1996 SportFlix Chipper Jones

No. 19

via Nachos Grande

1996 Sportflix UC3 Chipper Jones

No. 97

via Nachos Grande

1997 New Pinnacle Aura Chipper Jones

No. 194.

via Nachos Grande

1997 Flair Showcase Chipper Jones

Section 1, row 2, seat 10.

card via Nachos Grande

Panic time

It finally hit me tonight that Chipper Jones was really retiring.

I have too many feels right now.

Only one thing to do for it.

Starting now, I'm posting one Chipper Jones card every hour on the hour until the last out of the Braves' season is recorded.

I guess I'd better get scanning.

Medlen GameDay Program

Forgot to show off my Kris Medlen GameDay program from the game I went to a couple weeks ago. Kris Medlen is trying desperately to become my favorite Brave right now. Yes, even over Heyward, and as you all know I have a serious man-crush on him. 22 straight wins tends to do that sort of thing. Kinda regretting not going on one last COMC Medlen spree before he went into the rotation this year.

Last night's heroes

Quality Start:

 STFD:

Tying Robbie:

CLINCH:

My face when:

All cards courtesy Lonestarr

BARVES

BARVESBARVESBARVESBARVESBARVES

PLAAAAAAYOOOOOOOFFFFSSS!!!!!!

Chris Stufflestreet

I've been trying to write this post for three days but it didn't happen until now.

I knew of Chris due to his Vintage Baseball Cards: 1886-1961 page on Geocities. That page right there is as good of a "Vintage Cards 101" course as you're ever going to see. When I heard Geocities was being shut down, I shot him an e-mail asking if he was going to rehost the pages and if he needed any help. He told me that he was working on it. He also had a Vintage card blog in the works as well. This was great! It was what my blog would look like if I had focus or discipline.

There were other blogs too. A blog celebrating the wonderfully awful 1973 Topps Photography. A couple music blogs. He also wrote for Cardboard Connection. Chris really loved those vintage cards and  was very talented at writing about them.

Last Wednesday he passed away. I never met him in person, although we traded e-mails a few times. He had some 1966 Topps doubles that I never got around to trading for, and I sent him a scan of some ToppsTown codes once. We both had an affinity for those musty old pieces of cardboard though, and the world is worse off not having him in it. We'll miss you Chris, I'm glad you were able to pick up that '72 Carlton Traded card.

FU-JO!

Or perhaps... MOJUJI!

I sure hope this one isn't fake

Mustache or no mustache?

Why the hell are you a Yankee

seriously why

Buckaroo

we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it

context

Bettman locked him out too

I saw daddy's Wally Wally

(if you get this reference you have my utmost respect)

I see what you did there

Bullshit Chrome virus warnings?

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICA!!!

Screw it, I'm postin' anyway.

Pretty sure Google's just screwing with me for refusing to use my real name on YouTube. Seriously, who the hell does that?

Back in Tumblr mode this week, courtesy a prize package from Fuji.

Google Fail

 I'm giving Google until next week to sort this out.

In the meantime I'm investigating WordPress, Tumblr, TypePad and LiveJournal.

Also Hotmail.

See also.