Contest results!

With a whopping two correct entries, I’ll flip a coin! Joe S., you get heads. Captain Canuck, you get tails. And….. it’s heads!
Better luck next time Captain. Congrats Joe S.! Email me a mailing address at danielchairet@gmail.com and I’ll ship ’em out!

2009 Score Football

I didn’t know it until I opened my first pack, but I’m excited about this set. Being the true cheapskate that I am, the 7 cards for a buck retail price point really appeals to me. With tons of parallels to make things fun and even autographs, this set should be spelled “$core! 2009” for collectors who can’t afford Topps or Upper Deck. I’m making this my first football set that I will build now that I’m building sets.

They are a little ugly, but the flavor of 20 year old Score football that this card brings back to me is surprisingly very tasty with not a bit of gristle! I like it!

Here’s your basic base card. Fresh new design which does not bore me like all the other recent Score football sets I recall. I like that the card’s colors match the team.. which is nice because I remember some pretty crazy color schemes in my 20 something year old Score baseball sets.

This one is a glossy parallel, 1 per pack. This is the one drawback for me because I really don’t want to mix the glossies with the base cards when I’m building my set, even though it would be a little tempting.

I’m looking forward to finding some blasters for these which I’m sure would have a STACK for only 10 bucks.. I can’t wait!

P.S. there’s still time to enter my cheapskate contest 2 posts down! Only a couple of entries so far so your odds are good to score a couple of cheap cards! Contest closes 11:59 PM PST 7/29.

100th post contest!! CORRECTION!

Due to a mistake on my part.. Question #2 has been changed. So if you were stumped earlier, please take another look!

Contest for my 100th Post!

I know I probably don’t get more readers in a given day than I can count on one hand, but what the hey! Hopefully I get more than 1 contestant. I went through my toploaders and came up with a couple of doubles that I could give away. Came up with a Reggie Jackson and a Mike Piazza. The cards aren’t much but hopefully this can be fun and hopefully the cards are nice enough. Then I tried to come up with a link between the two players to make up a trivia question or 2!

Here’s the questions:

1. What feat did Reggie Jackson, Mike Piazza and 342 other major leaguers accomplish three times in one game? (as of 7/8/09)
2. What 1 state is home to the team or teams both Mike Piazza and Reggie Jackson played for when they accomplished this feat.

Here’s the Rules:

1. Enter both your answers in a response to this post.
2. Only entries posted before 11:59 PM PST Wednesday 7/29/09 will be counted.
3. 1 entry per person. Any additional entries per person will not be counted and only the first answer will be counted.
4. Each correct entry will be given a number in order of entry time and the numbers will be put in to random.org for the winner.

Here’s the Prize:

Card of the Day: 2001 Donruss Classics Stadium Stars #SS18 Frank Robinson

1992-93 Topps Archives Basketball

You remember these right? Topps had this idea for a set to go back in time and make some rookie cards that they would have made if they were doing basketball in the 80’s and early 90’s. I loved it. It was the first time I saw an older set’s design reused for a different sport and it peaked my interest in retro style cards which I continue to love today w/ Allen & Ginter and Heritage and such. The first retro set I remember was when in 1991, Topps reprinted 1953’s set and I pulled my first Hank Aaron.. I was stoked!

So I found a seller on eBay with a bunch of these and I picked up 4 of them, mostly hoping for the Drexler and Jordan. This was the best pack of the 4 and I got both those cards and another Trail Blazer in this one pack! Yes!

Card of the Day: 2009 Upper Deck #593 Joey Votto

After I read about Joey needing to take a rest from baseball to recover from his depression and anxiety, I think I became a fan. Currently I’m also struggling to combat a lot of the same symptoms I read he was having and I felt I could relate. Plus, he is absolutely putting up some incredible numbers, especially this year.

Card of the Day: 2005 Topps Pristine Legends Title Threads Relics #GC Gary Carter Bat Card

I just bought game 6 of the 1986 World Series from iTunes for $1.99 and I can’t wait to watch it! I was only 5 when it was happening and I don’t remember if I watched it or not back then. They have over 100 classic games on iTunes now. For someone who doesn’t have the MLB channel these games are sweet! I just watched Mickey Mantle play for the first time along with a bunch of other legends in the 1952 World Series!

Box Break: 1997 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Series 1

Having been out of touch with this hobby for something like 14 years, I guess I’m lucky to be able to go and pick up a box of 1997 Stadium Club for $11 and be thrilled as if it was a brand new set because it’s new to ME! Only 1 disappointment I came across.. I was hoping to pull a wooden Firebrand insert and when I did, it was an expired redemption for a Mark McGwire which was NOT wooden.. sure I could go on eBay and pick one up for a buck but.. bleh.

I’ll show my top 10 personal favorites:

#10

Did you know Doc ended his career with a 194-112 record?! I’m not a Yankees fan but I do remember loving it when he and Strawberry were reunited as teammates once again.

#9

Here’s Smoltzie the year after he easily won the Cy Young for having a 24-8 season with 294 K’s!

#8

Paul Molitor nearing the end of his Hall of Fame career.

#7

This card looks horrible in this scan, and really, it doesn’t look much better in person. Why would they make a card commemorating someone hitting their 50th career home run after they’ve been playing for 9 years? Why is this card my #7? Because I like Mr. Anderson and there aren’t too many inserts in this box. The Instavisions were listed at 1:36 packs! Did you know he played most of the ’97 season with a broken rib and led his pennant winning Orioles in 13 offensive categories? He led the league in hit-by-pitches too.. with a broken rib I bet that freaked him out every time.

#6

This subset had some great stars in their rookie years. They were put in 1:3 packs.

#5

Eddie is always cool with me.

#4

Jr’s ’97 season was one of his best, if not THE best. He earned an AL MVP and hit 56 HRs that year. Was he juiced? I don’t think so. I really hope and beleive Griffey’s talent was genuine. He’s always come across as real to me.

#2

These Matrix parallels look awesome and I’m glad I pulled one of a player I know and like! Odds were 1:18 packs.

#1

Darryl is my favorite player. Problems and all, I remember him as an impressive powerful hitter who really helped me fall in love with the game as a kid. He couldn’t do much in ’97 due to injuries.. and of course, that’s why the Yankees didn’t make it to the World Series that year.

I got a couple complete sets of checklist so I actually used some!

Coming soon! I’ve got a box of 1997 Best Prospects to break! 18 packs of minor leaguers turned superstars for only 6 bucks!