tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12681116015965307392024-02-20T17:21:40.164-08:00TheLostCardsFileGetting back those cards I've lost... One trade at a time.BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-86950254728800260022019-01-25T12:49:00.000-08:002019-01-25T12:49:08.048-08:00Basic Woogenomics and The Year (and a half) Long Break<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That's Right</span></b></div>
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Look, I know I said some bullshizzz about wanting to explore collecting other stuff but I was all like that's super dumb bro.</div>
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Baseball Cards is where it's at.... and that my friends is....</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Look, I know I just said Baseball Cards is where it's at... and it is.... but in the year and a half since I've been gone, I've gotten in to a little more than baseball cards.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">I became the proud owner of some really nice sports memorabilia. Stuff I would consider Hall of Fame display worthy for sure! On top of that I've had some epic runs in the last year and a half and have pulled some freaking monsters!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Want a little taste? Here I am busting a box of 2018 Triple Threads</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://youtu.be/JJWWkbDood8">https://youtu.be/JJWWkbDood8</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now I know what everyone is thinking...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">How you gonna just cannon ball back in to our lives and not explain what the heck's been going on the last 18 months or so!?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">And I will! It's called content people.... Stay tuned if you want to know...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Where's Woogie Been?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">What new dope shiz did he pull and or acquire?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Sup with his babies and babies mama? Are they still incredible?!?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">What crazzziiieee tales does he have in store??</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">All in due time my babies... All in due time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now for one last update before I sign off... I alluded earlier that I went on some crazy streaks. I'll go in to great detail about my most recent one and truth be told I could still be in the middle of it for all I know. Proof of my point being this friggin sweet ass nasty patch having card right here that I just won in a 100 spot line straight fill. At $2 a spot I put down a $40 and got spots 7 through 26. Normally I never drop that much on a line ever but I've wanted this card or a variation of it from other products for a loooooong time. I can't believe I pulled it out.</span></div>
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BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-83574465013230630282017-06-02T09:02:00.000-07:002017-06-02T09:04:21.385-07:00Hey Fwiends... Shit got real<div style="text-align: center;">
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I had a great run writing on this blog and through it traded with people all over the country and was read by people all over the world. In my little corner of the globe, I think that's pretty cool.</div>
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I had a son in the past year (he's almost 4 months now) and completed my work on framing and displaying my 3 sets.</div>
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I know this would have never been possible with out the support I gained through this blog. They look great and I have to say my baseball card thirst is quenched. I'm not particularly interested in going after any new sets and at this point I've seen the values fall so sharply on this stuff that I can afford to wait and come back in a few years to chase something else and save a few bucks that way.</div>
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I am however not entirely done with this blog. I can't say goodbye. (unless blogger shuts me down... would they do that if I wasn't active for a few years?)</div>
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Always a kid at heart and a nerd in real life... with a super hot wife and dope ass life.</div>
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As always thanks for reading!</div>
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Feel free to drop me a message and best of luck to you all in what ever you are chasing!</div>
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Happy Sunday Fwiends!</div>
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I hope everyone has been enjoying the summer of 2016 so far. My Orioles are in first place and are looking good offensively! (Pitching continues to be another topic)</div>
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Speaking of pitching I got to watch a show down between two of my nephews in their last Little League game of the season. My nephew Brodrick pitched for his team the Royals while my nephew Andy played utility fielder for his team the Orioles. The first time Andy faced Brody he popped out right to Brody on a first pitch swing. Brody 1 Andy 0</div>
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I come to you from a place of joy and sorrow and of loss and gain...</div>
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I recently decided to part with a couple of big time cards in my collection in return for a rather large haul of cards that I've been looking to collect for some time now.</div>
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It's never easy to give up a card that you rather enjoyed owning but sometimes it is a necessity in order to achieve a certain outcome. When this happens to me I usually fall back on a good tune to help me memorialize my dearly departed...</div>
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I usually go to the Boyz II Men well on occasions like this but today I decided to say goodbye a little differently.</div>
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That's right fwiends... it's time to break out this classic and knock the dust off you're CD player.</div>
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From the 1985 Film and Soundtrack The Breakfast Club comes Don't You (forget about me) by Simple Minds</div>
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First I'd like to say good bye to a big timer from my collection and a card that was fundamental to the start of this blog. </div>
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Goodbye Sweetspot dual relic Ripken/Murray</div>
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I actively bought packs of this product when it first came out and loved the painted design and the checklist being a good mix of stars, hall of famers, and star rookies at the time like Buster Posey. I had a couple of the relics that I pulled but ended up trading a while back but I had always had the notion to complete the set in the back of my mind. So when I saw the 7 available at an excellent price I had to move something of value and after completing the 75 mini relics and 206 booklets my collection is thin on high value cards. So I made the tough choice and ended up with these!</div>
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Now he also had a couple others online and I asked about an additional trade to see what else I could get towards the set and he told me he'd check to see all that he had. When he got back to me it turned out that he had all of them I needed with the exception of Ruth and Mantle, the other two toughest pulls in the set.</div>
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Aside from my first Gehrig relic I also got my first Rizzuto relic, Munson relic (with absolutely sick swatch including pin stripe), Hank Greenberg relic, and Pee Wee Reese relic. Not to mention a Jim Palmer game used bat card! Many of these cards I had no clue what I'd be getting and the number of relics I got with a pin stripe was amazing! In fact every Yankee jersey card is a pin stripe with the exception of Robinson Cano and Joba Chamberlain. Joba appears to only have the gray swatch, but Cano has a pin stripe and I'll be looking to upgrade my swatch.</div>
