The Death of the 2012 Baseball Season

Yesterday was a sad day for the over-the-top baseball fans. A light day in the MLB was taken advantage of by the ever-powerful NFL and its first wave of preseason games. Lost in the shuffle of Peyton's first start as a Bronco and after major neck surgery and RG3's first NFL snaps was R.A. Dickey winning his NL-leading and major league-tying 15th win on the season. Even before the networks could get to the preseason games, they were reporting on the Dwight Howard soap opera. So baseball fans, hope you enjoyed the season, and unless you have MLB TV, you will not see or hear more than three baseball highlights per day. Have fun with your 11 months of sports domination football fans. I'll just be here watching the National Pastime!

Opening Up the Baseball Card Locker

Anthony over at Baseball Card Locker got in touch with me sometime last week with a trade proposal. Well, the deal is done and the package received. Looks like Anthony was hiding some awesome cards me in said Locker.

This Jay Bruce from Archive is great! I love that Topps brought back the '84 design for this set. I've loved the look of it since I was a young one. Definitely my favorite design of the set.



Anthony totally knocked out a huge chunk of my '11 Attax set. This Turner Field card does the park no justice. Not the best park I've been to, but it is the one I've been to the most. Living in East Tennessee, you're taught to be a Braves fan. Love the Braves and Turner Field.


Had to throw Dinger in there because...well, you know. I'm a Rockies fan.


David Price is just one of the many great player cards thrown in the trade. Others you ask? Hamilton, Molina, Cano, Felix, Rivera, Votto, Haren, CarGo, and Chapman. Awesome, right?



Finally, believe it or not, I did not have the Todd Helton card for the set. Of course, I did have it for my player collection. PC first, set last. All in all, a great trade. I couldn't be happier with the haul!

Archive SP...HELP!!!

Alright guys. I really hurting on my Archive SP's. I have a total of...wait for it...ONE. Jack Clark from 1988. I know they are hard to get see as how they are "short prints," but somebody has some extras or only a few they would like to trade. I don't want to sound like I'm begging, but I pretty much am. Please help me!!! I'm desperate to at least get a few more. Hit me up my, friends. Please...

2012 Gypsy Queen

My friends, I've always been a fan of Gypsy Queen sets, even though the are pretty much a rip off of the Allen & Ginter. I have never tried completing one of the set, though. I've found something in the 2012 set that intrigues me. Two things actually. One, the Future Stars insert set. Two, the Gold Frame parallels. I only have two as you can see, both coming from my local flea market. First, Albert Belle followed by Buster Posey today. If you have any old these you are willing to part with, please hit me up. A lot of people are trying to get parallel complete sets of the Diamonds or Golds, but this one I think would be quite unique. I'm ready to wheel-and-deal!!!

Another Trip to the Flea Market

As you can read in the title, I went by the flea market today to help strengthen 2012 sets. As you can see, I scored big time on Allen & Ginter minis. Kemp, Koufax, Upton, Ortiz, and the prize of the whole collection Harper rookie. Take a look. Really stoked about my haul. 2011 Straily Bowman Chrome, 2011 Howard Lineage Cloth Sticker, 4 Allen & Ginter Relics, Cespedes A&G and Bowman Platinum rookies, and a couple Jose Bautista inserts. $40 for about 50 cards of my choosing. Can't beat that with a stick. So next time you are in the Knoxville/Sevierville area, hit me up. We will go visit my main squeeze, Mark, for great cards at a great deal.

BA Benny Coming Through Big

In the mail today, I had a package waiting on me from Mike at BA Benny. Six 2012 Topps Archives and a bunch of 2012 Topps Stickers to add to the book. The Archives help bolster my set, while the much need stickers bring me closer to a full book. Just like I'm a kid again. Hooray!!! So thanks, Mike, for the generous trade.

This Way to a Great Trade

Well, thanks to an email from my friend, Mark, over at This Way to the Clubhouse, a trade commenced. The cards Mark sent are so very helpful to my set collection. I know, I know. Earlier 90s stuff to most collectors is trash, but it is most definitely my treasure. Being some of the first sets I collected, I want to finish them. Mark has totally hooked me up. 1990-92 Topps, 2006-07 Topps, 2011 Stickers, and 2012 Archive. Not to mention some additions to my player collections. So, thank you, Mark. Your trade is appreciated, sir. Check out Mark's blog, This Way to the Clubhouse, right here!