Free Stuff Friday #20 No scrubs

This week will be the last week for me doing free stuff Friday, so I'm going to go with some heavy hitters. First page are hall of famers on cards post playing days. 

Let's make that the first two pages.

Hall of fame parallels

Inserts - the two vintage inserts are in rough shape - but they are free!

And finally a page of hall of famers from their playing days.

I don't have a similar batch of hockey hall of famers, so instead, you can try your luck with an unopened pack. I have three of these, please limit your claim to one pack.

On to Football, here are duplicates from the Barry Sanders PC, here's your chance to start your own.

My Basketball collection is very small, but here are a handful of all-time greats to choose from.

Last but not least, here is a page of Griffeys for the mini collection section. 

Like I said at the beginning, I am going to stop the free stuff fridays for the moment, I want to be able to mail out all of the claims from this week and the last two weeks, and then reclaim some space to sort and organize what I have. 

Free stuff Friday will be back on this blog, so stay tuned!

Free Stuff Friday #19 - minor improvements

Free Stuff Friday rolls on - I don't really have a strategy for mailing anything out yet in bulk, this would be easier if I had a vehicle, but basically if I can't walk there I can't get there right now. Please keep claiming stuff, and I should be able to send this out some way some how sometime soon!

Inserts!

Parallels!

Basketball! Technically the middle card is from the A&G baseball set, but the kid is playing basketball. You might remember him - Jason McElwain was his high school team's equipment manager, but got the chance to suit up in his team's final home game, and he drained 6 three pointers in the game's final 4 minutes. 

Football!

Hockey!

And finally in honor of the MLB draft this week and the long road to the show for those youngsters, here's a batch of minor league cards. 

Thanks for checking out the blog!

Free Stuff Friday #18 . . . A Clip Show?!?!

In the ways that really matter - things are good right now. I have access to food, my parents are safe and cared for, I am safe in my neighborhood... In a trading cards sense, however, things are . . . not great. The nearest post office to me burned down, and the USPS for safety reasons (both for letter carriers and the public) have temporarily and indefinitely removed all the blue mailboxes. I can still get letters out by handing them to whoever is delivering the mail, but I feel like those folks have already given so much. I am more or less saying that I won't be sending outgoing mail for a little while here. Tomorrow I am going to see if there is a box available just over the bridge in Saint Paul. 

Long story short - I decided to still do free stuff friday, but most of these cards are "re-runs" unclaimed from past Fridays. Perez is from the Royals Team set, Gallo is a refractor numbered to 250. 

I added three inserts here - Jordan Hicks is the only holdover from the inserts. People like their inserts!

I have a good idea now about which years of hockey are just not popular- I added a couple new ones here.

The football is all "New" - I didn't realize that folks have claimed all the football so far, unless I am missing a stack somewhere... 

Mixed in a few "new" basketball cards here, though several of these were held over.

I normally finish with a mini collection - instead I decided I would just go for "potpourri" - Maybe you missed these that week, maybe you've changed your mind... 

Feel free to go back to earlier posts and make claims, I've kept the stack of unclaimed freebies separate so it can be drawn from at any time! 

Claim one or claim them all! I will make a stack for you or add to an existing one. Either way, you'll get these eventually! 

Free Stuff Friday #16 Sweet.

Another Friday! This is now month #4 - 16 weeks of free stuff! We start with what little 2005 Topps I have- I even had to sneak in an Opening Day card to make it 9.

Parallels! Karkovice is Gold, Peralta is rainbow foil.

Inserts!

Basketball! see if you can spot MJ. Did you watch "The Last Dance"?

Hockey from different Eras

It's amateur hour for football this week. You never know what might fit someone's collection.

Some Hall of Fame guys. Note that the 79 Carlton was in someone's bike spoke. I upgraded my copy, so you can claim this one for free!

Claim one card or claim them all! If we've never traded, or haven't traded in over a year, please send me your address. I have stacks for GTT, Blog Reader Bruce, and John Sharp that are just waiting for an address.

Contact form is on the blog sidebar (you might need to view the desktop version to see it).

Free Stuff Friday # 15 - A Little Bit of Everything

It's Friday already! That means free stuff. Every 5 weeks, I try to add something extra- we'll see how it goes. We start with 2006 Topps. Mathieson at the bottom right is from the Updates/highlights series.

Parallels!

Inserts! Technically Barry is not part of an insert set, but the Sports Illustrated Covers always looked like inserts to me.

SICK HITS

Well, here's some football - I don't have much of it to pass around, but maybe there is something that strikes your fancy.

Basketball! These are '79-'80 Topps.

Hockey time - Some newer stuff, some junk wax stuff, some older stuff.

Important Note on these to temper your expectations, I bought this box set, but every single card is dinged up in the top right corner. But hey, free is free.

Claim one card or claim them all! Please send me your address if it is your first time claiming or if we haven't traded before or in a long time.

Free Stuff Friday #14 - Yankee Can Deal Company

It's another Free Stuff Friday, where I post some cards for you to claim, Here's 2007 Topps in all its glory, none of these are the red back variations. Just basic base.

here are the parallels - If you were unfamiliar, "The Pike" is the nickname for Ketel Marte.

Some Inserts!

Hockey! (I will be adding some basketball and/or football next week for Free Stuff Friday #15, stay tuned for that!)

For mini collections, how about some Yankees? The blue card in the middle is apparently from a box set, the rest are not. I assume I acquired all of these one at a time from repacks, but who knows?

Claim a card, claim all the cards!

If we haven't traded before (or in more than a year)  please reach out to me directly with your mailing address. I have several stacks of claimed cards with no address to send them to.

Free Stuff Friday #13 Batter Up!

Free Stuff Friday rolls on for its 3rd month! 2008 Topps makes an appearance, but the real Jose Bautista does not! Jose Castillo is pictured on the Joey Bats card back when he was still anonymous.

Some inserts!

parallels! Roark is a Series 1 Walgreen's Yellow parallel.

Hockey! Does anyone want to try a different "other" sport for a couple weeks? I might add something else next week, though hockey gets claimed, especially the newer stuff.

The mini collection this week is Bat Rack cards! Don't worry, I have at least one more copy of all of these.

Claim one or claim them all!

If we haven't traded in a while, please also reach out to me with your address.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

Free Stuff Friday #12 Clowning Around

I had very little 2009 Topps to choose from, I suspect that will continue to be the case the next several weeks as I was mid collection drought from 1996 to 2014 or so. But I still had 9 cards to give away!

Claim one or claim every card in this post, if you like! It's free stuff Friday.

Inserts! (Piazza is technically a subset within the regular 2003 Victory set, but it looks like an insert).

Parallels!

Some 90s Hockey!

A mini collection of mascots hopefully there is something for everyone.

If we haven't traded before or in the last year or so, please send me your address when you make a claim. I will hold the cards either way, but I can't send them until I have an address!

thanks for checking in!