Bowl Pick 'Em Contest Winnings, Part XVIII

College football will be here again before we know it IS HERE, so I've got to get my prize from last season's Bowl Pick 'Em contest at Cards on Cards posted! My prize for a second place tie was a very generously sized box of cards, so I felt a bit overwhelmed even sorting through them. I finally sorted them out by player, and, as usual, I'll plan to post them all eventually, but I might quit halfway through, we'll see.

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1970 Topps #503 Dal Maxvill
1973 Topps #269 Tim McCarver
1975 Topps
#296 Alan Foster
#610 Ron Hunt
#649 Jack Heidemann
1980 Topps #563 Will McEnaney
2013 Panini Cooperstown
#6 Rogers Hornsby
#35 Joe Medwick
#39 Dizzy Dean

I've got some old cards and old players today, with Panini's 2013 Cooperstown set rounding out the post. I've met Dal Maxvill and Ron Hunt at autograph signings, and now I realize I really need to track down a Tim McCarver signing sometime. The older cards are pretty great, regardless of the slightly rough condition on some of them.

#246 St. Louis Cardinals

This team, presumably actually the 1974 team, finished second in the NL East, long before anyone uttered the word Wildcard in baseball, so missed the playoffs. 1975 was even worse, with a 4th place finish.

July Card Show Autographs

The stars aligned and I had copious free time on the day of a local monthly-ish card show, and there were 4 former Cardinals signing, so I had to go. I prefer my autographs on baseballs instead of cards, so here are the additions to my collection.

Mike LaValliere
Wally Moon
Dal Maxvill

As I said, there were supposed to be 4 Cardinals there. Bill Virdon was apparently not feeling well, so he didn't show up, but is supposed to be there in August. I still bought the "All 4 Cardinals" autograph ticket, so I'll have to go back. So, I've given myself a nice commitment device to make it to the next show.