MOAR LEMMAR

Ok, this stupid binder has defeated me. I'm not going to try to scan the rest of this bloody thing. My fail has depressed me so bad I'm not even going to post ponies today. Lemmers will resume once reorganization into proper 9 pocket sheets has been completed. Enjoy an O-Pee-Chee, an Winner card and a World Series highlight in the meantime.

More Lemmers

I might have to rethink this whole binder thing. This thing is a beeyotch to scan and over half the pages are over half empty. I may just have to suck it up and relocate the collection to real binder pages so I can scan and post the collection properly. Here's a 2/3rds filled one with a spiffy Bowman card and a real life Parallel card.

Also, this is for my good friend Dennis:

MARK LEMKE CARDS ON THE INTERWEBS!

yay!

I eagerly await all the the wonderful Brippings! Thanks Bro!(ny)

Update! 

HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!

  THE QUEEN MOTHER OF BIP BOMBS!!!

LEMMERPALOOZA 2011 Page 2

This binder is hard to scan. You'll be getting the 'layered' effect in the rest of these posts. This is probably a good thing because this binder is not as filled as is should be.

I considered listing the cards for each page, but you people keep wanting to send me stuff. Please do not send anything I don't care if the package has been sitting on your desk for four years with postage already attached. No this is not reverse psychology. Just don't.

LEMMERPALOOZA 2011

I found my Mark Lemke binder! I'm so happy I'm going to scan the whole thing and post it over the next few weeks! Because I suddenly find it very difficult to write anything about cards! And it's not going to be easy to scan this thing because I put it in one of those plastic Panini Adrenalyn binders! But I'm doing it anyway! Because I love Lem! Here's the first page!

Yes! I'm missing cards! NO. Do not send me any cards! I have some of these already and just need to organize them! I mean it! Stop sending me stuff!

Also! I haven't checked e-mail in like two or three weeks! I might check it sometime this week! Maybe! Sorry! I'm going through a very weird time right now! I'll reply to everyone soon I hope!

2009 LEMKEPALOOZA - 1993 Leaf

I finally heard Lemke on the radio for the first time this year yesterday, so it's time to start posing Lemmers. Here's his 1993 Leaf card.

1993 Leaf

Let's tally up the Lemke points for this card:

Two photos of Lemmer +1 point
Foil stamping +2 points
Holo-foil braves logo +3 points
Batting +1 point
Fielding +3 points
Ball visible on card +2 points
Eye black +1 point
The world's largest bas-relief sculpture on the back +10 points

Total Points: 23

The lack of stats on the back were made up by the photo of Stone Mountain. It's sad that this set was so mind blowingly awesome when it was first released and now you can buy a truckload of the stuff for about $1.95. It's still better looking than about 80% of the stuff released in the past five years.

Opening day is finally here and you know what that means... 162 chances to hear Lemke on the radio pregame show. Oh glorious day!

2009 LEMKEPALOOZA - 1992 Score

1992 Score. I always liked this set. Never cared for '93 or '94, but '92 looked good to me at least. Gotta love the purple and green color scheme at least. Let's rank this Lemmer. Here's the scoring key if you've forgotten it already.

Team logo on front +1 point
Batting pose +1 point
Dirt in mid air (it's hard to see, but there's a few specks flying down at the bottom by his right foot) +4 points
Eye black +1 point
Fans - I can make out that dude with the white hat and blue shirt with a big stripe so this card gets the bonus +1 points
Bricks in the wall +1 point for Pink Floyd reference
Might be a little peach fuzz on the chin, but the photo is too small to tell. 0 points

9 points on the front, let's check out the back.

Picture on the back +1
Five O'Clock Shadow +3 points
Big ol' clunky glasses! +8 points
Tinted lenses with Croakie! +2 points
Full career MLB stats, but the minor league stats aren't complete +1 point
Scrappy! Defensive! World Series! Triple! +4 points

See, I told you 1992 Score rocks! Nineteen points just on the back for a total of 28 points for the card. I hope you're looking forward to more Lemmers, cause I've got enough to post for the next two months!

2009 LEMKEPALOOZA

It's here! It's finally here! the day when I start showing off every Mark Lemke card in my collection and actively seek to get every single one of the buggers! And you all get to see each and every one of them WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT!!!

But is that all I'm doing? heeeeeeell naw. I'm going to to determine which of my Lemke cards is the absolute best using a Scientific Ranking System determined by points assigned to each card using elements on the card itself. Everyone is playing for second place, because we all know what the best Lemke card ever is. Scroll up if you need reminding. Here is the point scale:

Minor League cards:
Rookie League +10 points
A-ball +8 points
AA-ball +6 points
AAA-ball +3 points
All Star team +1 points

Rookie cards:
Rookie card bonus +5 points

Autographs:
Autograph bonus +12 points

Card Design Elements:
More than one photo of Lemmer +1 point for each unique photo
Foil stamping +2 points
Team logo on front +1 point
Regular parallel card +5 points
Parallel of a Parallel +8 points
Insert card +10 points
Can be used for a game or contest +1 points
Reward for a game or contest +3 points

Oddball bonuses:
Oddball set +5
Perforations or cut from a sheet +3
Not standard card sized +5
Miscut +2

Photo Elements:
Portrait 0 points
Batting +1 point
Sliding +2 points
Fielding +3 points
Non playing related activity +5 points

Smiling +1 point
Big grin +3 points
Laughing +7 points

Ball visible on card +2 points
Ball in mid air additional +3 points

Dirt visible on card +1 point
Dirt visible on Lemmer +2 points
Dirt in mid air +4 points
Lemmer in mid air +5 points

Eye black +1 point

Opponent on card +1 point
Teammate on card +3 points
Both +5 points

Uniform number 20 at least 80% visible +1 point
Red Sox uniform +1 for every tear shed

Backgrounds:
Fans - too tiny or blurry to make out individual faces 0 points
Fans - can make out individual faces, hats, etc. +1 points
Completely empty stands +1 point
Players on the bench +1 point
Players in the field +2 points
Players on deck +3 points
Random people milling about on the field +5 points
Team logo +1 point
Retired number +1 point
Advertisement +3 points
For beer +4 points
Playoff/Opening Day bunting +5 points
Mascot +10 points
Palm tree +1 point each
Something weird +10 points

Facial Hair:
Clean shaven 0 points
Peach fuzz +1 point
Five O'Clock Shadow:
Normal +3 points
Nixonesque +5 points
Full blown beardage +8 points

Glasses:
Flip Up shades +2 points
Chris Sabo goggles +4 points
Regular old clunky glasses +8 points

Citrus Fruit:
Entire orange in Lemmer's mouth +850967204685857346.7 points

Stats on the back:
Full career stats +1 point
Major and Minor league +3 points
The word "scrappy" +1 point
The word "underrated" +1 point
The word "defensive" +1 point
The words "World Series" +1 point
The word "triple" +1 point
Cartoon +3 points

Additional points awarded as necessary

Ok, let's start up with the card I consider to be his best rookie card.

1989 Donruss

And the back:

Ok, so let's see what points this card gets.

Rookie card bonus +5 points
Team logo on front +1 point
Batting +1 point
Dirt visible on card +1 point
Eye black +1 point
Players on the bench +1 point
Full career stats +1 point

Total Points: 11

Hmm... I thought this card would do better than that. Oh wait, I forgot:

Favorite Rookie card bonus: +10 points

Total Points: 21

Ok, that's better. See how that works? Now we have one down and only about 250 to go. Here's the checklist if you want to see for yourself. Hooray! Lemmers ahoy!