not so random grab bag

jay from card hemorrhage recently posted about 25-card grab bags that he was selling as a way of paring down his collection. one of the cards shown in his post was this 1977 topps ed goodson card signed by goodson himself!

being the collector that i am, i asked how likely it would be that my grab bag included the goodson, and jay said he would make it so. following on the heels of my recent post regarding goodson signing a 1978 topps card for me, i was very happy to add this card to my collection. i also have a signed 1976 topps card, so i have the full topps run of goodson dodger cards signed by the man himself.

the pack was fun to open and wade through, and came with vintage as advertised:

even some dodgers/orioles who would become dodgers or were previously dodgers

powell would have been a teammate of ed goodson back in 1977. the tommy davis comes from the 1976 sspc set (copyright 1975). i have called it 1975 in the past but i think someone corrected me.  jay guaranteed cards from that set, and in addition to tommy davis, i received cards of art howe and ross grimsley

i recognized grimsley but not howe.

here's a 1981 donruss paul householder card

that reminded me of my dad. he collected householder cards from 1981 through 1984 or so. someone had told him that householder was the next mickey mantle i think.

here's a 1981 topps dave bristol/giants team card.

i was not a fan of the combo manager/team cards that topps used from 1979 through 1981. my opinion was based on the 1978 set which had them separated. it wasn't until later that i realized the '78 set was the anomaly from 1975 - 1981.

greg minton hot pack! here's a 1981 topps sticker and 1989 topps card of the righthander:

sadly no 1978 topps card, although jay does use that as his avatar.

there were some more modern cards in the package, but i'll show just a couple of them. here's a 1994 topps gold parallel of tim bogar

with a joe oliver sighting.

and here's another parallel - a 2020 topps update brock holt walgreens yellow card

lots of fun cards for sure! check out jay's post and pick one up for yourself!

so, ed goodson got in touch...

it's been a few years now since i received an email from none other than ed goodson.  somehow, someway, he became aware of my search for a signed 1978 topps card of him.  thankfully, he did not notice (i don't think) that i had secured one through a dealer in the marva area.

the email was short and to the point - something along the lines of "i'd be happy to sign your card", but it was one of the best hobby related emails i've ever received.

i sent off two cards - one for my dodger team set and one for the partial signed set i have - and they came back looking great!

i was also able to trade the goodson i had purchased for a couple of good additions to my steve garvey collection - a 1976 hostess twinkie card

distinguishable from the regular hostess issue by the black bar on the back, and a 1977 bob parker cartoon card

both were elusive wants, and i am very happy with this trade!

these days, i believe goodson signs for a fee through pastpros, but i thankfully have no need to confirm that fact! i am also very appreciative of the time that all players take to sign for fans, but am especially pleased that ed goodson reached out to make this happen for my collection. today is his birthday (happy birthday ed!) and i hope he has a great one.