tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753039894650961172024-03-13T09:41:00.920-07:00Back in Packsdfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-77703457973314309882011-12-26T21:19:00.000-08:002011-12-26T21:19:29.231-08:00Cavs/Raptors Post-Mortem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My girlfriend and I went "deep in the Q" tonight to see the Kyrie Irving era begin in Cleveland. It looks like it may be another long winter for Cavs fans. Here are a few of my thoughts on the game, organized in no recognizable order, in honor of the Cavs coach Byron Scott.
- I'm sure other arenas in the NBA do it, but the pyrotechnics before the game are pretty cool.
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- Coach Scott announced Kyrie was going to be starting earlier in the afternoon, and I was excited to hear that, as this was really the impetus for wanting to go and see his first game as a Cavalier. Defensively, he looked up to the task and his quick hands almost cost Jose Calderon of the Raptors a couple turnovers. He had only one turnover, which is great for your first NBA game. Now, shooting-wise, he couldn't buy a basket, but he didn't look afraid of shooting the ball, and I think that confidence will help him as the season goes on.<br />
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- Speaking of cold shooting, Antawn Jamison. 6-20 from the field, 50% from the line, NOT what we're expecting from the veteran scorer. It's almost as if he is trying to score 30 points a night, so that the Cavs can deal him away. Not if shoots like that. Also, he could not cover Bargnani at all. At the end of the game it would have made much more sense for Scott to have played 20-year old Tristan Thompson on Bargnani when the game was on the line.
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- Tristan Thompson looked great. Even though Omri Casspi didn't impress much (and I think I just heard for the first time in my life on the Kings/Lakers game "What hustle from JJ Hickson!") Thompson should fill Hickson's dangling mouthguard just fine. He had a couple of great dunks (great, as in high percentage shot), and filled the paint nicely unlike EVERY single other "big man" on this team. He makes a great dunk and energizes the crowd, the Cavs are down four, and Scott goes to #4 Jamison and takes out the rookie. Apologies to Gregg Easterbrook, but at that point I wrote "Game Over" in my mental notebook.<br />
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- Ryan Hollins is the softest 7-footer in the league. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but if he was 6'11" he would not be playing Professional Basketball. He gets manhandled every time doen the floor. He made Jamaal Magloire look like a young Jamaal Magloire. He's terrible. He played 15 minutes plus. Hey coach. Please do not play him ever again. Can't wait for Semih Erden to be active. Even Samardo Samuels would have been a better option (apologies to #WNFYKirk, whom last week I expressed my opinion that Samardo should be in Canton).<br />
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- I'm going to lay off of Andy Varejao tonight. He played exactly the way he's played for 7 years, only now he's the Center. Luckily, he never learned how to play power forward so he looks a little less confused about where to be out on the court. OK, I guess that's not really laying off him, but it'll get much worse when he has to play against a REAL NBA center.
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- Ramon Sessions played great, controlled both sides of the floor. If this were a team that had thoughts of the playoffs, he'd be starting. But, we're not, so Kyrie will get the minutes.
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- Alonzo Gee really impressed me, a very incorrect travelling call negated what would have been the monster dunk of the night. He will be stealing a ton of Casspi minutes, especially if the Israeli continues to play like he did tonight.<br />
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- The Raptors are not a very good team either, and they are in for a long season as well. The second (third?) division of the NBA season is on.
My final take on the game is that it could have been much worse, but there were a few positives and I think we are going in the right direction. The seats were cheap, but we had a good view of the whole court.
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Thanks to my girlfriend for supplying the pictures.
