2 Years. Unbelievable.

My Cardboard Mistress was born on July 20, 2010 - exactly two years ago.  I really can't believe I've been running this thing for two years.

Prior to this post, I had posted 666 times in two years.  Scary.

Today, I just want to thank everyone that I have traded with.  I was reflecting on my collection today, and it really is astounding how much it has grown in the past two years.

When I started this blog, all of my player collections added up to less than 100 cards.  As of today, My 8 baseball player collections add up to 1,107 cards, including 59 relics, 31 autographs, 3 manupatches and 2 silks.  Here is the breakdown by player:

I would say I've become a Scott Sizemore supercollector, to a certain extent.  I now have 91 of Scott's 128 non-1/1 cards.  He has 97 1/1's, so I don't see that chunk happening anytime soon.  I think a realistic goal is to get all of his cards with print runs of 50 or more.  Right now, I have 83/98, or 85%.  I have 7 of his 16 #/25, but I look at those as a bonus if I can find them cheap.  I also have one card #'ed to 5. 

As for my Virginia Tech collection, I now have over 300 unique cards of 40 different players, including 25 relics and 25 autos.  I think Dennis of Too Many Verlanders and Too Many Manninghams is to blame for a large chunk of them. I was inspired by SpastikMooss' Seneca Wallace collection, so I decided to supercollect Bryan Randall.  Randall was my favorite player at VT.  He won ACC Player of the Year in VT's first ACC season.  He also wore #3, which was the first jersey I ever owned.  He only has 48 cards with no relics or autos, so it isn't exactly a collection to break the bank. Of the 48 cards, 16 are printing plates, 3 are true 1/1's, and 3 are CFL issues.  I currently have 19 of his cards, including the 2005 Bowman Gold 1/1. 



This was easily my favorite pickup of the past year. 

As far as set collecting goes, I've been able to put together a number of sets, and get dangerously close to several more.  I currently have 5 of 7 Allen & Ginter base sets, with a pending trade to complete the 6th, and less than 30 cards to complete the 7th. 

I never would have thought my collection would be this awesome. 

I've enjoyed these past two years, and I hope you have, too.