tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68460056425253586652024-02-21T08:00:25.799-06:00no one's going to read this blogJeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-66305997343402453822022-09-20T21:07:00.001-05:002022-09-20T22:01:55.144-05:00New technology in the collecting game<p>As mentioned on my previous post, I haven't bought much in the way of trading cards in quite some time. Everything seems a little different now in the collecting word. I don't seem to see a lot of card packs in the Targets and WalMarts like I used to. Also, place like Vintage Stock don't seem to stock much in the way of cards unless it's Pokeman or Magic the Gathering. <br /></p><p></p><p>The one new development that might only be new to me is the invention of the horizontal binder page.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-XFaWzYkpmdGuRPSQy-0-pQoF2eylnCvN7ZU3wvkuDskUKYm9o7YcEevhoPEHL5eEvp0f57DK9jvQv29tshgsjJjBLDkxevR9dobONi2XNPPpTAB7BMBRpxeTGOXxc7RkLVG3-TbMcr2xz-EBSLe2Vek3JbzlWm7wqB_uBmkZEDRd29IHSk3yEYM/s4000/IMG_20220822_201240369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-XFaWzYkpmdGuRPSQy-0-pQoF2eylnCvN7ZU3wvkuDskUKYm9o7YcEevhoPEHL5eEvp0f57DK9jvQv29tshgsjJjBLDkxevR9dobONi2XNPPpTAB7BMBRpxeTGOXxc7RkLVG3-TbMcr2xz-EBSLe2Vek3JbzlWm7wqB_uBmkZEDRd29IHSk3yEYM/s320/IMG_20220822_201240369.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. I'm so starved for hobby related material that I genuinely got excited when I saw these at the Vintage Stock. </p><p>I really didn't want to leave totally empty handed as I couldn't even find a good graphic novel or comic to buy. No packs of non-sports OR sports to be had. No singles, nothing really at the closest Vintage Stock, so I got 4 of these pages for now, and one of those Funko blind boxes. This particular set is from Marvel's What If...? animated show. </p><p>I haven't seen the show, but I do like Marvel related stuff. I was looking for a cool Zombie Captain America, but pulled an Ice Loki ? </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34xzmHuZ1YBcQrKYmXpLXrJopK_2pDVopNm_5N-ArVF-L3NcVdQMRBhV4_RydiSRSMVHVCqBBEUOGGiBzO7kI88l6fi_yMswc8EyZNBC_rHKpPXHM_3KrLiO_muzxwr2nbVHtKUX-B0aAqwmOWCNw_DCC4hXOUhmswjy-yC4ysYOLXjYU5b7fbGXD/s5472/IMG_7744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34xzmHuZ1YBcQrKYmXpLXrJopK_2pDVopNm_5N-ArVF-L3NcVdQMRBhV4_RydiSRSMVHVCqBBEUOGGiBzO7kI88l6fi_yMswc8EyZNBC_rHKpPXHM_3KrLiO_muzxwr2nbVHtKUX-B0aAqwmOWCNw_DCC4hXOUhmswjy-yC4ysYOLXjYU5b7fbGXD/s320/IMG_7744.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I remember the old "What if... ?" comic books. It was a pretty good premise for an anthology like book back in the day. I'll have to check out this show sometime and see if it's like the old comics, or maybe it's a new "alternate universe" type of concept. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hyzY16KpMLCtzD0ARuA2qAQ8RWRctoCGrkLwMqLtzyy_1x29ZJrJwCqYHw6kFRk0GKRhmfpyAVvoG4TmXP9dHeTEBnlz2NpfZptRuOV00EZgkO8hPLO4l3yJV8xX7CAxPvX-QrRIfltqHRXDahrsn7QliOQTRqfZlXttUdf5QTNSj6hg6xHfCpxY/s2250/IMG_20220912_205636600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="2250" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hyzY16KpMLCtzD0ARuA2qAQ8RWRctoCGrkLwMqLtzyy_1x29ZJrJwCqYHw6kFRk0GKRhmfpyAVvoG4TmXP9dHeTEBnlz2NpfZptRuOV00EZgkO8hPLO4l3yJV8xX7CAxPvX-QrRIfltqHRXDahrsn7QliOQTRqfZlXttUdf5QTNSj6hg6xHfCpxY/s320/IMG_20220912_205636600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><p>About those binder pages... I really should have bought more. I can totally see using these for my little '74 set that I'm putting together. Honestly they would work good for my favorite horizontal cards too. </p><p> My '74 "set" that I'm going for is pretty much just the 12 or so cards depicting the World Series from 1973. I found a couple of these at a local card shop years ago, and I forget where the other ones came from. I just remember thinking that having the Met's from the '73 season would be cool as I'm sort of trying to complete that set, and I felt like this would be a nice companion to that. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQQ2LPI-sIczL7mLbSH-C4rRwaV_aPS85ySTjpcwyHYtXqcIqPA5I_gE9-qPSGT1lw6hU6OzpYvAZbnGcwHJGrkfVUuzMSPYI_rIXmWlLHnymILtPBZZJs3kLrrRzVU2fgTvVAj_zNN_i0Q9TQbeXCKntqOMwXCLwL44eRWibHH5OK_3SDCGQtkPY/s4000/IMG_20220909_225624084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQQ2LPI-sIczL7mLbSH-C4rRwaV_aPS85ySTjpcwyHYtXqcIqPA5I_gE9-qPSGT1lw6hU6OzpYvAZbnGcwHJGrkfVUuzMSPYI_rIXmWlLHnymILtPBZZJs3kLrrRzVU2fgTvVAj_zNN_i0Q9TQbeXCKntqOMwXCLwL44eRWibHH5OK_3SDCGQtkPY/s320/IMG_20220909_225624084.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKyY5YQ708owdVQVDMknQC5Cg0wwwrhiIZSnyk1ApdrTMnVQ2SPnAJVtdbWxly1i6YqA1Zt7yf-LEO8vFAzQZ58fNiY4zW3rG77zOvrVFF8NXlNzeJh6BCePZDMApT1ROMd0vjYlS6Vw-0hJZwF9SZ86_addH4LGDqGtmfS2-mfU-mcY6smION9e6/s4000/IMG_20220909_225646406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKyY5YQ708owdVQVDMknQC5Cg0wwwrhiIZSnyk1ApdrTMnVQ2SPnAJVtdbWxly1i6YqA1Zt7yf-LEO8vFAzQZ58fNiY4zW3rG77zOvrVFF8NXlNzeJh6BCePZDMApT1ROMd0vjYlS6Vw-0hJZwF9SZ86_addH4LGDqGtmfS2-mfU-mcY6smION9e6/s320/IMG_20220909_225646406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The possibilities are somewhat endless. It wouldn't make sense to use these on a set that has both vertical and horizontal cards, but sometimes those little insert sets would be all horizontal. Of course, the 55 and 56 sets were horizontal, so they make good candidates for the new pages.<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklo5iMnIx4SC6tcIf7yJLHHbH6CaU6eg2ojT7srwJsP_gglXn57Y4RCTun5TIx2A9JXb_DViUSJELhpu8Q3T_75f47JOmNLezuRBzypL_0UjYsV7iN9__cKNdI-pS4h2UYS4L1NPo6A948agTflecZ7i4q9hTNVxTiYqvP8aaMPuKCVRXOVyyN728/s4000/IMG_20220822_201317003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjklo5iMnIx4SC6tcIf7yJLHHbH6CaU6eg2ojT7srwJsP_gglXn57Y4RCTun5TIx2A9JXb_DViUSJELhpu8Q3T_75f47JOmNLezuRBzypL_0UjYsV7iN9__cKNdI-pS4h2UYS4L1NPo6A948agTflecZ7i4q9hTNVxTiYqvP8aaMPuKCVRXOVyyN728/s320/IMG_20220822_201317003.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I kind of forgot how many of these vintage cards that I had in the vintage box. These are all from different sets, but it's a lot easier to look at them in pages.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsLgUL9h8CuXyNQh9Fdc2f71zUi0xPCyKeB_aFdv6DdLW_RtapUXW1YVC8X8gvKg8dD6-PCaX6rcWUufqPGuliZK8J-NgKnXZMR_AdymRaW6ajmZPm7YfR1MMkbBQO5vNqVsFlscD8qARawNAAtlvyX1BSBQqnSJI6bAz3khh2E7Byhqj37TLASaf/s2475/IMG_20220822_201310142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="2213" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsLgUL9h8CuXyNQh9Fdc2f71zUi0xPCyKeB_aFdv6DdLW_RtapUXW1YVC8X8gvKg8dD6-PCaX6rcWUufqPGuliZK8J-NgKnXZMR_AdymRaW6ajmZPm7YfR1MMkbBQO5vNqVsFlscD8qARawNAAtlvyX1BSBQqnSJI6bAz3khh2E7Byhqj37TLASaf/s320/IMG_20220822_201310142.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p> </p>Eventually I'm going to use these for my random "Cool Action Shot"
set that I'm making out of whatever cards I think looks cool. Since it's been several years since I totally went through my collection it might take a minute to actually find which binder/box. <br /><br />Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-65539563566770757442022-08-02T12:34:00.002-05:002022-08-02T12:35:07.350-05:0010 Years Gone<p> Almost 10 years have gone by since I last posted. 10 YEARS!!! How does time fly by so fast? </p><p>So many things that happened. Good and bad. Nothing different from anybody else's life, but still....10 years!!!??? I still can't believe it. I put most of my collecting on hold. Life happens and most of that was more important than my collecting hobby. I have like 5 hobbies going at once, so this one took a back seat for a while.<br /></p><p>I would go to the hobby store and grab some singles from the sets I'm collecting, but I pretty much decided I wasn't interested in buying and building new sets anymore. I did grab a few Garbage Pail Kids and a random pack or two of "new stuff", but mostly just a bunch of randomness.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjvozTE4DibCkwYBAMoVr5pAnfra_vBzGaw1XXbJINiUnnIsKcODnR58qKlq_WrRIbFewEp-Bp3r7gwtzGHwySUw1RW8mkICSiTfonYtmlS106D-gdN0cWYLvZnP_EAiHCw2W6n-8yfO3PTa2EJupKf2WPHXQxhMKtX95NX3JkSSfpz3YCG4Phk2e/s2500/IMG_7754%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjvozTE4DibCkwYBAMoVr5pAnfra_vBzGaw1XXbJINiUnnIsKcODnR58qKlq_WrRIbFewEp-Bp3r7gwtzGHwySUw1RW8mkICSiTfonYtmlS106D-gdN0cWYLvZnP_EAiHCw2W6n-8yfO3PTa2EJupKf2WPHXQxhMKtX95NX3JkSSfpz3YCG4Phk2e/s320/IMG_7754%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><p>Saw these Chrome GPK's online, but they didn't really grab me, but seeing them in person changes my mind a little bit. I do like shiny chrome. Who doesn't? I still haven't seen any A&G in chrome and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it as it just doesn't make sense to me. The appeal of A&G is that it is a retro set and as such, probably looks better without all the 21st century snazziness. If I ever see a chrome pack of A&G these days I'd probably buy a pack as I can't seem to find much at the Walmarts and Targets like in the past.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieLf9jkbeaaIU9Y6OcIPyl9Y805HFPSyDJxbBwZKlmZYovHyJSeQfEfgsZF3BNrYnLxw9XtUcMe4h_tGSXn3OzwoTxAPmjLYsDqKMaRjhbJphOa0sa3LZgZPYwvQ-wD86zT8L50nrg77yTUWQA6qJKRc4RPuUwOIdwnB3O9fCEjcvZseMoP0R_UNb/s2500/IMG_7757%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieLf9jkbeaaIU9Y6OcIPyl9Y805HFPSyDJxbBwZKlmZYovHyJSeQfEfgsZF3BNrYnLxw9XtUcMe4h_tGSXn3OzwoTxAPmjLYsDqKMaRjhbJphOa0sa3LZgZPYwvQ-wD86zT8L50nrg77yTUWQA6qJKRc4RPuUwOIdwnB3O9fCEjcvZseMoP0R_UNb/s320/IMG_7757%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>GPK is one of my all time favorites, but they be a little hit or miss on the concept of their new sets. This was from the 35th anniversary set and it was really right up my alley as it more of a homage(I won't say re-hash) of the older sets that I remember from my childhood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHodQCHWzVyeHh7be49kG-5Z2X47yib9J0bi34UOzymf_nDID3aB8ms2RwnEjFI_vmRqAFBRGQ22bYNQfDP2qdMdShj9DrpRcAG1Kgca2NjsMb0sBTpi-8-yjK4S1PwYUmjAwe8zr--rLYoZ02OCYQk13pDhcuxsUxP8fJwXaCVR6AZM-EeuiYgeB3/s2500/IMG_7758%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHodQCHWzVyeHh7be49kG-5Z2X47yib9J0bi34UOzymf_nDID3aB8ms2RwnEjFI_vmRqAFBRGQ22bYNQfDP2qdMdShj9DrpRcAG1Kgca2NjsMb0sBTpi-8-yjK4S1PwYUmjAwe8zr--rLYoZ02OCYQk13pDhcuxsUxP8fJwXaCVR6AZM-EeuiYgeB3/s320/IMG_7758%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>This was from 2017 I think. It was a music based set. It makes me feel old sometimes. Before this post I heard a song by Sting's band and for the life of me I couldn't think of the name of his old band. Took me hours to remember "The Police". I'm getting old.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMuMVFGJu0jbun0YaOKrzQ7iDMpJrzvBBp4yrWTiebNmzy7FFiQ7F7civqLeLtnybfRBBkPsmczQ8jj1SqLMc-0veTvShlhVw4iUu9AdiCUDuJJyyqyjKQxAmne8AAML3ZRL3OtdwNR-X3Z9uXfaM0Itk2D-4sOH2CXQlmMZfNWkGvjFshhAy0QNx/s2500/IMG_7759%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFMuMVFGJu0jbun0YaOKrzQ7iDMpJrzvBBp4yrWTiebNmzy7FFiQ7F7civqLeLtnybfRBBkPsmczQ8jj1SqLMc-0veTvShlhVw4iUu9AdiCUDuJJyyqyjKQxAmne8AAML3ZRL3OtdwNR-X3Z9uXfaM0Itk2D-4sOH2CXQlmMZfNWkGvjFshhAy0QNx/s320/IMG_7759%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I don't even remember buying this. I consider myself a Star Wars fan. Actually it was the first ever movie that I watched. I don't see anything of note in this pack.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNicT9eyPufXuxcUAnypVOoh3-0FmHVXFyYf1MwbMJoGL8Ac9t6mL5NgChzd7iwlVkB9nVqApUiuxSFiFOP4oUE9a4I6YPUogmdXfjklhKroTiKzht31jB7q18N5tvmLubwwwjAbrO5B8J7sqmLTIW6xJeIv4cXx8SMZy2_XQepGXPgUnTiFy29RM/s2500/IMG_7748%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZNicT9eyPufXuxcUAnypVOoh3-0FmHVXFyYf1MwbMJoGL8Ac9t6mL5NgChzd7iwlVkB9nVqApUiuxSFiFOP4oUE9a4I6YPUogmdXfjklhKroTiKzht31jB7q18N5tvmLubwwwjAbrO5B8J7sqmLTIW6xJeIv4cXx8SMZy2_XQepGXPgUnTiFy29RM/s320/IMG_7748%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I got a few cheap boxes from Facebook marketplace. Some Stadium Club, 90's era Football Pro Set, and this really cool box of Series One Mad Magazine. </p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrxMJPWI1KicsnnMzVi2jMCpx-4z0QQ0HE-IHUb35xxJyDviunSUTRKmChMAZH4lSe7TcK8KDPyefg2VfQuxwos5YnA7-QLDBfYBzWLC3hR2YlLnZzKou5iDCYzgOp6Fz7XipT_0QkIVOGJ2ZoBblcTI3FWGXoUxoRj2k_hvT8LUdMF5SnSFYlnL6/s2500/IMG_7761%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrxMJPWI1KicsnnMzVi2jMCpx-4z0QQ0HE-IHUb35xxJyDviunSUTRKmChMAZH4lSe7TcK8KDPyefg2VfQuxwos5YnA7-QLDBfYBzWLC3hR2YlLnZzKou5iDCYzgOp6Fz7XipT_0QkIVOGJ2ZoBblcTI3FWGXoUxoRj2k_hvT8LUdMF5SnSFYlnL6/s320/IMG_7761%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p>Really weird checklist numbering system. I guess keeping up with the concept of "Mad". I was able to build a couple of sets of this stuff and have a few packs left over. Someday I really need to do a random box break/pack break thing with my random unopened packs. Not that I have a lot of unopened packs. Really hard to resist ripping packs when I have them.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHh4b1buk45DCp-kS0G3fQJEYUROrMTuJB4BZTCR6JfeliyAoqhLNRO8GSx4algbL6xvIgWDo-QLT__EHX0IMbk95xmR6HTdI0_ztsiN0cyF8WLlEdRUB7lhiDpu7myBt2YnKA1eKmJ25ymtt1IPVq6X7d1ScCDoBb1ESUYmRqxzMFTvKxbVuxdgP/s2500/IMG_7752%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="2500" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHh4b1buk45DCp-kS0G3fQJEYUROrMTuJB4BZTCR6JfeliyAoqhLNRO8GSx4algbL6xvIgWDo-QLT__EHX0IMbk95xmR6HTdI0_ztsiN0cyF8WLlEdRUB7lhiDpu7myBt2YnKA1eKmJ25ymtt1IPVq6X7d1ScCDoBb1ESUYmRqxzMFTvKxbVuxdgP/s320/IMG_7752%20copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Having not been a collector in the early nineties, I didn't really realize how big these pro sets were. I thought for sure I could get close to finishing up a set with 36 packs, but I didn't. I still got the painted Super Bowl MVP subset finished though. Or at least, I think I did. I need to check again. 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I need to search out more older boxes like this.</p><p>Thanks for reading! Hopefully I'll be more proactive in the future with some more posts.</p><p> <br /></p><p><br /></p>Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-46828091739578983412013-12-03T01:08:00.001-06:002013-12-03T01:08:43.426-06:00Trade with Democratic Roadkill<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvtnUqKfz2xLwqDAwGXeMFjp5MmqDdTy6OEJW_S7-QeU3hW8_YYGU9muLhT88fJO1ssYhCxUMl7LGuip2LelLPR6n_4b7a-n6Ew6iR2cfX9kuE7GtZbNAXioCwQ1s6Yhe5IcEvzbNCg/s1600/IMG_4612.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767107289647826178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvtnUqKfz2xLwqDAwGXeMFjp5MmqDdTy6OEJW_S7-QeU3hW8_YYGU9muLhT88fJO1ssYhCxUMl7LGuip2LelLPR6n_4b7a-n6Ew6iR2cfX9kuE7GtZbNAXioCwQ1s6Yhe5IcEvzbNCg/s200/IMG_4612.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 161px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
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Quite a few months ago I received another large package from Duane at <a href="http://abshokie.blogspot.com/2013/12/current-want-lists.html" target="_blank">Democratic Roadkill</a>. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd time that we have traded. He always sends me a huge collection of cards, most of them Allen and Ginter. This time was no different; as you can see from the above photo he obliterated my want lists for the 2011 A&G set. Duane usually sends over some cool, random Mets cards from vintage to present, but I'm going to focus on the A&G stuff this time out.<br />
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If you didn't already know, Duane is quite the Ginteraholic. More so than me. I thought I could out Ginter him, but nobody can out Ginter the master. From what I can tell from his blog he is basically putting together master sets of all the Allen and Ginter offerings and doing a much better job than I. He's been showing off his <a href="http://abshokie.blogspot.com/2013/11/2013-rip-card-part-deux-double-rip.html" target="_blank">rip</a> <a href="http://abshokie.blogspot.com/2013/11/2013-rip-cards.html" target="_blank">card</a> collections as of late. <br />
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Most people are probably sick of 2012 and 2013 A&G, but this is 2011 A&G so maybe you guys will like the rediscovery.<br />
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Some nice base cards to start us off. Non-sports base cards at that. One is known for jumping around like a crazy person and the other is known for being an Iron Chef. They both look like they are into the extreme area of their professions: extreme running and jumping and extreme chefing.<br />
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Here's a video of <a href="http://youtu.be/7lMR2BVGlRk" target="_blank">Tim "Livewire" Shieff</a> for you to get an idea of what this guy does. I watched it with the sound off, so it could have language that is NSFW. The sound does matter unless you can hear his ankles shattering. At least I'm assuming they're shattering, my ankles and knees hurt just from watching the video.<br />
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A few examples of the short prints that Duane sent over. Vermillion is the only person that I haven't heard of.<br />
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I didn't realize that Brett Anderson was an Okie. Both his and Matt Holliday's dads were both OSU baseball coaches. This is Bedlam week in Oklahoma; the rivalry game between OU and OSU so these cards fit my mindset this week. With the way OU is playing on offense (badly!) and they way OSU is playing on defense (pretty good) this could be crappy end to the football season for us Okies, I might have to avoid the internet for a while and seek solace in my trading cards.<br />
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The Animals in Peril mini set is nice. A little depressing I guess, but informational. Who knows, maybe a baseball card collector can some how turn the tide and help out some of these animals. Maybe influence a young person to go into agriculture? <br />
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The sketch cards are always nice. I like them because I have an interest in art and drawing myself. The Twins card is a little odd in that it is a drawing of a drawing.<br />
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The David Wright card commemorates his being the youngest Met to reach 1,000 career hits. This game was played on 4.27.2010. According to the internet this was a game with the Dodgers and the Mets actually won the game! With a 79-83 record maybe that should have been the highlight instead.<br />
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The Texas flag on Cliff Lee's jersey looks odd in black and white. The hat logo also looks out of place in B&W. I guess the artist wanted to bring more focus to the player's faces. The rest of the drawing isn't completely desaturated; the red piping on the catcher's gear is present. It just seems like those logos would really make the whole drawing stand out more.<br />
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The one thing I like about these Worlds Most Mysterious minis from 2011 is that
they continue the design on the back. I don't know much about design
terminology, so let me show you what I'm talking about.<br />
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The World's most Mysterious Figures have this name plate, right?<br />
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Topps continued the same style of nameplate on the back of the card and just
elongated it to hold the text and they added some curly q's. I think the
correct term is strikes or keys, but I usually call them curly q's. But it's still the same basic shape.<br />
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I don't think they usually do that even for A&G. Since I haven't bought a lot of 2012 or 2013 A&G maybe they do now. I just found it interesting at the time. Up to this point I'm pretty sure the inserts all had a different border on the fronts and backs.<br />
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Some people might call that laziness; I call it continuity.<br />
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One insert set that I really liked was the Step Right Up set. From what I can remember reading on the blogs a lot of people really liked this set. It's colorful and who doesn't like a circus?<br />
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The subject matter is cool, but the design of the card fronts is what really drew me in. The background/border is really cool. The font on the bottom is nice. I'm no font nerd, but it actually reminds me of the Oklahoma font that I've seen online. I'm sure their are many variations of fonts and they all have different names, but that's what I've always heard it called.<br />
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A blogging legend makes an appearance on the Portraits in Penultimate set: Mr. Mike Gellner.<br />
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I'm spacing out on what the name of his blog was. I'm pretty sure it was named after his kid (the little dude in the photo).<br />
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Thanks for the cards, Duane. If you all have a chance go over and check out the dude's want list/trade list and help a guy out!<br />
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I’ve been meaning to write this post for, well about a year
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I had many different ideas that I wanted to write about, but
for some reason I couldn’t get motivated to actually DO it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
funny, when I was I regularly blogging it was pretty easy for me to come up
with ideas and get them on (virtual) paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could keep the momentum going
and always had ideas to flesh out on the old blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not that many of those ideas were gold, but
at least it was something and I could knock out a post somewhat quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past
year or so I really have gotten out of the habit of blogging and it's been really hard to get back into writing. I still read the blogs though, I just can't get around to writing about cards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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One of the distractions that we all have to go through are the same personal things going on in anyone's life. Of course my life isn't any different, so I've also go my personal issues to get through as well. Good things mostly. Not the bad things people usually mean when they
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In this particular case I had many ideas on how I wanted to
thank <a href="http://cardjunk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dayf</a> for his sketch card that he sent me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I was pretty sure that no matter what I came up with, it wouldn't adequately reflect how much I like the cards that he sent over. The sketch of Sam Bradford above is the best of the package. The other cards in the package were nice, but weren't expected.</span></div>
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The Dream,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matisse</div>
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One of my early ideas for this post was to compare me and Dayf’s trade as
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I went to the Kimball Museum many
years ago to see the exhibit and bought this cool book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Skimming through the book for photos to scan
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I don’t quite remember all the details of their friendship.
