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This blog is about sports cards. I tend to only purchase cheap items so don't come hear expecting to see big money cards. My teams collections are Chicago White Sox and Michigan Wolverines. I also have a bunch of player collections.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Half Off

I have a few minutes before I head to bed so I'll throw out a quick post. I went to my LCS last Friday to drop off sorting and pick up some more. While I was there, I hit the half off box again since it looked liked it got restocked. I also bought some 5 row boxes to store my Vintage Collection. Let's take a look and what I got. They are all for the White Sox collection.


I grabbed the Crochet and Sheets autos because I like both players. They are young guys that I'm hoping only get better. I've mentioned before that even though we traded Madrigal, that I really liked him with us so I try to pick up his Sox cards when I can. The purple Benintendi card, he had behind the counter and gave it to me when I got there.

The Crochet is my 34th card and my 3rd auto of his.

The Sheets is my 44th card and my 5th auto of his.

The Madrigal is my 52nd card and my 3rd auto of his.

The total on all those cards was $52, half off was $26 and he gave them to me for $20.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Happy Birthday - Jalen Rose

Jalen was born on this day in 1973, making him 51 today.

NBA Debut - November 4th, 1994 (Nuggets)

Years Active - 

  • 1994-1996 (Nuggets)
  • 1996-2002 (Pacers)
  • 2002-2003 (Bulls)
  • 2003-2006 (Raptors)
  • 2006 (Knicks)
  • 2006-2007 (Suns)


Cards on TCDB - 2006 cards (2024) 1932 cards (2023)

Cards I have - 139 cards (2024) 24 cards (2023)

PC Rank - #23 (#30 overall)

TCDB Rank - #14




Where they came from -

  • Sluggo (99 cards)
  • F&G Sportscards (19 cards)
  • Man Cave (9 cards)
  • Too Many Verlanders (6 cards)
  • Tony (3 cards)
  • 2x3 Heroes (1 card)
  • Ace Sportscards (1 card)
  • Ebay (1 card)
  • Unknown (1 card)



Happy Birthday Jalen!

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Happy Birthday - Ronnie Bell

 

Ronnie was born on this day in 2000, making him 24 today.

NFL Debut - September 10th, 2023 (49'ers)

Years Active - 

  • 2023-current (49'ers)

Cards on TCDB - 814 cards (2024)

Cards I have - 5 cards (2024)

PC Rank - #94 (#1178 overall)

TCDB Rank - #7

Where they came from -

  • F&G Sportscards (2 cards)
  • Sluggo (2 cards)
  • Fred Sawyer (1 card)

Happy Birthday Ronnie!

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Fun Saturday in KZoo

We set up in Kalamazoo on Saturday. The last time we set up there, John (John's Big League Blog) and Dennis (Too Many Verlanders) met up with us and bought some cards. KZoo is a little over an hour for us and around an hour and a half for Dennis and John lives there. Dennis and I traded some cards so we didn't have to pay postage.

First off, he contacted me about a Valient set on Facebook that he found. For those that don't know, the Valient set is the NIL set of the Michigan team. There are 110 cards in the set and I believe each player is represented and I believe they all get a cut from the set. They sell packs of the set and they aren't cheap, which is why I didn't have any. I don't think I would have normally dropped as much cash as I did on a set but we just won the National Championship with this team so I though if I was going to do it, I should do it on this team. It was a great price for the set so Dennis grabbed one for each of us and he brought it to the show.


These are what the cards look like and they are the 4 players that I already have PC's of. I'm sure there are a lot of other players that I'll have PC's of but I didn't feel like guessing so I'll just wait until I pull future cards of them then add them to their PC. That's cards 8 and 9 of Corum, 3 and 4 of Edwards and only my 2nd of Wilson. This is a really cool set and I'm glad I bought it and super happy that Dennis gave me the opportunity.

He also dropped a few other cards in the box with the set.


These 3 are Sox collection cards. 2 inserts and a color parallel. That's my 280th card of Abreu. The top 2 player never really grew on me in their terms with the White Sox.


This card is also a Sox collection card, but also a player collection. This Fisk insert surprised me because I've sorted a lot of A&G plus there is a bunch in the list stuff that I sort but I didn't have it yet. This is my 388th card of Fisk.


Dennis also hit me up with this Woodson and a couple of other guys who probably aren't any good. Ok, maybe good. I like the name of the insert, 3D with 3 top defensive players. This is my 60th card of Charles Woodson.


I did also buy 1 card while at the show, from Kevin. This Aqua of McCarthy earlier Bowman U. I wish it was the new Bowman U where they had a license because I hate when they make the helmet a solid color. This, and the other 2 at the top, are my 8th, 9th and 10th card of JJ.

