Awesome Day Tomorrow!

Hey guys, Drew back here! Last week, my dad surprised me with 2 tickets to the Jets vs. Bengals game on Thanksgiving Night! I really wanted to go to a game, but the tickets were really expensive. Dad didn't care however as he also really wanted to go, and here we are! I've never been to such a big football game, and a night game too, so I'm really excited to go!

The Jets haven't played extremely well as of late but they've been able to come back and win the last 3 games. My finger nails are practically bitten off and goose bumps have came to me too often, but it's worth seeing Mark Sanchez march down the field leading the Jets to victory. He's gonna be great, I can almost guarantee it!

I might try for some autographs before the game, unfortunately the security guys are pretty strict there. I'll try the best I can though, planning on bringing a football and a silver sharpie. Let me know if you have any advice for me! Wish me luck! Before I go, since I won't be here tomorrow, I just want to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving! Thank you for everything you've done to keep this blog the way it is today and for all the support you've given me since I began to write on this blog! You're all becoming great friends and I love trading and connecting with you guys!

See Ya!

TTM #33

Hey guys, Drew back here. I finished my 1st quarter in school a week or so ago, and got my report card back. 96 overall average! That is probably the main reason I haven't posted much lately, that, and I don't have an awful lot of interest in cards as of now. I have my ups and downs often, unfortunately nothing exciting is coming out and I don't have many ideas for future autograph pickups. Anyways, I got a TTM back a few days ago, and didn't get around to posting it until now. So, without further adieu, here it is:

Giants Hall of Famer Harry Carson signed my custom! As you can, it did not came out all that well, but I'll gladly take it nonetheless. Carson certainly was a great player although he has been extremely overlooked by Lawrence Taylor. He made 9 Pro Bowl teams and won a Super Bowl with the Giants in 1986. Being in NY a lot of my Giants fan friends (iwww) like this, so it's cool to get a New York legend to sign for me.

It took Carson about 12 days to return my custom for me, which is very quick. Thanks so much! See Ya!

A Few Recent Trades

Hey guys, Drew back here. I got 3 packages in recently, and I guess you can consider them all trades although I haven't been all that active in the trade world due to schoolwork lately. Might as well get to it now, the first trade was with Max of Knuckle Ball Blues. Max has been caught up with a lot of schoolwork lately as well, but me and him were able to work out a nice little trade. I sent him one of my 3 Billingsley TTM autos and got these in return:

3 2010 Topps Pro Debut cards. This set kinda bores me a little, although I do like the Yankees and Renegades. The cards are nice though, being the 1st taste of the product so far for me. We got Austin Romine, Adam Warren, and a blue border Jesus Montero numbered out of 369. Very nice stuff though!

Yes that would be a Topps Pro Debut Jesus Montero sticker autograph! Jesus is one of the Yankees top prospects and I have 2 of his autograph cards now! I think he has the potential to play for us next year, maybe as a backup, but then take over as the starting catcher in the future! I'm definitely psyched to get this card, thanks Max!

Next I made a trade with Rhubard Runner of “é rayhahn, rayhahn". Him and I have tried to work out trades in the past but they haven't worked out right, until now. Check out my part of the trade:

First, a bunch of Yankees inserts, including 4 2009 Topps gold cards (Phil Hughes, Mark Melancon, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Brett Gardner), and 2 2010 Topps gold cards (Jeter/Andrus, Swisher Home Run Derby!), including a Swisher for the PC! Also got an orange refractor of Nick Johnson from Topps Chrome, which is a very nice card despite the player.

The meat of this trade were these 2 relics. First, a Jason Giambi jersey from 2009 SP Legendary Cuts. Giambi is pictured as a Yankee on this card but it says Athletics everywhere, a collectors pet peeve. I don't like that personally, but the card is nice and I sure miss the stache!

The second relic is of my homeboy, Nick Swisher! This card is from 2009 Upper Deck Goudey, which in my opinion was a boring ripoff of the 2007 set. But this card is fairly nice, it says Yankees as the team but he is pictured as a White Sox player, unfortunately, considering he played his worst year in the MLB with them.

Thanks so much Rhubard Runner! On to the last one, which was a very small trade that I almost forgot about (sorry!), which turned into a much larger and nicer trade! Jeremy of "no one's going to read this blog" sent me a bunch of sweet stuff with a special surprise!

First, some 2010 Topps set needs, and a 2010 Bowman Chrome card of Yankees prospect Corban Joseph, who I haven't heard of before. Not much super special to write home about here, but a definite thanks for helping with the set!

That wasn't all however! He also included a bunch of Jets including a few Panini Adrenalyn cards, which actually are pretty cool looking! Also included was a nice chrome Cotchery card from 2009 Topps Chrome, a sweet Sanchez from 2010 Epix, and a Cotchery blue refractor from 2007 Topps Finest numbered out of 299! This card is sweet!

Jeremy has a certain talent, and he likes to share it with other collectors! He is a great artist, and he made me this sketch card himself of Robinson Cano!

I can't describe how awesome this is! I'm glad to add this 1/1 sketch card to my collection! Thanks SO much Jeremy!

Thanks again to everyone mentioned in this post! See Ya!

TTM #32

Hey guys, Drew back here. Sorry it's been a few days, school is starting to heat up work wise and I can't see myself being able to post as much in the near future. Anyways, I got a TTM back yesterday, check em out:

Former Dodgers Third Baseman Ron Cey signed 4 cards for me! Cey was a very good player back in the 1970s and 1980s, and I'm very happy to see a nice success back! He hit 316 home runs and made 6 All Star Teams, as well as being named the 1981 World Series MVP after the Dodgers beat my Yankees. Cey got all 4 cards signed for me, unfortunately the custom came home very banged up, but it may be good enough to survive for now. The other 3 look great!

What do you think? He only took 7 days! See Ya!

A Jets Pickup after a Jets Win!

Hey guys, Drew back here. I got a nice autograph of a player that I've wanted for a while yesterday, and since the Jets had a not so graceful victory over the Browns, I figured I'd share it with you all! From eBay, a new big Jets autograph pickup!

2010 Prestige Darrelle Revis Xtra Points Auto /100

Finally a piece of Revis Island has arrived in my collection! Revis took a long time to holdout, which caused him to be out of shape for the first few weeks, but now he appears to be back on track! His autograph is very sloppy and can be read as "D R #24". It used to be more legible, but he's gotten sloppier over the years. I don't blame him considering he has to sign so many cards!

Anyway, it's so awesome to get an autograph of our Pro Bowl cornerback, and I'm excited to see how his career turns out! See Ya!