Basically I think they were influenced by one another and at some point they became friends and started a correspondence by mail. In
their correspondence they started to work on a few themes; mentioning to the
other via letters what they were working on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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actually re-read the book rather than just look at the pretty pictures. Many books have been written on the similarities between each artists work even though they belonged to two different schools of art. Picasso being more famous for his Cubist works and Mattisse being part of the Fauvist movement.</div>
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to two of the masters of the art world, but it's the first thing that came to mind when he sent out his missive to the blogging community to trade pony sketches for Dayf originals. <br />
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Trading sketch cards is a really cool idea and I've only been able to trade with our fellow bloggers a few times so far. It's something I'd like to do more often.<br />
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via PWE to one another with blogs and email being way more accessible than the
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Anyway, that’s a long winded way of saying sorry to Dayf that
it took me this long to thank him for the cool sketch card and also the cards he sent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It's actually a painted card rather than just a sketch. Makes me feel a little cheap that I only sent him a sketch done with pencil and markers. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">This is the card that he used as inspiration for the art card.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Pretty good likeness. I don't do helmets very well myself so I know how hard it is to draw them well. The face is really well done too, I like his representation better than the original photograph. </span></div>
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This is my first (hopefully not last) Crown Royale card. Pretty nice die cut card
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I'm not exactly sure why or where Dayf got these uncut University of Oklahoma "cards". I'm glad he procured them and sent them over. They seem to be commemorating the 6 (at that time) national championships that OU has won in football. </div>
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Pretty cool. They come from the Love's stores. I didn't realize they had those in Georgia, but I guess they do. </div>
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Mark Clayton and Mark Bradley were really good standouts at receiver, which is saying something because in the Bob Stoops era we have been pretty deep at the wideout position. It's always nice to get cards of players in their college uniforms.<br />
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Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-77415674104384597102012-10-27T11:19:00.004-05:002012-10-27T11:19:57.666-05:00Oklahoma vs Notre Dame game <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I hear they’re organizing a football game tonight here in
little ole Norman, Oklahoma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#5 Notre
Dame is coming to town to play the #8 ranked Sooners. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notre Dame owns an 8-1 record against us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were responsible for ending our 47 game
winning streak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OU only lost 3 times
between 1953 and 1957 and all three losses were at the hands of the Irish.</div>
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Games like this are why I get excited for college
football.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t normally have a lot
of ranked non-conference games here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the past we have scheduled some nice non-conference games, but only a few times
have the teams been competitive on the years that they’ve visited our
stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve played host to Miami,
Florida State, Alabama, UCLA and Oregon. Only FSU, Alabama and Oregon were
ranked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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ESPN is set up outside Memorial Stadium and is bringing the whole
world with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll notice that I
don’t refer to our stadium as Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium. “Gaylord Stadium”
sounds like an insult that you hear on the playground in 5<sup>th</sup> grade. “Hey
nice going Gaylords, you lost to an unranked Texas Tech team at home!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I don’t like how the University decided
to change the name without consulting or notifying the fan base or alumni.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess if you donate enough money (and own
the local newspaper) you can do whatever you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too bad they forgot the original reason it
was named Memorial Stadium in the first place which is to honor the World War I
heroes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bob Stoops has a 79-4<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>home record so you think we could rename it something
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I really don’t think that having the World Wide Leader in
town really does anything for the game except make traffic a little more
congested. Games like this don’t need any more hype.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>College football fans will probably tune in
to this game regardless if they are fans of the two teams or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoever wins this game has a good shot of
appearing in the national title game; or at least staying in the national title
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I was going to do a statistical breakdown of the two teams,
but I realized that for the most part stats are meaningless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked at the Longhorn and Sooner stats
prior to the Red River Shootout and looked as if both teams were evenly
matched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe with the numbers people
we were even, but in reality we beat them 63-21 and it wasn’t really that
close. Texas scored 12 points in the last 5 minutes of the game. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stat people almost fooled me into thinking
that the two teams were evenly matched. I won’t make that same mistake twice.</div>
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Another thing that bothers me about stats is that they have
too many teams tied in those spots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Too
many teams are tied at 17 for example so if you can just average a few more
yards or restrict your opponent by a few less yards you could move several
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People who are familiar with Notre Dame say that they are
good on defense and bland on offense with an indifferent special teams
unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to think that OU is
pretty good offensively and defensively and we have a really nice returner in Penn
State transfer Justin Brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brown has
also been a pretty nice target for Landry Jones these past few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They seem to really have their timing worked
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According to MY stats OU’s defense looks to be giving up
about 10 points per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Notre Dame is
doing pretty badly offensively. I haven’t looked into too much, but as a team
they are scoring 26 points per game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most of those points were scored on Miami and Navy, but OU scored most
of our points on Kansas and Texas so I shouldn’t gloat too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of Texas how is it that the biggest
athletic department in the nation has fallen so far?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have good coaches and good players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t get why they suck so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>63-21. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow. I know it has nothing to do with this
game, but I’m still in awe of how well we played against them. Sorry. I
sometimes get sidetracked and like to reminisce about how much I dislike the
Longhorns.</div>
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I hope we can play that well tonight on Owen Field in
Memorial Stadium. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The turnover margin
will be key. ND has a great D-line and a somewhat inexperience secondary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OU looks pretty good in the secondary, but
sometimes doesn’t get enough pressure on the QB.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tonight should be different though. ND
quarterback Golston has his issues at QB. I don’t think he’s quite there yet,
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Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-34317741658084736842012-10-02T21:15:00.001-05:002012-10-02T21:15:40.840-05:00PerseveranceFor the first home game this season OU celebrated one of it's favorite players on the ticket stub. This is the second year that people have voted on their favorite players and the 6 chosen appear on the home game ticket stubs. I never really think about these things much. I think it's a good idea, but I never really go to the OU website to vote. It would be hard for me to find just a few players to nominate, much less vote on. They're all special in their own way. No matter the team or sport I'm sure most people have their favorites that never won a lot of post season awards or were recognized for what they did for the team.<br />
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Rocky was recruited out of Jenks high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1997. He played one season for John Blake's last team that went 5-6. They played 3 ranked teams all season 15th ranked Colorado. (I believe this one was broadcast on ESPN in the days before 24/7 football coverage. Why, I have no idea.) 20th ranked Missouri and 7th ranked Texas A&M. I don't remember the exact quote, but Rocky mentioned the crying in the locker room and the depression of being blanked by A&M 0-29 and the humiliation of giving up 41 points to OSU in a loss. Players like Rocky and Roy Williams confessed that they had a fleeting urge to transfer, but decided to stay with what they had started. <br />
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At this point in his career nobody thought he or the team would do much. Things looked bleak. The program was being surpassed by Nebraska, Kansas State, Colorado, Texas, Texas A&M. Heck, even OSU and Kansas was having more success in those days than OU.Colorado and Nebraska had both won National Championships recently and most of the teams in the new Big XII looked pretty tough.<br />
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Things started to pick up in 1999. The team would finish with a 7-5 record in Bob Stoops first season. The defense was stout against 13th ranked Texas A&M allowing 6 points in a lop-sided 51-6 win. OU would hover around the bottom of the AP 25 that year and would lose in the Independence bowl to Mississippi State. Most of the losses were because of the defense giving up leads in the fourth quarter. That could be a partly because of an offense that couldn't run out the clock and specials teams; not just the defensive deficiencies. Still some work to go if you're the leader on defense. Nobody on defense wants to lose the game in the fourth quarter and defensive mistakes.<br />
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2000 would see the Sooners return to national prominence with an Orange Bowl win over Florida State. OU had the benefit of starting out the season ranked 20th and having three teams ranked above them: Texas, Kansas State and Nebraska were all conference foes that had enjoyed recent successes against OU and possibly took the Sooners too lightly. Beating those three ranked teams helped a lot in the rankings and gave the team immediate and concrete goals to look forward to each week. In previous seasons the higher ranked opponent might intimidate the team, but not this particular group of guys. They were hungry to show what they could do and looked forward to the opportunity to see how they matched up to the competition.<br />
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Here's an bligatory Youtube clip. This is of Rocky forcing a fumble and the subsequent score in the National Championship game. <br />
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Rocky would force the fumble that would lead to a touchdown by Quentin Griffin that effectively sealed the win for OU. The offense hadn't done much in the red zone that night, but having the ball on the 15 yard line helped a lot. <br />
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This is the best screen shot I could find of the forced fumble. <br />
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Rocky finished his career as a National Champion, Big XII Conference champion, Butkus award finalist (2000) winner(2001) and a finalist for the Nagurski and Bednarik awards and a 3 time first team All-Big XII selection. He did all this with a fractured bone in his leg and a broken thumb.<br />
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Guys like Rocky are the backbone of any team. The tough, smart guy who keeps his head up and keeps at it. Unfortunately it doesn't always work out for a guy, but hopefully better things are in the horizon for some of these players. Rocky was drafted in the third round by the Tennessee Titans and finished his career in Indianapolis.<br />
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This particular card was sent over to me by Brian the Play at the Plate Dude. We've traded many times and this was a really nice card he sent over. He sent over a lot more than this. Hopefully I'll get around to posting up those cards soon, but for now I wanted to give a special post to this card.<br />
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I still can't believe that somebody would see a card that they knew I would like and picked it up for me. I'm not so sure I would have done the same thing.<br />
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I don't know how the perseverance theme applies to me to personally as a card blogger, but in life I guess we all should be positive and keep at it.<br />
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Thanks for the cards, Brian.<br />
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<br />Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-80872834688131756202012-09-30T13:40:00.000-05:002012-09-30T14:14:45.635-05:00Random college football observations<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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So I watched the OSU and Texas game tonight. This is kind of
a weird game for me to watch because I don’t really like either team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas is our main rival and OSU thinks that
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Normally I would route for a 0-0 tie, but I found myself
enjoying the game. The lead changed several times and it turned out to be a pretty
high scoring contest. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every time I would
yell at the TV; “don’t let them Longhorns score!! You idiots!” Then I would
realize that it’s cool that for a moment OSU was losing. Around a minute and a
half later OSU would score and I’d yell “don’t let them stupid hillbillies
score!!” and then I would realize that it was cool because that would mean that
Texas was losing (for a minute) Rinse and repeat and you have a final score of
41-36. Texas over Oklahoma State.</div>
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Texas scored with about 33 seconds left in the game. When I
turned over to the game in the third quarter I was surprised to see that Texas
was losing the rushing battle, because every time they had the ball they seemed
to be running the ball well with two different backs Bergeron and Gray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Occasionally they would do that stupid wild
cat thing that seems to be all the rage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>OU looked to be doing a version of the wildcat in 2009, but Bradford got
hurt, Offensive Co-Ordinator Kevin Wilson left to coach Illinois and we never
saw the wildcat again. (thank goodness!)</div>
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The best news for OU is that we were off this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our last game was a loss to KSU at home. Even
when we are bad we could always say that we almost always win at home. Only 4
losses in 13 seasons, now make that 5 losses in 14 seasons and we’re only 3
games in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OSU and Notre Dame both visit
Norman later this year and they’re both better than we are right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that matter Texas is better than we are
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a hard sentence to write. The one thing I can say about Bob Stoops teams is that they usually get better as the season goes on. Hopefully that will be true this year. We really don't have far to go to get better, but whatever it is doesn't seem to be obvious to our coaching staff. Or at least they aren't telling us what's going on. </div>
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I never thought I had seen a more crappier uniform than the
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monopoly sometimes, but these Adidas unis look like the most mismatched
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Picking through the cards at yard sales. flea markets and dime boxes at the local card store will sometimes yield some really interesting cards. Not the typical type of card in that it's of a nice player or because the photo on the card is cool or funny looking. Like most of you I also run across those types of cards.<br />
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I'm mainly talking about the cards that no matter the subject matter have obviously shown some wear and tear and in my opinion lots of love.<br />
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I used to not think that way. I would see a card like the one pictured above and assume that the previous owner or owners hadn't really taken care of it.<br />
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I should have known better; when I was a kid I collected comics. I knew some people who would buy two copies of a comic; one for the bag and board to be protected and never enjoyed and the other copy to be read. I never did that. I kept most of them in the bag with a cardboard back to try and keep them new, but I knew that they wouldn't be worth as much to anybody as they were to me. I used to read those comics all the time. They're a little worse for wear these days, but I still have them to read. They didn't suffer much.<br />
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I'd like to think that these cards that I come across these days are from the same type of owner. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's a new positivity thing I'm doing these days. Trying to look on the brighter side of things and all that.<br />
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Maybe I'm wrong and the former owners of these cards were all Mets fans and were taking out their frustrations on the cards that were reminding them of a not so distant past in which the Mets got to the World Series and lost. Maybe the owner just hated the Mets. <br />
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I didn't really follow the 1973 World Series much though as it was played in October 1973. Since I was born in March of that year, I really didn't have much of an interest in the game.<br />
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So when I find these 1974 world series recap cards I always pick them up. It's a start of a new collection in which I try and get the championship highlight cards from the previous year.<br />
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These 1974 cards first caught my eye because of the patriotic colors and the action shots. I've run across more of these action shots from other sets that I hope to get around to writing about.<br />
