I love collecting Cleveland Indians baseball cards. Those adventures appear at www.tribecards.net. This page will highlight certain posts from that site among other aspects of my collecting habit.
Cleveland Baseball Cards
Blogging about the baseball team from Cleveland and their boys on bits of cardboard. Plus, giveaways and stuff.
The packages for the 2020 "12 Days of Christmas" have mostly been shipped. As I write this, on Friday Aug 2 2024, I still have a handful (if you call half a dozen 550-count boxes a handful) to send out and those will go out today!
As a general heads up to everyone who took part: These will be mostly baseball cards. You may recall the original "12 Days" asked about your non-baseball preferences as well. Those are still on the list and I will be putting together those surprises in the future and those probably will be Christmas Gifts, as I have been completely overwhelmed by the sheer number of bits of cardboard I had scattered throughout my house.
My wife thanks you for taking part in this endeavor, by the way. Haha! Actually, she can't wrap her head around why I would do such a crazy giveaway in the first place. And, it is a bit crazy, but I woud rather share the cards I don't collect with folks who do in the traditional "old school" fashion: hand them out to those who will appreciate them. Or, at least appreciate the thought behind it.
Not gonna lie: there's a lot of junk wax in these. It's the nature of the beast. But, there are also some VERY cool inserts, oddballs, autos, material cards, etc etc. Going through the sort process, divvying up the cards, and reflecting on certain players, certain specific cards, and re-discovering cards I had long forgotten I even had, has been an incredible journey so far. Being able to "spread the wealth," as it were, means these cards won't just sit around taking up space and wasting away in cardboard boxes, plastic tubs, and binders stuck on shelves.
I was genuinely shocked by some of the cards I came across, and I hope you will be, too!
By the way, if you missed out on the "12 Days" of 2020, have no fear. Even after putting together more than 20 packages or cards, I still have THOUSANDS of cards left over. So, that means I will be opening up another round in the future! And like Gump says - you never know what you're gonna get.
Happy collecting! See you on the wrapper backs!
Back in 2020, I made a post that was meant to kick off the holiday season with surprise gifts for those who filled out the form. Well, that time came and went four times over. It is now 2024, and I am FINALLY in a place where I have been sorting, filing, and packing cards to be mailed out!
I am trying not to put dupes in the mailers, but I am not promising anything. In fact, I know there are dupes of some just because I had so many of certain specific cards. Again, though, I am trying to limit dupes.
These will be mailed out over the next few weeks as I sort and pack. I am excited for you to receive your packages! There are definitely some surprises in there that I didn't even remember having - autos, swatches, oddballs, and more! It has been a blast sorting these out for everyone!
So, Merry 12 Days of Christmas - about 4 years later!
