PLEASE VOTE

Hey guys, Drew back here for a quick little reminder to vote vote vote! It's been up for almost a day now and only 2 people have voted! This is the last poll come on guys!!!

Awards Announced Live Tonight Starting @ 8:00!!!

Hey guys, Drew back here, the awards will be announced starting at 8:00 tonight on the blog. We haven't gotten any voters, and while talking to Beardy he says polls would be the best thing to do. Unfortunately there is barely any time left for this so we can not do polls. The voting period is not over yet, so I'll run a how to on voting one more time and hopefully everyone reading this gets their votes in. I may have been a little confusing but I've been so busy and this thing has been a lot of work, and I'm not sure if I'm going to do this next year. Anyway, here is a how to on voting:

HOW TO VOTE FOR
THE 2009 CARD AWARDS

Step 1: Go into your email and make a message out to my email "yanks1996wsc@gmail.com"

Step 2: Cast your vote by picking a winner in each of the following categories.

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

So, you should be emailing me your 6 votes, 1 for each of the 6 categories. The reason why I decided not to do polls were if let's say I didn't get a single vote for an award I would probably be upset. It's certainly not the end of the world, but it would kinda stink. So, please if you have not done this yet please vote, before 8:00 you partiers! I actually have my uncle and aunt and cousins coming for a few days, so I'm not sure if I'll have time to post the awards one at a time, so maybe at midnight I'll announce them all. We'll see. Happy New Year to all! See Ya!

More Votes! More Votes! More Votes!

You heard me another 15 votes would be beautiful. The awards are tomorrow night and the winners will all be announced. After that I have a ton to catch up on, like:

- My Awesome Box of Donruss Threads
- My Box of Topps Chrome Baseball
- My Box of 09 Piece of History
- Vintage Cards from Pop Popps
- Trifecta Stuff
- Packs from Christmas & Yanks cards from Dad
- Packs from the Card Shop Yesterday
- The guy who raided all the packs at Target
- The Blind Side Review
- Preparing for the January 16th White Plains card show!

Yeah, that's right, I would stay tuned! See Ya!

The nominees are here

Please email me your votes to yanks1996wsc@gmail.com

CMON GUYS!!!! I NEED MORE EMAILS, HELP A GUY OUT HERE!!! IF YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THEN READ AN OLDER POST!!!

Wow... that was brutal

Hey guys, Drew back here, kinda really disappointed on the recent number of votes for the awards. 10 votes???? Seriously??? I've been working my tail off and I understand it's the holiday but I thought you check my blog 20 times a day, :). I just wish that you guys can vote out of your minds crazy in the remaining 4 short days until the awards. I need more people to send me their nominations for:

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

The nominees for those awards can be found here, and my email is yanks1996wsc@gmail.com. IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND HAVEN'T VOTED YET, YOU ARE VOTING NOW!!!! Please! And for the polls.

Thanks,

Drew

Quick Awards Update

Hey guys Drew back here. Combined with the panel we got over 40 votes for each so that's good. 2 new polls are up, even if you sent me your nominees please vote on the polls. Baseball Product of the Year and Football Product of the Year. Panel members please do not vote on the poll as that will effect the results of the category. Email me your votes if you haven't already, got a ok amount so far but could use more.

Nominees can be found here

My email is yanks1996wsc@gmail.com

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

Small Award Update

Hey guys, Drew back here, just a quick announcement on the polls. First off, we've gotten around 10 votes so far, including most of the panel, so not many others. Take the time out and please vote!!! About the polls, there will be 2 different polls that will run for 2 days until the 31st, so we are going to have polls for these. Anyone in the panel, please don't vote for the poll, since you are emailing me them. So, everyone not in the judges panel, you will vote for these in a poll:

Athlete of the Year/ Coach of the Year- December 21st-23rd
Baseball Product of the Year/ Football Product of the Year- 23rd-25th
Baseball Insert of the Year/ Football Insert of the Year- 25th-27th
Baseball Autographed Set of the Year/Football Autographed Insert Set of the Year 27th-29th
Sports Moment of the Year- 29th-31st

If you sent me your votes already, vote for the polls because I'm not counting your votes through email for those awards, although I am counting your YouTube/Blog voting, just do the poll.