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I'm not so sure how far I'll go with this type of collection, but I really, really want to eventually find the rest of these cards from 1974. I have 3 so far and all three have some sort of damage.<br />
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When I found the first one at the flea market I vowed to find all 10 of them and upgrade this particular card. Now I'm thinking that I'll just try to complete this "set" and if it turns out they are all in damaged condition or miss-cut all the better. I'm not going to be worried about condition to much these days.<br />
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<br />Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-43439423331077839942012-07-26T23:30:00.001-05:002012-07-26T23:41:44.732-05:00Trip to the MuseumEarlier this month I took a much needed vacation to one of my favorite places. I've only visited New York City once in my life and it was nice to get back there. I mention in an earlier <a href="http://noonesgoingtoreadthisblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/infamous-day-in-mets-history.html">post</a> about going to a Mets game, today the focus is on going to some of the New York's art culture.<br /><br /><br />Don't worry, there is some card related photos at the end of this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu1BP7zgdr7lde2wtOWXUl8bjlSg9dcGVDpEgiPNtHrzOkYh8ZvCt90D_Res_h3g39WDkVUxX2z-F9JFZU067P3IS-MPLDuq_etxlb3BhkTbFGYte9Fuj5q5OXq8jhEFEkDzx1XKbZ1E/s1600/guggen+outside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMu1BP7zgdr7lde2wtOWXUl8bjlSg9dcGVDpEgiPNtHrzOkYh8ZvCt90D_Res_h3g39WDkVUxX2z-F9JFZU067P3IS-MPLDuq_etxlb3BhkTbFGYte9Fuj5q5OXq8jhEFEkDzx1XKbZ1E/s200/guggen+outside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768581618614143330" border="0" /></a><br />I've Guggenheimed once before and it was a lot nicer last time. I recall it was a surrealist exhibit featuring the works of Salvador Dali among other artists. My mind is not sharp enough to remember the other artists sharing the exhibit with Dali.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAnhtA3Al6I7UJeoPVD1r2YKwdqmMxQ-iAOl9Fb5cWh8Gq36copL385vonTaTNLmcyk_ygN5xInbQGN1Jp46Nhn9vth-XbuAUStrvemwx6BUNtlJPiRlhzIObWbgDDuG09Yr4_xyfbUA/s1600/guggen+inside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAnhtA3Al6I7UJeoPVD1r2YKwdqmMxQ-iAOl9Fb5cWh8Gq36copL385vonTaTNLmcyk_ygN5xInbQGN1Jp46Nhn9vth-XbuAUStrvemwx6BUNtlJPiRlhzIObWbgDDuG09Yr4_xyfbUA/s200/guggen+inside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768581508393317650" border="0" /></a><br />This time around it was a little odd. I ran into a really nice, kind of cute docent, along with a really rude older docent. The exhibits weren't that good, and part of the museum was shut down.<br />The Metropolitan Museum of Art was a lot nicer.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYGLMtvzbD0wLecNln3hK1iXNtBe3PYEu64AZ2zGj3h3nd_owyTggtGWfIvYXytmbQfHemQPNGlkhxCrm-6TWIylPnIcWGAqopwboQjcfchC33jzfKOe4yo8Se2X4OH3uACXgIlu6Bw4/s1600/IMG_4512+horizontal+crop+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYGLMtvzbD0wLecNln3hK1iXNtBe3PYEu64AZ2zGj3h3nd_owyTggtGWfIvYXytmbQfHemQPNGlkhxCrm-6TWIylPnIcWGAqopwboQjcfchC33jzfKOe4yo8Se2X4OH3uACXgIlu6Bw4/s200/IMG_4512+horizontal+crop+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768607772270109938" border="0" /></a> This was my first time visiting the Met. It's a huge, huge place. A lot larger than it looks on the outside.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkLfxVpS0YOFJpXOoPNLEaCB8NEEZ2qCM5k9Gp9GeMwpviuSwru9HA7fLH9lCDkKPdz2A5nDkETamHN5FMtlmybd5ciMc4jaI1ycGF1U1RXSvWzKta-l9RDp6my7dWELIunILqfvCT4s/s1600/IMG_4457+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkLfxVpS0YOFJpXOoPNLEaCB8NEEZ2qCM5k9Gp9GeMwpviuSwru9HA7fLH9lCDkKPdz2A5nDkETamHN5FMtlmybd5ciMc4jaI1ycGF1U1RXSvWzKta-l9RDp6my7dWELIunILqfvCT4s/s200/IMG_4457+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768608215972519442" border="0" /></a><br />I really don't remember all of the artists and time periods of the pieces that I saw.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZFbJDEIoOU319rr_1oPFrKytXRWzg5aDY09aCMhpGV7Jx-EjLwkjIdBjud1JxfsNaf1AjjjTruMsSjqxFtyjBCGgRhSTX6ZkCC8-gUxh5lU8DkpItvrIX-xb3oMRk_OZBuhSjidqPLE/s1600/IMG_4470+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZFbJDEIoOU319rr_1oPFrKytXRWzg5aDY09aCMhpGV7Jx-EjLwkjIdBjud1JxfsNaf1AjjjTruMsSjqxFtyjBCGgRhSTX6ZkCC8-gUxh5lU8DkpItvrIX-xb3oMRk_OZBuhSjidqPLE/s200/IMG_4470+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768609292101693554" border="0" /></a>I would like to sound smart and be able to speak intelligently about the artwork in these photos, but I'm afraid I would end up sounding like E. Buzz Miller:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEhucOi8MN3G0AF4BZ0HSPE4D9Itmifq0IemucJECIse8XO9cpgomJUzDOqkIUJ7PrKyoUEhgt2QGceiP9xan2z4QGpu7RbhOmYGRIqEDU994ecK7VcvMIWN6vLKG_Kyt9vMH-mHoqec/s1600/e+buzz+miller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEhucOi8MN3G0AF4BZ0HSPE4D9Itmifq0IemucJECIse8XO9cpgomJUzDOqkIUJ7PrKyoUEhgt2QGceiP9xan2z4QGpu7RbhOmYGRIqEDU994ecK7VcvMIWN6vLKG_Kyt9vMH-mHoqec/s200/e+buzz+miller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768607221076204402" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a <a href="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=278703" frameborder="0">link</a> if you are so inclined. I realize that if anyone clicks on the link now, they'll never finish this blog post. So I just lost most of my 2 or 3 readers. Oh well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd8KvXo6hTqz147tl3oVXkZN0IMwPiu9SpqQayvqeCxgIWGrZ-gE8Jrkn4n_sQhDId0bt1T5WfJxt2nB3M1WpB_8RYtZbySeBKFSeHflUzeWUjO5FKjNw_ZxsSDVGCKPHoImSwIn8xaE/s1600/IMG_4501+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd8KvXo6hTqz147tl3oVXkZN0IMwPiu9SpqQayvqeCxgIWGrZ-gE8Jrkn4n_sQhDId0bt1T5WfJxt2nB3M1WpB_8RYtZbySeBKFSeHflUzeWUjO5FKjNw_ZxsSDVGCKPHoImSwIn8xaE/s200/IMG_4501+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768607584855319282" border="0" /></a><br />"If you look closely you'll see a little Titian right there."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYp1rWjNZejzABf_n-9OIgjIwRSEBzBPXKWTQsHGYsnChgF7YQP4QuHDiterFSSMRd1KWbtNDZg7R2hgKbF_xpVRjAWT0ghH1xvyZ-SwHBFYR3FCIBynBkXzgoZkagujwQpfL4ZBUEYl0/s1600/titian+closeup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYp1rWjNZejzABf_n-9OIgjIwRSEBzBPXKWTQsHGYsnChgF7YQP4QuHDiterFSSMRd1KWbtNDZg7R2hgKbF_xpVRjAWT0ghH1xvyZ-SwHBFYR3FCIBynBkXzgoZkagujwQpfL4ZBUEYl0/s200/titian+closeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768607233069699986" border="0" /></a><br />There was a no photography sign by the front desk, but nobody really paid much attention to it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFPf-mnhqJZo_NHHubP5fHvvyXo-QC34XrlOe3cCgYIJz2Ia1S7sATKI8C0OJNDSO5ew_E1hAefXpv6wheT4VNArJ4VzL7o_aSAnHad5EkEpiJH48EK9Cx15Ar5_9Tt9t6CUGkif7LlU/s1600/IMG_4478+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFPf-mnhqJZo_NHHubP5fHvvyXo-QC34XrlOe3cCgYIJz2Ia1S7sATKI8C0OJNDSO5ew_E1hAefXpv6wheT4VNArJ4VzL7o_aSAnHad5EkEpiJH48EK9Cx15Ar5_9Tt9t6CUGkif7LlU/s200/IMG_4478+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768607987929282402" border="0" /></a><br />I held off as long as I could, but I wanted to get a few snap shots. I had my f1.4 lens so I didn't need a flash, but it has a really loud shutter so I thought I might get in trouble. I'm happy to report that nobody said anything about me taking a few shots.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i1hhdraOe93SoHSMQfNZK5MUAMrLXc6i8vuEI7LNb3nz95xRa38lP1b2HT8pGnibpMC7QGWxN9nciv7xD2A8nXKLeKNAJPGJmXiUiBXZ19Y22QshZSlpGtH3U22tPyLYjw67xnOnUCM/s1600/IMG_4464+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6i1hhdraOe93SoHSMQfNZK5MUAMrLXc6i8vuEI7LNb3nz95xRa38lP1b2HT8pGnibpMC7QGWxN9nciv7xD2A8nXKLeKNAJPGJmXiUiBXZ19Y22QshZSlpGtH3U22tPyLYjw67xnOnUCM/s200/IMG_4464+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768609126553936754" border="0" /></a><br />I promised something card related so here it is:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qh5Y1KrIupOb3_7SKIbXxEaf1yl-owgNw9cL9F7ldINq9mwBfysrGXY-MRHak7z-QtpdPdEtKldBiE-mXmrZgnLGJVtb0aBsg2BX7JvkR-SbIgK7yPzuAKlOKUUdiSl8OJmgABXou7s/s1600/IMG_4490+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qh5Y1KrIupOb3_7SKIbXxEaf1yl-owgNw9cL9F7ldINq9mwBfysrGXY-MRHak7z-QtpdPdEtKldBiE-mXmrZgnLGJVtb0aBsg2BX7JvkR-SbIgK7yPzuAKlOKUUdiSl8OJmgABXou7s/s200/IMG_4490+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611169543362306" border="0" /></a><br />I forgot which blogger mentioned that there was some cards from Jefferson Burdick's personal collection at the Met. I looked at the link and it seemed like it would be cool to check out. It was a pain to find that part of the museum. I finally found it about 15 minutes before they closed.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbHB50f5rAoeEY7MghQd5ulqxk7WwFm9EjMl5a2RGaX_y61qDnuEY6Br-MjjlL5Bhf9JgJZNLTelaXGWkyS0Gd1wG-cja4vD6czfRdJw7B1OGf-S56zpD5OogwLZMMx-0yteYXoWZ4Sk/s1600/IMG_4491+small+edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPbHB50f5rAoeEY7MghQd5ulqxk7WwFm9EjMl5a2RGaX_y61qDnuEY6Br-MjjlL5Bhf9JgJZNLTelaXGWkyS0Gd1wG-cja4vD6czfRdJw7B1OGf-S56zpD5OogwLZMMx-0yteYXoWZ4Sk/s200/IMG_4491+small+edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611035624249282" border="0" /></a><br />I was worried that I might not have enough time to look at all the cards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGE36SlrOhLSwREyVVO66AryGAT6AB0g27Kd3K_CUMi2EH4QEWUuYfXbD4P3RoqD6x8uhXSuF5C9hyhpN43RzCy4QOYH2hVscl3sKRX_cg6zMqNPuLD7lxlbZhr4Q-eItCOB_Z0kNIPo/s1600/IMG_4492+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpGE36SlrOhLSwREyVVO66AryGAT6AB0g27Kd3K_CUMi2EH4QEWUuYfXbD4P3RoqD6x8uhXSuF5C9hyhpN43RzCy4QOYH2hVscl3sKRX_cg6zMqNPuLD7lxlbZhr4Q-eItCOB_Z0kNIPo/s200/IMG_4492+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611294324693186" border="0" /></a><br />I shouldn't have worried; there was only one wall with about 30 or so cards.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKdw_QAVczryRhA1NuQL3xOT3INEbk6FumQoeWqtzgunJk2jwhnyadCMyNuIzgNP_bcYEOaeGJ_EFicedYwHR3BnIBDWxCqmMQr3_lld9EHcrI1u-q27S85a-PlPK9FdJTJxdmsH_g2w/s1600/IMG_4494+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKdw_QAVczryRhA1NuQL3xOT3INEbk6FumQoeWqtzgunJk2jwhnyadCMyNuIzgNP_bcYEOaeGJ_EFicedYwHR3BnIBDWxCqmMQr3_lld9EHcrI1u-q27S85a-PlPK9FdJTJxdmsH_g2w/s200/IMG_4494+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611527314576434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It wasn't an overview of his whole collection, just some of his cards relating to African Americans in baseball. A worthwhile exhibit, but I was just hoping for some tobacco era cards.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudH4snBswz5jNdowm7eTbWIhG7aLpv9gcZevY2d0Vbqbf84IUbpyvJ72LTeiAKe-B5mniUb8A5wAqfXd-YiWXeebsu8UfVk8CVq13o8YwZoZPa-PrEOsfN6fb8KWtXTI49GWn-zgA84k/s1600/IMG_4495+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudH4snBswz5jNdowm7eTbWIhG7aLpv9gcZevY2d0Vbqbf84IUbpyvJ72LTeiAKe-B5mniUb8A5wAqfXd-YiWXeebsu8UfVk8CVq13o8YwZoZPa-PrEOsfN6fb8KWtXTI49GWn-zgA84k/s200/IMG_4495+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611776901103442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtYcpwWnTiYF3i1k72PAIncZw56cAgNT4zY_YoFL0zqRKSBoced4whcMahSUxAI00f8_-IgHne_WxN1lc0MeFfwiuB_uI_vbA6Lj6udDtvmKyCewH0Zal-SGD_vyorIxcXxGLQ5k0Kck/s1600/IMG_4500+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBtYcpwWnTiYF3i1k72PAIncZw56cAgNT4zY_YoFL0zqRKSBoced4whcMahSUxAI00f8_-IgHne_WxN1lc0MeFfwiuB_uI_vbA6Lj6udDtvmKyCewH0Zal-SGD_vyorIxcXxGLQ5k0Kck/s200/IMG_4500+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768612732416953442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is another guy taking photos of the cards. His friend (son?) didn't want his photo taken. He backed off when I was snapping these.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHa0BwaoVFo8xM_wbRoyHf8gvrJn3LUdlifPo5FofotUv3Asa6upuTGjMfJu_onitnuiL7Bdp4vBhP_2JeUOEm4tjie-mtSKWmTW58VjNhPgNIDRVFG0_avjIN6yXvNrUndNSgeYOKZY/s1600/IMG_4497+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHa0BwaoVFo8xM_wbRoyHf8gvrJn3LUdlifPo5FofotUv3Asa6upuTGjMfJu_onitnuiL7Bdp4vBhP_2JeUOEm4tjie-mtSKWmTW58VjNhPgNIDRVFG0_avjIN6yXvNrUndNSgeYOKZY/s200/IMG_4497+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768612069088366002" border="0" /></a><br />I was shocked that this was all there was in the exhibition. I yelled out "Is that it?!!" A little embarrassing, but nobody else was down there except the three of us. They were just as disappointed as I was.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPJjurVj7EMaHjBJEf-O1_bCr7mwzgTT1rDXxtOXah1CvJU2EaGbAC3lzGJHY9WQJHU4rAUJW8Xd_p4CKIfRVzFzH0x8OHQgIbFEu-Y0FzgBX_NqB00BoB9Sh4Z8MaLsoQf691Dwa5v8/s1600/IMG_4498+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPJjurVj7EMaHjBJEf-O1_bCr7mwzgTT1rDXxtOXah1CvJU2EaGbAC3lzGJHY9WQJHU4rAUJW8Xd_p4CKIfRVzFzH0x8OHQgIbFEu-Y0FzgBX_NqB00BoB9Sh4Z8MaLsoQf691Dwa5v8/s200/IMG_4498+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768612159519375266" border="0" /></a>Still some really nice cards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiIkzTVrbJLWHCW8a3jTbBmH4ucxLJcgqXHh7fVOvqbTVSu5oZpBWYj05oIWCYoPBagwwxz8qxyC5-ttYRS4wXpdXjA22qmhPycOaf3aLalWLUvSyl59RhZ0NoWgfLR0lxevCNWK-hDo/s1600/IMG_4496+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiIkzTVrbJLWHCW8a3jTbBmH4ucxLJcgqXHh7fVOvqbTVSu5oZpBWYj05oIWCYoPBagwwxz8qxyC5-ttYRS4wXpdXjA22qmhPycOaf3aLalWLUvSyl59RhZ0NoWgfLR0lxevCNWK-hDo/s200/IMG_4496+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768611975595214930" border="0" /></a><br />I barely got through 1/3 of the museum before being ushered out the door. I don't know if there was more Burdick cards in the museum. It wouldn't have mattered as I wouldn't have been able to find them.<br /><br />Making my way outside I noticed this street performer on the sidewalk in front of the museum.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOw82q4vBs_myXA0WzwlSMDId70JFHxTQlcEtVZTO1LsNpFoT32Pjqg4FuO_dd8xEaQoLAyGRqCs2ytOLrMdbhR_GM6y232Lxie7_tcGvmGU3lqPJII-rDlUsTaWGUhGhieEUOcVtdQE/s1600/IMG_4513+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOw82q4vBs_myXA0WzwlSMDId70JFHxTQlcEtVZTO1LsNpFoT32Pjqg4FuO_dd8xEaQoLAyGRqCs2ytOLrMdbhR_GM6y232Lxie7_tcGvmGU3lqPJII-rDlUsTaWGUhGhieEUOcVtdQE/s200/IMG_4513+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768742128509179906" border="0" /></a><br />He was playing a variety of songs from different countries on his clarinet and saxophone.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71nYMYdkt8DRXljWsa_zwa4h8JVZTtgSFhxeveiEejmzqfkqMwylfVwNm7eJJNeQwQLAVpH_5NhpccQdM5_Rqcp-D6j8NThv7MzLyjqw0twS5TxUNihv_oZ8SyV5vpd2Z7AS1hKcCDvQ/s1600/street+performer+reject+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 79px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71nYMYdkt8DRXljWsa_zwa4h8JVZTtgSFhxeveiEejmzqfkqMwylfVwNm7eJJNeQwQLAVpH_5NhpccQdM5_Rqcp-D6j8NThv7MzLyjqw0twS5TxUNihv_oZ8SyV5vpd2Z7AS1hKcCDvQ/s200/street+performer+reject+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768615897626409490" border="0" /></a><br />I tried taking his photo, but as you can see it was easier said than done. I'm used to getting photos of people in action, but I've never had an experience where someone tried to get as close to me as possible. He moved around pretty fast, but slowed down enough for me to get one shot.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6h30ZjmSASztzHOB_Q7iOnBOETLnkhbCh6Z4kj0-jYapS__8uMFxZs5F87EcwhZ_eY9vYyGB9Mw6U-1U2PBkrdHPiwhM6xfFcyOiQ0sEYHDxz2kre8lTagyNRssT1AGK-gLx6SqqJL-w/s1600/IMG_4522+edit+crop+S.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6h30ZjmSASztzHOB_Q7iOnBOETLnkhbCh6Z4kj0-jYapS__8uMFxZs5F87EcwhZ_eY9vYyGB9Mw6U-1U2PBkrdHPiwhM6xfFcyOiQ0sEYHDxz2kre8lTagyNRssT1AGK-gLx6SqqJL-w/s200/IMG_4522+edit+crop+S.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768742593775831874" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I finally got one good shot.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS3tAkBApvi8PrcxtzZbYK3ZOHpMbtH95BTQQ_yHnEoM70Lqcap-C7g_RRShFPCw3BYoE_ZOdCddAqtPtUrYiYNBpE3tYAW0_G5vi7PunNKhaPtG4d8Bv7A6ZSrHZ3ilrv6VW_mjne2o/s1600/street+performer+triptych+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIS3tAkBApvi8PrcxtzZbYK3ZOHpMbtH95BTQQ_yHnEoM70Lqcap-C7g_RRShFPCw3BYoE_ZOdCddAqtPtUrYiYNBpE3tYAW0_G5vi7PunNKhaPtG4d8Bv7A6ZSrHZ3ilrv6VW_mjne2o/s200/street+performer+triptych+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5768616083432884322" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a shot of a girl trying to take his photo on her phone. As you can see he is too fast for her and her cellphone camera.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2735A7dRUH1B-jWFanu5dq9lzfFY3tp8aQunBsoF2qorrX03JnzbTPQfRyEQOageklJUcQ1-CZ43CThI0jmYc4FkkzxVxegw2Ne0n8g9c6ZMY2Mf8hJ7iEH2RuDbQtroxutnhcGgT19k/s1600/IMG_4549+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2735A7dRUH1B-jWFanu5dq9lzfFY3tp8aQunBsoF2qorrX03JnzbTPQfRyEQOageklJUcQ1-CZ43CThI0jmYc4FkkzxVxegw2Ne0n8g9c6ZMY2Mf8hJ7iEH2RuDbQtroxutnhcGgT19k/s200/IMG_4549+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5769698138230782290" border="0" /></a>At least he got some tips for his effort.<br /><br /><br />This probably should have been three smaller posts, but I got carried away. I hope you all enjoyed looking through my boring vacation photos.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-15646242808588348632012-07-25T22:52:00.001-05:002012-07-25T22:52:00.436-05:00Consolation cards from My Cardboard Mistress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNbTkrTP3z1YWIX7YnNcSUDd_GMezYEVALZrouJlkyliJnkMx4iVmQaZlWrYtaLzIVo93ypLFLwYMRy5y7Jdy_nN1rIN_tCpX1E6yEbA7vfDF3AIfL0AL9JJ_8EcmVaQhKg8ytolz0tA/s1600/burdick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNbTkrTP3z1YWIX7YnNcSUDd_GMezYEVALZrouJlkyliJnkMx4iVmQaZlWrYtaLzIVo93ypLFLwYMRy5y7Jdy_nN1rIN_tCpX1E6yEbA7vfDF3AIfL0AL9JJ_8EcmVaQhKg8ytolz0tA/s200/burdick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767735976276356866" border="0" /></a><br />Recently I got a consolation prize in the mail. Funny thing is, I didn't lose a contest. At least not personally. <a href="http://mycardboardmistress.blogspot.com/">Spankee</a> was nice enough to send some OKC Thunder cards to me as a consolation for the Thunder losing in the NBA finals. I sent him some random set list wants that he was looking for and a trade was born.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9xcZ0sA2okf5U2xoNn3ZRSrfzk3nNPfE9Gzbx7nzY4wCLCDI3wJBIdIWeyT5qlZXVeTR2JzV6Rg_sf7Rft8o4xtsj_T5aCWA5Rq_m7ZRV3Wceo1fW0J3oYRDfc2ciT7AUeBA4rirUqw/s1600/pannini+insert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9xcZ0sA2okf5U2xoNn3ZRSrfzk3nNPfE9Gzbx7nzY4wCLCDI3wJBIdIWeyT5qlZXVeTR2JzV6Rg_sf7Rft8o4xtsj_T5aCWA5Rq_m7ZRV3Wceo1fW0J3oYRDfc2ciT7AUeBA4rirUqw/s200/pannini+insert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767736830424522226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Times like this I wish I had more to send a guy in return sometimes. I'm hoping that trade karma is working in my favor. In this case it definitely seems to be working out for me as he sent me a lot of cards that I didn't have. I don't buy a lot of basketball. Mostly it's baseball and football and the roundballers get over looked.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx0EOb2my8VV34kv0jrb8A7f6oB7WaIgEqOOB5RKHJgMIEOvC6XcbHjOpj8WQHrmvMRFwSBoh9iycHD6VU8GDWONDMjFv6uN01miKpdajtDOTwy-lASuBASMIys7Ay3-BfjRv2vOJK9k/s1600/westbrook+ucla.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx0EOb2my8VV34kv0jrb8A7f6oB7WaIgEqOOB5RKHJgMIEOvC6XcbHjOpj8WQHrmvMRFwSBoh9iycHD6VU8GDWONDMjFv6uN01miKpdajtDOTwy-lASuBASMIys7Ay3-BfjRv2vOJK9k/s200/westbrook+ucla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767737066391625634" border="0" /></a><br />First off I need to mention the calling card shown at the top of the post. The Burdick mini card. It will go nicely in the other calling card and sketch card binder pages that I'm amassing. It's a little too big for a mini page, so it will go in the 9 card page.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXgZENe-3TJYisED9r6cx-EtqcqI_OkNz_TjI83aWvoDlA_4gSIRJbGcpxSBy5xIWv2mJuM9ytxUpItb_q2500PwiHX6a56Qfl6LL3etpjLHsrRLMGZudAAcj6w5VX61V3-5ur7Gs56s/s1600/2+more+westbrook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXgZENe-3TJYisED9r6cx-EtqcqI_OkNz_TjI83aWvoDlA_4gSIRJbGcpxSBy5xIWv2mJuM9ytxUpItb_q2500PwiHX6a56Qfl6LL3etpjLHsrRLMGZudAAcj6w5VX61V3-5ur7Gs56s/s200/2+more+westbrook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767737188005000722" border="0" /></a><br />First off Spankee had a nice idea for the NBA playoffs; he did a pack break before every play off game. He scored every pack and the Thunder did quite well. I have only bought a few basketball packs, but I rarely pull any Thunder cards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsPataI-yFVTOR_suaupoIJxTnCuJ2BdZym6DuIIp0RbMc3t7o0KbUlvPiq9m5DxSBx80dN1IOwtq29-ZAbvQWaRuCA9nhIeFETjZfZcgHdE57kAw5l8eqjclwvY_F5IiXtw_bVdRLG4/s1600/d+j+white.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsPataI-yFVTOR_suaupoIJxTnCuJ2BdZym6DuIIp0RbMc3t7o0KbUlvPiq9m5DxSBx80dN1IOwtq29-ZAbvQWaRuCA9nhIeFETjZfZcgHdE57kAw5l8eqjclwvY_F5IiXtw_bVdRLG4/s200/d+j+white.