Postseason Thoughts from a Fan Standing on the Outside: Year 2
September 29th, 2011 by slangon

Can I just start things off by saying that last night was one of the best baseball watching nights I’ve had in what seems like forever. My head was spinning trying to keep up with all the craziness that was happening. My television was on a constant loop from ESPN for the Boston/Baltimore game to […]

Quit Breakin’ My Back Already
May 17th, 2011 by slangon

If you haven’t heard, apparently David Wright has been playing for about the past month or so with a broken back. An MRI revealed a stress fracture in his lower back that was thought to have happened during a game against the Astros on April 19. Wright figured he did it when he dove to […]

I May Be Way Off Base, but This Trade Was Pretty Right On
February 18th, 2011 by slangon

A while back Randy of Way Off Base had gotten in touch with me about having some 2010 Topps Series 2 cards that I needed. Turned out I had some random 2010 Topps Series 2 that he needed so We decided to swap. Turns out he’s a Cardinals fan so in the spirit of thinning […]

Card of the Moment #22
April 21st, 2010 by slangon

I’m really curious to know how the Mets will be doing. I guess by the time you read this, they’ll be back at Citi Field, halfway through a 4 game series with the Cubs. Man, I hope they did well on that road trip. I don’t know if I can deal with another lost season. […]

A Mother Scratchin’ Good Trade
January 18th, 2010 by slangon

One of the flurry of trades I had set up right before the holidays was one with Mother Scratcher from the Achiever Card Blog. I had seen a card that he had pulled on his blog and contacted him about the possibility of acquiring it. A trade was hammered out and an envelope appeared in […]

Cards from Cards on Cards
December 16th, 2009 by slangon

I’ve had a bit of a dry spell as far as trades go lately. Recently however, I did manage to negotiate a pretty good one with Kerry from Cards on Cards. I gave him a big stack of ’09 Ginters, which in itself was good for me, since I’m getting sick of looking at all […]