Sportcards From The Dollar Store Got Me to Join the Joyride

I opened my mailbox on Monday night, and was pleased to find a bubble mailer from Sportcards From The Dollar Store inside.

Along with a bunch of Browns cards was this card that allowed me to complete my 1991 UK Pro-Set MusiCards set:

The picture is the same as one of their cards in the regular set, but the number and back are different.

Of course, getting this card sent me to YouTube to search for, and watch, some Roxette videos. I think the last time I did that was after Marie passed in 2019.

Thanks, Douglas, for getting this card for me! It is great to add this to its binder to finish the set.

Before I get on to the Browns cards from the envelope, I want to apologize to Tom, and John for recent trade packages that I didn't post. (UNO Browns cards/Batman animated cards from Tom, and nine random, mostly magazine cards from John. I still haven't been down to Watertown to claim the cards you sent for Greg to give to me.)

I also owe an apology to Douglas for not posting about the last package that he sent.

If there is anyone else that didn't hear from me, I apologize to them too.

Sorry, I'm not the greatest blogger.

Now, on to the Browns cards that were in the package.

We start with a couple of quarterbacks. The Brady Quinn card is numbered out of 100.

I liked both McCoy and Quinn. I wish they would have had success with the Browns.

And there were a couple of post-career cards of Hall of Famers.

I wasn't really paying too much attention to the NFL when Paul Warfield returned to the Browns for 1976 and 1977 to finish his career. At the time, as a kid, I was watching the CFL, and Notre Dame college games.

I followed Joe Thomas for his whole career, and sadly was at his last game where he was injured.

There were some cards of Pro Bowl Browns defenders.

That Museum Collection card of Joe Haden has a good thickness to it.

I love watching Myles Garrett play, and have no problem with him having such a large contract, but I'm tired of constantly reading about whether the Browns could/should trade him, or whether he wants to be there or not. I think I would also like to stop reading about him getting speeding tickets.

Next were some cards with jersey pieces in them, of guys who catch the ball.

The Austin Hooper card is numbered out of 75.

I am curious if I were to take all the swatches out of cards that I own, how much material would I have. No doubt I wouldn't be able to make a jersey out of them, but it would sure be funny with all the different colored and patterned pieces.

That kind of reminds me of the Johnny Cash song: One Piece at a Time. Maybe I'll have to give it a listen.

But I digress.

There were also some green cards of guys that ran the ball.

Matthew Dayes mostly played Special Teams in his one season with the Browns, but did have a 71 yard kick return in one game. His card is numbered out of 99.

Nick Chubb has the third most rushing yards in Browns history, behind Hall of Famers Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. No doubt he would have passed Kelly (less than 500 yards to go) if it wasn't for a severe knee injury against the Steelers that had the net result of limiting him to 502 yards in his last two seasons with the Browns, as opposed to the 6341 yards he had in his first five seasons.

If green isn't your color, I get it. It's not easy being green. But there were a couple of other colored parallels.

There's gold coloring around the borders of that Gold Zone Jamie Collins card.

Who doesn't like color parallels of insert cards? Here's a red Standing Ovation insert.

What? You find those parallels too subtle? Are these any better?

How about some of that Red, White and Blue for that Cedric Tillman card?

Or that full orange background on that Donovan Peoples-Jones card, numbered out of 50?

Actually, I should be happy. These are still subtle compared to many of the Prizm and Mosaic parallel cards that are out there. At least I can identify all of these.

Here are some more receiver cards.

The Panini Origins card of Cedric Tillman is a base card. It has plenty of color and is pretty thick. Nice card.

Fourth-round draft pick Antonio Callaway worked himself into a starting role, along with Jarvis Landry, with the Browns before behavioral issues led to his release in his second season.

And look, we're ending with some hits!

The Topps Supreme rookie year card of Terrance West has a nice big swatch in it, and is numbered out of 25.

The signed Carlton Mitchell card is my fourteenth autographed card of him out of 51 cards that I have of his. I just looked and saw that I'm ranked first in his cards on TCDB. The second place collector has 22.

I saw Mitchell play in the CFL when he played for my hometown Ottawa team.

Thanks again for such a great package of cards. There are some wonderful additions to my Browns collection, and it is always nice to complete a set!