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767735618238599586" border="0" /></a><br />I actually have a decent amount of 2009 Pannini, but I only pulled one. The cards themselves are okay. The D.J. White is the nicest one. It's like he's inflating himself to get to the basket. The two Clippers are relegated to standing by and watching.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5T63VerRfGbbKxGheE02-uat-n8U9VRDD2kbZtBh3AcivdZmsXpwUP61jDuncN58KB5EItwMagT7rPNb1YE7lcKOqdna0-MLXbTo8OcgxX9ETRQV8NGQiq9UEqRusy5wE1de0R1WxOs/s1600/bench+players.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5T63VerRfGbbKxGheE02-uat-n8U9VRDD2kbZtBh3AcivdZmsXpwUP61jDuncN58KB5EItwMagT7rPNb1YE7lcKOqdna0-MLXbTo8OcgxX9ETRQV8NGQiq9UEqRusy5wE1de0R1WxOs/s200/bench+players.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767734108070496002" border="0" /></a><br />Sefolosha and Collison are both nice bench players. I've been aware of Collison since his days at University of Kansas.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc81IHayIqNJzfRMfnIooM2I06SHpp5C-iMo3jM3NZaXIZa9_X8FleGe_qSfdM9mO0mNuH1WzAjdm8fQkkYjBTDr2bTM9Vbz27iBQgGI4NzO7gPk9G9RLfXnC1NUejqURECs7YYdkrTE/s1600/desmond+mason.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc81IHayIqNJzfRMfnIooM2I06SHpp5C-iMo3jM3NZaXIZa9_X8FleGe_qSfdM9mO0mNuH1WzAjdm8fQkkYjBTDr2bTM9Vbz27iBQgGI4NzO7gPk9G9RLfXnC1NUejqURECs7YYdkrTE/s200/desmond+mason.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767735819251184834" border="0" /></a><br />Desmond Mason has been retired a couple of seasons now and was a member of the Oklahoma State basketball team.<br /><br />I didn't realize he was as old as he is. He was the first player in Supersonics history to win the slam dunk contest in 2000.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROG4BU0GGBtlX91kMhcCtN4LANmFt115eZZp-6V-Yvx1m3LWOldocpyKPAl8ajuNWakc0WpzKPIza8aJ5qRaK-WBC38btwrlotQ_9qp599UxQVdOueVeWDqZ2xogs4Al2mlsfGPBWcm8/s1600/action+durant.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiROG4BU0GGBtlX91kMhcCtN4LANmFt115eZZp-6V-Yvx1m3LWOldocpyKPAl8ajuNWakc0WpzKPIza8aJ5qRaK-WBC38btwrlotQ_9qp599UxQVdOueVeWDqZ2xogs4Al2mlsfGPBWcm8/s200/action+durant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767734297618941650" border="0" /></a><br />It's so funny that I'm actively collecting a former Texas Longhorn. As long as they he isn't in a burnt orange uniform I'm okay with it. Come to think of it I also like (and would like to collect) Cat Osterman. She's pretty cool. For some reason I like Earl Campbell. I don't know why exactly. I think it's because a few years ago I read that he was in ill health and that bothers me when older athletes show their age. If you search for Earl Campbell on Youtube I'm certain you'll find a video of him in the Cotton Bowl with 11 different OU players draped all over him as he runs over, around and through our entire team. Yikes! I don't want to see that again, but you can look for it, I'll wait. I'll have nightmares if I watch that video again.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSkFNWhapjlYL67oqKr5X0K37tbDwfwFQGLG6G8QxH2abGe8Xz62o5mkAaGiylY4aaYfD_rANp87Afl9Zn0nbZLR6zEdTvNsyCVFy-7rVBawbwxloK0umEV9kId0hWwbjF5qEL28plUg/s1600/seattle+durant.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSkFNWhapjlYL67oqKr5X0K37tbDwfwFQGLG6G8QxH2abGe8Xz62o5mkAaGiylY4aaYfD_rANp87Afl9Zn0nbZLR6zEdTvNsyCVFy-7rVBawbwxloK0umEV9kId0hWwbjF5qEL28plUg/s200/seattle+durant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767737339685929778" border="0" /></a><br />I don't mind the Seattle Sonics logo though. I really like the gold and green color scheme. Very Green Bay Packersesque.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWs_hHZfnkNkofLKKxikbMt-1BOcX0cOvKuGXNjfPpZ__n0O40IYfHrznkFSH7WTjE2S_njzJI_Z0QIVwzH3r55lgtU_x6X2C7TDSdJjpToQfjUwqrTKPtTFmIHa8C9Vbbpja0jgJFb4/s1600/durant+rookie+stars.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWs_hHZfnkNkofLKKxikbMt-1BOcX0cOvKuGXNjfPpZ__n0O40IYfHrznkFSH7WTjE2S_njzJI_Z0QIVwzH3r55lgtU_x6X2C7TDSdJjpToQfjUwqrTKPtTFmIHa8C9Vbbpja0jgJFb4/s200/durant+rookie+stars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767737686015427746" border="0" /></a>I kind of wish that we could have kept that color scheme with the move to OKC, but I understand the logic of creating a new color scheme with the new logo and name.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiij2uhVw_1An0HPAM7GyYEj7wvpcOZdcf5tQhXKS19mWNv16GCBHNFOuzw4TFqx0dA0j_ZY8liCwZcoxLTNFXaaxPSCvf6_ieFVpa8TctZ726K_dtAVMgZsc2XeWxD6UtZm-tVCvcCI/s1600/soph+westbrook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiiij2uhVw_1An0HPAM7GyYEj7wvpcOZdcf5tQhXKS19mWNv16GCBHNFOuzw4TFqx0dA0j_ZY8liCwZcoxLTNFXaaxPSCvf6_ieFVpa8TctZ726K_dtAVMgZsc2XeWxD6UtZm-tVCvcCI/s200/soph+westbrook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767737410074194370" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks very much for the cards and thanks for reading.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-63090670070082346742012-07-24T21:30:00.001-05:002012-07-24T21:30:39.104-05:001960 Cardboard reflections from Cardboard CollectionsColbey Hopper over at <a href="http://cardboardcollections.blogspot.com/2012/07/4th-of-july-special-vintage-americana.html">Cardboard Collections</a> put up a nice 4th of July trade bait post. He was offering up a nice selection of vintage. Since I was free that afternoon, I was checking over the blogs and jumped at the chance to grab some vintage.<br /><br /><br />The 1960 set is one of my favorites. 1965, 1959, 1972 and 1960 are all sets I'd like to complete one of these days. If I see these cards at a card store or a flea market I'll try to grab a couple here and there to collect before actually concentrating on amassing as many as I can.<br /><br />I wasn't drawn to these because of the players. I haven't heard of any of these dudes, I just wanted some 1960 vintage.<br /><br />Having a Kansas City A's card is kind of cool though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACR0Ch5SsDCtoB0yDYNzQsshaIDFE5705O9lPv-0vFWnTUMoPEUdAEaykWwaOgdRt5jnIsx2qtr-EGYUka5dUXO-XD2TMkFbFChMY90CiiRKdwpL3hwraZPN4yPE-F05t6x9tm1QGUcU/s1600/john+tsitouris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACR0Ch5SsDCtoB0yDYNzQsshaIDFE5705O9lPv-0vFWnTUMoPEUdAEaykWwaOgdRt5jnIsx2qtr-EGYUka5dUXO-XD2TMkFbFChMY90CiiRKdwpL3hwraZPN4yPE-F05t6x9tm1QGUcU/s200/john+tsitouris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767861408101459986" border="0" /></a><br />1960 would be the 5th season for the Kansas City Athletics. They previously resided in Philadelphia. At the end of the 1960 season they would have a 313-456 record with no winning seasons.<br /><br />They decided to trade away most of their players. Many of those players would play for the Yankees, and would give the A's the nickname of being the Yankees farm team. Roger Maris was one of these trades.<br /><br />The owners wanted to rid the team of the Philadelphia players so that the team would have a new identity. Technically they were right as they adopted a new identity of cellar dwellers.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/kcityas/kca_s.html">sportsencyclopedia</a> 1960 is the year that one of the owners Charlie Finley resorted to many different tricks to try and drum up some interest in the team. He constructed a zoo in the outfield, a robotic rabbit to bring out balls to the umpire and also he would dress up the grounds crew in space suits. Nothing worked much for the 1960 team as they went 58-96.<br /><br /><br />When I first looked at the card I immediately recognized the green and gold on the card design. I assumed it was a color scheme based on the team colors. Upon closer inspection I noticed that the hat was in blue and red. Apparently they changed colors in 1963 with an eye to TV. Finley thought that TV viewers deserved to see more than the traditional red, blue and black.<br /><br />With all that inspection, I never got to the odd name that drew me to looking at the card in the first place. Oh well, maybe that will be for another post one day.<br /><br /><br />Speaking of names, let's look at Don Cardwell.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3apH_y5rGxW5l_ybvt62Ppk0SV23Ulpc2Xv7Rq3Wgo5xz7H0DwB3ldOqNHx5hu1zCaX4-xVFV_SbFI_xd5vFredg1H3kOeJSKQRgzSyuX1iEFibUARK8HC_mkHQ_clV6Iapih6-3gSI/s1600/don+cardwell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_3apH_y5rGxW5l_ybvt62Ppk0SV23Ulpc2Xv7Rq3Wgo5xz7H0DwB3ldOqNHx5hu1zCaX4-xVFV_SbFI_xd5vFredg1H3kOeJSKQRgzSyuX1iEFibUARK8HC_mkHQ_clV6Iapih6-3gSI/s200/don+cardwell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767863445925438626" border="0" /></a> Nice name for a card blog post. He would own the distinction of being the first player to throw a no-hitter in his first game after being traded. That would be around the time this card was pulled from a pack. The only problem is that he had been traded to the Cubs by that point after spending 4 seasons with the Phillies.<br /><br />He was also a part of the 1969 Mets World Series team.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG9f14Nkmog9pYcaVN6nJ8wqpHkGYXmHe0IF2vnCohNEe2jFh7MbLS1aqrRvqEKOQpsEj-VT4dZ85lEV7RIXUCf29dKqA7L6YaEGF1C0H77A10vsIBvd_MNn7on9Yi_XkkaVzyW0GxpI/s1600/hal+brown.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeG9f14Nkmog9pYcaVN6nJ8wqpHkGYXmHe0IF2vnCohNEe2jFh7MbLS1aqrRvqEKOQpsEj-VT4dZ85lEV7RIXUCf29dKqA7L6YaEGF1C0H77A10vsIBvd_MNn7on9Yi_XkkaVzyW0GxpI/s200/hal+brown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767868778731024498" border="0" /></a><br />Hal Brown's best season statically was in 1960. He owned a 12-5 record with an ERA of 3.06.<br /><br />He looks a little bothered by being photographed for this particular card. From what I can tell online he looks to still be alive and kicking. Good for him. Actually all of the players featured on this post except for Don Cardwell are still alive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgValfSupFzftS2yJqzfV7zWomIXftX8A1Z0EyZqSri4mRqtvNtiCvEgoSJB53ff2cwQ43LvlORoqK45WVt0oScJCZqX93fc7URpjd2tW_zjfdnAoXsFr-HTfhYqHlp04kfIHazXyb3xYY/s1600/george+altman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgValfSupFzftS2yJqzfV7zWomIXftX8A1Z0EyZqSri4mRqtvNtiCvEgoSJB53ff2cwQ43LvlORoqK45WVt0oScJCZqX93fc7URpjd2tW_zjfdnAoXsFr-HTfhYqHlp04kfIHazXyb3xYY/s200/george+altman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767875649779325842" border="0" /></a>George Altman was the first major player to hit two home runs in the same game off of Sandy Koufax. August 4th, 1961. That would also be the date of our current president's birthday unless you believe in all of the conspiracy theories.<br /><br />He kept Don Cardwell's no-hitter alive against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 15th, 1960 with a ninth inning catch. How's that for a conspiracy? Somehow it all ties together. The losing pitcher in that game was Hollis, Oklahoma's own Lindy McDaniel. Three seasons later he would be pitching for the Cubs. I would do more on his tenure with the Cubs, but I'm going to wait until I get one of his Cubs cards of my own.<br /><br />That's all I've got in the tank for these four cards.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPbL_7dLcoo8zgiFSQIUs457FBDcKFictrTNekHnLIh8hcJaFe_nE4dJj6Snlc3-o9NCqZs2l-lXI2QvjIepQRD1ogIuHf6ejp7dOJ94tTKY3xIXj1bbDboXvKejH_xR2XivOsWbQpHI/s1600/002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPbL_7dLcoo8zgiFSQIUs457FBDcKFictrTNekHnLIh8hcJaFe_nE4dJj6Snlc3-o9NCqZs2l-lXI2QvjIepQRD1ogIuHf6ejp7dOJ94tTKY3xIXj1bbDboXvKejH_xR2XivOsWbQpHI/s200/002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767861312187002930" border="0" /></a><br />Oh wait, one more thing; something I noticed about the cards themselves is that the higher number cards have darker backs than the lower numbered cards. I only have a couple of more of these 1960 cards and they seem to follow the same theme. I don't know the checklist for the different series for these cards, but I'm guessing that's what's going on here.<br /><br />I noticed another thing while looking at the backs; these are all guys from North Carolina. Interesting, as Colby is from N.C. Hmm, I'm glad he gave up these guys as I'm really happy to get them for my collection.<br /><br />Thanks for the cards and thanks for reading.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-81905960718715560892012-07-23T17:08:00.000-05:002012-07-23T17:08:00.812-05:00Trade with High 5 manJustin and I completed a trade a few months ago, and in my usual fashion I'm still trying to get my trade posts out. He runs a nice blog <a href="http://just-in-justinsworld.blogspot.com/">Justin's World</a> that covers a few different sports like softball, baseball and he's interested in getting a bunch of sport and non-sport autos. Interesting read.<br /><br />He sent over some cool 2011 Topps baseball cards for me. These cards have cool subjects, but also somewhat interesting backgrounds.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT3ITJ3N1HpE70ujHy-DRADZBg9916QGMbIZt-GNZSnwHH6gPoCU8URM5GFllJ0IJlAsS7j7ZjaZA9O8qQaWkPdOHDz5hViEoI4vEnohXFGTdFJLqLIHO8p3yS3p4q-4DD_KaUHh5SHo/s1600/derosa+201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPT3ITJ3N1HpE70ujHy-DRADZBg9916QGMbIZt-GNZSnwHH6gPoCU8URM5GFllJ0IJlAsS7j7ZjaZA9O8qQaWkPdOHDz5hViEoI4vEnohXFGTdFJLqLIHO8p3yS3p4q-4DD_KaUHh5SHo/s200/derosa+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767814785860784466" border="0" /></a><br />This DeRosa card appears to have been taken at a Mets game. Hard to tell, but I think the players in the dugout are wearing Mets blue hats with the orange logo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsTpGM-wetyytuFl69TuASJtwVWJUynY2azvh3nnKHpnfws_A663z6oeuzrepN5SrHLlijOcGSBokwY-ksLoXT9ogwvqR0_XQoi1V5sb1lzouRAXkuONscxlGbHCI2Pj0lj683GQHoBs/s1600/narveson.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsTpGM-wetyytuFl69TuASJtwVWJUynY2azvh3nnKHpnfws_A663z6oeuzrepN5SrHLlijOcGSBokwY-ksLoXT9ogwvqR0_XQoi1V5sb1lzouRAXkuONscxlGbHCI2Pj0lj683GQHoBs/s200/narveson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767814100556171250" border="0" /></a><br />No batter in this photo, but it does have the pitcher, catcher and ball in the shot. Nice expression on Narveson's face.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8qWh8KLgd4F97Brb-hCNJtugqQ4EgOC14d1ir6PpTUnJ2Bj3Z1lrNxSeVfL4U5AGDPZv5lrlgEPhA67qzBD-IFgXvrEHLjnyTcg6UOpOpxU7s-Jy3WgojowMwX1spt9psqguGeOhoVQ/s1600/pirates+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8qWh8KLgd4F97Brb-hCNJtugqQ4EgOC14d1ir6PpTUnJ2Bj3Z1lrNxSeVfL4U5AGDPZv5lrlgEPhA67qzBD-IFgXvrEHLjnyTcg6UOpOpxU7s-Jy3WgojowMwX1spt9psqguGeOhoVQ/s200/pirates+2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767814162656906290" border="0" /></a><br />I think that even in years that I'm not actively collecting the set I should just find as many team cards as I can. I'm still collecting this set and I like what they are doing with the team cards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizemjOOKDGQKTQws2L9kCT9RLD7RbRcE_fnRrrBRv_F_MOPvEwzWsZCymfWj6Aqq0qlsT6Uv0RyEo_17zAKPt48UUWveiFHMPEecBR71Zb1NUDSwRCAQb4Q1-9EWOlrjtpYAn6IXobMU/s1600/pujols+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizemjOOKDGQKTQws2L9kCT9RLD7RbRcE_fnRrrBRv_F_MOPvEwzWsZCymfWj6Aqq0qlsT6Uv0RyEo_17zAKPt48UUWveiFHMPEecBR71Zb1NUDSwRCAQb4Q1-9EWOlrjtpYAn6IXobMU/s200/pujols+2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767814224726851554" border="0" /></a><br />A pre-Angels Pujols card. I can't tell if this was taken at a Cubs or Mets game.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKZjepHD0Hjm19djqfmyZtVZRQv_086ekudDQFkjSAL7cHYSGdhn-t8P0-XywvRDFIerw6jH1xHS9vVfR1igAGGaU4HdxUsK3U59LbJOhGFUgdtSfqa9mzvE2Qyhov2J2kY9Sj6bj_-k/s1600/scan0005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKZjepHD0Hjm19djqfmyZtVZRQv_086ekudDQFkjSAL7cHYSGdhn-t8P0-XywvRDFIerw6jH1xHS9vVfR1igAGGaU4HdxUsK3U59LbJOhGFUgdtSfqa9mzvE2Qyhov2J2kY9Sj6bj_-k/s200/scan0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767814278244334194" border="0" /></a><br />This card was brought to you by Caesars Palace! Another cool expression.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj385brv2GVdjM2xpWK2WXbHPxVlEgRfOO0fqVCRnYPGHmco8trzRItbBqpEPiU0ZBD98IbkdmSmS6yzpREnQuQajUakkdR6w5M2c6a-qvMMdJyPHeKwsFOjU-PjnpKpZtmRwLvV-XF9FI/s1600/walker+2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj385brv2GVdjM2xpWK2WXbHPxVlEgRfOO0fqVCRnYPGHmco8trzRItbBqpEPiU0ZBD98IbkdmSmS6yzpREnQuQajUakkdR6w5M2c6a-qvMMdJyPHeKwsFOjU-PjnpKpZtmRwLvV-XF9FI/s200/walker+2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767813998898740498" border="0" /></a><br />I've always wanted to interview or ask a guy like Neil Walker how nice it must be to play for your hometown team. It doesn't happen here much as we only have AAA baseball (OKC Redhawks) and of course the OKC Thunder, but the Thunder is pretty new to us. I don't think a local guy has played for either team. I guess the closest is when a local guy signs with one of the local college teams.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the cards Justin and thanks for reading.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-43461594598468714092012-07-22T08:38:00.001-05:002012-07-22T09:38:16.735-05:00Player collection Conundrum- Trade with Fuji son<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DPMlPc1Vwlj6qIqR_QGK75-CbotjKDJtRmA3NYVh2jE4bM8gTf2SlzPctmff_jJky4sEM_Ri-LcIHscfuk8pdb6af9VzHCIEuRyJC1vVBI2xONzjJbCtPtIToMJH7QMIcEFv0v8BfRI/s1600/2010+playoff+contenders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DPMlPc1Vwlj6qIqR_QGK75-CbotjKDJtRmA3NYVh2jE4bM8gTf2SlzPctmff_jJky4sEM_Ri-LcIHscfuk8pdb6af9VzHCIEuRyJC1vVBI2xONzjJbCtPtIToMJH7QMIcEFv0v8BfRI/s200/2010+playoff+contenders.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767114307376858882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />A few months back <a href="http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/">Fuji</a> put out a call for cards of old A's, Giants and some other random cards for his student's and for his own personal collection.<br /><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fAHQF1kpne4Ejk4Oww3Kvq_B3jywvQYxJrFjBYpv-C7SCGbPiO2LPsjyb2Ri2LaW7ct22u1QF5egiQiSshdT1JT6jrYwVnVACiZi1v90uSH09h8yxEw5WXZYuCLePRM4S603yEoi05g/s200/09+DE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113545360199410" border="0" /><br />I'm always looking to weed out some of my duplicates.(aren't we all?) so I offered to send him some stuff. I inquired about some Adrian Peterson cards that he had. I wasn't so interested in the parallels he had listed on his trade bait page, I was just looking to round out my A.D. collection.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4eVq2SF9PBluhkv6o5pRGOfhvkKGc_ZHhVPwO9wWcfJ7AdodGEPUz-LpYJc3zAQDSHT8y56xe6GrbB9XjexO_7Nyrps_hfiL1M92E_BljmAhpTEc0xSek-eeYaqdtl0YdoCYztz4ZR8/s1600/09+prestige.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4eVq2SF9PBluhkv6o5pRGOfhvkKGc_ZHhVPwO9wWcfJ7AdodGEPUz-LpYJc3zAQDSHT8y56xe6GrbB9XjexO_7Nyrps_hfiL1M92E_BljmAhpTEc0xSek-eeYaqdtl0YdoCYztz4ZR8/s200/09+prestige.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113647318975474" border="0" /></a><br />He sent over a bunch of cards for my collection. After the trade I had to rearrange my binder pages to accommodate the new cards. My player collections are always evolving because I don't know exactly how to display them. Without a complete checklist at my disposal I usually just wing it.<br /><br />I started by putting the cards by year and then by manufacturer.<br /><br />I then started to arrange the pages by retro, shiny or base cards. I'm still not exactly sure what I want to do.<br /><br />I also like to have the cards of A.D. in his OU uniform separate from the ones in a Vikings jersey for some reason. If he ever plays for another team I'm sure I'll have to separate those out too.<br /><br />It's actually a pretty cool problem to have. I'm always looking for former OU players, but especially Adrian. I never did a proper post on Adrian, but I mentioned a little of why I collect him <a href="http://noonesgoingtoreadthisblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/flea-markets-and-hobby-shops-part-one.html">here.</a> The linked post switches gears a bunch, but at the bottom is a mention of the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.<br /><br />I need to do a proper post about that season one day.<br /><br />Getting back to collecting; I really actually do like collating and arranging my collection. It's a fun way to go over the nice cards in your collection. No need to leave them in a binder or top loader gathering dust somewhere.<br /><br />A.D. needs to breathe! You can't let a thoroughbred stay couped up in a boring binder.<br /><br />It's so nice that all of these cards that Fuji sent over have Adrian in a running action shot rather than a forced posed photo. I'm sure there is a card out there of him posing and yes, I want it. So far most of the cards that I have are of him in an action shot. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6a_lrOoeImXlT9joTfy0rTrepXGqqHwqriSq3Lce59KORpHe5TE_RYfupq_P0Z-8h3Lw-L4XPU4hiQJuoc0ymzLs4HWDNfM54CujJ2bE_yHhofTHgM99LMW0bzKYgWqQ2MkQs_OzsHo/s1600/09+R+and+S.