A Homer Bailey Trifecta

This is my fourth trifecta and it's just as impressive as the first three. For those who are unfamiliar with my trifecta selection, my trifecta consists of a player's rookie card, a certified autograph card and a 1/1 card. The Homer Bailey trifecta consists of a 2007 eTopps rookie card numbered out of 899, a 2005 Bowman certified autograph card, and a 2014 Bowman yellow printing plate numbered 1/1.You can see all of my trifectas here!

Billy Hamilton Autographed 8x10

My latest edition to the man cave is this autographed photo of the 2014 National League Rookie of the Year (runner-up) Billy Hamilton. I love everything about this photo. Although the photo doesn't show him swiping a base, it's still a fantastic bunting shot. I have yet to watch Hamilton play in person but I'm hoping to this coming season. Perhaps I'll finally attend my first Opening Day and cross that goal off my bucket list.

McFarlane Johnny Bench

I sat on the fence for the longest time in making this decision. I've been collecting Reds bobbleheads for years now, but I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to venture out and chase retail figures. After going back and forth on this for well over a year I decided I would go after these McFarlane figures, but only those produced depicting members of the Big Red Machine. This would limit me on just two figures (Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan). A few weeks back I was able to grab this opened Johnny Bench on eBay for more than half of what I would pay if it were still in the packaging. It's very detailed compared to the Kenner Starting Lineup figures and the poses are great. Johnny leaning over a rail to catch a foul ball is great! I do have plans of acquiring the Joe Morgan figure sometime in 2015 (just in time for the 40 anniversary of the 1975 World Series Championship).

1952 Topps Cincinnati Reds Team Set

19 cards total in the low series base cards

6 Grady Hatton
13 Johnny Wyrostek
29 Ted Kluszewski
69 Virgil Stallcup
80 Herman Wehmeier
113 Dick Sisler
118 Ken Raffensberger
135 Dixie Howell
137 Roy McMillan
142 Harry Perkowski
144 Ed Blake
151 Wally Post
156 Frank Hiller
161 Bud Byerly
171 Ed Erautt
176 Hank Edwards
179 Frank Smith
249 Bobby Adams
297 Andy Seminick

1953 Topps Cincinnati Reds Team Set

21 cards total in the base set

7 Bob Borkowski
12 Howie Judson
28 Eddie Pellagrini
45 Grady Hatton
47 Bubba Church
95 Willard Marshall
105 Joe Nuxhall
110 Herman Wehmeier
116 Frank Smith
118 Gus Bell
152 Bob Adams
153 Andy Seminick
162 Ted Kluszewski
206 Ed Bailey
209 Jim Greengrass
226 Ed Erautt
236 Harry Perkowski
237 Clarence Podbielan
252 Hank Foiles
259 Roy McMillan
276 Ken Raffensberger

1954 Topps Cincinnati Reds Team Set

14 cards total in the base set

7 Ted Kluszewski
22 Jim Greengrass
46 Ken Raffensberger
69 Bud Podbielan
71 Frank Smith
120 Roy McMillan
123 Bobby Adams
125 Harry Perkowski
136 Connie Ryan
138 Bob Borkowski
162 Herman Wehmeier
182 Chuck Harmon
184 Ed Bailey
208 Grady Hatton

1955 Topps Cincinnati Reds Team Set

12 cards total in the base set

3 Art Fowler
44 Corky Valentine
56 Ray Jablonski
69 Ed Bailey
74 Bob Borkowski
82 Chuck Harmon
120 Ted Kluszewski
153 Bud Podbielan
170 Jim Pearce
174 Rudy Minarcin
178 Bobby Adams
181 Roy McMillan