My life and times in sports and baseball cards
I am lucky enough to have a wife that loves to decorate for Christmas. Since she likes to put a Chritmas tree in each room of our house I get to have my very own sports tree in my computer room. I forget how tall the tree is but it is probably about ten feet [...]
I managed to pick up a 2007 Bowman Heritage Baseball Blaster box the other day. This is the last year for Topps to produce the Bowman Heritage line. I liked the Bowman Heritage issues so I hate to see it go. However, I do wish they would stop this two prospects per pack nonsense. The [...]
This week I went to Toys R Us and Target trying to find some Hockey wax packs for this weeks purchase. I struck out at both places. At Target they did not have anything new to choose from but they were having a sale on cards. The problem was the only things on sale were [...]
From late yesterday afternoon through nearly midnight last night the blog was unreachable or was producing numerous errors and usability issues. The shared server my sites reside on became overloaded and had to be taken down. The issues were resolved and things started coming back online about 11:00 PM CST last night. This morning things [...]
In the old days before price guides and the internet all I needed for my collection of baseball and football cards was a box to put them in. I eventually needed a checklist to help me keep up with the cards I still needed for each set. That was all I needed to enjoy my [...]
One of the reasons I look forward to this post is that it gives me an excuse to buy a few packs of something I wouldn’t normally buy. I picked up three retail packs of 2007 Donruss Gridiron Gear for $2.97 each at Target. Each pack contains five cards. I was checking out the sell [...]
I am really tired today running on about five hours of sleep after the game last night. But, it was well worth the loss of sleep. I am undefeated at Stars games with a perfect 1-0 record. The Stars shutout the Kings last night 3-0 in the first NHL game I attended. Tom, if you [...]
A few days ago I received some tickets for the Dallas Stars Vs. Los Angeles Kings game for tonight. It will be my first hockey game of any king to attend in person. I am pretty stoked about it. I enjoy watching the Stars on TV when they are on but everyone has said that [...]
On most days my mailbox is full of bills, catalogs and once in a lifetime offers; but then some days there is something better. Yesterday was one of those better days at the ole mailbox. Some time back I bought a box of 2006 UD Special F/X and found some inserts that I really liked, [...]
This past weekend I found out the my local card shop that was in the process of changing ownership is now closed. The deal that had been worked out has fallen through, leaving me once again without a local hobby shop. However, while having lunch last week I ran into a collector I had not [...]
As most of you already know Etopps issued a special card set combining the Etopps technology and the retro diva that is Allen and Ginter. The cards celebrated some of the top moments from the 2007 Baseball season. The cards were issued in set form only at the IPO which would mean I would have [...]
This is the first week of the Challenge that I did not purchase any wax. The only day I can get to my local card shop is on Saturday and between a late night road High School Football game on Friday night and another road trip for a twirling competition the next day I did [...]
Today my copy of Tuff Stuff arrived and I was thrilled to see one of my favorites on the cover in Brett Favre. The second thing that caught my eye was the graphic plugging the Holiday Gift Guide. Wow, the older I get the faster the years go by. Its less than a week into [...]
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 [...]