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6a_lrOoeImXlT9joTfy0rTrepXGqqHwqriSq3Lce59KORpHe5TE_RYfupq_P0Z-8h3Lw-L4XPU4hiQJuoc0ymzLs4HWDNfM54CujJ2bE_yHhofTHgM99LMW0bzKYgWqQ2MkQs_OzsHo/s200/09+R+and+S.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113814747133842" border="0" /></a><br />With all these new cards, I'm trying to decide where to put the three UD cards. I actually have the regular base card which looks a lot like this First Edition version.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7D0DU7myer5EPbOdRBdp5v9fNL66NhBaQcUXe8BBJ1np8_f0S3Z9LHpR8KH-dx71qrubSrNBWAxhGXkoN4lI6pNdauArGYiIuCiAGQJ0DgrpTubFizRebusYqvjiA2TyEtMX_ehvaRc/s1600/AD+first+edition.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7D0DU7myer5EPbOdRBdp5v9fNL66NhBaQcUXe8BBJ1np8_f0S3Z9LHpR8KH-dx71qrubSrNBWAxhGXkoN4lI6pNdauArGYiIuCiAGQJ0DgrpTubFizRebusYqvjiA2TyEtMX_ehvaRc/s200/AD+first+edition.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113819255602018" border="0" /></a><br />Pretty much the same card, but I still want it for the collection.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER38gOy9-epsRNw60mTWEXUK0aTzTXJzIOpapiFw_-IvXWnfZ5Rk8jzAx7rimXyVOohkJHEXcbkIehXqoNFHc67lDVJr-QOvaWCC3Azyi0XFRQ_R3rkZUnxaowKheL24V8MOef8HHKFA/s1600/master+AD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiER38gOy9-epsRNw60mTWEXUK0aTzTXJzIOpapiFw_-IvXWnfZ5Rk8jzAx7rimXyVOohkJHEXcbkIehXqoNFHc67lDVJr-QOvaWCC3Azyi0XFRQ_R3rkZUnxaowKheL24V8MOef8HHKFA/s200/master+AD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113983428437346" border="0" /></a><br />Which is basically the same as the Masterpieces card.<br /><br />Since these are all Upper Deck cards the first two cards should go together in the UD binder page, right? But since they visually look like the third card I thought they would look cool together.<br /><br />Hmmm. Decisions. Decisions. I'm thinking I should separate them out and forget about the fact they're all UD offerings and the novelty of the similarity of the photos.<br /><br />Retro it is. When I fill out a page I'll keep you posted. Right now I'm only at half a page. I know you're all on the edge of your seat waiting for the eventual update to my Adrian Peterson collection.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjXRbzj7BWE1ikmtyDt2H_i3jVDomdmTNh_DjaSluDcunTgKs3Dsfy2lPBKiEi6FFCsZARbrUyy_mT1HMV8JdjP3B09Wk7Wc21lqNWEj8AU-8jmGBev7bhzXr76JseeJEWNErLjlcI-A/s1600/butkis+ad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjXRbzj7BWE1ikmtyDt2H_i3jVDomdmTNh_DjaSluDcunTgKs3Dsfy2lPBKiEi6FFCsZARbrUyy_mT1HMV8JdjP3B09Wk7Wc21lqNWEj8AU-8jmGBev7bhzXr76JseeJEWNErLjlcI-A/s200/butkis+ad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767113916173525682" border="0" /></a><br />This is another horizontal action shot card of AD and Dick Butkis. There's not many cards of Adrian in a horizontal format. The two above with the regular issue UD card is all I have in the horizontal card department. Maybe someday I'll do a page of just horizontal cards. <br /><br />Thanks for the cards, Fuji. I'm looking forward to getting these all organized in my Oklahoma binder.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-45737734026540821062012-07-21T15:26:00.000-05:002012-07-21T15:27:02.631-05:00Trade with Chipp 'n' Dale blog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFKcs_wVPiO9dh77HeAGCKkX2eTRfV3lE5-HgTvaCh0eKkM99z7HML6Dk0mWjuivewG7Pi_9FY458vOmqwV2bU7mmoL-dq7gvjO9_1kNR1vHLfhZbDMS0GcEokyXluFUcFCGM7wdzDYc/s1600/sayers+mini.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 108px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFKcs_wVPiO9dh77HeAGCKkX2eTRfV3lE5-HgTvaCh0eKkM99z7HML6Dk0mWjuivewG7Pi_9FY458vOmqwV2bU7mmoL-dq7gvjO9_1kNR1vHLfhZbDMS0GcEokyXluFUcFCGM7wdzDYc/s200/sayers+mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767718301505222722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I came across a new blog <A href="http://thehomeofthebraves.blogspot.com/">Chipp 'n' Dale</A> the other night. He has a nice trade bait page. One card in particular stuck out to me which is the Gale Sayers mini card at the top of this post.<br /><br />It is one of those non advertised retail mini inserts that Allen and Ginter was known for. I hadn't been collecting for very long when 2009 A&G was released and these cards freaked me out a little because I thought they might be some sort of fake. I really do like the idea of football subjects in A&G at least in a subset.<br /><br />I grabbed the Adrian Peterson a few years ago and now this Sayers card. I'm still thinking that it would be nice to try and finish this set along with the rest of the mini sets.<br /><br />James also sent over a few Mets and Packers which were appreciated as I didn't have any of those cards.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lWy5Gsfq324vfRBtWn9sCPN0cbxnrs32IqSrJVqsvGBYygg2eMAjBVa7meVz2O2JwOWF_Vh_jgWqhFrb0Dga4U_Qt_NfLXqOx-aLNfHdTO6Kr1qa6Mhbxnk5kfZCycsqhkZvTVj_NuM/s1600/carl+everett.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lWy5Gsfq324vfRBtWn9sCPN0cbxnrs32IqSrJVqsvGBYygg2eMAjBVa7meVz2O2JwOWF_Vh_jgWqhFrb0Dga4U_Qt_NfLXqOx-aLNfHdTO6Kr1qa6Mhbxnk5kfZCycsqhkZvTVj_NuM/s200/carl+everett.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767718373190987234" border="0" /></a><br />I recognized the name Carl Everett, but I couldn't remember why. It wasn't for his play on the field; it was because of his odd comments about dinosaurs and the Opollo moon landing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLesLT2kYab1dtc_wRDO9C6k8bbwSiHEl5xG-kRS53-SpfKpw1ar5CGizhdC9_Mco3v_Fowa8ReAXvpz3VBe30NxmhNykbxzmH3GgWcAKsig5_pMqR1yBsP9HbgEPrhQSEyP9X7PzFsgQ/s1600/attax+DW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLesLT2kYab1dtc_wRDO9C6k8bbwSiHEl5xG-kRS53-SpfKpw1ar5CGizhdC9_Mco3v_Fowa8ReAXvpz3VBe30NxmhNykbxzmH3GgWcAKsig5_pMqR1yBsP9HbgEPrhQSEyP9X7PzFsgQ/s200/attax+DW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767719041757677154" border="0" /></a><br />I don't have many of these Attax and Toppstown cards. I'm not actively collecting them, but with this trade I think I have enough for a page of these types of cards of David Wright.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91a3MORKYblqA9MuEYqF0qkfjb9xtehbfvpNHwhjojGITGK9BSKay0r1riLVJqW5h4krdP4C3Lz_wlTTiKtEs3ZBUr8Q9oOclPtFQ3pfkIaRvGWTLdqyDy8RzI88TO-cBi-UcTEu0mJc/s1600/bubba+franks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91a3MORKYblqA9MuEYqF0qkfjb9xtehbfvpNHwhjojGITGK9BSKay0r1riLVJqW5h4krdP4C3Lz_wlTTiKtEs3ZBUr8Q9oOclPtFQ3pfkIaRvGWTLdqyDy8RzI88TO-cBi-UcTEu0mJc/s200/bubba+franks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5767719471881761298" border="0" /></a><br />And lastly a nice card of Bubba Franks evading fellow NFC north team the Vikings.<br /><br />Thanks for the trade James. Thanks for reading.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-5488743857612159822012-07-14T23:33:00.002-05:002012-07-14T23:34:14.682-05:00Trade with the Dutch Card GuyI received a nice trade package from Jeroen the <a href="http://europeanbaseballcardcollector.blogspot.com/">Dutch Card Guy</a> in the mail a while ago. It's always fun to get something in the mail. I was out of town when the package came so it was nice to sit down and relax and go through some nice cards.<br /><br />It was a nice, big stack of 2011 Allen and Ginter base cards. I'm determined to finish this set one of these days. Not so determined that I don't get sidetracked with vintage from time to time, but still some what determined.<br /><br />Having good trade partners helps a lot. Let's see what he sent over.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMn2sbSKalqxoYbvf8vbY9R1BBA8bVAvcjfFV82sGdVIdq5ES64NAvdVoxetS8GTAsIN7OTaCn6j3WUa7EfrjKv5En1fcVcP5kLcPvYJADGejKSLVzv0FT9ikZWG6dN_5vpPLo1L4_zm4/s1600/santanai+dutch+guy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMn2sbSKalqxoYbvf8vbY9R1BBA8bVAvcjfFV82sGdVIdq5ES64NAvdVoxetS8GTAsIN7OTaCn6j3WUa7EfrjKv5En1fcVcP5kLcPvYJADGejKSLVzv0FT9ikZWG6dN_5vpPLo1L4_zm4/s200/santanai+dutch+guy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5762075952812278690" border="0" /></a><br />Since Johan has been in the news a lot lately, we'll start off with him. He received the horizontal action shot treatment in this card rather than the vertical posed shot. He deserves a nice action shot card.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvLRolcS9-DooGtiQ8YkOTTpOsRUc_yrYjL_6ob3Ow1VXdwtreoUDjQml5Qd0-mrQ0Uv94Aae0c1vGOcm4Z1VtkzV3aZI_VvCN8QM7Ztm8pn0ErLowAyRPjEnHZ6qvKQLF5PK_jvI_zo/s1600/suzuki+dutch+guy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvLRolcS9-DooGtiQ8YkOTTpOsRUc_yrYjL_6ob3Ow1VXdwtreoUDjQml5Qd0-mrQ0Uv94Aae0c1vGOcm4Z1VtkzV3aZI_VvCN8QM7Ztm8pn0ErLowAyRPjEnHZ6qvKQLF5PK_jvI_zo/s200/suzuki+dutch+guy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5762073561246417810" border="0" /></a><br />Another cool action shot is of Kurt Suzuki with a play at the plate card. Looks like he's punching him in the face. Nice!<br /><br />A post from me wouldn't be complete without a couple of cards featuring some Oklahoma players.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIWzN34mmR-zOzfQgQrVdvE_-IfdDYzutgISOAmPhsvynOD_387rCEqzQaLETCT7BE3883uWuFwIX1tRznnMOIQafki2l9BiCRGMKm5lJS3ngqEwjUdbhFOqOBiZ_qkMIVnVvAdvrj80/s1600/2+okies+dutch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIWzN34mmR-zOzfQgQrVdvE_-IfdDYzutgISOAmPhsvynOD_387rCEqzQaLETCT7BE3883uWuFwIX1tRznnMOIQafki2l9BiCRGMKm5lJS3ngqEwjUdbhFOqOBiZ_qkMIVnVvAdvrj80/s200/2+okies+dutch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5762067865540347266" border="0" /></a><br />Matt Holliday and Matt Kemp.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxI43iQzYX_Lvjb00VlK4aAR4VPeJf4nTv0XgWgTPbV8mi6xFYsA68DZrEGRaoaQhXYLMx3tqW6_jhtn-i7pPx1Ttok56nyOFKlqr_jj5ANK4rLdYQMF6WLuKaW-YuylSKkppXZcAapg/s1600/mullins+dutch+guy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxI43iQzYX_Lvjb00VlK4aAR4VPeJf4nTv0XgWgTPbV8mi6xFYsA68DZrEGRaoaQhXYLMx3tqW6_jhtn-i7pPx1Ttok56nyOFKlqr_jj5ANK4rLdYQMF6WLuKaW-YuylSKkppXZcAapg/s200/mullins+dutch+guy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5762066803395551730" border="0" /></a><br />Amy Mullins was a paraolympic sprinter and a champion softball player in high school. She is currently a model and motivational speaker. She is also a double amputee. An interesting note; she can change her height based on with prosthetic legs she is using. Very interesting addition to the Allen and Ginter checklist. They need to include more of these types of people rather than the reality and TV show personality types.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5hEk8qtTjuDAMG2deQ6zz-FNkTtGC_9x9IlIsvUreQzjSUrjH-vFuAxeHR4kpMh6YBlCoRkmE6_LohAJvx94dnw1J2qts3sv0ISlyrNVZ61gT8WdoFUKayBSVblXC3gxkJYfKkHLE9U/s1600/guy+dutch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 148px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5hEk8qtTjuDAMG2deQ6zz-FNkTtGC_9x9IlIsvUreQzjSUrjH-vFuAxeHR4kpMh6YBlCoRkmE6_LohAJvx94dnw1J2qts3sv0ISlyrNVZ61gT8WdoFUKayBSVblXC3gxkJYfKkHLE9U/s200/guy+dutch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5762066729633655666" border="0" /></a><br />And this dude was famous for being the "King of Cornhole" for 6 years straight. According to the card back Cornholing is basically a bean bag toss. I had a different assumption before reading the description.<br /><br />Thanks for the cards, Jeroen! I hope we can trade again sometime.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-32796638241418631912012-07-03T14:50:00.001-05:002012-07-03T14:51:10.421-05:00Trade with Potch Wheeler<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuX-U4uAHYhkbBQoMPGTaMaa3nXi0MCfEdYjl_3cCvjPfPuVq88Jz1dHzD7kKlrdZnp2PNBJG2S9Jc-F5bzRURcuIblTZPp9Ahg7yT0ZM-yjFijmxbYLEvraF1Om6OU02F93unolaoIc/s1600/potch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYuX-U4uAHYhkbBQoMPGTaMaa3nXi0MCfEdYjl_3cCvjPfPuVq88Jz1dHzD7kKlrdZnp2PNBJG2S9Jc-F5bzRURcuIblTZPp9Ahg7yT0ZM-yjFijmxbYLEvraF1Om6OU02F93unolaoIc/s200/potch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760265525255598050" border="0" /></a><br />I've traded with Potch 2 times now. He's working on the <a href="http://potchwheelercards.blogspot.com/p/want-list.html">1981,83 and 78 sets.</a> The first I never got around to posting the first trade so here are a smattering of cards that he sent over the first time:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoVkOPe87DbBd4FTYqjAHWrw26IOhV8JuClt5HsOU_B0OdxlfFfGbjuIq18qX7RTc7r2CKwHl3__SLQ1cP6bAOLQhiRraqWJxjApK6eQn0roaJtFuGpOMTb0Zkk1YZ8at8xww_U2JK84/s1600/cards.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUoVkOPe87DbBd4FTYqjAHWrw26IOhV8JuClt5HsOU_B0OdxlfFfGbjuIq18qX7RTc7r2CKwHl3__SLQ1cP6bAOLQhiRraqWJxjApK6eQn0roaJtFuGpOMTb0Zkk1YZ8at8xww_U2JK84/s200/cards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5761021521888319922" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWK6n8P9rUU_1xAGp2-bnOgq-xGdP6HPjnaLMVe_62UhM8e6qN0m2sw5WBjnBtFyZBPMUeO7NhseVZvqZnbXgr8_P_B35K2F5iZzfLAQlj5d9ZmoU3h3pccCmCNjWuqgTrx5yVaRBeJw/s1600/cards+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWK6n8P9rUU_1xAGp2-bnOgq-xGdP6HPjnaLMVe_62UhM8e6qN0m2sw5WBjnBtFyZBPMUeO7NhseVZvqZnbXgr8_P_B35K2F5iZzfLAQlj5d9ZmoU3h3pccCmCNjWuqgTrx5yVaRBeJw/s200/cards+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5761022893003688562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As for our current trade; he sent over a lot of nice 2011 Topps and 2011 Allen and Ginter.<br /><br />I won't show off any base A&G because I know most of you have seen it already.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A3cYsJ_Yr5MvQp1D8gc2ndfOhsr5w4bCO_4VijNetJUK3KeBiWabQyNHx6H9vPM747jAFQM4DiWOcpn7nZG53zxr07Zkiw6P2cUTe1c2jacfqdmXEocqJudbluBKOhasR8GzRPqJJnY/s1600/fulcanelli.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A3cYsJ_Yr5MvQp1D8gc2ndfOhsr5w4bCO_4VijNetJUK3KeBiWabQyNHx6H9vPM747jAFQM4DiWOcpn7nZG53zxr07Zkiw6P2cUTe1c2jacfqdmXEocqJudbluBKOhasR8GzRPqJJnY/s320/fulcanelli.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760261726415848946" border="0" /></a><br />Fulcanelli apparently had the inside track on turning lead into gold , but after WWII disappeared.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdTebD5wgJIwzIAaVPyBKO9WHGaqI4YPz6rlnu-6nEg0weD4S2qqYyTe2Ja1ydrd5WHnBpUpO5Mygky_PCfAYs4RrjI7Lm6yb-rbfv6zkOpkAsoyG8CJ6gBVqc0Rl4mK0Rt-CUqG8T3U/s1600/granville+woods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdTebD5wgJIwzIAaVPyBKO9WHGaqI4YPz6rlnu-6nEg0weD4S2qqYyTe2Ja1ydrd5WHnBpUpO5Mygky_PCfAYs4RrjI7Lm6yb-rbfv6zkOpkAsoyG8CJ6gBVqc0Rl4mK0Rt-CUqG8T3U/s320/granville+woods.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760262377829348194" border="0" /></a><br />Would we have had a Brooklyn Dodgers had it not been for Granville Woods? He was interested in making the most of electricity and came up with a design for using it to power trolley cars. Hmmm.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YrmaTaU0R58XV0kKgmSaZuFXizWsUOk_xFC2tb-HQlo7k7RB8atNN0QAd01YX9i9QTkr0uUqOa6wsc1Dh-DU6y8PKC022ua98it692aVRlQTwXxXWEoo2FxuQWJCLnWnVA9DJJVB26I/s1600/2+minds+are+better+than+mine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YrmaTaU0R58XV0kKgmSaZuFXizWsUOk_xFC2tb-HQlo7k7RB8atNN0QAd01YX9i9QTkr0uUqOa6wsc1Dh-DU6y8PKC022ua98it692aVRlQTwXxXWEoo2FxuQWJCLnWnVA9DJJVB26I/s320/2+minds+are+better+than+mine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760261236935202290" border="0" /></a><br />The cool thing about these MTMtF cards are the little icon on the lower left denoting what they were famous for inventing or developing.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02siKMyvhw5EaxZyWWa_runvwF47_Ra2ZvZrOinQMV4E7ebiAFksTPWu1zQ9mudgym_ikrpaO_LLacTOhiZxmfQgxUsjUjwCfiN1bf7YHB1y_JqLtFex3WsQfQ70yan6BTA3lWb8Ft_w/s1600/2+highlights.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02siKMyvhw5EaxZyWWa_runvwF47_Ra2ZvZrOinQMV4E7ebiAFksTPWu1zQ9mudgym_ikrpaO_LLacTOhiZxmfQgxUsjUjwCfiN1bf7YHB1y_JqLtFex3WsQfQ70yan6BTA3lWb8Ft_w/s320/2+highlights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760253572304893186" border="0" /></a><br />The highlight sketch subset has always been my favorite. I wasn't wild about some of the drawings in the 2009 set, but I always liked the subject matter and design. The concept is a cool one and usually it's about 25 cards; not too hard to complete. Potch sent over a few to help me on my way with that set.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4evwNUyEr20dTsRv1T81Bdjt5u9DWDKzkNovdkeSRWFAeP6lhamLGACweOKT68LmSWsTG64oRIPetcvwl5hifmGQcKzKSsL1elXnD76BrVlKbDjp6bRNnTwybGebo7WeLrUlTeZDxXY/s1600/zombie+mariano.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4evwNUyEr20dTsRv1T81Bdjt5u9DWDKzkNovdkeSRWFAeP6lhamLGACweOKT68LmSWsTG64oRIPetcvwl5hifmGQcKzKSsL1elXnD76BrVlKbDjp6bRNnTwybGebo7WeLrUlTeZDxXY/s320/zombie+mariano.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760263756854549106" border="0" /></a><br />A&G has always seemed to zombie-fie the faces a little too much in my opinion.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZYpeIshmHfJY296HX0eVPVbvkLZNKFUSYbdFgECL3ccaV5mrB8RvV0odIhiWIFbcEHHNiFd4L8rDc2RqK-nz7RF8SJKRIRzNWTCsKNVSU1yfAyChzJzAAsu4OeO1SXTEUKQNJbdyiEM/s1600/zombie+mariano+edit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZYpeIshmHfJY296HX0eVPVbvkLZNKFUSYbdFgECL3ccaV5mrB8RvV0odIhiWIFbcEHHNiFd4L8rDc2RqK-nz7RF8SJKRIRzNWTCsKNVSU1yfAyChzJzAAsu4OeO1SXTEUKQNJbdyiEM/s320/zombie+mariano+edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760263703623559746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my rendition. I think I should've done more blood splatter. I'm not so sure that the horizontal sketches should have the same border. Maybe Topps could redo the orientation on the border for those cards.<br /><br /><br />In addition to a few 2011 series one cards Potch sent over a bunch of series two. I've pretty much abandoned series two in favor of vintage and other sets.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzyhvV0SlFdyq5LFQ6WB-GM6grIvoCkfRkFQ6u0qEuO_eutNIgyFjaMYuTliT_fva6EGX47zLBCZwblJyd0LNVmONifLJQ9vhZAJQFRY4Axl3GqXzYf9ULZuLoKDGnGJHWnj4O8-jBx8/s1600/2+metrs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzyhvV0SlFdyq5LFQ6WB-GM6grIvoCkfRkFQ6u0qEuO_eutNIgyFjaMYuTliT_fva6EGX47zLBCZwblJyd0LNVmONifLJQ9vhZAJQFRY4Axl3GqXzYf9ULZuLoKDGnGJHWnj4O8-jBx8/s320/2+metrs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760257744697484418" border="0" /></a><br />I still need to get the Mets cards though. Here are two that I needed.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcw6o6xWPxO8AMjY8KNbrax5PVtqnwymjHCHmMd43AiGT2XF5YNpU5CYNt0couabRv5qbzghnBidjX-yb6xlkdKN1VhvJKnLnmHrqy9QeRYOtLwXBH8S6WO9Tta7ZXflDOY3qiC8knmxA/s1600/rajai+action.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcw6o6xWPxO8AMjY8KNbrax5PVtqnwymjHCHmMd43AiGT2XF5YNpU5CYNt0couabRv5qbzghnBidjX-yb6xlkdKN1VhvJKnLnmHrqy9QeRYOtLwXBH8S6WO9Tta7ZXflDOY3qiC8knmxA/s320/rajai+action.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760263831902565906" border="0" /></a><br />Cool action shots have become the norm for the flagship. Nice oddball photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8Yy2sBUa9gT5wRx0QQx2m3Cp3ggc9MybFOzoLtC3wOdV8_3oyh7JlRlvWXiZQBrW4c5j466lZc7nq_kpvU6uBktiGDnKBNPA-v8JKmDvysr6vY-kuGzgnR8A7s0gdR2yNteLLnN6lzI/s1600/2+actions.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8Yy2sBUa9gT5wRx0QQx2m3Cp3ggc9MybFOzoLtC3wOdV8_3oyh7JlRlvWXiZQBrW4c5j466lZc7nq_kpvU6uBktiGDnKBNPA-v8JKmDvysr6vY-kuGzgnR8A7s0gdR2yNteLLnN6lzI/s320/2+actions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760255987260719922" border="0" /></a><br />Lots of emotion on these two action shots.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaFyVIhwR5Ujio72dOPhwnHJ5D7wcCmCMJIP11vDRxRucnWxQAHCYCol43dm_ZMbNtCr89wG60gq6p-e6WJX37QeLxHGtFhuZ3ptWNF1gdZF79f8YnRD_69-o2toYRZ3dGdq6k0a3ze4/s1600/2+retros.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFaFyVIhwR5Ujio72dOPhwnHJ5D7wcCmCMJIP11vDRxRucnWxQAHCYCol43dm_ZMbNtCr89wG60gq6p-e6WJX37QeLxHGtFhuZ3ptWNF1gdZF79f8YnRD_69-o2toYRZ3dGdq6k0a3ze4/s320/2+retros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5760263490819510050" border="0" /></a><br />I picked out these two to show off the cool vintage uniforms that teams sometimes wear.<br /><br />Thanks again for the trade, Potch! Hope we can trade again sometime.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-59168880394028997712012-07-02T19:19:00.001-05:002012-07-02T19:19:00.184-05:00The Doon abides.....Sorry, couldn't think of a better title for this post. "the Doon abides" has been bouncing around in my head for a while. I'm hoping that I didn't rip this off from somebody else.<br /><br />Anyway, on with the body of this post.<br /><br />A few months ago, The Napkin Doon did one of his many auction posts and offered up some cool vintage for any takers. I'm on a vintage kick these days. I don't mind the condition either.<br /><br />The first card that caught my eye was the Don Mossi card.