A Giant Blog

The Dean Family (1980 Topps Blog) sent me a stack of Giants cards (along with a 1976 Dave Concepcion that helped complete the set). On the note it said that there was a surprise at the bottom of the stack. When I got to the bottom of the stack I saw this 1991 Donruss Scott Garrelts. For a second I thought, "what's the big deal about 1991 Donruss?" Then I saw the autograph. Cool!!!

Thanks for the surprise. I've been thinking of starting a TTM autograph set (like GCRL is doing) of one of the Giants' teams. Perhaps I'll do the 1991 Donruss set. :)

• We had a rainy afternoon here in the White Mountains of Arizona. It looks like monsoon season is upon us!

• I had some time on my hands, so I figured I'd see what I had on a bookshelf in the spare room.I came across an 800-count box on the top shelf. I had no idea what was in it. I opened the box and noticed that it was a box of Giants cards. Several years ago I won the box on eBay for about $4.00 or so. When the box arrived I just stuck it on the shelf and forgot about it.

• I decided to see exactly what was in the box. It was mostly late 80s and early 90s cards. My "break" from collecting was about 1992-2008 (at least in terms of buying new stuff), so I wasn't able to tell at first which set was which. The "full photograph" sets aren't as distinctive as the earlier Topps sets were.

• As I continued to sort through the box, one card leaped out at me. It was a 1960 Fleer Ernie Lombardi. Now why didn't Fleer feature Ernie as a Red, since he had his best years with them?

• It was a nice surprise. Whoever boxed up those cards about 10 years ago or so, thank you!