Insert of the Year Award Nominee Pictures

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Baseball Insert of the Year

Topps Propaganda Posters


Topps Turkey Red


Allen & Ginter Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles Minis



Topps Legends of the Game


Allen & Ginter Creatures of Legend, Myth, & Terror Minis

Please cast your vote now for that award!

Football Insert of the Year Award

SPX Shadow Box

Playoff Absolute Memorabilia RPM Logo Shields


Topps Mayo Relics


Donruss Limited Material Monikers


Topps National Chicle

Please cast your vote for that award!

Awards

Hey guys, Drew back here. I hope you all enjoyed the holiday, it was so great for me. I got 3 boxes, 08 Donruss Threads, 09 UD Piece of History, and 09 Topps Chrome. I opened the Threads as you may have heard yesterday, and I got one heck of a sweet hit. I also opened the Piece of History, and other than one card that is definitely pretty awesome for my collection (doesn't book much though), it wasn't the greatest by any means. I am going to open the Chrome with my dad today, not expecting much hit wise but you never know. So just wanted to let you all know that, I also got 100 bucks from my grandparents, so now I am definitely going to that January show. And my Pop Popps gave me a sweet stack of 70's cards, including some of the best players that ever lived, cool stuff. Grandpa Roy is coming over today, so we're hoping to think up and write down some questions. We are planning on a weak next 2-3 months for the Grandpa Roy Column, until Spring Training starts.

So, for the awards, the last polls didn't go so well but I'll count them anyway, staying on track, the next 2 polls are going up today, so vote on them! They are the insert awards, what inserts did you enjoy the most?

Please vote for the awards if you haven't already, email me your picks for these awards to yanks1996wsc@gmail.com

Blog of the Year
Rookie Blogger of the Year
Blog Trader of the Year
Blog Box Breaker of the Year
Most Creative Blogger
Coolest Blog Design

and if you know YouTube, the same awards for blogs go for them. The nominees are here.

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

2009 Card Awards Nominees!!!

Hey guys, Drew back here, tonight we are announcing the final nominees for the 2009 Card Awards, and they came out pretty darn good. We'll be seeing a lot of big names on this list and I hope you like it. There will be 2 polls going up tonight and we'll see how to go from there. The awards that involve YouTubers or blogs will ONLY be voted for via email, so please send me an email to yanks1996wsc@gmail.com, and pick 1 winner for all the blog and YouTube awards.

If you are a YouTuber and don't have experience with blogs, only vote for Youtube

If you are a blogger and don't have experience with YouTube, only vote for blogs

If you do both, vote for all of them!

YES YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU ARE NOMINATED

PLEASE DO NOT HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS IN THE PROCESS, NO BRAGGING

ONLY VOTE FOR ONE'S NOMINATED

Well, I hope you didn't just skip this important information to see if your name is on the list, so if you see this and you are caught skipping, please read the information above!!!

Here are the nominees:

2009 Card Awards

FINAL NOMINEES

Athlete of the Year:

- Usain Bolt
- Albert Pujols

- Kobe Bryant

- LeBron James

- Adrian Peterson

- Joe Mauer

Coach of the Year:

- Joe Girardi

- Sean Payton

- Phil Jackson

- Ron Gardenhire

- Mike Tomlin

Sports Moment of the Year:

- Nick Adenhart’s Tribute

- Mark Buehrle’s Perfect Game

- Hideki Matsui’s Game 6 World Series Performance

- Usain Bolt sets new 100m World Record

- Steelers Win Super Bowl after James Harrison’s 100 Yard Field Goal Block Returned TD

Baseball Product of the Year:

- Topps Allen & Ginter

- Topps Flagship

- Topps Chrome

- Topps 206

- Topps Heritage

- Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

Baseball Insert Set of the Year:

- Topps Propaganda Posters

- Topps Turkey Red

- Allen & Ginter Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles

- Topps Legends of the Game

- Allen & Ginter Creatures of Legend, Myth, & Terror

Baseball Autographed Insert of the Year:

- Allen & Ginter Framed Autos

- Topps Chrome On Card Autos

- Goodwin Champions On Card Autos

- SP Legendary Cuts Cut Autos

- SP Authentic Manufactured Patch Autos

Football Product of the Year:

- Topps Mayo

- Topps Chrome

- Upper Deck Philadelphia

- Playoff Absolute Memorabilia

- Donruss Certified

Football Insert of the Year:

- SPX Shadow Box

- Absolute Memorabilia RPM Logo Shields

- Topps Mayo Relic Cards

- Topps National Chicle

- Donruss Limited Monikers Relics

Football Autographed Insert of the Year:

- Donruss Limited Slideshow Autographs

- Donruss Gridiron Gear NFL Teams Autos

- Philadelphia on Card Autos

- Topps Magic Autographs

- SP Signatures America’s Team Signatures

Blog of the Year:

