Card Show- Sweeter Swag!

You guys remember my second post was about a card show. Same show, same place, same vendors. Yeah, I know! I got some cool stuff, stuff that went from Random to WHA???

One guy sold assorted cards for 10 cents. Here's who I ended up getting-
2001 Leaf Rookies and Prospects Cal Ripken Jr.
1996 Donruss Mark McGwire
1993 Donruss Barry Bonds
1993 Topps Mark McGwire
Fleer 1999 Rookie Flashbacks Richie Sexson
1999 Topps Barry Bonds
2005 Topps Matt Holliday
2002 Topps CC Sabathia
2005 Topps Rookie Cup Dmitri Young
And to top it off, 2006 Topps Updates Greg Maddux- yeah, on the dodgers.

I also got cards from another guy, the same guy that had the 2003 packs last time with the Hamilton and Texiera rookies. I'm hoping for BETTER rookies.
We'll start with 2000 Topps-
279- Jeff Cirillo. Meh.
448- Rookie Stars Doug Mirabelli (Ugh), Ben Petrick (Who?), and Jayson Werth (PHILLIE!)
Now I'm satisfied, but not satisfied enough.
446- Rookie Stars of Matt Riley (Who?), Mark Mulder-
Stop right there! I don't even need to read the rest of the card, cause this is already good- wait.
On that same card is CC SABATHIA!!!!!
YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH! Okay, now I'm done!
276- Mike Hampton on the Mets. Nice player.
325- Kirk Reuter. Who?
462- League Leaders of Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr. This is a day full of McGwire!
265- Billy Koch. Who? Just some kid from Toronto- I mean, Le Blue Jays.
327- Doug Glanville. Who?
242- David Wells. The guy who the Yanks traded to get Clemens...and he's not too bad. He pitched a perfect game for us! Only on this card, he's back in Toronto- I mean, Le Jays
307- Eric Owens. Who?
406- Rick Helling. Old Ranger Unis, which they're bringing back, look ugly.
Checklist. Not on the player, or the combo.

Topps 2002-
43-Darren Driefort. Who?
95- Alfonso Soriano- ON DA YANKS! WOOOOO!
164- Jimmy Rollins. ALL RIGHT!
Some 9/11 card.
26- Eric Davis. On the Giants. I think this was his last season.
146- Homer Bush, the other guy the Yanks traded for the Rocket. Only this one SUCKS! He didn't do that much justice for Toronto- I mean, Le Jays!
305- Joe Torre.
194- Scott Brosius. Oh, bitter irony.
210- Hideo Nomo- BOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Another Checklist.

Topps 2003, again!
180- Barry Zito. Coulda Been a contender.
3- Jimmy Rollins again. IS a contender.
114- Joe McEwing. Who?
183- Jeff Kent. Recent retiree, slightly bugged by Barry Bonds
Record Breakers Lance Berkman- DA BERK! I've been getting a lot of him lately.
349- Postseason Highlights- We got beaten by the Angels. Oh, bitterer irony.
26- David Oritiz. Okay, now this pack is just playing with me.
57- Bobby Kielty. Meh.
118- Jack Wilson. Pittsburgh is semi-lucky.
103- Roy Halladay. Awesome finish to an okay break. Now I finally can respect Toronto- I mean, Le Jays (Okay, I'll stop now)

Overall the packs were great. But then, another dealer had some 09 Topps and Heritage. And then I was in love.

Here's who I ended up getting, and all of these are guys I didn't have.
Heritage-
336- Paul Byrd. BOOOOOOO, and okay pitcher.
257- Mark Texiera. WOOOOOOOOOOO!
259- Kosuke Fukudome. What a name.
188- Joey Gathright. The Gath-fest rolls on from Thursday.
233- Kerry Wood- As well as the Wood-fest.
109- Delmon Young. And the Young Fest.
62- Greg Maddux- Don't forget the Maddux fest!
65- Pudge Rodriguez. Pudge looks old in a Yankee uni. Still, great player. Now on the Stros.
29- Johan Santana. Wow, great player, but on the same team that just snatched Sheffield.
33- Randy Johnson. Now on the Giants.

And some Topps-
102- Garrett Atkins. Good player.
85- Justin Verlander. I have Topps cards of him from the past 5 years.
70- Jermaine Dye. Good player.
25- Jon Lester. The photography this year is so much better.
5- John Lackey. Great player.
170- CC Sabathia. This is what I came here for. Not on the Yanks, though.
179- Rafael Furcal. One of the worst moves of the offseason.
156- Carlos Pena-Carlos has his leg up. He is either peeing or doing the hokey pokey.
155- Roy Halladay. Wow, again!
154- AJ Pierzinski- Why does everyone hate this guy?
140- Brandon Webb. This guy is awesome.
136- Tim Hudson. Another one the A's gave up.
228- Scott Rolen. One the Phils gave up.
230-Justin Upton. BJ's bro, as previously mentioned a day ago.
247- Yuniesky Betancourt. Another great ML name.
253- Edgar Renteria. The flying squirrel pose. Now on the A's
300- Ichiro. DUH!
295- Derrek Lee. Last year, he had such and elegant pose- this year, less so.
302- Brian Giles. Great guy.
310- Johan Santana. Again.
326- Manny Ramirez. DUH AGAIN!
329- Gil Meche. Great pitcher.
330- Daisuke Matsusaka. This one's obvious too.
320- Miguel Cabrera. Again, great player.
323- Vincente Padilla. Phillie fave, but now on the Rangers.

