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Hey Women’s Basketball… change your schedule and thank Sully later

on March 4th, 2010 by Sully

Seriously, women’s basketball… you should be starting your NCAA tournament RIGHT NOW!And not just this year, but every year the women’s NCAA tourney should be in early March.Actually it should be wrapping up now with the bulk of the tournament in Feb…

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A Panini Flip

on March 4th, 2010 by madding

I’ve already managed to flip one of my unwanted cards from my Panini Limited Box/Pack break and I’m quite pleased with the result. I was able to turn a low numbered Sam Young jersey/auto thing into a Dante Cunningham card, also autographed, thanks to …

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Back Log

on March 4th, 2010 by Matt F.

I’m so far behind in my A Pack To Be Named Later posts that I feel like I’ll never catch up…

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I have absolutely nothing to say right now.

on March 4th, 2010 by JT

And so I will yodel and laugh like a Russian.

And then yell “troll!” and “like” and “and” a lot while a nasty beat plays.

And then I might even finish my song “Drunk Love” and post it for you guys.

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Jim Lansford – You Complete My Team Set

on March 4th, 2010 by JRJ

The satisfaction of a completed team set. It’s hard to describe to non-collectors.Thanks to an eBay purchase of Jim Lansford’s 1952 Bowman Small, I’m sitting in the after-glow of a completed 1952 Dallas Texans team set.This history of the 1952 Dallas T…

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2003 Upper Deck 40-Man #665 Rheal Cormier

on March 4th, 2010 by Jim

On the day new ace Roy Halladay made his Phillies debut, I’m featuring a baseball card of former left-handed set-up reliever Rheal Cormier. Why? Because, inexplicably, he was once Jenna’s favorite player, and because I like to make my wife happy. She’s…

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Jaret Wright, 2007 Topps Heritage #460

on March 4th, 2010 by Kevin

Tonight I’m going to talk more about 2010 Topps. So you may be wondering why I chose a card from the 2007 Heritage set, which borrows its design from 1958. I’ll get to that in a moment.Last night I planned to rip open just four packs of my hobby box, b…

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Jose Canseco: Reaching Out to Fans or Showing His True Colors?

on March 4th, 2010 by Ryan Cracknell

Twitter’s an interesting beast. I check out the feeds and “follow” athletes and interesting celebrities (ie NO Ashton Kutcher) from past and present. One of the more recent athletes to come along on Twitter is none other than Jose Canseco. Often he sta…

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Ain’t We Got Fun???…or What Does a Topps Collector Think of the New UD Mess

on March 4th, 2010 by James B. Anama

Okay, blog after blog after blog have already said their piece regarding what they think of the newest development, in this case, UD settling their lawsuit with MLB Properties, specifically, UD getting their butts (along with their gut, kneecaps, and a…

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2010 Heritage racks are haunting Targets

on March 4th, 2010 by dayf

I actually went hoping to find a blaster, but these Rack Packs were there instead. No normal packs. just the Racks. Odd, I thought.I was somewhat peeved to see there were only 14 cards in the rack. I was almost certain there were 15 or 16 last year. Th…

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Big D Customs NFL Special

on March 4th, 2010 by BigD

In honor of the NFL combine taking place this week, here are some offseason football goodies. Are you ready for some football? Later.

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Absolut Panini

on March 4th, 2010 by stusigpi

Panini Absolute Memorabilia

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2010 Topps Heritage Baseball Variations and Short Prints

on March 4th, 2010 by Ryan Cracknell

Yeah, I know I’m a little behind. You’ve likely already heard, but to keep up with consistency’s sake of running short print and variation info (I find I need it five years later quite often), here’s the lowdown for 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball.Short P…

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February 2010 Pull of the Month and Million Card Give Away Dilemma

on March 4th, 2010 by deal

The dilemma is what should I do with my pull of the month?It is one of the best cards I could of asked for – It is a Philllies Card. It is aVintage Card. and it is on Phils 1963 Topps Want List – Check, Check, Check.Unfortunately somebody posted that…

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Talk About A Ridiculous Price For A Ridiculous Pull!

on March 4th, 2010 by Gellman

Over the last few years, SP Authentic has offered a cool chase card for the buyers of the product. Basically, for each of the last few sets, there has been one or two redemptions per year that offer a complete set of low numbered rookie patch autos for…

