On The Fifth Day of Christmas…
December 18th, 2010 by slangon
… my collection gave to me Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati!
On The Fifth Day of Christmas…
Some Birthday Cards
June 30th, 2010 by slangon
Last Saturday happened to be the 36th anniversary of the day that Derek Jeter popped out of his momma’s womb. It also happened to be the 36th anniversary of the day that I popped out of my momma’s womb. My wifey was cool enough to give me a blaster, a cereal box and a rack […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 10
June 6th, 2010 by slangon
The finale. Pack 33 (Cobb): 391 Manny Parra 397 Colorado Rockies TC 577 Jason Jaramillo 375 Mike Leake RC 429 Seth Smith WSH14 Jim Palmer TR67 Grady Sizemore 596 Brendan Ryan 358 Mark Buehrle Matt Holliday Attax Okay, so out of the 9 Cobb packs that I got in this box I got 8 Turkey […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 9
June 4th, 2010 by slangon
We’re down to the final 2 Rounds. Pedroia and Mantle are out of the picture and Cobb’s got some work to do to stay in the race with Ruth. Let’s see what happens. Pack 29 (Ruth): 345 Chris Volstad 515 Seattle Mariners FH 650 Dustin Pedroia 433 Julio Borbon 558 Ronnie Paulino HWS6 Mickey Mantle […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 8
June 3rd, 2010 by slangon
So we begin Round 7. Pack 25 (Pedroia): 403 Jimmy Rollins 569 Jacoby Ellsbury 453 Jesse English RC 486 Raul Ibanez CMT102 Babe Ruth VLC10 Babe Ruth 595 Mike Lowell 413 J.J. Hardy 523 Phil Coke Jason Bay Attax Well, well. If you recall, way back in Round 2, in an odd turn of events, […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 7
June 2nd, 2010 by slangon
Round 6, here we come. Pack 21 (Ruth): 393 Jason Frasor 522 Jordan Schafer 651 Mike Aviles 559 Nick Markakis CMT91 Ryne Sanberg LL-37 Jackie Robinson / Ichiro 346 Taylor Teagarden 420 Shin-Soo Choo 448 Joakim Soria Felix Hernandez Attax That’s a pretty awesome action shot up on that Markakis card. Nice choice. I think […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 6
June 1st, 2010 by slangon
On to Round 5. Pack 17 (Cobb): 491 Rafael Furcal 356 Angels FH 435 Nelson Cruz 575 Ryan Perry 410 Oakland A’s TC HWS9 Bob Feller TR62 Troy Tulowitzki 500 Brad Lidge 414 Sean West Matt Kemp Attax Hmm. Another Cobb pack, another Turkey Red. I guess that actually makes a bit of sense, since […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 5
May 31st, 2010 by slangon
Pack 13 (Ruth): 425 Dontrelle Willis 574 Milwaukee Brewers TC 416 Ruben Tejada RC 376 Esmil Rogers RC 331 Ryan Braun LL-49 Lou Brock / Carl Crawford TMC-18 Thurmon Munson 389 Troy Tulowitzki 481 Scott Rolen Derrek Lee Attax Not bad. A Met who had a cup of coffee with the team when Reyes was […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 4
May 30th, 2010 by slangon
Pack 9 (Cobb): 436 New York Mets TC 360 Justin Morneau 502 Jhoulys Chacin 350 Prince Fielder / Ryan Braun CL CMT82 George Brett CMT112 Andre Ethier Original Back TR55 Aaron Hill 351 Koji Uehara 440 Willie Harris Chase Utley Attax A strong opening for Cobb. Another Mets card (which is a team card, which […]
2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 3
May 30th, 2010 by slangon
Here we go with round 2. The one problem with this round was that I realized that there were 9 Mickey Mantle Packs, 9 Ty Cobb packs, only 8 Babe Ruths and 10 Dustin Pedroias. Therefore, if I want to stick to my plan of 9 rounds of Cobb vs. Ruth vs. Mantle vs. Pedroia, […]
