NBA D-League Question

Was the NBA Development League created just so they could use up all the failed “new” balls that got shot down in the NBA a couple of years ago?

When Barney Eats a Cheerleader

The Raptors mascot is getting kind of popular with his craziness.

Click here to see him eat a cheerleader.

My First Crazy eBayer Post

I tend to shy away from most of the crazy eBayer blog posts. Simply because I find them irritating and the first thing that comes to mind is, “who cares!”. If they’re asking too much or whatnot, then they’ll be out the listing fee. If they make the sale then props to them! Also, if there’s an insane asking price plus an “or best offer”, than obviously they just want to hear some offers and are probably not expecting to sell the card for 10 grand. I present to you this heinousness:

(100) 2006 Score Vince Young RC #340 PSA 10 Gem Mint

Now don’t get me wrong, this is not a rip on this seller in any way. In fact, this seller is one of my favorites. I’ve gotten some really great stuff from their store. But, really.. how does this happen?! There are people out there that bust that much 2006 Score and then spend $500+ to slab them?

MLB.com’s 2010 Fantasy Baseball Preview

I was taken by surprise today when checking out MLB.com, like I do every day, to see a new fantasy baseball preview featuring today’s players in none other than the classic 1987 Topps card design. Interestingly though, Topps logo isn’t anywhere to be seen. Yeah MLB is MLB but.. does anyone happen to be a lawyer? Not important. Anyways, the webpage appears to be a great resource with stats, projected stats, rankings and more! Check it out.

Mascot Gone Willy Nilly!

I want that job!

Random Packs of Kindness via Tribecards

One of the first things I learned about the online trading card community, when I getting into it almost 2 years ago, was the immense generousity between other bloggers and collectors. It amazes me that someone would spend 9 bucks on postage to mail a complete stranger a bunch of free stuff and expect nothing in return. David over at “Indians, Baseball Cards, and Random Wax” (AKA Tribecards?) was, and I think still is, giving away some “Random Packs of Kindness” to anyone who wanted them. Seeing the many, many happy people with their thankful responses, I asked for a couple of packs myself. I was only expecting a small package with 2 or 3 packs, but what arrived was a large bubble mailer filled with 5 good sized packs of cards, several oversized cards and even one of those old Topps folders I had when I was in the 4th grade! Each pack had roughly 50 cards per pack, mostly baseball with a tad randomness too. Each pack seemed to have 1 “hit” too, which was was either a serial numbered, auto or memorabilia card! Some of the randomness included 1an old 1991 WCW card feauturing a very hairy Dutch Manetell. I also found a 1985 Goonies movie sticker card, a T2 movie card, a Simpsons CCG card and a ZatchBell CCGcard.Here’s a couple of scans of my favorites. I’m trying to complete the American Heritage set, but unfortunatly I already have that one.

The Tony Armas (Jr.) card is an autograph. The ’87 Topps Steve Fireovid card is cool because I recently decided I wanted to collect cards featuring Mariners wearing the old trident M logo uniforms worn from 1977 to 1986. I decided this after drooling over the vintage style hats and t-shirts at Safeco Field this summer. Very cool! What’s wierd is I used to think they were ugly as heck! I hope the M’s uniforms from 1987 to 1992 don’t start looking nice because those were really ugly!

The Pujols was a nice surprise because it was on my needs list.. *scratch*!

Anyways, thanks very much Mr. Tribecards! I will try and go through my stack of Indians cards and match them up to your needs list to see if I can mail you a brick or two myself.

As for fellow collector’s generousity, my next post will probably be on my other blog, 1969 Topps, showcasing some more free cards!

I’m back.. I think.

OK, so I might try this pack bustin’ blog again, but I don’t think I’ll try keeping up with 1 pack a day and all that.. it was too much and made me want to stop. I’ll just do it whenever I feel like it.

Scan!!!

The pics of the cards I post will be much better now that I finally ventured out into the world and picked up a Visioneer OneTouch 9420 high-res flatbed scanner so I can start using actual scans of my cards rather than stock photos off the internet. Oh and I can scan squished fruit too..