Topps rookies without the RC logo

A few months ago I needed to find a card of Ryan Howard, as my friend Jim was going to help me get his autograph. While thumbing through cards, I was reminded that Ryan is one of a select few guys who have a rookie card without the ‘rookie logo’ during the ‘Topps rookie rules’ era. I am talking about 2006 through the present, where MLB changed the rules for card sets and only allowed players who had played an MLB game in a set, basically did away with Draft Pick subset cards, and had the ‘official MLB rookie logo’ on rookie cards. Here are a few pages that really break down what everything means. 

There were some players who had instances of having a draft pick or prospect Topps card with a Topps ‘rookie card logo’ before 2006, and then had the ‘MLB rookie card logo’ on a 2006 Topps (or later) card. Justin Verlander ('05 and '06), Ryan Zimmerman ('05 and '06), Andrew McCutchen ('05 and '09) were a few I could think of off of the top of my head. I know Walter Young had a 2003 Topps and 2006 Topps card which both had rookie logos, and there were at least 1 or 2 others who had a rookie logo card in a pre-2006 set and a rookie logo card in the 2006 issue

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Our case of Ryan Howard falls somewhere in between. Howard had a major card as early as 2001 with his Upper Deck Prospect Premieres rookie card. 

He had a 2003 Bowman’s Best card, but no 2003 Topps Traded card. He really should’ve had one in 2002 Topps Traded in my opinion. In 2004, there was again no Howard card. Finally, in 2005, he appears on a 2005 Topps prospects subset cards along with Cole Hamels. 

Hamels, in fact, is another odd case, as his rookie card was a 2003 Topps Draft Pick subset card, but without the Topps first year logo.

He appears with Howard in '05 with no logo, but then 

he does have the rookie logo on his 2006 Topps card. 

Back to Howard, no rookie logo on the prospect card in 2005, and none on his 2006 card. 

I decided to try and find all of the ‘Topps rookie cards’ that didn’t have a RC logo in it. If you are expecting to find more big names, I hate to disappoint you, but there aren’t many, but there are a few people you have probably heard of in the 2010s. Most of the cases are just guys who had decent seasons after spending a few in the Majors, and got their first Topps card after having a few years under their belt, perhaps justifying the ‘no rookie logo’ treatment. 

I will try to list each player by year, with their first Topps card, which will have no rookie logo. 

2005 Topps #589 Ryan Howard/Cole Hamels

Not sure why Howard didn’t get a card in ‘02-‘04, but his first Topps card comes in 2005 and has no rookie logo. 

2006 Topps #107 Mark Teahen 

Mark had a few solid seasons with the A’s and the Royals. I pulled a Bowman card of him in 2002, but nothing with Topps until 2006, with no rookie logo. 

2007 Topps #578 Dustin Pedroia

Pedroia came up fast through the minors and made the Red Sox in 2006, but had no ‘06 Topps Update card. He got into some 2005 Bowman branded issues, and first Topps card came in the 2007 set with no rookie logo. 

2007 Topps Update #140 Ryan Spillborghs

Ryan had a few nice years with Colorado, and somehow missed out on a 2006 Update issue, perhaps because he wasn’t a big name prospect. He probably got an ‘07 card to get snuck into the set after doing well with the Rockies, but didn’t get the rookie logo on it. 

2008 Topps  #397 Brian Wilson

Wilson was a guy you either loved or hated. I never cared for his antics, especially when his lousy Giants beat my better Tigers team in the 2012 World Series, but I respected him as an athlete. I have a 2006 Upper Deck card of him with the rookie card logo, but nothing on his 2008 Topps issue, which was his first from the company. 

2009 Topps #176 Jeff Samadrdzjia

Jeff cruised through the minors pretty quickly, perhaps explaining why he had a 2008 Topps Heritage High Number rookie card with the rookie logo, and no ‘08 Topps Update card. 

His first Topps issue, from 2009, doesn’t have the rookie logo. 

2009 Topps # 416 Pablo Sandoval

Another one of those nasty Giants, Sandoval got a starting shot and became a household name pretty quickly, possibly too quickly to make it into the ‘08 Update set with a rookie logo. His logoless 2009 Topps card, instead, got to be his Topps rookie issue. 

2011 Topps Update #237 Ryan Roberts

While researching Roberts, I saw that he had a card in the 2006 Topps ‘52 Rookies set with the rookie logo. 

