Incoming via the Night Owl

 Greg dropped a mailer to me a week or two ago.

Greg contributing to TCDB Atlanta Braves chase which is gone all crazy (I'm back to being 700 cards behind that other guy). 

Greg also sent 4 of the current trophy cups (my first of the year). Now I just need the other two from series 1. 

Greg also returned some of the cards that I sent him by mistake (thank you Greg (wasn't necessary though). I put most of them into stacks again for the guys they were originally intended for (at least I hope I did, lol). Our brains sometimes "miss" things which is how they wound up in New York.

Greg also included a bunch of 1982 Fleer Stamps (the bigger ones). I pulled out my PC guys, and some for those stacks previously mentioned. 

Thanks Greg for the surprise always appreciated!

Wacky Wednesday

 Running a little behind today, so getting right to the cards.

Some good 90's Stadium Club there with more next week.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 I hope everyone wore green today, or at least didn't get caught not wearing green. I wouldn't want you to get pinched.

I recently updated my Rizzo PC and had to scan this card with this day approaching.

I like it when a "holidate" falls on a weekday especially one that isn't a Monday.

Now for my usual annual tribute.

Now moving on to those that celebrate (or not) or celebrated their birthday today.

Looks like I didn't add any new ones (2025 issues) last year. I do have a stack of hundred or so cards for the mini collections to put away.....eventually.

Just Another Maddux (giveaway) Monday

 Howdy howdy howdy! Welcome to a new week. The winner from last week was none other than Merlin of KCJAYS fame. Congrats on the win.

Now here are this weeks giveaway Greg Maddux cards.

Just like always comment here by midnight Friday....the rules are simple. 

Be a follower of this blog, and be Stateside or Canada.

Acuna vs Ohtani

 Anyone want to take a guess at who will win this battle? It is Friday with Hunter and Elijah here tonight so I am getting straight to it.

First up are the four packs from the Acuna tin.

I figured the "items" were the 1st edition packs in both tins. I didn't scan all of the cards in the pack, just the keepers and rookie logo cards plus this pack had a numbered parallel.

A set that I am still working on and the only card I needed here was the Kirk and it happens to be a refractor......So I still really need it.

High numbers and I scanned 9 of the 10 cards. Another set build and needed none of these.

I like the Chrome version, and wow I needed the Maris and the Mercedes for the set build. The Acuna tin didn't net me too much.

Now for the Ohtani tin.

Nothing special here but as they were all put into my rookie boxes.

No help here. There at least was an Ohtani card in the Ohtani tin.

I needed 5 of these for the set build (again these are from high numbered set). The NO NO was a nice get.

No needs, but the Skubal and Kershaw are keepers. It's a shame the Hernandez wasn't a Dodgers card so I could throw it in a stack for Greg.

5 vs 2 takes the win so I know it maybe hard to believe but Ohtani was better than Acuna.

Now for a return to blogging PIMP.

Red Carboard

Have a great weekend!

Shall we compare?

 You might find yourself asking....compare what? Me against you? Nope, that's not it. What could I possibly be thinking about comparing? Is this guy messing with our minds....again? That one might be a little true. Yet, what do I want to compare? I could tell you maybe pitting Acuna (jr) against Ohtani, and many if not all of you would bust out laughing. I'll admit it there isn't a fair fight in that dog, but this one too is a little true. With that said Ronnie has a chance to beat Shohei (now I am thinking about an old restaurant franchise that isn't in these here parts anymore.....Shoney's, man they had an awesome all you can eat breakfast buffet.  Okay, even though that is true it has nothing to do with this post. So how am I planning on comparing Acuna and Ohtani?

Easy enough, but first let's show some pictures to assist you in your guessing abilities.

This caught my eye in the card aisle at a visit to Walmart last week (or maybe it was Monday...lol). (The ONE mystery item especially caught my attention). I know many of you folks like those repack boxes from days gone by. I bought a few and even pulled a few hits, but it didn't take long for me to realize that not really a bargain so I quit buying them. 

MJ Holdings (the card hoarders-lol). Got a little fancy this time and used tins.

They had an Altuve as well, but Acuna and Ohtani seemed like a chance I would take. the tins are nice, but they weren't priced. I was hoping for $15.99 at the register, but no those days are long gone. I was prepared to tell the cashier to not ring them up when I had her check the price before ringing them up. In reality I was expecting $19.99, but apparently those days are long gone too. $24.98 each. I was like I don't know, the tins are nice and I really want to know what that mystery item is. Is it an oddball trinket of the player depicted? That would be cool, so I bought them.

Yeah.....nope. A forth pack is not what I was expecting for a mystery item. The packs above came from the Acuna tin.

These are the packs from the Ohtani tin.  Disappointment again. Well at least I can pit the two against each other and squeeze two blog posts out it and have a little fun.

You see.....you are going to have to check tomorrows' post out for the comparison, but at least you didn't have to wait for me to mess with your mind.

Have a great night folks!

Wacky Wednesday

 Hump day, trivia night, and time now for some interesting baseball cards.

Got a good bit of rain heading in tomorrow....I plan on staying dry.

Good night folks!

Bo adds to the mix

 I got two more 52's for the set build, this time from Bo.

He even included some Upper Deck set needs to fill out the H.

Have a great night folks!

Just another Maddux Monday

 The winner last week was ,  drum roll.....DEFGAV. There weren't many commenters last week so having a repeater this early on was no surprise. The odds were like 25% of having a repeater, hehe.

Now here are this weeks contestants on the THE CARDS ARE FREE. (a spin on the price is right). Okay so I am writing this early in the morning and it doesn't take much to make my brain go wookie.

Come on admit it  that song is in your head. Just another Maddux Monday!

2025 Stadium Club: part TWO

 Straight to it....after all it is the weekend:)  Maybe you'll see a card you may want to get.

Oh look a football.

and the last card in the set goes to..........

There are cards 101-200.  Maybe you seen something you like, maybe you didn't. Again, I'm very disappointed in the product the worst is the card stock.

Have a great weekend everybody!

2025 Topps Stadium Club: COMPLETED

 I bought the complete set on Ebay ($50.00 plus shipping), so much cheaper this way. I found one card missing in the set #64 Malloy and I reached out to the seller and he is working on it for me. I have scanned the entire 200 card set (minus the Malloy). I will show the first half tonight and the other half tomorrow night.

Let me say this before you peek at the cards.... I am disappointed in Topps/Fanatics with the product this year (last year). 

The Pros: there are several great photos used but not as many as usual. Lots of good shots though.

The Cons: Design is weak, card stock is somewhat flimsy for what is supposed to be higher type set, and even with many good shots and a few great shots the overall shots seem redundant. This set will not rank better than flagship as the last of the 2025's roll out (still a few more coming). 

Okay now that is out of the way it is time to highlight the first 99 cards. (64 missing).

There ya go the first half of the set.