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83F Project 2010-03-04 18:31:00

on March 4th, 2010 by Scott Mortimer

#589 – Dan Driessen – Cincinnati Reds – 1983 Fleer Dan Driessen’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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Cards Where Other Things Are Going On.

on March 4th, 2010 by Dinged Corners

The main point of this card is that Chad Durbin is pitching. However, the secondary action makes this a better-than-average card. Am I right?Isn’t that Curtis Granderson?What’s your favorite card where the main action isn’t the reason why you…

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83F Project 2010-03-04 18:24:00

on March 4th, 2010 by Scott Mortimer

#49 – Pete Vuckovich – Milwaukee Brewers – 1983 Fleer Pete Vuckovich’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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Time for Spring Training!

on March 4th, 2010 by Al Leiter's Bullpen Catcher

Well here I am, in the beautiful Tampa, Florida for a week of fun and baseball. I wish i could say I arrived to the warmth of Florida, but that wouldn’t entirely be the truth. Among stepping outside of the airport on Wednesday, i was hit with the cold …

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Card Of The Week February 28

on March 4th, 2010 by NPB Card Guy

OK, really late this week. I spent last weekend in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras Marathon and I’ve spent this week recovering – both from the run (I ran the Half Marathon) and the city. Nothing like recovering from a run with a hand grenade at Tropi…

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2010 Heritage Retail Is Live!

on March 4th, 2010 by Jeffrey Wolfe

We can has Heritage? Dayf says, Yes we can! I will stop by Target tommorrow…

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First Two 2010 TTM Spring Training success

on March 4th, 2010 by Newspaperman

I received autographs from Tiger relief pitcher Daniel Schlereth and Dodger legend Ron Cey today, the first successes of my 2010 TTM requests. I’m not intending to do a post for every TTM card that comes in, but I may do them in bunches. HERE is who I have sent to thus far. I’ll be [...]

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2010 Topps Experiment: Completion! (And a Giveaway!)

on March 4th, 2010 by Thorzul

It’s official. I have completed the 330-card base set of 2010 Topps through donations. When I opened today’s mail, I was delighted to find the final card I needed, #147 Huston Street. It came from Sean at It’s Just Cardboard.I also got a Tim Lincecu…

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Upper Deck Got Left in the Bleachers

on March 4th, 2010 by Dan

I’ve already offered my opinion on what an exclusive license would mean for collectors when the Topps license was initially announced. If you’re so inclined, you can reprise those thoughts here and here.In short, I think the short-term effect will be p…

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A day late…

on March 4th, 2010 by PunkRockPaint

We can all do this…We SHOULD all do this…

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My First 2010 Heritage Mets, New Pelf, Thole +Vintage

on March 4th, 2010 by gobigpelf34

Hello everyone, Im back with another catch up post!
What I got to sow you today are all some purchases from ebay, First are a couple 2010 Heritage cards:

Always awesome to get a new Pelf card! And this is my first Jason Bay Mets card, besides the topps total rookie from 02′ but I dont count [...]

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What Bass can do for you

on March 4th, 2010 by night owl

I took dayf up on his offer and traded my treasured 1987 Kevin Bass card for a 2001 Wendell Magee Jr. card on the Topps Million Card Giveaway site.I didn’t particularly want the Magee card. Who does? But after dayf’s vitrolic harangue against one of th…

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I Love Spring Training

on March 4th, 2010 by Dave

It’s Spring Training, and one of my favorite players is back on the field.  Mike Aviles!Mike Aviles, Royals2010 Goose Joak Originalby Goose JoakHoping to finish some team templates this weekend!

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***NOW CLOSED*** FREE STUFF FRIDAY (3-5): You have 15 chances to win — and one chance to lose — right now!

on March 4th, 2010 by chrisolds

Free Stuff Friday is back once again — we’re starting our sixth month of weekly contests — so you have the chance to add some sports memorabilia to the ol’ collection by merely answering some questions whose answers can be found on Beckett.com.

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Jesus Mendez, Venezuelan Nuggets – 118

on March 4th, 2010 by Steve78

The hopeful young ballplayers tried out, but weren’t good enough. And Jesus Mendez, the chief Venezuela scout for the Philadelphia Phillies, had to break the news.”Almost all of them, I’ll have to let down easy,” Mendez told the Los Angeles Times in a …

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