He didn’t become a regular until a few seasons after that, and finally got his first Topps card in the 2011 Update set. The card features a great photo, but no rookie logo. 

2011 Topps Update #251 Justin Turner 

Another guy I don’t care for, because he didn’t mask up and took a team photo in 2020 during the World Series after testing positive for COVID. His outspoken attitude kind of drives me nuts as well. He has become a good player over the years, but took a while to find his stride. I pulled a 2010 Upper Deck card of Turner, featuring their rookie logo. 

His first Topps card in the 2011 Update set features no rookie logo, but at least they got him early in his career and didn’t wait until he was in LA. 

2012 Topps #405 Nathan Eovaldi

Eovaldi bounced around a little before settling in with Boston, but he was on a few cards before that. Not sure why he missed out on a rookie in 2011 Update, but his ‘12 Topps version doesn’t have the logo. 

2014 Topps Update #40 Stephen Vogt

Vogt got his first Topps card in the ‘14 Update set but never got a 2013 ‘true’ rookie. He was good enough to have a 2011 Bowman issue, but maybe just slipped under the radar enough to miss out on the first year rookie, so we have to settle with the 2014 Topps Update no rookie logo card being his Topps rookie card. 

2015 Topps #354 Kyle Hendricks

Hendricks missed out on a 2014 Topps Update rookie card with a rookie logo. I don’t remember him being a heralded rookie, so perhaps that’s why he has the second year Topps card in 2015 with no rookie logo. 

2015 Topps Update #117 Enrique ‘Kiki’ Hernandez

This card was a nemesis for me. I’m not sure why it is such an expensive card. He was on a few championship teams, but it wasn’t like he was a superstar or anything. No rookie logo, but it is technically his Topps rookie, and I believe the cheapest version I could find was for 15 bucks. It was a needed card for my ‘15 Update set, so I got it. It is one of the few instances of a non-rookie logo card that people know is a rookie, and is priced accordingly. 

2016 Topps #584 Adam Duvall

Duvall put together a few good seasons once he hit the Majors, but I don’t remember him being a prospect that got very much hype. He could’ve had a 2015 Update card with a rookie logo, but Topps was really on the Kris Bryant bandwagon that year, giving him like 3 cards in the set. Duvall ends up with a 2016 non rookie logo Topps rookie. On a side note, while researching Duvall’s cards, I found out he is a Type 1 Diabetic, so I have to add his cards to my favorite player binder as I will be collecting him now. 

2018 Topps Update #237 Carson Kelly

I feel like somewhere between 2015 and 2020 that rookies started getting pumped into Topps sets like they were steroids going into Nelson Cruz. Somehow Kelly missed out on a 2017 Topps card with a rookie logo, didn’t end up with a logo or logoless 2018 regular issue, but ended up with a logoless 2018 Update card. 

2019 Topps #415 Zach Eflin

The third to last card I found in the research, Zach is a former Ray, as are the last 2 guys. Eflin had a number of 2014 issues, like Bowman and Pro Debut, he had a 2016 Heritage card, but his first Topps issue didn’t come until 2019. 

He didn’t really pitch much until 2018, but he could’ve had a rookie logo card in the 2018 Update set. By 2019, he was no longer a rookie, which probably explains why his 2019 Topps rookie doesn’t have the logo. 

2024 Topps Update #102 Jason Adam

Jason pitched for a few years with little fanfare, coming up to MLB in 2018, but when he had a good year in 2024, Topps got him into the Update set. I actually saw him at the Trop that year, and got his only Rays card at the time, his 2023 Topps Rays team set issue, autographed. 

I figured if he got a 2023 team card, which I believe came out before Series 2, that he should’ve had a 2023 Update rookie logo card. The 2023 team set card, like his 2024 Update one, doesn’t have the logo. Since he first debuted in 2018, I suspect that is why he didn’t have the logo. 

2025 Topps #265 Ryan Thompson

The last guy I found in my research, Ryan either collects cards, or just wanted to be on one, as I remember reading that he wanted to be on a Topps card and hoped his pitching would help him get on a set. He pitched well enough with the Rays to deserve one, but had to wait until 2025 to get on one, years after making the Bigs for the first time in 2020. I had the chance to see him on Opening Day in 2023 at the Trop, and he signed a 2023 Topps custom that I made of him, and I gave him a few, helping him hold out until he got into the 2025 Topps set, albeit without the RC logo. 