And, for the people that haven't sent me an email yet, please pick winners for as many of these as you can:

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

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

Nominees can be found here

Please email your votes to yanks1996wsc@gmail.com, and do the polls on the sidebar! 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!!!

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!!!!

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

UPDATE ON THE TRIVIA QUESTION!

Hey guys, please take a look below, there is a chance for a bonus if you guess any of the 3 players in this question that have won a High School Championship, College Championship, NBA Championship, and an Olympic Gold Medal in their basketball careers? 1.5 points will be given for each of these 3 bonus dudes guessed. Also, there is one more player in the 1st 7 that won a college, NBA, and Olympic Gold medal that hasn't been guessed yet.

And, please vote on the POLL!!!! Who is the best baseball retired through the mail signer? Kent Hrbek has 1 vote, and Mike Mussina and Pete Rose have 2 votes each! Break the tie!

ROCK THE VOTE AGAIN!!!

Come on guys, not much time left to vote for another end of the year award, best Youtuber of the year. Here are your choices if you are unfamiliar:

The Backstop Dot Net: These guys own the Craziest Live Sports Show on the Web!!! They have a store by the New Jersey shore and they do monthly pack battles that you can go to to have fun. On top of that they often post box breaks opened by people who come into the store! They are a lot of fun and you should definitely watch these guys. Some recommended videos made by this group are:
PULL OF A LIFETIME!!!
The Missing Shirt Playlist (A 5 episode series that soon is coming back) This is a link to the 1st video in the group, check out the account to view more, or their new website, http://www.thebackstop.net/

Jawdy's Basement: This guy recently made the move from Utah to South Jersey, and seems like a good guy. He did a few group breaks in the past and has opened plenty of boxes for the public to see. He features his son, who also owns a Youtube channel, Number1Dragonoid, and he entertains us all, especially when they pull their beloved Phillies cards! Here are some recommended videos made by these guys:
2 Cuts in 1 Box!!!
2009 Topps Hobby Box Recap
By the way, he also has a blog, but it hasn't been updated in a few months, hopefully we could urge him back into blogging! Here is a link to his (and JoshSamBob's, a fellow Youtuber) blog!

Stale Gum: Of course, the very famous box breaker and junk wax buster, one of our own, the man that invented the way to say Mojo and not sound like a kid that just finished watching Pokemon! Don't forget to catch him live on Blog TV tomorrow night! Here's to you Chris Harris, "Real Man of Genius..." !!! Here are some great videos made by this mastermind!:
The First Video of his epic Allen & Ginter Box Break (make sure to watch all 4 parts!)
They're all great! Watch em all! I can't pick
And heres a link to his blog!

chri5784: These guys, Chris, Tattoo, and all of the others down in the Carolinas at Cards Infinity know how to impress the collectors! Daily box breaks, boxes they open for the people that order on their site, Cards Infinity! Today, they came out with the first released box break of the new Goodwin Champions, so they are the head of the game, on top of all of the box breaks. Plus they are really fast breaks and never disappoint! Check out some of their videos:
GOODWIN BREAK!!!
Intro Sort of Thing
Over 1300 Videos! Very hard to choose so I'll let you pick!

BobGibsonFan: This guy just opened a card shop and does constant great box breaks. Every day check him out, typically at least 1 box a day. Plus Babe Ruth's have been pulled and the box Jawdy bought that contained 2 Cuts in it! So, check this new guy out, definitely my Rookie of the Year youtuber, so check this guy's great videos out!:
On the Phone with Fernando from Upper Deck!
Nice 2006 Topps Sterling Box!
Tour of the Shop

TomtheRipper407: He knows how to make sports cards cool, using fun and cool effects to make his videos shine! He makes many trips to his card shop and opens packs and boxes of new cards, while using awesome effects and so much to enjoy! Here are some recommended videos of his:
Revelution against Obama! JD Manning
Rippin': 2009 Allen & Ginter

If you have any other suggestions please leave a comment in this post, thanks for viewing, and pick your fave! See Ya!

