Wait a sec- whaaaat?

Remember a while back when Upper Deck lost the license?

Remember when I said that the Topps design for 2010 was going to be epic.

Right
down
the
CRAPPAH!!!

Here it is, straight from the only card news blog worth looking at-
http://completist.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/2010-topps-baseball-design/

(And yes, I do need to stop linking Wax Heaven.)

My take- Wow. This looks like it's really going to suck. Then again, if it takes something that big to get Hand Collated out of hibernation, then make mine Topps!

Seriously, that design sucks. I'm not lying to you. It's like somebody took the 1991 Topps design, added a dash of this years design and made the designer Perez Hilton. Couldn't they at least put effort into it?

(Yes, I do realize I have been ranting lately. And yet people are still subscribing to me. Huh.)

Card Show- Swag Aplenty

I just got back from the Philly Show down in Valley Forge. Great show. I got a lot of awesome stuff.

The game used- 2005 UD Origins Jim Thome
The Rookies-
1996 Topps Geoff Jenkins
1997 Bowman Lance Berkman, Kerry Wood and El Duque
2000 Bowman Adam Dunn
2001 Bowman Josh Beckett and Matt Holliday
2003 Topps Gallery Adrian Gonzalez.
The 2009 Topps-
Jurrjens, Kuroda, Hendrickson, Grienke, Longoria ROY, Liriano, Kemp, Hardy, Encarnacion, Soto ROY, Kotchman, Cliff Lee CY.
The 2009 Topps Rookie- Colby Rasmus and David Price.

1974 Topps Rod Carew
1978 Topps Joe Morgan
1979 Topps Thurman Munson
1980 Topps Eddie Murray
1981 Topps Gaylord Perry, Dennis Eckersley
1982 Topps Reggie Jackson, Jim Palmer
1983 Topps Reggie Jackson SV, Rod Carew SV, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley
1985 Topps Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan RB, George Brett, Gary Carter, Rickey Henderson
1985 Topps Traded Will Clark Rookie, Tom, Seaver
1989 Topps Traded Omar Vizquel rookie

The Signer- Greg Gross
The cards autographed- 1976 Topps, 1981 Topps.

The Henderson- 1989 UD
The Ryans- 1994 Fleer, 1990 UD, 2001 Topps GM
The 52 Past Rookies- Ivan Rodriguez, Dontrelle Willis
The World Series Cards- Don Larsen, Juan Marichal UD WSH, Keith Hernandez Ring of Honor.
The Legendary Cut- Luis Aparicio
The Archives- Ralph Kiner, Phil Niekro
The Fan Favorite- Steve Garvey
The Griffeys- 1999 SPX, 1999 Topps
The TCH- Carlos Beltran 1991 Stadium Club, Russ Martin 1888
The 1990's Topps- 1996 Mike Piazza, 1997 Chippah
The Vladdie- 2004 Topps
The 2004 Showcase- Maddux, Halladay, Chippah, Soriano, Texiera, Griffey
The 2002 Diamond King- Bernie Williams
The 2003 Diamond King- Randy Johnson
The 2005 Diamond Kings- Maddux, Ramirez, Ortiz, Beltran, Dawson

Great show overall. They're saying the next one's in December

Since Chris Harris isn't plugging this...

I thought I might...

Philly Show 2009- Valley Forge Convention Center
Fri/Sat/Sun.
Free Parking
Admission $7
Signers include Yogi Berra, Johnny Bench, Whitey Ford and more.

I'm going. This guy is going. And the jury is still out on this guy. But still, I'll be giving you a post about the show after it's over. And on Saturday I have box seats for a Temple game (I know, ridicule me all you want), so I won't be going then.

BTW- I must apologize to my "fans" for watching the emmy's.

Was I the only one here who watched the emmy's last night?

Hooray for Kristen Chenoweth and Michael Emerson!

Alec Baldwin deserved it (Sarcasm, Sheldon?)

Jimmy Fallon's actually funny

Nice stache Sarah Silverman- You'll do great on a Pirate Set card!

NPH is actually funny!

Okay, I'm done.

(Notice how I haven't told you all that I lost the Jeter contest. THUMBS DOWN!!!!)

Wantlist- Under Construction

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I've been compiling my sets from the 70's and 80's just so I can get my wantlists that you guys have been nagging me about ready. I'm pretty sure I have a complete set of 88 Topps, although I can't be sure until I compile.

Tonight marks the end of the deadline for Mario's "Win a Jeter and Torre 1/1 if you have a degree in writing" contest, which I am sucking at. Whoever invented the thumbs up/down bar should be given a thumbs down. Even though my ideas are witty, no one understands them. I'll just go post a few hundred more of those filthy limericks.

"There once was a man named Trebek
Who had the world tiniest-"

Back to the old drawing board.

Custom Cards- Why I've stopped them

First of all, I haven't found any time to get any done. Between all the things I do after school and all the things I do at night, I barely have any time to get things done. Also, my scanner has gone loopy and in order to make sure I have a good card, I have to put a card under it. But what if the card is crooked. And what if it centers in too much.

That is my dilemma. Until brighter photoshopping times, my Custom Cards will be discontinued. All the time I had in the summer has gone. But please, because of this decision, don't unsubscribe and stop reading my blog. I'l still be quite funny, and I'll be yakking about sports until I croak. So even though I'm done with the customs, there is still hope for this blog. Plus, I'm not necessarily done with the customs quite yet.

In the meantime, Mario at Wax Heaven has a contest going on where you could win a Derek Jeter and a Joe Torre printing plate. All you need is

A- Creativity
B- A knack at handling poetry
C- A knowledge of recent events in the hobby.

I'll be entering, but that's how I roll. Any words that have "Derek Jeter" and "relic" in the same sentence is a good sentence to me. Enter the contest here

Custom Card of the Day (Yes, Really)

This was a pretty obvious choice, since Cole has been hotter than a certain 47-year old pitcher. The 83 design is one of my favorites because of the extra photo in the bottom right corner. Also among my fave designs- 76, 77, 81, 82, 84, 87. Anyway, this was another easy one, and as always, fun to make.

A few days ago was September 11th. I remember I was in school and the teachers weren't telling us anything, even though I knew something was up. I was young then, but I had my thoughts. This was also today of my family's purchase of the car they have today. It was a long day, but at least nothing like that'll ever happen again.

Not much else is going on in the world of blogging. One of my favorite players did something big, and I'll have a cool card commemorating that up soon.