Been lazy lately

Well it was my week off. Actually I've been semi-productive by putting together some packages, organizing some junk and getting sketch cards done. I should really post something though so you all don't think I've turned into a Twitter-bot. Here's a Met.

I'll try to get something real posted tonight, assuming I don't get caught up in painting again.

Mo Metsie

Nothin got mailed, nothin got packaged, but I have all the cards together for Scott, Marck and Captain and a sketch card finished for Paul. It's time to pay the price for sleeping in on Saturday though...

AAAARGH.

This is a pain that shall linger.

CRAP CRAP CRAAAAAAAAAAAAP

All Star Voting Ends TODAY!!!

I haven't voted for Brian McCann yet!

VOTE FOR BRIAN MCCANN YOU SLACKERS!!!

DO IT!!!

NOOOOOOOW!!!!111

did i really forget the link? yeah i forgot the link.

VOOOOOOOTE

(yeah, I do this every year...)

My totally unbiased ballot if you even care:

AMERICANS:
1B Paul Konerko
2B Ben Zobrist
2 1/2B Asdrubal Cabrera
3B Adrian Beltre
Catcher Alex Avila
DH Adam Dunn because screw the DH
OF Jose Bautista
OF Adam Jones
OF Matt Joyce

NATIONALS:

1B Joey Votto

2B Rickie Weeks

2 1/2B Jose Reyes

3B Chipper Jones (you'd really rather see Placido Polanco??)

Catcher BRIAN PIMP DADDY MAC 

DH Ain't no DH in the NL, fool! 

OF Matt Kemp

OF Ryan Braun

OF Jason Heyward - shut up this is not your ballot

Procrastination Pays

I'm not generally a big fan of Chrome, but every year I get a few packs out of habit that I forget about after a while. Last year I pulled a Gold parallel numbered out of 50 of an Oriole that I wasn't too interested in. I figured I would send it off to one of the many Oriole collectors out there who like that sort of thing and set it aside. However, I never managed to put it into a package and send it off for some reason. Man I'm lazy. But then this happened.

Now I have a nice shiny George Sherrill card to put in with my Braves player collection. This is a good thing because if Topps can't be bothered to make an Eric Hinske or Brooks Conrad card this year, they sure as hell ain't going to make a card of George in a Braves uniform next year.

In other news, the Kansas City Royals have signed an agreement to become the Atlanta Braves' AAAA minor league franchise.

found it

Sitting on my desk, just where I left it... guuuh

Drawing is tonight. One random contestant wins a random relic chosen randomly in a random sort of way. How do you know it's random and the whole thing's not rigged? You don't. Go be cynical about important things and not dumb blog contests. Drawing is this evening after 8:00pm since noone seems to care what time I do it.

For your patience you are rewarded with a preview of next week's blogging theme:

I can't afford no hobby box, so this the subject of my patented obsessive box break and review for Topps206. I know you've seen a whole ton of packs of this stuff opened already, so I'm going to do this one a little differently. Hope that's enough of a teaser for you, 'cause now I have to wash my car, go pick up some groceries, get an oil change, pick up the rugrats from school, fight with them about homework, bake Christmas cookies and make dinner. Whew!

Now I'm late

Today has been an unending procession of annoyances, bad news and near disasters. I'm taking tonight off and will post the Blog Bat Around tomorrow when I can focus on it. So all you slackers out there have just a little more time to send in submissions.

Replacing our regularly scheduled programming, is a four-pack of cards that was recently sent in a package from Mark at Stats on the Back. Mark wanted to get rid of some old basketball cards and I begged shamelessly for them. There were other packs in the package, I might show those off soon too. This one is a four cards inserted inside a penny sleeve.

1974-75 Topps basketball Buffalo Braves team

Didn't know there was a basketball team named the Braves, did you? Pop quiz for eternal pride: What current NBA team did this one eventually become? I love the logo. Very '80s, almost a complete rip off of the Atlanta Braves' logo of the time. The leaders in '73-74 for Buffalo are Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo and fan favorite Ernie DiGregorio.

McAdoo won the Rookie of the Year in '72-73 and an MVP award for the Braves. He was a prolific scorer who was dangerous on the perimeter as well as the paint. Ernie D also won the Rookie of the Year award the year after McAdoo, but never quite matched his rookie season. There's not much to see on the back of this card as the Braves only existed from 1970-1978.

1987 Fleer Star Stickers Bob Horner

Is this really a sticker? It's kind of thick and the edges are a little strange. Wait, no, it's a

Box Bottom Card

The only way this card could make me happier is if I got to cut it off the box myself. Check out the scouting report. You best not throw a breaking ball high and inside to Horner!

1980sish Dover Reprint 1933 Goudey Tom Zachary

Do kids still get these Dover reprint books today? I think I got them from Scholastic when I was a kid and immediately tore out all the cards from their perforations. Then I bought 'em all again at the gift shop when I went to the Hall of Fame. You can still find them on Amazon, but do kids still buy them and separate all those pristine perforations? I sure hope so.

See, "A DOVER REPRINT" The best kind of reprint.

1992 U.S. Playing Cards Tom Glavine Joker

Here's Tom in the penny sleeve that all four cards came in. I guess if the pack of four is 40 cents each, that means that they are worth a dime a pop. Or maybe it's a package deal. Save ten cents by buying in bulk. Pop quiz #2:
Glavine is a Joker because
a) he won the Cy Young award in 1991
b) huge Steve Miller fan
c) that whole Mets thing was an elaborate Andy Kaufmannesque joke
d) he's the arch enemy of Batman

Here's the back. Why didn't I put the price tag on this side? Because I wasn't originally going to scan the fronts and backs of all the cards. Cool stuff Mark, danke schön!