A couple months back, I stopped in at my local card shop to see how the owner was doing since his new baby was born–especially since my first was born right around the same time. While there, I noticed that some new...
Read MoreA few weeks back, as I started combing through my list of card related blogs again, I came across a post at Joey’s SqueezePlayCards.com (one of the first card blogs I found, and still a favorite) discussing his getting...
Read MoreClosing out the first box, since we know there probably won’t be a big hit in there: Pack 19: #78 Reggie Bush #CS-9 Brian Westbrook Century Stars #67 Dwayne Bowe #25 Donte Stallworth #82 Derrick Ward Pack 20: #98 Ed Reed...
Read MoreThere are quite a few sports card blogs on the interwebs these days, and a fair amount of them will somewhat regularly bust open some product–for review,for ridicule, or just for fun. One thing I’ve noticed, though,...
Read MoreWow, almost forgot to bust a couple packs before I head out to happy hour–can’t let that happen, now, can we? Pack 13: #89 Justin Fargas #47 Ryan Grant RCM-2 Mario Manningham Rookie Collection Materials, #015/500...
Read MoreTwo more packs to start the morning right: Pack 11: #32 Correll Buckhalter #PGK-46 Donovan McNabb Pro Gridiron King #55 Ahman Green #13 Jeff Garcia #70 John Beck Buckhalter and Green couldn’t combine their stats from last...
Read MoreNeeded an afternoon break, so I grabbed a couple more packs. Pack 9: #29 Thomas Jones #CGK-12 College Gridiron Kings Early Doucet (#152/250) #130 Jamal Lewis #139 Marion Barber III #145 Roydell Williams Williams was better than...
Read MoreThree more packs, over lunch: Pack 6: #57 Marvin Harrison #15 LaDanian Tomlinson #118 Cedric Benson #105 Lee Evans #122 Carson Palmer Despite Benson, that would be an ok fantasy football pack–if Harrison’s knee can...
Read MoreOK, grabbed three quick packs for now. Noticed something else on the checklist too–they actually label Cards 1-150 as “Commons” on the checklist. How annoying is that? Even Beckett doesn’t classify ALL...
Read MoreWell, finally broke down and purchased another hobby box of a 2008 product–in fact, two boxes, since I hadn’t in quite some time, my local card shop gave me a bit of a deal. Also, it might be the only 2008 product I...
Read MoreStopped by the local card shop yesterday, as per usual with no real intent of picking anything up (I was actually dropping something off this time). And, as often happens, I walked out with a box of cards, as it was the first...
Read MoreWell, I was over at the local retail giant this past weekend, getting a few things for the house, and noticed that they had some 2008 product in. And, even though I’m not going to make it a goal to review every product...
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