Sunday, December 7, 2014

I'm here, but not completely

Am I back? I never really left, but I wouldn't say that I'll be posting everyday. Life has been a journey lately to say the least. I have watched my son make it to Varsity baseball in high school last year as a freshman. He has since gotten his driver's license, and now as a sophomore earned hos first varsity letter in golf. I found out this summer after much denial on my part for a long time that I am on the Autism spectrum having Asperger's Syndrome. I'm really glad that I went and found help to slowly work on being more social and working through the difficulties of it. The best part of getting help and admitting to myself that I could be on the spectrum is that it might have saved my marriage of 21 years. While my wife is a very upbeat and outgoing person that loves to interact with people, it is very difficult and stressful for me. We are starting to work on me slowly becoming more social and interacting and it is a long road. Sometimes I do great and sometimes I have a hard time with conversation. Everyday is another work in progress but eventually I will win and be able to work with my condition and be the person I want to be.

I am still going to be collecting my Mainers. How could I not after all the work I've put into my favorite team. As most know, I'm only doing the base cards for them. I did make a recent purchase to get myself all up to date through the 2014 cards. I hope that my fellow bloggers will remember me when the itch to start buying 2015 Topps comes calling soon with your extra Mariners cards. I have been slowly working on two of my three player collections. Two smiling faces that I don't need too many cards of now. If you have any of the cards listed below their smiles please let me know.


 
Alvin Davis
 
1985 Fleer   488
1985 Topps   145
1986 Fleer Leaders 9
1986 Fleer Stickers 29
1987 Donruss OD 115
1987 Fleer Stars 13
1987 O Pee Chee 235
1988 Fleer Record  8
1988 SportFlics 52
1989 Mother's 2
1989 O Pee Chee 57
1989 Score Hot 100 78
1989 SportFlics 33
1989 Upper Deck 105
1990 O Pee Chee 373
1990 Score 205
1990 Upper Deck 364
1991 O Pee Chee 515
1992 Donruss 124
1992 OPC Premier 183

 
 
Dale Murphy
1978 Topps 708
1979 Topps 39
1981 Fleer 243
1983 Donruss 47
1983 Topps 502
1985 Fleer 335
1988 Donruss 78
1988 Fleer 544
1988 Sportflics 170
1989 Donruss 104
1989 Fleer 596
1989 Sportflics 110
1990 Fleer Update 46
1990 Sportflics 189
1991 Upper Deck 447
1992 Bowman 684
1992 Studio 79
1993 Fleer 496
1993 Topps 445
1993 Ultra 353
1993 Upper Deck 706
 


Sunday, April 27, 2014

Mariners by the numbers part 55-59

55


Rich DeLucia 1990-1993














Bill Risley 1994-1995











Gil Meche 1999-2000, 2003-2006














Gary Thurman(Coach) 2007
from tradingcarddb














Lee Elai(Coach) 2008














Guillermo Quiroz 2009














Michael Saunders 2009-2014














56


Dave Fleming 1991














Darren Bragg 1996














Denny Stark 1999, 2001














Bobby Madrtisch 2004-2005














Jarrod Washburn 2006-2009














Greg Halman 2010-2011














Fernando Rodney 2014










57


Scott Atchison  2004














Mark Lowe 2006, 2008-2010














Dan Cortes 2010-2011














Chance Ruffin 2013











58


Kevin Hodges 2000














Jeremy Reed 2004














Jeff Harris 2005-2006











Cha-Seung Baek 2006-2008











Jose Castro(Coach) 2008














Doug Fister 2009-2011














Carter Capps 2012-2013











59


Clay Parker 1992











Mark Holzemer 1997
from tradingcarddb














Giomar Guevara 1998
from tradingcarddb














David Holdridge 1998
from tradingcarddb











Brian Sweeney 2003











Matt White 2003
from tradingcarddb














Rene Rivera 2004
from tradingcarddb














Felix Hernandez 2005














Eric O'Flaherty 2006-2008











Mike Carp 2009














Perdo Grifol(Coach) 2010










Anthony Vasquez 2011














Oliver Perez 2013















Saturday, April 19, 2014

Mariners by the numbers part 52-54

52



Paul Mirabella 1984-1986














Luis DeLeon 1989














Calvin Jones 1991-1992














Steve Ontiveros 1993
from tradingcarddb















Matt Wagner 1996
from tradingcarddb















Heathcliff Slocumb 1997-1998














Eric Weaver 1999











Aaron Taylor 2002













George Sherrill 2004-2007, 2012














Carlos Silva 2008-2009














Chris Seddon 2010
from tradingcarddb













Chance Ruffin 2011
from tradingcarddb















John Stearns(Coach) 2013











Daren Brown(Coach) 2013














Dominic Leone 2014









53


Willie Horton 1979-1980














Scott Medvin 1990
from tradingcarddb















Shawn Barton 1992














Bob Milacki 1996
from tradingcarddb















Arthur Rhodes 2000-2003, 2008














Greg Dobbs 2004














Mike Myers 2004









Matt Thornton 2005














Emiliano Fruto 2006














David Aardsma 2009-2010











Josh Kinney 2012














Chris Young 2014











54


Byron McLaughlin 1980














Mike Campbell 1987














Jim Wilson 1989
from tradingcarddb















Jose Melendez 1990
from tradingcarddb















Randy Kramer 1992
from tradingcarddb















Tim Leary 1992-1993














Rich "Goose" Gossage 1994











Nardi Contreras(Coach) 1997-1998
from tradingcarddb















Steve Gajkowski 1998
from tradingcarddb















John Halama 1999-2002














Aaron Taylor 2003-2004













Shin-Soo Choo 2005














Sean Green 2006-2008














Kanekoa Texeira 2010














Darrin Garner(Coach) 2010










Roger Hansen(Coach) 2010














Tom Wilhelmsen 2011-2014