2026 TCDb trades: pair of PIFs

It's been a pretty nice Saturday for Wolverines fans: the basketball team held off Wisconsin to advance to the conference tournament final (after cruising to a regular season title), the hockey team handled Penn State and will also be heading to the final round of their conference tourney, and the women's basketball team was announced as a top-16 seed and spot as a host next weekend. GO BLUE!

So to celebrate, tonight I'm going to show off a trio of cards of my fellow UM alumni that I received in two PIFs (pay-it-forwards) from TCDb members last month.

First up is a '22 Topps Padres team set card of Jake Cronenworth, who's pretty much the most prominent Michigan guy in MLB right now, especially with Rich Hill retiring. There are two ways to tell that this is actually a team set card: it's numbered "SD-3" on the back, plus it's missing the "Future Stars" logo on the front of the flagship card. These can be tough for me to track down since they're often sold regionally, so I'm glad to check it off Jake's list. It's my 149th of Cronenworth and was sent to my by longtime site friend Jason, a.k.a. jasongerman9, whom I mention here often. I hope his Lake Michigan College team has a great season!

The other two cards were a bit of a mystery to me when they arrived, one at a time, from two different eBay sellers. I know Ann B. Davis well enough that I'm aware that the actress who played Alice on "The Brady Bunch" also attended UM--I just didn't know who'd sent these to me. Eventually I figured out it was Chuck, a.k.a. C2Cigars, after he commented one one of my TCDb lists I use to show off a card of each Michigan alum I collect. In retrospect I shouldn't have been surprised because he's messaged me a few times asking if I collect certain subjects as he's aware of one of my favorite PCs.

The late Davis was born in New York and went to high school in Erie, PA, before heading to Ann Arbor, where she became another famous alum to go into acting. Of course she's mainly known for her role as Alice in multiple "Brady Bunch" shows and movies, but she made way more appearances than that in front of the camera. Also, I see her 100th birthday is coming up in less than two months.

Chuck was generous enough to send me two cards of Davis. The first is from the 250-card 1991 Starline Hollywood Walk of Fame set, one that's chock full of stars of the stage and screen on a relatively simple but nice design. The back is done up well with career highlights and a trivia game. The other was made in 1998 by Inkworks, a brand known for producing lots of pop culture sets, and this product was called TV's Coolest Classics. The 90-card set has a retro theme and appears to focus on "The Brady Bunch," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Get Smart!," and "Hogan's Heroes." I count nine card appearances for Davis in the base set.

Many thanks to both Jason and Chuck for these additions to my collections! I always appreciate people who contribute to my collections, but it means even more to me when they put in the effort to bulk up my Michigan PCs, whether it's one of the many athletes or even a non-sports Wolverine.

I'll try to be back soon with the one trade package I received in March and then catch up on other additions.