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Moving right along with the sea of serial numbered cards I’ve immersed myself in, this post is going to be a combination of both the baseball and hockey sets that I’ve got going.Since I’m combining the two on this post, I’m going to stick with just one baseball page again.  Makes things a little easier to type, and to read (for those who do).  So, without further adieu, page 27 is here for your viewing pleasure.Card 235:  Sam Fuld, 2011 Topps Update gold parallel #235/2011.  Tampa Bay card #9Card 236:  Shin-Soo Choo, 2013 Topps gold parallel #236/2011.  Cleveland card #10Card 237:  Wade Miley, 2013 Bowman blue parallel #237/500.  Arizona card #6Card 238:  Bengie Molina, 2003 Topps Chrome refractor #238/699.  Los Angeles Angels card #12Card 239:  Rick Ankiel, 2011 Topps gold parallel #239/2011.  Washington card #9Card 240:  Kurt Suzuki, 2010 Bowman orange parallel #240/250.  Oakland card #12Card 241:  Jake McGee, 2011 Topps gold parallel #241/2011.  Tampa Bay card #10Card 242:  Greg Golson, 2009 Topps gold parallel #242/2009.  Texas card #8Card 243:  Ryan Howard, 2011 Topps Triple Threads green parallel #243/249.  Philadelphia card #10The only real outlier in terms of older serial numbered cards is the Bengie Molina Topps Chrome from 2003, otherwise all the others were anywhere from 09-13.  The usual suspects were responsible for this page, Night Owl, Max from Starting Nine, Ted from Crinkly Wrappers, and AJ from the Lost Collector.  I was responsible for 5 of the 9 cards (believe it or not), as I picked up 1 from ebay, 1 from a local card show, and 3 others from 2 different NSCC shows.  How about that!Moving on to the hockey side, I grabbed 3 cards off of the pile that Doug from Sportscards from the Dollar Store sent me to show off today.  You’ll see why I’m seeing a bit of red here shortly…In contrast to last night’s rookie showcase, today’s cards feature players with a little more footing in the NHL.  Tomas Jurco, the Red Wings 2nd rd pick in the 2011 NHL draft is a regular with the club.  He will be coming back to the Wings shortly after recovering from back surgery which kept him out for 6 months.   This card is from the 14-15 Artifacts set, and covers the Red Wings portion of a card among the 1st 100 serial #’s, being numbered 4/399Panini makes an appearance on the post with this 13-14 Totally Certified card of Braydon Coburn, then of the Philadelphia Flyers.  Braydon has been in the NHL for quite a while, since becoming the 1st round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in 2003.  He has 720 NHL games to his credit, and is in his 3rd season in Tampa Bay.  This card is serial #’d 6/100 and just happens to be the 6th card already shown with the winged P as the crest. Brian Bellows was a player I despised as a Leafs fan in the 80’s and 90’s.  Everywhere it seemed he played, he scored big goals against the blue and white.  Over the years, he was a 3x all star, and was part of the 1993 Stanley Cup championship team with the Canadiens.  His son Kieffer Bellows was drafted in the 1st round this past summer by the Islanders with the 19th pick. That’s a fair bit of red on those 3 cards, but they’re great none the less.  Thank you again Doug!Thanks for reading, Robert

