Surprise!

Tim Hudson pranks the Braves' next manager.

FREE THE DIE CUTS!

Unfreed Die-Cuts since you can't see them worth crap in the viddy:

My favorite related video to this one:

Nomnomnom!

Three more years!

Huddy's on board through 2012, with an option for 2013 assuming the world doesn't explode on December 21st. David O'Brien says 9 million per year, which ain't bad at all for a potential Ace. With 6 legit starting pitchers on the roster and Kris Medlen and Jojo Reyes options in case of injury, it looks like the Bravos have some trading chips. Personally, I'd like to see 'em just keep them all. Howzabout a rotation of Hudson, Vazquez, Lowe, Jurrjens and Hanson? I don't even care it we're paying Kawakami 8 mil to come out of the pen, THAT'S A FRIGGIN ROTATION. 2010 is looking bright...

More Stuff from 78 Topps Cards

Andy at 78 Topps Cards is trying to build up some 1971 and 1973 Topps cards to use for his next blog. I saw a nifty little card I coveted in this post and offered a few Early '70s beauts in exchange. I am notoriously slow and Andy is not, so while the '73s were still in a messy pile, a package of goodies arrived for me yesterday. You guys check 'em out while I desperately hunt for a bubble mailer.

2004 Donruss Estrellas Tim Hudson autographed card

This card came to Andy via David from TribeCards who traded it for a book offered up on 88 Topps Cards. Now it's with me and will not be going anywhere. This card will be up for discussion over at Auto-Matic later tonight sometime.

1986 Topps Tattoos

Awww yeah! I'm gonna get a Pete Rose tattoo in this pack and slap it on my butt! The gum is probably better than the stuff I got out of Heritage High Series too, so bonus.

1992 Stadium Club Charlie Leibrandt

Random, but appreciated. You can see the old Atlanta-Fulton County Shea Stadium outfield in the background with all the team logos circling around the field. Ok, so I can't tell white from gray anymore. We had logos on the wall at one point too!

1987 Donruss Rack Pack

Now this was pretty cool! 1987 is probably my favorite Donruss set. It was one of the first boxes I ever bought from a hobby store instead of just getting bunches of packs here and there. This rack has Jeff Calhoun, Steve Jeltz and Storm Davis showing on the front and a bunch of Roberto Clemente puzzle pieces on the back. Now, I already have Calhoun, Davis and Jeltz, but I am still short about 50 cards for this set, even with that box I bought back in 1987. So, whaddya think? Rip it or save it? It's probably full of doubles, but there might be a Maddux hiding in there. Let me know in the comments, and this pack is just for you. No farming this one out to A Pack A Day for this beauty.


Hey kids, remember the old Toys R Us bright orange price stickers? Well this is one of them. It looks like chewed bubble gum color but it's actually Day-Glo orange. I scanned this thing half a dozen times under several settings, but it never reproduced that bright orange color. Weird, huh?

Thanks again Andy, you've got some 35 year old goodies coming your way!