My life and times in sports and baseball cards
My mind can really produce some random thoughts at times. I opened a pack of 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter and this card of Frank Thomas was staring back at me. Its just an every day #68 card of Frank that looks pretty nice as he smiles big for who knows what reason.
The first [...]
The Texas Rangers have a young player that I really like but he has one shortcoming that keeps me from going hog wild over his cards. The part of his game that just drives me nuts is his defense. I’m not asking him to be a gold glover or turn in web gems every night, [...]
I joined The Pit on December 31, 2002 and since then I have had a total of six card transactions. Every few months I log back into the site not really sure why but I check on my holdings and surf around for a few minutes. Once again I am reminded about one purchase that [...]
I was sorting the 2007 Bowman Baseball cards I opened the other day when I stopped on one of the Bowman Prospects cards. I was somewhat familiar with the name on the card but the pictures are what caught me by surprise. The player in question is Yankees pitching prospect Dellin Betances.
The first thing [...]
This week has been crazy as I have been on vacation for a few days. I have had several new things in the works for my blog as well. On the plus side I was able to purchase hobby packs this week for the $10 Weekly Wax Pack Challenge. We were in Tulsa, OK this [...]
I had planned to do a full box break of the 2007 Bowman Baseball Hobby box I just opened. However, after going through the cards I changed my mind. Initially when Bowman was released I was going to get a hobby box but after reading the Chris Harris box break of a HTA box on [...]
This was the second week of the $10 Weekly Wax Pack Challenge. If you are new to this series you may want to read the introductory post here. As I stated in the first post the card shop that I had hoped to be buying hobby packs from is not going to open for a [...]
Sitting just four hits away from that magical mark as I write this is the face of the Houston Astros, Craig Biggio. Currently Biggio and the Astros are in Milwaukee facing the Brewers. It is not likely that he will get his 3000th hit in Milwaukee as he will only start tonight and be available [...]
I had asked one of my regular readers to share with us the pack break of the 2007 Donruss Elite Football cards he had coming. What follows is the pack by pack break down from Jason. Thanks for the info Jason.
So, you wanted a box break, and my 5 packs of 2007 Donruss Elite came [...]
I have been blogging since the end of February and all of sudden I get tagged twice in one weekend. This tag comes from Vivien over at Inspirationbit.com and she wants to know eight things about me that no one may know about me. As with the previous tag I am altering this one just [...]
I had the itch to open some wax today but we don’t have a card shop in town. So I drove by Target on my way to lunch to see what they had on the shelf. They didn’t have anything new in the blaster box section. So that left me with in a quandary because [...]
How many of you collect Etopps cards? I myself have dabbled in them off and on since my first Etopps Purchase of a 2001 Mike Modano card. Since then I have purchased cards on IPO and on Ebay. I have also acquired cards through trading on the Etopps Trading Floor.
What has your experience been? For [...]
I was browsing Ebay and found this listing for a Michael Jordan Fleer Rookie Card. This is not the ordinary rookie but one of the 23 that Upper Deck bought and then had Michael personally number and autograph. I don’t know what the insertion rate is for this insert but one lucky Canadian has it [...]
This was my first purchase of 2007 Upper Deck Series One Baseball. I bought two blaster boxes just before going on vacation a few days ago. I did not get the chance to open them before we left. I decided to open them while watching the Gamecast of the Rangers and Mariners on ESPN.Com tonight.
Anyway, [...]
As expected the price of the 2007 Topps Derek Jeter #40 card featuring cameos from George Bush and Mickey Mantle is settling under $10 on Ebay. The early buyers that paid triple figures for the card when it was discovered are now seeing prices realized for the card anywhere from about $5 to $10. I [...]
