tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35496641575749709072024-03-05T04:06:34.892-08:00The Cardboard DugoutWelcome. I'm Nick. I love beer and Baseball cards. Like most I collected junk wax as a kid in the 80's, then I stopped in the early 90's when I discovered girls. Well now I'm back, and with the help of this Blog I'll be taking you through my Quests in collecting.YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-64034043486388650822017-03-16T07:33:00.002-07:002017-03-16T07:33:57.161-07:00A Dream Come True<br />
This could be my most important Blog post ever! Dramatic much?....Yes! But who cares, I have huge news.<br />
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After 10 years of going hard in this hobby I've secured a job in the industry! If you know me personally you might know that I've been miserable in my professional life. Don't get me wrong, life is good. I have a beautiful home, beautiful wife, and 2 beautiful kids. I even own and operate a Mobile DJ company that literally affords me the opportunity to party every weekend. It's that 9-5 grind that's been a burden of the last decade. Basically the only reason I've stayed so long is to pay the bills, but it finally took it's toll on me. It's very difficult to try and fake being happy for 40 hours a week for 10 years.<br />
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So I took a quick look just to see what else was out there, and long story short folks....Starting Monday I will be working as an Account Rep for a major Sportscard/Fantasy/Toy distributor and I am beyond excited about it. During my recent interview I visited one of the main offices in Boston. It was like my own personal Disney land. Their warehouse reminded my of Costco...If Costco shelves were stocked purely with Cards, toys and games. I was even told that part of my responsibility would be to visit upwards of 60 hobby shops a year........What was that? Exqueese me? Baking powder? You're going to pay me to visit shops???? Sign me up! Here's my signature in blood if you need it.<br />
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My hectic life has really taken me away from my passion/hobby recently and now I'll literally be surrounded by it daily. I'm hoping this will give me more time to post, blog and research the hobby which I love so much. Maybe that 9-5 won't feel like such a grind anymore.<br />
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I'm so excited to start my new venture....Updates to comeYanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-33783656018888252882017-01-11T10:58:00.000-08:002017-01-11T10:58:24.075-08:00Some major flipping to start the New Year<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Kids,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a minute since I've last posted. I'd like to tell you that this Blog is back and I'll be updating it regularly, but I'm a busy dude with 2 jobs, 2 young kids and a million other things going on. This busy lifestyle has affected my collecting life too. I've had to chill out a bit which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. As opposed to busting a ton of boxes like I normally do, I spent a good portion of last year being patient and picking off some major PC items. Here's what I got and how they came to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the Summer I popped on 2 boxes of Archives (I love that product). I hit a couple of Monsters in those boxes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awesome cards right?!?! Now although I love the movie Bull Durham I don't really care too much for these cards. It was a easy decision to sell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, I decided to enter a single spot break of Topps Transcendent and I'm so happy I did. That single spot yielded my this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet another card that's meaningless to me but I know others are paying big bucks for it. So again I sold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pretty sweet right? The Jeter is so beautiful and it's my first Certified auto. Here's what's weird about it... I think this is from an UD basketball set. I believe it's the last time he signed while still playing. Whatever it is, I love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Bryant I bought because I have this same card unsigned and oversized from the 2015 National. I wanted an on card auto on an RC to mission accomplished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, the Koufax. Not to be morbid but I just have a bad feeling about the "Left arm of God" this year. I wanted to grab an auto of his before (God forbid) he passes and they sky rocket. This was simply a gorgeous card for the right price.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for the read, I'm hoping to have some more major PC additions to show you throughout the year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-42418902376478646352015-01-21T11:31:00.002-08:002015-01-21T11:31:46.870-08:00My own personal Yogi-ism<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here's a quick story about the 2 times I met the amazing Yogi Berra.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in 2009 I went up to Cooperstown so see Rickey Henderson get inducted into the Hall. The Moment I stepped on Main street I was in Baseball Heaven and literally the first thing I saw was a small tent set up for signings and photos. The tent housed Mr. Berra, Goose Gossage and Harmon Killebrew. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After waking up from fainting I made my way over to Mr. Berra who was kind enough to take the greatest photo of all time (Sorry National Geographic)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, So fast forward 2 years to October 2011 (The timeline is important) I find out Yogi's going to be at the Steiner store at the local mall here on LI signing. I decide to go back to get the above pic signed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's what transpired when I met Mr. Berra the second time:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Hello Mr. Berra I was hoping you can sign this photo of us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YB: Sure, This was taken in Cooperstown right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Yes sir, I came up for induction weekend</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YB: Yeah I remember, it was 2 years ago</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me: Wow, yeah....How did you know that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-53640869131706322562014-06-04T09:13:00.000-07:002014-06-04T09:13:03.157-07:00The Baseball Card BullyI grew up on Long Island in the 80's. On summer days around 9am, every kid in the neighborhood would congregate on my street, in front of my house to play baseball. We did this EVERY SINGLE DAY. It was our own version of street ball. We'd cut the top off a Wiffle ball bat, load the barrel with wet newspaper to give it weight and then tape it up, usually with some kind of colored electrical tape. We'd self-hit a tennis ball, and run the bases. Curbs were foul poles. We'd yell out "CAR" quickly followed by "Game on" ala Garth in 'Wayne's World'. Sliding meant road rash. Game's over when the first guys mom called him for dinner. It was the most fun, innocent time of my life.<br />
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On rainy days when we couldn't play, a select few would get together to trade cards. We'd go around the room for hours looking at each others collection, putting together trade bundles and then usually having it all fall apart at the last minute. So everyone went home with the same cards they came with. We called it "Trading Table". I don't think it was for any particular reason, we just thought it sounded cool. It was during one of these Trading tables that I had a memorable trade scenario play out that's worthy of mentioning here.<br />
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This particular rainy day found us all at my house going through stacks of cardboard when a random neighborhood kid, who we were not friends with came to my door. He said he'd heard we were trading and was interested in sitting in. We didn't really know him, we just knew we didn't like him. He also had a rep of being a bit if a bully, so we let him, basically because no one would tell him no. For the sake of this story I won't tell you his name. Let's just call him Shmohn Shmandaro. After sorting through some stuff Shmohn spotted something in my pile and his eyes lit up. He said, "Dude, do you know what you have here? That's Reggie Jackson's autograph. He was referring to a card I pulled earlier in the week, it was one of those 1990 Upper Deck inserts. It was obviously one of the facsimile auto's. This one:<br />
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Well, the bully wanted it. I even told him it wasn't the real one, but he wouldn't listen and insisted we trade for it. So here's my pickle, dude offers me a semi-beat up 1980 Rickey Henderson Rookie card. This at the time was my holy grail, condition didn't matter. So I traded him for it. Pretty good right?<br />
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Wrong, The next day Shmohn and his dad come knocking at my door saying he wants his sons Rickey Rookie back since I traded him a bogus Reggie auto. I shakily told the dad that his dumb-dumb kid full on knew it was a fake and yet he still wanted it. Long story short, I gave the cry-baby and his daddy back his Rickey.<br />
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Fast forward to last week. I picked up a box of 1990 UD High #'s for $17. It was an awesome break and totally covered my need for nostalgia. I even got a Re-tweet from Upper Deck about it! The best part? I pulled 5 more of that exact Reggie:<br />
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I Really wanted to go find Shmohn Shmandaro and throw them like Chinese stars at his fat head (Which is bald by the way). But screw it, I'll just keep them. I'll put them in a display case....Right next to my 1980 Rickey Henderson PSA 9 Rookie Card. </div>
<br />YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-20870770809985960242014-05-12T12:46:00.000-07:002014-05-12T12:46:57.487-07:00Warning: A Lot of cows were harmed for this post.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok I decided on a new PC item last night and I could use your help. Prior to this Blog I had a Tumblr, and my very 1st post was about my all time fave card: Read the post and see the old blog <a href="http://yanksandbeans.tumblr.com/post/786898752/my-favorite-card-of-all-time-i-figured-id">HERE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I found my original Mickey last night and decided to do a BIG GLOVE PC. I want any and all card depicting players goofing-off with over-sized baseball mits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who Knew? Mickey Hatcher rocked the big glove twice on cardboard! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, So here's where i need you help. I got my hands on all 5 of these through Ebay, COMC, and Some I had. I even found this awesome photo that I'm going to put on cardboard through the RookiesApp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if anybody can help me with this one, or more importantly if you could pass along any info on others I don't know about, I'd truly appreciate it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">YnB</span>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-4209096543856041872014-05-05T08:41:00.001-07:002014-05-05T08:41:38.721-07:00This is why we trade<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been fortunate enough to meet some amazing collectors via Twitter and this Blog. I'm a big fan of trading cards, I"ll trade with anyone anywhere. This recent transaction with Twitter friend Kevin (Aka @porterman20) was exactly what trading cards should be about. Kev is a Red Sox guy, so it's a perfect fit for us, I send him some Sox he sends me some Yanks. We've done this a few times over the years. This last package I got from him was awesome! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's an awesome mix of Hits, Base, Slabbed and Vintage. Everything this Yanks collector could ask for. Now, admittedly I don't mess around much with grading, and what I do mess with is normally through PSA. I may have had a change of opinion though after getting this sick Munson SP, it looks great in it's BGS home. And what bout that Yogi? That card is everything I love about collecting. I love the mini, the frame, his face and that old cloth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kevin, I can't thank you enough! I look forward to us continuing to build each others collection for years to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the rest of you, This is how I trade: If you collect a certain team I'll send you hits, inserts, base, and anything else you may or may not be looking for, I just ask for a comparable package in return. Shoot me a message if interested. </span>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-57759130564723325792014-04-28T07:25:00.000-07:002014-04-28T07:25:07.727-07:00@RookiesApp Making Cardboard dreams come true!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm always looking for anything and everything of the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mariano Rivera</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rickey Henderson (Especially PSA 9's)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thurman Munson</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also like any Yankees game used, specifically old stuff. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Secondarily, I look for Mark Teixeira stuff, and Melky Cabrera low numbered stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lastly, I'm slowly working on the Parks and Recreation master set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having said all this, I have to say I've been off of my game lately. With a young kid at home, 2 jobs, Mortgage and weddings, I can't spend on cards like I used to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As many of you know, I'm a bit of a box buster but even that has taken a back seat lately. So how do I feed my habit with no money and no time? SINGLES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've been just grabbing up random weird stuff that I can afford, here's some examples (I apologize for the shit photos I took @5am this morning):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is a card I've been looking for for a while. It's out there but a bit overpriced in my opinion. Thanks to </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" href="https://twitter.com/mauler_covers" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; color: #2fc2ef; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none !important;"><span style="color: #82daf5;">@</span>mauler_covers</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on twitter for moving it at a reasonable price. I'm still looking for the "Enter Sandman" and "Game Over" versions if anyone has them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card is bad ass! I'm not much of a Cut auto guy, but this is an embedded check piece of Bobby Thompson. I love the design and it's a perfect random PC pick up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to get a TTM from Mr. Offerman a few months back, he even described it "Get a job". I love Ron Swanson so much that I felt I needed the certified auto. Here it is, in all of its pompadoured glory</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, I grabbed my first "Clear" or "Acetate card". This is from this years Leaf Trinity. It just seemed like a card I need to own. It's completely transparent. I would have taken almost anyone, but the Judge came at a good price and seemed like a no-brainer. Check the thickness of this mother!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Well it's Opening Day over at Yankee Stadium. As everyone knows, this Cathedral in the Bronx has been the back drop for some of the greatest moments in Baseball history. I've been fortunate enough to be there in person for some of these momentous events. So without out further adieu, here are my own personal top 10 Yankee Stadium moments that I was in attendance</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> for. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I couldn't find video for this one. Here's the set-up: Yanks lose the 01' World series game 7 to the D-backs on a super-rare Mariano blown save. Fast forward to June of 2002, the D-back are back at the Stadium for inter-league play and once again they're dominating the Yanks, Until Shane-o-mack steps up and knocks out a go ahead, game winning Grand Slam. I had amazing seats right behind Home Plate. I was sitting with the AZ wives who hated me by the end of the game. It was awesome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>#9) 7/22/10 Jeter's Inside the park HR</u>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK OK, this was more of a sloppy play than an amazing feat, but seeing the Captain chug around the bags for his only inside-the-parker made an ordinary game a top 10 memory. Here's a crappy video:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>8) 10/19/04 The Bloody Sock</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To me, this game was a lock. Yanks were up 3-2 in the ALCS and the only reason the lost game 4 and 5 was because I wasn't there...Duh. Everyone remembers the "gritty" performance by Curt Shitling. My biggest memory was of that A-hole, A-rod. I was sitting on the 3rd base line, so when A-rod smacked the ball out of Arroyo's hand, I couldn't see it. Well I saw it later, a million times. Rough game to be at as a Yanks fan, great game to be at as a baseball fan!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a beautiful afternoon, the stands were filled with passionate fans ready to give a legend the send-off he deserved. Early on the place was buzzing about a special guest. Little did we know, we were about to get our faces rocked off!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>6) 2006 Opening Day</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you ever get an opportunity to go to opening day, for any team, at any Stadium...take it. There's nothing quite like seeing tens of thousands of die-hard fans all under one roof with high hopes for the upcoming season. The place is clean, the food is fresh. You probably have heard of the person singing the National Anthem, and I promise you, you've never seen an American flag as big as the one they'll roll across the outfield. I was lucky enough to experience this a few times, but only once at the old house. It was 2006 and it was Johnny Damon's 1st game as a Yank, I couldn't find any supporting video, but here's a photo I took that day. By the way, it only took him 3 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>5) 9/11/09 Jeter passes Gehrig on Yankees all-time hit list.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was a fun one. My wife and I earlier in the season decide to have a pre-anniversary. Meaning, we planned something special a year prior to our wedding. We got to the Stadium at 1 to take a tour, then we went drinking an bowling out on River ave, then a delicious meal at NYY Steak. We timed it out perfect for the 7 O'clock start. We just forgot to factor in the rain! It poured for almost 3 hours. I think the game started close to 10 pm. We were exhausted, and seriously debated going home. I'm glad we didn't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When people think of Home Run Derby's, there's usually one that comes to mind, and I was there maaaaaannnnn! It was obvious early we were going to see something special, but we had no idea we'd see such dominance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>3) 7/11/87 My very first baseball game</u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first ever baseball game I went to has a great story. My old man was never much of a baseball guy, but knowing I was he scored some tix to Yankees/White Sox in the Bronx. Oh yeah, and it was Old Timers Day. That's right folks, how many of you can say you saw Yankee legends including Mickey Mantle the 1st time you went to a game. The day was magic, the OTD game was 3 innings of fun. Then the pros came on and took a tie into the top of the 15th where the Chisox ended up winning. Unfortunately these are the only details I remember. I have not been able to find information on that game anywhere. I'm specifically looking to find out what other legends were there that day. Any help would be greatly appreciated and could warrant a prize! Instead of video, here's a pic of me and pops on that magical day. We probably should have switched hats. I Still have the stubs too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK this one was very much calculated. Roger Clemens sat on 299 for a while. If I remember correct he went out on a long road trip stuck at 299 so we we certain it wouldn't happen at home. Sure enough, when he couldn't get it done away, my friends and I knew we had to be there. I remember we had to meet some shady dude in a parking lot for the tix, boy was it worth it. What a lot of people forget about that game was it was Tino Martinez's 1st game back at the Stadium after leaving for St. Louis. In his return he hit 2 bombs off of Clemens and almost wrecked the night for us (We whole-heartedly cheered him anyway). Finally Clemens got back on top, Mo saved it and we saw history. Say what you will about Clemens, the dude always appreciated his fans and constantly acknowledged the crowd. It's the little things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next to my kid being born, this was the most exciting moment of my life. The Stadium shook. I shook. As you can tell from this list, I've been fortunate enough to see some amazing things at Yankee Stadium, but none will ever touch this amazing night. Even if you're familiar with how this game ended, I implore you to go back and watch the entire game again. It started with Clemens v. Pedro and ended with a walk-off. But it's the million story lines in-between that made this game so amazing. Boone gets a lot of credit, but without Mo going 3 (That's not a typo) perfect innings and Posada's double, Boone never even gets a chance. Sometimes if I think real hard put myself back in my seat (Section 320 by the way) and I shake all over again</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well here it is, my first post in over 18 months. I figured this blog was kaput! I mean who's reading Baseball Card blogs anymore? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I left it up, but not updated in some sort of cardboard purgatory. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between Twitter, and other various forms of instant communication I assumed most collectors didn't have time to read something longer than 140 characters. Then, this morning I was inspired by another blogger whose entire post centered around, well, me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My buddy AJ over at The Lost Collector and I put together a small trade about a month ago. Check out his awesome blog and aforementioned article here: <a href="http://thelostcollector.blogspot.com/2014/03/yanks-and-beans.html?spref=tw">The Lost Collector</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was an odd trade for me because as you can tell from my twitter handle (@YanksandBeans btw....follow that shit) I Collect Yankees and typically don't trade em. However if you've ever dealt with me before you know how I feel about collecting. If I have something in my collection that will enhance yours, I'm more than happy to move it. So was the case with AJ. We had a few things that could help each other out so it was a no-brainer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you read his Blog you'll see just how much he appreciates what I sent to him. The same goes for me, I got some amazing stuff in return including some random Mariano cards I really needed. What really got me off about this whole trade though is his enthusiasm. The sheer joy AJ got from our trade made it all the more worth it for me. Basically it made me feel like a kid again and reminded me why I got back into collecting again in the first place. I'm a bit rejuvenated today, and this Blog and your eyes will bear the brunt of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the next few days/weeks I plan on Blogging more to bring anyone who's interested up to date on my collecting habits, and they are wacky. I'll be revealing my most recent PC items, TTM successes and if things work out, some box breaks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naturally, I've picked up a few followers since my last post, and a lot of them seem to be of the tween variety. I'm hoping that some of them will find this Blog and it help them with their own collecting trends. It seems these kids are very "Big Hit" and prospect oriented. If you fall into that category please heed this small piece of advice: <span style="color: blue;">Collect for you and only you</span>. If you collect with the intent to pull only huge hits and make a profit, you will be disappointed, I promise. But if you collect cards because they mean something to you then you're ahead of the game. If you've ever felt that rush you only get from opening a fresh pack of cardboard, then you already won. If you have no idea what I'm talking about and you've never felt any of these things, move along. You're in the wrong hobby my friend.</span><br />
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Below you will find only a select few cards from my wife's Melky Cabrera collection, which I feel may be the best out there. We were so psyched to see the Melk man named MVP of the All Star game last week. His cards have jumped a bit because of it but are still reasonable. It seems there is a good collector base in San Francisco because since Cabrera's move, some of the low #'d stuff has been harder to come by. Luckily for us we started a few years ago. I hope you enjoy:</div>
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With many new Baseball card products being pushed out this time of year, this weekend (with the help of a twitter friend) I found my self rummaging through a vintage set.....2011 Topps Allen and Ginter.<br />
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I threw down a friendly wager. We would plant on the same day and in a few weeks/months let our other twitter followers decide who had the (for lack of a better word) most "Endowed" Plant. Winner buys the other a pack pf 2012 Ginter.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just one more plate to go, wish me luck!</div>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-48499743854165297522012-02-02T07:07:00.000-08:002012-02-02T07:07:43.177-08:002012 Topps Jumbo Box Break Recap and Review<div><br /></div><div>2012 Topps Jumbo Box Break and Recap</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WkaaWv3WoIA?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div>YanksandBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553535382884222802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549664157574970907.post-56412564850601280942011-12-20T07:44:00.000-08:002011-12-20T08:35:33.531-08:00Troubled Times for a Player Collector. The Many Variations of a Topps Card.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Being a self acclaimed hardcore Mark Teixeira Collector, I decide to shoot for something this year (2011) that I've never done before. I decided to try and complete a "<span style="color: red;">R</span><span style="color: orange;">a</span><span style="color: #ffd966;">i</span><span style="color: lime;">n</span><span style="color: cyan;">b</span><span style="color: blue;">o</span><span style="color: purple;">w</span>". I'm sure there's not a clear definition of what a Rainbow actually is, but here's my take: All of the colored parallels of a certain player from Topps Chrome (red, purple,gold etc..) and I completed it, in timely fashion. So I decided to go broader. This led to what I'm officially dubbing the "Pose Collection". How many different variations could I find of Mark Teixeira's 2011 Topps card in the Pose you see below (get used to those puffy cheeks). As of today I uncovered 27 different 2011 Tex Base Cards. Now, before sharing my spoils with you, let me gripe. Topps sure knows how to milk a pose. This collection was bittersweet, because although I'm proud of its completeness, it was expensive, time consuming, and just plain got annoying as other weird variations kept popping up. I'm usually not one to complain about collecting (if you hate it, why do it?) but this is just nuts. I guess any player collectors ultimate goal is to own as many different cards of their guy as possible. So does this mean I'll have to collect 30 more Mark cards in the same pose next year? I don't know, I'm too exhausted from this year. I'll decide after a long winters nap.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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