Cards from the Blogosphere!

Hey guys, Drew back here. It's getting to that point that occurs once every week or two here at drewscards, and that would be mail day catch up time! I got 3 packages in since the last catchup, and all 3 were very helpful for me and awesome exchanges. First however, we start with the 2009 Blogger of the Year's package to me, Mr. Night Owl Cards.

Night Owl and I traded the basic team/set needs for team/set needs, and we both came out winners. First, he sent me 13 Topps Update cards for my set that slowly is being built, and those were really appreciated.

What a funky pose on that Valverde!

He also threw in a 2010 Bowman Platinum Lance Berkman, and a 2010 Bowman Throwback of A.J. Burnett. I needed them both and they're both very nice cards!

Lastly, 2 AWESOME refractors of Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia from 2010 Topps Chrome. I have a few variations of Jeter's Chrome cards this year, but this may be my favorite yet. Throughout all these years, x-fractors haven't gotten old to me yet. The orange refractor of CC (which scans like it's red) is also sweet. Chrome sets hadn't used a lot of orange yet, so it was nice to see a fresh color change. Both are un-numbered, but are sweet cards to add to the Yankees collection!

Thanks a lot Night Owl! Now onto the next package, this one coming all the way from Felix in Canada! Felix just started to buy boxes and get into the hobby, so he checked my wantlists and asked if I'd be interested in some cards off the list. Of course!

Starting off the bunch were 4 very nice cards of Pettitte, Sabathia, Rivera, and Cano. Looking back on 2010 Allen & Ginter now makes me feel that it was weaker than past versions of the product but still had some really nice cards, especially those two on the bottom row.

Felix sent me some 21 cards I needed for the Topps Update set, another huge help. As you may have noticed with the Wainwright card being in both trades, the set wantlists got a little mixed and I got maybe 2 or 3 doubles from these 2 trades, but that is absolutely no problem with me! I really like the Arencibia rookie card, that kid's gonna be good.

Thanks so much Felix and good luck with your collecting future! And, lastly, what would one of these posts be without a guest appearance by William of foul bunt. The most recent box he sent me included some stuff I need to help him out with and some CD's, but the best things were these 2 items:

First, a commemorative puck from the 2011 NHL All Star Game! William went down to some of the NHL All Star events this year and got me this as a souvenir, which was truly awesome. This isn't just a puck however, it is also signed by one of the All Stars on the team! He's not too sure who the player is that faintly signed the puck, and the signature doesn't help much because the only part I can see is his number inscription. Our assumption is that the autograph is of Edmonton Oilers left wing Taylor Hall, but we're not really sure. I don't know much at all about hockey, but this is my 1st puck, so it's pretty cool!

The final card in this post is this 2006 Upper Deck Rookie Debut autograph of Jets 2 time pro bowl offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson! He picked this card up for me at his former card shop just before it closed down, and boy I'm happy he did. Da Brick has a sweet signature, and is one of the best Jets on the team, so I'm very happy to own this card!

Thanks so much William! You're such a great friend, and I'll just add these to the never ending pile of awesome things you've given me over the years!

Well that'll just about do it for this edition of "Cards from the Blogosphere"! Thank you so much to the 3 of you that made this post possible! I couldn't have done it without you. I'm your host Drew, and I'll See Ya!

Wicked Mail from Ortega

Hey guys, Drew back here. I've been kinda busy lately, had my 1st game last night and CCD tonight (Only 4 more classes w00t!!!). In my game I went 1-2 with a line drive double way over the center fielders head and I walked as well. 2 RBI's, 2 Runs, that's the way I roll. I also made a gold glove caliber play at the hot corner (third), stabbed and caught a line drive to my side. I got the game ball, and being the first game for me on the big field, I was pumped. Anyway, I recently worked out a trade with my Awards helper and 2009 Trader of the Year Alfredo, who has the blog My Past Time... I Love It!! It's a great blog, and he is certainly one of the more generous guys in the community. I only scanned my favorites, because I've decided to do that now, it's hard to post everything! Anyway, here goes...

Wicked sent me a bunch of 90's Yanks, which is good because 1) I don't have many of them, and 2) they were awesome back then. The Paul O'Neill card is an instant favorite and I really like the Bernie too. I actually bought Bernie's first CD, he does a jazz thing and it's pretty good though I can't stand jazz music, kinda boring. I've never seen the 1996 Fleer cards, they feel really cheap, but they're nice. He also included some more modern stuff, and the DiMaggio's are really cool.

Ted Williams Cards are pretty nice. He included 3 of them here, Ford, Nettles, and Don Baylor. The Baylor will be great for a through the mail, since I don't have much of him. Also, some cool Fleer inserts, including 2 Mattinglys I needed. Cool!

I requested these off his trade bait posts and they are really sharp cards. I have many of the 09 Topps Legends of the Games but these 2 slipped by. What are the brown borders from? Target? Walmart? Let me know, just curious.

The 1st two of 4 hits were Vernon Gholston autographs. Vernon certainly hasn't looked very good in the NFL so far, but I figured since I need him for the Jets Auto PC I should get them from him. The left one is from 2009 Score Inscriptions and the right is from 2008 Stadium Club. The Score is numbered /199, and I like that one more to be honest. I'm not a huge fan of Topps stickers, especially the way this one was placed.

The next is a relic from 2009 Goodwin Champions of Phil Hughes. I now own 4 of the Yankee relics from this set (Wang, Posada, Nettles, Hughes), and I plan on more. They are really nice looking, and the set is very neat looking compared next to each other. Phil is starting tomorrow, and I hope he does well. Maybe he'll replace the worst starter so far, Javy Vazquez. Hopefully Javier can pull it together though. But yeah, Go Hughes!

The last card is I think my favorite. An auto of D'Brickashaw Ferguson. First off, when this dude was drafted by the Jets a few years ago, I had no clue who he is and what kind of name D'Brickashaw was. He kinda stunk it up at left tackle for the first few years, but he's gotten much better now and I like him. He made the 2009 Pro Bowl and is one of many strong parts of the Jets O Line. This card is a rookie auto from 2006 Score Select Inscriptions, and it's numbered 025/250. His auto spells out Brick and he added number 11, which must have been his college number.

Overall, an awesome package from Wicked, everyone please work out a trade with him, shouldn't be hard with tons of cards for trade that he posted recently. Here is a link.

One more thing, we have 22 guys in the bracket so far, and we need more. We've done well so far, but I know there are some terrible autos just waiting to be added to the list. If you have any ideas, email me or leave a comment here or on a recent post. I have 3 people who volunteered so far to take a region, so I should be set. Just need like 40 more for the list, haha!!!

See Ya!