HE"S GOING TO KILL ME LATER THIS YEAR

         Today is my friend Greg from The Collective Mind blog birthday & well I just wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday. He turns 58. I'm glad to know that he's a great guy especially talking about cards. He might not have the knowledge like me or know the historical aspect of a player but he can hold the topic good. I know that he will kill me as I post this post or he's going to seek revenge somehow later this year as my milestone birthday comes around. It's hard to believe that I have known him since 2007. Every year we try to go to a National whether it was his first in Baltimore or where this years at Chicago we usually have a blast finding cards. 

Greg with Manny Sanguillen one of his favorite player collection guys talking about his career.

                 As I got to know Greg through the years of friendship I wouldn't have this blog without his help so thanks Greg I hope that you have a great birthday & I know that you will get some revenge. 

          In other news around my collection I just recently went to the Maumee Antique Mall this last Friday in Maumee,Ohio outside of Toledo area & I found myself a bunch of things off my list including the 1983 Card Collectors 1953 Bowman Black & White reprint set as well the 1953 Bowman Color reprint set for a great price of combine of $10

 The Black & White set was $5

The Color set also was $5. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

       There's 3 good parts of this antique mall to shop at for cards 1 guy had a bunch of stuff I was looking for for a great price I thought of Dime Box Nick when I went through his stuff for a minor $.10 yes Nick they still have boxes for you to venture west to Ohio for at a price you can't complain about. Another booth this guy had about 12 3200ct boxes of stuff for me to go through ranging from $.10 to $3 again I hit pay dirt in finding a bunch of my basketball needs that I was excited about inching me closer to completing one of many sets I have working on at the moment. The Last booth this guy had some great things from uncut sheets from the Dynamite Magazine from 1978 Topps where 1 time Greg & I found a couple of them having his player guys in them as well I think we found once a Uncut Hostess box that featured Mr. Night Owl's man PC Guy Mr. Ron Cey in it & later Greg mailed it out to him cause I didn't have much contact like I now have with Mr. Owl. My girlfriend had a good time with me finding some great things she wanted to have around the house she even found a nice Ty Cobb picture to hang in the hallway towards our bedroom. We have a bunch of Detroit Tigers pictures hanging in the hallway leading to the bedroom including a shirt she got from a co-worker of hers from the 1984 World Series of the the Detroit Tigers taking on San Jose Fuji's loving San Diego Padres framed up sorry Fuji but as you know Goose Gossage thought he could strike out Kirk Gibson in game 5. 

Before I leave I have to do one more thing about Greg you see one year he came up in the middle of his spring break from his school job for a visit & well.....just say all things went to Hell including Greg so here he is standing in Hell.

Yes those white specks you see are bits of snow so yes Hell did Freeze over that day at a nice 13°F that April day. So Happy Birthday Greg enjoy your Birthday with the Princess of Wales,Muggsy Bogues,The Late Dick Enberg, & Bart Starr Bob 'Gilligan' Denver,as well Buckeye Nations own J.K. Simmons, & with that I am reminded of the great Rogers Hornsby talking about autographs "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."