Well, that about does it for rookie cards without the RC logo from 2006 to now. I may have missed some or erroneously listed guys that did have RC logo cards, so I would love to hear any corrections or additions I need to make. 

Be on the lookout for some of these cards. You might be able to get a cheap rookie of a guy because the RC logo is missing. Not that any of these guys are stars, but some are household names.

On the other hand, there are ones like the '15 Kiki Hernandez rookie and the '07 Pedroia rookie that people know are technically rookies, and are priced at a premium. 

I hope you enjoyed this post on wierd Topps rookies that don't have the rookie logo. 

Thanks for checking it out.

-Jeremy

Apopka Card Show

 Last Friday afternoon, I was able to take a trip to Apopka with my friend Jim and go to the first night of the monthly Orlando Card Show. The show is always Friday night and Saturday morning, and it had been a few years since I had gone. My main hope was to finish off a few pesky sets from teh past few years, including the last remaining 2026 Topps cards. 

Jim picked me up and we drove to the show and had a great time talking abouot life and baseball. It rained a little on the way, but stopped when we got to the venue. Jim had a longtime dealer friend who he said he had been buying from for 30 years, and he told me he had tons of cheap vintage. Boy was he right. He introduced us as soon as we got in (can't remember what his name was), and I spent probably the first hour or so going through a binder and box of nothing but $1.00 cards. There were so many ways I could've purchased things from him. I could've done nothing but buy 1958 Topps needs. I could've just purchased stars or Hall of Famers. I could've done All-Stars, League Leaders, and postseason highlights cards if I had wanted to. I decided to just go for Tigers, players I enjoyed, and Hall of Famers I could find, and any cards I thought were rookies. I think I did a pretty good job. 

I'll highlight the non-Tigers, as you probably don't need an explanation on why I picked the Tigers I did. Not that you need a reason to pick up a '55 Topps card for a buck, but I got Amalfitano because he was a coach on the '88 Dodgers World Series winning team, and I remember reading about him in Orel Hershiser's autobiography. Back in 3rd grade, I got one of those Topps books that showed all of the Topps cards for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1952-1988, and remember the Johnny Riddle card from one of the first pages of the book. Solly Drake gave an interview in Sports Spectrum magazine, which was a magazine I had a subscription to from about 1996-2001. I'll have to do a post about the magazine. I have a ton of posters from the magazine, including ones I got signed in person from 1998 NLCS MVP Sterling Hitchcock and Super Bowl winning football coach Tony Dungy. I also had the Red Sox book, but really just got the 1958 Red Sox team card because it was a team card. I got the Granny Hamner because how many people are named 'Granny'?  I got the Ernie Broglio because I remember him being a good pitcher from that Cardinals book, and it turned out to be his rookie. The Billy Jurges was another one from the Red Sox book, but I feel like subset cards will always command a premium, so I try to scoop them up when I see them. 

I always loved those 1960 Topps Rookie Star subsets, so I picked up the Deron Johnson. The unibrow Wally Moon was probably the best card I got from the show. The Keane was another inspired by the Cardinals book. Sammy Drake was Solly's brother. Cardinal or not, Ray Washburn was a decent pitcher, so why not pick up his rookie. I don't care who you are, if I find an All-Star card of a '60's player for a buck, it is a good deal. I wish I would've picked up that 1962 Braves team combo card before I organized the binder, but I'm still happy to add a '60's subset card to the collection. I always like picking up old manager cards, so the '62 Hutchinson and '63 Birdie Tebbetts cards were no-brainers. I always admired Billy Pierce for signing through the mail so graciously when he was alive, so to pick up a World Series highlight card of him was cool. Dave DeBusschere is an NBA Hall of Famer, and I wasn't sure if the '64 Topps was his rookie or not, but I picked it up. Aparently he was in the '63 set, but it still wasn't a bad pickup. Bobby Shantz was also a great signer ttm, and I'm always happy to add a card of him to my collection. 

Another playoff highlight card, this one of the Dodgers in 1964. I knew the 1965 Tim McCarver was an early one, so I had to add it to the pile. Fred Whitfield signed for me when he was alive, and included a signed photo and a nice note, so I have collected him ever since. The first time I went to a card show with Jim, Sam McDowell was signing autographs, so I look out for his cards whenever I see them. I figured the Bando and Murcer rookies would have higher prices on them when I added them to TCDB, but they weren't as high as I figured. I just have felt that Bando got hype for the World Series MVP, and for some reason Murcer got TONS of hype for being a Yankee. Alston is justified for the hype he gets, because he was a great manager, borderline HOF-type. 

