Daily Dimwit Artifacts Break

Hey guys - the Daily Dimwit is running a 2006 Artifacts case break. Plenty of good teams left.

More info here:   http://www.thedailydimwit.com/2011/08/group-break-announcement.html

Futures Game

Here are two cool Cardinal relics from 2010 Pro Debut. I like that these cards are numbered and have giant jerseys on them. I think these will be perfect for autographs at the next Cardinals Winter Warm Up.

Eduardo Sanchez 187 of 299 – Sanchez made a splash earlier this year out of the bullpen but has been out with shoulder problems for the last two months.


Francisco Samuel Gold 25 of 25 – Samuel is supposed to be our closer in a couple of years but has been passed by Fernando Salas, Lance Lynn and Sanchez.


Let’s just hope they can give us what this guy has since 2006. Get well Waino!!!

Lucky A&G - Two Relics!!!

We picked up our first hobby packs of Allen & Ginter a couple of weeks ago… and did we get lucky! All this in just five packs!

ARod 600th HR Baseball Highlight Sketches


Ascent of Man#4 and #21


Evan Longoria Jersey Relic


Jack LaLanne Film Relic!!!


Close up of the relic


We pulled these as well:

• Three Hometown Heroes
• Two Minds That Made The Future
• Three Short Prints (Hochevar, Johnson, Mauer)
• Three Mini Inserts (Portraits of Penultimacy, Uninvited Guests and Fortunes for the Taking)

2011 Seaver Nameplate

Pulled this out of a jumbo pack. Its up for trade.

2009 Icons Box Break

These are the cards from the box of 2009 Icons I posted about last month. This was a lot of fun to open and getting the Ozzie and Markakis cards made it even better. Everything else is up for trade!

First – The Numbered Cards (all numbered to 999)



The Relics


The Lettermen (20/40 and 1/35)


The Auto (80 of 199)

New Sizemore Cards

Two more for my favorite player binder. The first is really a Josh Barfield card but the second is pretty cool.
2007 Co-Signers Josh Barfield / Grady Sizemore numbered 196 of 225



2009 Upper Deck Grady Sizemore Starquest Black Ultra Rare

Jim Edmonds 2002 Playoff: Another Oddball Relic

My dad brought this home from one of his business trips. He covered most of the card and asked me to guess what type of relic this was. It was a shoe!!!

2002 Playoff Jim Edmonds Shoe Relic numbered 11 of 50


Here’s the back of the card:


Does anyone know if there are wrist band relic patch cards from this product?

Hey Yadi, Yadi–Seeing Double

Yadi looks like he just picked off someone at first base again!

2010 Bowman Gold and Blue. The blue is numbered 435 of 520 and is close to the light blue the Cardinals used to wear.


I’m looking for other color versions of this card and have plenty to trade!

Met’s Trade with The Sandlot

We completed a trade last month with the The Sandlot. We sent Mets, he sent Cardinals. Here's some of the loot!

2006 Flair Showcase Albert Pujols Emerald 91 / 150
2007 Topps Chrome Jim Edmonds Refractor 24 / 660
2009 Topps Gold Border Kyle Lohse 1349 / 2009


2007 UD Elements Skip Schumaker Auto
2007 Turkey Red Brad Thompson Jersey

2011 Topps Series Two Jumbo Pack

My dad picked up a jumbo pack on a business trip. Mostly base and I didn’t get anything cool with the Diamond code card but there was one cool card:

Harmon Killebrew Leather Nameplate


I’ll trade this for a similar Cardinals nameplate if anyone has one.

2009 Donruss Americana

I did a pack break of packs I won playing a dice game at last month’s Flea Market. I also won a blaster of 2009 Donruss Americana that my mom and I opened when we got home. I really didn’t want the box and hoped for a baseball blaster but the man at the booth thought I’d like it. I didn’t really like the cards but I did like this card:

John Wayne Relic numbered 33 of 500


I don’t really know who he is but the adults thought it was pretty cool.

2001 Donruss Fan Club Albert Pujols Jersey Card

I don’t know if this counts as a Pujols rookie card or not but I think its pretty cool.

What Bob Gibson says about the Cardinals’ Bullpen

I hope the Cardinals have lots and lots of good friends.

My First Pack Of 2011 Ginter: A Retail Rack Pack

My mom bought me my first pack of 2011 Allen & Ginter at Target last week. No Cardinals, but there was this:


Not just any mini. A Bazooka mini hand numbered 16 of 25!

I’ll trade this for a Cardinals Bazooka mini if anyone has one.

Orlando Box Break: 2009 UD Icons

We're home now but here's the last box from Orlando. We gave this box to Dad for Father's Day and he let me open it while we were on vacation. Good box with a Markakis auto and Ozzie Letter Patch.

Dad - Scans when I get back to the office.

Orlando Box Break: 2002 Topps Chrome Series 2

We found a super cheap box of 2002 Topps Chrome at the flea market last month. My dad made me wait until vacation to open it so we'd have something to do during my sister's dance competition routines. I was hoping for a Joe Mauer rookie card but didn't get one.

Orlando Pack Break Part 2: The $2 Packs

Here's the $2 pack break from Orlando!

2006 Artifacts Yadier Molina Jersey

Here’s a cool Molina jersey card numbered 108 of 325.

Pack Break from Orlando!

Hello from Orlando!

We're in  Florida for my sister's dance competition and trip to Disney World. We went to Orlando Sports Cards earlier this week and picked up some cheap packs for $1 and $2 and a pack of SPX.

Here's the $1 pack pack break video. More to come soon!

Thorzul July Group Break

If you haven't already, head over to Thorzul's July Group Break and sign up. Plenty of great teams left!

He runs a great break. Here are cards he's pulled for me in the past:

2004 Play Ball Pujols Relics

2004 Play Ball Albert Pujols Jersey numbered 14 of 50.



This was a cheap ebay pick up last month. that was made even better when we found this card in the package. This is a 2004 Play Ball Pujols Bat card numbered 25 of 25. The seller included it as a freebie as the card was slightly damaged. You can barely make out a slight crease in the lower right point in the star.

June Flea Market Packs

I won some cool packs and blasters at last month's flea market. I went with my Aunt, Uncle and Grandma this month and they sponsored a few extra rolls at the dice game table with baseball card prizes. My dad let me do a video for everything except for the blaster my mom and I opened when we got home.

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Nachos Grande May Group Break

We had the Cardinals in Nachos Grande May Group Break and he really, really came through for us. If you follow his blog at all you probably know all about this card but I wanted to post a bigger picture of it here. Its really is awesome. His 2002 Stadium Club box was loaded with Cardinals and it starts here:

2002 Albert Pujols Clubhouse Exclusive Dual Relic – The odds of pulling this type of card are 1 in 2073 packs. The odds of getting this Pujols card must be crazy!


If that weren’t enough, the box also had this Jim Edmonds Born In The USA jersey card.


There were also three gold cards. These are thicker than the regular cards and have gold lettering. (Dad – The third card was J. D. Drew. Drew wore the Birds on the Bat but he was never a Cardinal. The best thing he ever did for us was play lousy enough to be traded for Adam Wainwright. I’ve decided to impose a J. D. Drew quota on this blog. Maximum of one J. D. Drew card per year. Scroll down for 2011’s card.)


Nachos also opened three other boxes. These are my first 2000 Topps Tek cards.

1999 Upper Deck HoloGrFX


1999 Fleer Mystique. The Drew is a Rookie card numbered 1552 of 2999.