Yes, another vacation

Hey guys, Drew back here, for the last time until Tuesday. I am leaving for the Adirondack Mountains for a trip to my cabin. Last year, I wrote about it here, and here is a nice picture:

It is a family trip, my dad's whole family cmes up here and we get to:
-Pull pranks on family, especially my uncle, if you're reading, that's a warning to you
-Kayaking
-Camping
-Fishing
-Eating S'mores
-Sitting around the campfire with my dad's cousin Vito
-Hike
-Possibly play tennis
-And more!

So, I'll put a new poll up for the drewscards awards, so there you have it guys, and make sure you vote while I'm gone, thanks, and see ya!

VOTE!!!

Not to mention that this poll on the sidebar is part of my Awards, please vote, whether you do TTM or not, just pick your favorite player or who you think is the nicest guy! Either Nathan, Cuddyer, Neshek, Buehrle, or Anderson! Come on guys, ROCK THE VOTE!

Workin....

Hey guys, Drew back here, after just making a huge list of baseball players who sign Through the Mail. That is my general topic of the day today, as I just put up a new poll, who is the best current TTM signer. You may not be a part of TTM's, but they are great. A dollar for autographs? That's a fantastic deal! Anyway, I made the list on Microsoft Word, so if you would like a copy of it please email me at yanks1996wsc@gmail.com and I'll send you it. I forgot to mention in there that some retired and Hall of Famers (and Andrew Miller) charge money for autographs. Harmon Killebrew charges the most, about $65 an auto, and Yogi Berra charges between $30 and $50, and I'm going to send to him soon. Anyway, this poll is between:

Joe Nathan, Twins All Star Closer


Mark Buehrle, White Sox Starter


Pat Neshek, Twins Pitcher


Garret Anderson, Braves Outfielder (photo from OMG autos)


Michael Cuddyer, Twins, Outfielder

So we now also know the Twins are the best signing team. Fransisco Liriano and Kevin Slowey also sign, and former Twinkies David Ortiz, and A.J. Pierzynski also occasionally sign! Who will win? Vote vote vote and we'll find out! See Ya!

BCHOF Card #6 Poll

Here is the next matchup...

What will the BCHOF Card #6?

1955 Topps Sandy Koufax RC


1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth RC


1951 Bowman Willie Mays RC


2008 USA Bryce Harper Triple Relic Auto (just wanted to see)



1993 Topps Derek Jeter RC


1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson

Or Other (state in comments)

Who Will Win?

BCHOF Card #5 Nominees

1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth Rare Rookie Card


1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie Rare Card


1954 Topps Hank Aaron Rookie Card


1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson


1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie Card


1994 UD SP Alex Rodriguez RC

Vote now and let your voice be heard!

The next poll

Here is the question and options for the latest poll, just so you have pictures to look at when you choose:

What should be the Baseball Card Hall of Fame (BCHOF) Card #4?:

1915 Cracker Jack: Joe Jackson


1955 Topps Willie Mays


1933 Goudey Babe Ruth


1933 Goudey Napolean Lajoie


1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie Card


1954 Topps Henry (Hank) Aaron Rookie Card


1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F**K FACE Bat Knob Card

Please vote as soon as the poll is up and running! Thanks, Drew

Who was brave enough to vote for Matt Cain?

Man, this poll is just a bit lop-sided! 17 votes so far, 16 for Tim Lincecum over Matt Cain! So you guys don't know the stats behind it!

Matt Cain: 12-4 Record, 2.44 ERA, 124 K

Tim Lincecum: 12-3 Record, 2.20 ERA, 198 K

So, Lincecum does have better stats and I would have voted for him too but he has only dominated 1 out of the 3 major categories of pitching! I can't believe it's been THIS lop-sided!

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