Bargain Hunting on eBay #3 I Caught a Ryno

I'm not by any means a Ryne Sandberg supercollector but I'd say along with Andre Dawson he's my favorite Cub of the 80's-90's.  This one was just 20 cents shipped.  Check out the most embarrassing moment.

 1993 Upper Deck #D22

Blow Out the Candles September 18

Hall of Fame Cubs 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg is celebrating his 53rd birthday today.

 1983 Topps #83

Career highlights and awards
10× All-Star selection (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987,1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
9× Gold Glove Award winner (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
7× Silver Slugger Award winner (1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
1984 NL MVP
1990 Home Run Derby winner
Chicago Cubs #23 retired

 

Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman is celebrating his 79th birthday today.

 2008 UD Masterpieces #44

Scotty Bowman is the winningest coach in NHL history with 1,244 victories and an astounding .654 winning percentage. His nine Stanley Cup bench wins ranks first all-time. 

Voice actress June Foray is celebrating her 95th birthday today.

Of her many characters I most associate June with:

From the Vault -- Pictures from Wrigley 12 Cubs/Dodgers

More pictures from the Cubs/ Dodgers game in 1982:

Wherefore Art Thou Ryno?

I was not unhappy when the Cubs made Mike Quade their 2011 manager.  The players seemed to like him and they played very well at the end of 2010.  After this abysmal season I can't help but wonder how things would have played out if the Cubs had promoted Ryne Sandberg instead of Quade.  It's been rumored that Ryno could be back in 2012 if not as manager at least on the big league coaching staff.

In his honor here are a quartet of oddball Sandberg cards from my chaos of a collection:

The name says it's Sandberg but is it really?  It is even supposed to be?

There's no way to show you how really cool this card is in a scan.  It's Upper Deck for Denny's from 1994.

Bonus Mike Schmidt and an expired coupon.

2010 Patch Cards

My first thought on Topps 2010 manufactured patches was "they're not real so who needs them".  Now that I have a handful of them I've changed my mind.  I think they're pretty cool.

 #MCP-31

I pulled this from a pack earlier in the year.  Good luck with the Iron Pigs, Ryno.

#MCP51

I just pulled this one from a rack pack that was a Christmas gift.

These three were from my last COMC semi-annual mega shipment, my Christmas gift to myself.

 #MCP-5

 #MCP89

#MCP61

I'm interested in knowing your opinions on these.  Like, dislike, take or leave them?

Hackenbush's 500th Post Contest!!!

What better way to celebrate my 500th post than to give away a bunch of cards?  None, I'm sure.

Don Pardo, tell them what they can win.

The lucky winner of this contest will take home these five great rookie cards!

But that's not all!

In addition, our winner will receive over three hundred Hall of Fame and star cards from Topps 1982, 1983, and 1984.  Palmer, Bench, Ryan, Fingers, Yazstremski, Carew, Jackson, Rose, Schmidt ... the list goes on and on.

Thanks, Don Pardo.

OK, it's a contest so there have to be rules, right?

To start with, you don't have to be a follower though seeing your little icons on my list does appeal to my vanity.  Most people come to Can't Have Too Many Cards to look at pictures of Marlo Thomas or Rene Magritte so if you're reading this post you're already on my good list!

The winner will be chosen at random based on the number of entries they have.  

Any comment here gets you one entry. 

Publicizing this contest on your blog gets you an additional two entries. (Comment with the link.)

If you're too busy, don't like guessing games, hate kids, or B&W pictures put you to sleep,  you may skip to the comments area.  You are excused.  Good luck!

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Most of us started collecting cards when we were kids, like the ones in this class photo.  In fact, Hackenbush is one of the kids in in this photo.  

Guess who I am and win five entries.  Guess the year and win two entries. Guess how many of my classmates' first names I can remember and win another three entries.

This contest will run through 11:59 PM Central Time, Sunday, Oct. 10 and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter.