Olympics Contest

Over at JD's Wild Cards there is an Olympics Contest taking place. It's not hard to join, just pick a number and you're in. I already have Russia, so good luck everybody.

Here is the original post

and here is the update with the remaining numbers

Trades

Hey guys, I have been so busy lately with school that I have really fallen behind posting trade packages. If you have sent me a package but I haven't yet posted all the great stuff that you had sent, please leave a comment and let me know.

Also, if you have sent me a package but haven't yet received anything in return, please remind me because my mind is a jumble trying to remember all of the stuff that has been sent and what is still owed to people.

(William: You definitely fit both categories. I'm just trying to properly glorify the stuff you sent in a post that is currently in progress, as well as put together a worthy return package)

Cards from Brandon at A Fan in Wisconsin

I got a great package from Brandon probably close to 3 weeks ago now. I owe him an apology for not posting these sooner, especially since he sent me some really great cards. Go check out his blog. I still owe him a package but I'm hoping to have another little something to add in to what I already have set aside. Well, lets get to what he sent me.

4 Derek Jeters

Very nice. I like Jeter, therefore I like these. I always kinda liked this Fleer Tradition set, now I have my favorite player's card from it, in addition to the world series card from the set to go with it.

A Paulie, and 3 Mattinglys

I have always had a thing for die cut cards, especially these Pacific Crowns, they are sweet. All of the cards in this scan are great!

3 Mantles, a gold Pettitte and a gold Mauer

Another, Mantle set I have to collect. the list is never ending. And finally I have some gold variations of players I actually think are worth while collecting. I always seem to pull the worthless rookies and the managers when it comes to these golds, but not when the mail comes from Brandon.

Lastly, Brandon sent me a bunch of 09 Turkey Reds to knock off my needs list. I'll show you 8 of them, but he sent me 24 total.

So there you have it, my package from Brandon, over at A Fan in Wisconsin. Go check out his blog. Thank you Brandon for the awesome cards.

Players I Collect (Abbreviated)

For at least the first half of 2010 I have decided to go with an abbreviated list of players that I collect. I was finding that it was too difficult to collect soo many players. In an effort to collect all of them, I wasn't fully collecting any of them. The four main players that I collect will remain that same, however my list of secondary collections has been limited to 4.

Without further ado, here's the list:

The Big Four:

Derek Jeter

Ichiro

Joe Mauer

Mariano Rivera

Others:

Roy Halladay

Tim Lincecum

Andy Pettitte

Robinson Cano

Two More

So A while ago I posted 4 packs of 09 Topps Chrome that I had gotten from Rite-Aid. Well I decided to go back for 2 more of these. I was drawn in by the fact that it was Rite-Aid and they actually had Topps Chrome. I couldn't pass on the opportunity.

This was a couple weeks ago, so some of these cards have already made their way into packages for other bloggers, But I figured I might as well still post my pulls.

Pack 1

Oh Yeah! Elvis Andrus XF. Sweet

Pack 2:

Not bad, a Helton for my PC

Jay Bruce is always a worthwhile pull too

So there you have it. My second set of packs from Rite-Aid. I may eventually seek out more of these.

Mail from Marie

A couple weeks ago Marie and I made a simple trade. 2 for 2, she got two Pujols cards she wanted and I got these:

Thank you Marie for the trade. I hope you enjoyed the Pujols cards, and I look forward to future trades.

Marie can be found over at A Cardboard Problem

Group Break!!!

No not here silly. It over at Troll's Place, go check it out immediately. Fill up those last 12 spots so it can be awesome.

Click here to read about it. Then email Troll about getting in on the action.