Careful What You Wish For
October 22nd, 2011 by slangon

Yesterday, I was talking about how I was pretty surprised that given all the big sluggers in both the Cardinals and Rangers lineups the first 2 games of the World Series were relatively low scoring affairs. I further went on to hypothesize that perhaps playing the next few games in Texas would remedy that. Well […]

Is That World Series Thing Still Happening?
October 22nd, 2011 by slangon

I’ve been pretty bad about watching the World Series so far this year. I’ve been trying. I really have. Both games so far I’ve suffered through the terrible Fox pre-game show and started watch, and both games I’ve ended up flipping around during the game until I just eventually stopped checking in. I really don’t […]

And So It Begins
October 19th, 2011 by slangon

As everyone knows, tonight kicks off the 106th World Series, with Game 1 getting underway in St. Louis. And no, the card at the top of this post is not some not-so-subtle way of me rooting for the Cardinals. I just happened to have picked up a bunch of World Series highlight cards from the […]

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 […]

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 […]

A Breakdown of 2010 Topps Retail Options
February 17th, 2010 by slangon

Now that much of the Million Card Giveaway madness has subsided, I thought I would share the breakdown of cards that I’ve gotten from different forms of 2010 Topps Baseball. I’ve busted a blaster, which I’ve already posted here, but in the mean time I’ve also ripped a couple of rack packs and a handful […]

Guaranteed Hits, On The Cheap, Part II
December 19th, 2009 by slangon

This is the other half of the $20 I spent for 2 guaranteed hits. The 50% off blaster of 2008 Upper Deck Series 2, touting “One Game Used Memoribilia Card in Every Box! on average”. Let’s see what gems we plucked from this bad boy, shall we. A couple of ex-Metropolitans. Have I mentioned that […]

2003 Topps 205 Box Break: Packs 1-4
November 27th, 2009 by slangon

Now we’re getting to the good stuff – the cards. Pack 1 – #24 Luis Gonzalez #41 Manny Ramirez Whaaaat? Who the hell is this guy on Manny Ramirez’ card? Security! Seriously folks, in my mind 2003 is not that long ago, but looking at these cards, I feel like it’s 20 years ago. I […]

SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond 1-5
November 17th, 2009 by slangon

Thanks to the SlangKo Post Season Hootenanny, a five alarm fire was lit beneath my arse as far as finishing up the Heroes of the Diamond set. There’s still a bit of work to do, but it’s coming together quite nicely. After I finished up the cards that were given away as the grand prize […]