“My hypocrisy only goes so far”
I'm your huckleberry...Out of the Blue
I mentioned yesterday that I found the one multi-team card I need for my set by buying a 60+ card lot from a dealer. He had a pile of the "Rookie Stars" cards and some various inserts that he apparently couldn't move otherwise, so he lumped them all together and I...
Deep Heritage
I have a love/hate relationship with Heritage. I love the idea of it. I like the thick card stock, I like the retro designs, I like most aspects of Heritage. Then, there's the configuration. Too many cards, too many SPs, too many gimmicks, too much complete and utter...
That’s a whole lot of Mookie
Ok, four cards isn't a ton, but that title sounded better than "a whole lot of Swihart". I stumbled across a seller on eBay with "rookie lots" and picked a couple of them up for $0.99 each. I had a regular copy of the two horizontal RCs, but never picked up the foil...
2015 Series Uno
I don't think I ever bothered to post my Series 1 team set, or my impressions on the design. To say I'm a bit behind is an understatement. Honestly, there just hasn't been all that much to excite me this winter regarding baseball cards. I knew what Series 1 was going...
Cards from AJ
Last week, right at the height of my fever and coughing, I got a package in the mail. I wasn't expecting anything, my eBay bids had all run dry, it was completely out of the blue. AJ, the Lost Collector, had dropped me a package and it completely made my day. Out of...
Pneumonia 2 – The Return
I am alive. Well, technically I'm alive. Being out and about in the land of the living again, well, that I can't quite claim. Last week I came down with some unknown viral infection which caused fever and chills. Surprisingly it wasn't the flu (had multiple tests...
Second Hand Collection
I’ve been neglecting to post this for quite some time, mostly due to laziness and a general sense that no one really cares. My friend, the one who had previously found a complete sets of 1980’s products for me at some local Texas auction house, came up big again. This...
Surprise from Dennis
I feel like a terrible person. Dennis did something super nice and it got left beside the scanner at work and wasn't rediscovered until today. We recently moved office suites (in the same building, just down the hall) and it's been a solid two weeks and most...
So Brock It Hurts
What does that even mean? I have no idea. All I know is that the collection has gone from "pretty complete" to "woah, you've got issues". There is so much Brock, including some ultra-rare goodies. Let's start off with the easy stuff. 2014 Topps Update finally featured...
Lumocolor
I've had this tidbit floating around in the back of my head for a while now, and I don't think I ever actually stated it publicly. Here goes. If you're using Sharpies, you're doing it wrong. Phew, there, that feels better. I came to this realization a while back and...