Tales from the Cubs Binder, page 1

Asyou may or may not know, Jon and I are new to the hobby all over again, having collected as kids in the late 80s and early 90s. What you may not know (and why would you) is that this is actually my third real dalliance with the hobby. The second came during a period […]

A Very Beardy Christmas In June

As one of the first commenters on our little blog, Beardy (of The MojoBeard collective… they’re kind of like the Borg, but resistence is even worse than futile) holds a special place in me and Jon’s hearts. It doesn’t hurt that he’s also a video geek who also likes a team that will never win […]

More on Team Sets

First off, it was bugging me that I didn’t do my research and pulled an all gray Rangers uniform. So, just to prove I’m not crazy and for the sake of doing things right, here’s the right combo to compare to the Marlon Byrd airbrush from my previous post.

Notice the easy to […]

Team Sets and A Lesson on Photoshop

Not too long ago, I picked up the Cubs team set at Target. The only real reason I bought it was to obtain these two fellers for my player collections:

Different Card Numbers and nothing else = Must have!

Sure, they look like 2010 Series 1 base cards (non-Lincoln, of course). They feel […]

It’s Official – I’m Collecting Players!

A few posts ago, I asked for your feedback and guidance as to whom I should collect. At heart, I’ve always been a player collector. I’m trying my hands now at being a set collector, but SPs sure ain’t making that transition the smoothest it could be. I had been out of the card game […]

Goodbye, Jody. It’s Been Fun.

We’ve had some good times and we’ve had regular times, but it’s time the times come to an end. Time.

Our sweet, dear Jody Davis has finally found a worthy suitor.

Ever since we unlocked the power of the hometown catcher on the Topps Million Card site thingy, we’ve seen all kinds of offers for […]

Does this change your opinion?

Well, in terms of viewer voting for whom I should collect (yes, my title was grammatically incorrect), it’s a landslide. The Riot leads with, I believe, everyone’s vote.

I think I have my mind basically made up and I’ll announce the lucky winner(s?) on my next post, but I just wanted to share this with […]

Who Should I Collect?

I’ve always been a player collector. I’ve already briefly mentioned how I collected Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry as a young Mets fan. I’ll get into that collection in more detail in a future post (I need to rescue it from my hometown).

In my basketball days I was primarily a Michael Jordan collector (will […]

Thursday Million Card Illness!

Well, I’m sick as a mub up in this piece, but this little gem made me smile a bit:

Not only another Cub… not only a pitcher (to go along with Jon’s theme of pitchers and catcher reporting in Cubs camp yesterday)… but also the oldest card we’ve pulled from this contest so far! […]

Topps Million Madness Pt. 3

Before I start, can I just say that Germany is really pulling it’s weight in the Olympics for us. Current medal leader? I’ll take it! Of course all this trash talking is probably going to mean we won’t win a thing from JD’s contest.

Another day, another code to enter. I’d try to build the […]