Cardboard Junkie 2010 Heritage Fantasy League: Ante Up!!!

Isaac looked through his boxes and decided these were worthy Heritage League prizes. Per dayf’s rules: Relic, Numbered, Shiny… check, check, check. The other two were in his trade box and were deemed cool enough to be prize-worthy.

2008 David Ortiz A&G Jersey Relic


2008 Matt Cain Topps Co-Signers #’d 179/200


2008 Upper Deck X Evan Longoria Die Cut


2009 Topps Heritage Vladimir Guerrero Chrome #’d 944/1960


2009 Topps Target Throwback Greg Maddux
 

Topps Attax Prizes

I took Isaac to the local Toys ‘R’ Us last month for a Topps Attax game day. The turn out was sparse but it gave Isaac had a chance to play the game with other kids and they even gave a way free starter packs. Kids had their choice of the Ruth pack or the Mantle pack.

We left after 45 minutes but not before checking out the small card island. After much deliberation, Isaac decided on a rack pack of 2010 Heritage. After even more consideration, he finally picked which pack we were going to buy.

The kid has a gift. He opened the pack on the drive home and pulled this:

Nothing major… but he has a knack of usually getting something cool from his packs. Now, if only that could somehow transfer to the box breaks we’ve been signing up for lately…

Oddball Alert

I was in Prescott, Arizona a few weeks ago and picked up a bunch of Cards in an antique mall for Isaac. These cards were part of a 2001 series released by the Arizona Department of Health Services to encourage kids to stay away from chewing tobacco. I have no idea how large this set is or even who is in it. I just thought it was cool that a set from Arizona included at least two Cardinals and has classic newpaper cartoons on the back... love the Family Circle cartoon with the boy wearing a D-backs shirt.

1968 Topps Game Cards

I was brain dead when I hit the BIN button and forgot about the McCarver from a trade with Carl Crawford Cards. This was a surprisingly cheap ($5 shipped IIRC) BIN considering it has a HOF player, a HOF manager, and, dare I say it – I don’t think it will happen but wouldn’t be surprised if it did – HOF broadcaster.

Don Hamerman: Sewanee No. 17

Another baseball season is upon us which means, along with the Cardinals in 1st place, the arrival of the latest Don Hamerman image in his Found Baseballs series at 20x200. Sewanee No. 17 is now available for purchase to commemorate Earth Day as well as the new season.

As with all 20x200 art prints & photographs, Sewanee No. 17 is available in signed, limited numbered editions. Enjoy!

Farewell, Cooperstown Ball Caps...

Forget Upper Deck, a baseball related company actually *has* ceased operations. Cooperstown Ball Caps shuttered its doors in March, leaving behind a one stop shop for historical ball caps from major, minor, semi-pro, and other teams or designs long since forgotten. My favorite caps are from the early Musial-era Cardinals and 30's era St. Louis Browns.

The Archival Clothing blog published a details R.I.P. which includes scans from old Cooperstown catalogs here: Archival Clothing on Cooperstown Ball Caps.

Here's hoping someone picks up even a smidge of the historical designs for the baseball market. Maybe American Needle? Someone other than New Era whose caps don't appear to fit most MLB players well, much less the average fan.

Two Games: Twenty Nine Innings

OK... 27 in person, 2 on the radio. Isaac and I got last minue tickets in the Redbird Club on Saturday, in addition to our family tickets last night. We stayed until the end of the 18th before heading home on Saturday but stayed the full nine last night to watch the Cards win their first four series. I'll take 2/3 all year!

Saturday was also "Kids Run the Bases" Day, er - night. I wonder how many actually stuck around to run them?