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I just happened to read Night Owl’s post about the writing doldrums from yesterday, and it reminded me of part of the reason I don’t write as much as I used to.I just don’t have the push to sit down and write longer blog posts like I used to.I’ve been off the past 3 days this week, and this is the only post I’m going to write during that time.  My how times have changed.I actually fired off a few tweets on Monday, including the Jose Bautista bat flip card that I pulled 2x from Opening Day packs I bought at Target.  What I enjoyed the most about the tweet was that I had 4 offers for the flagship Bautista card (even though I already had it) from that single tweet.  It appears that the card community on twitter is just a great as the one I’ve dealt with for nearly 5 years in the blog world!!I also tweeted about the blue parallels from Opening Day.   To save characters I should have tweeted this:Blue Parallel> Gold Parallel #parallelcrazyI really do like the blue parallels in Opening Day.  I found that they were easier to spot than the golds from flagship.  The Pineda above is heading to The Lost Collector once I round up a few more Yankees cards to send his way. I also have the Stephen Strasburg blue parallel if anyone is interested.I also tweeted about the mascot cards, nothing special really, but I got a re-tweet from Beckett, which was very surprising.  These are available by the way if anyone needs/wants them.What I’ve ended up doing with this post is turning a minor post about 2016 Opening Day cards into a post about my lack of blogging over the past several months.I’m happy with posting 10-15 times during a calendar month now.  I’m not putting pressure on myself to be creative like I used to.  My player PC blog is becoming a very good outlet at churning out posts.  3-4 lines about the card, or the player, or the value of the card is much easier and less time consuming.  With my PCs now approaching 1000 cards total, posting one card a day over there is going to keep me busy for quite a while. Maybe one day I’ll get back to writing something of reasonable quality on this blog.  But right now, double digits is fine with me every month. thanks for reading, Robert

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Pretty much everyone likes the ’67 set, right?   I hope to one day add it to the list of vintage sets I own for my collection.Knowing this, I had to at least dip my toes in the water that we call Heritage.  I really don’t mind the cards at all, I just don’t think that this set will be on my collecting radar for this year.I bought a rack pack and a hangar box (?) just to see, and the decision to buy the rack pack was made easy because I could see “Blue Jays” through the wrapper.  The Ben Revere card you see on the first scan here was the card that I found…A nice start to the Heritage Jays team set with 3 of the base cards featured here.  There are 22 total cards for the Jays, including 3 SPs that all feature variations (ugh).  Kudos to Topps for making them the three stars of the team as well so that the cards will be easy to find on the cheap.The Fielder is a refractor #’d 142/567.  The Frazier is the only SP that I pulled.  The then and now and new age performers inserts are back again, and I’m sure that there’s someone out there that is interested in those.  The Schwarber pop up is an interesting pull, but that along with the other cards on this scan are up for trade.I actually have 52 cards total for trade (including the 5 above).  I’ll be hunting for people that are in need of base cards for their team collections or set builds.   If you have a want list up, let me know, I’ll take a look and see what I have to send your way.My favorite card so far?  Jeff Locke.   The look on his face in priceless…Someone should do a caption this photo contest with this card…Let’s get these 52 cards out of here. 6,22,24,31,33,43,44,46,55,64,65,100,102,114,116,133,134,143,176,192,194,196,216,219,225,229,244,246,251,256,272,279,293,335,338,339,340,341,343,350,355,360,390,397,398,407,413,472TAN-KV, NAP-MSC, THC-433, Pop-Ups 13of15thanks for reading, Robert