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Additionally Pujols and Ortiz both have yellow swatches that I'd like to upgrade to add more pop to the set. Overall, I can't believe how fortunate I was to build this set with in a weeks time and now get to look forward to chasing down my final two. LOL, It always comes down to Ruth and Mantle.</div>
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Last time I dropped in it was last October and my birds finished at 81-81 and have been picked to finish last in the AL East and close to last in the American League.</div>
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6-0 haters! Last time my boys opened the season at 5-0 they won the World Series. Obviously that is a stretch, but sure beats going 0-6 to start a season and my bums have started out worse than that!</div>
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I'll hit the rewind button to the day that the Orioles signed Crush Davis to his long term deal. I just knew luck would be on my side so I was able to navigate my way in to a random box break for the Orioles on a few different products, the highlight being a couple boxes of Panini National Treasures.</div>
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I actually had to purchase them from another guy who already had claimed them and about 20 other teams. I offered him some cards just for the spot and he told me it was all good and that he'd let me have them. Real cool move on his part too... Super cool dude. He goes by Plugs, but that nether here no there...</div>
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In that team break I hit... and I hit big!</div>
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I actually sold that little gem and cashed it on a couple of Star Wars Lego sets that my wife and I enjoy building together as well as this cool little vintage card from Fleer. ( I know... some people might think thats crazy, but i'm luke warm on any team outside of the Orioles and I'd rather sell high then hang on to it and get $50 down the road)</div>
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I recently shipped some Blue Jays cards to Canada for a few Orioles relics including this 2001 UD Vintage Timeless Teams Boog Powell Bat Card. </div>
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You see there was a time when I would get so stoked about new products each year. I would do homework... study the designs... who had autographs, who had relics... how many packs in a box, how man hits per box... what were the case hits...</div>
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on and on it would go until I was able to come to some type of decision about how I would spend my money and what would give me the biggest bang for my buck.</div>
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The years have gone by and I find myself doing less research... less caring in a way.</div>
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I had (with the help of this blog and the encouragement from fellow blogger and now mysteriously vanished Kirk @ EutawStreetCardboard) given myself a direction.</div>
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No longer was I the guy who collected the bright beautiful treasure of any product or player I liked that caught my eye.</div>
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Instead I decided I'd collect a specific set.</div>
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It started with 2011 Topps Lineage and gradually was narrowed down to mainly the 1975 mini relic sub set. Eventually through this blog I took on the 2010 Topps 206 mini book relics as well after a monster trade.</div>
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Now I've completed both of those sets. </div>
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I still have one set I'm still working on, but it's 2/3 of the way complete and all I can do is wait for the final 5 cards to pop up somewhere.</div>
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So that being said my mojo on the baseball card front has slowed down substantially. </div>
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There just isn't much new out that has me lusting after baseball cards the way I once had.</div>
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I'm speaking of the Panini re-launch of Diamond Kings.</div>
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I couldn't wait to break this stuff open. It had everything I liked for the most part. Amazing checklists loaded with All Time Greats, Artistic styling, and reasonable price point.</div>
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Yes, this product introduced new Babe Ruth relics to the market and the idea of a Babe Ruth pinstripe relic in my collection began to haunt my dreams.</div>
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So I bought a box plus a few packs and even purchased the Yankees in an online box break.</div>
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However I knew a guy from a Facebook group I belong to that hit one in a team case break. Let me tell you that guy must have fielded a hundred offers. It was a Ruth Framed Mini Relic with pinstripe numbered out of 10. I didn't even bother putting out an offer. After all this card was selling online between $500-$700.</div>
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That will just never be a price range I can approach for a card, even if it's a Babe Ruth!</div>
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Well a few weeks ago I see the Ruth on Facebook again and saw the owner fielding offers. Turns out he was a big Ripken collector. Now those of you who follow the blog know that the best item in my collection is my 2131 commemorative ticket signed by Cal twice.</div>
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A couple of "Lost Cards" including my Fleer Tradition Update Mantle relic and my Triple Threads Eddie Murry relic /27. Also a great jumbo bat booklet of Murray and Davis /5 from Museum Collection and a quad relic of Gausman, Machado, Davis, and Jones from the same brand. Lastly I threw in an Art Donovan auto and some vintage cards I had and a few inserts.</div>
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When I think about collecting baseball cards, I sometimes wonder what it is that keeps me in a hobby that at one time was aimed mainly at children.</div>
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It's been up in my head for a while now and I've dabbled in the past with an action figure or two, but I'm thinking about getting really serious with it.<br />
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BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-44738521185943898972015-08-19T19:32:00.000-07:002015-08-19T19:32:02.313-07:00I'm Baaaaaaaccccckkkkkk<div style="text-align: center;">
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rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.</div>
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I just took a break I guess blogging about my hobby and instead focused all my efforts and energies on actually expanding my collection.</div>
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And I did in a big way.</div>
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I have completed the 2011 Topps Lineage 1975 mini relic set.</div>
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I SAID I COMPLETED THAT 75 RELIC SET SON!!!</div>
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This was when I was down to 3 needing Stan the Man, Mick, and Babe to complete it.</div>
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Stan came shortly after and I scored Mickey Mantle on a last second snipe on ebay! After I got Mantle I posted it on Facebook and through comments traded my triple relic Ruth (tears were shed) for the final card in my set that I needed. Mr. Babe Ruth</div>
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That's a total of 99 cards with at least 30 HOFers!</div>
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I completed the 2010 Topps 206 mini book relic set and now the 75 mini relic set.</div>
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Both impressive sets to complete in my opinion and makes me a proud collector.</div>
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This leaves me one set i'm still chasing and that's the 2013 Topps Update 1971 mini relic set.</div>
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I've currently got 10 out of 15 of that set and it's a toughy since all cards are numbered to 25.</div>
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I still need Trout, Schmidt, Verlander, Ramirez, and Stargell. If you have one of those guys please hit me up!</div>
