Thursday, February 14, 2013

Gimme your (EXLUSIVE) blue bordered (PARALLEL) cards! ...please.

So Wal-Mart has once again decided they where going to have their very own special blue bordered parallel cards or as the packs so excitedly exclaim.. LOOK FOR EXCLUSIVE BLUE-BORDERED PARALLEL CARS! COLLECT THE WHOLE SET!


.. lik.. OHHH MMM GEEE!!!!!


It makes set collecting  even that much harder for people that only have retail, unless they order online. WHY do they think this is a good idea?    Have they TALKED to any collectors out there?  Who decided this shit?  Wal-mart?  Topps?  Money grubbing bastards?



But uhh...  I really like the look of the blue bordered cards.  I even managed to pull a  blue Freddie and McCann.  They are just so purtty!


So.... I am going to try and complete a most impossible task, a task that will fail at, but I bask in the glory of failure, because, hey, it is baseball cards.


I am going to try  to build a (EXLUSIVE) blue bordered set.  This is where you guys come in.  I need your blue cards, all of them.  You can have my inserts... minus any Braves.  You can have the normal bordered cards, I just gotta get me some blue. Tell your friends or your baseball blogging friends! Tell your enemies... or well, baseball blogging enemies!  Tell anyone or well,  anyone that blogs and collects baseball cards!

Currently my want list is massive.  It will be easier to list the cards I HAVE.


15, 16,  20, 38,  39, 44, 56, 60, 93, 108, 114, 120, 129,  130, 133, 135, 140, 145, 151,  152,  164, 166,
177, 193,  205, 210,  214, 240, 250, 255, 259, 275, 280, 300, 322,  329

Plus whatever number McCannn and Freddie are.

Any help would be much appreciated.  oh, I switched e-mails .  Actually I lost my password to my old account because hotmail said my old one was to weak so I changed it and then forget what I changed it to and didn't enter any info to get it backed because I  always passed that part of hotmail by while loudly cursing it.  I don't want to put no damn phone number damnit!

My new one?

martinpradofan @ hotmail . com

I also want a Chipper patch card.  I'll trade my soul for that.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

When you start dreaming about cards, its time to start blogging.

Have you ever looked up the word procrastinator in the dictionary? If you, had you would have seen my picture underneath.    Seriously it is there, go look it up. 

..well it should be.


My last post was in october.  Oc frigging tober.  Chipper was still a Brave.  (God, I miss him already. )


In that time I have still been buying cards, but just not blogging about them.  Why?  See above.  I've been meaning to post and meaning to post and meaning to post and... well, you get it.


Generally my thoughts go something like this.

I really need to update my blog.  Ehh... I'll do it tomorrow.

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 ...It is a vicious cycle.



Alas I have broke that cycle!

Mainly because I want cards

...and I miss you and getting padded envelopes in my mailbox.   The world neeeeeeeeeds more bloggers or the US does.   Cutting saturdays? Psshhhh... they would open up on SUNDAYS if everyone traded cards.  God wouldn't be angry either, because he happens to be a baseball fan.  Brave fan in fact.  How do I know this?  Cause God is perfect.

I do miss you guys though.  Sadly inetracting with you was just about the only social interaction I got with someone besides my mom and my cat and wow that sounds sad.


So yea I'm back to kick procrastinations ass like the  2013 Braves are gonna do this year. 


WE GO THE UPTON BROS!


I miss prado though and ross. :(


I am so glad spring training is started up.  Can't wait for the first game.


....Back to cards.

  I need some Prado cards   I hardly have any of his at all. .

I like the Topps 2013 set. Only thing I don't like is no Chipper in the base set or really anywhere.  He is in the patch cards you can get a wal-mart and I MUST GET THAT PATCH!


 I'm gonna go for something crazy though. Something that I have bitched about in the past before.   Likely I will fail harder than ... than... Kim Kardashains marriages.   Seriously, our rooster screwing our hen lasts longer.


What is it? 

STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT! (tomorrow)



Oh yea.. I just forgot I failed to mention anything about my post title.  I dreamed I got a pack of cards and they where all jesrey cards but one and one turned out to to be an Atlanta Brave greeting card with lots of autos on it.  I remembered being really excited and wanting to blog.   This likely had to do with me commenting on a link where a pack searcher posted how to search packs.

I insulted him.  This grown ass adult was talking about how to search packs and about the packs he had searched.  Coward never showed his face though.



Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Was it all a dream?

So,  I got a hobby box of Topps gypsy queen a few weeks back and waited a few days to open it.  During that time I had several dreams about opening up packs of cards.   The dreams where mainly about finding autograph or memorabilia cards.


Now I can't remember if I actually got a card or only dreamed I did.  I swear I remember opening one pack and getting a memorabilia card of a Cardinal.  The thing is,  I can't find the card anywhere and I have looked everywhere it could possibly be. Also, I do have two auto and two jerseys that I know are real, which leads me to believe it could have been a dream (It says you get 2 autos and 2 memorabilia cards on the box)

I swear I really did get that card though. I remember getting excited when I got it.  I remember feeling it up (that sounds dirty)  That leas me to move my bed, flip my mattress,  and tear up my room in an attempt to find the card.


I would say I am losing my mind, but I never had it to start with.  Has anyone ever done anything similar? ..anyone?  ..anyone at all?

I also think I am going to try and build the set.  Gypsy Queen 2012 that is.  I'll post my hits later which may be up for trade.

Friday, October 5, 2012

WHAT THE HELL?!

THAT WAS THE MOST MORONIC CALL I HAVE EVER HEARD!  THAT WAS IN THE OUTFIELD YOU BLIND ASS MOTHER FU...

*deep breath*

*deep breath*

One game wild card between the Braves and Card.


We are down by 3 in the 8th inning  We have two men on base and Simmons comes up.

 Simmons hit a ball in the outfield.  Two guys started for the ball and because of a miss communication   it dropped in between them.  Awesome right?   Until  the pea brained umpire called an infield fly rule and Simmons was called out..

An infield fly rule (which  had to look up) is called when an infielder purposely lets a ball drop so they can get a double or even triple play.

Firs,t it was not an intentional out.  It was a an error, like the braves have done all evening.  Second, it was in the OUTFIELD!

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I have swore more in the last few minutes that I have done all month


How the hell can  an umpire be that stupid?  The call makes no damned sense  I don't even know.. I/...



Monday, August 20, 2012

Game Pictures 8/16






The August 16th game was the best game I have ever been to.  Two home runs by Chipper and one by Heyward.  Kris Medlen pitched an awesome game.  Oh yea, and I got my bobblehead.  Got there are 2:30 for it.  Well... plus I had tickets to batting  practice and had to be there by 4. I was still scared I would be late and not get my bobblehead though.

The seats were over near third base side. My mom swore they where near the first base side. Still really good seats though.   Didn't get on TV but I did take my sign and I got it signed by a couple of players during BP.  Terry Pendleton even signed.  Paul Janish, Reed Johsnon, Prado and Ross also signed.

The pictures are out of order.  It is a bitch and half trying to move them with blogger.  Or else I'm just stupid.


and here it is in all his bearded glory.

Eddie having fun.  They did a team picture during BP.






Picture with prado




































and ross!

Dunno what he was pointing at















Heywards first homer








Chipper's second!












Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Yicketty Yak, Go long Mac! (watch for me on tee vee)

On Thursday, I will be at the Braves vs Padres game.   It is also Chipper bobble head night!



I also made a sign to take with me.
















 Yicketty  means home run as Chipper pointed out.  I would have liked to put Chipper but Yak and Mac rhyme.   If Ross happens to play I will scratch through Mac and write Ross

I will be near the Braves dugout if your looking.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Umpires do not like three blind mice....


 I did have other posts planned, but I haven't felt great lately.   This made me laugh before I even clicked the link.. Most of you have likely heard about it by now, but oh well.  This can be watched again.


So a umpire made a questionable call in a minor league game.  Well, the DJ in the press book decided to poke a little fun.




I didn't even know umpires could kick non players out.

Article is here
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/minor-league-dj-ejected-game-playing-three-blind-140130847--mlb.html