When the Diamond Giveaway Gives You Lemons....

...make Robin-ade~!



(That's an actual product by the way.  Good stuff.)

But seriously, my luck with the Diamond Giveaway codes wasn't great this year, there were few pre-1970 cards to be found in my stack.  But when I found out that I was going to get free shipping (for 25 cards, at least) thanks to reaching the 45-ring mark, I got an idea - why not work the trade wires and convert all these random cards into random Brewer cards??  By the time I was done, I had a collection chock full of Milwaukee Brewer history! Unfortunately no cards of Mr. Yount though...

This one is my personal favorite of the lot.  That mustache makes a statement, and that statement is that this man is most definitely Randy and Ready.

Another favorite pickup was this 1977 Brewers Team Card:

And of course I really like my two Diamond Die Cuts.  The scan really doesn't do them justice:

Sadly I had a third diamond die cut of Chris Young from the Diamondbacks, but I was unable to convert that card into a Rickie Weeks diamond die cut.  Available for trade for any Arizona fans out there!

And now, the rest!:

1973 Topps #74 - Billy Champion



1974 Topps #12 - Dave May
1974 Topps #525 - Clyde Wright
1974 Topps #574 - Bill Parsons
1975 Topps #305 - Jim Colborn
1975 Topps #456 - Bob Coluccio
1976 Topps #244 - Bill Sharp
1976 Topps #479 - Bobby Mitchell

1977 Topps #307 - Gary Sutherland

1978 Topps #77 - Ed Kirkpatrick

1978 Topps #51 - Charlie Moore

1978 Topps #24 - Don Money

1978 Topps #474 - Jim Slaton

1978 Topps #95 - Jamie Quirk

1979 Topps #285 - Don Money

1979 Topps #243 - Buck Martinez

1979 Topps #213 - Bill Travers

1979 Topps #133 - Bill Castro

1979 Topps #108 - Eduardo Rodriguez

1980 Topps #24 - Jim Slaton

1980 Topps #579 - Charlie Moore

1980 Topps #357 - Bob McClure

1980 Topps #668 - Brewers Future Stars: Danny Boitano, Willie Mueller, Lenn Sakata

1981 Topps #183 - Dick Davis

1981 Topps #25 - Sixto Lezcano

1982 Topps #378 - Mike Caldwell

1982 Topps #466 - Randy Lerch

1983 Topps #10 - Gorman Thomas

1984 Topps #298 - Jim Gantner

1985 Topps #317 - Jack Lazorko

1986 Topps #137 - Charlie Moore

1986 Topps #662 - Bill Schroeder

All told, I picked up 36 Brewers for my team binder.  Not too shabby at all!

Previous Trivia Question:

Who delivered the famous "The Giants win the pennant!" radio call for Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"?

 

A:  Russ Hodges was the voice behind this famous moment in baseball history.

 

Today's Trivia Question:

 

What stadium served as the home of Philadelphia baseball for 67 years beginning in 1909?

Topps Diamond Giveaway Trapped In Time

Just a quickie post to vent some frustration - I got a jumbo box of Topps Update as a birthday gift, plus I had recently bought a few packs myself, so I was sitting on about 14 code cards while waiting for the Topps Diamond Giveaway site to finally start working again.  Once the site was back up I entered 3-4 codes, and every single one of my cards was from the 1973 Topps set. I waited a few hours and entered two more - 1973 Topps again!  I waited several more hours and entered another code - STILL 1973 Topps!! I've been watching the "Recently Redeemed Cards" list on the right side of the page ever since, and every single card that pops up is 1973 Topps.  WTF?!?!?