Thanks to Brian for forwarding me the "friends and family" discount e-mail his brother sent him. Next time we'll have to bribe his brother to get us on the jumbo-tron (my girlfriend wants to be on the "Kiss-Cam")!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-34190759334926083422011-12-23T22:49:00.000-08:002011-12-23T22:49:35.981-08:00Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas to all the bloggers out there and your families! Hope to post more in the upcoming year!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-66287571992033478372011-10-03T18:37:00.000-07:002011-10-03T18:37:12.527-07:00Stickers Update!<br />
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thanks to david at <a href="http://longflyball.blogspot.com/">http://longflyball.blogspot.com/</a> i've knocked 12 more stickers off my want list. My girlfriend has bought me the NFL sticker book, so I've got to start spending my money on that monster. Still looking for help on the MLB book! If you can help drop me a line! Thanks for checking it out!<br />
2011 topps baseball stickers<br />4 10 13 17 24 36 55 57 75 86<br />91 99 108 111 116 123 126 144 174<br />187 211 221 235 253 261<br />266 272 287 293 294 134/296 135/295 </div>
<br />dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-18168985366014658022011-09-20T18:21:00.001-07:002011-09-20T18:21:13.618-07:00update!<div>
So I bought another 15 packs and now am down to 47 needed to complete the topps baseball sticker album.<br /><br /><br />2011 topps baseball stickers<br />4 10 13 17 24 29 36 55 57 62 65 75 78 82 86 <br />91 94 99 102 108 111 116 123 126 144 174 <br />187 199 208 211 221 222 235 253 254 261 <br />266 272 287 293 294 134/296 135/295 139/297 </div>
dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-28748128876824554862011-09-12T16:52:00.000-07:002011-09-12T16:52:11.412-07:00World Cup Sticker needsAnother boring business post. Here are my needs for 2010 Panini World Cup Sticker Album. Finally.<br />
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dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-31473072643094237712011-09-12T14:18:00.000-07:002011-09-12T14:18:05.059-07:00Need Stickers?!?!?!?!?Here are the stickers I need for the 2011 Topps Baseball Sticker album. I've bought 38 packs and am about 2/3 of the way finished. This is the point where I hate buying more packs and accumulating more doubles and triples (and quadruples Freddie Freeman!) So shoot me an email with your needs and if you can help me that would be pretty awesome. If any of you were working on the World Cup album let me know as I have a ton of doubles for that book too, and I'll try to get a needs list up myself. I'll update the list often (more often than I update the blog now, I promise.) <br />
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dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-64097814138343590072011-03-30T19:11:00.000-07:002011-03-30T20:12:41.118-07:002011 MLB PredictionsYes, it's that time again! I will make my long awaited predictions for the 2011 MLB Season (this year with comments)! Don't blame me if I jinx your team this year! AL East 1.Yankees -- I think the rotation is fine. Garcia/Colon on the backend just feels right. 2. Orioles -- Two words: Buck Showalter. The Tribe would have a trophy if they would have replaced Wedge with him while he was an advisor. Two more: Wild Card 3. Red Sox -- They don't think Gonzalez will stay healthy, I don't think so either. 4. Rays -- The Maddon magic may wear off a bit this year. 5. Blue Jays -- Wrong place at wrong time. (Should have tried to take that NL spot the Brewers grabbed) AL Central 1. Tigers -- VMart was a great pick up, will help Miggy through his problems. 2. Twins -- Questions about Morneau health, can Mauer stay healthy behind the plate? 3. White Sox -- Although it would be fun to watch Ozzie manage a 100-loss team, wouldn't it? 4. Indians -- Just didn't do enough to contend, will be fun to watch these young guys. 5. Royals -- Love Royal Blue, not much else after that. AL West 1. Angels -- They don't stay down too long. There will be rally monkeys this fall. 2. Rangers -- Big rotation questions for me. Will miss Vlad. 3. Athletics -- Not enough offense to compete. 4. Mariners -- Could they shop Ichiro in July? NL East 1. Phillies -- Unbelievable Rotation, MVP infield. 2. Braves -- Will make playoffs. Think they could win 100. 3. Marlins -- Will regret losing Fredi to a division rival. 4. Nationals -- Young arms get healthy (Detwiler, not Strasburg) Riggleman one of the best skippers. 