Recent Mail from Around the Blogosphere!

Hey guys, Drew back here! I know I haven't been around in a while, but I hope all of you had a nice Thanksgiving! I've been trying to savor my holiday break, but unfortunately tomorrow will be the start of the pre-Christmas school stretch. It won't be fun, but hopefully if I keep it up, I'll have more money to spend on the hobby! Around a month from now, I'll be beginning to sell pieces of my collection on Check Out My Cards, and I'll be sure to provide a link when my store goes live. I'm just trying to get rid of stuff that I don't personally have a connection with, so I can buy a few higher end cards for my collection. 

Anyhow, for now, check out the mail I've recently received from a few awesome members of our blogosphere:

William just never seems content with the amount of cards he's sent me over the years. A few weeks ago, he sent me a nice small box filled with mixed cards of the players and teams I like. Most of the cards were from the late 80's, and I probably have all of these laying around somewhere, but I'd prefer not to hunt through binder after binder for them. This is much easier, so thanks man.

As usual, he also caught me up a little bit with what I've been missing since I've basically given up buying products. The cards are awesome, however I prefer buying cards for my PC's over spending $20 on a blaster box or $10 on a rack pack. Money doesn't grow on trees for me, and I think I finally realized that. With that said, I love the All Star cards from 2012 Topps, which I finally got to see courtesy of my good friend. And nothing is cooler than getting my first Ichiro card in a Yankees uniform, although it's most likely photoshopped. He was a great asset to the team last year, and I would love to see him back this upcoming season.

Next, I received a small package from Larry of My 2008 Topps Set Blog, which I have to admit is one of my favorite blogs to read these days! He included his blog card in the package, which was really cool as well (I need to do that one of these days). 

A few weeks ago Larry posted this Topps Update SP card of CC Sabathia to his blog, asking if anyone was interested in it. He wasn't asking for a whole lot in return, so I decided to put an offer in, and we agreed to a nice small deal. CC sat out this year's All Star Game, as did Matt Kemp, so they had plenty of time to talk. 

Lastly, my buddy James (or Chunter as many of you know him by) of Chipp 'n' Dale felt it was necessary to hook me up with a nice addition to my collection, out of the kindness of his heart! He emailed me recently telling me he had a nice card to help me out with a trifecta collection, which completely shocked me considering I've been as close as dead on this website as possible the past few months. Sure enough, a small package came in, with these nice extras on top of the main event:

Out of 1977 Topps, a very nice Rick Cerone rookie card to add to my Yankees collection. Sorry, bad joke. The Dale Murphy rookie card has been a card I've pursued ever since I met him in person a couple of years ago! Finally, thanks to a Dale Murphy collector, I have my own copy of his rookie card to put towards my Murphy trifecta! I may need to go get a relic, because when I met him I had him sign a relic card, which looks fantastic by the way. A trifecta should consist of three cards, so I'll have to fulfill that, but for now, I want to thank James for doing this for me! It takes a lot for me to give up my Yankees cards for other people, so I know it couldn't have been all that easy for him. But, it means a lot, and it's in good hands.

A big thank you to William, Larry, and James for all of the awesome stuff! I'm glad to see that I'm still in the back of some collector's heads even though I'm knee deep in the most difficult year of my life.

Have a nice Sunday everybody! See Ya!

White Plains Card Show Recap Part VIII

Hey guys, Drew back here. I wasted a lot of time already today, so I can't post much, but I do wanna share some more of the show. I figured there will be 10 parts, and on number 8 now I say I'm in good shape. Here is part 8:

PART 8:
MURPHY AND McGREGOR

The lineup was the only down part in my opinion for this show. I've been fortunate to meet Dave Winfield, Ric Flair, Al Oliver, Bill Madlock, Dave Parker, Cecil Fielder, Don Mattingly, and John Montefusco already, so the lineup was always the purpose in going to the show. Sure, I love to buy cards, but, I love a good lineup to blow money on! I thought the lineup was pretty weak to be honest, especially when I was going originally on Sunday but changed due to my friend not being able to make it that day. On Sunday the lineup was Wally Backman, Rafael Santana, Lenny Dykstra, and Joe Charboneau. Iwww. Dykstra was rumored to be enough of a jerk to just "forget" about the show and was a no show, so I'm glad I didn't go that day (though I doubt I'd have met him anyway, who likes Mets :)

So I felt very lucky to go Saturday. Billy Williams was supposed to be there for $35 an autograph, so I decided to do it and make a custom for him. Unfortunately, Billy came down with a virus and was too sick to attend. I understand, I feel like garbage today so I don't wanna go anywhere, plus he's only like 60 years older than me!

I had a decision to make, and I think I did the right thing. I decided to spend $30 on an autograph from former Braves star Dale Murphy, a should be Hall of Famer. Mike didn't have the $ to try Murphy, so I got my card signed and also got Mike a picture with him. Dale was a really really nice guy. We talked a little and he asked if I wanted an inscription. Since inscriptions usually cost extra, and he offered to do it for free, I said sure! Check out my auto, on a card that I bought for $3 to get signed.

Is it just me or does that look really nice?

The other signer we visited, actually the only other one there, was 2 time All Star pitcher Scott McGregor. McGregor was an Oriole for most of his good years, but he actually came up through the Yankees system! Scott was a very nice guy, and Mike and I both met him and got some cards signed. I didn't prepare well before coming, which is shown by the 3 of us running around like idiots trying to find his cards. One guy was making a profit by selling them a dollar each and since nobody had any of him, I grabbed 2 of them. My dad found 1 more for 10 cents, a much better deal.

The autographs look very nice, and I'm glad we found cards of his on time!

Overall, both guys were really nice and it was a cool experience to meet them. Stay tuned for tomorrow or Monday's next post, which should be a box break, hint= this box was not cold

Tomorrow is my Confirmation, which is a big day for me. Not only because I'm getting out of CCD for life, but I should be getting a lot of money, plus an out to eat treat at the end. The ceremony will be over 3 hours long most likely due to 101 kids getting confirmed at the same time at my church, so that won't be fun, but once it's over it'll be a celebration of the 8 terrible years I lived in CCD class.

See Ya!