Great show, a lot going into my "Book". Hopefully, I'll be back in a few months- and maybe the same people will be there!

2009 Upper Deck 4 Pack Extravanganza

I got 4 packs of what seems like the product to get this spring- Upper Deck. Looking for gimmicks, but I don't know what I'll find.

Let's rip.

Pack 1-

46- Josh Beckett. Good player, but BOOOOOOOOO!
11- Max Scherzer. He looks like a decent pitcher for the D-Backs.
39- Jay Payton. I don't know if he's still on the O's, but it would be nice.
74- Jon Leiber. Meh.
147- Dan Uggla. I have been getting a lot of Ugg's lately, and I don't mean boots.
140- Joel Zumaya. Nice closer for Detroit.
161- Brandon Backe. Pain in the Brandon Asse.
126- Miguel Cabrera. One of the best young players right now.
438- Padres Team Leaders- the same one I got two weeks ago. Sigh...
Starquest Derek Jeter Gold Rare. Heh, someone traded me this one a few weeks back. Tomorrow I'll give it back.
492- Grady Sizemore Checklist. An all around great card ruined by the fact that the checklists are on actual cards.
416- Dexter Fowler. I saw this guy play a the Futures Game Last Year, and he looks red hot.
231- Kevin Slowey? Who?
214- Ryan Braun. He doesn't look as lazy as he did on his Topps card, but still, the next big thing for Thorzul to brag about.
248- Moises Alou. He's okay, but he's not in my book.
343- Albert BLEEPING PUJOS! YEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!
303- Nate McLouth. He's a great player.
388- Vernon Wells. Awesome Outfielder from Le Blue Jays.

Pack 2-

17- Jair Jurrjens. He looks like a good pitcher for Atlanta, but not enough to rise out before the rest of the division.
45- Daisuke. Booooo, and I have him.
76- Rich Harden. Have him.
117- Ubaldo Jiminez. I don't know what to think about this guy.
180- Jered Weaver. Also known as Jeff's Less Popular brother.
159- Jose Valverde. Good closer, but not good enough.
451- Mariners Leaders- Ibanez, Ichiro, Hernandez.
490- Roy Halladay Checklist for Toronto, I mean, Le Jays.
Starquest Grady Sizemore. More Sizemore! Good thing too, I like this guy.
540- Twins Leaders- Morneau, Mauer and Gomez. Gomez???
499- Ichiro Checklist. Sigh...
264- Bobby Abreu. Now on the Angels.
230- Joe Nathan. Great Closer.
240- Daniel Murphy. Who?
258- BJ Upton. I'm hoping to also find his brother.
324- Matt Cain. Thud!
354- Cezar Itzuris. Crack!
307- Ryan Doumit. UGGGGHHHHHH!

Pack 3

44- JD Drew. The most overrated baseball player, EH-VUHR!
9- Justin Upton. BJ and Justin in the same break!
72- Ronny Cedeno. GAH!
46- Luis Gonzalez. That's semi better.
111- Franklin Gutierrez. Now with the Mariners, and I still don't care about him.
174- Joey Gathright. I forget who he's with.
419- Luis ValBuena. Who?
Historic Firsts OBAMA! WHAT THE ^&%^%*%%%&%
Starquest Josh Beckett Gold. Yaaay, and BOOOOOO!
449- Orioles Leaders. Roberts, Huff and Guthrie.
479- Another Pujos- This time a %%&^%^%^% Checklist.
210- Clay Kershaw, have him.
268- Jorge Posada. WOOOOOOOOOO!
251- John Maine. Decent pitcher.
393- Lastings Milledge. From Mets to Ex-Mets who were given up for no reason...
362- Scott Kazmir. NICE!
379- Kevin Millwood. UGH!

