March was a crazy month. I had a very painful surgery as I've written about which put me out of action for a couple weeks. I still managed to scan 1465 cards, which is the most I've done in a month since January of 2025. I was really enjoying the scanning process when I was able to.
140 new people were scanned this month. A pretty good mix of every topic except racing- none were new from there. The G-League cards I got for my birthday in October, but just got scanned, added a lot of people making their first appearance.
Ever since I started the Alphabetical Directory, now 7 years and 4 months ago (!), letters M and S have been in a battle for the lead with most people scanned. M hit 1400 people this month, with 1404. S fell JUST short, with 1399 people, but B actually took the lead, with 1406 people! I believe this is the first time B has ever held the lead although I'd have to go back and reread all the monthly recap posts to be sure.
Letter H became only the fourth letter to have 1000 people scanned this month as well, coming in at 1009.
47 new people joined my collection, with the majority of them coming from two stacks of football cards I was given, and the Topps Now Olympic cards, of which 19 of 21 arrived during the month of March. They just barely didn't fit into one screencap so some names are repeated here.
Did you pick up some 90's Packers Police cards? I noticed a few names, but Ron Wolf stood out. Don't think he has a lot of cards floating around out there. Congratulations on landing a Fernando Mendoza card. I sure hope he has a bright career in Las Vegas.
ReplyDeleteI did indeed! I have a friend in Wisconsin who sends me random baseball and football cards, mostly Brewers, Packers and Twins but basically anything he gets duplicates of for his team sets.
DeleteThere is a new racing set I found last season. It is 2025 Photo Finish. It is mainly a regional series based out of Minnesota. I have worked with the person who came up with the idea for the set and he basically did it all. If you got a hold of some of them I would think they would all be new people for you. I think he plans on making a new set for 2026. Enjoy the hobby all!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing they would all be new for sure! I think it's great that there are sets for the local area drivers. I hope it's a huge success!
DeleteMe too. I have announced most of them over my 20-year announcing career and waiting for good weather to start year 21.
DeleteVery, very cool! Hopefully your track's PA system is better than my local track. Can't really hear it over the engines.
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