- Wax Heaven

- Night Owl Cards

- Cardboard Junkie

- Stale Gum

- Beardy’s Baseball Blog

Rookie Blog of the Year:

- Beardy’s Baseball Blog

- The Mojo Hand

- The Priceless Pursuit

- Ryan’s Memorabilia Blog

- The Collective Troll

Blog Trader of the Year:

- My Past Time… I Love It

- Ryan’s Memorabilia Blog

- Beardy’s Baseball Blog

- Play at the Plate

- Nachos Grande

- The Mojo Hand

Biggest Blog Box Breaker:

- I Am Joe Collector

- Stale Gum

- Wax Heaven

- Sports Cards Uncensored

- The Mojo Hand

Most Creative Blogger:

- Night Owl Cards

- Cardboard Junkie

- Dinged Corners

- Beardy’s Baseball Blog

- The Collective Troll

Coolest Blog Design:

- drewscards

- Hey That’s Mine

- Night Owl Cards

- Wax Heaven

- Condition: Poor

Youtuber of the Year:

- chri5784

- Thundering 24

- TheTruth17

- TomtheRipper407

- Stale Gum

Rookie Youtuber of the Year:

- BobGibsonFan

- boxgrader

- GSN Cards

- TheTruth17

- TomtheRipper407

YouTube Trader of the Year:

- PDazzle1010

- 3rdMillSportsCards

- Thundering24

- BobGibsonFan

- AdamJAiello

YouTube Biggest Box Breaker:

- chri5784

- armyatc22

- Stale Gum

- TheTruth17

- arplatinum

- Thundering24

Most Creative Youtuber:

- devs30

- TomtheRipper407

- kingofsteak

- Stale Gum

- Thundering24

Coolest YouTube Channel Design:

- armyatc22

- squeepa21

- Thundering24

- BobGibsonFan

- chri5784

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!! Polls will be up for the awards featuring athletes, and the ones featuring products!!! See Ya!!!

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE FOR MY POLL, IT IS ONE OF THE AWARDS FOR THE BLOG AWARDS!!!!!!!! NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE!!!

My Card Company Awards

Hey guys, Drew back here, I felt like sharing my thoughts on the 2009 products with you. Very soon the nominees for the blog awards will be announced, but for now, here are my standings on some of the awards based on card companies & products from 2009, baseball and football:

Card Company of the Year:

5. Other: Not really much other than the 4 big companies to pick.

4. Tristar: Obak was a big hit, and of course Projections is a big seller with the prospectors.

3. Panini/Donruss: These guys kinda came back, it looks like they have done well in football & basketball thus far.

2. Upper Deck: The folks at Upper Deck didn't have a stellar year like 2008 but some big products were released, Goodwin Champions, O-Pee-Chee, and I really like Ballpark Collection.

1. Topps: Let's just say that Topps outdid themselves this year, almost every product this year came out on top. Their flagship set was the best in forever, including Turkey Red and Legends of the Game inserts certainly helped that. Products like Allen & Ginter, Triple Threads, 206, Unique, Finest, Heritage, Topps Chrome, and I don't know about you but I liked Ticket to Stardom too! Other than Topps Attax, all the products were thought out really well and Topps deserves an A for effort this year!

Baseball Product of the Year:

5. O-Pee-Chee: This set didn't have big expectations, but going to Target to find a nice, well designed 1.59 pack made me happy. Some of the cards looked a little scary but I think it gets in my Top 5.

4. Upper Deck Ballpark Collection: One of the best high end products available, because you will get at least one good hit in the box, unlike taking chances at Triple Threads or Sterling. Although the players paired on the same card have no meaning to be with each other, I must say that it helps with player collectors, more cards of their player in the set. I haven't bought the product at all but have bought 2 Cano dual jerseys, a 6 swatch with Cano, a Swisher Auto jersey, and I traded with Beardy for a Swisher 8 swatch.

3. Topps 206: Although I have been at Target/hobby shop 1 time in the past like, 3 months, and haven't purchased any packs of this stuff, I bought a Cano jersey and it is really nice. The design is untouchable and although it has it's flaws, we can't expect perfection. The photography is hit or miss but the hit's look incredible. The SECOND best retro set this year for me.

2. Topps Chrome: Hopefully, at some point in the future I can complete this set. (Speaking of completion, I'm gonna have a set completed very soon) I haven't put up a wantlist yet, but haven't really bought enough yet to try. The design is sweet and although most of us hate the World Baseball Classic kindling, the refractors are SWEET! And on card autos, how can you go wrong?

