tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78716514964927660842026-03-19T09:39:17.241-07:00The Diamond KingThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.comBlogger695125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-64824990082902297802026-02-17T16:20:00.000-08:002026-02-17T16:20:14.817-08:00Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors? OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card of recent Hall of Fame inductee Andruw Jones. This is from 2023 leaf Vivid, which I had never heard of before.So Leaf Vivid is an extremely strange product. A 'Box' contains one 'Pack'. So, no real difference between the two The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-82081824350564378342026-02-12T14:06:00.000-08:002026-02-12T14:06:55.810-08:00Triumvirate win and a quick Seahawks congrats Starting in around 1998, Stadium Club had an insert set called Triumvirates. The idea was that three sequential cards from the Triumvirates set would be able to be put together along die-cut edges to make a single 'triumvirate' card. Over the next few years, the subset continued, with some pretty intricate die-cutting! I always liked the idea of completing a single The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-13339543856828669532026-02-10T14:39:00.000-08:002026-02-10T14:39:54.931-08:00Pick me a player #14 - Buster Posey I have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-25495368581576941702026-02-04T15:41:00.000-08:002026-02-04T15:41:18.165-08:00Padro-Rod and how we do it I've read possibly as many as 100 posts over the years that talk about how great it is to get unexpected cards in the mail. There's nothing quite like it, as I am sure you all know. We bloggers seem to be a different breed entirely, when compared to most of the collectors I meet at card shows, and in some ways, when compared to lots of the collectors on other types of media likeThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-25343114867893666262026-01-30T08:43:00.000-08:002026-01-30T08:43:21.134-08:00Pick me a Player #13 - Don Mossi I have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-5801660254736778342026-01-27T08:54:00.000-08:002026-01-27T08:54:05.821-08:00Five years of VisionsReady for some of the coolest junk wax around? For 5 years in the early 90s, Fleer produced a subset called Pro Visions. They were outlandish art cards, and I liked them back then. Somehow, nostalgia seems to have caught up with me, because I REALLY like them now.At a recent card show, I found this Matt Williams, which completed my 1994 Pro Visions set:And here is the set in a The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-78874861768962294482026-01-23T09:08:00.000-08:002026-01-23T09:08:31.573-08:00Pick me a Player #12 - Pedro MartinezI have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-48567649239972462022026-01-20T15:59:00.000-08:002026-01-20T15:59:32.030-08:00Time to get going again Well, it looks like I took another blogging break. This time, it was for better reasons than usual, as I had all three of my kids in town for 4 weeks during the holidays. Definitely a blast! But they are all back to their normal lives now, so I suppose I have no good justification for not posting.So I'll ease back into things with a couple of appreciated holiday season The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-49116911876488517982025-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:002025-12-17T15:40:18.901-08:00Pick me a Player #11 - Barry Larkin I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post.&The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-12253749567343293452025-12-12T18:37:00.000-08:002025-12-12T18:37:00.641-08:00Serial #d winner We had 11 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also appreciate.So here is the initial list, ready to randomize three times:The first randomization:The second randomization:And the final randomization with the top name being the winner:The winner is Gavin (defgav)!!! I will get the serial #d cards out The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-10491287346819619812025-12-10T15:10:00.000-08:002025-12-10T15:10:03.293-08:00Pick me a player #10 - Todd Helton I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-69567201814081055562025-12-07T07:26:00.000-08:002025-12-07T07:26:23.987-08:00Serial #d cards for the Holidays Three offerings in, I have gotten 20+ packages of cards sent out with my motivation/contest posts. Pretty good. I am running out of cards, so this is your last chance to get in on the action!!I am going to send all of the cards described/pictured below to one person, the lucky winner. Here is what you have to do to qualify for a chance to be that person:1. Comment on thisThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-7607887270046060442025-12-05T17:03:00.000-08:002025-12-05T17:03:27.441-08:00Beat up vintage Winner We had 5 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also appreciate.So here is the