Card Draft II Countdown Part 1: 25-16 + Extras

With Scott Crawford on Cards‘ Trade Bait Draft III probably happening tonight (If you got $20 or a good trade to offer him, and an hour or two free, hit him up!), I thought it was way past time to start showing off my stuff from my first go-round in his draft’s second iteration.  With […]

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1/4 THROUGH – Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2013 Major League Baseball Season ________________________________________________ Well friends, we are amazingly 1/4 through with the 2013 baseball regula season, so I thought we should go back to the list of … Continue reading →

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As an Angels fan, at times I feel like I’m made to suffer through lackluster performances as the team limps towards the end of April with a sub-.500 record – the Angels roster construction is rigid and while fans were happy when owner Arte Moreno thro…

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A trip to a card show where there are different dime / quarter / $0.50 / dollar boxes to dig through is how I have a little fun putting together my own stack of baseball cards when I’m not angling to pick up anything in particular – though I only get a…

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Group Breaks are fun. My participation in these activities has increased as my disinterest in the latest products has decreased, which if you know me at all shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Most of the time these breaks are a nice opportunity to get so…

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Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2013 Major League Baseball Season I had a great time doing this prior to the starts of the 2011 and 2012 baseball seasons, so I thought I would give it another go as … Continue reading →

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Wandering through a dark room and picking up a stack of cards, almost at random – that’s how I came up with tonight’s post. Sometimes it just has to be done. I have a lot of trade posts to catch up on, which is not exactly a new thing, but this one was…

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I had no idea what to expect when I plugged in the numbers for first basemen. I couldn’t even guess at a top five list, except to say that Lou Gehrig would likely be near the top. When all the statistics were plugged into the spreadsheet, Gehrig (294.01) was near the top, but not at [...]

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Two trade posts are better than one, right? I guess if you do the math on that, trying to cram two trade packages into one post means you’re only getting half of the word out, but I’m honestly near the breaking point as far as being able to keep up wit…

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I wonder what is the best, most creative way to deal with card packaging once something has been busted and cards have been sorted appropriately – when I collected 15-20 years ago, I saved a ton of packs just to have them around as a keepsake of certai…

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I’m starting to catch up with my trade posts to the point where I’m posting stuff where I haven’t even sent the return package yet. While that might sound good, it’s really not – considering that I’ve been sitting on this package for more than a month….

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In the amazing history of the St, Louis Cardinals, Albert Pujols holds the team record for most consecutive seasons with at least 30 home runs, 100 RBI, and a .300 batting average.  He accomplished this feat for ten consecutive seasons, … Continue reading →

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I guess I’m officially trying to complete the 25-card insert set, though I’m not really much of a set collector – I’m staying away from blaster boxes while trying to cherry pick the singles I need from eBay.

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Happy Birthday Albert Pujols!!! Albert Pujols turns 33 years old today. Arguably the best player in baseball this century, Pujols has amassed some incredible numbers prior to his 32nd birthday. Already a 3-time MVP winner and 2-time World Series champion, … Continue reading →

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As you may be aware, one Jose Alberto Pujols was on a year long banishment from the blog for egregious crimes against the Redbirds… being that he took more money for so-called greener pastures, of course. It’s a new year, however, and in sports you c…

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We want you to pick our best Beckett Baseball cover for 2012.

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By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor Bringing together an iconic group of athletes to sign for a product is an ambitious task, but one Leaf has taken on again. In 2012 Legends of Sport, Leaf has assembled popular athletes and pop culture figures to fill out the set, including international baseball stars, [...]

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The year 2012 marked the 25th year in which I had been in the hobby of collecting baseball cards.  Perhaps the highlight of the year was making the trip to Baltimore to attend the National Sports Collectors Convention, which was documented on the Web and in print in a recent issue of Beckett Sports Cards [...]

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Getting close on Albert.  Thanks to The Brooklyn Met and Baseball Dad for supplying some of the cards I needed.  Still lacking card #122 (5 of 9) and card # 126 (9 of 9).Any help would be appreciated.

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2012 Topps ‘Career Day’ Subset – Card #1 Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals I am working on this set because I find it to be the most appealing of the subsets issued by Topps in 2012. The cards feature bold … Continue reading →

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As you can see, Albert is missing most of his body parts, well, at least from the waist up.I’m needing cards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 from 2012 Panini Triple Play.If you have any of these cards, I’d like to work out a trade with you to get them.Let’s make …

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Years ago, while flipping through my priceless copy of Total Baseball — what us baseball geeks did before the Interwebs — I noticed that a single postseason baseball game was played the day I was born and that a single player had homered that day.

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FINAL – Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2012 Major League Baseball Season Well friends, the 2012 MLB season is in the books so it is time for a peek at the milestones that I was hoping would occur … Continue reading →

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3/4 Through – Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2012 Major League Baseball Season Well friends, 3/4 of the 2012 MLB season is in the books so it is time for a peek at the milestones that I hoping would occur … Continue reading →

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Panini America revealed the latest edition of Prime Cuts on Tuesday and the 2012 edition will arrive in October — just six months after the arrival of the 2011 product.

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Albert Pujols Continues To Quietly Make Baseball History By Roger Schlueter / MLB.com Albert Pujols entered the 2012 season with a career slash line of .328/.420/.617. The numbers — quite gaudy when viewed from just about any angle — made the right-handed slugger … Continue reading →

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All right, everyone is all apoplectic over Ichiro suddenly becoming a Yankee.I’m just not that upset about it.If you’re a Mariner fan, then, yes, I’m sorry. I understand. For you, it’s awful. Just horrible, disgraceful, unthinkable, galling, gagging, r…

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This year’s edition of Topps Allen & Ginter officially arrives in hobby shops today.

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1/2 Through – Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2012 Major League Baseball Season Well friends, 1/2 of the 2012 MLB season is in the books so it is time for a peek at the milestones that I hoping … Continue reading →

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With the emergence of Mark Trumbo as a potential All-Star, at times I wonder if the Angels needed Albert Pujols – by his sheer accomplisments alone, Pujols makes the Angels brand better; he never takes a play off, run the bases well, plays defense adep…

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From Walmart: That is all.  Everything not claimed by Tradercracks is available.  Thanks for stopping by! Spin the wheel, make the deal…

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1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game Autograph Jim Bouton (nno)I am not sure which character says it but “Tell Your Statistics to Shut Up” is a memorable line from “Ball Four” –  The Jim Bouton chronical of his 1969 season.  W…

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Back in March when Topps released Series One of its annual card set, the card manufacturer introduced us to the first Albert Pujols card featuring him in an Angels uniform, and the first Jose Reyes card showing him as a Miami Marlin.  The cards were extremely short printed and each was fetching upward of $100. [...]

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For card collectors and game-used cards, bats are not always as impressive. It’s not always a love-love relationship. But Topps is intending to change that with its upcoming Tier One release.

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