Free Stuff Mail!

Hey guys, Drew back here. So, continuing this 1 post per day if lucky routine, which will be crazy out of control in just a few days due to break (Grandpa Roy Question, Possible Other Mail, Baseball Card Hall of Fame, Awards), I got a little mail in today, so let's see what I got!

Today I got a package courtesy of Card Corner Club.net, which is soon celebrating 10 years in the industry. Congrats you guys by the way! Also, one of our own bloggers, Voice of the Collector, or VOTC for short, the Beckett hater, is a writer for the site and displays it often on his blog. The site just started a social network, similar to what Mario at Wax Heaven did. They recently gave away a FREE game used or autograph to everyone who signed up. Well, I saw the letters F R E & E put together so I hopped on the bandwagon and joined the network. It has lots of cool stuff, and has much potential! Although they are finished with their giveaway, they will have many future giveaways so make sure it's on your blogging To Do List, to check it out and sign up!

So they asked me what teams I collected, and I told them. Unfortunately, due to the billions and trillions of Yankees fans out there they were all out and gave me something different. Way different, I'm talking fattest vegetarian different. Check this sweet card I got:

It's a 2008 Sweet Spot Prince Fielder jersey card! And no, it's not white! It's not even black! It's a nice navy blue, a rarity in today's white & gray jersey card community. Although I am in no way a Brewers fan, this is a cool card, and it's free! It's for trade too if anyone is interested, check my wantlist on the sidebar.

So thanks so much you guys, everyone else be sure to check this network out! See Ya!

New Addition into the house!

Yee-haw!

Play at the Plate Mail

Hey guys, long time no see, I've been extremely busy lately, no time to post, I signed up for winter track to get in shape for baseball season, and I've been dealing with some sore legs, and an annoying cold (5 since school started, and swine!). Track has been fun, although I never have liked running. My friend is running with me so it's getting fun, running through our trail in the woods is awesome. My dad is out in the middle of the woods right now, and I'm gonna go play Rockband with my sister in a few minutes, but I figured I'd show you some stuff I received (on Tuesday) from Brian, the Play at the Plate. I asked for them and sent them, bing bang boom. Thanks Brian for the stuff, I'll look to find you some stuff soon!

By the way, congrats to Joe (Priceless Pursuit) for getting the last trivia question right! Frank Crosetti is the all time leader in games in the World Series (in uniform). He played a total of 29 World Series games with the Yanks, and 93 games as a coach, adding up to 122 World Series in uniform games! Yogi Berra is 2nd all time, with 119 total games, so you guys were very very close to getting it right. Hopefully Grandpa Roy got you this time! Congrats Joe, you'll get a point added to the leaderboard, good job! Go Yanks! See Ya!

Last thing I promise, I won the Yanks 27 Card World Series set on Beckett's Free Stuff Friday yesterday, can't wait to get it!

My 3 Top Autographs (well, some of my faves I already have pictures of on my computer)

Wow, that's a long title. Hey guys, Drew back here, showing 3 already taken pictures of 3 of my favorite on card autographs, and some other random ones I may show at the end. Enjoy!

OK, number 3 is.....

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter Jeff King TTM Auto

Well, before I explain why this means so much to me, I must say that Jeff King is one of the best Iditarod racers of all time (sorry Kanye)! He's won a few, and I got to follow his stats last year in English class. So, my second TTM ever (Brad Smith of the Jets 1st, still waiting for that) went out to Mr. King, and he sent back this and an autographed index card, which I cut up around it and put it in a frame (yeah, it did look nice), and gave it to my English teacher. So, my 1st TTM return has to be up there.

Number 2 goes to.....

1994 Nabisco All Stars Bob Gibson Auto
Well, you guys just saw it that I got a few days ago, but how can somebody as good as Bob Gibson NOT get in this top 3? Seriously. Nice auto, cool picture (even without logos, study this Upper Deck), and an amazing pitcher to finish.

And number 1.....

2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Ryan Zimmerman Autograph #ed/10!!!
This is an amazing card, one of my favorites, he's an all star 3rd baseman (one I'd like to see in pinstripes), and he has a sweet sig (get it?). Only limited to 10 copies makes this card the coolest!

Some other possible nominees are....


2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Signatures Brian Bruney Auto /99
Yeah, still got a man crush on him, don't laugh, he's the man!


2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Jason Bay Auto
Yeah I hate him, and actually, yeah, this is for trade, but it is an awesome card, plus a nice autograph. It is a "Stroke of Genius" indeed.


2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Adam Lind RC Auto
Love the helmet, and another sweet signature!


2008 Donruss Gridiron Gear Dexter Jackson Pull Out Auto
Very unique card to finish it out. You pull the side piece and the piece of jersey with the auto drags out. Nothing special about Jackson but the card is cool.

Thanks Dinged Corners for the great idea, and I hoped you guys enjoyed it! See Ya!

Grandpa Roy Question

It's getting towards the end of the year, not many opportunities to get points on the scoreboard. The entire leaderboard can be found on the sidebar above the blog list, Hackenbush currently in 1st with 9 1/2 points. If you don't know any of the answers, take a look at my Robinson Cano or Nick Swisher wantlists, if you have anything I don't have let me know and you'll get half a point for each new addition you make to my collection. So, anyway, here's today's question:

I have appeared IN UNIFORM in more World Series games than anyone in history. Who am I? How many games?

