Topps Giveaway

A few weeks ago, I entered a contest on Twitter for a game used line-up card. Well, it finally arrived today! I am not a dan if,either team but this is an awesome addition. Jim Leyland signed the bottom of it. If post more but I'm on my phone updating.

In-Person Auto: Steve Finley

Back in September, I posted about getting Steve Finley's autograph at the Alumni game. It was a goal of mine because my sister loved him during his AZ playing days. While I really wanted his autograph for myself, I knew that it would be a cool gift for my sister. I was just going through my old posts, and I do not think I ever posted a picture of it. I sent the card to my sister a few months back, but I still had this one on my phone (sorry about the flash!). I think it is a 2002 Topps Heritage, but what is so funny to me is the signature on the card. Compare that to the one that Finley actually signed, and it looks false. Maybe it was because he was in a hurry, but that is a terrible autograph.

First Rays Autos

I was going through this box that I had stowed away, and finally found some of my lost Devil Rays cards. Most were in terrible condition, but a few were good. These were the first autos I ever got at Tropicana Field. Bubba Trammell, and Quinton Mccracken. Both were fan favorites, but id never say either were very good. Q racked up a lot of franchise firsts, and is now a scout for the dbacks. Bubba never did much, but he was very popular. He even had his own cheering section that would chant his name whenever he would step up to the plate.

2 New(er) Longos

I went the longest time without a Longo auto card, but now I have 2 more to add to my collection. The bronze/gold one is #29/75 and the emerald green is #08/50. I picked the bronze one up on ebay for $19.00 and my girlfriend bought me the emerald green one. 2012 Triple Threads has been quite disappointing to me anyways, but this card is neat. I am now going after the 2012 5-Star Longo auto or a 2012 Fernando Rodney auto.

Back From Hiatus (ebay rant)

Well it sure has been a while since my last update. I have been so busy with adapting to a new position at work, school, and home, that I have not had too much extra time to get on the computer. With me being new to the hobby, it can be difficult to make substantial posts. I have an interesting story today, and I hope that I was not the first idiot to do this (I more than likely am).

Over the past few days, I have been looking at purchasing this lot of 2012 Bowman Sterling Auto cards         (Miley redemption, Strayhan, Skaggs, and Owings) (Actual ebay picture above). It was at $4.99 for the longest time, so I decided to go after it today. 2 minutes and it is still at $4.99, so as time dwindled down I went for it. Once I hit $6, I decided to back off of it. I seriously thought that I hit unwatch item, but I placed a higher bid and ended up taking the lot for $7.01 with $2.50 shipping. It took me a good 3 hours to justify that it was a good deal, mainly because I only wanted the lot for Miley. After going grocery shopping, my girlfriend talked me into feeling better about my purchase, but I still felt pretty terrible about it. I get home to pay the bill, log-in to ebay, and notice easily one of the most disheartening things ever..... It was just a Skaggs auto. Talk about bummer! I can think of tons of cards I would rather have had in it's place that I have passed up (Fernando Rodney Rays Topps Heritage high number comes to mind, the card is $1 but I continue to pass it up). What was I thinking! How did I made this mistake? I must have been destined to have this card, but I can't help but have severe animosity towards it. Has anyone else made that mistake? I feel terrible.

A post-weekend cardboard binge

I went to my LCS today to pick up a card that I bought on Ebay from him and also browse around the store for a few little pick ups. After about an hour of wading through a box of cards, I found an awesome stack of Dbacks and Rays cards!!!! I was so pleased because they would not only bolster my collection, but also give me some trade bait for pretty much the first time. While this was happening these 3 people came in trying to sell cards and memorabilia  but something was wrong with them. They were sweating and stumbling all over the place! I have never felt like I was going to be hurt by someone before, but these people made me feel that way. After about 10 minutes of the owner telling them that they do not buy the things they were selling the guy and his female friends ran out. They also stole all the cards that were on the counter. I could not believe the disrespect. It's not the first time that I have witnessed something like that, but to think that they stole those cards just made me sick to my stomach. Thankfully they took nothing of real value, but I still have a queezy feeling in my stomach.

I ended up finding 10 of the cards that I originally had in my pile, and I only paid .50 for all ten. 

Here are a few..... I'll post my Ebay pickup tomorrow!

Evan Longoria 

2012 Topps Finest

Matt Moore

2012 Topps Update Blue Border

Matt Moore RC

2012 Topps Chrome

      I picked these up for  Dan from "It's Like Having My Own Card Shop" 

 Ian Kennedy

2012 Topps Finest

Justin Upton

2012 Topps Finest

50 Longos

It's been a while since my last post because I have banned myself from baseball card altogether, but its time again! First off I will share my two Ebay frustrations....

Today I thought I had placed a bid for a lot of 2 autos. Both cards were "Ticket to Stardom" autos with one being Conor Jackson of Dbacks fame, and the other was Scott Kazmir of the Rays. I thought I placed a bid but for some reason it never posted, and I never thought to check again. It went for a total of 5 bucks shipped.

I also was submitting an offer for a 2012 Topps Triple Threads Longoria auto, but the sellers counter offer was only .50 less.... However, I did see a Longo Triple Threads auto of a lower number at a very low price. I clicked it with only 20 seconds remaining, tried placing a $20 dollar bid, but was beat by the buzzer. Who knows if someone had an auto bid, but it was heart breaking.

So now I would like to post my 3 favorite Longoria cards in celebration of obtaining my 50th different Longo card. It's crazy to think that just back in April I had zero cards period! Thanks again Dan!

Longo card #50 for me! Courtesy of Dan @ It's like having my own card shop

2012 Topps Tribute 17/99

2012 Topps Museum 21/75