5. Mets -- How many great headlines will NewsDay get to print this year? NL Central 1. Brewers -- I've gone back and forth on this one all spring. I think they'll make the right deal in July. (Hate the Nyjer deal now though) 2. Reds -- They have to start hot. 3. Cardinals -- Distractions? Pujols is the only reason to follow the Cards this year. 4. Pirates -- Why not? 17, 18, 19 straight losing seasons? 82-80, you heard it here first. 5. Astros -- Hunter Pence will have a big year, but can't really carry the team that much. 6. Cubs -- Colossal collapse, Will be looking at 2013, not Next Year. NL West 1. Rockies -- Would like to see them in first by August this year, heck, even September. 2. Giants -- Buster-mania. 3. Dodgers -- No Manny? No problem. If only the divorce case would resolve itself. 4. Padres -- Didn't think they'd compete last year, no reason to think they'd do it this year, either. 5. D-Backs -- Still too many holes. Al Playoffs -- Tigers over Orioles Yankees over Angels Tigers over Yankees NL Playoffs -- Phillies over Rockies Braves over Brewers Braves over Phillies World Series Tigers over Braves Well, there you have it, I'm picking the Detroit Tigers to win it all this year.dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-83161287886376640402011-02-08T21:12:00.000-08:002011-02-08T21:14:40.708-08:00things are giveaway-ier there!Check out this contest!<br /><br /><a href="http://thingsarefunnerhere.blogspot.com/2011/02/contest-and-its-easy.html">http://thingsarefunnerhere.blogspot.com/2011/02/contest-and-its-easy.html</a><br /><br />Be sure to follow my blog too!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-4160812162247597202011-02-08T19:16:00.000-08:002011-02-08T20:02:48.251-08:00<strong>Return of the BLOG BAT-AROUND!!!!</strong><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br />Stale Gum has issued a call to fingers, time to type out our thoughts on the chosen topic at hand.<br /><br /><br /><br />Just like in High School, apologies to Clay Matthews, one topic to rule them all...<br /><br /><br /><br />Surprise! It's about Topps 2011!!<br /><br /><br /><em>Michael Eisner has just fired the entire Topps Product Development staff and chose to hire you to take their place. Mr. Eisner has given you carte blanche to do whatever you want with Topps Baseball -- as long as you keep it under $2/pack.<br /><br />If you were in charge of Topps, and based upon what you've seen of 2011 Topps Baseball Series One, what (if anything) would you have done differently</em>.<br /><br />This one is real easy for certain bloggers...BRING BACK TOPPS TOTAL!! <br /><br />But I'm not gonna take that route, exactly... <br /><br />The first thing that I want to do, is bring back one series of 792 cards. That's it. This is the flagship, it doesn't need all the bells and whistles, people will buy it. They will buy it all year long. The set doesn't need multiple series, it doesn't need thirteen cards of the most popular players. How are the other players going to be popular if, outside of the sticker autos and relics, you don't get their cards? We're gonna make Heritage and Ginter and half a dozen other "high-end" sets throughout the year. The Topps flagship set should be a yearbook of the 600 best players, the managers, team checklists/stats cards, and maybe a set of the best photos taken by Topps photographers throughout last season. Leave rookies who come in this year for the Traded set. <br /><br />Parallels are awesome, I am an absolute sucker for serial numbered cards, also. They can stay. <br /><br />Inserts, inserts, inserts. They drum up a lot of sales. They take away from the value of the base cards, and they are the same players over and over. They are essentially short-prints that set collectors don't have to collect to have the "set". Instead of a "giveaway" of cards that can already be found, use the transmogrifier to award different inserts and roll this into the eTopps marketplace. You get one code per pack. We would ship by volume, not per card and entirely at cost. This would also allow you to sell your unwanted inserts to pay for the shipping costs or you could use that money to buy from the Topps Store. <br /><br />This would also not limit inserts to a print deadline. We could roll out a player of the week, rookie of the week, season highlights at the spur of the moment. <br /><br />OK, those are my thoughts, can't wait to read all of the other bat-arounds!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-27383909388177982842011-02-06T11:23:00.000-08:002011-02-06T11:34:19.570-08:00Game Day!Here we are, another Super Bowl Sunday without the Cleveland Browns. At least this year we have a definite rooting interest since the hated Pittsburgh Steelers have made the game. Here are a couple of my favorite Packers.