1. Name
Games

So, please don't cheat, work out the problem yourself, hmmm... what teams were they on, what years were that team in the World Series, etc. You get the point. Good luck with the question, the person who answers it correctly gets 1 point on the leaderboard. Every point counts!

No, the picture doesn't have anything to do with the question.

Couple packs from Target

Hey guys, finishing yesterday's stuff with a couple packs I got from Target before the movie. So, I got a pack of Updates & Highlights, SP Authentic, Ticket to Stardom & O-Pee-Chee, here's the results:

2009 O-Pee-Chee:
- Randy Winn
- Jhonny Peralta
- Jacoby Ellsbury
- Josh Willingham Black Border
- 2008 NL Home Run Leaders (Howard/Dunn/Delgado)
- Miguel Cabrera
- Josh Bard

Thoughts: Now I have the black border and regular stinkin Josh Bard mugshot card. Want it? All for trade, no intentions of building the set.

2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:
- Guillermo Quiroz
- Ivan Rodriguez
- Lance Broadway
- Ichiro All Star
- Ted Lilly All Star
- Matt Cain All Star
- Michael Young All Star
- Daisuke Matsuzaka Turkey Red
- Zach Greinke Topps Town
- Ken Griffey Jr. Season Highlights
- Ryan Hanigan
- Javier Vazquez

Thoughts: Not bad, I hate Dice-K after drafting him as my ace in fantasy last year, and he sucked, man, if I didn't have Cliff Lee & Justin Verlander. The Greinke is decent but the insert is not, the Ivan Rodriguez is nice, the Ichiro & Griffeys are cool too.

2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom:
- Hunter Pence
- Carlos Delgado
- Alex Gordon
- Andy Sonnanstine Perforated
- Alex Rodriguez Seasoned Veterans
- Jorge Posada
- Hanley Ramirez
- Felix Hernandez

Thoughts: Awesome pack, likin Ticket to Stardom so far. The funny thing is before I left to go to the movies, I was working on my wantlist, and I just put on the Posada & A-Rod seasoned veterans when I left. The A-Rod is nice, cool insert, but the only flaw in this is the stupid perforated cards. If this is a ticket brand then every card should have a ticket feel, not just one card per pack. I like the perforated's a little more because of that, but every card should be like that. Nice pack though

2009 SP Authentic:
- Matt Holliday
- Ryan Zimmerman
- Kevin Slowey SP Authentic Signatures Autograph!!! :)
- Tim Lincecum
- Alex Rodriguez

Thoughts: This was some steroid usin/free agent/pot smokin/horrible team good player pack! And an autograph! The A-Rod is cool to have, and the Slowey is an awesome pull, although it probably only sells from 5-10 bucks. It doesn't say the odds on autographs on the Upper Deck packs, so that stinks, but it isn't too easy to pull an autograph in retail!

Overall a pretty good purchase, happy with the results, I opened them in the movie theater. For $10 or so it was a steal. I beat the packsearcher!

Drew: 1
Packsearcher: 0

Lastly, you know the Topps complete sets they sell at Target with the Mickey Mantle memorabilia card staring at you in front of very thin plastic? Well, some idiots stole them all at my Target! I don't buy full sets but you must be kinda desperate if you're stealing baseball cards. Arg! See Ya!

*click to enlarge, sorry for bad pic*

All For trade except Yanks

Cool New Additions

Hey guys, Drew back here, last post I talked about going to the place where I've bought:

this, and a few others before. My dad has gotten me a set from there, a Griffey Jr. Topps Graded 10 Rookie Card, a Frank Robinson Autograph, and a few others. Yesterday we went back, and I picked another Catfish. Check this one out!

1978 Topps Catfish Hunter

Nice card for a cheap price, decent corners, and a Hall of Fame pitcher,
Can't get better than that!

uh, well, yeah, I can....



Bob Gibson Auto!!! I love this Nabisco set of autographs, they come with C.O.A. and they book cheap! But they are Hall of Fame autographs, now I have Frank Robinson and Bob Gibson autos! They also are selling Jim Palmer for $10, and Duke Snider for $20 there.

What do you think of these bad boys! See Ya!

Last Night's Recap- THIS IS IT!!!!

Hey guys, Drew back here. After going in town and buying a few sweet singles (you'll see later), and going to church, my mom took me out to the mall so we could see "This is It". Since Michael's surprising death I have gained more interest in his music, and even started to feel bad for the guy! My mom got the Essential CD right after he passed away, I loaded it to my iPod, and now I'm listening to him! Now, this movie shows some of the great last moments Michael had on Earth, rehearsing for songs he would perform for his final concert "This is It". Director Kenny Ortega, most recently know for the High School Musical Series, and many many others put together an amazing show, all the dancers were great, the girl guitarists were great, the lighting was great, and the effects were amazing! For some of the songs (ie: Thriller, Smooth Criminal, They Don't Care About Us, Earth Song) they made videos on the screen for that were really cool, especially Thriller, where they re-created a zombie graveyard which was awesome. All in all, Ortega did a phenomonal job making a tribute to Michael Jackson, and Michael still had the dances, I couldn't believe he was 50!