I figured the Niekro '68 League Leader was a good pickup for a buck. The first '68 League Leader card didn't have big names, but getting another McDowell card was fine with me. Ken Boyer was a great player in the '50's and '60's. I figured that Sutton had to be a 2nd or 3rd year card. Anytime you see 3 Hall of Famers on a League Leader card, you have to pick it up. The '70 Sparky Anderson was an early card of him, and I had to pick up a '70 Pilots card. I figured the '72 Lou Brock was a steal for a buck. I wasn't too sure on which playoff cards I had from the '70's, so I tried to concentrate on card I for sure didn't have, and picked up 2 from 1973 and 1976. I still have a handful of needs from 1977, but knocked off some bigger names with Fred Lynn, Dave Parker, and Minnie Minoso. I have a friend who knows Denny Martinez, and can't wait to show him his rookie card. 

I counted 96 cards, and the guy told me 85. I tried to use my inner Johnny's Trading Spot, and countered with 80, which he accepted. 

I made my way to some of the other tables, not really finding too much that I would collect. 

There was one nearby that had some parallels in boxes organized by teams. This group was closer to 14, and I countered with 10 and the cards were mine. 

I hope Simpson can hit consistantly, because he could be Carl Crawford if he can. If not, he could be Billy Hamilton. I swear I have 4-5 parallels of Jackson Jobe's 2025 Topps RC. Why not add more?  The Simson '26 Purple was numbered to 75, I believe, and I thought a parallel of Carson Williams' 2026 Topps rookie was  agood pickup. 

There were absolutely no tables with 26 dime box cards, so I was unable to finish any sets. There were a number of tables with slabs and expensive stuff, and surprisingly, a ton with just hoops and football. I found 1 last table with some cards in a box that looked like they were unmarked, but had some nice rookies in them. I guessed they might be a buck each, and believe I offered the guy $15. 

The '90 Donruss Best Nolan Ryan just screamed 'buy me!'. I already have the '91 Fleer Phil Clark, but I had to add the miscut one. A friend that played Little League in 1994 had a teammate who was Clark's kid, so I was able to get Phl's autograph back then, and have been collecting him ever since. 

Most of these were just Tigers, Rays, and guys I collect. I thought for sure that the Spencer Strider was a new card, but apparently, I have a copy. I'll just add it to my Braves binder. I'm stoked I found a '25 Chrome rookie of (should've been Starting) All-Star catcher Dillon Dingler. 

As much as a I didn't want to, there was a table that had boxes and boxes of product, like the kind of guy you could tell was a scalper but didn't care, and I ended up getting something from his table. I have really needed binder pages, so I ended up getting  a pack from him. I hope my 25 bucks nets him a Jack Flaherty 1/1 SuperFractor autograph from '26 Topps Chrome. 

That was it for the show. A decent haul of vintage, and some great Tigers. 

Sunday, I was back on the piano for the first time in like a month, and the had was fine, no pain at all. 

I was surprised to go into Wal-Mart the other day and find 2026 Topps Finest on the shelves. I never have seen it on retail shelves in the 33 years the product has existed. It definitely was a worse deal than anything else on the shelf, but it was interesting to see a product like that in a retail store. ‘26 Topps Chrome will probably be there next time, but I just can’t bring myself to pay 35 bucks for a blaster. I’m going to have to find something to open while I wait for Update. 

I guess I’ll have to do a SportLots order to finish off my 2026 Topps set (and the few other cards I need to get that 1980-2026 run finished). I do have a trade in the works on TCDB that will basically be some junk wax needs for the price of shipping, and I’m hoping that will include some Topps needs as well. I will post on how that goes. 

Thanks for checking out my latest post. 

-Jeremy 

 

Card catch-up

Back to a baseball post. It has been a little bit since I’ve caught up on the collection. There have been a number of cards that have come in, coming from the DeLand card show, cards John from Johnny’s Trading Spot dropped off to me while meeting up at the show, 2 packages and 2 envelopes from Greg of Night Owl Cards, and a trip to Pop’s Sportscards in DeLand. 

We'll start with the cards from the DeLand card show. Unfortunately for me, the show was on a Saturday, and I had to work. It was still a great time, and had I had a few more hours, I could've done some real damage. I was immensely impressed with the people running it. 