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxPtEnv7f-TMt9ZjYlP1tGk-ig1iuNdfPyy3pVmzbAgEXG03v9iSvEtM7IcASI6A2roIeMT1wHcCztts-wmhx4KOltjQUqRfoyOnc4zvdmm95A0S49AAA01BCr-H7W6JNH9YNn6KsHiU/s1600/don+mossi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxPtEnv7f-TMt9ZjYlP1tGk-ig1iuNdfPyy3pVmzbAgEXG03v9iSvEtM7IcASI6A2roIeMT1wHcCztts-wmhx4KOltjQUqRfoyOnc4zvdmm95A0S49AAA01BCr-H7W6JNH9YNn6KsHiU/s200/don+mossi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721477042230532258" border="0" /></a><br />I've seen a few Don Mossi cards and this card is awesome. It's more miss-scanned than miss cut. 59 is a really nice set. Look at that cool Tigers logo. I wish Topps or some other company would do mascot short prints. They could replace some of the cards with the current logo and replace it with the older ones. Would that be cool? I think so.<br /><br />Here's a couple of examples that I came up with.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwGie0V4fkjW7Gnku_Q_zntkr-gBEa9zVpcY_Dcpbd6DZXr_b3YjIu0hP72g4v0Y0kuBCSuavxQMksN3QvKyoLT4sD9YayIQRJuwRjm-iJ-coxZ_xdrX5iBpJex9h-xJsFu7S_DCNfew/s1600/castillo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwGie0V4fkjW7Gnku_Q_zntkr-gBEa9zVpcY_Dcpbd6DZXr_b3YjIu0hP72g4v0Y0kuBCSuavxQMksN3QvKyoLT4sD9YayIQRJuwRjm-iJ-coxZ_xdrX5iBpJex9h-xJsFu7S_DCNfew/s320/castillo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741725819405186898" border="0" /></a><br />I'm sorry that I don't know who either of these people are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLD-nsMZscEetSUNwkjnSly4Tz6-DY5yAnPpfRaPKwhbqM4c7ytpPH8wvtddf40o0c20uqefHjUgojGkwFBpZDZIer7mpsfsG9dZ8kQP1j9yf7sF9z-raKy1bWro5xPT5_3WmKGOWkAU/s1600/ruffin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLD-nsMZscEetSUNwkjnSly4Tz6-DY5yAnPpfRaPKwhbqM4c7ytpPH8wvtddf40o0c20uqefHjUgojGkwFBpZDZIer7mpsfsG9dZ8kQP1j9yf7sF9z-raKy1bWro5xPT5_3WmKGOWkAU/s320/ruffin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741725942131017298" border="0" /></a><br />I realize that the retired short prints have the old logos, but having the new logos on current players instantly make them a lot cooler.<br /><br />Alvin Dark is an Oklahoma guy and this will go nicely in my Oklahoma guy collection. Pink is actually not that bad of a background color on these 59's. Al Dark is a pretty cool name too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7BuudIn0Jphcqk6GtLP6WI_-CBF1ARe0zAlPFxd8NAhVxSTO4g76MuLI5ycOs4-wpwHtHOrtoAXd1RwzQesPBCVTLCN9SEyenUzDGsQvAtMNODN4kSFES9NfAmygIPnEZcesYGj9GME/s1600/al+dark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7BuudIn0Jphcqk6GtLP6WI_-CBF1ARe0zAlPFxd8NAhVxSTO4g76MuLI5ycOs4-wpwHtHOrtoAXd1RwzQesPBCVTLCN9SEyenUzDGsQvAtMNODN4kSFES9NfAmygIPnEZcesYGj9GME/s200/al+dark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721476813173325122" border="0" /></a><br />I have one of his manager cards from the 1973 set, but it's still nice to have one of his solo cards from when he was playing.<br /><br />59's are so nice looking aren't they?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Come to think of it I think 1960 Rookie Stars cards are cool too!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJYiYIAmMEfzco83Q0Nl5QPnz84No8mhH2FT33f1sa0QTBTwsIxpvpBg0UWAb23oUjeDl_PK2xIgJP6NVOjyIPoWKbaH9oyjzqw8CYWJVT-GROwK-NjThRVmQXCR3TXkcQpMH-wX-uZw/s1600/dobbeck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJYiYIAmMEfzco83Q0Nl5QPnz84No8mhH2FT33f1sa0QTBTwsIxpvpBg0UWAb23oUjeDl_PK2xIgJP6NVOjyIPoWKbaH9oyjzqw8CYWJVT-GROwK-NjThRVmQXCR3TXkcQpMH-wX-uZw/s320/dobbeck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741726451401362546" border="0" /></a><br />My only previous experience with this design was Heritage a few years ago.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0iuRpAelOvQFTN0x16aBjL16b01DK-x9BrpKONmejPpGCT3kH9Bf2TeSTA53XBgWFHuavA0yCU7jBvbzPVBjcoNsoQyklhyphenhyphenUetzfBGu40LMw84HXmPViWEUh8qqPv25_SaXVaRbxMOQ/s1600/bastardo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0iuRpAelOvQFTN0x16aBjL16b01DK-x9BrpKONmejPpGCT3kH9Bf2TeSTA53XBgWFHuavA0yCU7jBvbzPVBjcoNsoQyklhyphenhyphenUetzfBGu40LMw84HXmPViWEUh8qqPv25_SaXVaRbxMOQ/s320/bastardo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741726824020357858" border="0" /></a>http://noonesgoingtoreadthisblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/fighting-doldrums.html<br /><br />I knew nothing about these players when I received them in the mail, but that's one of the cool things about vintage. Looking up some of the players online to see what trivia you can find about them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1yWlX4VBzK2ptxW-2Hu5M1ko3FAOtpQxN8lWWBVoy1PnHfpFuuUs_9sAwWmM-QNGcUOo9_RRL3bcl1f2DTbJ3W0fdU41GEW-mstzc-lXPcWHhabDYoE41p3Kxnc9ZZg9RvHc0TLTi_o/s1600/chico+rookie+star.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1yWlX4VBzK2ptxW-2Hu5M1ko3FAOtpQxN8lWWBVoy1PnHfpFuuUs_9sAwWmM-QNGcUOo9_RRL3bcl1f2DTbJ3W0fdU41GEW-mstzc-lXPcWHhabDYoE41p3Kxnc9ZZg9RvHc0TLTi_o/s320/chico+rookie+star.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741726232928506642" border="0" /></a><br />Chico Cardenas probably has a bunch of stories to tell. His boyhood hero was Sandy Amoros also from Cuba. Amoros gave Leo (chico) his first baseball glove. He came to the US at 16 and played most of his career with the Reds. He retired as a Ranger.<br /><br />Another cool thing about these vintage cards is the Tasby card. It's a rookie stars card and as such it's a completely different looking card than the regular 59's.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdeMQHNBIvelSrZzNP2DBfjEjTmsNP96P66Br5O0w-TaNj8KEv_i9tOcX4ZCMefwG31iUbZiiWJ6kDbnsUu1oRcC72oCbHbX1s0GB9wGNDxyEkFEpXUz2of3QaSV8uE0lHkVgr5lXGI8/s1600/tasby+rookie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUdeMQHNBIvelSrZzNP2DBfjEjTmsNP96P66Br5O0w-TaNj8KEv_i9tOcX4ZCMefwG31iUbZiiWJ6kDbnsUu1oRcC72oCbHbX1s0GB9wGNDxyEkFEpXUz2of3QaSV8uE0lHkVgr5lXGI8/s320/tasby+rookie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741726561460456578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It looks like the previous owner had tried trimming the Tasby card to make it look more like a shield. It didn't work to well on the back of the card though. I think they stopped so as not to trim away the stats.<br /><br />Thanks for the cool vintage. I'll be sending out some stuff to you in return soon.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-83103463572855529062012-07-01T18:17:00.001-05:002012-07-01T18:17:00.099-05:00Trade with Play at the Plate<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpai9MsLAQjmkQeBszTFz6ipzZm3evSAPJwh2dI6RxdrFmTW6jrOSsTh4TGn-2fR5gBqi0zyd4DIOPTz1SQOMs2_FxQhTVN5dHNqn2WiUwXbSZmVoF2XhckSLfWM9pvDLf6T5AlW5eKs/s1600/Picture+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpai9MsLAQjmkQeBszTFz6ipzZm3evSAPJwh2dI6RxdrFmTW6jrOSsTh4TGn-2fR5gBqi0zyd4DIOPTz1SQOMs2_FxQhTVN5dHNqn2WiUwXbSZmVoF2XhckSLfWM9pvDLf6T5AlW5eKs/s320/Picture+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759897686593546866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have odd feelings for Fleer these days. When I got back into collecting a few years ago, I seemed to mainly gravitate towards Topps. They were the leader to me and had the best designs; 2009 flagship and Allen and Ginter. Upper Deck, Pannini didn't do much for me. I liked some of the designs and the photography, but I always seemed to stay with Topps for the most part and focused mostly on finishing those Topps sets.<br /><br />When I was a kid things weren't that way. To me Donruss, Topps and Fleer were basically all good. I didn't discriminate too much in those days. 1980 and 1982 Topps, 81-85 Donruss and 82 and 83 Fleer seemed to be the majority of card purchases in those days until Garbage Pail Kids came along. I shifted over to GPK for the remaining collecting years until June of 2009 when I got back into collecting.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK9Naawq5IfnKwzdbMg506kg-E058RIw0PM-LtBrQMKJTXD0cwDpglwlcV6hHz3VaRMfBhPfHNhUpXyOOU9iWEOdYpPRRWX0DKSgmGKeLcvp2n-4VDokOnS0Ai3GPcOHSYRXxRpulNBc/s1600/shinjo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNK9Naawq5IfnKwzdbMg506kg-E058RIw0PM-LtBrQMKJTXD0cwDpglwlcV6hHz3VaRMfBhPfHNhUpXyOOU9iWEOdYpPRRWX0DKSgmGKeLcvp2n-4VDokOnS0Ai3GPcOHSYRXxRpulNBc/s320/shinjo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759896543488314434" border="0" /></a><br />Fleer was already on it's way out in 2009. I would come across some Fleer Ultra or Tradition in repacks. I was really fond of repacks back then; they were a cheap and easy way to sample a bunch of stuff that I hadn't seen before.<br /><br />Another way of sampling things that I haven't seen before and that is the 2002 Fleer Tradition that I've shown above.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqQzH7n526qwrR6WXY-b7a4kNwouoykmd3w6Hnj_UZUI_vvUaU2DuVufV6cZawblTmY6xIAsCFK2T3Af88iJodPGqA0ctfxVJY1iDEhomgTazW6GyRpf52zgZ-sB3NXt1DwqnwZaziD0/s1600/mcewing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqQzH7n526qwrR6WXY-b7a4kNwouoykmd3w6Hnj_UZUI_vvUaU2DuVufV6cZawblTmY6xIAsCFK2T3Af88iJodPGqA0ctfxVJY1iDEhomgTazW6GyRpf52zgZ-sB3NXt1DwqnwZaziD0/s320/mcewing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759896306829923938" border="0" /></a><br />These cards came to my home courtesy of Brian at the Play at the Plate blog. He and I have traded quite a few times. I haven't don't much trading or buying this year. Add to that list trade posts. This package arrived probably at least a year ago and I still haven't gotten around to writing about it. I don't know what exactly the problem is with me. I just a horrible person I guess.<br /><br />Anyway, I would have probably never come across cards like these had it not been for my trade partners.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFRRe2nZo8fvTidNoZEDUw_7HtNDsYzMIUAUCypym7w7wJoS6bWt6GCJikJDi-p9h_wUc5U0wemUXr5-TjWDRKVE5DvhyIMKAIlvmXSHCUxNcjHVMzoag0hhcM_2fkFLFmu9HFnxIvHM/s1600/piazza.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFRRe2nZo8fvTidNoZEDUw_7HtNDsYzMIUAUCypym7w7wJoS6bWt6GCJikJDi-p9h_wUc5U0wemUXr5-TjWDRKVE5DvhyIMKAIlvmXSHCUxNcjHVMzoag0hhcM_2fkFLFmu9HFnxIvHM/s320/piazza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759896236511488994" border="0" /></a><br />I'm not sure who some of these players are. Obviously Piazza is a household name and and actually I'm pretty sure that I've heard of Tsuyoshi Shinjo, but I don't know in what context exactly.<br /><br />The fronts look a little like 2008 Goudey which of course is taken from 1934 set. I gu<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuJBzwpE_vTwW7rGbxJFgy9MSKMTyc4T9uMqYTpUVjHu5fgD0txFQu1X17dA2kYjkCUIdjYMfEeWXojlmSXZJgJlPI_6GW8AHF6cC7ddnZ7yex_ZGt5SOeGYVeym8qPwvt-UcNMqReVk/s1600/backs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuJBzwpE_vTwW7rGbxJFgy9MSKMTyc4T9uMqYTpUVjHu5fgD0txFQu1X17dA2kYjkCUIdjYMfEeWXojlmSXZJgJlPI_6GW8AHF6cC7ddnZ7yex_ZGt5SOeGYVeym8qPwvt-UcNMqReVk/s320/backs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759881961545556978" border="0" /></a><br />I really do like the backs of these cards more than the front. The player silhouette is taken from the photo on the front.<br /><br />A nice little touch is the glove icon that contains the card number.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6miwz420Sxf_CqwA6kDOOzOD8XEqZ5KO9JyR_PhAAhidg1hG0bZfIM6ICZzdeYJSqfrDlzL0fOKr-TEjUnnJxPHnUW47yCQx_l-zFHwrGeeIXrL72uC24YVKphlbGGtuformJmruSMRM/s1600/reyes+shiny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6miwz420Sxf_CqwA6kDOOzOD8XEqZ5KO9JyR_PhAAhidg1hG0bZfIM6ICZzdeYJSqfrDlzL0fOKr-TEjUnnJxPHnUW47yCQx_l-zFHwrGeeIXrL72uC24YVKphlbGGtuformJmruSMRM/s320/reyes+shiny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759882073278874242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had a really cool idea for a Jose Reyes themed post, but I never got around to doing it. Maybe one of these days. For now I'll just show this cool chrome card Brian sent over.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbT9V-1JSExJK2Tn81SMp7Yn0V_3_FDzc2ZoES17jppCeySEoDiIqzFRUrcZ0-VhabeR0_2Vh9WiSAEaDr3UfNf81SBJ9nlfC5dyymBUouty7Aex5l0a9vn86ax9Wg0XIyD3HLtlby8g/s1600/piazza.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbT9V-1JSExJK2Tn81SMp7Yn0V_3_FDzc2ZoES17jppCeySEoDiIqzFRUrcZ0-VhabeR0_2Vh9WiSAEaDr3UfNf81SBJ9nlfC5dyymBUouty7Aex5l0a9vn86ax9Wg0XIyD3HLtlby8g/s320/piazza.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759881749081704802" border="0" /></a><br />Adding to the list of cards that I didn't know existed is this 2000 Gallery Mike Piazza. Nice die cut design, but my favorite part of the card is the that it's translucent.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqOPVtpxdJXr0pb3RzMMh89uqa9k5BkpA1Sw0MbKG6JxyJcYav9QmayegLAqt7bAOkVcYIU8UVJlp_0W_-GZ1P2U94D8GL_gZbogEMlSMTU2wamvy6GBswzPrPpYR__ZsCBH2TDvHUxs/s1600/shiny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqOPVtpxdJXr0pb3RzMMh89uqa9k5BkpA1Sw0MbKG6JxyJcYav9QmayegLAqt7bAOkVcYIU8UVJlp_0W_-GZ1P2U94D8GL_gZbogEMlSMTU2wamvy6GBswzPrPpYR__ZsCBH2TDvHUxs/s320/shiny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759898456024744690" border="0" /></a><br />Lastly here is a Bowman Chrome card of Enrique Cruz. Brian sent over a few of these, this is the one I chose to upload. I don't know why exactly except this guy looks too young to be playing pro ball. Maybe I'm just getting old. Of course this is 12 year old card so Enrique might be looking a bit older like the rest of us.<br /><br />Thanks for the cards, and sorry it took me this long to get around to showing off my part of the trade.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-3116475322604154852012-06-30T10:31:00.001-05:002012-06-30T10:32:10.256-05:00Infamous day in Mets history-My first Mets gameJune 1st 2012 was a nice day for Mets fans. As we all know that was the day that Johan pitched a no hitter against the Cardinals.<br /><br />A day latter R. A. Dickey shutout the Cardinals. The Mets were playing well and looked to be on their way to sweeping the defending World Series Champions.<br /><br />June 4th was a pretty monumental day too. Nothing really notable as far as the team is concerned, but on a personal note, it was the first time I was able to get to a Mets game.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_VIYEN81R7P6d_PE7W3XGQxCwImp8LiJ0R2Qvfd_OFy9TUPEhtQ6FSvtSF0fEvXf_0wgMlmy27T0gL6vNtN8fUVRv1U1AJbODyZRvwTegQvHglJW76koxys5wRzehN2Hvi-fxukpea0/s1600/mets+ticket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_VIYEN81R7P6d_PE7W3XGQxCwImp8LiJ0R2Qvfd_OFy9TUPEhtQ6FSvtSF0fEvXf_0wgMlmy27T0gL6vNtN8fUVRv1U1AJbODyZRvwTegQvHglJW76koxys5wRzehN2Hvi-fxukpea0/s320/mets+ticket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759709059114274082" border="0" /></a><br />Whoo Hoo!<br /><br />I was in town doing some video and photo work during a convention. I'll probably write more about that later, but for this post I'm going to focus on the important stuff like a baseball game.<br /><br />I've always been a little envious of the fans that get to live close to their team. I'm no different; I root for the the University of Oklahoma and luckily I work and live in Norman. Not so hard to get to a game when It's a short drive away. In the case of the Mets and the Packers seeing a game is next to impossible. There are a lot of major league ballparks and NFL stadiums I'd like to visit, but going to see Mets would be pretty special.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5LhmciST6jrkOrjZ8P866A-WcMHUmmvptVWKNJDp_Cvdgsvq6ef2RcRIY8R9peDGZcIvmKUmLOVttWwAV4EDOLn86Jnm1HALwa9n7Jyoaom7eykq2tA6WFY3Uu76BgLDL9ue8gYRr-s/s1600/IMG_4129+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5LhmciST6jrkOrjZ8P866A-WcMHUmmvptVWKNJDp_Cvdgsvq6ef2RcRIY8R9peDGZcIvmKUmLOVttWwAV4EDOLn86Jnm1HALwa9n7Jyoaom7eykq2tA6WFY3Uu76BgLDL9ue8gYRr-s/s320/IMG_4129+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759315514528295698" border="0" /></a><br />Citi Field is pretty cool. I had always regretted not going to Shea when I had the chance, but it's no biggie. I passed by it on the way to the new park. I took a shot of it from the subway, but it was too depressing to upload.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHugD_kZCRE1dXVrlNi6ItG762XOhMHERGAgMMnppvz2u1xD2nOxNssGuifmvWz_QBqms3j0mcwc592aJ8FInUrChNuwUQGNAu_I9AAgLH0LuEOGb2TLJovAmBAiZiXso3m7lXTN0sx6k/s1600/IMG_4264+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHugD_kZCRE1dXVrlNi6ItG762XOhMHERGAgMMnppvz2u1xD2nOxNssGuifmvWz_QBqms3j0mcwc592aJ8FInUrChNuwUQGNAu_I9AAgLH0LuEOGb2TLJovAmBAiZiXso3m7lXTN0sx6k/s320/IMG_4264+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759318022766311890" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I didn't get too many good shots of the outside of the stadium. I really like the Jesse Orosco banner in the upper left even though it's a little obscured by the roof.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqiil_E38PIuJu-WNc0ZaAUbBpyOR6u4u6Ob2ZbPIIE7LlcSqtwtSmtJkkek13o-NhYMzpUwOdDrwEPfTi_rMyOwg3HBWipdhtV4v7W9DmQicIZOjTpDAsNqETqByGSWThJkVhV8afvg/s1600/IMG_4130+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqiil_E38PIuJu-WNc0ZaAUbBpyOR6u4u6Ob2ZbPIIE7LlcSqtwtSmtJkkek13o-NhYMzpUwOdDrwEPfTi_rMyOwg3HBWipdhtV4v7W9DmQicIZOjTpDAsNqETqByGSWThJkVhV8afvg/s320/IMG_4130+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759315210754096722" border="0" /></a><br />Excitement builds as we go up the escalator to the upper level. On the way up we see some references to some former New York teams.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1su5JMr5QaryPxegjsOL7grCbtpbPl9JdZgdz1Pu5YCMX4Ylfe3yLXfpF_f4yizB3YVY2OG9ODa9AT_kaYKomDHW6QvNat6cPAd2SKqoZhPbajnD8cIzqm1GNKpPVbGLwW2EE0z1yYUg/s1600/IMG_4131+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1su5JMr5QaryPxegjsOL7grCbtpbPl9JdZgdz1Pu5YCMX4Ylfe3yLXfpF_f4yizB3YVY2OG9ODa9AT_kaYKomDHW6QvNat6cPAd2SKqoZhPbajnD8cIzqm1GNKpPVbGLwW2EE0z1yYUg/s320/IMG_4131+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759315273613660658" border="0" /></a><br />On one side of the escalator they had old photos of the Brooklyn Dodgers.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GdpXXdHjq4LxUa6VaOLXLetSxLIbRbWgunx7ty4VSVjfn2ciTkAIPfk0Y4Sfc44-p8q6SiY5_2UZxjvFVizXHk2LxkMhxaNn8kIIJ2S-bmSfMTmqoCZnHOw7EMI1uESCqgNovK7GHys/s1600/IMG_4133+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GdpXXdHjq4LxUa6VaOLXLetSxLIbRbWgunx7ty4VSVjfn2ciTkAIPfk0Y4Sfc44-p8q6SiY5_2UZxjvFVizXHk2LxkMhxaNn8kIIJ2S-bmSfMTmqoCZnHOw7EMI1uESCqgNovK7GHys/s320/IMG_4133+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759311958332990930" border="0" /></a><br />On the other side was a video screen showing what I think is the shot heard round the world clip. The Bobby Thompson home run.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRrFgaoyGzcdZuSLOomk_Z_Rwwx_pmFd9rmfNP5KxvkP4_Z8O6PbXAg-ydhPK02qX4_S8T_0cbufDWo1u6nvbxvhbPb1r2DdqRi__00XNsyfuaBUdbk0-K02egKOAaya1V0HFbjFtAv8/s1600/IMG_4132+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRrFgaoyGzcdZuSLOomk_Z_Rwwx_pmFd9rmfNP5KxvkP4_Z8O6PbXAg-ydhPK02qX4_S8T_0cbufDWo1u6nvbxvhbPb1r2DdqRi__00XNsyfuaBUdbk0-K02egKOAaya1V0HFbjFtAv8/s320/IMG_4132+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759322303387764322" border="0" /></a><br />Something I recognize!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDXSx4xaVY4kqjlaJKEi7sVx2xazzuWb-F_vUeqWP9vDZGR-WkgGxHFE45Zib1dB-mOmnakaNJBa6QFyk6FqRJPunono-7rx8EMNUZ55hc4IBHyNPR-1cOfDoN1xv2xzD7fykiTErWjs/s1600/IMG_4188.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDXSx4xaVY4kqjlaJKEi7sVx2xazzuWb-F_vUeqWP9vDZGR-WkgGxHFE45Zib1dB-mOmnakaNJBa6QFyk6FqRJPunono-7rx8EMNUZ55hc4IBHyNPR-1cOfDoN1xv2xzD7fykiTErWjs/s320/IMG_4188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759324828077788962" border="0" /></a><br />Some Topps baseball cards through the years.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICy1QszSZNlKa17cYnmlCav57FrC9xuiRHXLNdEDE02UDoTf3fa4jmTzgUoPLAQ1stpdTsnBTpWHxVn8IFE9ISwgxXBjkv-xREuOSvnHuvEHHeUPwMA-ibAo4_HScfLJ1iPAp5rSN-Aw/s1600/IMG_4190+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICy1QszSZNlKa17cYnmlCav57FrC9xuiRHXLNdEDE02UDoTf3fa4jmTzgUoPLAQ1stpdTsnBTpWHxVn8IFE9ISwgxXBjkv-xREuOSvnHuvEHHeUPwMA-ibAo4_HScfLJ1iPAp5rSN-Aw/s320/IMG_4190+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759325251821691394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Kind of nice. The Willie Mays card is the only one that I own currently, which came in a trade from <a href="http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com/">Suldog</a><a>.<br /><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdmNbG4XjP65tvFwgpsX0-tMJ5KkcTon0rrrX_fUf-x__gmEBKHuk7gy3K9vhTEdPBeFEm53h4e7OtGeRME5giUd7Pptck09a_0PifyWOzawcxlGetG0rt5b7Ag5QQfNd9URfzxup__I/s1600/IMG_4187.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdmNbG4XjP65tvFwgpsX0-tMJ5KkcTon0rrrX_fUf-x__gmEBKHuk7gy3K9vhTEdPBeFEm53h4e7OtGeRME5giUd7Pptck09a_0PifyWOzawcxlGetG0rt5b7Ag5QQfNd9URfzxup__I/s320/IMG_4187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759326353089773842" border="0" /></a><br />The game itself was a little sad. It was a 5-4 loss for the Mets. If I remember correctly (and I probably don't) A really bad 7th inning led to the Cardinals scoring 2 runs. I don't quite remember if Gee was still pitching at that point, but he threw a horrible ball to second instead of throwing to first. Soon after that the Cardinals scored and then pulled away in the 8th with a couple of more runs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWeGaYxsMP0rQl7fCCbMmWR_8Djn8QhGZ3jhluKOWc9HhdiSHUBWgUHABwes51wSu5r9Qewy9-K9drfSVugxtcrh_seB3MAHMecWgATFN7GMgtJsYvhMbsgD_Zexs4qR2RwoVhwLhf7M/s1600/IMG_4205+edit+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWeGaYxsMP0rQl7fCCbMmWR_8Djn8QhGZ3jhluKOWc9HhdiSHUBWgUHABwes51wSu5r9Qewy9-K9drfSVugxtcrh_seB3MAHMecWgATFN7GMgtJsYvhMbsgD_Zexs4qR2RwoVhwLhf7M/s320/IMG_4205+edit+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759329778384926434" border="0" /></a>This is a shot from the Mets first score of the game a fourth inning shot from I think Lucas Duda, but I could be wrong. It was almost a month ago. I should've taken some notes.