Saturday, April 18, 2009

Jumpin Jay Zus on a Nuclear Powered Pogo Stick

Am I glad I am not a paying to see the Yankees play. Either this team truly sucks this year or that stadium plays SMALL.


Cleveland
AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg
G. Sizemore cf 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 .275
T. Crowe cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .238
M. DeRosa 3b 7 2 4 6 0 1 0 .255
V. Martinez c 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 .388
K. Shoppach c 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .286
T. Hafner dh 7 3 3 1 0 2 6 .289
J. Peralta ss 5 3 3 2 1 0 3 .333
S. Choo rf 4 2 1 3 2 2 4 .275
R. Garko 1b 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 .286
B. Francisco lf 5 3 2 0 1 2 6 .211
A. Cabrera 2b 6 3 4 5 0 1 1 .351
Totals 52 22 25 22 6 10 24

Congrats to Cleveland in this game.
That is one of the gaudiest boxes I have ever seen.

Indians 22 Yankees 4

Frank makes me happy

1958 Topps
No. 488 Frank Robinson

Just thought I would post a card of an all-time great. It's not often you see Frank Robinson smiling these days.

1958 is my second favorite set of the Fifties behind the 53 set. Bright backgrounds. Good portraits. And plenty of Reds!

Monday, April 6, 2009

Dear Topps

SCREW YOU.

I have purchased my last new product from a card manufacturer.
Over the past two weeks I have purchased
eleven boxes of your Target Series One parallel cards.

I AM STILL 69 CARDS SHORT OF A 330 CARD SET.

OUT OF 880 CARDS PURCHASED I CANNOT FIND
330 SINGLE CARDS TO MAKE A SET.


I have 7 Dusty Baker cards.
Yet I am still 69 cards short of a set.

THIS IS BULLSHIT.

There is no excuse in this day and age
for coalition as bad as late eighties products.
Two of the boxes had the exact same cards pack for pack. Even the Topps Town cards.
Three other boxes only had a packs worth of difference between them.

In the Targets I have found boxes they had no more than 3 in stock. Total. I checked. If you are going to do something like this MAKE SURE there is enough product to be sold. If you are going to only make a small amount. LET PEOPLE KNOW. The only reason I have been able to complete a Reds team set of cards is the fact that someone in another state had them and offered them.

As much as I enjoy opening packs I will no longer do so on any new product.
I have spent over $230 on boxes of this product AND DO NOT HAVE A 330 CARD SET. SCREW YOU TOPPS.