- Found a whole bunch of these Topps Attax cards in one of my trade boxes. These are kind of fun.
- Been almost 11 years now since the code on the front expired.
- Good to see Andrew healthy for most of the season (131 G played as of this writing). Sad to see the average in the 220s. Not the Andrew we all remember for sure...
- Noticeable on this card? Jim much thinner as a 3rd baseman than when he moved over to 1st base.
- Collection for Jim is up to 639 cards now. Still about 200 behind my Sakic collection
- Ranked 2nd on the TCDB website among Thome collectors. I'm about 1500 behind the leader and likely never to catch them. No worries
- First card of Hilton to be featured on the blog. I've started collecting him since the last time I was writing regularly here at the beginning of 2019.
- Just 79 cards added to this collection so far. His cards don't come in as fast via trades as my other player collections do.
- Full name is Eugene Marquis Hilton. Will have to find out one day where the "T.Y." moniker came from.
- If I had waited 8 more days, we would have hit the 1000 day mark between posts. Feels good to get started on this blog again
- Card #120 for McCutchen on the blog, I have 294 listed on the TCDB website on this collection. Lots of writing material
- That is one baggy uniform; that and the photo make it somewhat difficult to tell that it's Cutch making solid connection with the ball.
- If there is one set I'd love to see come back for hockey, it's this one. Love the dual photo on the front, the cards aren't flimsy and look great when scanned.
- Need quite a few of the different classes and colors for Joe. Only have the Class 1 base from this set. Finding the red parallels are difficult, and expensive.
- A black Class 1 card is on auction right now for just under $11 on ebay, not bad at all. There's a class 2 base on COMC for $5.42 and a class 3 base for $14.04. For as little as you see them up for sale, these aren't bad prices.
- Robert
- Anything featuring Fitzgerald and a big shot of the Cardinals logo (especially with the dark red) will be a big weakness of mine.
- Serial #'d 150/1000. I've had quite a lot of luck picking up serial #'d cards of Larry for less than a buck, many of them around 50 cents.
- Everyone talks about Fitz being a lock for the HOF, but how about Anquan Boldin? 100+ catches 2x, 80+ catches in 5 other seasons. 13,779 career yards, Super Bowl ring with the Ravens in 2012. My lasting impression of Anquan will be that he was a tough WR to defend against, very physical.
- Robert
- Good to see that all those photos at the rookie shoot didn't go to waste; 6 photos on the front of the card!!
- Someone forgot to tell Larry that he could keep his eyes open on this shot. No need to prepare to get hit by a defender here.
- 29 copies of this card currently on COMC. Cheapest card is $3.50, most expensive is $5.25. This tells me one thing; I'm pretty sure that Wes sent me this card. Thanks Wes!
-Robert
- Been a while since I wrote a post on here, and I've been on a bit of a Fitzgerald binge lately, so why not get started writing again with a Fitz card?
- Bio on the back: Formed a trio with Anquan Boldin and Bryant Johnson in his rookie season to give the Cardinals a solid group of WR's.
- I'll be approaching 250 cards of Fitz when my next COMC order comes in. Yes, I am working on quite a few sets as well but I figure I'm going to try and get as many of Fitzgerald's cards on the cheap before he retires then hits the HOF.
- Robert
- Post #888 on this blog tonight, so I decided to go with the player that made me start this up.
- Love this card, it's hard to believe that it's a Pacific design. Especially for Crown Royale, which is usually one of Pacific's flashier products.
- Market watch: 6 copies of this card currently on COMC, ranging from 63 cents to $1.10. Maybe it's because this post is happening during the COMC summer sale, but this is surprisingly cheap for a Crown Royale card.
- Career goal #311 came 10/15/97 vs. the Oilers. It was the Avs 5th goal of the game, scored on the PP and helped them to a 6-2 win. This kept their unbeaten streak going to 7 games at the start of the 97-98 season. Curtis Joseph was in the nets for the Oilers that night.
- Robert
- Once again I've caught up; all the McCutchen cards that I have for my collection have been posted to the blog.
- Love the teal parallels, this one is serial #'d 14/199.
- Market Watch: Just one copy of this version on sale right now, listed at 95 cents (52% off for the summer sale). If I didn't have one already I'd jump on that price. There's a copy on ebay right now that's showing a BIN of $6.95.
- Still have yet to get a McCutchen card featuring him in a Giants uniform. Maybe down the road I'll hunt for one of those.
- Robert
- It's funny what you can find when you dig through piles and piles of cards. This was one of approximately 10 PC cards I found on a recent dig.
- The 2011 set is probably my favorite design so far this decade. It just appeals to me more than all of the other sets over the past 8 years.
- Market watch: 21 copies currently on COMC, ranging from 44 cents to $1.05. Not bad really, no cards with outlandish prices...
- I'm sure Cutch is glad that July is gone. .227 average with 2 HR and 7 RBI for the month isn't going to cut it...
- Robert
- There are 6 players from the first round of the 2004 draft class still playing in the NFL. Fitz is one, see if you can name the other 5.
- 66 catches for Larry this year will give him 1300 for his career. Only Jerry Rice and Tony Gonzalez have hit that milestone.