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6AhtmMCOJvyut_SqQ3Ho6D1p7t0kHP_AIWHHGN_4mPsuLhIPN8xUvTDa-Mk4DL7XVqvf_X2MC28_DboWOgDOEKEHAnkk5tqUoMbPenXqT81S0W9cwRDIm3PR07n8-smvZ27BMSxVU_o/s1600/IMG_4225+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6AhtmMCOJvyut_SqQ3Ho6D1p7t0kHP_AIWHHGN_4mPsuLhIPN8xUvTDa-Mk4DL7XVqvf_X2MC28_DboWOgDOEKEHAnkk5tqUoMbPenXqT81S0W9cwRDIm3PR07n8-smvZ27BMSxVU_o/s320/IMG_4225+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759320577239897202" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a shot of the inside of the stadium. It's a panoramic shot I did with a photostitch program. Didn't turn out quite like I wanted it to, but at least you can get an idea what the stadium looks like. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjCjvDTW0MRWvrgqbd3_jW6hX4gSWV1IV010xD4UomIb58GEBwFwUIX8RQecx6xzkkb1snkx2bq6HoW530iebkA3zs9z2QJKSDgzSnOvS_89mW3oVwB1uH2XWheMvF8jFzM216Wc8a54/s1600/citi+field+interior+panarama+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjCjvDTW0MRWvrgqbd3_jW6hX4gSWV1IV010xD4UomIb58GEBwFwUIX8RQecx6xzkkb1snkx2bq6HoW530iebkA3zs9z2QJKSDgzSnOvS_89mW3oVwB1uH2XWheMvF8jFzM216Wc8a54/s320/citi+field+interior+panarama+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759323229251390354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />You'll have to take my word for it, but pitching for the Cardinals is Marc Rzepczynski and Scott Hairston is pinch hitting for the Mets.<br /><br />I think by clicking on it you can see a slightly larger photo.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_ki1oHmb8Dd-sQW7B5ycPms6x-8aFxohh6LBHmwCM7gtdeEyPy4LvEuq_VVvdiY_vBxd8Djxjr6gj3Ds5pl2rBNATw8DW1lEz8jIRV7hyphenhyphen4EwKwTSXF6PS9I0slKOxuxsw6OGJOJveTE/s1600/IMG_4244+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_ki1oHmb8Dd-sQW7B5ycPms6x-8aFxohh6LBHmwCM7gtdeEyPy4LvEuq_VVvdiY_vBxd8Djxjr6gj3Ds5pl2rBNATw8DW1lEz8jIRV7hyphenhyphen4EwKwTSXF6PS9I0slKOxuxsw6OGJOJveTE/s320/IMG_4244+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759314572404980594" border="0" /></a><br />Kind of wished the weather had been a little better. You can see a bundled up fan in the upper deck.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyltkLggG3GTE8BvdCAwLsQzk-4htMFFUMCtGAd4HDn4ZJYBUNRScLzFk1BJQ88V_ct5aFm4sCaYrEjpvjQMw-uBg2EAOy__RZQtpmwZH6DMxJJ7b6oOwk_21V3ngxkIoMN5yW6HRxnA/s1600/IMG_4162+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyltkLggG3GTE8BvdCAwLsQzk-4htMFFUMCtGAd4HDn4ZJYBUNRScLzFk1BJQ88V_ct5aFm4sCaYrEjpvjQMw-uBg2EAOy__RZQtpmwZH6DMxJJ7b6oOwk_21V3ngxkIoMN5yW6HRxnA/s320/IMG_4162+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759321810698760018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I hung out in the lower level for a while to take some snap shots. It was nice seeing Stillwater, Oklahoma native Matt Holliday play.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitcHG8FB349GCkHamYmal9sx7UQSoTBYQR1mxXHu-gS7yOGqyFrUh2sIcuk15xENdXOjS4mz3hAqQLIakdinPe7521fzO11xnRqHHY0C-sD-E7hyAOoI9_T81fFcqjLGWphwM8lr4CXg/s1600/IMG_4168+crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitcHG8FB349GCkHamYmal9sx7UQSoTBYQR1mxXHu-gS7yOGqyFrUh2sIcuk15xENdXOjS4mz3hAqQLIakdinPe7521fzO11xnRqHHY0C-sD-E7hyAOoI9_T81fFcqjLGWphwM8lr4CXg/s320/IMG_4168+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759334254850568530" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a shot of Mike Nickeas batting.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDHC86JvfZ4LmNAWOnv-YpvKG8vKXphmWS6Uq2Q5NMZLJGlAiYtAU2m0ys6iRXDfvb68HzzmTnQXwwLL_NqMeoaVirg85MxX5tcDKjBGSCfXbcwruCGp207rs5tfeKOALRjeyM6tdTM4/s1600/IMG_4151+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDHC86JvfZ4LmNAWOnv-YpvKG8vKXphmWS6Uq2Q5NMZLJGlAiYtAU2m0ys6iRXDfvb68HzzmTnQXwwLL_NqMeoaVirg85MxX5tcDKjBGSCfXbcwruCGp207rs5tfeKOALRjeyM6tdTM4/s320/IMG_4151+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759338313675207506" border="0" /></a>Dillon Gee pitching.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oUu3rZRKNmqzzI7n_x8ts7GcWIncZTp7QWQYoCdFmu91YaCDxVE9jee2SupKtdZsXA_5lFncCkPPH1pHXTBJWhyphenhyphenN-2Xq3XPwxjBl25babGTIt6cMgasOTmeaymiWI-2RVP9IinRVgrw/s1600/IMG_4144+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oUu3rZRKNmqzzI7n_x8ts7GcWIncZTp7QWQYoCdFmu91YaCDxVE9jee2SupKtdZsXA_5lFncCkPPH1pHXTBJWhyphenhyphenN-2Xq3XPwxjBl25babGTIt6cMgasOTmeaymiWI-2RVP9IinRVgrw/s320/IMG_4144+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759339985760143042" border="0" /></a>David Wright with his typical David Wright style follow through.<br /><br /><br />On a personal note I was hoping my first live experience of watching the Mets would have been a win. You can imagine how frustrating it was to be in New York that week seeing all the highlights, but not having the time to go out to Queens to see a game.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvWYIX4G8kxpA9apOX2yFyi5xkXRGrjB9BiRYWx6VSqiGDdo1HuSCMRHHQGnKFqYa7VVlY3gruZX5ywLt3V8_vGKk5Ha2WXmcpI9bQxNlWmbU4JcJ6a98lb0uep6ICqBhiD1VK5pQ1vw/s1600/IMG_4248+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvWYIX4G8kxpA9apOX2yFyi5xkXRGrjB9BiRYWx6VSqiGDdo1HuSCMRHHQGnKFqYa7VVlY3gruZX5ywLt3V8_vGKk5Ha2WXmcpI9bQxNlWmbU4JcJ6a98lb0uep6ICqBhiD1VK5pQ1vw/s320/IMG_4248+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759315776950858834" border="0" /></a><br />I screwed up a little on my photos. Taking photos and video all week kind of wore me out. I just wanted to be a regular fan and take some snap shots. I even emailed Paul from <a href="http://randombaseballstuff.com/">Paul's Random Baseball Stuff</a> to see how strict the Mets were on cameras and things.<br /><br />They were pretty lenient about cameras and doggy bags. That was nice.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaWh493XaZc5DZ4uaISsFMb44mE2zYeVaXRu0naop8yIkPvl4a6a46PdD6Q9ZBVMo52eg_WAArqIOyskd0ItQHaPPEEFIuCZXGKiFPPE8-iLGoRf08mcg2d4_FwupFPbp0D_hK24q19I/s1600/IMG_4267+crop+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMaWh493XaZc5DZ4uaISsFMb44mE2zYeVaXRu0naop8yIkPvl4a6a46PdD6Q9ZBVMo52eg_WAArqIOyskd0ItQHaPPEEFIuCZXGKiFPPE8-iLGoRf08mcg2d4_FwupFPbp0D_hK24q19I/s320/IMG_4267+crop+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759329000040460146" border="0" /></a><br />Speaking of doggy bags. I guess they let dogs into the stadium?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0HSmeOHCgGTg7w2kDdMSKCIszXVUeben8aw9H3hhxUK-_Makkhf360woiEAkx3jIhT9Iliyuwk3RpsG5iioaKPEaZ6x7raA7WQqk-xcSnOg84as6_X2YExM30bfC_eKvAetsCQvS1lQ/s1600/IMG_4252.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0HSmeOHCgGTg7w2kDdMSKCIszXVUeben8aw9H3hhxUK-_Makkhf360woiEAkx3jIhT9Iliyuwk3RpsG5iioaKPEaZ6x7raA7WQqk-xcSnOg84as6_X2YExM30bfC_eKvAetsCQvS1lQ/s320/IMG_4252.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759328253731115938" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of more shots of the banners outside the stadium.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxDs_2MLEfi5hpyx4Jd5zlVum9KU1fvAyWbfF8_Tjq7MlVVlmZ5LWJSXezXX3DDOG1-wHGWSvS562pAAV4zbbw28uWhJi2WT3c93AY6968_Oumss_Y1rxWRTqehbrVo4J_5a8MlFQU4M/s1600/IMG_4270+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxDs_2MLEfi5hpyx4Jd5zlVum9KU1fvAyWbfF8_Tjq7MlVVlmZ5LWJSXezXX3DDOG1-wHGWSvS562pAAV4zbbw28uWhJi2WT3c93AY6968_Oumss_Y1rxWRTqehbrVo4J_5a8MlFQU4M/s320/IMG_4270+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759326530759163778" border="0" /></a><br />And now back into the subway tunnel to go "home".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIHqeB6moPp9bnw5ZyWvDG_oce5nlSBTFoDk2Z5cfEaya3jqZUSFk8vtGvQzKEbk2zVb5iM2JT2kC6GNkos3NJT1bhnf4Bb6DmoUJC5wc7WBRKIZOjlzKCO3zWjP80qzogqa1hLpYJLQ/s1600/IMG_4275+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIHqeB6moPp9bnw5ZyWvDG_oce5nlSBTFoDk2Z5cfEaya3jqZUSFk8vtGvQzKEbk2zVb5iM2JT2kC6GNkos3NJT1bhnf4Bb6DmoUJC5wc7WBRKIZOjlzKCO3zWjP80qzogqa1hLpYJLQ/s320/IMG_4275+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5759326652754520626" border="0" /></a><br />It was a pretty fun experience. Wish I had checked the Yankees schedule again; they were playing that week too at home. I could've caught one of their games too. Haven't been to the Bronx yet. Maybe I'll get another chance to get up there sometime.<br /><br />Thanks for reading.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-80011092627365757262012-05-20T13:18:00.002-05:002012-05-20T16:35:42.388-05:00Wheeeeew...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2eX8ROVZq2S4woGXmuDxmzbwNgQYlMqX0hGc429Bx8SptQlZPhS-Dfn5WJxpT0o03IJkMxPAv4an6HhmiRpkw8mXeEpB5SAKB7KfzLEluUdy2AxSllWpXze_pDroyfD-pMuP6-CfIyg/s1600/the+beard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2eX8ROVZq2S4woGXmuDxmzbwNgQYlMqX0hGc429Bx8SptQlZPhS-Dfn5WJxpT0o03IJkMxPAv4an6HhmiRpkw8mXeEpB5SAKB7KfzLEluUdy2AxSllWpXze_pDroyfD-pMuP6-CfIyg/s320/the+beard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744679858779168594" border="0" /></a><br />Watching the fourth game between the Thunder and Lakers and I felt like I was watching ice skating rather than basketball. Roughly 5 times I noticed players for both teams slipping on the court and not even on the painted part. The announcers mentioned something about ice. I guess there is some hockey or ice skating going on this time of year?<br /><br />At halftime it looked like Westbrook wasn't doing too well. He slipped right before half, but at least walked to the locker room.<br /><br />For those of you who didn't watch the game the rundown is basically like this: Tied at halftime, Thunder down by ten in the third and down by 9 in the fourth. A little more defense and some rebounds and with about 13 seconds left in the game they went up 101-98 on a Kevin Durant three.<br /><br />That's about it. Or at least the quick generalized version.<br /><br />The Thunder lead the series 3-1 after the 103 to 100 win tonight. It looked like they might drop two in a row to the Lakers. I'm glad they didn't. Durant made it interesting with his two missed free throws in the final few minutes.<br /><br />His free throw season percentage is .878 his postseason percentage is .846. They don't have the averages up for tonight's game and I think he only missed two of them all night. The reason why I bring it up is that he doesn't miss much. In fact, it's so odd when he misses one, much less two that it made me think that definitely we were going to lose this one.<br /><br />Of course, as always he redeems himself by hitting the big threes. Especially the go ahead game winning type of threes.<br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-6_q1l2vnBw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><br />While waiting for the game to start I went through some of my basketball cards. I don't have that many basketball cards, but I found a few cool ones that sort of relate to the play off teams.<br /><br />So I'm going to pick one card from the collection as a representative for each playoff team.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILe5AvJQibExYo2jIAU3Q6q5HX6jJCie69PWwDfg-FmGQCwcAl9Pu2FAFnTCD4WZgBu-EeDn-i8GoVnVuNB0_Gm5dy5B0wS7STCGdDVrbRTaxfsEWZA8f4itUhMunlKdDuPD6d8HEDh4/s1600/hal+greer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILe5AvJQibExYo2jIAU3Q6q5HX6jJCie69PWwDfg-FmGQCwcAl9Pu2FAFnTCD4WZgBu-EeDn-i8GoVnVuNB0_Gm5dy5B0wS7STCGdDVrbRTaxfsEWZA8f4itUhMunlKdDuPD6d8HEDh4/s320/hal+greer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744678493622841122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hal Greer played for the 76'ers in the 60's. Try to say that 6 times fast. He was a Hall of Famer and was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in the NBA.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB0eudgUXwOKQogYhw5SRG-TUftBb9QT-0_QAi2-vNQ_BlVKLWzrz36iVwkywZOQOJ49Fo2YqtvbhS7LWiVvhXwlXLM7Qto80Yy4GJWyVWOKamwGrM7ruQWb1Ixq27ATAQGKiry0-bss/s1600/CelticsLogo_History.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB0eudgUXwOKQogYhw5SRG-TUftBb9QT-0_QAi2-vNQ_BlVKLWzrz36iVwkywZOQOJ49Fo2YqtvbhS7LWiVvhXwlXLM7Qto80Yy4GJWyVWOKamwGrM7ruQWb1Ixq27ATAQGKiry0-bss/s320/CelticsLogo_History.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744679493861026658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I traded away all of my Celtics cards so this graphic will have to do.<br /><br />76er's and Celtics are tied 2-2.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9jUE6uziA8CWVAv_d3x7GDlo24AHFd2xn76MK6QgDxVXYYMa2m695q2OYkCULEvX-KfBlxS9HQ5hkvKPVQMA7Z-Y8psB4VMzmHDXnjY6CCW6pZV5RquwOGUfwIdAANnX73ZbJ61b79U/s1600/griffin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9jUE6uziA8CWVAv_d3x7GDlo24AHFd2xn76MK6QgDxVXYYMa2m695q2OYkCULEvX-KfBlxS9HQ5hkvKPVQMA7Z-Y8psB4VMzmHDXnjY6CCW6pZV5RquwOGUfwIdAANnX73ZbJ61b79U/s320/griffin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744676490323749762" border="0" /></a><br />I picked this one of Blake because I'm sort of collecting him and he's one of two Clippers players that I'm even aware of. The other being Chris Paul. I only have Chris Paul Hornet cards so he didn't make the cut.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp1lTXxagKzPOPASPU9OHkm6EdlaDiwsl4tD0gJno3weULBQ-Bm1FeH864cQY0R2cjefFisfYKyxESErRlb1bjZxU_qh4MrKQFtRxYc7mKdvp1QNtg5WyB22LdsPlGHfoGzUjgVS4hSk/s1600/manu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAp1lTXxagKzPOPASPU9OHkm6EdlaDiwsl4tD0gJno3weULBQ-Bm1FeH864cQY0R2cjefFisfYKyxESErRlb1bjZxU_qh4MrKQFtRxYc7mKdvp1QNtg5WyB22LdsPlGHfoGzUjgVS4hSk/s320/manu.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744678632654029378" border="0" /></a><br />I have no idea who Manu Ginobili is, but he sounds delicious. I picked this card because of the huge bandage across his nose and he also makes me hungry. I came across a Tony Parker card, but I'd rather have one of his ex-wife. I wonder if there are any Eva Longoria cards?<br /><br />Between this card and those New Era commercials where they mention deep dish pizza I'm starving. I'll have to celebrate this post with some bread sticks and pizza from Pizza Hut.<br /><br /><br />Spurs lead the series 3-0 against the Clippers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviRlI34qDjslXcyuzydsE4kss5FKwcT5tseX3LMO59m9rdX19bVDu5202PcG_MF-ILuiDEKsbsDTffjvDizII6J1uoTuZjbnNEvRPsyi9qwr0a0FtsPAYNQWeOmp4eUDmlW_Lqrahrnk/s1600/reggie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjviRlI34qDjslXcyuzydsE4kss5FKwcT5tseX3LMO59m9rdX19bVDu5202PcG_MF-ILuiDEKsbsDTffjvDizII6J1uoTuZjbnNEvRPsyi9qwr0a0FtsPAYNQWeOmp4eUDmlW_Lqrahrnk/s320/reggie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744678177257606594" border="0" /></a><br />I recall Reggie when I was in college. Occasionally I would catch one of his games on TV.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Vu5d5GGE8WUTUvfNrLzw3SOgmCIvNTDSg-L8BC92cMNlyS0NAj84hzKt2YdzcTTL-mn0svUfgpCXEmI1qzoHIxp0mXiUzYjouxEmnfOjLIxH5T3IYdjvRzxqfJGVxBT_IYbPWqBGLek/s1600/beasley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Vu5d5GGE8WUTUvfNrLzw3SOgmCIvNTDSg-L8BC92cMNlyS0NAj84hzKt2YdzcTTL-mn0svUfgpCXEmI1qzoHIxp0mXiUzYjouxEmnfOjLIxH5T3IYdjvRzxqfJGVxBT_IYbPWqBGLek/s320/beasley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744676684356144226" border="0" /></a><br />I'm not even sure if Micheal Beasley is even on the team anymore. I remember him from his playing days at Kansas State. I think it was literally days and not years as he only stayed for a year and then went pro.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxCGiLhZMaNS40jrbdIaRIV5cnb7lBe3v0Bu0PpNvVAd3NFrXvO5k6C5Z5YH-ypY96ONelToBOc68JDS4jpaqg28dSunsy5blfrSYdoWE0O7d9miWrr1_ME1ipsvjmxPeEr5QYLqlD-w/s1600/magic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxCGiLhZMaNS40jrbdIaRIV5cnb7lBe3v0Bu0PpNvVAd3NFrXvO5k6C5Z5YH-ypY96ONelToBOc68JDS4jpaqg28dSunsy5blfrSYdoWE0O7d9miWrr1_ME1ipsvjmxPeEr5QYLqlD-w/s320/magic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5744677026935426002" border="0" /></a><br />I couldn't find any Lakers cards of current players on the roster, so I picked this one of Magic. A card of Kareem would have been nice. Especially if he were wearing those cool glasses.<br /><br />The Thunder lead the Lakers 3-1.<br /><br />That sounds so nice! I'm hoping we can close them out tomorrow night in OKC.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-90029338792376116662012-05-16T23:09:00.001-05:002012-05-16T23:10:05.919-05:00Trade with My Sports Obssession<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKHRZL_CcIu3g9TI0hczlwT6FoK3hyphenhyphenBIA99g92n-d8uk91mGpvtSGpIGOo0Lm64MZHiBSdH0Ufnd-TgRhc46L_PteJxubdeqV9mw5GAUgaE_SJYgwburCqASyqqEeF_u7ybhyuR4gSyM/s1600/g+beckham.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKHRZL_CcIu3g9TI0hczlwT6FoK3hyphenhyphenBIA99g92n-d8uk91mGpvtSGpIGOo0Lm64MZHiBSdH0Ufnd-TgRhc46L_PteJxubdeqV9mw5GAUgaE_SJYgwburCqASyqqEeF_u7ybhyuR4gSyM/s320/g+beckham.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741840981374885858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />"You know it's so nice when it happens good."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EQxqNRvdGNK-N_NEaguzXgbYEsngIXy5F7ywzmaJI1XHtB0axxN3EvXJdIueTnS3J0M_1SXAA100y4ygyJkbiTWP9mOooLckFPwNv5pUi-Njt-JabkOzNaHmgDPdAgrhTVcVSBTNpAg/s1600/doing+what+I+always+do.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EQxqNRvdGNK-N_NEaguzXgbYEsngIXy5F7ywzmaJI1XHtB0axxN3EvXJdIueTnS3J0M_1SXAA100y4ygyJkbiTWP9mOooLckFPwNv5pUi-Njt-JabkOzNaHmgDPdAgrhTVcVSBTNpAg/s320/doing+what+I+always+do.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743335305117453042" border="0" /></a><br />That's a line from the Seinfeld episode where George and Jerry go to California,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0U75SgXxqxVLItOAXJikbNm26ErtosqppIqSfGeVqJBn9eqp4-c05KJEgPPlP9tbD0ce5EMjZDKUzwtYGFN9WlnB4nSc_igCrLtMOlb0CZ_6hEo5LDgtC1bRgnvfH7rmWhyphenhyphenIW6-_HG4/s1600/interrogation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0U75SgXxqxVLItOAXJikbNm26ErtosqppIqSfGeVqJBn9eqp4-c05KJEgPPlP9tbD0ce5EMjZDKUzwtYGFN9WlnB4nSc_igCrLtMOlb0CZ_6hEo5LDgtC1bRgnvfH7rmWhyphenhyphenIW6-_HG4/s320/interrogation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743334077131269778" border="0" /></a><br />Kramer had gotten into some trouble. The police thought he was serial killer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB-bcLeosG32amAVUrCgijU_7EFCJmVKV1JiY4FPo88U1ICHo3pNJpTt64Enn6UwV36UML6TGU-vTIlbIq3p_AQd1SU3a0IfiGr0c82LaVylf7ZK9M9LHU_XC8uPAzp0-TRP_D8OG3C4/s1600/tuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdB-bcLeosG32amAVUrCgijU_7EFCJmVKV1JiY4FPo88U1ICHo3pNJpTt64Enn6UwV36UML6TGU-vTIlbIq3p_AQd1SU3a0IfiGr0c82LaVylf7ZK9M9LHU_XC8uPAzp0-TRP_D8OG3C4/s320/tuck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743335824903598850" border="0" /></a><br />Eventually they make their way back to the hotel room where George can't sleep because Lupe the chambermaid tucked his sheets in too much.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCGjqlU6A4jRqBgi3eqXHN66X0lNztPsS2WDoAIjWUcIm9B9MizzxcYO9wnL3AC16CcWvgNjYv83gmAa1gyiOIfzx672TiqG-o4CD8nCvenXFAjNUu_ZM1YF2W9NWat0gSiKdAoms47g/s1600/no+tuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCGjqlU6A4jRqBgi3eqXHN66X0lNztPsS2WDoAIjWUcIm9B9MizzxcYO9wnL3AC16CcWvgNjYv83gmAa1gyiOIfzx672TiqG-o4CD8nCvenXFAjNUu_ZM1YF2W9NWat0gSiKdAoms47g/s320/no+tuck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743337199383714930" border="0" /></a><br />Jerry opted for "no tucking" and was able to sleep relatively easy by comparison. That's when he says, "You know it's so nice when it happens good."<br /><br />The quote that Jerry utters was from Fred DeCordiva the producer from the Tonight Show.<br /><br />He talked to Jerry about doing his first standup on the show and how he felt about it and the quote always stayed with Jerry because of the weird phrasing.<br /><br />This phrase keeps coming to me when I start to write about my latest trade with Jeff at <a href="http://mysportsandsportscards.blogspot.com/">My Sports Obsession</a>. He's also working on the 1973 set so I was able to help him out a little bit.<br /><br />He sent over a bunch of cards including some 2011 Topps, Allen and Ginter and some 73's.<br /><br />The card at the top of the post is the very last one I needed for the 2011 Opening Day set.<br /><br />Technically I'm still searching for a few inserts, but everything else is complete.<br /><br />About a month ago I decided to look over all my cards laying around and make sure they were all arranged correctly. I realized I had a few Opening Day cards mixed with the regular Topps cards.<br />With both sets having the same design that probably happens a lot with collectors getting the two mixed up.<br /><br />I'm really happy to finish off this set and put the last base card in the binder. It was a fun set to collect and I occasionally I'll look over it in the binder.