A Wicked trade

A little over a month ago, Wicked Ortega of My Past Time.......I Love It!! posted the cards I sent him in our trade.  It started out with his massive trade bait posts and a few cards I was interested in.  Several emails later it turned into quite a good size trade.  I sent him a Hanley Ramirez Sweet Spot Auto some 2010 Allen & Ginter needs, a 2010 A&G Pujols Celestial Stars, and a bunch of other stuff, and he sent me some great PC additions.  In additon to some 2008 UD X, 2008 UD Masterpieces, 2009 UD APOH, and 2009 A&G Nat'l Pride, he sent along some awesome David Wrights:

The three cards that really made this trade happen were a 2010 A&G Scott Sizemore Bazooka Back #/25, a 2010 A&G David Wright Celestial Stars, and a 2008 Sweet Spot Justin Verlander Auto:

I now have the Red Stitch/Blue Auto #/299 Verlander and the Red-Blue Stitch/Red Auto #/125 shown above.  Wicked is the king of trade bait, so everyone be sure to head to his blog (who am I kidding, if you read my blog, you probably read his as well...he's a big fish; I'm just a sardine in the Blogopond). You might even call him the master baiter...but I wouldn't recommend it.

Thanks again, Wicked, for a great trade.

Speaking of trade bait...I just posted a new page on the sidebar with some football stuff for trade.  Check it out...

Football Trade/Sale Bait

I finally got around to listing some football trade/sale bait.  It will take me a while to get baseball and other stuff listed, so it's just football for now.  Click the link above, or the link that will stay in the sidebar.

2008 Sage Hit Football

It's college football Saturday.  Desmond, Kirk, and Lee are making their picks.  The country is reeling from the massive games yesterday, ending with Boise State's pair of the worst field goals ever kicked.  It's beautiful. 

VT looks to go undefeated in the ACC, a feat that hasn't happened in a long time.  Not to mention we get to do it against UVA, our rival.  State bragging rights are up for grabs today...GO HOKIES!!!

Anyway, here is a pack of 2008 Sage Hit Football:










Rashard Mendenhall - Always good to get productive players in college packs
Teammates Darren McFadden and Felix Jones - Hey, two productive players on one card, even better
Jonathan Stewart - This is turning out to be a pretty good pack
Justin Forsett - Apparently I got the running back hot pack.
Dan Connor Autograph - Who doesn't love pulling an auto from a loose pack. 

Any PSU collectors out there?

Well, that was probably the best Sage Hit pack I've had in quite a while. 

GO HOKIES!!!

Gobble Gobble

I bought two packs of 2005 Pros and Prospects a few weeks ago.  I got two inserts...parallels of Jimmy Gobble.  The one on the left is #/999, and the one on the right is gold, #/150.  I had to save this post for Thanksgiving...getting to use Gobble Gobble on Thanksgiving almost makes up for getting two Jimmy Gobbles in two packs. Almost.

Oh well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

1999 MLS Cards

I picked up some random packs at the card shop a while back, including some 1999 Finest Series 1 & 2, 2000 Justifiable and 1999 Omega, as well as some PC pickups.  I also picked up a few packs of 1999 Upper Deck MLS, because they were $0.25 a pack and I couldn't resist. 

I didn't really know what to expect, other than coming across some names I hadn't heard since FIFA on Playstation One.  The Stars inserts looked pretty nice:

I recognized three of the four names: Tony Meola, Tab Ramos, and of course Raul Diaz Arce. The other is Ronald Cerritos.  One of the biggest names I remember from late '90s soccer is Marco Etcheverry, and I got a World All-Stars insert of his:

This is probably the best card I got, but the next one is my favorite, just because it made me go to youtube to lookup awesome goals:

This card commemorates Brian McBride's spectacular goal that won him MasterCard Goal of the Year.  The video below, which also shows goals by Etcheverry and Diaz Arce, shows McBride's goal as #1 for the year.  Personally, I think #3 by Damian is just nasty, while #7 is probably my favorite.

Trade with...hey, where'd you go?

Well, my inability to get a trade post up in any reasonable amount of time has reached a new low.  I am no posting the cards I got in a trade with someone whose blog no longer exists.  I think his post of the cards I sent him was one of, if not the last posts he made.  I am talking about TJ of "All Your Base Cards Belong To Us" (yes, I know that link doesn't go anywhere, I just said it doesn't exist anymore...). It sucks...I enjoyed his blog, especially since there aren't many basketball blogs out there.  I sent TJ a stack of 09 Panini Basketball needs and a load of Blazers and Patriots, and in return he sent me a couple of cards from his tradelist that caught my eye. 

2010 Topps Chrome Football Tim Tebow RC
2010 Topps Allen and Ginter Josh Willingham Autograph














I wouldn't qualify these as guys I collect necessarily, but I had cards TJ wanted, and I don't get many requests for basketball cards, so I wanted to make the trade happen.  I like Tebow because he works hard, shows emotion in a positive way on and off the field, and seems to do things the right way.  I don't know that he'll ever be too successful statistically in the NFL, but to work your ass off and overachieve is a successful way to live in my book.  I'd consider collecting him after his cards come down a little.  As far as Josh Willingham goes, I'm happy to keep or trade this card.  In July, my wife and I attended a couple of Nationals - Mets games in DC (including a Strasburg outing that included 41 first-inning pitches) and before the second game I caught a batting practice home run hit by Willingham.  Until I get a trade offer, this card has a nice home next to the ball.

Thanks again for the cards, TJ...hope to see you around the blogolandosphere...or whatever the cool cats call it these days.

2008 Press Pass SE Football

The other day, I posted a couple of packs of 2008 Press Pass I picked up in the $1.59 Power Packs box at Target.  I also picked up some Press Pass SE packs, though they didn't yield anything like the Chris Long Auto I pulled from regular Press Pass.

Pack 1:
Erik Ainge (My college roommate was from Knoxville and was a big Tennessee fan.  Naturally, I don't care for Tennessee.  I think Ainge is in rehab right now?)
Matt Forte (Underwhelming Bears RB)
Kevin Smith (Freshly back from knee surgery last year, only to hurt his thumb the other day)
Leodis McKelvin Gold Parallel (Backup CB for the Bills...if I was a pro player, I wouldn't want to be on the Bills.  I especially wouldn't want to be a backup on the Bills.)

Pack 2:
Colt Brennan (cut by the Raiders...ouch.  This guy has Arena Football written all over him)
Jacob Hester (finally...a starter.  He's a fullback, so his numbers aren't exciting, but he gets the job done...if there are any Hester collectors out there, I have a couple decent cards of his, as well as an auto.)
Rashard Mendenhall Gold Parallel (now we're cooking)

DeSean Jackson Class of 2008 insert (By far the best card in the bunch. It's so fun to watch him and Vick play together)

That extra gear Jackson hits to burn Landry when he sees the ball is insane.