1. Topps Allen & Ginter: One word to describe this product: Wow. This was by far the best release of this product so far, and Topps hit a walk off, grand slam, out of the park home run on this set. Beautiful photography and the design can not be denied. Add in a nice relic/autograph design plus the possibility for rip cards and red ink autos, and wood cards, wow.

Football Product of the Year (so far)

gotta go a little faster now...

5. Topps Mayo: Sweet old school design and great relics. Plus the inclusion of NFL legends makes the second year in a row release a hit. But, the reason it isn't higher is the horrible autograph design, but let's not talk about that now.

4. Absolute Memorabilia: The high end product everybody wants. Again, it's hit or miss, but it is way popular with the collectors and is a best seller, so why not.

3. Topps Flagship: Yeah, I should've put this in baseball too, but, the football design was pretty nice this year, glad they didn't use the same design as baseball, it would get old. Great job again Topps!

2. Upper Deck Philadelphia: Sweet set, bought one pack only so far, but pulled a D-Bowe auto, now in the hands of the bearded wonder. The design again is very cool and there are some very nice on card autos.

1. Topps Chrome: Now, this is how to make a product kiddies! I love the chromified design of the base, plus the great refractors, this is a hit!

Baseball Insert of the Year: Propaganda Posters, from Topps Updates and Highlights

Very unique set, I don't think it's ever been done before.

Football Insert of the Year: National Chicle, from Topps

Again, cool retro design, I think 2009 was the year of the retro(ness)

Baseball Autographed Set of the Year: Allen & Ginter framed autographs

Simply.... amazing

Football Autographed Set of the Year: Gridiron Gems from Gridiron Gear

These are case hits in this product, and the autograph pulls out, and they are really cool. I managed to pull one of Dexter Jackson in last year's version, and it is sweet!

Ok, those are the product awards we will be running. These may not be our nominees, they're just my votes. I'm gonna have some mail up from Saints of the Cheap Seats tomorrow or Tuesday, we'll see. See Ya!

New Poll Up

Hey guys, just letting you know that a new poll is up, please vote when you get a chance, it's one of the awards whose nominees are basically chosen already, so why not get the winner chosen. I have my pick already, but no sharing for me. The award is card company of the year and the nominees are Topps, Upper Deck, Panini/Donruss, Tristar, or Other (Press Pass, Sage, Razor, any other).

ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THE PANEL PLEASE DO NOT VOTE ON THIS!!!!

BIG BLOG AWARD NEWS: A NEW HELPER!!!

Hey guys, Drew back here, just wanted to make a quick update on the awards. Since some of the panel members haven't responded to my emails, I came to a few decisions. First off, the only panel member so far that really wants to do this is the Troll, so we have one guy in the panel easy, convincing Canuck & Beardy to definitely wanna be part of the panel may be tough. So, I think I'm going to need another panel member, because 3 people picking nominees for you to vote for doesn't sound fair at all. If you have interest in helping out, and are a fast emailer, one I can count on to respond in at least 2 days, please email me at yanks1996wsc@gmail.com and we can have you pick some winners. Now, I also have thought out another thing, I need some football blogger help with this. We have currently 6 awards that will involve football players. Here they are, in list form:

Athlete of the Year (any sport)
Sports Moment of the Year (any sport)
Coach of the Year (any sport)
Football Product of the Year
Football Insert Set of the Year
Football Autographed Set of the Year

If you blog about football cards and know 2009 products well, please email me and let me know if you wanna pick 5 nominees and a winner for all those awards. Limit of 3 people to vote.

Now, the big news we have is now we've expanded beyond the Blogs, we're going to do Youtube awards as well. Tom the Ripper 407 on youtube has decided to help make videos for our nominees!!!

To bring more voters here, we will do the same awards for the people of youtube as we do for the bloggers. And no, you guys do not have to vote for them, but the people brought here to the awards from Tom the Ripper will be able to vote for their favorites. This isn't a small show here folks.

So, what I'm asking for all of you right now is absolutely nothing.
For the panel (Beardy, Canuck, Troll, possibly Tom the Ripper, any football bloggers, any other dudes interested) I will ask to please pick 5 nominees and your winner for any of these awards:

Athlete of the Year
Coach of the Year
Sports Moment of the Year

Card Company of the Year

Baseball Product of the Year
Baseball Insert Set of the Year
Baseball Autographed Set of the Year

Football Product of the Year (so far)
Football Insert Set of the Year (so far)
Football Autographed Set of the Year (so far)

Blog of the Year
Rookie Blog of the Year
Blog Trader of the Year
Blog Box Breaker of the Year
Most Creative Blogger
Coolest Blog Design

and for the possible Youtubers:

Youtuber of the Year
Rookie Youtuber of the Year
Youtube Trader of the Year
Youtube Box Breaker of the Year
Most Creative Youtuber
Coolest Youtube Channel design

That's 22 awards in total. For the panel, if you don't collect football, don't vote for those. For possible football collectors in the panel, if you don't collect baseball, let me know and you don't have to vote for it. If you are in the panel but are not on Youtube or watch Youtube, don't vote for those. Everyone must pick nominees for the 1st 3 awards, Moment, Athlete, and Coach.

