by Matt | Jul 10, 2012 | Baseball
With June we saw Tier 1 pop up on the grid and I, like most of you, “like” Tier 1 but don’t really plan on buying much of it. The very concept of “4 cards in a box” just rubs me the wrong way. Buying 1 of those cards off the poor sucker that bought said box however, that I find completely acceptable. They’re hoping to get $5k from their 1/1 Harper, I’m hoping to get that Ortiz jersey for $0.99, it’s a win-win for everyone, lol. I also inched closer to finishing some sets, which makes me happiest of all. Let’s see what the mailman brought this past month.
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by Matt | Jul 9, 2012 | Baseball
I’ve had my family in town all week, they came in for the 4th and to spend time with their grand-daughter. She’s loved every minute of it because Grandma and Grandpa spoil her rotten, as they should. The wife and I always try to come up with interesting things to do whenever people visit and this time the subject of an Astros game came up. 20 minutes and $30 later, thanks for Stubhub, we’re on our way. Not only that, but we got some pretty sweet seats.
That’s 1 section past 1st base (128), row 2. Not too shabby. You’d have to kill someone to get those seats at Fenway.
We got to the field about an hour and a half early, which I figured would be plenty of time to catch BP and maybe get some autographs. I was wrong. BP was long over and no one was signing except for Lucas Harrell, who I didn’t bring a baseball card for (or even have one for that matter). I did bring my Lowrie and Altuve cards but apparently (according to the security guy for our section) they don’t sign much. I also brought a couple Brewers cards (Greinke, Hart, Braun) but they had stopped signing and were warming up across the field. Oh well.
The game was pretty good, 10th inning win by the Brewers. The Astros bullpen pretty much imploded in the 9th and 10th and let the Brewers not only come back but go ahead and win.
It’s always fun to go to a game regardless of who’s playing or who wins. I know folks that say that watching something like the Stros’ and Brewers wouldn’t be worth it, that they’d rather save their money to watch two exciting teams go at it, but I couldn’t be more opposite than that. Pretty much the only games I can afford to go to are the “cheap” ones, and I enjoy them entirely. Just going to the ballpark is part of the fun. Maybe I’m just old fashion, but not every game needs to be Red Sox/Yankees for me to enjoy watching it.
I had a blast, saw a good game, and got some ice cream in a helmet. What more could you ask for! lol.
by Matt | Jul 9, 2012 | Baseball
Small yellow envelopes are now officially my favorite thing to see in the mailbox. Not that I had a previous favorite thing in the mailbox, because my electric bill certainly doesn’t qualify, but you know what I mean.
Last week I worked out my first trade with NightOwl. I actually received the cards before the 4th, but I took some time with the family over the weekend so I’m just now getting back to posting. For my part, I sent some Dodger goodness his way and he repaid me in Red Sox.
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by Matt | Jun 29, 2012 | Baseball
Just an fyi, 13601 and 36695, you packages went out yesterday. You should have them tomorrow or Monday.
by Matt | Jun 28, 2012 | Baseball
Has anyone else noticed the crazy stuff that’s starting to sneak into the “value” box as Target and/or Walmart?
Maybe it’s just my Target, because I’ve never heard of anyone else running across stuff like this. From the same store that continuously supplies me my ’08/’09 Upper Deck X, last night I found a half dozen packs of 2007 Future Stars and another half dozen packs of SP Authentic. No joke.
I bought a bunch, and this was in pack #1…
$1.59. Sold!
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