- Market Watch: 5 copies currently on COMC, all within a dollar of each other, which is surprising. $4.05 to $4.99 is the range, which again is very affordable for a sure fire HOF candidate.
- Love the look on Larry's face in this photo. I'm sure he had it on many a catch at Pitt, almost willing the QB to get him the ball as he was behind another defender.
- Robert
- Just watched a two jumbo box break with Colbey on twitter featuring the 2016 Optic product. Saw a few Cutch cards come out there...
- Originally thought the border was purple. Eyes are playing tricks on me.
- Market Watch: 3 copies currently on COMC, ranging from 84 cents to $1.10. Not bad.
- August is coming, time for Andrew to get hot. Would love to see him go on a run and get his 1600th career hit before the 31st of August. He needs 41.
- Robert
- I will say this. I'm really happy with the new scanner. I love how this card scanned. The gold doesn't look terrible like it usually does.
- I always get Aurora and Omega confused. Don't know why, just do.
- There are 2 parallels that I need, red and silver (#'d to 250)
- Market Watch: 5 copies of this card currently on COMC, between 70 and 99 cents. That's pretty good if you ask me...
- There's a Cel Fusions insert from this release that I still need. 1 listed at $5. The other listed at $10. Don't need it that bad.
- Robert
- Would love to know what the front of the card says. I have a hard enough time reading English lately, let alone Japanese.
- That being said, I think the red background really is a nice contrast to the Mariners blue.
- Believe it or not. This is the first card from the 2008 Topps base set to be posted on the blog.
- Market Watch: A whopping 32 copies of this card on COMC right now, priced from 65 cents to $5.25 (wishful thinking). I could see $1 for this card being very reasonable.
- Career game #40 is Ichiro's 6th straight multi hit game, a 3 for 5 performance in a 5-1 win over the White Sox. During the 6 multi hit game streak, Ichiro is 16 for 29 (.552) and has seen his season average climb from .338 to .371. Oh, and the win is the 8th straight for the M's who see their season record climb to 31-9.
- Robert
- This is the 2nd of 3 Donruss Originals from 2002 that feature Jim. I really like the "swoosh" design (well that's what it reminds me of anyhow), and have a couple of others in PCs that are similar to this.
- Bio on the back: Thome went deep in seven straight games from June 25 through July 3rd to come within one game of matching a major league record shared by three players.
- Market Watch: One copy of this card on COMC right now, priced at $2.50. I have no idea what packs went for back in 2002, but I'm guessing that this is kind of pricey.
- Career homer #295 was the 2nd of the game for Jim on 5/30/02 against the Tigers. Jose Lima was the victim this time, a 3 run shot that put the game out of reach. The Tribe won 11-7, making a winner of reliever David Riske, who struck out the side in the 6th.
- Robert
- Textbook catch, even if it's during a photo shoot. Clearly Larry is looking the ball into his hands.
- The card # on the back is almost impossible to read. It's in a small gray box in the upper left corner with white numbers. Had to get the magnifying glass with the light to read it.
- Market watch: Kind of surprised that there were only 2 copies on COMC. One at $3.25, the other at $7.
- Career catch #11 was his first catch that didn't gain any yardage. It was the last play of the first quarter against the Falcons in week 3 of 2004. Brutal game as the Falcons won 6-3.
- Robert
- Sheer accident. Happened upon this card at a 5/$1 table at last weekend's card show. That's always the way; when you're not looking for something it pops up.
- Serial # 272/2012. Was surprised to see that I don't have this card or its base card posted at all.
- Market Watch: 4 copies currently on COMC, 3 of them at the $1.74/$1.75 level, for me that's about right. Priciest copy is $3.99 which is a little high, but not outrageous.
- Still can't believe it's been two years out of baseball already for Brett. Still only 28, would love to see him get another chance.
- Robert
- Say goodbye: Hoping that this is the last scan with my current scanner as a new one from Amazon is on its way (due tomorrow)
- This is a very nice card; I couldn't tell you how long I've had it, but pulling it out of the binder today made me really appreciate it. The die-cut Stanley Cup is fantastic.
- Market Watch: Interesting to say the least. 3 copies total currently on COMC. 1 at $1.74, 1 at $1.89 (both reasonable, if not a bit underpriced). The 3rd is at $8.25, which compared to the other 2 is overpriced. But without a price guide listing for BAP, can't say for sure.
- Career goal #309 was scored 10/9/97 vs. the San Jose Sharks. The goal led off the game and would help the Avs to a 3-2 win, bringing their record to 4-0-1 to start the season. Mike Vernon was the victim that night.
- Robert
- For me, this is the Cadillac of Mats Sundin rookie cards. It's one of the few cards from the 90-91 UD set that I actually have the card # memorized.
- The photo reminds me of just how big hockey was for Quebec City; having the provincial flag next to the team flag tells me how deeply rooted the team was. Until the $$ started getting out of control.
- Market Watch: This might be the card that ends up with the most copies on COMC in the market watch portion of my blog posts. There are 189 copies right now on the site, ranging from 64 cents to $2.25. I'm sure that there's probably thousands more out there somewhere.
- Goal #3 came on 10/18/90 vs. the Flyers in the Spectrum. It wasn't enough for the Nords as they lost 5-4. Ken Wregget was the goalie for the Flyers that night.
- Robert
