Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Upper Deck Baseball Heroes

I haven’t bought much for cards lately.  I guess it’s because I’ve got most of what I wanted out of the sets so far this year.   The hobby shop around here is run by a crook so that limits me to the Wally-World selection.  They have the baseball heroes for $1.97 a pack or [...]

September 29, 2008

What Do You Collect

The only set I complete each year is Topps.  I have every set from the year I was born to the present.  That’s 30 sets if anyone was wondering.  Even when I wasn’t buying packs I always picked up a complete set at the end of the year.  I also buy a handfull of packs [...]

September 29, 2008

StubHub Is EVIL

Stubhub is evil and Ticketmaster are crooks.  I’ll start with Stubhub.  How long will MLB work alongside Stubhub before they realise they are the ones losing revenue.  It’s already happened at the new Yankee Stadium.  Ticket prices will sore over the next few years to the point the average fan will not be able to [...]

September 26, 2008

New Aquisitions

I just got these in the mail.  I got them off the-bay.  It was a lot of ten and I scored them for $5.98 shipped. There’s not a lot to brag about, but ten more bricks in the wall.

12\598  Real World Value: $12.45    Book Value:  $81.00

September 25, 2008

Most Awsomest Set Ever!

Since I have a total of 0 readers so far and not a whole lot to read, I want to know what your perfect set of baseball cards would include.
What kind of parallels would you include, would the cards be chrome and shiny, or more traditional stock, what would the odds of an auto be [...]

September 23, 2008

First post ever

I will start off by admitting I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m pretty sure no one will be reading this.  I recently started to put together a set of 1962 Topps.  I thought a blog might be a cool way to record my experience.  I figure it might be a good way [...]