<br /><br />binder shot.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDBIKP9P96x8iZ5l0tqKwMknilvUB8Tw3LnKQ2nuhcLugVQl5LvJW23heUobvzg7wLDNNjySu8Y8AjyBMt54SedUG7yxccMkMV3So4scrz-5FqQheVttrgpH6eMwRCjAoNDfskX9FhIk/s1600/g+beckham+topps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDBIKP9P96x8iZ5l0tqKwMknilvUB8Tw3LnKQ2nuhcLugVQl5LvJW23heUobvzg7wLDNNjySu8Y8AjyBMt54SedUG7yxccMkMV3So4scrz-5FqQheVttrgpH6eMwRCjAoNDfskX9FhIk/s320/g+beckham+topps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841054103929378" border="0" /></a><br />In addition to that card he also sent over the flagship version of the same card.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwRd7ghR2gp5kA0qzsmma6kl5W2Bsd_ye2h0Y7OmMRdqLqxmDwbMm54TemoAsDPzfL6mIWCPRYrZ0qjvIUQvbCkjFDZkO6QB0L_Cm0O9QceGJifWsJuqobobZenU9G-L7bahg9elTMsk/s1600/e+jackson+topps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwRd7ghR2gp5kA0qzsmma6kl5W2Bsd_ye2h0Y7OmMRdqLqxmDwbMm54TemoAsDPzfL6mIWCPRYrZ0qjvIUQvbCkjFDZkO6QB0L_Cm0O9QceGJifWsJuqobobZenU9G-L7bahg9elTMsk/s320/e+jackson+topps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841176862977026" border="0" /></a><br />And a nice Score Board in the Background candidate with this Edwin Jackson card.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAle6-rOsqOwlk8KnxRYRmHJttJ_nP3U17EvfH9EH_HJLTZ7Us3T7nLou3idUclAobr0N6-a35Y9KAY9VNqKn0e4tzCf_al9u0mwQUDQ_1SKVun3PcwDZ4VI8pC9tBmEeKSW8y6grakE/s1600/sf+giants.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAle6-rOsqOwlk8KnxRYRmHJttJ_nP3U17EvfH9EH_HJLTZ7Us3T7nLou3idUclAobr0N6-a35Y9KAY9VNqKn0e4tzCf_al9u0mwQUDQ_1SKVun3PcwDZ4VI8pC9tBmEeKSW8y6grakE/s320/sf+giants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741840818925520354" border="0" /></a><br />I've mentioned before how nice the team cards look.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_VQFnBFyjb5ZADJRWo0xpjRndN0Zr9PUTZzg51JwbYcDkkYovggkCUR40dRtbQRUzau65xYU_LLHYRe6vlbN_70x604QkHkWbIAJZdbFN-tXjUCwztlOm72QL84mC-yKNFXn05YDvGg/s1600/yankees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_VQFnBFyjb5ZADJRWo0xpjRndN0Zr9PUTZzg51JwbYcDkkYovggkCUR40dRtbQRUzau65xYU_LLHYRe6vlbN_70x604QkHkWbIAJZdbFN-tXjUCwztlOm72QL84mC-yKNFXn05YDvGg/s320/yankees.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841765808124130" border="0" /></a>The celebration photos used in these cards are nice too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORJ6vzG0Au1m3_13JRJ8PIxbpGy1ogYzttux6LDhPHdYD-aaKu4OmEqoLAgU5WXElxDaWFEAsV-ktQPWl_77BIdyDt-PU1wfuFjGr-soBaNFp8F-tO2kw0_tLxszjJBFgRf4g_NBg7F4/s1600/quentin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORJ6vzG0Au1m3_13JRJ8PIxbpGy1ogYzttux6LDhPHdYD-aaKu4OmEqoLAgU5WXElxDaWFEAsV-ktQPWl_77BIdyDt-PU1wfuFjGr-soBaNFp8F-tO2kw0_tLxszjJBFgRf4g_NBg7F4/s320/quentin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741840644399593490" border="0" /></a><br />A trade post wouldn't be complete without some Allen and Ginter. Especially some horizontal A&G.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdsxY2fqT3aI9xZC9rxyqH8NnW-GmCVkbnNZnWIf_8e63sNZ5s3acHttJ7jfSqDKkoHKzfbnXgn4GKsMZ6TB1pI8eLugf2kAyYcA2_IGEwzPD1knaxUQ8i0pQROP-ovEiCVcqRVjViaw/s1600/e+jackson+ag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdsxY2fqT3aI9xZC9rxyqH8NnW-GmCVkbnNZnWIf_8e63sNZ5s3acHttJ7jfSqDKkoHKzfbnXgn4GKsMZ6TB1pI8eLugf2kAyYcA2_IGEwzPD1knaxUQ8i0pQROP-ovEiCVcqRVjViaw/s320/e+jackson+ag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841334087903666" border="0" /></a><br />This is shaping up to be a White Sox heavy post so far. This Edwin Jackson card and the A&G card both have something in common and that's the beady eye treatment.<br /><br />I think in both cases Topps editors brought out the whites in Jackson's eyes.<br /><br />Speaking of Topps editors.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ke8aZfJXAEBoVVMYukC1zB4mQlX7yDx6rtr784JmdS6MvKO-FZtFh1hYhLbU7tfcqFFcVxlPaWqi2X9IbuS7RsowOmpXI80LUfaoBScMtKpWO5Ox-ig6CcEZcd2XbGPgyncWfPj3aFc/s1600/001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ke8aZfJXAEBoVVMYukC1zB4mQlX7yDx6rtr784JmdS6MvKO-FZtFh1hYhLbU7tfcqFFcVxlPaWqi2X9IbuS7RsowOmpXI80LUfaoBScMtKpWO5Ox-ig6CcEZcd2XbGPgyncWfPj3aFc/s320/001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743343374302343810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look at this airbrush job. Not as bad as the ones I mentioned a few posts ago, but pretty obvious.<br /><br />Jeff sent over 7 1973 cards to help me on my way with that set.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2sciDU_N4KiWegqaMmfBVUu0yrcinmuleGqdWoe7ukRlelM-jSkrB-CEVpc7gnVc3ItVCGwafKjF_nwRpn2fUgi_7Zi_qToEH2jZAIk-2_kHFVF7AeIZ7T-uFdpG_VsezYbKQpBuodg/s1600/d+rader.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2sciDU_N4KiWegqaMmfBVUu0yrcinmuleGqdWoe7ukRlelM-jSkrB-CEVpc7gnVc3ItVCGwafKjF_nwRpn2fUgi_7Zi_qToEH2jZAIk-2_kHFVF7AeIZ7T-uFdpG_VsezYbKQpBuodg/s320/d+rader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741840507128144226" border="0" /></a><br />First off is Oklahoma City's own Dave Rader. He makes an apperance on a card with Dave Conception I think.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgms8I9Xda6NhmM_z3CuSwp0_WQcR2DEDtWds16jCqKTkU6IWDxPtHENUUcDZuO6xWrpEgyDAm2daldUqDE70AZC53VoGhyphenhypheno2CvV5qi_PgDyEy25e1j-uZP-h-AqTIhDSRCbjP-WjaxE/s1600/r+may.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYgms8I9Xda6NhmM_z3CuSwp0_WQcR2DEDtWds16jCqKTkU6IWDxPtHENUUcDZuO6xWrpEgyDAm2daldUqDE70AZC53VoGhyphenhypheno2CvV5qi_PgDyEy25e1j-uZP-h-AqTIhDSRCbjP-WjaxE/s320/r+may.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841639125342818" border="0" /></a><br />Rudy May in one of those cool Angels uniforms.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreYGmx3CVm2-NEDFB6VVv2H8-ap1lgDVWXYdlb3OYfs1cQ7RvWpqRwTXuTUJD706HXbtqUYeX6Mr6NJqxPxSR3xfOustm7rF7OmLuYxhGT6uFrfjTuTmzZTAlV3n7ne9YBDBfLqkOkEI/s1600/t+mcgraw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreYGmx3CVm2-NEDFB6VVv2H8-ap1lgDVWXYdlb3OYfs1cQ7RvWpqRwTXuTUJD706HXbtqUYeX6Mr6NJqxPxSR3xfOustm7rF7OmLuYxhGT6uFrfjTuTmzZTAlV3n7ne9YBDBfLqkOkEI/s320/t+mcgraw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741841459602918082" border="0" /></a><br />Tim McGraw's dad in one of the many jersey over the windbreaker Mets cards.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for the cards Jeff.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-15239951768103098442012-05-15T23:05:00.005-05:002012-05-15T23:21:51.441-05:00Funny baseball storyI came across this cool story. It's baseball related and there is a joke about baseball cards so I thought it might appeal to people who might come across this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0didcbGaPB-lgSgR8tv1Cg-TEpScGWJfhlIfssSI4KB0YSlSv7bbqGa2ZLkCD9CqxbrQXY5XvPgojVmHAkcircqntSb2K8iX9axbxAagJUDsovmF2RzENJ86giJiUmHlQfJacD_3JF9g/s1600/ECKERSLEY5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0didcbGaPB-lgSgR8tv1Cg-TEpScGWJfhlIfssSI4KB0YSlSv7bbqGa2ZLkCD9CqxbrQXY5XvPgojVmHAkcircqntSb2K8iX9axbxAagJUDsovmF2RzENJ86giJiUmHlQfJacD_3JF9g/s320/ECKERSLEY5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742981451463549730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I don't have a card of Eckersley, so I found this image here: <a href="http://ronriesterer.photoshelter.com/image/I0000fmjoB_D.R84"> Ron Riesterer photography</a><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F22020498&show_artwork=true" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" width="100%"></iframe>Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-90626171034524967892012-05-14T18:41:00.001-05:002012-05-14T18:42:04.021-05:00trade with andrews baseball cards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJfIQKSHyMxeHGD7lGBmyZExfph45uP5EA-iXbfymQcy7a4NfEf9nFy8Lzr1-xH1mEB2J6GyNV7DFM-DozmJc8gMwzoEBl-8eOhtY1pie5wIv6VzrqZ8qEOiat_wzUKERsTwn8ZHkn5U/s1600/kimball+2nd+page+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJfIQKSHyMxeHGD7lGBmyZExfph45uP5EA-iXbfymQcy7a4NfEf9nFy8Lzr1-xH1mEB2J6GyNV7DFM-DozmJc8gMwzoEBl-8eOhtY1pie5wIv6VzrqZ8qEOiat_wzUKERsTwn8ZHkn5U/s320/kimball+2nd+page+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738394414118261170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lately I have been complaining about the abundance of inserts in the past few years Topps sets. For the most part I like the inserts, I just don't like how there are so many of them in each set. If you're trying to at least get the base set it's going to take buying that much more of the product to finish off the set and you're still left with partially completed inserts and base sets. It's one of the reasons why I got a little bored with A&G last year. Buying some random retail packs didn't do much to chip away at the set and actually completing the set or feeling like I was getting closer makes me want to buy more of it. It feels a little futile to buy up a bunch of packs and not really feel like you're doing much in the way of completing anything. Pulling the cards are fun, grabbing a few inserts or some cool minis is nice too, but ultimately I want to feel like I'm getting closer to the goal of finishing something.<br /><br />Whew, that was a long winded rant. Sorry. Enough whining, now for the stuff that I <span style="font-style: italic;">do</span> like:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwi173ZdcNgt-g_YxUYBrga_pFv4HpoFWKPG0Nhb-FLmSDpc0PanD1vL9iNOSI5oSwPdnlobNfTdMwBGTZtUeUNXO6oqayibuaEoDwsJcBebDMzTYtR93_QIVHOcJ5l193qazjS9I5aE/s1600/kimball+4th+page+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwi173ZdcNgt-g_YxUYBrga_pFv4HpoFWKPG0Nhb-FLmSDpc0PanD1vL9iNOSI5oSwPdnlobNfTdMwBGTZtUeUNXO6oqayibuaEoDwsJcBebDMzTYtR93_QIVHOcJ5l193qazjS9I5aE/s320/kimball+4th+page+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738536035439727810" border="0" /></a><br />In the past few years of Topps flagship baseball they included at least one insert set if not more that I really liked. The retro themed inserts like Turkey Red and Kimball Champions were really nice looking to me.<br /><br />I was mainly collecting series one. Occasionally I would buy a series two rack pack or individual packs for fun. I wasn't really that concerned with collecting the series two, but as long as I was buying it I might as well put them in the binder. It's a very lazy way of collecting, but that's how I felt about flagship last year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9JzWK_ucjR82Re5dNUtgDYqzrfA6BSEZ5hhASki-vmY76RV7IWW10LTDOSFtDulgjNhC2N3KYCd_hK3TkTDMQtRB85O08l7mWcZz_Trxy1Vi4Ey4Xvlo0u-XJtAZOHHtnRurLHPpUZE/s1600/kimball+6th+page+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9JzWK_ucjR82Re5dNUtgDYqzrfA6BSEZ5hhASki-vmY76RV7IWW10LTDOSFtDulgjNhC2N3KYCd_hK3TkTDMQtRB85O08l7mWcZz_Trxy1Vi4Ey4Xvlo0u-XJtAZOHHtnRurLHPpUZE/s320/kimball+6th+page+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741095638621654290" border="0" /></a><br />I didn't buy much in the way of Updates, mainly one value pack and a loose pack to see what kind of stuff I could pull.<br /><br />Since I wasn't buying much product it stands to reason I wouldn't get close to finishing up the base set much less my favorite insert set: Kimball Champions.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VxFddtfT-lgVQZEbRSQuSXhD5J6phgGaOnT4vPhHLNJ9gYc3cBOUb0iABFq92sjEssBzk9ClNg8HkSiBhEQuJsgDjOYRU14T6tk3hA63iW-sMbsGj4XGh8nIVkaaCP4aLAWf35pBUOE/s1600/kimball+5th+page+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VxFddtfT-lgVQZEbRSQuSXhD5J6phgGaOnT4vPhHLNJ9gYc3cBOUb0iABFq92sjEssBzk9ClNg8HkSiBhEQuJsgDjOYRU14T6tk3hA63iW-sMbsGj4XGh8nIVkaaCP4aLAWf35pBUOE/s320/kimball+5th+page+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741095178305376130" border="0" /></a><br />By not going the Ebay or COMC route, buying packs is pretty much the only way I'll finished<br /><br />That only leaves one other option which is the trade route. I did pick some singles online, but I was pretty much laying off this set in favor of vintage. I don't know about you guys, but I seem to have a little ADD with my collecting habits. For a few months it's all retro stuff, then it'll be vintage, then it might be football or player collections. Just whatever random stuff I happen to be into at the moment.<br /><br />Gettting back to the trade topic. <a href="http://andrewsbaseballcards.blogspot.com/2012/03/topps-2011-minis-for-trade.html">Andrew's baseball cards</a> blog offered up a big chunk of Kimballs for trade. I jumped on the offer and he sent over about 29 minis from series one, two and updates.<br /><br />Here's some visual evidence of the trade.<br /><br />In series one I only needed one card of Roy Halladay to finish up the first 50.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xv9axMmGpUIYgJ_U8GzQWR5aWayKG4pLXpU9jkk_G_wU50deg2ewa6rX95YsN91fZyihSj5ygOWD6R57_IIBwxGbv1i2u-5-9zIGwpB2jHPsNByEfPH64Baq0GHKbIpmRvt4mhyphenhyphenJVJQ/s1600/kimball+page+1+before+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xv9axMmGpUIYgJ_U8GzQWR5aWayKG4pLXpU9jkk_G_wU50deg2ewa6rX95YsN91fZyihSj5ygOWD6R57_IIBwxGbv1i2u-5-9zIGwpB2jHPsNByEfPH64Baq0GHKbIpmRvt4mhyphenhyphenJVJQ/s320/kimball+page+1+before+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738395588753221826" border="0" /></a>You can see that their is a missing Halladay at the bottom of the sheet.<br /><br />Here is the after pic.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a_fNbtcKs1NSuSdGHgzNuhEEbtS1AYUZXGrInXLqI7lZkEpEu2G1gNwx8w2RSLsDt27OSm4gYoBv2MtAy-XpFl3tj8omrJxSVrYDCvhLnph2rW1zBWlRLNjfOOop3MNV8WsU6eLY34w/s1600/kimball+pages+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1a_fNbtcKs1NSuSdGHgzNuhEEbtS1AYUZXGrInXLqI7lZkEpEu2G1gNwx8w2RSLsDt27OSm4gYoBv2MtAy-XpFl3tj8omrJxSVrYDCvhLnph2rW1zBWlRLNjfOOop3MNV8WsU6eLY34w/s320/kimball+pages+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738396899361123042" border="0" /></a><br />I bought a bunch of 20 card pages in addition to the 15 card pages just to see how I like them. It's nice to have a bunch of mini cards on one page. 20 per page looks better, but the top of the card sticks out of the top of the sleeve, so the card isn't completely protected. It bothers me a little, but I'll get over it. 15 card pages protect the card more, but there is a lot of space in between the cards.<br /><br />While I'm at it, here's the third page. The first ten were already in my collection. the lower five including the Koufax was from Andrew. Pretty nice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup1Zfm7OQFns2YHLPVou6tPE0LkXKNT4lxGi7fABrIVgGWk2qLbgQ8na4ow5HFKwGpv3Q3rd_j_O_to8HWD5DQMtz9n_gT6k1CSXELkloGbVQ_GRqWCNqFsSfgtpUyHnM0SMQwPFYYro/s1600/kimball+3rd+page+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup1Zfm7OQFns2YHLPVou6tPE0LkXKNT4lxGi7fABrIVgGWk2qLbgQ8na4ow5HFKwGpv3Q3rd_j_O_to8HWD5DQMtz9n_gT6k1CSXELkloGbVQ_GRqWCNqFsSfgtpUyHnM0SMQwPFYYro/s320/kimball+3rd+page+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738398753263717330" border="0" /></a><br />I only bought a couple of packs of Updates last year and I only pulled one Kimball; the one of Ozzie.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbB8jWl_zgGPPs9L7heBXcIVzkEawPsCYoMphDtb-uXhRsC_w5btrlUQucJIGM5DnaR2fzn8N2QZcPzQLaADAAg1q3GiyQCFJF6J0KjQ0rNW6uVmpg8xARzJZikHgiihm_2QLSa91vFE/s1600/kimball+last+page+before+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbB8jWl_zgGPPs9L7heBXcIVzkEawPsCYoMphDtb-uXhRsC_w5btrlUQucJIGM5DnaR2fzn8N2QZcPzQLaADAAg1q3GiyQCFJF6J0KjQ0rNW6uVmpg8xARzJZikHgiihm_2QLSa91vFE/s320/kimball+last+page+before+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738542870732486706" border="0" /></a><br />As you can see after the trade I have a lot more in the binder.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qzbx3yNRH_eIjPsb6dP7s_gD8n7tEgUThJFAK-KlANq8S7IGQ59ug7Gxu4o7SbIOrnLC2U7oojLKhBXzHbpFaWaRnSXzPtZMtudL-G5lFYMAFqpUopJ9XDjRhp0t9gpRTKGLoyl-34s/s1600/kimball+7th+page+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qzbx3yNRH_eIjPsb6dP7s_gD8n7tEgUThJFAK-KlANq8S7IGQ59ug7Gxu4o7SbIOrnLC2U7oojLKhBXzHbpFaWaRnSXzPtZMtudL-G5lFYMAFqpUopJ9XDjRhp0t9gpRTKGLoyl-34s/s320/kimball+7th+page+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5738541969962130018" border="0" /></a>Ozzie's not so lonely now. I wish I would have remembered to put the blank page on top of the cards when scanning, but at least you get the idea.<br /><br />Since I needed some photos to break up the monotony of my writing and because I wanted to show off the minis in the binder rather than alone on a scan I just randomly inserted scans of the pages. Hope you all liked it.<br /><br />Thanks for the cards Andrew and thanks for the cards.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-21929742176979316472012-05-13T13:34:00.001-05:002012-05-13T13:34:14.832-05:00Cards from the Hopeful chaseJustin at the <a href="http://hopefulchase.blogspot.com/">Hopeful Chase</a> blog posted up some mini trade bait last August(August! I need to get a handle on my laziness) and of course I inquired about some of the minis he had for trade.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumRivCvGvl5Aageu-rQ14hm1gykqEeJWAJoXDhFmdTwGndXxluJHkX0pQ56xG_Vyi8EdHUFdCzHnbj_KyQriePriRa-V2rRyZGONqEIFY2mT3EDHIQhiSG73UPkdd1cF3t6RlB2sdHBs/s1600/hopeful+chase.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumRivCvGvl5Aageu-rQ14hm1gykqEeJWAJoXDhFmdTwGndXxluJHkX0pQ56xG_Vyi8EdHUFdCzHnbj_KyQriePriRa-V2rRyZGONqEIFY2mT3EDHIQhiSG73UPkdd1cF3t6RlB2sdHBs/s320/hopeful+chase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741685340765046994" border="0" /></a><br />He sent over these three 2009 Allen and Ginter black bordered minis. Out of all my collection the decision to try and collect the entire black border mini set was probably my first (and last) foray into trying to complete a big parallel set. I love minis of all sizes and colors and parallels, but this is the one set that I'm trying to complete. The other minis go into a random mini set or what has been trademarked by Dayf: <a href="http://cardjunk.blogspot.com/2012/04/joy-of-six-completed-pages.html">the frankenset</a>. These won't be going into a frankenset, they'll reside with their brothers and sisters in the Official A&G binder. (Official because it has a blaster box top cut to fit the front and sides of the binder.)<br /><br />A cool Kimball mini was included in the trade package.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgVG4xeeaczZ4aLYfUXFRt7N7ggUNlzWaiSiEi_1jWdvcwSC8REyKabeSYT51b455JGqjDbdQ__qWBx31anJxiJULwFyQ9LL74KcfMPOhCHWC6dKT85EEfbbPVO8Y8dRczNCmZrrs0Yk/s1600/hopeful+chase+jackie+mini.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgVG4xeeaczZ4aLYfUXFRt7N7ggUNlzWaiSiEi_1jWdvcwSC8REyKabeSYT51b455JGqjDbdQ__qWBx31anJxiJULwFyQ9LL74KcfMPOhCHWC6dKT85EEfbbPVO8Y8dRczNCmZrrs0Yk/s320/hopeful+chase+jackie+mini.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741684269981141426" border="0" /></a><br />Nice Jackie Robinson card. This card is from the series two of the Kimballs which of course focused on retired players. If I didn't need it for the Kimball set, it would definitely be material for the frankenset.<br /><br />Thanks a lot for the minis Justin. Sorry it took so long to get the post up.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6846005642525358665.post-14545423876821288102012-05-11T23:39:00.001-05:002012-05-11T23:40:15.335-05:00Sandy Sketch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFm17iAihLza0stgs65Qo3f7U-kD2BCk55qvQrKg47rn_8rrXCGDQHGt4w9k6te9vdXFxqfQ0EzS4nLHy3nm71OmJxrYtxN-Kkrgcm1hZKKYAWKyZoqXEPeFXvUe2F4MXqWd7nnLDuG8/s1600/Sandy+Koufax+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFm17iAihLza0stgs65Qo3f7U-kD2BCk55qvQrKg47rn_8rrXCGDQHGt4w9k6te9vdXFxqfQ0EzS4nLHy3nm71OmJxrYtxN-Kkrgcm1hZKKYAWKyZoqXEPeFXvUe2F4MXqWd7nnLDuG8/s320/Sandy+Koufax+sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741495043957708354" border="0" /></a><br />I'm not sure if I have covered this before, but I wanted to do a sketch card post for a while. I finally have some free time now, so here is one of my Sandy Koufax sketches.<br /><br />I think the color is a little off, but I like the composition and I think it sort of looks like him. So overall I like the way it turned out. I need to do another one with him in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.<br /><br />I based the drawing on a book I was reading by Jane Levy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkRqW07wcv6qsqgQJKGFd1OaCqtsW_x9LLXtxDQisn6nZ8F45tdFlKaiE9v2yFd2mY2MpOPR3zBpSQBjmABVLd_GDuQkW6Sm6f6F7ZHT59BqXJ616GybEnJP6va6PZkdHVrMttHcJae0/s1600/179805_941678746177_9630622_47458189_3300555_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkRqW07wcv6qsqgQJKGFd1OaCqtsW_x9LLXtxDQisn6nZ8F45tdFlKaiE9v2yFd2mY2MpOPR3zBpSQBjmABVLd_GDuQkW6Sm6f6F7ZHT59BqXJ616GybEnJP6va6PZkdHVrMttHcJae0/s320/179805_941678746177_9630622_47458189_3300555_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5741501378549858482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pretty cool book. If you have chance to check it out and haven't already, it's a pretty good read.<br /><br />Alright then. That's about all I got today. Thanks for reading (if you are). And have a good weekend.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458498962240003860noreply@blogger.com2