It was a great show and a good time with some friends. Dennis also invited Jason and his wife who actually live just North of us. I believe Dennis met him on TCDB and trades with him. He's also the guy that made the Mike Hart jersey that Dennis gave me for Christmas. If you don't remember, here it is, along with the rest of us, including Kevin.

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Happy Birthday - Moussa Diabate

 

Moussa Diabate was born on this day in 2002, making him 22 today.

NBA Debut - October 27th, 2022 (Clippers)

Years Active - 

  • 2022-current (Clippers)

Cards on TCDB - 918 cards (2024)

Cards I have - 1 card (2024)

PC Rank - #122 (#2839 overall)

TCDB Rank - #126

Where they came from -

  • F&G Sportscards (1 card)

Happy Birthday Moussa!

Happy Birthday - Jake Rudock

 

Jake was born on this day in 1993, making him 22 today.

NFL Debut - September 10th, 2017 (Lions)

Years Active - 

  • 2016-2018 (Lions)


Cards on TCDB - 170 cards (2024) 166 cards (2023) 165 cards (2022)

Cards I have - 11 cards (2024) 11 cards (2023) 11 cards (2022)

PC Rank - #79 (#835 overall)

TCDB Rank - #1

Where they came from -

Happy Birthday Jake!

Happy Birthday - Jake Cronenworth

 

Jake was born on this day in 1994, making him 30 today.

MLB Debut - July 26th, 2020 (Padres)

Years Active - 

  • 2020-current (Padres)

Cards on TCDB - 2545 cards (2024) 2154 cards (2023) 1469 cards (2022)

Cards I have - 79 cards (2024) 47 cards (2023) 17 cards (2022)

PC Rank - #35 (#53 overall)

TCDB Rank - #4

Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (20 cards)
  • F&G Sportscards (19 cards)
  • Sluggo (18 cards)
  • Card Show-Kalamazoo (8 cards)
  • Card Show-Shipshewana (4 cards)
  • Card Show-Plymouth (3 cards)
  • Packs (2 cards)
  • Card Show-Mishawaka (1 card)
  • Card Show-Lansing (1 card)
  • Hollister's (1 card)
  • Mom (1 card)
  • Too Many Verlanders (1 card)



Happy Birthday Jake!

Saturday, January 20, 2024

Happy Birthday - JJ McCarthy

 

JJ was born on this day in 2003, making him 21 today.

NFL Debut - N/A

Years Active - N/A

Cards on TCDB - 1072 cards (2024) 211 cards (2023)

Cards I have - 7 cards (2024) 2 cards (2023)

PC Rank - #85 (#1164 overall)

TCDB Rank - #5

Where they came from -

  • Sluggo (3 cards)
  • Card Show-South Bend (2 cards)
  • F&G Sportscards (2 cards)

Happy Birthday JJ!

Friday, January 19, 2024

Card Room

I got a little time tonight before I head to bed at a decent time. I have to get up earlier because our card show is in Kalamazoo and we're getting a little snow so we have to build in some extra time to get there. Plus the show starts at 9 (most of them start at 10). KZoo isn't getting any snow that I'm aware of so we're hoping to drive out of it in the morning.

Just after Christmas, I mentioned that I was moving into my son's old room as he got his own place. I've been in it now for 3 weeks or so and these photos were taken not long after I moved in. I'm not going to go into great detail but it'll give you a glimpse into my new room.


My desk which used to be my grandfathers, the chair too. I'm noticing in this pic that the hugeness of my desk makes my TV look really small. The small desk to the left is where I stack my incoming sorting and then I generally use the empty space next to it to do the sorting.


My shelves with a mixture of Michigan, White Sox and Pop Culture with some family stuff.


I took the closet doors off and hung my hat rack in there, then I decided to grab my baseball jerseys because I don't wear them often so why not display them.


The 2 posters on the left are both filled with autographs. The top one from the 2012 football season which I got back when they did fan days. The bottom from the 2013-14 season of women's basketball that my daughter got when she went to basketball camp. The one of the right is the poster from the 2013 season.

I took all my White Sox cards out of the dresser that I used to keep them in and bought some 5 row boxes and put them out on top of the shelves. The first row towards the desk are the cards that I need to put away in the boxes or the binders, from there to the right, they are all alphabetical with most of the letters separated with space between them.

Obviously my binders of all my player collections, one square of magazines and old Michigan calendars (I get a new one every year that I hang in my office) and other publications that are collection related. A Michigan helmet (not a real one) and a pair of Michigan Jordan's.