I got there around 3, after picking up Kyler from home and changing out of my work clothes. Aparently the air conditioning had gone down and many dealers had packed up and left. It was fixed when I got there. 

I paid for admission, and since Kyer was under age 10, they gave him a fake $50 dollar bill that he could spend at the kids area. It had a mixture of boxes from different sports. Some were dime cards, and some were $1-$5 cards. Ky immediately found a box of dime cards, and actually looked at my Topps wantist, and found a few '79 Topps cards I needed. He got a few cards of guys he liked in Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Christian Yelich, and Bryce Harper. We also came upon a stack of various Topps parallels, and got a '16 Gold Buster Posey, a '16 Vintage Andrew Miller, a '16 Gold of John Jaso, but the real steal was the '16 Pink of Stetson alumni Corey Kluber, which was numbered to 50. 

The first picture kind of skips around the day, so bear with me. Towards the end of the show, we came upon a discount pack bin, and I found one that said '1998 Score All-Star Game'. Thinking it was a promo handed out at the '98 game, I got 2 packs. They turened out to just be regular '98 Score cards that contained a special insert, but I did pull a Showcase parallel of David Segui. 

My birthday was the next day, and when I came home, Karen had a blaster of '26 Donruss and a blaster of  '26 Topps Series 2 waiting for me. Donruss had some cool stuff with a blue parallel of Skenes, and a Gold one of some rookie for the Jays who must be doing well because his card prices are decent, but I haven't heard of him. I pulled a Josh Wilson jersey from the Donruss blaster as well. The Topps one had a pink holo parallel of Liam Hicks, and must've been a Luis Torrens hot box, as I pulled a green and rainbow parallel. Doesn't someone collect him? I would be happy to send them out. 

The real highlight of the day was finding a dealer who had a lot of cheap vintage Topps cards. They were beat up, but commons were 10 cents, and stars were like 50 cents to a dollar. I met up with my autograph buddy Jim and he showed me the table, and helped me go through my list by years. 

Tons of big names. Almost too many to name. I love the 4 player '72 Leaders card and the '72 (Phillies) White Sox Allen. 

I focused mainly on the '72 and '73 sets, since I figured I had a number of them.

There was a good selection of everything in that table's boxes, from managers, leaders, team cards, yearly subsets, and highlight cards as you can see. 

The last part of the picture are the '79 and '16 cards Kyler helped me find at the kids table. 

When I ended up leaving, I walked with Jim to his car, and he had a bag full of goodies for me from his recent trip to Texas and Colorado. He got me some Rangers cups, ice cream helmets, and a full sized vintage one. The real highlight of the bag was a birthday card that said thanks for being a great friend. That was worth more than the Rangers swag in my opinion.

At some point in the show, I met up with John, and introduced him to Jim and Kyler. I gave him the box of Braves I had for him, and he handed me a nice box of Tigers and Rays. 

The box was chocked full of interesting stuff that were mostly wants, and if you have ever recieved a box from John, you know that the pictures don't do it justice and that there was so much more that wasn't pictured. One of the most interesting parts of the box was a few Fleer stamps. I vaguely remember hearng about the set, but never obtained any. There were Donruss box bottoms, Fleer glossy cards, and 1st issue cards that I just never had the chance to open packs of when the sets came out. 

There was never stuff, including tons of rainbow parallels, tons of Topps non-flagship stuff, and almost full teams sets from the '25 Topps Montgomery Club set. 

I'm really stoked about the season Dillon Dingler is having. I have picked up a ton of his rookie cards from just busting packs, and a decent amount are parallels. Montero is having a good season for Detroit as well. If things break right, both of my teams might have a shot at the playoffs this year. 

The Rays started off in the early '00's, with some much needed Fleer stuff. I was stoked with the '99 sechedule as well, as I had one already in my favorite player binder with my Rolando Arrojo stuff. There were a few Turkey Red parallels, and I have a feeling that John was going through Blake Snell at the time, as I ended up getting a bunch of his stuff. 

There were some nice Bowman cards that I needed included. I think I may have all of the Rays from Bowman and Bowman Draft, including the Chrome versions. There were more '25 Topps Montgomery cards as well. 

I wish I would've found that '25 Pepiot parallel earlier, as I sent him out an autograph request the other day, and he signed my '25 and '26 Topps base cards of him. It will still look nice with the rest of my '25 Topps parallels. 

Thanks, John, for the awesome box of Rays and Tigers, and for entertaining Kyler for a little bit while checked off my list. 