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Check out the 10 I have!</div>
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So I haven't posted in forever and honestly it's not because I don't like the blog anymore... I'm just so busy being a daddy and unwinding from being a daddy (once my little one is asleep) that I don't have as much time to dedicate to the blog.</div>
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However, it's a nice Sunday morning and my wife and daughter are<strike> playing house in the other room</strike> watching Frozen and I've decided to take advantage and finally post up.</div>
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So much has happened with my collection that I'm not sure where to start. I guess the best place would be the collection that started it all... The Lost Cards</div>
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At last check I had acquired all but 1 of my Lost Cards. Derek friggin Jeter.</div>
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No. I haven't acquired Jeter. Don't get me wrong I'd love to still, but I *gasp* traded away three of my Lost Cards. I know... I know...</div>
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The premise of getting the cards back was a great one and it was an excellent adventure in doing so. However what was I going to do with them once I got them all back? I pondered this often as I wasn't sure I wanted to keep them PC for the rest of my life. The Lost Cards once made up the cream of the crop of my collection. However, because of this blog and meeting other collectors I discovered new goals and desires for my collection. So I traded 3 Brooks Robinson Lost Cards to a personal friend from childhood who is a SUPER collector of Brooks Robinson. They have a great home in my buddy's collection.</div>
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In return? Only an amazing card of the GREATEST player of all time. (It's not up for debate. He is the King of Baseball)</div>
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I also got a 2014 Topps Heritage Mike Schmidt relic card /99 that I have since traded and a few nice RC of Tanaka, Bryant, and Abreau. Felt like a lopsided deal in my favor, but Nathan loves Brooks so much that I think he thought he was getting over on me! Regardless, we have two very happy collectors at the end of the trade and I can assure you this card has found a permanent home in my collection.</div>
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So I have three other sets I'm working on completing and one of them is of course my Lineage relics. I've decided to just do the 99 card player checklist. I know a few other players have either a bat or jersey relic, but the only card that has two different versions is Willie McCovey. I am very pleased at the progress I have made on that front as well! I now have 89 out of 99. I only need the following players to complete my set!</div>
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Ruth, Mantle, Koufax, McCovey jersey, Musial, Ford, Gibson, Ott, Strausburg, and Pujols.</div>
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PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF YOU HAVE ONE FOR TRADE!!!</div>
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Clemente, Jeter, Trout, Longoria, Garciaparra, Ramirez, Verlander, Schmidt, and Stargell</div>
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I'm proud to say that I have completed the set!!!!</div>
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A Case Hit Complete Set! I know of one of other person to complete it as well. Maybe there are a few others who have as well, but regardless... it puts me in rare company. Take a look at the complete set!</div>
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Things were so much easier when my little girl was a newborn baby... <br />
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She literally just ate, puked, slept, and pooped. Mostly in that order.<br />
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So sitting down to write a post about my favorite hobby was very much in the cards. (pun intended)<br />
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However, my little sweetheart is now 19 months old and every time Daddy sits down to write on the lap top she begs to sit in my lap and then naturally wants to push ALL of the buttons on the keyboard.<br />
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So, on this lovely Saturday morning I have decided to take a few minutes to write you lovely people a post whilst she eats her cereal and strawberries. <br />
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Confined in her high chair.<br />
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FRRRREEEEDDDDOOOOMMMM!!!!<br />
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So I'll make this quick... bullet point style!<br />
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1. The Lost Cards. I still only have one left to get... Derek fricken Jeter. The quest continues...<br />
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2. Once again I've kicked ass in my Fantasy Football League and am the 1 seed and play in the semi finals this weekend. If I win Sunday, I'm in the money... and all of that will go to baseball cards. If I happen to win a championship... mayhap I'll get Derek fricken Jeter.<br />
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3. Lineage mini relics... I've decided that I'm just going to get the 99 players and leave it at that. If I get the other variations (bat v. jersey) I'll just file them away. I'm up to 76 total relics... OH SO CLOSE! <br />
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4. 2010 Topps 206 mini booklets... still only need 3 left! Bench/Mauer, Pettitte/Sabathia, and Utley/Howard. Utley and Howard are currently on ebay and I have every intention of scooping them up. Then I'll be down to just 2 for a complete set!<br />
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5. 2013 Topps Update 1971 mini relics. I recently just acquired the Ripken, Bench, and Upton relics to go with my Musial. That would make 4 out of 15. I plan to complete this set as well.<br />
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6. Popping tags... I recently went to an antique store across the street from my work and found a couple niiiccceee baseball relic cards for dirt cheap. One I've already flipped for a lineage relic. Keep your eyes peeled fellow collectors. There is treasure every where!<br />
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7.... oh snap. Breakfast is over. Gotta run!<br />
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Till next time!!! <br />
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<br />BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-3088139389629014822014-10-04T14:10:00.001-07:002014-10-04T14:10:02.070-07:00All Apologies...Hey Baseball Card Guru's. <br />
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I've lost touch with my inner blogger... basically life has happened and I haven't had the time to sit down and get in touch.<br />
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My little girl is 16 months old now and basically takes up all my free time... and baseball card money. Fortunately I still have money for postage and have been very busy pulling off trades.<br />
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I know this is kinda anti climactic but I got another LOST CARD back!<br />
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I was able to acquire the Juan Marichal card in exchange for a Ray Lewis signed 8x10 framed and matted. It was a sweet item in my cave, but this Lost Card was particularly hard to find so I had to jump on the chance when I saw it pop up. In fact it's print run is limited to 90 so I knew it wouldn't be easy to find.<br />
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So that leaves only the 2009 Sweet Spot Derek Jeter auto and I've gotten all of my Lost Cards back!<br />
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In the meantime I've also cleaned up in my quest for Lineage relics and have now gotten a total of 70! The checklist includes 98 players, but 4 of them have both a jersey and bat relic and a lot of them have variations of jersey swatches. I've decided to just make it an even 100 as I plan to display them in a framed type of set up and it helps make it work... so that being said... just 30 left to go!<br />
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Check out my link for the Lineage project and the relic section will be up to date.<br />
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In other news I was at the ALDS game 2 for the Baltimore Orioles and watched them kick some more 8th inning ass again! It's been a magical year and I really feel like its a team of destiny. So bring on the third Cy Young winner in a row... I'm fairly certain this team can beat him too.<br />
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I'll carve some time out in the future to detail the new cards I've gotten and the ones i've shipped away. Or not... WHO KNOWS!<br />
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Not me anyways...<br />
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THANKS FOR READING!BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-43684530987206162672014-08-23T17:47:00.000-07:002014-08-23T17:47:10.949-07:00Looking for a REPEAT. Fantasy Draft Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-31856417778591501972014-08-12T08:21:00.000-07:002014-08-12T08:21:06.692-07:00Stay tuned...Brothers and Sisters in collecting... I have much news to share!<br />
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Trades on top of trades!<br />
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I've taken great strides in my Lineage quest and am one step closer to my T206 Goal!<br />
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I'm working on remembering and documenting all of my past trades that need posting about so I can update all of you who check my blog daily with baited breathe wondering what Woogie has been up to!<br />
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Fear NOT!<br />
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I shall return...<br />
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STAY TUNED!BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-69409935006369980722014-06-14T05:53:00.001-07:002014-06-14T05:58:05.235-07:00Hometown Trades and O's Games<div style="text-align: center;">
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My Father's Day weekend started off great! I went to the Orioles game Friday night with the wifey and had an amazing time! Yes, the Orioles lost... but anytime you get a babysitter and a night out on the town you'll find a way to even enjoy the losses!</div>
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The seats were great too! We were only 18 rows off the field on the third base line. I saw Caleb Joseph gun down a would be base stealer for the third out of an inning and also saw Chris Davis strike out on three straight pitches. That wasn't very cool, but on his way back to the dug out I saw Davis snap the bat over his knee in frustration. That was pretty sweet. Dude is The Hulk!</div>
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I'll be going again soon with my buddy Karl in a couple of weeks. Karl texted me the other night after he busted some packs and pulled this little gem!</div>
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After we pulled off the trade we got to talking about the Orioles and sure enough my boy invited me to the game. That'll be my third game this year and all three times I got tickets for free. At this pace I might just make half a dozen games this year!</div>
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So far my Saturday morning has been awesome. The wife let me sleep for an extra hour... she made me a slammin' breakfast and I opened my daughters Father's Day gift a day early. She made me a photo book of our first year together. If her end game was to make Daddy cry... well... mission accomplished. Jules also bought me a few rack packs of 2014 Topps Series 1. Got a few cool inserts for Harper and Puig. All in all a great Father's Day weekend so far and still have the rest of the weekend in front of me!</div>
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Happy Father's Day to all of the Dads this weekend!</div>
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Greetings fellow Baseball Card and Blog enthusiasts! I hope June has been treating you well so far.</div>
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As you all recall from my last post I recently got my biggest Lost Card find yet in the form of the 2000 Fleer Traditions Update Mickey Mantle Pieces of Mantle relic card. It only took two days to arrive and the card was finally in hand. It came well shipped and included some Orioles base cards from that set as well. I'm ecstatic to have it back in the collection. Here are the base cards I was hooked up with!</div>
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I'm in Baltimore and I'm not playing cards...</div>
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This morning I completed a trade that landed me a Lost Card and it's all thanks to this great Facebook group that I joined a little over a month or two ago.</div>
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It's a "private" Facebook Group that hasn't really stayed all that private! When I joined "Baseball Card Collectors and Trading~ Keep It Real", they maybe had 2,500 members. In the last couple of months it has ballooned to over 7,400 members. </div>
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The group is great and well run. I've not made any trades on it, but have enjoyed watching others complete trades, help newbies figure out what they've got, and just plain congratulate others on excellent pulls they've made. As satisfying as blogging has been for my cardboard addiction, this group has basically taken it to another level. I actually discovered it through my buddy, Nathan from high school, who had been looking to unload a Bryce Harper auto...</div>
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Yeah... it's the same buddy who almost completed a trade with me for a Machado prospect auto that would've netted me that Harper. As you recall that deal fell through because Santa brought him a Machado auto for Christmas and I didn't get my ass in gear and complete the trade in time. Funny thing is I was only going to use that Harper as trade bait for one of my bigger Lost Card needs, specifically the Derek Jeter Sweet Spot auto.</div>
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Well he'd been shopping the Harper in this group for a quality Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle relic card (not to toot my own horn, but I'm fairly certain I nudged him in that direction). A member in the group named Robert threw up an offer for a pair of Mantle relics and one of them happened to be my Lost Card! Nathan wasn't interested in the pair and I sent a message to Robert to see about pulling off a deal.</div>
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The exchange actually took place around midnight Saturday morning as I checked in to a hotel in WV after a 5 hour car ride from Baltimore. Nothing eases the pain of a long car ride like the prospect of a trade for a Lost Card... well... that and a nice stiff drink! I thought hard all weekend about what I was going to deal for this particular card. Lucky for me Robert was pretty clear about what he collected... </div>
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I came back home Sunday afternoon and sent Robert my offer and it was loaded! Check it out!</div>
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Just a perfectly productive day and some free time for work in the man cave. I kicked off the day getting up early to drop the wifey's car off for an oil change before heading in to the office, you see she happens to be going to see her old girlfriend tonight and daddy's got the night to him self. </div>
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Now I couldn't get too crazy. I still had my daughter to take care of. So I got out of work around 11am and headed home just in time to put her down for a nap. My wife was going to be using nap time to get ready for her trip and I was free to get my night started in the cave. Ever since I've started to reel in my Lost Cards I've thought about how I should display them. Up until now I've only kept them filed away in the catalog, but I had to do them justice and put them out to be seen. I looked up display cases online, but the truth of the matter was that I'd rather spend the money for a display case on actual baseball cards. There was only one thing I could do...</div>