Final Pack

64- Kerry Wood. Now with the Indians.
27- Tim Hudson. Nice pitcher, one that got away from the A's
92- Juan Uribe. Now in San Fransisco.
158- Ty Wiggington. Crappy player that's now on a crappy team- The Orioles.
116- Todd Helton. Last few years, he's had that mountain man beard.
179- Torii Hunter. SWEET!
496- Joe Mauer CHECK&^&^*^%$%&^%^&LIST!
412- Aaron Cunningham. Who?
YSL Jason Giambi, whose mustache once belonged to a Village Person.
488- Alex Rodriguez! WOOOOOOOOO!
405- Jason Pride. Who?
212- CC Sabathia. That's right!
297- Brett Meyers. That's Right!
211- Greg Maddux. THAT'S RIGHT!
335- Raul Ibanez. Current Philly.
352- Mark Mulder. Great Pitcher.
386- Scott Rolen. NICE!
369- Matt Garza!

Overall, wonderful break, which means you'll be seeing more on this blog soon.

2009 Upper Deck Series 1

A few nights ago, I went to a barmytsfah, and one of the little favors they gave out were baseball card packs. I only got one, but it's enough to garner a post

Let's rip

70- Ryan Theriot. He's okay, but not great. May or may not add him to my "book"
5- Orlando Hudson. Now with the Dodgers. Still one of the best 2B's in the game.
68- Ted Lilly. Another okay Cub. Again, not really that good.
184- Howie Kendrick. Great guy, hopes to be Angels top dog soon.
168- Tony Pena- the one on the Royals. Meh, as Dayf might say.
121- Jason Grilli. Okay, but not Jason Propane Elaine-i
438- Padres Team Leaders. Gonzalez, Peavy and Giles.
Yankee Stadium Lunacy Robinson Cano. Sweet.
UD Documentary James Shields. Why, oh why, did UD brinf this mediocre series back?
417- George Kottaras. WHOOOOOOOO???
481- Brandon Phillips Checklist. Decent Second Baseman.
300- Jamie Moyer. Philly great- WOOOOOO!
234- Craig Monroe. Good player, just not what he used to be.
210- Clayton Kershaw. NIIIIIICE!
318- Kevin Kouzmanoff. Good player.
389- Shannon Stewart. These days. Mr. Stewart is a nomad.
372- Chris David. Who?
355- Ryan Ludwick. Who?

Great pack. Hoping to open more soon.

Card Show- Sweet Swag

A few days ago I went to a Card Show down at the somewhat-local mall. I was stunned. Being that this was my first in a while, I simply looked first, THEN gorged! There were a lot of hot products- 2009 Topps, all the inserts, Numbered, Turkey Red, you name it- and a lot of products that were hot back in the day- tons of random Early 00's packs-.

In fact, my dad (Who came with me) answered a Trivia Question about Ron "Louisana Lightning" Guidry (He went to Guidry's first game. Talk about a Yankee fan) and we won a free Guidry card! I chose one of the only ones we didn't have:1983 Topps #440 (Above)

If that wasn't enough, I got a few packs of older stuff. 1995 Topps was a dead end, no need to show it (Dave Henderson and Ruben Sierra were the only ones I knew). But I ended up getting 2 packs of 2003 Topps, which I started back in the day but couldn't finish.

Pack One-

Lance Berkman- #230 Awesome! Still no Yankees though...

Frank Thomas #109 Great player, close to retirement, but cool. Where are my Bronx Boys

Hideo Nomo #93 Boooo! Former Red Sock! Get him out of here!

Hobby Masters Kazuhisa Ishii HM2 Who? Never heard of him! And how is he a Hobby Master then?

Tony Armas Jr. #149

Ruben Quevedo #111

This pack is beginning to smell- wait!

Greg Maddux- #105 NICE! Retiree! That is getting better

Jason Giambi #356 DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! Yankee in the house!

Not the best Yankee, but a Yankee nonetheless

Mike Mussina #190 Wow, another Retired Yankee. Now let's end it strong!

Brent Butler #241 The exact opposite of strong

Pack 2-

Geronimo Gil #131

Carlos Baerga #45

John Halama #280

Art Howe Manager #282

Fernando Vina #223

All except Baerga- who? I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE PEOPLE!

Add the fact that I already have a Vina in my basement from 6 years ago.

League Leaders NL HR #345

Sosa, Green, and ANOTHER BERK! This pack wants me to move to Houston.

Future Stars Philly Marlon Byrd/ Jorge Padilla #322

Huh? A rookie of a kid who'll never get anywhere? Nah!

Future Stars Twins Michael Cuddyer/ Michael Restovich #329

Huh? A rookie of Michael Cuddyer? Things are looking up!

Future Stars Rangers Hank Blalock/ Mark Texiera #324

Huh? A ROOKIE OF A CURRENT YANKEE? This is bound to be my hit, right?

Future Stars Devil Rays Josh Hamilton/ Carl Crawford #325

(Jaw slowly drops)

Oh my god, this is the best pack EVER!!!! Aside from all those nameless people at the beginning, this ROCKS!

End with a checklist, something 09 Topps doesn't have!!

Wow, that pack blew my mind back then. That means that there are plenty more Card Shows to come!!!