This is the 2000 version .I need the following ornament cards : 4,5,13,19,and 20
This is the 2001 version. I need the following ornament cards : 1,2,3,4,6,7,12,15,17,18 and 24 
First, a tiny Rick Sutcliffe Fleer sticker and an oversize Manny Ramirez Fleer Extra Bases.
A couple Mark McGwires.He was one of my favorites long before the big home run race and while I'm a little disappointed now, I still save his cards.
Next, a very shiny Grady Sizemore Topps Atttax.He's finally starting to get his swing back but has a long way to go.
I hope we will see this guy again soon and back to his old form.
Then there's another ornament to add to my baseball Christmas tree ! Pacific made these for two years and that's another set I'm working on.Thank you very much for the great cards !
I think I'm all caught up with trades for now.Now I have a ton of stuff to sort and take care of over my long vacation week-end. On Sunday, May 31st my wife and I will have been married 29 years ! I'm amazed she's kept me all these years.I don't go back to work until next Wednesday.Saturday night we are meeting up with Harold (Bluegrass Smoke Signals) and his wife to check out the new Columbus Clippers ballpark.I should have some stories and pictures next week. The rest of the week-end is all up to my wife ! Whatever she wants she gets. (almost!)
A couple Victors including a green framed version.
Victor in a different pose along with A. Cabrera . 
Some old heroes and some new.
At left, a less common shot of Bobby Thompson being carried off the field as opposed to the usual " shot heard 'round the world" home run ball. Yaz leading the Bo Sox in the '67 series on the right.
Three state cards with Sizemore,Blake and Pronk.
A Fausto / C.C. Co-Signers #'d 231/400 and a Hafner blue refractor.
Joshua Rodriguez blue auto 23/500 and Chrome Grady Sizemore copper refractor 476/599
Tom Mastny "52 Topps Rookie Auto
And last but, certainly not least, a black framed Jeremy Sowers auto.
Here are some of the highlights.
Another presidential player, Richard Millhouse Nixon and one of the 3rd base masters, Brooks Robinson.
A couple Tribers, Grady and "Pronk" who homered in Columbus yesterday and hopefully will get back to his form of a couple years ago.
While I personally don't care for him a lot as a tv commentator, Joe Morgan was a HOF 'er on the field.
Speaking of HOF 'ers, here we have "Yaz" and Robin Yount
And my first short print !! Reggie Jackson in the love it or hate it orange and green. Thank you very much Dan
Thanks to Ed and several other readers my 2008 set will be nearly complete already.(then I'll start on the parallels)
On another note,the Tribe has come alive ! At least they're breathing better. Two wins in a row. Also a perfect game in Akron by Aeros pitcher Jeanmar Gomez.
Some of you may know I work for a Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep dealer in Sandusky,Ohio. Kasper CDJ. And if you live on earth or any of the surrounding planets, you know Chrysler and GM are closing many dealers. Chrysler made their announcement today and sent dealers a pink (obviously bad) or a white letter. Well, we got a white one !! Basically saying that they want us to be a part of the future and their new company.I really feel bad for all the ones who are losing their jobs and I don't know if this was really the best way to go and I certainly hope things turn around soon.
In other news , all of my 100th post free gifts have been mailed out. If you were on my list or requested one you will be getting it shortly if you haven't already. I also received a mailer from Duane at Democratic Roadkill today. It contained some very nice tribe cards and a couple stacks of UD Masterpieces. I'm also working on Masterpiece trades with several others.
Great Tribe win tonight !!! 3 for 4 ! AC, VM and Choo - all 4 for 5 .
First a whole pile of 2009 Topps Heritage
Then 2008 Upper Deck
I especially like the Jason Michaels diving catch and the Ryan Garko insert.
Plus two Target retro's I didn't have yet.Thank you Chris ! Your cards are on the way.
Last year at one of the Tribe games we got a "Cy Cy" Sabathia bobblehead.Who would have thought we would get another winner this year ! Last night we got a Cliff Lee bobblehead to go with C.C. (don't really want to talk too much about the game itself !)
We did have good seats though. The two guys standing in the center are why I'm known as "BASEBALLDAD" . Josh,24, on the left and Andy,21, on the right. We've been going to Tribe games and collecting baseball cards together for 16-18 years now. Our seats were right at the railing, almost field level, down the lf line.We could have shook hands with Ben Francisco! We all had gloves but only one ball came anywhere near us and it was caught by, get this, a beer vendor in his strapped on ice chest !! He gave it to a lady close by who tried to grab it right out of his cooler. Probably would have lost his job if he tried to keep it anyway. Then, in between innings, some jerk came down and stole the helmet that the ball boy left on his stool on the side line. He left his glove and helmet while he went back to the dugout. After he came back and found his hardhat missing, he kept the next and last foul ball that rolled down the line. 
Prior to the game there was a short ceremony to swear in a group of young people enlisting.That brought a lot of cheers from the crowd. (More than the Tribe got all night !) I do have a lot of respect for them. 
Of course there was the hot dog race ! Ketchup usually wins and is in the lead here, but Onion came out of nowhere and passed Mustard and Ketchup for a victory.
Here,K-Wood tried to hold it together but it was too far gone before he got there.Then the Tiggers got the brooms out this afternoon. I still have faith ! I'm waiting to order my World Series tickets !
More recently Upper Deck Masterpieces has become a new challenge. I just purchased a Target blaster of 2007 Masterpieces, at half price, which included the following:
A couple Tribers , former President Clinton who threw out the first pitch at then Jacob's Field and " Pronk" who we hope will someday soon get back to his old form.
The "Wizard", half way through his famous back flip, and another former President, JFK.