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I had an old TV stand sitting in my rubbish corner of the basement and it had this removable shelf and I decided it would be a good board to use as the base to my display case. Besides an old TV stand the rubbish corner also has a stack of scrap wood including various lengths of wood trim. I grabbed four scraps of trim and did my best to measure them for cuts to fit the board. I would be basically making them mini shelves to have the cards displayed properly. However I don't own any power saws and only have an old fashioned bow saw. So I taped all four together to make it easier to cut them to size and it actually worked okay. I sanded the ends afterwards and while it wasn't "exact" it looked good enough.</div>
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The Baltimore Dog is essentially a hot dog wrapped in fried bologna. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to make the best Baltimore Dogs right in your own kitchen! If you live in Baltimore I recommend you pick up a pack of Esskay All Beef Hot Dogs and 1/4 lb. of Esskay All Beef Bologna (The brand recommended by your Baltimore Orioles!)</div>
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The best way to cook your hot dogs other then the grill is to take a sauce pan and fill it with about an inch of water and get it to a boil. Then pop a couple of doggies and steam cook them covered till just about all of the water has cooked away. Add a table spoon of butter per hot dog and fry the out side of the hot dog to get a crisp skin. Once you toss the butter in to the pan with the hot dogs and you get it all melted I recommend you take a half an onion chopped fine and drop it in to the pan. Once the onions are perfectly cooked down your hot dogs are ready.</div>
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Simultaneously while cooking the hot dogs take another pan and melt some butter and fry two pieces of bologna per hot dog and also toast your buns. Once that's done it's time to build your Baltimore Dog!</div>
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And lastly top with ketchup. Some people think this is child's play, but I will always favor ketchup over mustard on my hot dogs.</div>
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Plate with some hot fries and you've got yourself a Baltimore classic! My wife would never eat like this for dinner, so naturally I took advantage tonight and was left wondering why I only decided to make two. They were so freaking good! The only thing that could have made this night better would've been an Orioles win. They lost a tough 1-0 pitchers duel. Danny Duffy lost a perfect game in the 6th or 7th and Bud Norris only gave up one run in the first inning and pitched in to the 8th. Tough to take a loss like that when you pitch that well. At least I got to watch it in The Cave. Even if it is the smallest TV on earth it's nice to enjoy the space I've worked so hard to put together.</div>
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Where'd the time go? It's 11:24 pm and in exactly 36 minutes my little girl will be one years old. This time last year my wife was getting prep'd for surgery and I had no clue just how much my life was about to change. Being a father has by far been the greatest achievement of my life. It hasn't been easy, but it has always been a joy. Part of being a new daddy has been the realization that my hobby is going to take a back seat from here on out... a lot.</div>
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So I haven't bought a single box in the last year. But I have made a few trades and have purchased one or two packs very sparingly. And I'm happy to report that I've made some good pulls! As well I've acquired a few cards for the PC and that would include not one, but TWO Lost Cards.</div>
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That's right boys, Woogie has his Lost Cards down to just 3!!!</div>
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The first one I got back was the Steve Carlton Fleer Greats of the Game autograph card. In order to get it I traded away a couple of solid cards from the collection including my Pete Rose autograph card from his Leaf product and a 1982 Donruss Cal Ripken Jr. RC. Check'em out below.</div>
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2010 Topps 206 mini booklet Lincecum and Halladay. Take a look at the total lot!</div>
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I posted about this newest addition to a new Facebook group for Baseball Card collectors hoping that one of the 6,000 strong members had one of the 4 left. Sure enough someone messaged me that they have an extra Josh Hamilton/Hunter Pence and are going to hook me up with it! I can't believe my luck sometimes! I haven't been at this a whole year and I'm just three shy of a complete set of case hits!</div>
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The mojo doesn't stop there either. I found myself on a rare occasion with a $10 spot in my pocket. Now i've already said I haven't purchased any boxes since my daughter was born, but I really haven't even picked up any packs either. Well I couldn't take sitting on the side lines any more and had to get a few packs of the new 2014 Topps Heritage. My LCS had them for $3 a pack so I picked up 3 and then a 2012 Topps Series 2 pack for $1 out of the dollar bin.</div>
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2012 Topps Cut Above Tim Lincecum relic 9/50 and 2014 Topps Heritage Chris Sale relic with pin stripe!</div>
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That'd be enough action to last me the new few months or so but it doesn't end there. I found another Lost Card online. The seller and I talked trade for a bit, but couldn't come to an agreement, but at the same time this specific card is so short printed and hard to come by that I couldn't pass it up. It was online for $30 or Best offer. I offered $20 and he accepted. I'd have like to have gotten a better deal, but I can't complain! Welcome back the latest Lost Card!</div>
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This means I'm down to just 3 Lost Cards left. The Mantle and Jeter are pretty much always popping up on ebay. It's just a matter of finding someone who is interested enough to trade with me. The Juan Marichal is going to be a different story. It's the one Lost Card I have yet to see pop up on ebay. I see in Beckett it's print run is listed as 90 so it is a SP. Hopefully it pops up soon and I can jump all over it.</div>
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The additions to the collection have been awesome and the Cave looks great. I'll be excited when I complete this mission and I appreciate everyone who has been along for the ride. I ended up staying up late tonight to watch my Orioles win in the 10th inning for their 5th in a row. Hopefully they can get the sweep tomorrow for a nice Mother's Day/Birthday gift for my two favorite girls.</div>
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As I end this blog post it is 12am on the nose. Happy Birthday to my wonderful daughter Julia Ruth!</div>
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BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-28589662416233796522014-04-06T04:08:00.002-07:002014-04-06T04:08:35.784-07:00Machado MAIL Day!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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One week in to the baseball season and the Orioles are already on a 4 game skid. Oh well, LOTs of baseball left. Still you want to start out stronger than this!</div>
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Apparently Topps wanted to help me celebrate the start of the Orioles season by sending me my redemption for my 2013 Topps Archives Manny Machado 1973 mini framed auto. It came in the mail yesterday morning and caught me by complete surprise. </div>
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I had redeemed it in December after I purchased it on ebay for winning my Fantasy Football league. I had been checking the status of the redemption at least once a week since then and the status was always the same... "pending". </div>
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So I guess the last time I checked was right at the end of March. It was shipped on April 1st and showed up in the mail yesterday. #awesomesauce</div>
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I love the look and design of the card. I would totally love to collect the set, but it's a pipe dream. I'll work on it though for as long as it takes me! Here are the other names in the set. Fat chance I add any to my collection, but nothing worth doing was ever easy. Thanks for reading! Happy Sunday!</div>
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73M-BG Bob Gibson</div>
