I collect baseball cards. I know I'm a dork but I have lived with that fact for quite some time.
But I am a dork with goals. I am trying to acquire an autograph of every person to play an inning for my favorite team, the Baltimore Orioles. I will be sharing the trials and tribulations of card collecting, stories from players and my thoughts on the hobby. I will try to be as entertaining as possible and hopefully you can watch me attain my goal.
The Quest
The Baltimore Orioles have been in town since '54 and have had over 900 men don their uniform. My goal is to obtain a signed card of each player. If you have something I need, or see something you want, don't be shy, we can make a deal.
Collection Statistics
Total Players 877/977 = 89.25% 1991 Orioles Crown Set Total Players 309/465 = 66.45% Alive Players 274/369 = 74.25
Monday, April 19, 2010
Index Card Quiz
Just made a trade for a bunch of tougher autographs I needed and had to settle for a few on index cards. Figured a cool way to go about it is to leave them nameless and see how easy or hard they are to guess. I will give the years they played professionally and see how people do. *Note* Every player has spent time on the Orioles roster.
Starting Off Easy: #1) 1970-1977
#2) 1974-1990
A Little Tougher: #3) 1987-1990
#4) 1975-1984
Toughie: #5) 1971-1979
Good Thing The Name Was on the Back: #6) 1992-1993
Oh yeah, number 5 is Anderson. The sigs of Adamson and Anderson look pretty similar. I should have checked the playing years. I think I got 6 right though.
Earl Williams
ReplyDeleteFred Lynn
Dorn Taylor
Ron Jackson
Mike Adamson
Tommy Shields
1. Earl Williams
ReplyDelete2. Fred Lynn
3. Dorn Taylor
4. Ron Jackson
5. Mike Anderson
6. Todd Frohwirth
Oh yeah, number 5 is Anderson. The sigs of Adamson and Anderson look pretty similar. I should have checked the playing years. I think I got 6 right though.
ReplyDeleteGuys, very close, just transposed the last two. #5 is indeed Mike Anderson and #6 is in fact Tommy Shields.
ReplyDeleteThanks to you both for having a look-see.