Going a little farther back in history we have "The Bambino" and the "Big Train".These cards of the historic players are the ones I really like.I'll be adding this set to my checklist ( I have about 1/3 of the base set with no SP's ) along with the 2008 set of which I only have about 15 cards .One I do have is an Ozzie Smith framed silver 02/25. Pictured at the top.
If you have any to trade let me know !
Jack Glasscock played for Cleveland from 1878-84.
JACK GLASSCOCK’S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTER
John Wesley ‘Pebbly Jack’ Glasscock (1859-1947) was a 19th century baseball star, winning the 1890 batting title.
The following links picture his autobiography, written in the form of a letter when he was 82. The letter is four pages
(written on both sides of two sheets), which each link picturing one page (pictures no longer available).
TRANSLATION
“Wheeling , July 20, 1941
Mr. Don Bassingfelder
My Dear Sir,
Your letter at hand. And contents noted. I will endever to try and give you some information that never came out. I am writing out. I am starting from my boyhood. Our peoples was very poor and not having theirs at fingernail. My father was a carpenter, a house carpenter also. A cabin builder. He built a cabin on steamboat from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. And of course when I got big enough I had to help provide. My dad was a good one. And I got to handle tools pretty well myself. We were Scott and Irish descent. We had no high school at that time, and I went through the four room we had. And also went to night school. I would work through the day, and play ball of the evening. That how I learnt. But I am telling you, this is how I got good. Well, I never worked work on Saturday afteroon, and we always had a game on that day. Well we were working on a boat. And Saturday some at noon. And I laid off and father come home that evening and told me the Captain told him. He said Son, the Captain said you would either give up baseball on Saturday afternoon or quit. So I quit. And some businessmens got together and formed a club. And I was lucky enough to get a chance. I was played (40.00) a month to play.
I started as a third baseman and our clubs played all clubs coming through here to Pittsburgh. And the managers of those club liked my playing. And I came to get out the following season. I went to Pittsburgh, and played two month. And theys disband. And I didn’t get any salary. Went to Cleveland, an independent club and finished the season. That was the year (1878). And the business of Cleveland got together and went with the National League (1879). I played third base that season. Well, the next year (1880) they decided to put me at shortstop. And there I stayed my career of playing in the National League. I was in Cleveland from 1878 to 1884. And went to St. Louis under Henry Lucas (1885). And got $1,600 for this work. Where I got only a thousand. I want to tell you what happened about this first month of (1880). I was pretty young at that time. I got word my mother was very sick and (not) expect to live, so I come home. After a few days he pass away. I went to club at Cincinnati, I think. And played one game. Don’t think I made a hit in that game. We went to Chicago. I came to bat with three mens on the bases with two out. Goldsmith pitching. He was a good one. And I struck out. Well, we went to
Boston and after I was told to go on the gate (Editor’s note: this means being his salary was a cut of the attendance, instead of a fixed salary). I never asked about it. Our Manager was named Evans. A high hat man. He would put our club up at a hotel and he would go to a better one. I didn’t think he new much about the game. We played 2 games at Boston minus myself. And went to Worcester and still on the gate for those there. Well, we went to Albany to play an exhibition game. I was put I again. Tim Keefe was the pitcher. And I made three hits off him. And one a three baser. That was the one time I was laid off for not hitting in all my career. Then Albany want to buy me, because I guess I maken then those three hits. Evans wouldn’t sell me. I often wonder what would have been my fate if that players put in my place would have done any hitting. He didn’t make a hit in the whole six games. I guess I was lucky. Well, I was in St. Louis in 1880 to 1886, and Mr. Lucas lost money and throwed up the franchise. And then the Indianapolis step in. The fans at St. Louis presented me with a diamond pin. And that fall when Lucas quit, I could have gone to Boston. Theys offered to give me, the St. Louis club, $7,500 for me. And the league stepped and paid us players. And no clubs buy us. That was done so no club to get us and sell us. That was the way we went to Indianapolis, under those conditions. I was three years at Indianapolis. And Mr Brush, President, he got the confidence of the National League. So he owned us. And when the year of 1889 came along, the brotherhood (Editor: brotherhood was The Players Leaguer, a rebellious league formed by players. It was eventually aborbed into the National League), we were sold to New York Club. I think 1889 was my best year as I played great ball. I made 209 hits. And ought to led the league but Brothers. Went to New York in 1889. Led the National League in hitting that year. And that year the Brotherhood and National came together, and I was kept with them. I had a bad year. I went to St. Louis under Von Der Ahe, and sold to Pittsburgh the following year. Was released from Pittsburgh the following year and went to Louisville. And throwed my arm out. Was release and went to Washington D.C., and played a couple month. And hurt my arm again. And that wound up my career in the National League. So you got all my life as a player in the National League. You can look over it, and search out what you want. I was up at St. Paul for three years with Comiskey. But played First Base. Never went back to short stop again. My name have always been Jack Glasscock. But my right name home was always John WEsely. But always been been called Jack
Tomorrow is a vacation day,have to pick -up Andy at Bowling Green. 3 years down and 1 to go. He's supposed to intern with the Chronicle, out of Elyria , Ohio this summer.Then he wants to work for ESPN (but I don't think that happens overnight !) Hopefully,things will get back to normal next week. Also, going to see the Tribe this week-end. Cliff Lee bobble-head doll night !
The story line changed today, so this is the end of another Crankshaft saga.
Are they Tribe cards or Giant/Cub cards ? They certainly played with the Indians in the years they were issued, 1997 and 2009. I save these with my Tribe collection.But sometimes I just don't like the way they look with the rest of my cards.
I realize sometimes the players get traded or sign with new teams before the card companies have new photos, but do they have to (or should they ?) change the logo and team name ? When we have a great, new closer, I'm anxious to have an Indian card of him but not still wearing Cub blues !
How do the rest of you feel about this ?