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BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-88794469152811579272014-03-30T08:00:00.000-07:002014-03-30T08:00:13.978-07:00Feast or FamineHappy Sunday everyone!<br />
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Tomorrow my beloved Birds of Baltimore take on those damn defending World Series Champs, Boston Redsox. It's been raining here in Baltimore for the last 2 days, but tomorrow is supposed to be around 65 and sunny. I can't wait! I think Baltimore has a run in them this year. Even if all the experts pick them to finish 4th, I think they win the East and who knows beyond that. It just feels like a lot of potential on this team compared to the last couple of years.<br />
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So yeah... like... Feast or Famine man. What gives?<br />
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I've been coming up empty on recent trade offers. Had a couple of people talking trade, including a huge one for Lineage relics that would have put me over 75 total. However, I couldn't get a deal done. Alas my collection has become somewhat depleted. I've got plenty of autos and relics, and many of them are of star players. They just aren't next level hits. Solid mid levels. Anything I have that would really draw someones attention is PC. Makes it tough to get stuff done! Plus, I've been a good little boy this year and have not bought any new packs in 2014. Seriously, I'm going through hardcore withdrawal. I've been watching case breaks on the youtubes and window shopping on ebay, but i'm going to need to complete a trade or rip some packs if i'm to really quell the beast with in. <br />
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So to that end... Here is an updated list of my Lineage Relic needs. Cards highlighted in red are ones that I currently own. 55 total. 47 left to go! If you've got any that I need hit me up! Thanks for reading!<br />
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6<b>Alexei Ramirez JERSEY</b><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">7<strong>Alfonso Soriano JERSEY</strong></span><br />
8Andre Dawson JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">9<strong>Andre Ethier JERSEY</strong></span><br />
10Andrew McCutchen BAT<br />
11<b>Andrew McCutchen JERSEY</b><br />
12<b>Albert Pujols JERSEY</b><br />
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15Babe Ruth BAT<br />
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17Bob Gibson JERSEY<br />
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<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">19<strong>Brooks Robinson JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">20<strong>Buster Posey JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">21<b>Cal Ripken Jr. JERSEY</b></span><br />
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<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">27<strong>Chipper Jones JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">28<strong>Chris Carpenter JERSEY</strong></span><br />
29<b>Clay Buchholz JERSEY</b><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">30<strong>Clayton Kershaw JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">31<strong>Dan Uggla JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">32<strong>David Ortiz JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">33<strong>David Price JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">34<strong>David Wright JERSEY</strong></span><br />
35<b>Duke Snider BAT</b><br />
36<b>Dustin Pedroia BAT</b><br />
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<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">38Edinson Volquez JERSEY</span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">39<strong>Elvis Andrus JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">40<strong>Evan Longoria JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">41<strong>Felix Hernandez JERSEY</strong></span><br />
42Fergie Jenkins JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">43<strong>Frank Thomas JERSEY</strong></span><br />
44<b>Grady Sizemore JERSEY</b><br />
45Hank Aaron JERSEY<br />
46Honus Wagner BAT<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">47<strong>Ian Kinsler JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">48<strong>Ichiro JERSEY</strong></span><br />
49Ike Davis BAT<br />
50Ike Davis JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">51<strong>Jared Weaver JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">52<b>Jason Bay JERSEY</b></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">53<strong>Jason Heyward JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">54<strong>Jayson Werth JERSEY</strong></span><br />
55Jim Palmer<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">56<strong>Joe Mauer JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">57<b>Joey Votto JERSEY</b></span><br />
58John Smoltz JERSEY<br />
59Johnny Bench JERSEY<br />
60Johnny Cueto JERSEY<br />
61Johnny Mize BAT<br />
62Jose Bautista<br />
63<b>Jose Reyes BAT</b><br />
64Jose Reyes JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">65<strong>Josh Johnson JERSEY</strong></span><br />
66Justin Upton JERSEY<br />
67<b>Justin Verlander JERSEY</b><br />
68Kevin Youkilis JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">69<strong>Kosuke Fukudome JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">70<strong>Madison Bumgarner JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">71<strong>Marlon Byrd JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">72<strong>Matt Cain JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">73<strong>Matt Kemp JERSEY</strong></span><br />
74<b>Mel Ott JERSEY</b><br />
75Mickey Mantle BAT<br />
76<b>Miguel Cabrera JERSEY</b><br />
77Mike Schmidt BAT<br />
78Nelson Cruz JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">79<strong>Nolan Ryan JERSEY</strong><br />
80<b>Ozzie Smith BAT</b></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">81<strong>Prince Fielder JERSEY</strong></span><br />
82<b>Reggie Jackson JERSEY</b><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">83<strong>Ricky Romero JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">84<strong>Roy Campanella</strong></span><br />
85<b>Ryan Braun JERSEY</b><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">86<strong>Ryan Zimmerman JERSEY</strong></span><br />
87Sandy Koufax JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">88<strong>Shane Victorino JERSEY</strong></span><br />
89<b>Stan Musial BAT</b><br />
90<b>Starlin Castro JERSEY</b><br />
91Stephen Strasburg JERSEY<br />
92<b>Tim Lincecum JERSEY<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">93<strong>Todd Helton JERSEY</strong></span></b><br />
94Tony Perez BAT<br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">95<strong>Vernon Wells JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">96<strong>Victor Martinez JERSEY</strong></span><br />
<span style="background: red; mso-highlight: red;">97<strong>Wandy Rodriguez JERSEY</strong></span><br />
98<b>Whitey Ford JERSEY</b><br />
99Willie McCovey BAT<br />
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That's right BABAY!</div>
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I'm back and everything is coming up Milhouse!</div>
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So much to talk about... but where to begin?</div>
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First I'll address the title of the post here. Something Magic Happenin refers to the "Hit" theme song for the Baltimore Orioles back in their hey day! You can jam out to that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mr7mQuGmp0" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Seriously though... someone needs to hop a ride to cloud 9 and bring me back down to earth. The Orioles actually signed a decent starting pitcher to an unheard of in Baltimore 4 year deal in Ubaldo Jimenez and then not even a week later go out and sign Nelson Cruz to a 1 year deal on the cheap!?!</div>
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The Orioles already have a solid core with players like JJ Hardy, Adam Jones, Matt Wieters, Crush Davis, Nick Markakis and Manny Machado. Then they add Nelson Cruz to the mix for a full time DH and add quality depth to the pitching staff in Jimenez, Suk-min Yoon, and Ryan Webb. Now throw in the fact that they are still being linked to Ervin Santana as reported <a href="http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24450805/orioles-still-in-on-free-agent-starter-ervin-santana" target="_blank">here</a>! Even small signings still have potential to be big deals. Maybe Delmon Young or Jemile Weeks find there form again this season and take over left field and second base duties.</div>
