I know, you're sick of me posting about what's in my mailbox but...

You're gonna have to read (and or watch) it. Today I got 2 packages, both WERE expected, thank god. The first one was an eBay purchase I made of 3 2008 Goudey Short Prints that I got dirt cheap, here is a very mini list:

205- Carlton Fisk (I already have this one, if you want it and have a different Goudey short print I need, please please please tell me)
211- Al Kaline
223- Whitey Ford (This card got me into purchasing this lot, awesome card!)

The second package was a trade I made with the Collective Troll, one of our fellow great bloggers! We made an ENORMOUS trade, I sent him 50 Rays cards, a numbered B.J. Upton and a bat card for about 80 cards he sent me, either Allen & Ginter I needed or Yankees stuff, a great variety. Thanks dude! Here is my video of these cards:

Please don't mind the music, rap is a love/hate genre and I like it, but I do also like rock, some pop, and R&B/Soul (at least thats what iTunes calls it).

By the way, The Collective Troll gets a 1/2 point each for the contest for these cards:
- 2009 Allen & Ginter Nick Swisher SP (.5)
- 2009 O-Pee-Chee Cano (.5)
- 2007 Topps Opening Day Cano (.5)
- 2008 Topps Swisher (.5)
- 2007 Upper Deck Cano (.5)
- 2007 Fleer Cano (.5)
- 2009 Allen & Ginter Cano National Pride (.5)

3 and a half points on the scoreboard! Keep it up Troll! If you have any Cano or Swisher cards for trade, 1/2 a point will be awarded to each card for our contest!

Today's Mail for Mr. Cards

Hey guys, Drew back here with 2 great maildays. Before I start, I made a trade with a guy on the sport card forum, my 1st on the site, and if you ever have done one before, you'd know trades are differently done there than on other forums (like the Blowout forum). You have to dig up information and tell the MOD's about it before you make the trade and let them know what day you will ship yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, I didn't know that so when I received my cards from the guy I traded with I didn't know I was supposed to ship, so if you're reading dude, it was an accident and I didn't know about it at all, and I will ship A.S.A.P. Anyway, here is a look at the 2 great cards this dude sent me:

I know, the 1st one is impossible to see, I should deeply consider taking my pictures in brighter areas other than my dark room! The 1st card is a 2009 Legendary Cuts Mattingly jersey numbered out of 100! That one is a sweet one at the least! That is now my 3rd game used of Donnie Baseball! The second one is a Fleer (from some year) 70's Decade Greats Chris Chambliss bat card! I have Chambliss' autograph on an 8x10 but this is a great addition to that small set I own of Chambliss! Thanks dude, and again sorry bout that.

The second mailday for today is courtesy of the website that starts with an e and ends with a bay! This was my big purchase if you recall from a few days ago, shipped very fast! Here is a picture of one of the crown-jewels cards from my Cano collection!

Front:

Back:

I got this huge piece of my collection for about 20 bucks! What a great deal that was! Thanks for looking, and see ya!

Hackenbush & Wicked Ortega please report to this blog page and claim your prize so I can!

http://greatsportsnamehalloffame.blogspot.com/2009/09/card-giveaway-winners.html
Leave a comment and choose your destiny!

The Un-Official Review of Goodwin Champions

Hey guys, Drew back here with my un-official review of the new Goodwin Champions...

Here is a nice math equation for you guys and gals:

Goudey +


Allen & Ginter (-the Beckett logo) =


Goodwin

Not too impressed. I don't have a card in my hands nor my collection. So, here is the good, the ugly, and the uglier...

The Good: A very nice base card design, although not Allen & Ginter, it still is reasonable. The price is great, but many other things are not. I like how they put tons of Yankees in this set, more than any before. C'mon, this card has to be the 1st of Rick Cerone after retirement. Do I want it? No, not really? Will I have it by the end of the year? Probably. The bug cards hopefully are interesting, as many people are spending lots of money on the redemptions. Would I pay $60 for a dead bug. Heck no, but others will. This set uses the gimmick more than Allen & Ginter, with the occasional easter egg cards and different variations, the strange non-sports guys that nobody has ever heard of. Do I like it? No, but again, other people are going to buy the stuff for that reason and that reason only. Like some people have said, this set seems to be a set that Upper Deck is making to drag people into the hobby. But the non-sports stuff in this set is making Allen & Ginter look like a very small case of the flu, while Goodwin is full force swine flu!!!

