Wrong Sox From Tribe Cards

When Tribe Cards announced his last great give-away I signed up for the Sox.   (this package came a long time ago and you can thank my prognastication for not posting it untill now)  When I  saw the extra fat mailer from Arkansas I was excited to open a big package of Wonderful Red Sox.  But when I opened it what I found was....White Sox. Now how am I supposed to write a post about bunch of White Sox?  After a little sorting I figured out what was scanable so here goes.

Carlton Fisk.  He is/was a Red Sox.  I can scan in and write about his card without much guilt.

Jerry Reuss - Yea, I can post him too without guilt.  Why? Because he reads blogs, just ask Night Owl.

More of the ex Red Sox.  I'm pretty sure that Carlton spent more years in Chicago but in my mnd he is still a Red Sox.  Kinda like say.... Michael Jordan.  Jordan played last for the Wizards but everyone knows he is, was, and always will be a Bull.   (even if he owns the Bobcats he is still a Bull)  Speaking of Jordan there was a Jordan card in here too but I can't stan the guy so I'm not scanning him.  My blog my rules.

More Fisks?  Seriously, what else do you expect me to post. 

Ah hell.  No more comments just ex Red Sox...

Did you really think that they were all going to be Carltons?

WHOOO-HOOO a Red Sox.  Actually there were quite a few Red Sox in the package.  And

the White Sox cards???  Why they are all going to end up in my sons collection.

Stickig to the Fisk theme here is a dual relic card.  This is my very first seat card and Fisk jersey cad all in one.

To me this was the gem of the package.  There is nothing better than vintage Red Sox cards.

Thanks for another great give away David.

Blog Bat Around Spending 50K

Deadline extensions are great for a procrastinator like me. I actually started researching this post Saturday but got sidetracked by actually buying stuff. So it is a total do-over.


First of all if I had 50K to spend on Ebay I would wait until the right card came along. The right card is an M-101 Babe Ruth. You know the card where he is in a Red Sox uniform. It would make for a short post though because it would take the whole 50K. Since this exercise is supposed to be right now I have to write a lot longer post and you didn’t really want me to mail it in that easily did you? (But then again at least I would be posting something; yea it has been that long since I last posted)

Not a lot of commentary because there are a whole lot of cards here.  But a ton of cool pictures of cards to drool over.
 

So basically my first search is 54 Bowman Ted Williams.  Money spent $1,549.

Next I did a Ted Williams Playball search and came up with the following.

1939 Playball Ted Williams                            $5,995

1940 Playball Ted Williams                            $2,567

1941 Playball Ted Williams                            $4,736

After I knocked out all the Ted Wiliams cards I thought I would be getting I switched to doing a search for Red Sox only Pre-War and only over $250. Then I sorted by highest price first.

1916 M101-5 Forrest Caddy                        $5,500

1909 T204 Eddie Cocolte                             $1,950

1941 PlayBall Jimmie Foxx                            $1,350

1914 Cracker Jack Joe Wood                       $1,750

1934 Goudey Lefty Grove                             $1,045

1948 Leaf Ted Williams                                 $995

1911 Turkey Red Tris Speaker                      $900

1909 Coglans Chip Tris Speaker                   $753 Odd Buy It Now Price

1914 Cracker Jack Tris Speaker                   $750

1911 Turkey Red Harry Niles                       $700

1909 Coglans Chip Harry Hooper                 $604

1941 Double Play Ted Williams                     $500

1920 T210 Old Mill Harvey Bussey               $475

1914 Cracker Jack Harry Hooper                 $455

1911 Turkey Red Ed Walsh                          $450

1923-24 Exhibit O’Neil                                 $400

Insperation for those pain in the ass Goudey SP cards.

1938 Goudey Bobby Doerr                           $355

1921 E220 National Carmel Everett Scott     $350

Not sure what is going on in this card but it is a 120 years old so I gotta have it.

1887 Buchner Gold Coin Medoc Wise          $330

T202s are some of my favorite cards even though I don't actually own a single one. They have to be a bitch to store though.

1912 T202 Hassan Stahl/Cicotte                   $250

1917 H801 Boston Store H.B. Leonard        $250

N29 Allen& Ginter John Morrell            $200 I don’t know why this one squeaked by the $250 preference but I am glad it did because I always wanted an original A&G card.

Now I jumped to a search of “Boxing Card”. Only Pre-War sorted by highest price first.

 

1910 UNC Candy Jim Jeffries                       $5000

I have no idea that these are and I would probably be getting a raping dropping a grand on them but they are really cool. Good thing Gellman gave me lots of virtual money

1909 Jim Jefferies Playing Card Complete Set $995

1937 Doughnut Company Jim Jefferies           $436

Panicking now because I know I am running out of time. I get desperate and search for Ted Williams auto because I know I can knock a ton of money out with only a few cards.

2003 Sweet Spot Classic Ted Williams Auto  $3,500

2006 SP Legendary Cut Ted Williams Auto    $1,750

2009 SP Legendary Cuts Williams/Sisler Auto $1,300

2003 Sweet Spot Ted Williams Auto               $1,550

This is actually my favorite of all the auto cards.  Ted Williams auto on a Ted Williams card produced by the Ted Williams company.