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Then again... maybe none of this pans out and the 2014 Orioles are essentially the 2013 Blue Jays.</div>
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All I know is right here and right now we have a lot to be excited about in Baltimore. I can't wait for the first spring training game let alone opening day!</div>
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WOOGIE'S BACK!</div>
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(but where the heck did ya go?)</div>
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No where really... I just couldn't post pictures and thus was prevented from writing posts that I felt lacked in appeal without visual support.</div>
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However, problem solved and now I'm back and in a big way.</div>
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A few posts ago I complained about a dry winter and not having done any trading in the longest time. Since then (literally the same day I posted that) I've pulled off 5 total trades!</div>
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Woogie got another Lost Card back!</div>
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As you'll recall I completed a trade that netted me a 2013 Topps Update mini relic of Stan Musial! This was numbered out of 25 and is the first in what I hope will become a complete set in my collection. To get it I gave up a fair amount. Here is what I sent out below.</div>
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The Machado auto was a big card to give up paired with the Musial relic. However I've already upgraded my Machado auto this past Christmas (still waiting for it in the mail) and the trade netted me a much better and more valuable Musial relic. The Jeter card was cool and the DiMaggio was a neat image variation. But it sealed the deal and I got this card in return!</div>
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Then after I completed those 2 trades I was able to nail down 3 more trades with very little cost to my collection!</div>
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I landed this Cal Ripken Jr. Lineage relic for an Archives auto of Cleon Jones!</div>
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Welcome to the collection Votto!</div>
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I found it on ebay and sent a message to the seller asking if they'd be interested in a trade. He came back and said Yes, but that he only really collected 49ers. I DO NOT collect football. However I had 1, uno, single, football card in my collection. Nearly 2 years ago I went to Arizona to visit my baller cousin Adam Woogrow and we hit up his local card shop. Tony, the owner, had such a great time dealing with us he let us pop a couple of balloons in his store that had raffle tickets that went with prize bags behind his counter. Mine came with a football auto. Again... the only one in my collection.</div>
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So for those keeping tally at home that would be a total of 8 Lost Cards I've reclaimed (all Orioles card coincidentally) and now only have 5 more left to go! I'll be going hard after them all and will hopefully complete this journey before 2015!</div>
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To my favorite cousin ADAM. He convinced me that Internet Explorer was for 70 year olds who know nothing about computers and to download Google Chrome. So I did and he was right I guess. I'm sure I could have done something to explorer to get it to work again, but downloading Chrome was much easier and I was instantly able to upload photos again.</div>
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Thanks Aaum! YOU DA MAN!</div>
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BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-79143244434564926462014-02-15T15:27:00.002-08:002014-02-15T15:27:49.045-08:00Help a blogger outDid blogger change recently to make it impossible to upload photos?<br />
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I ought to write more posts complaining about a lack of trading because hours after that post I completed this trade!<br />
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However, since the last time I posted about a trade it fell through I decided I'd wait until the cards were in the mail before I made an announcement. Since cards went out Friday I feel good about announcing the trade now!<br />
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As you all know I'm in to the mini relics big right now and I have made the comment that I'd like to collect all of the /25 relics from Topps 2013 Series 1, 2, and Update. <br />
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Well I got my first one... and I LOVE it! <br />
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To get it I gave up a fair amount and some might think it one sided, but I'm happy and in the end that is all that matters.<br />
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To get my card I traded away my Bowman Machado auto as well as my SP Legendary Cuts Stan Musial relic card I got a couple of Christmas' ago. I also tossed in a 2012 Topps Joe DiMaggio image variation and a 1992 Front Row Derek Jeter "rookie" card.<br />
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In return I picked up the Stan Musial 1971 mini relic numbered 7/25. It has a real sick old swatch with a seam down the middle of it! It's a great addition to my collection and I'm extremely happy to have it!<br />
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<br />BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-75698454821953441772014-02-05T12:21:00.001-08:002014-02-05T12:21:42.503-08:00Greetings from the freezer!How can people do it?<br />
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Live in a mostly frozen climate. <br />
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What motivates people to get out of bed in environments like that?<br />
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This winter has been brutal for Maryland. I've been forced out of bed at pre 5am hours on multiple occasions to unearth my drive way and sidewalks from hells topsoil... aka SNOW.<br />
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In fact as I write this blog I can see through my sliding glass door the tree in my backyard and it is covered in ice. Now they're talking about a huge storm coming this weekend. <br />
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Can a shovel get a break!? <br />
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It's okay only 8 Days till Spring Training!<br />
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This winter has also been brutal for me as a collector. Naturally I'm still waiting on my redemption from Topps, but I'm okay with that. I'm more disappointed that I haven't pulled off a trade in a while. I had a huge one right before Christmas that actually fell through. Oh well... you snooze you lose! (A Machado auto for a Harper auto, but the person I was trading with ended up getting a Machado for Christmas).<br />
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I've sent out a few feelers and have even gone back and forth with a few guys too, but nothing accomplished in the end. I'll keep trying though. <br />
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I also have yet to get a new pack of 2014 Topps. Which just seems wrong, but life as a new dad comes with certain sacrifices, so I'll continue to wait on new packs. However, I've done my fair share of watching box and case breaks online to see that I like what 2014 has to offer.<br />
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Furthermore and slightly off topic... 2014 Topps Tribute looks stunning. Really love the design of those cards and the early pictures look like its going to be a great looking product.<br />
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Back to 2014 Topps Series 1. Again... I'm loving these mini relics! Like last year they are doing a vintage design paying homage to 1989 Topps, but they took it a step further and did a die cut. These are also numbered to 25 and have a checklist of 15. I think I'll try and collect these as well.<br />
