I did a real nice trade with Guags on TCDB for some ivy cards recently. What made this special is that he filled specific holes in the Frankenset from amongst the Ivy cards he'd been setting aside. I've made a list of every empty number in the binders of all the sets and can make it available on request. So, he sifted thru his cards and found the ones I actually needed, and I traded him a bunch of nice stuff for his extra work. Let see what we got.
I always hated Jim Edmonds, as much for his frosted tips and pouty lips as his Cardinal-ness, but I love this shot of him throwing in front of one of the several doors painted up and allowing entrance to the bowels where few get to go. Or at least before they put luxury seats everywhere and walls of video boards where once there was fresh air of the street beyond where the mailman who caught a homerun ball could go skipping happily down the street clicking his heels like Ron Santo in full mailman shorts with the bag. I actually saw this happen on TV once.
Another nice shot of how it used to be, with a guy who used to be a cub. Also, I never get tired of all the cards where a ball is bouncing away from Sammy or he's about to be caught off first with the early spring twigs on the wall in the far distance. Even back then the card companies didn't seem to like him
To think in those classic card sets of the 60s everyone loves so much they used to paint the ivy right off the team card.
There's a lot of high-quality Kerry when talking Ivy cards, believe me. Even with the ivy faded out into the background it's still magnificent. Since this is really supposed to be about the Glory of the Ivy it's possible a card would come a long with more glorious Ivy. Part of the fun as well as the bane of Frankensets.
I wonder about this BFF thing that Topps is pushing between these two. DiMaggio and Mantle anyone?
A near perfect shot with DeRosa here. The shadow of the ball just before the orb hits the leather is just luscious. This sort of thing is what I look for most in a card. I don't care who the player or team is, I just do the fist pump like I pulled some kind of Ohtani SN card. But if all I actually pulled with Aaron Judge and Soto and Bryce parallels it leaves me lacking. I mean it's nice to have the cards that'll be good for trade, but they bring no joy or excitement the way pulling a great action shot will. There is a limited SN'd parallel edition of the DeRosa and if you have it, I want to trade for it for my action set.
And finally, a couple pitchers in somewhat odd circumstances. Zambrano is on the other side of the foul lines, so he must be on one of the old bullpen mounds they had in foul territory 50 feet up from the dugout, but he was a starter. And why was Doc on the basepaths without his jacket on. Did he ever get inserted as a pinch base stealer on an off day?
This wasn't everything but there were a few things that didn't quite live up to ivy glory or I filled the number while we were working the trade. I'm gonna list all the open numbers below so if you are saving up ivy cards for me you can see what I need most. If you have a card with glorious Ivy turn it over and see if it matches one of these numbers, which are open slots in the binder, then trade it to me. Or at least tip me off so I can look for it.
IVy Fset needs by number June 15, 2026
6 11 17 25 34 43 45 63 69 78 81 84 93 95 96 97 98 100 101 106 108 110 111 113 115 117 127
129 131 134 136 139 146 147 153 154 161 163 165 168 169 171 173 176 180 181
185 187 188 190 191 193 197
202 203 205 208 211 214 215 218 219 220 222 223 227 228 229 230 233 236 237 238 240 242 246
249 250 253 257 259 265 267 268 277 278 279 283 285 287 288 289 290 294 295 296 299
302 303 304 305 307 308 310 311 313 314 319 320 321 322 326 328 329 330 331 332 334 338 339 340
341 343 344 345 349 350 352 353 355 360 361 362 363 364 367 368 369 375 380 381 383
384 387 388 389 390 393 395 396 397 398
400 402 403 404 406 407 408 410 411 412 413 417 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 432
433 434 441 443 444 446 448 450 451 452 453 454 456 457 460 461 462 464 465 466 467 469 470
471 472 473 477 479 480 484 486 487 491 493 496 499
500 503 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 516 517 521 523 526 528 529 530 531 532 533 534
535 536 539 540 542 543 544 545 546 548 549 550 552 554 556 563 564 565 566 568 569 570 571
583 584 585 586 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596
600 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 611 612 613 615 616 618 619 620 622 623 624 626 627 628 629
630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653
654 655 656 657 659 661 662 663 664 665 666 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 677 679
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