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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

BJ and the Barves



I love this signing.I don't care what anyone thinks about this deal. I don't care if you think we overpaid. I don't care if you think Upton strikes out too much. I don't care if you (stupidly) think BJ has attitude problems. I don't care if you wanted Bourn instead. I don't care what you think because you're wrong. BJ Upton fills a ton of holes in the Braves' lineup and immediately improves the team without costing a hundred million dollar contract. But forget all that. This is the best deal Frank Wren ever made for one reason:

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SIGN NICK SWISHER NOW.

Welcome to Atlanta, Bossman Junior.


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

RIP Marvin Miller

When I heard the news this morning I was going to write up a post about Marvin Miller but then I remembered I already did five years ago. The Veteran's Committee had one last chance to elect Marvin to the Hall a couple of years ago and blew it again. Oh well. Here's some other random tributes to Marvin I've stumbled across this morning:

Olbermann

Craig Calcaterra

David Pinto

Night Owl

Chris Mays

MLB

Monday, November 26, 2012

Morgan Freeman Rookie Card

A week off, too much to eat and drink and a really good Pony episode has my spirits up a bit. Up enough to jump back into posting this week at least. I snuck out to the flea market on my lunch break this weekend and snagged some goodies from the comic shop. One of the things I got was a box of 1991 Topps Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves cards.

Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking. I've been bitching about how crappy Topps products have been all bloody year and then I blow money on Robin Hood?! Not even Errol Flynn but Kevin Costner??!? Well I did it because reasons.

Reason 1: lots of good supporting actors in there like Alan Rickman, Christian Slater, Brian Blessed and Mike McShane.

Reason 2: If it wasn't for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves there would never have been a Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Think about that.

Reason 3: You can actually get a complete set out of this product. (took 13 packs, check the Twitters)

And the biggest reason of all:

MORGAN FREEMAN ROOKIE CARD.



At least I think it's a Morgan Freeman rookie card. I have not yet found a Driving Miss Daisy set and sadly The Electric Company never got a trading card set. I wonder what set Rita Moreno's rookie card is in?



The set is on glossy Tiffany stock and was packed in plastic wrappers. The purist in me prefers my old Topps cards in wax wrappers but the see-through plastic helped me to cheat and find cards I needed to complete the set on the back. I probably would have had to rip three quarters of the box to build the set otherwise.



Also: Stickers! Does Bryce Harper have a rookie sticker? No, I don't think so! Stick it, Bryce!
Morgan Freeman > Bryce Harper.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

The Hobby Is Dead And I Don't Feel So Good Myself

I have today off. I don't usually get weekend days off and to be honest I've already spent an hour today connected to work to clean some stuff up but technically I have today off from work.

There is a card show in Atlanta today. Apparently there are a couple of monthly card shows here that were off my radar. I've never been to them, but a card show is a card show. I'm not going. It's down by Perimeter and I don't feel like driving 40 minutes to go to a card show. Especially when I have my wife's crappy car today.

There's a flea market near me. Literally within walking distance. There's a card dealer and a comic dealer that are still there although the really good dealers have all gone away. There might even be someone new there, it's been a while since I've explored the place. Not going to that either even though my fat ass could use a nice long walk. Not interested in hunting around for stuff I probably don't really need.

My bookmarks as a rule are a gigantic mess. I have 40 tabs open at any given time and when my laptop starts to choke I'll start saving things for later all over the place. One bookmark folder is somewhat organized though. I have a folder for items from Check Out My Cards that I need. That place is pretty much an instant card show. I can knock out a series of 1972 Topps for under five bucks if I wanted. There's an old card from the '30s that I've had my eye on. There's always cheap J-Heys on there. Not really in the mood to try to remember my password today.

It might be the offseason, it might be the fact that real life concerns are stressing me out at the moment, it might be the fact that I've been sick on and off for over a month. Just not feeling baseball cards right now. It doesn't help that Topps no longer wants my money and there has been the collector's version of the Israeli-Gaza conflict on Twitter over it. I don't even want to mess with my own cards. I've got a '78 Topps set to binder, haven't done it. There's about 30 packs of 1988 Score not two feet from me and an unfinished set sitting in a box across the room. Don't feel like ripping and sorting. I probably should start stuffing some bubble mailers today to get rid of some of this stuff. Maybe I'll do that tonight.

Like I said, just not feeling it right now. This is probably the 3rd or 4th post like this I've written over the past few years too. I've got the week off for Thanksgiving. I think I'm taking it off here too. I might be back next week. Maybe next month. Next year? Eh, who knows. Might pull a Stale Gum and abandon Blogger for Twitter. Or jump into Tumblr like everyone else. Or maybe it's time for the Junkie to start a 12 step program?

Y'all keep doing what you enjoy, I gotta figure out what that is for me.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

The only Trout that matters



The recent election has conditioned me to oppose whatever group is being noisiest at the time. Looking forward to Drunky Cabrera's MVP award this evening.

Now that everyone reading this is pissed off, welcome to Gerald Laird, the Barves' new backup catcher. AKA starting catcher for two months while McCann heals. I've got cards of his all over the place but I wouldn't be able to find one if I looked for an hour so no image for you.

Also also: Wax Heaven is back. Everyone go follow Mario immediately.

DO IT.

NOW.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Election Clean Up Post.

We all have a good night sleep? We all get the political angst out of our system? Good. Gonna dig all those bad feeling up again because I was too lazy to finish up my posts last night. Here's all the states/cards I didn't get to.


