My life and times in sports and baseball cards
As I have written before here on this blog I have three favorite players that I follow and collect. The trio consists of Roger Clemens, Brett Favre and Ivan Rodriguez. Especially with Brett and Roger the question of retirement continues to be an issue for both players. When should they retire or in Roger’s case [...]
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 [...]
One of the things I have missed the most about not having a card shop in town is the fun of just dropping by and picking up some wax packs. Busting packs and boxes is still one of the things that gets my motor running about cards. But, one of the most frustrating things is [...]
Last Week when my General Manager asked me if I wanted to go with the sales team to the Rangers and Cubs game on Wednesday it didn’t occur to me that I just may see history. But that is just what happened.
On the bus ride to Arlington we all talked about the possibility of [...]
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 tagged by Pearl over at fresh-perspectives.net in a meme on the subject of “five reasons why I blog”. I have altered the wording a bit to fit the theme of my blog here at SqueezePlayCards.
1. It allows me to be more involved in my hobby.
2. I continue to meet some really cool [...]
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 [...]
One of my favorite card series of all time is the All Star Rookie Series from Topps. The cards are made up of the Topps All Rookie Team and contain a little trophy on the card fronts. This series began in 1960 and continues today. Although there were a few years when Topps did not [...]
Now that the days are turning hotter and the kids are out of school what do you do with the kids all day? Well, when I was a kid we played to kinds of ball and fished. Many a summer day was spent in the back yard playing Wiffle ball followed by summer nights at [...]
This is driving me nuts. First blow was the announcement that Topps would be sold in the first place. That raises concerns about the future of my favorite brand of cards. Then Upper Deck files suit against Topps and the war of words really gets ugly. Today I read that Upper Deck is petitioning for [...]
Even our hobby of collecting sports cards has joined the YouTube band wagon. Just do a search for box breaks or baseball cards or related terms and you will find hundreds of videos to watch. Some of the videos I enjoy the most are from a couple of guys in Japan that open high end [...]
This month’s current edition of Tuff Stuff magazine has some great articles relating to the vintage aspect of the hobby. If you are a collector of vintage cards and memorabilia I think you will enjoy this issue of Tuff Stuff. My favorite article was entitled “The Ball Behind it All” by Scott Fragale. This article [...]
Well it has been just over ninety days of selling cards on Sportlots. The initial results are not overwhelmingly in favor of staying on the site. However, I have sold 125 cards during the trial period. I currently have two other orders in pending status as the buyers are probably mailing payment to Sportlots. I [...]
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 [...]
As I flipped through the pages of The Wisdom of Old-Time Baseball by Criswell Freeman looking for just the right quote for today I stumbled upon a quote from Chief Bender. If you aren’t familiar with Chief Bender his real name was Charles Albert Bender and is a member of Baseball’s Hall of Fame. You [...]
