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Got a nice PWE the other day from the uber creative Gavin who runs the Baseball Card Breakdown blog.  Totally unexpected, which is always the best, this 4 card envelope of fun hit the sweet spots.My first Topps Triple Threads card from 2016 is the Troy Tulowitzki card you see on the left.  It is the Amethyst parallel (really, aren’t we stretching for colors just a bit too far now?) #’d 78/340.  I’m going to have to dig into my collection because my want list says I don’t need the Jose Cruz Jr. card in the center, but I sure don’t ever remember seeing it.  The Nazem Kadri on the right is a great card, a nice shade of red to contrast the Maple Leaf blue and white.  That one goes right into the SNI hockey set, and is the 6th Leaf to be posted so far…Now, I have to show this off, because I’m honored to be one of the 25 people on the planet to receive one of these homemade rip cards…Now, first I’ll say God bless Tony Gwynn, he left this planet far too early.But what do I do here.  Do I tear the card, hoping for something I might really like inside.Do I keep the card intact, potentially creating a one of a kind collectible if the other 24 recipients pretend to be 8 year old kids and gleefully tear into theirs?Do I tear the card, hoping to help reduce the Tony Gwynn ’89 Fleer card population enough so that the price might climb another 5 cents?I’ll leave the decision for another time…Thank you for the cards Gavin, greatly appreciated!!!Thanks for reading, Robert

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Pushing this post right close to the end of Saturday this week.  I have so many cards on my desk right now from so many of you that it’s becoming sensory overload!!  HAVE!! TO!!  POST!!So, to make a long post (story) short, I decided to go with one page of baseball, and one card of hockey SNI to at least get something out there.Page 29 is up next for baseball:Card 253:  Jesse Litsch, 2008 Topps Heritage Chrome #253/1959.  Toronto card #14Card 254:  Toronto Blue Jays, 2010 Topps Gold  #254/2010.  Toronto card #15Card 255:  Frank Herrmann, 2008 Bowman Chrome refractor #255/500.  Cleveland card #11Card 256:  Luke Hochevar, 2011 Topps Gold #256/2011.  Kansas City card #10Card 257:  Sean Townsley, 2014 Bowman blue #257/500.  Miami card #10Card 258:  Jose Barajas, 2009 Bowman blue #258/500.  Baltimore card #7Card 259:  Willie McCovey, 2010 Topps Triple Threads #259/525.  San Francisco card #6Card 260:  Chris Johnson, 2010 Topps Gold #260/2010.  Houston card #10Card 261:  Mychal Givens, 2011 Bowman Green #261/450.  Baltimore card #8This page gets 3 teams to the double digit mark, Houston, KC and Miami.  Toronto becomes the 2nd team to hit the 15 card plateau (St. Louis was the first).   There were only 2 bloggers that contributed cards to this page; both Dennis of Too Many Verlanders and Jeroen of the Dutch Card Guy hit for a total of 5 cards on the page.  The other 4 were my responsibility, 2 from local card shows, 1 from eBay and one from the 2014 NSCC.  Tonight’s hockey side of Serial Numbered Insanity is this Blake Wheeler card, another part of the Hockey Expo mailer from Doug of Sportscards from the Dollar Store fame. I always thought that Wheeler was a Boston draft pick, but a quick bit of research showed me that he was actually the 5th overall pick in the 2004 entry draft by the Phoenix Coyotes.  He played 4 years for the Golden Gophers of Minnesota before signing with the B’s in 2008.  2 years later they traded him to Atlanta, which is now the Winnipeg Jets.  That A you see on Blake’s jersey is now a C, as he replaced the departed Andrew Ladd as the captain of the team. This card is serial # 746, and is the first Jets card for the SNIH.  The only team left without a card featured on the blog?   Carolina.  What’s even worse is I don’t have any Hurricane serial #’d cards yet.Oops…Just 8 days until Christmas, do you have your shopping done yet??Me neither…Thanks for reading, Robert

