My 2010 Heritage want list (and doubles for trading)

I know a lot of you have been buying a blaster for the cardboard junkie fantasy league. Some of you must be trying to start a set.( or better yet not have any use for the base cards)

WANT LIST

1, 2, 6-11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23,

27-31, 33-50, 52, 53, 54, 56-60, 63,

64,66, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84,

86, 87, 90-100, 102-106, 108, 109, 110,

111, 114-116, 118, 120-124, 126, 127,

131-134, 136-139, 141, 142, 144, 145,

149, 151-164, 166, 167, 170, 171,172-177,

179-183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 193, 194,

197, 199, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208,

209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 217-223, 225,

226, 231, 232, 234-237, 239-243, 245, 246,

247, 249, 253, 254, 256-264, 265, 268-271,

273, 276-282, 284, 285, 287-293,297, 298,

299, 302-304, 306-313, 315-318, 320, 321,

322, 324, 325, 326, 330, 331, 333, 334,

336-344, 346-349, 352, 354, 356-359,

361-365, 367, 369-370, 474, 375, 377,

380, 387-393, 395, 397-399, 401-411, 414, 415, 419-?

Doubles and others for Trades
73, 119, 192, 230, 252, 329,

307 Game #2 world series 2009

TN 5

Bf 4

My 100th post!

Hard to believe that this will be my 100th post on my blog. Have I seriously rambled that long? I remember back when I first started this blog. I had no idea what I was doing. I still have no idea what I am doing.


100 post ago I had never traded a card.

100 post ago I never knew card blogs existed.

100 post ago I had no idea how many awesome bloggers blogged about baseball.

I have gotten to know so many people and gotten so many cards in that time. I'm glad that for whatever reason I googled baseball cards and came across my first blog. I want to say it was dayf's cardboard junkie, but I am not all the way sure. Whoever it was though, they helped foster a even greater love for baseball cards and let me take my hobby to another level.

P.S I hope evreyone had a great Easter. My poor chocolate bunny melted and now he looks... un-bunnylike.

My 2010 heritage Blaster Leauge team

I have selected my team. Hopefully I haven't screwed up to badly.

Do I need a name for my team? I haven't done this before.

EDIT: Scott Kazmir of the Angels has taken the place of Joe Nathan due to injury.

FIRST BASE Lance Berkman of the Astros
SECOND BASE Dan Uggla of the Marlins
SHORT STOP Miguel Tejada of the Astros
THIRD BASE Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees
CATCHERS Gerald Laird of the Detroit Tigers
Mike Napoli of the Angels
RIGHT FIELDER Jason Werth of the Phillies
CENTER FIELDER Nate Mclouth of the Braves
LEFT FIELDER Ryan Spilborghs of the Rockies
CORNER INFILDER (3B) Mike Lowell of the Red Sox
MIDDLE INFIELDER Ian Kinsler (2B) of the Rangers
OUFIELDER Shin-Soo Choo of the Indians
UTILITY (DH) Hideki Matsui of the Angels
PITCHERS Joe Blanton of the Phillies
Randy Wells of the Cubs
Andrew Bailey of the Athletics
Scott Kazmir of the Angels
Jonathan Papelbon of the Red Sox
Hiroki Koroda of the Dodgers
Francisco Liriano of the Twins

TEAM Boston Red Sox

2010 Topps Heritage Blaster Fantasy League (part 1)

So dayf at Cardbaord Junkie came up with a idea for a Fantasy League that deals with the 2010 Heritage Topps Blaster boxes. It sounded so cool that I had to run out and get my very own (3rd of year) blaster box to compete.

This is my first time competing in something like this. Fantasy league type stuff that is. Always wanted to, but it always look complicated. This is easier.

I do plan on uploading a video and pictures later. The computer I'm on has dial up and I'd be here till forever if I tried uploading. For now however I have written down every card I have pulled. I'll likely be able to upload the video later next week.

Pack 1
TOPPS NEWS INSERT Pal Ibanz (RF)
Carlos Pena (P)
Ryan Langerhans (OF)
Ian Kinsler (2B)
Joe Blanton (P)
Lance Berkman (1b)
Josh Willongham (OF)
Chris Petit (OF)

Pack 2
Grady Sizemore (OF)
Francisco Liriano (P)
Jason Werth
Ryan Theriot (SS)
Dan Uggla (2B)
Hiroki Kuroda (P)
Scott Podsedink (OF)
Rick Ankiel (OF)


Pack 3
Andrew Miller (P)
2009 WORL SERIES GAME 2 Burnet outduels Pedro
Paul Konerko (1B)
Jim Thome (1B)
David Huff (P)
Babe Ruth (OF)
Nyjer Morgan
Two players David Dejuses & Alex Gordan

