Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ethan's Wantlist: 1995 Topps DIII

Recently my two-year-old son Ethan and I opened a box of 1995 Topps DIII. With its tough and somewhat durable material and cool-looking depth effects, I figured this would be a good intro for him into the hobby. I promised my wife I wouldn't push our kids into collecting, but what's a little nudging. This was an activity for us to do together. It's utopian, I know but it's something I wish I could've shared as a kid too.

So after busting his box, Ethan completed the six-card D-Zone inserts, which were a big hit with both him and his sister because there were "lots of baseballs." Ethan did come up a little short with his base set though so I'm hoping there's someone out there who might be able to trade with him.

He needs the following to finish his base set:
45. Rafael Palmeiro

Yup, one card short. It was actually two but I happened to have Jeff Frye tucked away from the two packs I'd bought back in 1995.

Ethan has some traders from this set, although several were given to his sister. I will allow him to dip into Dad's trade list though.

Any help would be appreciated and it would fill out his folder and complete his set.

3 comments:

BASEBALL DAD said...

You could be teaching him things a lot worse than that! I checked my Rafey cards and found 2 Sport Flics and a UC3 but no DIII. I have two grown sons,21 and 24 and we have been collecting together for 15-16 years.They turned out OK.My wife isn't so sure about me though!

GoTigers68 said...

I've got the Palmeiro and would love to help Ethan complete his set, please contact me at chrisg2@umbc.edu and i'll send it out as soon as i get a chance!

Ryan Cracknell said...

Thanks both for checking! GoTigers, you've got email.