My life and times in sports and baseball cards
Last night I opened the pack of 2008 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball that Santa left in my stocking. This fabulous looking Andruw Jones card was leaping out at me from the pack. If you look closely in the glove you will see the baseball is making like Prego, it’s in there. Just in case [...]
I had let just about anyone that asked me the question, what did I want for Christmas know that I would really enjoy some 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football for Christmas. My youngest daughter tried to get me a couple of blasters but all of the big box stores near us were out. Not to [...]
I have spent a little time and money lately getting back to my favorite insert set of 2008, the Topps 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookies. I picked up these two for a dollar each with the two Teagardens from the previous post. You know me, I like to combine shipping on Ebay.
Jay Payton was voted [...]
I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!! I hope this Christmas Day finds you happy, content, peaceful and healthy. May your stockings be filled with wax, your hearts with joy and your tummies with your favorite holiday food.
Someone asked me the other day why I seem to collect Catchers when my favorite position is Third Base. Well, I have kind of wondered that a bit myself. I do collect several hot corner defenders but one of my biggest player collections is Ivan Rodriguez and I have been snapping up all the cheap [...]
Maybe you are tired of hearing about the surprise box from Dennis but do we ever really get tired of reading about baseball cards? There were about ten Pudge cards in the box and six of those somehow had not found there way into my Ivan Rodriguez player collection. That means that I am six [...]
I was sitting in my chair eating my pancakes while watching SpongeBob when I got a surprising picture of how many perceive baseball card collecting today. Imagine that, a baseball card lesson from a cartoon about a sponge living under the sea.
The episode starts out with Spongebob on his way to the bank to [...]
I have more good stuff here from the Surprise Box from Dennis. It was only natural that I would collect these cards from 2008 Topps Baseball that are dedicated to each of the Topps All-Star Rookies I have collected each year.
The one thing I wish they would have done differently with these inserts is [...]
Continuing with my surprise box of cards from Dennis we have three former Texas Longhorns in their Collegiate unis just like I like them. Included in this trio are Tony Brackens, Selvin Young and Frank Okam.
The Brackens cards comes from one of the worst ideas in cards from The Score Board. Sadly I bought a [...]
I happen to be burning another one of my remaining days of vacation today with not much on the agenda for the day. That was until a knock at my front door revealed a Fedex driver delivering packages. One package came as a total surprise and the other was a stocking stuffer for my daughter. [...]
Its that time of year when people are making lists and checking them twice. From hot toys, to naughty or nice lists, to top Rookies and the ever popular Christmas Wish List just to name a few. So what does this post have to do with Christmas Lists and Checklists?
For starters one of the above [...]
Ever since 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football came out I figured as soon as I bought any I would be hooked and have to put the set together. Some of the posts and scans from my fellow blogging brethren had been planting the seeds since the release.
There were only two real turnoffs for me [...]
I have finally finished something since the whole Touch’em All project began. The player collections will never be totally completed but there is no reason why I can’t complete most all of the sets and subsets I start. Several days ago I got the last four cards I needed for the 2006 UD Special F/X [...]
Lately I have been picking up come cards pretty darn cheap on Ebay to fill some sets and player want lists I have been working on. These three beauties from 2008 Allen & Ginter Baseball are the latest additions to the Touch’em All Project. The three cards are a Ivan Rodriguez Bat Relic, Adam Dunn [...]
I have had a renewed appetite for one of my favorite players lately and on that momentum two more Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez cards slide safely into home. By home I mean toploaders and a new place to hang out. You see these two Pudges have been sitting probably in a box somewhere on a shelf [...]