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A few weeks back I sent off an envelope of Pirates cards to Matt at the Bob Walk the Plank blog simply because I thought they would be better off in his hands than mine.One of the players that was in the envelope was this guy…I had a few cards on my desk of his, and I had bandied about the idea of starting an Andrew McCutchen PC.  I thought about it and decided that it might get too expensive, so I sent the few cards that I had off to Matt.Not a week later, I hit the monthly card show and a box of cards that were 20 for a dollar.  I sat down and took a long time going through these boxes, and sure enough, there was a stack of 22 McCutchen cards together.It was as if someone was telling me something.Finding cards like the Pastime’s Pastimes insert from 2014 A&G for a nickel reminded me of what I really can do when I set my mind to it.Be extremely cheap.So after 2 weeks of sitting on this pile of 22 cards, I finally am making the commitment to adding Andrew McCutchen as my 4th player PC.Why you ask?  One, he’s a helluva player.  Two, he’s a throw back.  He wants to stay in Pittsburgh.  He’s always wanted to play for Pittsburgh.  He says and does the right things.  Most of all, he has fun while he’s on the diamond.  My wife and I have enjoyed watching him since his initial call up in 2009.  Just because we’ve left the Pittsburgh area doesn’t mean my wife and I will not be following the Pirates this year, and Andrew is a big reason why.Now, onto my frugality. Because McCutchen is a big time star, there are a lot of jersey cards/auto cards out on the market.  That’s a lot of $$ if you chase them all.  So I don’t destroy my wallet, I’ve decided to make Andrew a BPI collection.Base cards, Parallels, Inserts.  That’s it.  Manageable.When I start finishing the vintage sets I’ve been putting together, maybe that will change.  It’s going to be a while before that happens, so keeping this PC on the cheap side will help.Anyone else out there have PCs that they keep on the cheap?  Would love to hear how you do it…thanks for reading, Robert

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I had scanned this card months ago in order to write about it, but it sat in the draft folder just collecting dust.  So it’s time to find out about these two pitchers, deemed to be Batter Bafflers by the good folks at Topps.Card #346: Batter BafflersThe players listed are Tom Brewer (left) and Dave Sisler.  The card itself is in really good condition, well centered and no nicks or dings on the edges or corners.  Brewer had an 8 year major league career, all with the Red Sox, between 1954 and 1961,  Sisler’s career was 1 season shorter, lasting from 1956-1962.  The back is also in decent shape, the borders look a bit off line though. How’d they fare in 1959? Dave Sisler only lasted a month in a Red Sox uniform in 1959, as he was traded on May 2nd with Ted Lepcio to the Tigers for Billy Hoeft.  Sisler’s days as a starter were over, and the final 4 years of his career were spent in the bullpens of Detroit, Washington and Cincinnati.Tom Brewer had a decent ’59 season with the Sox, completing his 6th straight season of double digit wins and earning a couple of saves as well.Brewer’s best start of the ’59 season was his 2nd, against the Yankees on April 17th.  Tom pitched a 2 hit shutout, facing only 31 batters.Dave Sisler’s best relief appearance in ’59 was his 2nd to last appearance of the season, coming in the game in the bottom of the 8th against the White Sox with the bases loaded.  Dave got out of that inning and the Tigers hung on to win 5-4 on September 20th. While the concept of the card was a good idea, results over the next couple of seasons didn’t pan out for the Red Sox.thanks for reading, Robert

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I had mentioned earlier this year that if I had picked up one card a week toward my 1964 Topps set, I could be done by the end of 2016.  Well, I did a little shopping on eBay over the weekend, and for $17 shipped, these 4 cards arrived yesterday.The Chuck Schilling and Diego Segui cards are both from the 6th series, and the Don Mincher is from the higher numbered (and more expensive) 7th series.  $11 for the three cards was quite cheap, especially considering the condition of the Diego Segui card which is easily EX to EX-MT. For me, this Willie Stargell card was one that I’ve tried many times to get in auctions on the cheap, but failed.   I finally found one that I thought was in decent enough shape for a pretty good price ($6).  I grew up watching Stargell play 1st base for the Pirates, but he spent a good portion of the first decade of his career patrolling the outfield for the Bucs.  He must have been slimmer in those days.Just 34 left.  There’s more than 34 weeks left in the year.  So you’re saying there’s a chance….thanks for reading, Robert

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