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When I took a look at the contents of the envelope that Doug from the Sportscards from the Dollar Store blog sent me, this is the first post title that came to mind.   A little cheesy?  Sure, but it’s Thanksgiving weekend, a time meant for food and fun, so why not.Being the big hockey fan that he is, when Doug saw the SNI Hockey post a few weeks ago, he took it upon himself to be a major benefactor in how this set looks.At least that’s how I’m seeing it so far.  There has to be close to 50 serial numbered cards inside, not including some Blue Jays and Sakic’s to add to those collections as well.A nice chunk of the cards inside were rookies from the 2014-15 Upper Deck Ice set.  And what normally happens to rookie cards a couple of years after they are released?  The price drops, sometimes dramatically.  So I’m sure that Doug got these at a good price, and with the amount he picked up, probably got a volume discount as well.Fasten your seat belts, here’s the first of what will be many posts that Doug has handed me…First off, I don’t have to worry about feeding the serial #’s to you for these 5 cards, because they are easy to spot on the front of the card.  First card is of Micheal Ferland (yes, it is spelled EA, so this is an error card) of the Flames.  Ferland was a 5th rd pick of the Flames back in 2010, so he’s done well making it to the NHL. Next up is Joey Hishon, Colorado’s 1st round pick in the 2010 draft.  So far, Joey has only played 13 games in the NHL, all of them coming in the 14-15 season.  Joey has decided to take his career to Russia and is playing with the Finnish team Jokerit in the KHL.  So far this season he has 3G and 3A in 27 games.In what seems to be a recurring them, Patrik Nemeth is another 2010 draft pick, the Stars 2nd rounder from that year.  He’s had trouble finding an every day spot on the Stars blue line, just managing 81 games over parts of the last 4 seasons.  Patrik is still looking for his first NHL goal as well….The 4th 2010 draft pick in a row, Greg McKegg then of the Maple Leafs was drafted in the 3rd round that year.  Greg couldn’t really crack the Leafs lineup, only playing 4 games over a couple of seasons before being traded to the Florida Panthers for Zach Hyman.  Greg had earned a spot out of training camp with the Panthers this fall as a 4th liner, but was recently demoted to their farm club after clearing waivers.Oscar Klefbom is probably the surest bet of all these 5 players to earn a steady NHL gig.  Oscar was drafted in the 1st round by the Oilers in 2011, and has been a regular on their roster over the past 3 seasons.  Unfortunately he missed a good portion of last season due to injury, so hopefully this year will see him get into more games and deliver a boat load of “Klef-bombs” from the blueline.There’s the first 5, and there’s plenty more where they came from…thanks for reading, Robert

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I had semi buried the remainder of the cards I bought last weekend, which means I forgot about posting them separate from the Ripken rookie until now.At this point, it’s more quality than quantity as I focused again more on the vintage portion of my collection.The long neglected pursuit of the ’59 Topps set came to an end as I bought 4 more commons, pushing the total number of cards I have to 326, and the percentage to 56.99.  What I enjoy about this dealer is his cards are always in super condition.  By the time I’m done with this set, I’m sure that I won’t be disappointed at all with the condition.As the ’64 set winds it’s way to completion, the next set that I seem to be turning to working on is the ’69 Topps set.  Not sure why this is when I have a good dent in both the ’68 and ’62 sets already.  This McCovey/Marichal card set me back $7, a pretty good deal in my eyes considering that it’s in great condition.To round out the purchases for the week, I nabbed these 2 cards from the ’71-72 OPC set.Love the cartoon on the back of this card, ensuring that people know that Denis’ last name is pronounced “Doo-Pear-ee.”  The french portion of the cartoon mentions that Denis is French Canadian, kind of redundant if you ask me.Much like the rookie subset in ’59 Topps, I’ve grown fond of the All-Star team cards in this set.  I picked up the Ken Hodge for $4.  I took a quick look in Beckett and found that there a couple of pricier All-Star cards, namely the Orr ($50) and the Hull ($25).  I came in with eyes wide open knowing that this set was going to cost a pretty penny to put together, with the Dryden and Lafleur RCs costing a car payment in NM condition.  Like every other vintage set that I’m going to put together, the hunt for cheaper options will be the main focus.That’s where all the fun is, no?Thanks for reading, Robert