The Ugly (hasn't this already been ugly?): Look at the set checklist, right now I will list all of the pointless cards in this very small set:
13 Moose Skowron (nice for me, but for you guys... eh)
14 Donovan Bailey (non-sporty sporting a Canada flag, very un-patriotic to us UD!!!)
24 O.J. Mayo (why is the basketball stud replacing my baseball stud!)
33 Jeff Samardzija (now, this is insane, this guy isn't any good and he isn't a rookie. Blah!)
34 & 38 Ovechkin & Carey Price (don't mind Ovech but Price is boring)
44 Barack Obama (how many cards do we need of this dude?)
53 Anderson Silva (never, never should I be looking at shirtless men)
55 Chad Reed (never heard of him... cool card, in motorcycle sets)
61 Michael Beasley (another stupid basketball dude that has depression problems)
70 Chuck Lidell (better than Silva, but I still don't want him)
74 Gerry Lopez (WHO IS HE???)
84 Joe Lewis (MORE SHIRTLESS MEN!!!)
88 Peggy Fleming (WHO IS SHE???)
90 Jonathan Teows (LOOK 3 ROWS ABOVE FOR MY OPINION)
105 Evelyn Ng (Ng= Not good)
115 Smarty Pants I mean Jones (a horse!!!)
116 Christi Yamagucki (says it all in the name)
118 Bucky Dent (now, I'm a Yankees fan, but 1 home run doesn't get you a ba jillion cards 30 years later)
128 Bill Rogers (MR. ROGERS!!! No its just Bill)
129 Laird Hamilton (more almost shirtless men!)
Won't hurt the Hockey fans with the Orr and Howe cards
143 Derrick Rose (a nice card, but eh...)
146 Phil Hellmuth (the 1st 4 letters in his name explain it all)
151 Cory Wade (yuck)
154 Gavin Floyd (autos being pulled by the dozen, just a boring player)
157 Kelly Shoppach (this guy needs to fill out a few trillion forms before he gets into my set!)
160 Mike Parsons (this card is kinda weird, no comment)
161 Jeremy Bloom (some random guy hugging his skis, weird)
178 Jonathan Albaledejo (how does this guy get a V.I.P. entrance into every set?)
187 Joe Alexander (one of the strangest cards I've ever seen)
193 Donnie Gay (another strange card)
And what's a set without good ol' Rick Cerone!

Yes, I'll guarentee someone leaves a comment saying you could do the same thing with Allen & Ginter, but here's my take. If it looks amazing I'll take it. If it's garbage it stays next to the McDonalds french fries I saw on the street.

The Ugliest: These:

Thanks Upper Deck for ruining my thoughts on collecting.

Don't fret guys. I will still open a box for old collecting (if you call it that) sake. I may not go for the set but definitely will search for all Cano's and Yankees. See ya!

Grandpa Roy Column Answers

Hey guys, Drew back here, after I let the latest Grandpa Roy Column question last for like a week it's time to reveal the answers to the question, which if you need refreshing, here is the question again:

I am one of 3 men in the history of Major League Baseball to proudly wear the uniform of the Giants, Dodgers, Mets and Yankees. I also hit an inside the park homerun in the World Series. Who am I? And who are the other 2?

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2:
3:
4:

And your answers,

1: Casey Stengel, Inside the Parker and All 4 Teams, guessed by Captain Canuck
2: Daryl Strawberry, Played for all 4 Teams, guessed by Night Owl
3: Ricky Ledee, Played for all 4 Teams, guessed by Night Owl (+2 points for him because there were only 3 and we didn't noticed that there were 4)
4: Jose Vizcaino, Played for all 4 Teams, not guessed by anyone

So, +3 to Night Owl, +1 to Captain Canuck. Thanks for looking!