Man, even though the Mets didn’t win yesterday, it felt damn good to sit down and drink a beer and watch baseball on TV. Of course it felt a little bit better since they didn’t technically lose, either. I know it’s an early spring training game and it doesn’t mean anything, but it was pretty […]
So the last we left off, I had worked my 1988 Astros Team Leaders card up to a pretty nice 1983 Eddie Murray. Well, there’s been some action since then. First off, Eddie went to a new home in exchange for a 1982 Fergie Jenkins. Part of my basic strategy in doing this whole trade-up […]
Last we left off, I had worked my way up to a 1985 Rod Carew. That’s a pretty good step up from a 1988 Astro’s Team Leaders, no? Well, I didn’t stop at Mr. Carew. Three more trades have been processed. First off, I sent Rod packing in exchange for an ’83 Fergie Jenkins. After […]
As some of you may or may not remember, one of the very first cards that I got in the Topps Million Card Giveaway was a 1988 Astros Team Leaders card. I decided to see how far I could get with trading that card. Last time I reported on this, I got as far as […]
(Well, I’m not really going for a 1952 Mickey Mantle, but I thought it made for a catchy title.) I mentioned in past posts my plan for this, but let me just give you a quick recap. One of the very first cards I redeemed at the old Million Card Giveaway was a 1988 Astros […]
I’ve kind of reached a point with buying 2010 Topps where the doubles I’ve been getting have started to vastly outnumber the cards that I need. Because of that, I’ve more or less decided to stop getting packs and try and just finish out the set via trade. One thing that sort of bums me […]
I was noticing that Topps had set up a Facebook page for the Million Card Giveaway and started poking around on it. I found a very interesting link on it that provided this information (although I’m not sure why that information is on a server for soft soled slippers for kids): CARDS UNLOCKED BY YEAR… […]
Now that the Million Card Giveaway has been up and running for over a week, I thought I’d take some time to reflect on my impressions of it, questions that have been answered, questions that have been raised, and what I think to expect going forward. One of the biggest questions I had once this […]
No, I did not trade someone for 1,000,000 cards. I finished my first Million Card Giveaway trade. As you may or may not recall, one of the cards that I unlocked in the Million Card Giveaway was a 1966 Ken Harrelson. Now, I know I’ve been on a big vintage kick lately and my collection […]
I’m sure by now, everyone out there knows how annoying it was to try and redeem your Million Card Giveaway codes yesterday. I didn’t have a lot, just 5, but it still took me all damn day to redeem them all. That part of it was pretty annoying. I must say though, everything went much […]
