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My GQ Post
Each year when Gypsy Queen comes out, I get a little excited about the cards…but it’s always tempered. I think the cards look great and the photography is really nice, but i don’t love them. Don’t...
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Rickey and Donny Baseball
The only real reason i became a Yankee fan was because my favorite player, Rickey Henderson was traded in the winter to the Bronx Bombers. I was a 9 year old kid that was easily led astray and more...
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Box Break: 2013 Bowman
Bowman is one of those in between sets for me. Do I buy packs? A box and build the set? Pull my favorites out and part ways with the rest of them? I’m not a prospector, but I love to pull some of...
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Road Trip Packs III – The end of the Trilogy.
The second day of driving was great, we finally got out of Texas. Anyone that has had to drive from one end of Texas to another knows that this takes a total commitment in patience and...
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2013 Topps S2 – Packs 5 and 6
The last couple of posts have been about celebrations. This post is going to be about great plays and faces…as in the faces of men celebrating something or working very hard at doing something. The...
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Don’t go Cano!
There are rumors that Robbie Cano may be joining the Seattle Mariners. I’m torn. I would love to see him stay with the pinstripes as he is currently my favorite player on my currently favorite team....
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I can make a M’s hat more famous than a Mariner can
I took some artistic licensing with the well know Jay-Z verse on this post. Robinson Cano is no longer a Yankee and I am kind of sad about that. Next to Jeter, he was my favorite baseball player…a very...
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2014 Topps S1 – Packs 1 and 2
I’ve always been a little slow and therefore have been late to various things in my life. So i’ve developed a mentality of sitting and waiting for other people to do something before I go. It allows...
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Mile High Hogs
When i travel to a new destination I like to pick up a few packs or a blaster from the local Target or Wal-Mart. It’s kind of a souvenir. A souvenir that matters to me and hand a greater level of...
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We’re all snowflakes…
I grew up in Texas and snow is not a normal thing for me. When i was 9 we had a huge blizzard in San Antonio, 14″ to be exact. It was absolutely nuts…as a kid though, fantastic! It was a freakish...
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One more Chance!
I have a stack of cards in front of me that have a story that needs to be unearthed, something that can connect the pieces of card stock together in a nice little cycle of like kinda way. I just don’t...
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Collector seeking Autographs
I used to be an autograph seeker in my adolescent years. Cards and a fresh sharpie in hand, fighting my way to the front in hopes of getting an illegible scribble from the baseball stars of the...
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A Big ole’ box of Memories
I pre-ordered a jumbo box of 1987 2017. This is the big 30th anniversary for a set that is seemingly very popular with a lot of people. Me though, i have a different memory of these vertically wood...
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Cabin fever cards
About a month ago, my family took a weekend trip to Mt. Hood, with me, i went too. We’re lucky enough to have good friends that own a small cabin in the woods and are more than happy and willing to...
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Sittin’ on Chrome
Retail is crazy man, insane really. I remember not that long ago when we would all laugh and joke about spending (read wasting) a Jackson on a blaster from Topps or Panini at your local Target or...
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