Troutsizzes?

by Matt | Mar 5, 2013 | Baseball

Ok, so, this is just getting stupid. I put in all the codes I had sitting around from S1. Take a look at my player lineup.

THREE Mike Trout??? Troutsi? Troutsizzes? What the hell Topps? I certainly don’t mind him as a player, he’s probably going to get, oh, I dunno, a bazillion hits this year, but having some options might be nice. I put in 11 cards, got 8 players. I suppose it could be worse. I could have unlocked 6 Carlos Lee, or 11 pitchers, or something else insane.  Does no one check these things for Topps? Where’s the programmer and where is the insanely easy to implement code check to see if you already have player X. Whatever. This “Million Dollar Chase” is such a ridiculous idea that I only put in the codes out of mild curiosity. So, here’s to hoping Mike Trout beats Joe DiMaggio’s record of 56, because I’m picking Trout, and never logging into this site again.

Recent Acquisitions

by Matt | Feb 28, 2013 | Baseball

After having a huge December I needed to throttle back a little bit. I went through way too much birthday/freelance money and I don’t have enough to last all summer. Luckily some more work is around the corner, but the point is that January and February were a little leaner. Combined into a single super-month of winter buying frenzy however, I’m actually quite pleased.

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In return

by Matt | Feb 27, 2013 | Baseball

I truly love the baseball card community. You guys are awesome. I offer to send people random cards, asking nothing in return, and you guys just send awesomeness right back. You rule. Seriously.

I’ve sent out two packages in my Spring Cleaning ’13 effort so far, one for the Twins and one for the Angels. I have two more packed up and ready to go out (D’backs and Rangers) and I still need an address for the guy who contacted me about the Pirates.

In return, both Tom from Angels in Order and Dave from the unpronounceable “é rayhahn, rayhahn” (we’ll just say “Rhubarb Runner” instead, lol) sent me awesome packages in return.

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Piles and Piles

by Matt | Feb 8, 2013 | Baseball

So, this just happened…

That’s me, organizing my November-through-now piles of cards into different piles of cards, this time team specific. The keen-eyed observer would be able to spot various colored parallels, borders, diecuts, refractors and, I think, even a relic towards the top there.

The point is, I’ve finally gotten around to some spring cleaning. These piles will join the “Massive Mega Box” that contains all my random cards that aren’t part of my collection. It’s full. To the brim. These cards very well might not fit. That means I have a problem, and you, my dear internet friends, are the solution.

With a very very few exceptions, I don’t collect anything besides Red Sox cards. I’m a team collector. There’s a few guys here and there that I like, but in the end, I would trade any of the occasional Buster Posey, Mike Trout or Jed Lowrie cards I’ve kept if given the opportunity to grab a Sox card of equal value. This means that 29 of the 30 MLB teams are current sitting in said uber-box.

Would you like some cards?

There are a couple of you I trade with on a fairly common basis. Sam, for example, he gets my Astros. Actually, Sam probably gets most people’s Astros, lol. Those cards are more or less spoken for. What I’m looking for are new trade partners. I need names and addresses people! How can I send you random cards out of the blue if I don’t know who you are! I have less than five people at the moment that I would consider myself a regular trader with. You know who you are. That leaves 25 other teams I’d be willing to send metric butt-tons of cards to for hardly anything in return.

Marlins? I’ve got hundreds.

Blue Jays? Come get’em.

Pirates? How many would you like?

The Yankees, Brewers, Tigers, Rays, Indians, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Athletics, etc. all have HUGE sections of my tradebox. Need examples?

So, here’s the deal. I need to clear out some room. You didn’t pick up any Bowman Platinum last year? I’ve probably got your team set. Missing some Topps update? Gotcha covered. Want some random Blue/Red Target and Walmart borders? I’m your man.

99% of what I have is 2010-2013, all major products, nothing crazy, nothing super expensive, but it all needs a good home. I also mentioned the various refractors and whatnot hiding in the piles. That’s right. I’m cleaning out the trade-bait binder and moving some of those things down into these piles. Now, don’t go expecting autographs or anything, but there are a couple nice cards in just about every stack.

What am I looking for in return? Next to nothing. Karma. Whatever you want to send in return. Seriously. IF you want to send something in return, all I ask is that you take a look at what I’m sending and send me whatever YOU think is an appropriate response. It could be nothing. It could be a box full. I don’t care. We don’t need to negotiate some elaborate deal, accounting for the book value of every refractor. I don’t roll that way. If you have something Red Sox flavored, great. If not, that’s ok too.

If you’re interested in a bigger trade and if I’ve got some legitimate tradebait for you (auto, relics, etc), then let’s use this as just a starting point. We can swap swatches, and I’ll throw in a bunch of random stuff just as a cherry on top. Just let me know!

So, who’s interested in what? Let’s start a list!

Best of Box

by Matt | Feb 7, 2013 | Baseball

Two weeks ago, I was out looking for Series 1 at Walmart. I was a day or two early and struck out on that, but I did pick up one of those “Best of 2012” repack boxes that everyone was talking about. Why not.

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