Nevada - Obama

I pretty much had to post this one eventually.


Oregon - Obama

Damned Portland hippies voting for liberals.

Hawaii - Obama

ANOTHER home state for these jokers. Is Indonesia a home state too? Obama went to school there!

Colorado - Obama

Denver sure loves their Broncos


Virginia - Obama

Virginia is for lovers!


Florida - ???

They'll be counting votes till doomsday, here's a GPK.


Idaho - Romney

Insert Napoleon Dynamite joke here.

Alaska - Romney

I can see Russia from my house!

Yay! it's over!

Now time to fight over Clinton v Christie 2016!

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

270

Four more years for Barack Obama! The poor unlucky bastard!


FREE WELFARE, GAY MARRIAGE, ABORTIONS, MUSLIMISM, DEATH PANELS AND ATHEISM FOR EVERYONE!!!

OUR NATION'S FUTURE SUMMED UP ON ONE IMAGE

OHIO

RIPOMNEY


That's all she wrote, folks...

IOWA

Iowa goes for Obama!



You got trouble! Right here in River City! With a capital T and that rhymes with B and that stands for SOCIALISM!

Wait, no it doesn't... goddammit Harold Hill quit reading the Drudge Report.

WASHINGTON

Washington goes for Obama!


Fukkin hipsters ruining capitalism! Coffee beans don't grow on trees!

CALIFORNIA

BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE




If you didn't think California was going to Barry then you're smoking what this guy's smoking.

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina goes for Romney!


No health insurance? Just go to the Emergency room! They'll fix you right up!

(to be fair, getting zapped with a Martian disintegration ray is about as emergency as you can get)

ARIZONA

Arizona goes for Romney!


Navies? Who Needs 'em? Not Arizona!

MINNESOTA

Minnesota goes for Obama!



Of course if they elect that manic Bachmann again who really gives a shit...

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico goes for Obama!


Old Mexico would have voted for Mitt!

MONTANA

Montana goes for Romney!



Down with big government! Soldiers are government workers, right?

NEW HAMPSHIRE

New Hampshire goes for Obama!



Live free or die? YOU JUST ELECTED A KENYAN SOCIALIST TAX AND SPEND BULLS FAN!

UTAH

Utah goes for Romney!



Hooray! Romney won a home state! How many home states does he HAVE anyway??

Also: Beehive State. Of COURSE they like giant bugs.

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin goes for Obama!



How the hell do you elect Scott Walker and Barack Obama in the same year?! Get it together, cheeseheads!

LOUISIANA

Louisiana goes for Romney!



Kinda pissed at this one because I really wanted to post the Marty Gras Garbage Pail Kid. Like, A LOT.

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi goes for Romney!



Mississippi loves the missys!

PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania goes for Obama!



Aaaaaand the fat lady is warming up...

WASHINGTON DC

DC goes for Obama!



This was like, the very first state-like-thing called but you can never see it on the map so I missed it.

NEBRASKA

Nebraska goes for Romney!



All these posts are blurring together. I wonder how many times I got the candidate switched. Almost typed Obama on this one.

Oh, sorry. It's hard for me to keep making jokes about carnage. That guy's face is kinda funny though. Whoa! My biscuits are burining!

MICHIGAN

Michigan goes for Obama!



Romney wins his home state just like the Tigers won the World Series!

OH WAIT

WYOMING

Wyoming goes for Romney!



KILL BIG BIRD! 

You dumbass, that's not Big Bird, that's a giraffe.

GIRAFFES ARE BIRDS, RIGHT?

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey goes for Obama!



DAMN YOU CHRIS CHRISTIE. Also the hurricane thing. Also the fact that it's a blue state. Also Snooki. ESPECIALLY SNOOKI

NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA

Because who needs two separate posts for those two!



Don't worry, the female body has ways of shutting that down!

ILLINOIS

Illinois goes for Obama!



Dirty Chicago politics! Michael Jordan threatened to break everyone's kneecaps if they didn't vote.

TEXAS

Texas goes for Romney!



YEEEEE-HAAAAAW! INSTANT BAR-B-QUE!

NEW YORK

New York goes for Obama!



Bloomberg's endorsement worked! That and 20 million bleeding heart liberals in New York City!

KANSAS

Kansas goes for Romney!


Romney thinks there's absolutely nothing wrong with Kansas!

RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island goes for Obama!



I couldn't think of a good Rhode Island Joke, but this is one of my favorite GPK cards.

Really, other than Family Guy, what's funny about Rhode Island?

ALABAMA

Alabama goes for Romney!


Communal shelters are socialism! They got what they deserved!

ARKANSAS

Arkansas goes for Romney!



Bubba didn't help Obama win Arkansas? Head asplode!

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts goes for Obama!


Romney caught with his pants down in the only state where he's won anything!

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma goes for Romney!


OOOOOOOOOOOOOklahoma where the Raid don't work at all...

MAINE

Maine goes for Obama!



Maine is used to Stephen King monsters! Four more years is a piece of case for them!

TENNESSEE

Tennessee goes for Romney!



NOOOOOOOOO Vol fans! I know your football team isn't doing very well this year but don't kill Smokey!

DELAWARE

Delaware goes for Obama!


Obviously Joe Biden's big mouth influenced this state.

GEORGIA

Jawga goes for Rmoney!



So, yeah. My state isn't much interested in aliens. The Civil War? WE LOVE THAT SHIT.