No, I am not in a desperate situation. That is of course if you consider the fact that I can not find any of these Donruss Diamond Kings in the wild, and the ones online are not worth the money being asked.
I'm really only wanting the base cards, but absolutely won't be offended in anyway for the parallels (as long as they are PC guys or Braves). These were inserts in the flagship Donruss release last year. 2024. It is a 40 card insert set. I want them.... I need them x2 in most cases.
Extra innings:
Last month when trying to clear up some of the stacks that I have all over the place, I stumbled across this ticket stub. Now I am pretty sure that I once posted it, just not 100%. Either way it is pretty cool.
Super Bowl ticket stub. I have no idea how I got it. I know I didn't go to the game, in fact there is a funny story, maybe not so funny depending on your perspective in the situation. here it goes.
I met my 3rd wife at an exclusive annual Super Bowl party in 1998. She and her girlfriend were seated at the same table as me and a buddy Jamison. She (Dorie, Adorinda) was a Broncos fan and Elway fan. I didn't really care who won the game as for the cost of the ticket...I was there to consume all of the "all inclusive" items such as alcohol and food like Prime Rib etc. Fast forward one year, I bought a pair of tickets to the same party (1 for me and Dorie). She was 9 months pregnant at the time. Well, on January 30th she goes into hard labor. i call my buddy Jamison up, and offered him the tickets for him and his girlfriend who had no plans for the game. All is good right? The labor was long, my youngest Hunter did manage to make an appearance on 1/30, but barely. Needless to say Dorie and Hunter were still inpatient on 1/31 and yes I was right there as I should be. Back to Jamison, they made arrangements for a babysitter for his girlfriends toddler. They go to the party, and not even in the 2nd quarter, they were called back home. Trip to the ER for here son (he was badly impacted.....not worries it was just poop! The hospital "hosed the boy out" and all was good. Jamison came up and visited us while they were handling the dirty work.
I guess you could call it a "reunion of sorts", lol. That could be considered funny. To add to the story, here is the down low....
At that 98' party, Jamison was interested in Dorie, and I was messing around with her girlfriend. We hung out at the GF place after the party for awhile. Jamison got Dorie's phone number and later in the week asked her out on a date for the next weekend, she said yes, but that she would meet him there, and he had to bring me. Starting to not get fun. Maybe she was planning on bringing her friend, he had no idea and agreed.
Yeah, she didn't bring a friend. I recognized the issue right quick, and did my best to stay completely away from them. I hung out in the pool room (I used to be pretty good at that game). Dorie kept coming back in there dragging me out to the dance floor "so Jamison could rest". Yeah, not funny for him for sure. Nor me really, he was my bud and it was clear this Puerto Rican New Yorker wasn't settling for anything but me. She slapped me on that very night we met, because I commented about her being "ANOTHER" Puerto Rican from New York as I had just broken up with another one a few weeks earlier. Ah, Diana my Puerto Rican Pocahontas. She smelled like Pears, lol. Anyways yeah how is that ticket triggering memories.
End result, I have Hunter who spends lots of time with her old man :) and now a grandson to boot. Yet, I still have no idea where I got that ticket stub from.
I hope everyone has a fantastic week. With that said, I am going to skip my Friday post and will be kickstarting the Saturday Shadow Shots again.