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU711XehltI/AAAAAAAAABw/QQGKJAAW9FQ/s1600/jordy0001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570660086287800018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU711XehltI/AAAAAAAAABw/QQGKJAAW9FQ/s400/jordy0001.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Jordy Nelson is an exciting possesion receiver who reminds me of Brian Brennan. When he's going over the middle today, he'd better be looking out for Troy Polamalu.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU72RES_lMI/AAAAAAAAAB4/yW1Crr5ghQc/s1600/jordy0002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 292px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570660562175497410" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU72RES_lMI/AAAAAAAAAB4/yW1Crr5ghQc/s400/jordy0002.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Clay Matthews (Jr.) is the guy all of Cleveland will be rooting the hardest for today. I'm sure his jersey sales in the Cleveland area tripled over the last couple of weeks. His father was the heart and soul of the Browns defense during the 80's, and used to (maybe still does?) own a car dealership in the area. <br /><br />The worst part of the Steelers making it is the inordinate amount of Steeler fans that live in this area. Does this happen anywhere else between feuding franchises?dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-20318416204835921472011-02-05T18:04:00.000-08:002011-02-05T18:12:12.207-08:00Awakened<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU4C5vv9XAI/AAAAAAAAABo/1kwM_H-LbK4/s1600/scan0001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570392980197301250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/TU4C5vv9XAI/AAAAAAAAABo/1kwM_H-LbK4/s400/scan0001.jpg" /></a><br /><div>OK...I'm coming back...check out my twitter, follow me, and I'll follow you...<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/dfwbuck">http://twitter.com/#!/dfwbuck</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>for now here is a scan of some sweet EB and Dexter McCluster cards! </div>dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-67697970400034706362010-05-19T14:45:00.000-07:002010-05-19T14:49:07.391-07:00Big D is having a contest!Big D is having a contest over at his blog. His custom cards are awesome and you have a chance to win one out of five!! I just completed a trade with the talented Texan, so keep an eye out for my very first trade post! (once i get the scanner up, it's first on my list!)<br /><br /><a href="http://heythatsmine-bigd.blogspot.com/2010/05/big-d-customs-no-purchase-necessary.html">http://heythatsmine-bigd.blogspot.com/2010/05/big-d-customs-no-purchase-necessary.html</a><br /><br /><br />NO PURCHASE NECESSARY!!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-68122233454008369572010-04-04T08:24:00.000-07:002010-04-04T08:43:07.312-07:00MLB Predictions 2010Happy Opening Day!<br /><br />Everyone's team is still in first place...<br /><br />Here's how I see it playing out this season.<br /><br />AL East AL Central AL West<br />Yankees Indians Mariners<br />Rays Twins Rangers -wc<br />Red Sox White Sox Angels<br />Orioles Tigers Athletics<br />Blue Jays Royals<br /><br />NL East NL Central NL West<br />Phillies Brewers Rockies<br />Marlins -wc Cardinals Giants<br />Braves Cubs Dodgers<br />Mets Reds Diamondbacks<br />Nationals Pirates Padres<br /> Astros<br /><br />AL Playoffs:<br />YANKEES over Rangers<br />MARINERS over Indians<br /><br />YANKEES over Mariners<br /><br />NL Playoffs:<br /><br />PHILLIES over Rockies<br />MARLINS over Brewers<br /><br />MARLINS over Phillies<br /><br />World Series:<br />YANKEES over Marlins<br /><br />MVP:<br />AL: Grady Sizemore, Indians<br />NL: Ryan Braun, Brewers<br /><br />CY YOUNG:<br />AL: CC Sabathia, Yankees<br />NL: Roy Halladay, Phillies<br /><br />Rookie of the Year:<br />AL: Michael Brantley, Indians<br />NL: Jason Heyward, Braves<br /><br />First Manager Fired:<br />AL: Terry Francona, Red Sox<br />NL: Lou Piniella, Cubsdfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-58906674926095210462010-03-26T15:56:00.000-07:002010-03-26T16:10:13.887-07:00Sad day for ClevelandersSad to report to the cardblogging community that The Professor Geoff Sindelar has passed away. Sindelar was always my favorite sports radio host as a kid, loving how he mixed in memorabilia calls, trivia questions, and would really let you stay on the line if you were making good points. My highlight calls were commenting on Bill White's rise to the presidency of the National League (which turned out to be prophetic, since I joined his fraternity at Hiram College and a future PC guy). And before a nationally televised game against the Niners, I made one of the worst jokes in sports talk history (I was probably 12 and I know my voice was still high pitched): "What is the favorite