Pack 4
TOPPS NEWS (Mariano Rivera)
Andrew McCutchen (OF)
Ryan SpilBorghs (OF)
Boston Red Sox
Hideki Matsui (DH)
Chone Figgins (3B)
Michael Cuddyer (OF/1b)
David Hernandez (P)

Pack 5
Rich Harden (P)
Jonathan Papelbon (P)
Ryan Church (OF)
FLASH BACK (Frank Robinson)
2009 STRIKEOUT LEAGUE LEADERS AL
Scott Kazmir (P)
Brandon Inge (3B)
Alex Rodriguez

Pack 6
Chien-Ming-Wang (P)
Randy wells (P)
THEN ANS NOW Mickey mantle & Adrian Gonzalez
Pedro Feliz (3B)
John Lannan (P)
Travis Hafner (DH)
Jarod Washburn (P)
Mike Napoli (C)

Pack 7
Andrew Bailey (P)
Shin-Soo Choo (OF)
New York Mets
Garret Atkins (3B)
Joe Nathan (P)
Carlos Carrasco (P)
Mike Lowell (3B)
Chris Coghlan (OF)

Pack 8
Miguel Tejada (SS)
Brett Cecil (P)
Ian Stewart (3B)
Chris Tillman (P)
Nate Mclouth (OF)
Gerald Laird (C)
Aaron Hill (2B)
Joe Saunders (P)

Don't do this to me Walmart

I almost had a heart attack today. Ok, so that is a major exaggeration. I almost died from utter disappointment. I charged into Wal-Mart this evening with one goal on my mind. Yes, charged. I run when excited. Now why I was excited? (Hint: what is my blog about?)

I slowed my pace to a fast walk when I entered the store so the employees wouldn't yell at me not to run. (I've had that happen before.) Like a heat sinking missile, my path leads straight to the card isle, only to discover the most horrible thing you could imagine.


THERE ARE NO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No baseball, not football, no gravity fed packs, no blasters, no nothing!

Where they should have been where junk. Yes junk. Junk from the television. Topsy turvey tomato plant, while you are cool, YOU ARE NOT CARDS!

My first thought was maybe I missed the cards. I go back a few isles No cards! Over a few isles. NO CARDS!

I go back two times to where I swore the card isle was if they where going to miraculously appear. (They didn’t)

I then go up every isle. NO CARDS!

I think I went down every isle again NO CARDS!

I circle around the entire store. TWICE. NO CARDS!

I even get the idiotic idea that maybe the cards are BEHIND all the junk. FOILED AGAIN!

I mutter out loud to myself (Yes, I really did) "Where are my cards. Surely they couldn’t have gotten rid of the. They have to be there. Wal-mart’s gonna suck donkey balls now."

Just as I was about to pass away from utter devestation, found my dad who end sup doing what I should have done, asks someone.
(I have bad social phobia/anxiety)

Turns out they have moved... to toys. In a display stand in front of the toy department there are my cards. Oh, glorious reunion!

I hate when stores move stuff around. Although to be fair, at least it isn't down a isle where you have to push past people and their buggies to get to and look at the cards.

11 X 4 + 6 - 8 = ?

So I've been buying blaster boxes of heritage and I noticed the information on the side where it lists the odds of finding different cards. Below that it says you can write for a chance to "obtain" (their word, not mine) a card from the above list.

It mentions that is open only to US and Canadian residents (except Quebec) and tells you where to send your 3 by 5 inch card.

That's when it gets odd, odd to me anyhow.

Can anyone tell me why Canadians have to answer a math problem to get the card if they win?

It states, and I quote.... "Potential Canadians winners will be required to first correctly answer the mathematical skill testing question. Include on a 3 X 5 card the answer to the following skill-test question: 11 X 4 + 6 -8=?"

I find it amusing they don't ask the Americans the same.

and I am the only one trying to complete the base set? I need someone to trade my doubles with. Stupid blaster boxes containing the same cards >__<

EDIT: Jeez, I am SLOW. I found some older Topps blaster boxes and it mentions it on all of them. (The Canadian winners having to answer a math skill test question. Back in 06 it was 10 X 2 + 8 - 2 =?

It amuses me...

How paranoid some people are of the internet.

How they tell children and teens not to give out their home towns or first names and not to talk to people you don't know online. How weary people are of even sharing their facebook page with people.

.....and here I am giving out my home address to strangers. Dozen and dozens of them.


Oh well, baseball cards are worth the risk.