You know you spend to much blogging when...

.....you dream about baseball bloggers.  Yes, last night I had a dream about a baseball blogger.

I dreamed I was back in school and was visited by a baseball blogger during class. I think I was waiting on a package but he (yes he) came himself instead.  I remember the blogger being very enthusiastic.  In fact, a bit overly enthusiastic.  The details are a bit fuzzy but I do remember the very enthusiastic baseball blogger.    This was also a specific baseball blogger, not some random dream conjured blogger.  Or  he was conjured up in my dreams, but he was an  actual blogger.

I'm not sure I want to name the blogger as I'm not sure how he would take to being dreamed about.

...Yea, I need to get out more.

 

Chipper through the years

In honor of his birthday  I gathered up cards that shows Chipper from 1992-2011.   The only years missing are 1993 and 2010.    They will likely show up as soon as I finish.


The scanner decided to stop looking on the last batch and I had to take a picture.  It has been fun watching him progress through the years

 

Happy Birthday Chipper!  A future hall of famer for sure!


EDIT: What the hell blogger? I hate the new layout.

40 years ago a legend was born

.....and that Legend was named Larry Wayne Jones Jr.

at 12:04 am on April the 24th in 1972... that man that would be Chipper was brought into this world.


I would say more but I'm tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired so I shall leave you with this funny big headed card of chipper I saw online and want.

I just wanted to post as close to his birthday as possible.




Tomorrow shall be a better Chipper Birthday Post.

2012 stickers! ( wants and extas)

I love stickers and I love baseball, so of course I love BASEBALL STICKERS. I just love peeling of the backing and slapping it down in my album. Sometimes sticking and re-sticking until I have it positioned perfectly.


I think the Topps sticker albums area great way to get kids into baseball and it is fairly inexpensive


I'm collecting the 2012 set. My 2011 set still sets unfinished and I will not let it happen to this set. It helps wal-mart has the sticker packs as well. Sadly they don't carry the album... which is kind of stupid, but at least they have them.

I'm hoping some of you are also collecting them so I can make my want list shrink even more. I HATE typing them up.


WANTS
1, 2 , 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 12-33, 32, 33, 34,
36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46-52, 54-58,
64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74-79, 81, 83-87, 89, 91,
93, 94, 96, 100-103, 105-109, 11, 112, 115, 117, 118,
120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127. 128, 130. 132-167, 169,
170, 171, 173-176, 178-187, 189, 190, 192, 193-196, 198,
200, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 210-214 216-226, 228,
232-235, 237, 238-242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 251, 254- 259,
262, 263, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 278-282, 284,
286, 289, 290, 291-297 299, 301, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309


EXTRA
5, 14, 45, 73, 80, 99, 230, 243, 277

Of ponies and cards...

I'm always excited when new cards come out. I had seen these at wall -mart last week and had heard about them via the blogsphere, but I had never bought a pack myself. Correction, I had not seen any to buy until last week. They where rather expensive, at least for me but I could not resist buying a pack.

I doubt I will be buying anymore. Too expensive and they didn't really catch my fancy. I like regular Topps. If anyone wants any of these, let me know. I will trade for any Brave.

Oh, and does anyone collect the stickers for 2012, cause I have extras and I need some myself.


Sadly, main reason for going to Target was not for cards but for...



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Yup, ponies. Despite Twilight looking nothing like Twilight, I'm trying to collect the fashion styles. Along with rainbow Dash I now have Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle. Sadly despite stop by Target, toys r us and two wal-marts these are the only three I can find.

I will seriously pay someone (it would have to paper money be via snail mail) if they could find a fashin style Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie

What I have been buying instead of baseball cards.. (and a contest with a non baseball prize).

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...Yup, I'm a brony or pegasister.

I've seen four episodes so far and due to my wonderfully crappy internet, can't view anymore.

Oh, and a contest. A very easy one for bronies. Those that aren't bronies, likely wouldn't want to win anyhow.


If someone correctly identifies the bigger pony, they win two MLP:FIS happy meal toys. Sadly you can't choose, but they are 2 of the main 6.

and yea, I know..... the clothes and shoes are ><.


Oh, and this blog will go back to being about cards and baseball cards in my next post.


baseball post ---->Oh, and Chipper and the damn fluid on his knee. :__;-<--- baseball post

First it was the fat chipper fiascle....

This morning was not a good morning. Not when I see the headline


“Chipper discusses uncertain future, difficult spring."


The article starts off just dandy (THAT WAS SARCASM)



After Chipper Jones discussed encouraging signs he saw from the struggling Braves in a 5-4 loss to St. Louis Monday, the third baseman confided his most difficult spring training has him wondering how much more he can take…

It mentioned Chipper struggling this spring and it hinted about him possibly not even making it through the year.

Hell, it even quotes him as saying...

“The body is starting to tell me every morning when I wake up that it’s getting close,” he said. “I’m signed through the end of this year. If I play in a certain amount of games, I got an option for next year. I don’t know what next year entails.

“I don’t know if I can make it through this year.”

The rest can be read here: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/03/12/chipper-i-dont-know-if-i-can-make-it-through-this-year

I admit it I instantly thought the worst. I even cried. Yes, cried, tears were shed. I just keep thinking about how he hurt himself in 2010 and how we were not sure if he would ever play again. I’ve watched Chipper since I was ten and first saw him in 1995. I have his cardboard cut-out in my room. The day he retires will be a sad day.

This is why being a pessimist is bad thing. About an hour ago I’m scrolling the barves message board (which is how I found the first article) when someone posts a link to a new article. This one on the Braves official site

...Apparently he was joking.


"Unfortunately, I said it around two guys who don't know me very well, and they didn't realize I was kidding around," Jones said. "One of the guys asked, 'You think you can make it through the season with your knees?' I said, 'Make it through the season, I don't know if I can make it through tomorrow.' Obviously, I'm joking. That's an obvious joke. Really, I just came off the field after playing eight innings. I've had eight at-bats all spring. I was kidding around.

He goes onto say...


"If there was any question about whether I could make it through the season or not, I would not have come back [to play this year]," Jones said. "I will not only make it through tomorrow, I will make it through this season with no problem

Read the full article here:http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120313&content_id=27244272&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl



I feel a million times better now. I even giggled. I do wonder how much he was joking though and now much frustration was talking. The braves have been doing well… not well.

I’ve heard of him being sarcastic before though. I do wish he would be more careful about what he says to people. Then again, maybe the guys were idiots. Now that I read the full quote and not just the ominous....

“I don’t know if I can make it through this year."

....It puts things in a much better prospective.