initial list, ready to randomize three times:The first randomization:The second randomization:And the final randomization with the top name being the winner:The winner is Night Owl!!! I will get the beat up vintage The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-26826278443414322622025-12-02T15:29:00.000-08:002025-12-02T15:29:48.200-08:00Pick me a Player #9 - Gary Carter I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. ThenThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-25042246244474247472025-11-30T13:24:00.000-08:002025-11-30T13:24:47.141-08:00Beat up vintage for the Holidays Two offerings in, I have gotten 10+ packages of cards sent out with my motivation/contest posts. I am happy, since my only goal is increasing the # of card envelopes making the rounds. And I am going again with a completely different motivator/prize!I am going to send all of the cards described/pictured below to one person, the lucky winner. Here is what you have to do to The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-44699009181719038882025-11-28T17:14:00.000-08:002025-11-28T17:14:07.569-08:00Prospecting winner We had 5 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also appreciate.So here is the initial list, ready to randomize three times:The first randomization:The second randomization:And the final randomization with the top name being the winner:The winner is Jeremy!!! I will get the bulky cards out the door The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-25443181408676378712025-11-23T09:56:00.000-08:002025-11-23T09:56:18.363-08:00Prospecting for the HolidaysWell the 'Bulky Cards' motivation contest didn't go quite as well as I had hoped. I got 6 qualifying comments, which means only 6 card packages out there that wouldn't have been. I was hoping for at least 10, and dreaming of 15 or more. But I guess I know who my loyal readers are...However, I am already up for another try at it, with a completely different motivator/prize. The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-46895909843867839832025-11-21T18:30:00.000-08:002025-11-21T18:30:17.900-08:00Bulky Cards winner Well we only had 6 participants, which is a little disappointing, but for the 6 of you that entered, at least you get better odds of winning the randomization!So here is the initial list, ready to randomize three times:The first randomization:The second randomization:And the final randomization with the top name being the winner:The winner is Fuji! I will get the bulky cards out the The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-50162669089367667522025-11-19T07:22:00.000-08:002025-11-19T07:22:21.424-08:00Pick me a Player #8 - Francisco Lindor I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. Then The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-53508124727273078672025-11-16T13:38:00.000-08:002025-11-16T13:38:17.628-08:00Bulky cards for the Holidays Isn't it nice to go to the mailbox and find unexpected cards from a friend waiting for you there? I'm thinking that there should be more cards being sent around like that in the next 6 weeks or so. People just need to get cards in the mail at this time of year. Anyone agree with me? Would you like some incentive to do your part? Then this is the place for you!IThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-51631185473597446832025-11-14T15:13:00.000-08:002025-11-14T15:13:00.635-08:00Pick me a Player #7 - Harmon Killebrew I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. Then on The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-12821845458893847172025-11-10T14:18:00.000-08:002025-11-10T14:18:44.811-08:00Pick me a Player #6 - Ted Williams I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post.&The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-46355578294757339812025-11-05T13:41:00.000-08:002025-11-05T13:41:11.001-08:00Pick me a Player #5 - Frank Robinson I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-56170938832778633412025-10-30T10:23:00.000-07:002025-10-30T10:23:22.398-07:00So many envelopes Several of you out there have experienced the recent mailing spree that Johnny has been on. Not surprisingly, I was also included in the spree!! 7 (7!) envelopes showed up in my mailbox, containing close to 50 cards from the 2001 Topps Archives Reserve set.I have been sloooowly moving towards completing this set for years. Between this mailing and another that Johnny sent The Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7871651496492766084.post-69206964841558777022025-10-17T14:29:00.000-07:002025-10-17T14:29:09.149-07:00Pick me a Player - #4 - Duke Snider I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself posting more consistently, I invite the first commenter on this post to choose one of the players below and I will post 5 of the most interesting cards I have of that player as the subject of another blog post. ThenThe Diamond Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001830855287742523noreply@blogger.com4