First 2Pac, then Michael Jackson, now Jeter? Christmas Gift!

Hey guys, Drew back here! It's been a very busy few weeks for me as I've been settling back into my house for the foreseeable future; sorting cards and memorabilia left and right to ease my temptation to do so when I need to be doing my schoolwork a week from now until May. However, I'm proud to say that I've been able to put up much more posts lately than I have really over the past year, so to keep up with that; I wanted to share a pretty cool gift I got for Christmas that I've never seen before. Behold, the Jeter hologram ball!

  

Well, maybe this isn't a hologram, but rather a limited edition Laser-Etched Glass Sculpture from the Hamilton Collection made to commemorate Derek Jeter's final season! My mom came across it shopping for Christmas gifts and thought it would be something neat to give me, given Jeter is my favorite baseball player of all time, and I really like it. If you can see in the picture on the left, inside the baseball seams stands a swinging Jeter with his autograph directly to his left. I have no clue how companies make things like this, but I bet the process is pretty cool.

The sculpture came with a Certificate of Authenticity as well as a small player biography that describes the biggest highlights of his illustrious career. I was definitely caught offguard when I got this, but it now sits right next to one of my smaller signed baseball displays in my room (not the one I posted recently) and fits the definition of unique for certain. Thank you again Mom and Dad for the special gift! 

A few quick notes before I go:

- If you haven't seen it already, go check out the "Better Know a Blogger" series on Nachos Grande. Today, he posted my interview, so if you're interested in learning more about myself and other bloggers in our community, I strongly recommend it.

- I recently completed all of my Google sheets for each of my player collections, to view them go to My Wantlist under Pages on top of my sidebar and then click any of the individual player's names that feature links and it should bring you directly to each player's spreadsheet! I'm hoping doing this might make it a little easier for people interested in working out trades in the future so you can all see what I have.

- I also finished off my Flickr albums of said PC players, and to view them just scroll a little down my sidebar to "My PC's" and click any of the players under "Baseball Players" to see pictures of my best cards of each player. I did this more as a showcase than anything else, but it could serve as a trade tool as well. I hope to soon have an updated album on Flickr of all my cards for trade. PS, if anyone is looking to do something similar, Flickr is a great, free site that holds a terabyte of photos.

See Ya!

2009 Nick Swisher Card Wantlist Put Together as Well!

Hey guys, Drew back here with somewhat of an update. I just finished with the 2009 Nick Swisher card wantlist, which can be found by clicking this link and clicking the tab on the bottom of the page that says Nick Swisher 2009 Wantlist or whatever it says around those lines. Here is a link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AoDJkxxazplYcktYazhzZUYtVXdrT196bWl2YTRpaGc&hl=en

Now, if you have any cards from this wantlist, including the following:
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter
2008 Upper Deck Goudey
2008 Upper Deck Piece of History
2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter National Pride Insert Set
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Sketch Card Insert Set
2009 Nick Swisher Cards
2009 Robinson Cano cards

Please let me know. Here's the juicy part. FOR EVERY CARD YOU HAVE OFF THESE LISTS WILL GIVE YOU 1/2 A POINT EACH ON THE GRANDPA ROY LEADERBOARD!!! This leaderboard will be my bait sort of thing towards building sets by trading, since it's getting kinda slow. Now, if you don't remember the contest, whoever has the MOST POINTS on this leaderboard by January 1st 2010 will win a sweet Christmas present from Drew, which Drew asn't thought of yet. It may be a lot of 5-10 game used/autograph cards, could be a huge stack of cards for your favorite team, who knows. As long as you contribute to my collection you should feel good, because the Top 5 on this list (other than Number 1, the big prize) will get some stuff as well. So don't feel that if you don't win nothing happens. The last thing I want to say about this is that they are indeed trades, not just you giving me cards. So you ultimately will benefit better than me, which is a pretty good thing, so the blog stays loved all the time and is never forgotten about. Consider me "Santa Junior" :)

On another note, my happiness can be described in these two pieces of art:

This is a PG-13 movie clip for the younglings, so it may not be suitable for them, just to warn you


J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets!!!

24-7 BABY!!!

2009 Robinson Cano Checklist Complete!

Hey guys, have any leftover Robinson Cano cards to trade from 2009? You can find out if I need them right here!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AoDJkxxazplYcktYazhzZUYtVXdrT196bWl2YTRpaGc&hl=en

If you have any please feel free to contact me at yanks1996wsc@gmail.com if you want to trade! Thanks, Drew

2008 UD Goudey Want/Trade List

Hey guys, Drew back here with my 2008 UD Goudey set needs. If anyone has any they would trade, it would be greatly appreciated if you can post a comment. Right now, please do not e-mail me, because optimum online is having technical problems and I can't log in. If you e-mail me, I'm not sure I would receive it when the problem is fixed. Thanks

Base Cards 1-200 Wantlist (Currently: 150/200, 75% Completed)

2, 3, 5, 15, 16, 23, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 71, 75, 78, 92, 93, 98, 99, 104, 109, 110, 124, 127, 130, 139, 144, 145, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 173, 174, 179, 182, 184, 197

201-230 Short Prints Have List:
205, 212, 214, 217, 224, 226

For Trade

Base Set 1-200:
1, 7 (2), 10, 11 (3), 13 (3), 17, 19, 20, 28, 34, 38, 50, 56, 59, 62 (2), 63, 65, 72, 81, 84 (2), 86, 89 (2), 90 (2), 105 (2), 114, 115, 117, 133, 137, 142, 143 (2), 149, 165, 166, 167, 168, 183, 185, 189, 190, 193 (2), 194

President Cards:
239, 249

Sport Royalty:
273 (Swimmer Girl)

Hit Parade of Champions:
21 (Michael Jordan)
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So please post a comment on this post if you have any Goudey 2008 cards you're willing to trade. I'm only going to try to complete the base set and the short prints for now. See Ya!

*UPDATE* The cards I need will be in the "Set Wantlists" section under "My PC's" on the sidebar.

Hey, Let's Trade!!!

Hey guys, let's make a trade!

Check out my photobucket here and send me an e-mail to dmihans@optonline.net

I collect all Yankees stuff, and some Jets stuff, and I have a wantlist for 2007 UD Masterpieces. I am the laziest set collector ever. Help me out. Please. I need it. Terribly. Bye. I like periods.

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Want List

Well, I wanted to make my wantlist, the sets I want to complete are:

- 2008 Donruss Gridiron Gear Base Set
- 2008 Upper Deck Piece of History Complete Set (base, rookies, and historical moments)
- 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Complete Base Set (duals, triples, quads, rookies, base)

Here are the Cards I need in them, another day I will post the doubles I have in the sets

Gridiron Gear
7, 11, 25, 37, 44, 46, 50, 56, 67, 68, 82, 91, 98

Piece of History
5, 6, 15, 19, 32, 45, 70, 71, 80, 97, 101, 108, 110, 112, 113, 115, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 136, 137, 138, 140, 143, 150, 152, 155, 157, 164, 166, 169, 171, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 192, 193, 194, 196, 199

Baseball Heroes
7, 9, 12, 13, 25, 27, 30, 32, 41, 42, 48, 56, 64, 66, 72, 77, 85, 87, 90, 93, 101, 108, 111, 117, 126, 128, 135, 146, 147, 154, 155, 157, 171, 173, 197