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My dog disappearing today for a few hours was not the way I had planned to spend the Saturday without my better half.  Once the little booger was found (6 doors down the block no less), I was wiped out because I had spent the better part of the afternoon driving and walking the neighborhood.  Not the way I want to get my 10,000 steps in for the day!So, now it’s late and I’m a bit tired, and writing up 3 pages worth of SNI is just not in the cards.  So instead of scrubbing today altogether, I felt that keeping up the run of posts was worth it and I decided to post just one page today.Something is better than nothing, right?  Let’s have a look at page 26, shall we?Card 226:  Damian Miller, 2003 Topps Chrome refractor #226/699.  Chicago Cubs card #5Card 227:  Dmitri Young, 2008 Topps Co-Signers blue #227/250.  Washington card #8Card 228:  Chris George, 1999 Bowmans Best refractor #228/400.  Kansas City card #9Card 229:  Carl Crawford, 2008 Topps Stadium Club 1st day production #229/599.  Tampa Bay card #8Card 230:  Kurt Suzuki, 2011 Bowman green parallel #230/500.  Oakland card #11Card 231:  Andrew Carpenter, 2009 Topps gold #231/2009.  Philadelphia card #9Card 232:  Vicente Padilla, 2010 Topps gold parallel #232/2009.  Los Angeles Dodgers card #8Card 233:  Carlos Zambrano, 2010 Topps Heritage chrome #233/1961.  Chicago Cubs card #6Card 234:  Carlos Lee, 2006 Topps gold parallel #234/2006.  Texas card #7The best part about this page?  The blogosphere was entirely responsible for the contribution of these cards.    Dennis from the Too Many AL Cy Young runner-up’s blog sent me 3 of these, the Night Owl was good for 2, and 4 others contributed one apiece (Royals and Randoms, Starting Nine, Crinkly Wrappers and GCRL).I’m hoping to get a few more pages posted on Thanksgiving Day, stay tuned to see how that turns out…Thanks for reading, Robert

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There may be one or two of you out there who have read my blog more than once over the years, and if you have you know that I’m not ashamed to poke fun at myself.If you can’t laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at, right?So taking the night off last night to watch the Leafs put it to the Panthers, I figured I better get back to the posting game this evening.   After posting for 7 straight evenings, I’m starting to get the idea that I’m seriously blogging again…Another set that I’m going to get a want list up for before too long (hopefully) is 2016 A&G.  Colbey from the Cardboard Collections blog had sent me a few A&G cards from his group break a few weeks back, and the Numbers Game insert hooked me in.  I’ve been a sucker for numbers all my life (my love of math I guess), and these just piqued my interest.I bought 4 packs of A&G at the local Target a couple weeks ago, so let’s look at the packs quickly and see what we get…Minis first, just because: I know that there are collectors out there that love these, but they will always be a drawback for me.  I have a helluva time handling them, and they’re a pain in the ass to store.At first, I thought Caleb Cotham’s (Black border at the bottom) last name was “Gotham”, so I wondered what the Batman reference was going to be.  The Trea Turner is an A&G back if there is someone out there in need of it.I’m sure that A&G has done Natural Wonders before, right?  I’m not ashamed to say that I think this is a beautiful looking card.I owe the honorable Night Owl an envelope, so if you need this one Greg, let me know and I’ll add it to the small pile of 56’s I have for you.  If not, I’m sure that there’s another Dodger collector out there who may need it.I’m sorry if I offend any D’backs fans out there, but I have to say that these unis are a no.Showing off the back of this card I guess means I’ve flipped everyone the Bird (yes, that is bad…).  One thing I really never noticed over the years.  What position the players play isn’t on the card. I never really looked at the back of the Numbers Game inserts until this evening.  The Kershaw that I pulled from a pack is very interesting. The “retired by team:  not retired” line is kind of redundant isn’t it?  I haven’t looked at a checklist for this insert set yet, so I’m wondering if there are retired greats in there.Live-ball career ERA record of 2.43.  That’s what we’re calling the modern game now, live-ball?  Maybe I’m just too out of touch with baseball terminology.  In case you were wondering, Kid K has reduced that record career ERA to 2.37. The chase is on for 2016 A&G.  Am I late to the part, indeed.  But hey, I was 47 years late starting the 1964 Topps set in 2011, and over 5 years later I’m almost done…thanks for reading, Robert

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