I learned a lot about MJ since his death. He seemed like a good man all in all, he may have made his mistakes, and may have been partly feminine, but he was probably a great father to his kids. He seemed so caring and loving, and he really showed that he loves our planet Earth, and he doesn't want it destroyed (2012). I thought this movie was great, if you are a Michael Jackson fan (or were) today or 20 years ago, this is a movie for you! Rating: 10/10

P.S. In the movie they NEVER said anything about Michael passing away, absolutely nothing, which is nice.

More Clear Award Update

Hey guys, so this is how we will run these awards, check it out

We are NOT doing entertainment awards, it'd be too much of a pain and are any of us here for that sort of thing?

Instead, these are some confirmed awards for this year:

Sports Moment of the Year (panel chooses nominees, poll will be up on any blog)
Athlete of the Year ("" "")
Coach of the Year ("" "")
Card Company of the Year (Topps, Upper Deck, Panini, Tristar, Razor)
Baseball Product of the Year (panel chooses nominees, poll)
Football Product of the Year ("" "")
Insert Set of the Year ("" "")
Autographed Insert of the Year ("" "")

Blog of the Year (you will email me, yanks1996wsc@gmail.com, or wicked ortega, wicked4life20@hotmail.com, with your nominee when we tell you to do so)
Rookie Blogger of the Year ("" "")
Trader of the Year (email whatever member in the panel is running the award with your nomination)
Biggest Box Breaker ("" "")
Most Creative ("" "")
Coolest Blog Design ("" "")

Rules for blog voting:

1. YOU CAN NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF
2. You can vote for whoever you like, but don't tell anyone who you voted for, this must be confidential.
3. It's between me & you, no one in between (other than wicked & I)
4. You can vote for us, but if you do, you cannot vote for the person running the award (example: if I am in control for blog of the year nobody can vote for me for that award, but, however, you can vote for me in the award let's say Captain Canuck is running, get it?)
5. The Panel's vote counts for 2 votes, yours counts for 1, so I suggest if you want your friend to win start voting (when we tell you to of course)

Got it?

Now, there could possibly be an exception for Rule #1, I had an idea that we could do a PC contest, Team or Player (maybe both), for a chance to win an award. If that comes true, email us with either a link to a photobucket or zistle or anything (must be a real PC, don't cheat), youtube, whatever. Let me know what you think on that too.

Beardy elected himself to make little banners that you can show off on your blogs if you win too, so you do get a semi prize

Alright, if you have any suggestions, questions or comments feel free to let me know, but for now, think with your dipstick!

Don't just watch the video READ!!!! Bye

Update on the Card Awards

Hey guys, Drew back here, nice to see some good feedback on the last few posts, now, there has been some chat going on lately between a bunch of us bloggaz, and we decided to make an ultimate blogging awards. Haven't heard back from the other commissioner of this thing, wicked ortega, but so far we've got a little panel and it's looking good so far. We do need a logo and other stuff to make this shin-dig big but this is the panel:

COMMISSIONERS:
- Wicked Ortega
- drewscards (Me)

CONFIRMED PANEL (including Wicked & I too):
- Beardy
- Priceless Pursuit
- Collective Troll
- Waxaholic

Mike Ryan (Ripken Pursuit) decided to step down yesterday, so Joe from the Priceless Pursuit joined! I've had some swirling thoughts about it lately, and I figured why not share them with you! So, I don't want any more than 30 awards, but 30 may work if all of us in the panel do 5 seperate awards on our respective blogs. My ideas on types of awards so far:

Product Awards:
Company of the Year (Topps, Upper Deck, Panini, Razor, Tristar)
Baseball Product of the Year
Football Product of the semi-Year

Blog Awards:
Blog of the Year
Rookie Blogger of the Year (started January 1 on)
Most Giving (as a trader)
Biggest Box Breaker
Most Creative
Coolest Blog Design
Most Giveaways

Sports Awards:
Moment of the Year
Team of the Year
Athlete of the Year
Coach of the Year

Lastly, wasn't sure if it would work or not (most of the panel doesn't like this idea), but I was thinking about Entertainment Awards, like CD of the year, Singer of the Year, Movie of the Year, TV Show of the Year, Actor/Actress of the Year, and Video Game of the Year. I sorta like the idea, mostly because I love that stuff, but not sure about you.

Also, voting has been brought up a good amount of times as well, and I wanted to let you know that voting goes like this:

- For Awards that don't involve any of you, polls will take place over all of the blogs
- For polls that involve you the bloggers and maybe readers, email me, wicked, Beardy, Pursuit, Canuck, or Troll with a nomination (for the panel, let us all know who voted so we can keep track)

Hopefully you guys follow me so far, be sure to see more of this on here soon,

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COMMENT TO LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS!!!!!

See Ya!

PS somethings screwed up with the font size, please excuse me blowing your eyes out of your head while technical difficulties take place