2015: Looking Ahead

As I said over on my other blog, I don't typically make goals for my collection, but just for the hell of it, let's do a few easy ones.

1.  Knock five items off of my current Top 10.  Obviously I move new cards in every time I knock one off, so I want five off of the current list, which is as follows:

• 1. 1998 Topps Tek #27 (I still need these patterns: 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 27, 34, 40, 51, 54, 55, 66, 70, 71, 78, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88)
• 2. 1997 Flair Showcase Masterpiece #115 (any version)
• 3. 1999 Prism Red #41
• 4. 1997 Topps Stars '97 All Stars #AS20
• 5. 1997 Pacific Baerga Softball #4
• 6. 1989 BYN Puerto Rico #105
• 7. 2006 Upper Deck Special FX Blue #677
• 8. 1998 Donruss Crusade Red #20
• 9. 2002 Topps Chrome Traded Black Refractor #T68
• 10. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup Blue #75

In order for the Tek cards to count, I would need all of the remaining cards.  I would think 4 would be the easiest to find.  I would absolutely love to knock off the remaining Tek cards, but let's be realistic.

2.  Get to 1,000 different cards.  I have 883 now, so this is certainly possible, though it will be challenging.

3.  Get a signed 8x10 of Alomar with the Mets.  I want photographic evidence of Alomar with the Mets, since there will likely never be a card of him.

4.  Get the elusive bobblehead that I see on Ebay frequently.

Hopefully this will be the year that Alomar finally gets his managerial position.  There should be a few positions opening up over the course of the year.  It would also be nice if he started to get some new cards in new sets this year.  Archives is always a possibility.

So that's it.  I will check back on this post by the end of the year.  Hopefully I will have accomplished a bunch of this stuff.