food of Top Dawg and Mighty Minnie? Chinese, cause they're going to have a little Rice in the Bowl." Sindelar laughed at that feeble attempt at some Browns humor, and a fan for life was made. I think my brother has the copy of Woody vs Bo that I won for knowing Greg Swindell was a Texas Longhorn on another call. A couple weeks ago, a host on KNR (don't know which one, they all sound the same these days) said he was going to plan a memorabilia show with Sindelar since opening day was coming up. I would have loved to have heard it. I'll always remember Geoff as a big part of my sports bringing up, and am saddened to hear of his passing.dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-16019602409608495782010-03-07T13:33:00.000-08:002010-03-07T13:53:17.978-08:002008 UD MasterpiecesSo my local KMart has ha a sweet deal on 4-card packs of 2008 UD Masterpieces for $1.59 a pack. I did a little (alot) of splurging and have nearly put together the whole set. I'm shy only a few regular prints and about half of the short prints. I really like the artwork on this set, and think it will look great in a binder. I only pulled one framed parallel (maybe that's the reason for the deal?) Joba Chamberlain Blue or Navy #'d to 125.<br /><br /><br />Of course, I have lots of dupes and would like to complete the set by trading. Here's the list of cards I need. <br /><br />7, 30, 55, 63, 77, 83, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 120<br /><br />Comment if you can help me finish the set, and let me know your needs. The Joba is definately up for trade as well (No midges included).dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-5432212205588269542010-02-27T11:52:00.000-08:002010-02-27T11:54:05.061-08:00Things you forget after 20 years...Be sure you get lids for your card boxes at the card shop...dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-16160069696745771522010-02-26T19:27:00.000-08:002010-02-26T21:18:35.395-08:00Twenty years later...Matt over at <a href="http://completist.wordpress.com/">WaxHeaven</a> had an interesting post the other day about the demand and supply of 1/1 cards and whether their value is inflated because of the scarcity of the card. I found it interesting to consider that this hobby has become so reliant on the hunt of the "hit" card. Regardless of whether it is 1/1 or a super-refracto-chromo-game-cut-on-card-auto-relic-allel (and how could I forget: ROOKIE), ultimately the dollar value of a card is reliant on the number of collectors who are interested in owning the card above everyone else. Of course, the more copies of the card allows more ownership opportunities and everyone would have to pay less to own it. That's economics 101, but with card collecting there are other values to consider besides the scarcity of it.<br /><br />Is it really something you would want to own? I was twelve in 1989 when the Billy Ripken error card came out. Every twelve year-old in the country whether they collected cards or not wanted a card that had that "F-orbidden" word on it. But the only cache that card held to adults was the fact that Fleer corrected it and there were less copies of it. Now, I'm not sure if there were any Billy Ripken "super-collectors" out there trying to acquire the rainbow of error card and alternate corrections, or if there even is a Billy Ripken "super-collector". I couldn't see any other value in that card.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S4ierObIW-I/AAAAAAAAABI/RCHZ-M0dgZ0/s1600-h/billy-ripken.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 230px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442774615120698338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S4ierObIW-I/AAAAAAAAABI/RCHZ-M0dgZ0/s320/billy-ripken.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The rest of the set outside the Griffey rookie isn't worth the "cardboard" it was printed on. Of course that was the year Junior started playing Major League Baseball. There were so many cards printed of those sets, yet the Rookie card has an extra value associated to it. There are no scarcity issues that affect the value of the Griffey card versus other cards of that set, but ask most collectors to name one card they would want to own in that set, and it's the Griffey.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S4ifD6g9joI/AAAAAAAAABQ/I-4ROKknDQE/s1600-h/griffey.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 103px; HEIGHT: 143px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442775039273176706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S4ifD6g9joI/AAAAAAAAABQ/I-4ROKknDQE/s320/griffey.jpg" /></a> (look how young he is!)