I guess it’s about time to stop dragging my feet and put an end to the Offical Condition: Poor First Anniversary Giveaway Contest. Here are the cards that I got from the Topps Million Card Giveaway. 1958 #117 Frank Torre Joe’s older brother. Great looking card. I’m digging that old-timey Braves logo. 1959 #409 Gus [...]
First off, I just want to remind everyone to go checkout the giveaway I’m doing to celebrate that this blog has turned a year old. Check it out. Okay, now onto the business at hand. I usually don’t seem to have too much luck pulling cool stuff from packs. Don’t get me wrong, I get [...]
Recently I’ve been going on a bit of an eBay binge. Actually, I don’t know if binge is the right word. I feel like that connotes spending too much money. Let’s just say I’ve been winning a bunch of auctions lately, but getting pretty damn lucky in those auctions. Anyway, one of the cards that [...]
It’s been a spell since I updated my progress with the 1960 set. It hasn’t been for lack of progress though. I’ve been plugging away. I just haven’t gotten around to writing about it. I guess I’ve been a little preoccupied with Gint-A-Cuffs, watching the Mets do their best to pull off yet another collapse [...]
I’ve been winning a bunch of eBay auctions lately and putting some pretty good dents in my Mets want lists in the process. The good thing is that many of the cards I’ve been scoring are some of the bigger stars from the different older team sets, so it’s been good to get them out [...]
I’m still plugging away. One card at a time. 1960 Topps #558 Eddie Mathews All-Star I’ve mentioned numerous times that one of the things I really love about the 1960 set, and therefore one of the major reasons I decided to make a go at completing it, is how many different, awesome looking designs are [...]
Last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep after watching 6 or 7 innings of that so called Mets “game” last night, I must’ve written about 70 scathing posts in my head, ripping the team apart after those 2 pathetic attempts to keep themselves in first place. Rather than clutter up [...]
Here’s another eBay acquisition that I got a day or two before I flew the coop for Florida. Obviously, it’s not a pristine copy by any means, but hey, it’s a Willie McCovey rookie card, right? Between getting this card and the Yaz rookie crossed off my list I feel a lot better about my [...]
I was able to knock off a few more cards thanks to some low bid wins on eBay. First up is Joe Nuxhall. Joe Nuxhall had a pretty good, if unspectacular career in the Majors. He posted a lifetime 135-177 record with a 3.90 ERA and 1372 strikeouts over 16 seasons. He made the All-Star [...]
Well, I can tell already that this is going to be a very rough season to endure. I guess on the bright side Reyes is back and Johan is pitching tomorrow. The Mets went 1-3 since the last time he pitched, which is 1 win more than I expected, so I guess that’s good, right? [...]