Any questions please feel free to email me, see ya!

More Clear Award Update

Hey guys, so this is how we will run these awards, check it out

We are NOT doing entertainment awards, it'd be too much of a pain and are any of us here for that sort of thing?

Instead, these are some confirmed awards for this year:

Sports Moment of the Year (panel chooses nominees, poll will be up on any blog)
Athlete of the Year ("" "")
Coach of the Year ("" "")
Card Company of the Year (Topps, Upper Deck, Panini, Tristar, Razor)
Baseball Product of the Year (panel chooses nominees, poll)
Football Product of the Year ("" "")
Insert Set of the Year ("" "")
Autographed Insert of the Year ("" "")

Blog of the Year (you will email me, yanks1996wsc@gmail.com, or wicked ortega, wicked4life20@hotmail.com, with your nominee when we tell you to do so)
Rookie Blogger of the Year ("" "")
Trader of the Year (email whatever member in the panel is running the award with your nomination)
Biggest Box Breaker ("" "")
Most Creative ("" "")
Coolest Blog Design ("" "")

Rules for blog voting:

1. YOU CAN NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF
2. You can vote for whoever you like, but don't tell anyone who you voted for, this must be confidential.
3. It's between me & you, no one in between (other than wicked & I)
4. You can vote for us, but if you do, you cannot vote for the person running the award (example: if I am in control for blog of the year nobody can vote for me for that award, but, however, you can vote for me in the award let's say Captain Canuck is running, get it?)
5. The Panel's vote counts for 2 votes, yours counts for 1, so I suggest if you want your friend to win start voting (when we tell you to of course)

Got it?

Now, there could possibly be an exception for Rule #1, I had an idea that we could do a PC contest, Team or Player (maybe both), for a chance to win an award. If that comes true, email us with either a link to a photobucket or zistle or anything (must be a real PC, don't cheat), youtube, whatever. Let me know what you think on that too.

Beardy elected himself to make little banners that you can show off on your blogs if you win too, so you do get a semi prize

Alright, if you have any suggestions, questions or comments feel free to let me know, but for now, think with your dipstick!

Don't just watch the video READ!!!! Bye

Update on the Card Awards

Hey guys, Drew back here, nice to see some good feedback on the last few posts, now, there has been some chat going on lately between a bunch of us bloggaz, and we decided to make an ultimate blogging awards. Haven't heard back from the other commissioner of this thing, wicked ortega, but so far we've got a little panel and it's looking good so far. We do need a logo and other stuff to make this shin-dig big but this is the panel:
COMMISSIONERS:
- Wicked Ortega
- drewscards (Me)

CONFIRMED PANEL (including Wicked & I too):
- Beardy
- Priceless Pursuit
- Collective Troll
- Waxaholic
Mike Ryan (Ripken Pursuit) decided to step down yesterday, so Joe from the Priceless Pursuit joined! I've had some swirling thoughts about it lately, and I figured why not share them with you! So, I don't want any more than 30 awards, but 30 may work if all of us in the panel do 5 seperate awards on our respective blogs. My ideas on types of awards so far:

Product Awards:Company of the Year (Topps, Upper Deck, Panini, Razor, Tristar)
Baseball Product of the Year
Football Product of the semi-Year
Blog Awards:Blog of the Year
Rookie Blogger of the Year (started January 1 on)
Most Giving (as a trader)
Biggest Box Breaker
Most Creative
Coolest Blog Design
Most Giveaways
Sports Awards:Moment of the Year
Team of the Year
Athlete of the YearCoach of the Year

Lastly, wasn't sure if it would work or not (most of the panel doesn't like this idea), but I was thinking about Entertainment Awards, like CD of the year, Singer of the Year, Movie of the Year, TV Show of the Year, Actor/Actress of the Year, and Video Game of the Year. I sorta like the idea, mostly because I love that stuff, but not sure about you.

Also, voting has been brought up a good amount of times as well, and I wanted to let you know that voting goes like this:

- For Awards that don't involve any of you, polls will take place over all of the blogs
- For polls that involve you the bloggers and maybe readers, email me, wicked, Beardy, Pursuit, Canuck, or Troll with a nomination (for the panel, let us all know who voted so we can keep track)

Hopefully you guys follow me so far, be sure to see more of this on here soon,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE COMMENT TO LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS!!!!!

See Ya!

PS somethings screwed up with the font size, please excuse me blowing your eyes out of your head while technical difficulties take place