My life and times in sports and baseball cards
My wife and I were in Walmart picking up the staples of life which includes some 2010 Topps Baseball. However, the only 2010 Baseball cards on the shelf were the not fully licensed Upper Deck issue that I am staying away from. I don’t like to buy cards that are not licensed by both the [...]
Closing out the cards that I found in my Christmas stocking we have three packs of 2008 Topps Football. Each pack has twelve cards and of course feature the annoying Topps logo invading the player photos right where most of their heads are. Is it supposed to be one of those subliminal messages with the [...]
Tucked away in one of my Christmas gifts were a couple of packs of 2008 SP Rookie Edition Football. I hadn’t seen any of these in my local big box stores so finding these two were a surprise. I went over to the Upper Deck website to check out the possibilities in this issue. I [...]
I had let just about anyone that asked me the question, what did I want for Christmas know that I would really enjoy some 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football for Christmas. My youngest daughter tried to get me a couple of blasters but all of the big box stores near us were out. Not to [...]
Continuing with my surprise box of cards from Dennis we have three former Texas Longhorns in their Collegiate unis just like I like them. Included in this trio are Tony Brackens, Selvin Young and Frank Okam.
The Brackens cards comes from one of the worst ideas in cards from The Score Board. Sadly I bought a [...]
Ever since 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football came out I figured as soon as I bought any I would be hooked and have to put the set together. Some of the posts and scans from my fellow blogging brethren had been planting the seeds since the release.
There were only two real turnoffs for me [...]
I was searching for some cards to complete a trade and as I do quite often I got distracted with a particular card. This time it was a 1997 Metal Universal Brett Favre. When Metal Universe first arrived I was a bit embarrassed to admit I liked the odd, bumpy, shiny cards. So I secretly [...]
I always like to pick up a few packs of Playoff Absolute Memorabilia every year looking for players I like and cards that catch my eye. I saw a couple of blisters hanging on the pegs so I figured I might as well pick them up. As I opened these packs I found the normal [...]
I had an itch the other day that I was hoping to get some A&G to scratch it with but once again I was shut out at the big box store. Not much else was catching my interest so I snagged a five pack blaster box of 2008 Donruss Threads Football for some pack ripping [...]
Just when I am getting to feeling a little better about the NFL without Brett Favre there comes a host of stories about Brett getting the “itch” and I’m not talking about the kind that John Madden has an answer for. The rumors are flying again that Brett has the itch and wants to play [...]
I was looking for my box of extra 1975 Topps Baseball for a trade partner this weekend when I stumbled upon this partially torn wax pack of 1980 Topps Football. Okay, there is nothing special about 1980 Topps Football so why did I hang on to this tattered little pack? I have no idea why [...]
Lets take a look at a blaster box of 2007 Bowman Football. This box contains eight packs with ten cards per pack. Each pack contains two Bowman Chrome Rookies and one Gold Parallel. Of course you won’t find a lot of the more sought after inserts in this Retail box but you do get to [...]
I had a stack of cards upside down last night reading the backs when I got to one that made me pause. The card in question was a 2007 Topps Aaron Rodgers #18. A few days ago when I opened this card from a pack I just put it in a stack of the rest [...]
Twenty-Two cards and One Stick of Gum
I had vowed not to buy another pack of the 2007 Topps base products this year as I am really tired of the design. I have seen way too many dot patterns for my taste. But, while checking out my local Toys R Us I noticed a couple of [...]