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TMR-AD Andre Dawson<br /> TMR-BJ Bo Jackson<br /> TMR-CR Cal Ripken Jr.<br /> TMR-DM Don Mattingly<br /> TMR-DMU Dale Murphy<br /> TMR-FM Fred McGriff<br /> TMR-GM Greg Maddux<br /> TMR-JR Jim Rice<br /> TMR-MS Mike Schmidt<br /> TMR-NR Nolan Ryan<br /> TMR-OS Ozzie Smith<br /> TMR-RJ Randy Johnson<br /> TMR-TG Tom Glavine<br /> TMR-TO Tony Gwynn<br /> TMR-WB Wade Boggs</div>
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NO, for the record... I don't have ANY of the 2013 Topps mini relics (not for lack of multiple trade offers). But I'll be getting all of those one day too! <br />
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As the Rolling Stones once put it....<br />
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Tiiiimmmeee is on my side... yes it is!<br />
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<br />BasicWoogenomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00030919559408256261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268111601596530739.post-755339399848735052014-01-04T16:49:00.001-08:002014-01-04T16:49:45.298-08:00Resolutions and Spoils of War!<div style="text-align: center;">
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As I write my first blog post of 2014 I'm filled with ideas for the new year!</div>
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First things first though... reflection</div>
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In 2013 I pulled off some monster trades with mixed reactions from you guys...</div>
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I whittled down the Lost Cards to just 5 remaining cards (Jeter, Mantle, Carlton, Marichal, and Murray)</div>
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I became a Daddy. My biggest accomplishment of my whole entire life by far! </div>
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I can say without a doubt it has changed my life in the way of being a collector. I no longer have the ability I once had to purchase cards and so I'm adapting as best I can.</div>
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Trades are crucial more than ever now and my direction and ambition as a collector has become more acute. </div>
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So to that end I'd like to make some resolutions and declarations!</div>
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Last year I resolved to organize my collection and do inventory. I failed miserably in that aspect and only piled on more cards to inventory! </div>
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So once again... I resolve to organize my collection and inventory everything!</div>
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In terms of a NEW New Years Resolution I'd like to get complete my mission this year in getting back the rest of my Lost Cards. </div>
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Once this happens I've decided I will retire this blog.</div>
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WOOGIE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!?!?!?!</div>
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Don't be sad fwiends! I'll start a new one... this is just too much fun to not keep doing!</div>
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That is a ways off (assuming I don't magically get all my remaining Lost Cards in the next month). </div>
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SPOILS OF WAR! </div>
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Awww sheeeeeeet! Your boy won his Fantasy Football league this year and got some money!</div>
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Not as much as I would have had last year, but that's because I had a co-owner on my team this year and we split the pot and then I split my split with my wife because the one thing I like more then buying baseball cards is dotting on my girl!</div>
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So all said and done I had $125 to spend on anything. I could've purchased some Lost Cards... I didn't. Could've purchased some Lineage relics... I didn't. Instead I purchased a redemption card and because of it have a new objective of cards I'd like to collect.</div>
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Oh brother... I know. Check it out!</div>
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I'm addicted to 1970 style Topps mini relics/autos.</div>
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I have over 50 of the 1975 mini relics and I would very much like to collect all 45 of the 2013 Topps 1971/1972 mini relics.</div>
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I'd like to collect all the 1973 mini autos from Archives.</div>
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73M-BG Bob Gibson<br /> 73M-CK Clayton Kershaw<br /> 73M-CS Chris Sale<br /> 73M-DF David Freese<br /> 73M-DS Dave Stewart<br /> 73M-DW David Wright<br /> 73M-FJ Fergie Jenkins<br /> 73M-FR Frank Robinson<br /> 73M-GG Gio Gonzalez<br /> 73M-HA Hank Aaron<br /> 73M-JB Johnny Bench<br /> 73M-JM Juan Marichal<br /> 73M-JP Jim Palmer</div>
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73M-KG Ken Griffey Jr.<br /> 73M-MM Manny Machado<br /> 73M-MS Mike Schmidt<br /> 73M-MT Mike Trout<br /> 73M-NR Nolan Ryan<br /> 73M-RA R.A. Dickey<br /> 73M-RB Ryan Braun<br /> 73M-RJ Reggie Jackson<br /> 73M-TS Tom Seaver<br /> 73M-WC Will Clark<br /> 73M-WM Will Middlebrooks<br /> 73M-YC Yoenis Cespedes</div>
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TMR-AG Adrian Gonzalez<br /> TMR-AJ Adam Jones<br /> TMR-BH Bryce Harper<br /> TMR-CK Craig Kimbrel<br /> TMR-CR Colby Rasmus<br /> TMR-CS Chris Sale<br /> TMR-IK Ian Kennedy<br /> TMR-JC Johnny Cueto<br /> TMR-JR Jose Reyes<br /> TMR-JV Joey Votto<br /> TMR-MH Matt Holliday<br /> TMR-RB Ryan Braun<br /> TMR-SC Starlin Castro<br /> TMR-TG Tony Gwynn<br /> TMR-YD Yu Darvish</div>
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TMR-AP Albert Pujols<br /> TMR-BP Brandon Phillips<br /> TMR-DO David Ortiz<br /> TMR-DP David Price<br /> TMR-GB George Brett<br /> TMR-GS Gary Sheffield<br /> TMR-JH Josh Hamilton<br /> TMR-KG Ken Griffey Jr.<br /> TMR-MC Miguel Cabrera<br /> TMR-MCA Matt Cain<br /> TMR-RC Robinson Cano<br /> TMR-RD R.A. Dickey<br /> TMR-RH Roy Halladay<br /> TMR-SS Stephen Strasburg<br /> TMR-TT Troy Tulowitzki</div>
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TMR-CG Curtis Granderson<br /> TMR-CR Cal Ripken Jr.<br /> TMR-DJ Derek Jeter<br /> TMR-EL Evan Longoria<br /> TMR-GM Greg Maddux<br /> TMR-HR Hanley Ramirez<br /> TMR-JB Johnny Bench<br /> TMR-JU Justin Upton<br /> TMR-JV Justin Verlander<br /> TMR-MS Mike Schmidt<br /> TMR-MT Mike Trout<br /> TMR-NG Nomar Garciaparra<br /> TMR-RC Roberto Clemente<br /> TMR-SM Stan Musial<br /> TMR-WS Willie Stargell</div>
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Did everyone have a nice Christmas this year? </div>
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Mine was fantastic. </div>
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Right off the bat I got this sweet Bo Jackson Royal Blue Jersey relic from my wife's family Secret Santa gift exchange. We used this website to draw names and it allowed us to put stuff up that we would like with links to amazon so I did a little relic searching and threw up some links to ones that caught my eye.</div>
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This was one of the first that I found to put on my wish list and am happy I got it!</div>
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However the best news I got over the holidays was Peyton Manning throwing 400 yards and 4 TDs and leading me to a Fantasy Football Championship! I had a co owner for my team this year and split the kitty with him and then split that again with my wife because I likes to share my spoils of victory with her.</div>
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The smart thing to do would be to get some cards that I need to complete some sets, but the other part of me wants to find the nicest most valuable card at a bargain price. I'm currently bidding on one now. I doubt very much I'll win it, but I'm winning right now anyway. If it falls to me well, lets just say AWWWEEESSSSOOOMMMEEE.</div>
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In other news I'm not sure the Harper for Machado trade is going to go down. We never had the chance to meet up before Christmas and low and behold my man got a Bowman Chrome Machado rookie auto. He has yet to get back to me in regards to a deal still going down, but at this point I doubt it. </div>
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