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Sports Card Radio contest winnings

2012-01-15T02:00:00.000-08:00

The guys at Sports Card Radio held a giveaway for a retail box of 10/11 Prestige basketball that I was lucky enough to win. With basketball in full swing, the timing couldn't be better. I thought I'd show of some some of the highlights.

133/249

300/499

There were a couple of nice Hall of Famer parallels. The Pistol Pete scan came out looking red in the scans, but I assure you it's orange, in case you were worried.

380/499

400/499

I don't follow the Grizzlies or the Raptors (thank God) so I don't know much about how either of these dudes are doing, but I do know a little about this guy:

406/999

I'm a Cousins fan. The guy is a rebounding machine. He's known for having a little bit of an attitude problem, but I could care less about that. It's not like he punches kids in the face, or anything. I think that part of his problem was how Paul Westphal was using him and now that Westphal's gone, Cousins is lighting it up.

225/499

159/499

They also threw in a little bonus football card:

168/299

A Gold Standard Gale Sayers. The scan doesn't do justice to the shininess of this card.

Thanks again to Colin and Ryan at Sports Card Radio and subscribe to their podcast if yer looking for something to listen to!

That seemed.....

2012-01-14T20:48:00.001-08:00

easy

Let the Patriot's hating continue!!!!!!!!!!

Go Patriots!

2012-01-14T17:17:00.000-08:00

Oh Baby, I Can't Stay Mad At You

2011-11-26T10:17:00.001-08:00

I'm just glad you're back

Topps Superbowl Legends Win

2011-10-31T22:22:00.000-07:00

I picked up a few packs of 2011 Topps football cards today with the hopes of having something to show off in a post this evening. The cards themselves are really nice and the photography is always great on the flagship stuff, but other than a Wes Welker, there was nothing to get too excited about.

I did pull two of the Super Bowl Legends Giveway cards with to redeem online and the first one yielded a useless "virtual coin" of the St. Louis Rams. Not really anything to get excited about. So, expecting some more virtual crappiness, I entered the second code and got this:

A die-cut card of Tommy Boy. Nice. I don't know what the checklist for these cards are, but I'm certain I got the one that I would have wanted the most. After an awful Sunday (fucking Pittsburgh!) , it was nice to get something positive out of the Patriots.

2011/2012 Pinnacle Black Checklist

2011-10-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

I dug a little deeper into the Black chase cards (by dug I mean that I went to Panini's blog and read the words and looked at the pictures) and I "discovered" that it's going to be a 14 card set. I realize that this info is a over a month old, but it's new to me and I think these guys look great.

Obviously not every team will be represented, though the Penguins somehow have two players. I'm really not a fan the city of Pittsburgh at the moment, so excuse me if I sound disgruntled with them.

Fucking Steelers.....meh.

The following images were gleefully stolen from Panini

This would be one nice looking set if I could actually afford to track them all down. I think this just might have to be my project for this season.

2011/12 Pinnacle Black

2011-10-30T02:54:00.000-07:00

With no basketball card releases on the way, my interest is with football and hockey. There's really nothing in football that's grabbed my attention, but as I was looking at the upcoming hockey releases, 2011/12 Pinnacle caught my eye. Actually, one card in particular :

That is a nice looking card, even if if there is a Penguin on it. These are going to fall 1 per case, so there's no way I'll be tracking down the set, but I'll have to pick at least one up of somebody. I don't know if this is a throwback to an older Pinnacle insert or not. This might be the single best looking card that Panini has put out. Hopefully they won't be printed on super thick card stock that chips. I'm looking at you, Upper Deck.

So....This Is A Thing Again

2011-10-29T10:56:00.000-07:00

It's been a very "interesting" year for me. A couple of lifestyle changes, a career change, dropping this blog and starting another and selling off my card collection. It's been full of ups and downs, but for the time being (hopefully) things will be a little more stable and "boring".

I'm reentering the cardboard blogging world again, because frankly, I love it. I love sports and collecting and I love the blogging community. I'm not sure where the focus is going to be here, or even if there needs to be one. I don't want to pigeonhole this into something and not be able to change up the topics when I need to. My primary goal is to enjoy the hobby again and not get caught up in the negativity that seems to surround it.

It's going to be tough with no basketball right now and no basketball cards to collect. Some of you know that I'm a die-hard Trail Blazer fan and beside minor league hockey, there's no other sport in town. If I didn't have my Patriots and my new found enjoyment of the NHL, I wouldn't know what do do with myself.

In spite of that, though, this is a pretty big weekend for sports in my world, because my Patriots and my good friend Guy's Steelers go at it this weekend and like any good sports fans, we have a bet going on. Good luck Guy, but I think I'll be enjoying a 12 pack of Bridgeport IPA in the near future.