bought back and traded

it was nice to see a post from captain canuck back at the end of july, and it inspired me to knock a couple of cards off of his want list. not too long after, i received return fire in the mail, and it was awesome. 

that there is a 2020 topps heritage 50th (actually 49th) anniversary buyback of the dodgers team card, complete with one steven patrick garvey sitting in the front row. beckett claims that garvey's 1971 topps rookie card was stamped and included as a buyback in the 2020 heritage release, but i've not seen one hit ebay so this is the next best thing. i really doubt i will see a garvey buyback next year given his high number status in the 1972 set.

here's another buyback 

this one is joe moeller, and it's from 2018. 

i haven't seen any 2020 chrome of any sort down here in the states, but captain found some up in the hinterlads.  here are world champions max muncy

and clayton kershaw

from topps chrome, and here's keibert ruiz

and josiah gray

from bowman. at least i think these are the chrome inserts in bowman, and not bowman chrome proper? has bowman chrome even been released yet? it's hard to keep up.

finally, a regular 2020 bowman card of world champion cody bellinger

bellinger really did very little with the bat all year, including the vast majority of the postseason, but his defense was fantastic. hopefully he bounces back offensively next season.

thanks captain! sorry about your braves, but not really.

i guessed mota and got mota, even though 11 is not divisible by the number 5

matthew from the number 5 type collection (and fellow steve garvey collector) held a contest during the world series, asking folks to guess the total number of runs scored in games 4 and 5.  i guessed 11 (or as i put it "mota"), and came in third.  matthew was kind enough to send cards to all who participated, and one of the cards i received was this nice 1978 topps manny mota card

manny, of course, wore number 11 for the dodgers for over 40 years.  josh reddick wore it for a couple of months last season.  doesn't seem quite right.

here's a dave bancroft card from the 1977-1984 tcma renata galasso set that i needed

bancroft spent two years with the robins in the late 1930's following several seasons with the phillies,  giants, and braves.  he somehow was voted into the hall of fame by the veteran's committee in 1971.

matthew also threw in some 1971 o-pee-chee!  all that matters with those cards are the backs, so here are claude osteen and joe moeller

some writing on claude's card and some paper loss on moeller's, but that's ok with those bright yellow backs.

no cards numbered 5 - that osteen is as close at it gets at 10 - but still a good lot of dodgers!  thanks matthew!