How about those Bears?!?!?!? Unreal! I was looking for a couple of Caleb Williams cards and found this Weaver auto /99. And it’s the ‘82 design…cool card!

This is the 40th anniversary of the ‘85 Bears. I remember that season well. They dominated teams. Broke their will. These Bears survive on that will. A very different team, but it’s fun feeling like a little kid again when watching the Bears. Bear down.

I was able to pick up this killer 1921 type-1 of Ray Schmandt. He was a Bloomer for parts of the 1915 and 1916 seasons. I also have his 1922 American Caramel card. Ray had a nice pro career and was on the pennant-winning1920 Brooklyn Robins.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=schman001ray

I ordered an Archives blaster hoping for a stand-up…

My wife bought me a mega of Topps Holiday and I pulled a couple of fun ones! A Skenes “hidden elf” and the Rodriguez with a present! My wife told me to go back through them after I found the Rodriguez. I almost missed the hidden elf!

Well, I guess I have a collection of Boom Boom Beck pieces within my Bloomers collection. Boom Boom appeared in 5 games for the Bloomers in 1925 as a 20 year-old. He went on to pitch professionally until 1950. I love this early signed ball that arrived today. I also have a snapshot of Boom Boom from his time with the Memphis Chicks and a signed index card. I need to figure out more about the ball.