Hall of Fame Autograph Addition!

Hey guys, Drew back here! I've been on a crazy eBay binge lately, especially with all the money I received for my birthday, which was totally unexpected. I'm definitely going to White Plains in late August, so I have to save quite a bit of money for that, but I also had plenty of room to buy stuff before hand. Here is one of my first pickups with the birthday money!

Out of 2008 Donruss Threads, to go with my Don Mattingly autograph from the same subset, here is a Tony Gwynn auto relic, numbered 21/50! Granted, my Mattingly was just an auto, but was numbered to 25 I believe. However, this card is pretty sweet! I bought this card after my friend Mike was in Arizona at the All Star Fan Fest and wanted to get his autograph there, even though in the end he never got one. I've been hoping for a guest post from him so he can tell the story of his incredible day there, because he will make you guys super jealous, for sure.

While I never watched Gwynn play, as he was just a little before my time, his list of accolades and accomplishments is very impressive. Over 3,000 hits and a lifetime batting average of .338 alone is something that not many future Major Leaguers will be able to top. He never won a World Series, but his 15 All Star elections, 5 Gold Glove awards, and 7 Silver Slugger awards surely made up for it. He also led the National League in hitting 8 TIMES. As everyone expected, he was elected into Cooperstown in 2007, along with Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr, making for one heck of an induction class!

So for under $20 shipped, there was no doubt in my mind that this needed to be added to my collection!

See Ya!

Mmmmmmmm... A Breakfest Buffet!

Hey guys, Drew back here, with some more mail. Well, Tuesday night I wrote an essay, Wednesday I wrote the final copy of that essay, and tonight I wrote another essay. yay. At least the torture is over, oh wait, a few more projects for the weekend doesn't help. If I get time since I'm ahead after the record mail week, after this. I do have cards from Justin of Is This a Wasteland, but I'll get to those when I get the supposed second package from him to combine them. Today, hopefully the last mailday post for a few days, I know if you're not involved in these packages that you must be bored of my posts, but I like giving shoutouts to bloggers who try to help me out, and that's what I'm gonna keep doing. Anyway, Mike from BA Benny's Baseball Card Buffet emailed me wondering if I wanted some set needs for an auto, and I said sure! I typically don't like trading hits for base but I do need those cards so I accepted it. Here are the cards, check them out:

16 Cards from 2010 Topps, and boy, I just joined the ranks of the people who thought that Berkman/Hampton card is kinda weird. They look a little too close. The Mags is pretty sharp and the Phillips seems to have a strange picture. It looks really dark wherever he is on that card, might be Wrigley Field but I don't know. The picture just kinda stands out.

When I opened my box of 2008 Donruss Threads at Christmas, I was upset that I got 98 of the 100 base cards, and I needed the last few, for a while, until now. Bob Feller and Lucas Duda. One guy I've heard of, one guy I've never heard. The Feller is tempting to send out TTM, but since I need it for the set I'll stick with my custom card.

Thanks so much for the help Mike, and everyone be sure to check out his blog! See Ya!