I also have to note that John put my haggling skills to the test. I believe the dealer offered me 58 for the vintage cards, and in my head, I wanted to counter offer 50, but didn't say anything. John encouraged me to counter, so I did at 50, and it was accepted. I need to work on my courage at shows and shops. 

Next up are the cards from Night Owl. He had posted a giveaway of some non-flagship Topps stuff, and I must've checked Blogger just as he posted, because I had the first comment on the post to claim the cards. He graciously sent not only 2 envelopes filled with Topps cards I needed, but 2 bubble mailers full of Topps goodness. 

There were some needed Rays and Tiger parallels. The '08 Ludwick I believe completed the Update set. I will probably order some more cards from Sportlots or just make some trade offers on TCDB, as Night Owl's package probably got me down to needing 30 or so cards to have a 1980-2026 Topps run. I am actually short about 20 cards of Series 2 2026 Topps. Sometime this summer, I will finish the run!!!

The first package had a lot of Topps Opening Day, Topps Fire, and Topps Bunt. I pictured the cards in stacks so you can kind of see how many cards there were. I pulled a number of favorite players like Xander Bogaerts, Kenley Jansen, Drew Stubbs, and Ormond Beach batting cage owner, Stetson alum, and Mets legend Patrick Mazeika. 

I must've been so excited with organizing that I forgot to take pictures of the 2nd bubble mailer. It has some cool stuff, including a ton of '22 Topps Fire, '17 Topps Bunt, and a bunch of '24 Topps mini's. Sorry about the missing pictures, and thanks, Greg, for the generous giveaway and extra Topps needs for me. 

Last up is a trip to Pop's SportsCards. I went by myself as Karen and Kyler were away at the Crayola Experience at Orlando and I had just got off of work. 

I dug through the dime boxes, finding a few cards that I weren't sure if they were needs, but at 10 cents each, would be worth getting. I ventured to the back of the shop and found a few random complete sets, including a decent priced 1996 Bowman's Best set. 

This set gave me a run of '96-'98 Bowman's Best complete sets. 

There were some cards in dollar bins, and I was really looking forward to going through the vintage boxes. I noticed an Ozzie Smith rookie the last time I was there, and wasn't sure if I needed it or not, and it tured out I did, so I was hoping it was still there. 

It turns out that it was, and I grabbed it up, along with these gems. 

These cards were 3 for $2, and the bottom were 3 for 5. A tad overpriced, but I mainly got them for the Tom Selleck SP and the Nakken insert. 

The dime cards produced these needs. The Babe Ruth card was a promo, and there were about 50 copies in the box. I still haven't located it on TCDB. Just some random Rays, Tigers, and some parallels to make it an even number that ended in '0'. The Fried '25 Holiday card was one of the last 2 needs of that set, and I am down to needing the James Woods rookie to finish that set. 

I have been having a minor medical issue the past few weeks. It started when my arm would start killing me at night and I had pain that was so bad that I just wanted to get up and walk around to try to get the blood flowing so I could try to find a comfortable position in bed and get back to sleep. While that was going on, I started getting some red patches on my hands, wrists, and face, and the index and middle fingers on my right hand were pretty much numb 24/7. It was so bad that I played piano with basically 2 fingers and bass notes one Sunday because of the pain. 

I went into a new primary care doctor about a week ago, since I hadn't been in years, and they ordered blood tests, gave me some oral steriods, and some ointment. Well, the steroids have done a number on my blood sugars, making them close to 400, but they have done a good number on the pain, making me oversleep and miss my alarm for work twice already. But the pain is gone!!!  I have most of the feeling back in my fingers, and the red patches aren't nearly as bad. The bloodwork shows I have certain antiboties, and I need more labwork, but the diagnosis is leaning towards dermatomyositis, an auto-immune condition. I think the symptoms can be managed with medicine, so I will be glad to get with a rheumatologist and have it under control. 

Other than that, life is going pretty well. Lit some fireworks on the 4th, and had friends that weren't relatives over to our house for I believe the first time since we purchased it in 2016. I am organizing my Braves binders currently, and will have Thursday and Friday night to work on them, and I'll be off on Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday coming up. Might see if I can sneak Kyler over to K n T Sportscards on Tuesday or Wednesday and go through those dime (or maybe Kyle jacked them up to .50 cent) boxes.

Thanks for checking out my latest post.

-Jeremy