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I’m sure that I’ve looked at dozens of copies of this card over the past several years.  Each time, I’ve known that I need the card for my 88-89 OPC set.  And each time, I’ve passed on it.   Can’t figure out why though.Finally, I broke down and bought a Brendan Shanahan RC during the Black Friday sale at COMC.  I’m pretty sure that the price was the main factor for the purchase, as the card cost me less than $7The card is in great condition, and it appears that I was waiting for the right copy at the right price to come my way all along.What makes this purchase even greater is now I can add it to the center of the 9 pocket page where it belongs.  Those of you who are long time hockey fans will appreciate the talent that is on this page…5 Hall of Famers (Housley, Gretzky, Shanahan, LaFontaine and Robitaille), Sandstrom and Olczyk both scored almost 400 goals each, Ken Linseman played 15 years in the NHL/WHA and Ron Sutter played 18 years. Now, all that’s left to finish off this set is the Brett Hull RC.  Maybe the January card show will be the place to find that one…Thanks for reading, Robert

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Call me what you will.   Geek.  Nerd.  Dork.  I’ve heard it before, and I’m sure I’ll hear it again.P-Town Tom has a contest going on right now for card of the year. I’m sure many of you thought I would select this card as my choice.Sure, it’s got the bat flip we all remember from the 2015 ALDS against the Texas Rangers.  But that’s old news now.I’ve seen this card on my desk daily for the past few weeks, and the geek/dork/nerd in me can’t help but be enchanted by it.Sure, it might be just a shot of a mountain, but it is after all the tallest point on our planet.  The write up on the card back is what gets me stirred up.Rising more than 29,000 feet above the Nepal-Tibet border (and growing a 1/4″ each year), Mt. Everest is over 60 Million Years old.  OK, how in the hell does someone figure out a 29000 foot mountain grows a quarter inch each year??Winds can bluster beyond 200 MPH and temperatures can range from 100 degrees above to 80 degrees below zero.  200 MPH winds, and I’m here worrying about hurricanes? In 2015, for the first time in 41 years, not 1 climber reached its summit — but a record 22 died trying.  Fascinating point, yes, but quite morbid, don’t you think?As I’ve pointed out countless times on this blog, I’ve never been a big insert fan.  But this card for me takes the cake.  I have a computer/card room where the only thing on the wall is my Maple Leafs clock.  Maybe a giant version of this card in a frame might adorn the wall someday.Yes, I do like the card that much.  It is my card of the year.  Thanks for reading, Robert

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The post title has kind of a “two-prong” meaning for me.  My first thought when it comes to the title is my somewhat semi-regular posting routine.  Yes, a lot of what I’m doing right now is posting cards that I’ve either bought or received lately, but the mere fact that I’ve hit double digit posts each of the past 4 months (and well on the way to doing it again here in crazy December) means that I’m hitting my stride again. When I’m getting cards such as the 71-72 OPC cards you see above, I’m not letting them sit for days, weeks, even months on end before A) posting about them or B) putting them where they belong.Yes, another small problem I’m developing (note that I used the word small) is there are piles of cards developing on my desk again.   When I lived in PA, my wife was afraid to use the computer because of the endless piles of cards on the desk, some 300 to 400 cards high, for fear of knocking them over.Mind you, there weren’t any stacks of ’68 Topps with that many cards in them, but you get the idea.  The piles right now number approx. 1/2 dozen, and they’re certainly not of the hundred plus card variety. My goal is to keep them moving.   Keep writing, even if it’s just babble like this post.Move them into their proper place, whether it be a binder, or a box, or a plastic 100 count container.  Just get them off the damn desk.Post about them, so everyone can enjoy them, or despise them (depending of course on your particular tastes).  Even take the time to gush a little about one particular card, like the Alvin Dark below from ’69 Topps.I love this card back, no ifs, ands or buts about it.  Love the artwork, and I actually learned something about Alvin Dark the player, even though this is a card of Alvin Dark, the Indians manager.  I’m going to have to look at the other manager cards in ’69 T to see if they are the same on the back.  (I’m assuming they are)Maybe the best part about the “it’s happening again” title is that I’m writing a Wednesday night post on a Tuesday.  Yes, my wife and I go out on Wednesday to our friends house, to spend a few hours playing kitchen table poker and kibitzing with our good friends.  Over the past few months, I wouldn’t have even thought about filing a post on Wednesday nights…I’ve got the itch again.  The writing itch.   I just have to figure out how to keep it going. Thanks for reading, Robert

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