My life and times in sports and baseball cards
I had a few packs of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball in my hand when I saw on the shelf below some 2007/08 SP Basketball packs. I had not seen any of these cards previously so I decided to get three packs for this weeks Challenge. Each pack contains five cards. The front of the package [...]
Two Turkeys were recently traded for a Revco in a three player deal between the owners of White Sox Cards and SqueezePlayCards. The deal was worked out via that new invention called the internet. Never before has trading baseball cards been so easy. Now if somebody could just figure out how to roll back gas [...]
This weekend I spent a few hours Saturday and most of the day Sunday sorting cards. I needed to create some room for the cards I have been listing on Sportlots lately so I can easily find them when they sell. One of the great things about spending time sorting and categorizing is seeing cards [...]
I picked up a blister pack of 2008 Upper Deck Baseball at Walmart while grocery shopping last night. I am not a big fan of the design this year but I just like to open stuff so I grabbed one. I didn’t get anything real great. This Buchholz card inspired me to write a quick [...]
This week for the Challenge I wanted some 2008 Topps or Upper Deck Baseball but there were not any loose packs or blasters on the shelf. Nothing really seemed appealing as I stared at the boxes with just about every one of them showing signs of being searched. After a couple of ladies looking for [...]
If you are a regular reader of this blog then you know one of my favorite players is Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez. From his first base runner thrown out trying to steal to today I just enjoy watching him play the game. So its always a big day for me when I pull another card I [...]
The next player up in my look at players that I have collected that are not at the top of most collectors want list is Doug Dascenzo. Although, JT at The Writers Journey also is a fan of Dascenzo. Even though I live in Texas I can watch just about every Cubs game on TV [...]
Today marks the First Year Anniversary of SqueezePlayCards Blog. The first post entitled There is a First Time for Everything appeared one year ago today. Looking back at that first post a couple of things have changed since then. The first is the picture I used, right now I am in limbo with Clemens as [...]
This week I have been checking with my local retail establishments for the latest shipments of 2008 Topps and Upper Deck Baseball. I have only seen a couple of blasters of Upper Deck and none of Topps yet. I found a few blisters of Topps at Walmart and one of those wall hanging vending type [...]
I arrived home from work tonight to find that while my wife was out shopping she had grabbed some wax for little ole me. I love getting wax packs from my wife on Valentines or any other day for that matter. She even picked some packs that I actually like. Waiting for me were four [...]
Several days ago I was contacted by Chris about a possible deal for an Upper Deck Special F/X Star Attractions Greg Maddux card I needed. I checked out his want list and found some cards he needed for some of the sets he was working on and a deal was struck. I traded him eight [...]
The new issue for Topps has been out for a few days now. We don’t have a card shop in my town so I have been waiting for the retail packs to show up. On my way home from work today I needed to get a loaf of bread so I went out of my [...]
My first player in the unknown category is Brian Doyle. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the fourth round in 1972. Later he was traded to the Yankees with Greg Pryor and Cash for Sandy Alomar. Brian played all of 110 games spanning four years with the Yankees and A’s. In 199 at [...]
One of the things I enjoy about my card collection are the cards of the unknown or lesser know players and semi stars. I have been asked at times about these cards and just why I have kept them. Most have thought they were some kind of rare card that was worth some coin. But, [...]
I am really getting anxious to get some new product on the shelves at my local department stores. This week when I was trying to pick out a few packs to spend my weekly $10 allotment for the Challenge I ran into a teenager that was trying to pick out some packs. Its the first [...]
