete a year of Topps these days, I like to get Series 1, Series 2, and what is basically Series 3, even though they call it update. I suppose the smaller sets of the past may have depressed pack sales a bit too. It's funny how that lack of interest in the past leads to increased interest in the present, due to relative scarcity.

eBay Bargain Tracker
Total Cards Bought	3601
Total Spent	$53.91
Per Card	1.497 cents
Change	0 cents

Fairfield Football Repack #2

Something about Teenymates keeps me coming back for more, especially when they are half off the original price, and include a bonus pack of cards. In case you missed it last time, the box comes with 4 packs of NFL Teenymates. The cards this time were 2013 Score again.

2013 Score
#20 Ed Reed
#21 C.J. Spiller
#54 Tony Romo
#264 Terrell Suggs

2013 Score
#18 Bernard Pierce
#40 Andy Dalton
#143 Jason Pierre-Paul
#154 Darren McFadden
Airmail #231 Matthew Stafford
Franchise #294 Frank Gore
Future Franchise #305 Andy Dalton
2013 Rookies #406 Matt Scott

One of those Andy Dalton cards was the top card when I opened the pack and I wondered what the chances were I'd pulled a duplicate pack. I'm sure that happens sometimes. The card machines don't likely shuffled the cards completely randomly, but instead there are many different combinations, but multiple packs that use each combination. But, that wound up being the only duplicate from the last pack.

Let's see some tiny football guys!

2013 NFL Teenymates
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York Jets, Jacksonville

2014 NFL Teenymates
Oakland, Buffalo, Baltimore, Miami

And just for fun, the puzzle pieces and my progress.

2013 NFL Teenymates puzzle

2013 puzzle progress

2014 NFL Teenymates puzzle

2014 puzzle progress

That was as successful a repack as it could be. All 8 figurines, and even the puzzle pieces, were new to my collection. Here's my ugly table to track them all.

NFL Teenymates
	Figures				Puzzle Pieces
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
STL/LA	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
SF	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
CHI	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
TB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NO	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
CAR	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
DAL	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
PHI	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Team	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
NE	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYJ	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
BUF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
MIA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
OAK	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
DEN	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
IND	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JAC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEN	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Piece	QB	RB	WR	OL	1	2	3	4
Tee					0	0	0	0
nyM					0	0	0	0
ates					0	0	0	0

eBay Wins #215

Today I've got the rest of my 1987 Fleer. People like to sell these cheap.

1987 Fleer
#524 Ed Olwine
#525 David Palmer
#526 Rafael Ramirez
#527 Billy Sample
#528 Ted Simmons
#529 Zane Smith
#530 Bruce Sutter
#531 Andres Thomas
#532 Ozzie Virgil

Ted Simmons and Bruce Sutter, both Braves here, played for the Cardinals. I wondered whether they were teammates in St. Louis, but Simmons left after 1980 while Sutter arrived in 1981.

1987 Fleer
#601 Bill Almon
#602 Rafael Belliard
#603 Mike Bielecki
#605 Bobby Bonilla
#606 Sid Bream
#607 Mike Brown
#608 Pat Clements
#609 Mike Diaz
#610 Cecilio Guante

Bobby Bonilla finished his career in St. Louis, though he's still getting paid by the Mets for something like the next 107 years.

1987 Fleer
#611 Barry Jones
#612 Bob Kipper
#613 Larry McWilliams
#614 Jim Morrison
#615 Joe Orsulak
#616 Junior Ortiz
#617 Tony Pena
#618 Johnny Ray
#619 Rick Reuschel

Tony Pena and Larry McWilliams were reunited in St. Louis for the 1988 season.

1987 Fleer
#620 R.J. Reynolds
#621 Rick Rhoden
#622 Don Robinson
#623 Bob Walk
#624 Jim Winn
#632 Bob Horner
Stickers
 Boston Red Sox and LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers and Cleveland Indians (x2)

I had a Bob Horner in the previous eBay post, but this one commemorates one of the rarest feats in baseball he accomplished in 1986, hitting four home runs in a single game. The next player to do it was Mark Whiten in 1993, and the previous was Mike Schmidt in 1976. He's also one of only two players to do so in a loss for his team, at least according to the record books. The other was in 1896.

1987 Fleer
#649 Ralph Bryant / Jose Gonzalez
#653 Rob Nelson / Steve Fireovid
Stickers
Oakland A's (x2)
Oakland A's and Houston Astros (x2)

I could see these stickers being good for labeling your boxes or binders if you store your cards by team. I work by set, though, so I'll keep them intact for now. As with the last post, these came from my half-cent box, costing me 21 cents, knocking my average below 1.5 cents per card.

eBay Bargain Tracker
Total Cards Bought	3598
Total Spent	$53.88
Per Card	1.497 cents
Change	-0.012 cents