“My hypocrisy only goes so far”
I'm your huckleberry...
The Price Was Wright
I really enjoy watching knuckleball pitchers in general. So when Steven Wright joined the Red Sox a couple years ago I was excited. I knew he was one of only a few pitchers actively throwing a knuckleball. Actually, I think at the moment it's just two, Wright and R.A....
Rediscovery
I don't pretend to know how everyone else stores cards, I'm sure everyone has their own system. For me, since my primary goal is year-to-year team sets, I use binders and pages, and that seems to work out fine. It also means that binders get the majority of my...
Various Customs
I've been having fun lately with my customs. It started as a way to create cards for sets that should have existed. Missing players, deeper rosters, that sort of thing. Not every set can have 700 cards, but my imaginary additions can fill in the gaps. Then it sort of...
So Many Mookies
I've been on a bit of a Mookie Betts kick lately. Awesome player, seemingly genuine human being, and cornerstone of the Boston outfield for years to come (especially if contract extension rumors are true). I'm stockpiling as many Mookie cards as I can. I'll never be...
2017 Gypsy Queen Design Teardown
With the release of 2017 Gypsy Queen a week or so away, I've been preparing my now-traditional "recreation" of the cards. It's a fun exercise for me as a designer. I try and deconstruct a card, it's design elements, font choices, photography effects, etc. It's a way...
Heritage is Unacceptable
Topps Heritage is completely unacceptable this year. It's nuts, and I'm not playing it's stupid game. Last week, after failing to find ANY Heritage, in any form, in any store, because logical distribution in a major metropolitan areas is apparently too hard, I turned...
Card Show 2017
Two weekends ago I snuck off to the Houston Tristar card show for a couple hours. In all honestly, it was pretty disappointing. Most vendors packed up early and went home, leaving people wondering around a half empty hall Sunday afternoon, which was of course the day...
Inspirational Fire
I wanted to try something a little different with a custom I was working on. For the longest time I've enjoyed seeing the work of a fellow by the name of Tyson Beck. You might not recognize the name right off the bat, but you'd probably recognize his work. Topps hired...
Diamond Kings Box Breakdown
I've said many times before that I'm not a "box buster". To date I've probably opened about 10 in my entire collecting life. It's not that I don't want to, it's simply that a $75-100 gamble vs a $2 sure bet is a no-brainer. I'll buy cheap cards all day long provided I...
Happy New Year
There's not really any reason why I haven't updated since November except to say that work was exceptionally crazy. In December I typically photograph a lot of Christmas parties, this year was no exception, and that took up the majority of my weekends. At work I also...