<br /><br />So value is not just about the scarcity of the card, it certainly is reliant upon many other factors. For instance, if twelve year-olds in 1989 had more than their allowances, the price of that card would have doubled and tripled many times over, but they couldn't afford it at the price it was going for then. If I wanted to own it today, it would be no problem to go online and pick it up for a few bucks. The internet has made the availability of cards increase exponentially. You no longer need to hunt and search for the cards you want. There is no need to gather and hold onto every card you come across. This is where the scarcity issue comes in. Even if it is easier to find cards, the fact that there are less of them printed means those collectors truly interested in the card will have to pay more to possess it.<br /><br />This is where the investor/collector argument rears its ugly head. The investor is interested in the card based on scarcity, the twelve year-old in all of us collectors just want a card that we can show our buddies in recess. Now, if all the collectors held onto every card we wanted, there would be no more cards to share until the companies printed more or printed next season's set. This is where I left off in collecting. I kept every card I ever bought, except for the few I may have traded with my brother (I remember Jim Rice for Wade Boggs in 1982 to complete each other's Fleer team set of the BoSox).<br /><br />I'm sure most collectors were like this in the 80's. You could buy and collect every card. Then came along Upper Deck with the other, more popular Griffey rookie card "short-printed". This brought the investor into the hobby of collecting new cards and the "pack-hit" was born. Previously, scarcity was created because of all the "cards your mother threw out" (My fathers met the fate of the furnace after getting in trouble (Thanks Grandpa!). It also meant that the collector could not just gather every card by buying packs and trading with friends. The monetary value of the card would forever be a part of this hobby. <br /><br />I would like to think that now that I have matured (although I might buy that Ripken card), I would no longer want to own and keep every card I could get my hands on. Boy, I wish that were true. I don't have to keep every card and try to collect every set (there are way too many), I'm going to have to pick and choose. So I am going to make a very concerned effort to trade and be a part of the community of card bloggers. I am very thankful to Brian at <a href="http://playattheplatedude.blogspot.com/">Play At the Plate</a> for introducing me to all of you card-bloggers, and thanks for the well-wishes on my new blog. I am excited to share some cards with friends who have new little collectors in their households. Thanks for investing some time with me and be sure to keep reading to see how this collection turns out!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-4546906885412183512010-02-15T22:00:00.001-08:002010-02-15T22:03:32.365-08:00Topps Million Card Giveaway<div>I had one of the codes to unlock a Topps card from 59 years of production. My code unlocked:</div><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S3o0yGeZFAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GKQO-dVgi8g/s1600-h/1985-BB-TS1-677-NA_F_285x412.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438717535339484162" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hi30z8xUQG4/S3o0yGeZFAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/GKQO-dVgi8g/s320/1985-BB-TS1-677-NA_F_285x412.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1985 Wally Backman!!!<br /><br />I will be looking for a Mets fan to trade this to, off to the blogs I go!!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75303989465096117.post-45400653661634849802010-02-12T21:50:00.000-08:002010-02-12T21:58:04.215-08:00Back in Packs!Well, after years of being out of the hobby, I am Back in Packs! Look for my thoughts on collecting cards, breaking open some packs, looking at favorite cards, etcetera, etcetera... I am a big Indians fan, and my favorite Indian is AAAAAAAAAAAs-drubal Cabrera. I am really looking forward to collecting some of the newer members of the Tribe, as well as some older favorites. I have a good collection of Lou Whitaker cards from my own experience as a little league second baseman of the Tigers. On a funny note, when my girlfriend asked what I was typing away about, I told her my new baseball card blog. She groaned her approval, so I know I'm heading to a fun time meeting other collectors. I have certainly been inspired by some of the great blogs already out there, and will be adding them to the blogroll, and I hope I can be entertaining enough to be added to theirs!dfwbuck2http://www.blogger.com/profile/02857751824698055027noreply@blogger.com4