My life and times in sports and baseball cards
I just now got around to opening a blaster of 2008 Topps Updates and Highlights that my sister bought me for Christmas. I am bad about getting stuff and waiting forever to open it. I used to drive my friends nuts because I wouldn’t open wax packs in the shop, I always waited till I [...]
I think in most parts of the country the prices for Blaster Boxes are normally within three cents or so of each other. In my area they are regularly priced at $19.99 or $19.98 at the big box chains Target, WalMart and Toys R Us. This year that has changed at one of these stores. [...]
On my lunch break I decided to make a short detour to see what I could find in the trading cards aisle of the local Toys R Us. I discovered that the aisle had moved again since my last visit but the selection was about the same. Hanging on the pegs were the repackaged packs [...]
I responded to a contest hosted by the Ladies of A Cardboard Problem a few weeks ago on their blog. I liked the idea behind the contest which even had a great First Prize, a complete set of 2008 UD Masterpieces and a few Black Borders of the winners choice. I submitted an entry and [...]
Today I had to try to find some Polaroid film for a project at work and my search took me to several places around town. On a couple of the stops I was met with a puzzled look by young clerks that had no idea what I was talking about. Most of the others said [...]
I love a bargain and one of the great places to find bargains is Craigslist. You can find just about anything on Craigslist and baseball cards just happen to be something I search for often on the site. The problem is I can never find a bargain on baseball cards in my area and too [...]
My wife and I went to the movies yesterday and saw the Proposal with Sandra Bullock. I have always liked Sandra and this movie was really entertaining. It was laugh out loud funny at times. The biggest surprise of the movie came when Bullock took a shower but forgot to take a towel with her. [...]
I was in Walmart and I just had to have a pack of cards. Just a pack thats all I needed, not what I wanted but what I needed. My conscience reminded me that gas prices were on the rise again, up ten cents overnight. Maybe I should wait….. or maybe just throw caution to [...]
I was digging through a box looking for some cards to complete a trade and I came across this Hank Aaron promotional card. The card is from the San Diego Sports Collectors Association in 1981. The card offers fifty cents off on admission to the San Diego Show at the Town & Country Hotel. I [...]
I made another trip to our other store down in Lufkin Texas and of course I had to stop by the local Kmart down there. Yep, they had more bargain blasters available on the shelves. I was hoping to find some more 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football so I could work on my set some [...]
I love Opening Day and one of these days I am going to actually be in the ballpark on an Opening Day. My sister and a bunch of her firefighter and EMS worker friends were in attendance at the ballpark today. They were treated to a big Rangers win over the Indians and last years [...]
Finally, my Topps Red Hot Rookies Chris Davis card has arrived. I purchased the redemption card way back in November on Ebay along with the Taylor Teagarden card. They set me back a whole two bucks. I am still waiting on the Teagarden, maybe it will come in the mail today.
For those that pulled [...]
The economy has really effected my ability to feed my addiction for opening wax packs. So, I took matters into my own hands a bit this weekend. I remembered a box I had that just might contain a pack or two of cards that I could open. I decided to get a quick pack fix [...]
I know its a weird title up there but my mind works in strange ways sometimes. I was driving home from work this evening wishing I could run in somewhere and pick up some baseball cards. The problems began when I couldn’t make up my mind what I would buy if I did stop. Then [...]
I was browsing Ebay this afternoon not really looking for anything in particular when I landed on the Cut Autograph card of Thurman Munson. “Thurm” is one of my All-Time favorite players so I had to check out this auction. The first thing I noticed about the card wasn’t the price which was at $500 [...]