1993 Ted Williams Card Co Ted Williams Auto $800

Total price comes up to $48,080 for 34 cards. Honestly if it wasn’t for the time limit I wouldn’t have picked a quarter of those cards. I would have nickel and dimed thousands of pre-war cards with my 50K. I also wouldn’t have ended up with a single auto.  I also have to admit that I probably couldn't have actually bought all those in 15 minutes.  I counted opening the window as bought.  I didn't even really look at some of them either.  I really REALLY wouldn't have bought that Williams/Sisler auto if I had really looked at it.  I hate those Frankencut autos.

My Blaster Fantasy Team

This is my first blaster of 2010 and the first 2010 Heritage I have opened.  By the way, every single card from this break is available for trade.   Here is my rip.

Lastings has to be pissed about the picture Topps used for his card.

PACK 1

Omir Santos

Aubrey Huff

Brad Bergesen
Lastings Milledge
Ichiro
Fausto Carmona
Chris Carpenter
Ryan Howard NL MVP SP

I bought this blaster to play a game but not a dice one.

Pack 2

Clayton Kershaw

Adam Everett

Billy Butler

Bobby Cox MGR

Matt Holliday

Vladimir Guerreo DICE GAME

Dutsy Baker MGR

Josh Thole

Leyland looks about 100 years old on this card.  If he really was 100 he probably wouldn't make it through the season, that is why I picked him to loose the least amount of games. 

Pack 3

Jose Guillen
Justin Upton
Gary Sheffield
23 Amendment is Ratified
justin Morneau
Felix Hernandez
Fernando Martinez
Jim Leyland

What a crappy name to have (almost as bad as Lastings).  But that is one kick ass Topps Rookie Trophy.

Pack 4

John maine
BJ Upton
Micah Owings
Brandon Phillips
Carlos Gonzalez
Delmon Young
Tori Hunter
Elvis Andrus

I pull the priemer fantasy pitcher and it is an SP.  Normally I would be happy but in this case....

Pack 5

Ricky Nolasco
Michael Saunders
Trevor Cahill
Yadier Molina
A's Team
Ozzie's Aces
Jhoulys Chacin
Tim Lincecun AS SP

I chose this card to represent the pack becasue of the sunglasses.  I wonder if anybody wore sunglasses in the original 61 set.

Pack 6

Adam wainwright
JA Happ
Brad Hawpe
Ronny Cedeno
Alex Gordon
Core Four Pettite/Posadsa/Jeter/Rivera
Checklist
Akinori Iwamura

 

I thought about using Grienke here on my team using the half rule.  Say he has an ERA of 2.20.  Half of that would be 1.1 and work pretty good for my team.  But not nearly as good as half of the 0 ERA that Whitey puts up.  But I figured that dayf would throw that out so I am not using them. 

Pack 7

Cole hamels
Melvin Mora
Pirates Team
T&N Ford Grienke
Jimmy Rollins
Vladimir Guerrero
jason bay
Zach Duke

This was a horrible blaser.  I only got one Red Sox card.  Not only did I only get one Red Sox but it was a double.  The guy at the ballcard store already gave this one to me last week. 

What was Topps thinking Boston Speed Party.  Pedroia isn't exactly a league leader in steals.  Hey did anyone know that Jacoby isn't the fastest guy on the Red Sox team?  The fastest guy is a pitcher, no joke.  From what I have read Clay Buchholz is crazy fast and beats jacoby in a foot race. 

Pack 8

Felipe Lopez
Derek Holland
Jose Lopez
Adam Lind
Boston Speed Party Pedroi/Ellusbury
Max Scherzer CHROME REFRACTOR
marke buehrle
Derek Lowe

So there is my break.  Right after I busted it I thought "Crap I didn't get a catcher."  When in fact I got 3 of them.  Problem is none of them jumped out at me.  In reality though 3rd is where I am screwed.  Anyway I'll start with the core players on "My Team".

Core Players

Catcher: Yadier Milona - Again not the best of caatchers as far as fantasy goes.

Catcher 2: Omir Santos - UUUGGGG

First: Justin Morneau - Not as good as Pujoles, Texeria, or Cabrerra but a solid firstbaseman.

Second: Brandon Phillips - A highly ranked middle infielder is always nice to get on your fantasy team.

Shortstop: Jimmy Rollins - I picked him on 2 of my "real" fantasy teams, so I am happy with this.

Third: Melvin Mora - This is where I got screwed.  Of the thirdbaseman I pulled Mora is the only on in the majors.

Outfield: Matt Holiday - Matt is goingto have an awesome season batting back to back with Pujoles.

Outfield: Ichiro - Or Cheeto as hs is known by the Giants.  (you would know if you watched Baseball Tonight tonight)

Outfield: Justin Upton - My favorite of the Uptons.  Why?  He gave my son a ball while at a game.  He didn't just throw it to him either.  He picked him out of the crowd told everyone else to get back and gave it to him.  Then ruffled my boys hair and went to finish pregame.

The Pitchers

No closers to speak of in my box so I'm sticking to starters.

Chris Carpenter - Cy Young contender every year if he can stay healthy

Mark Buehrle - Southsiders Opening Day Pitcher.

JA Happ - His name makes me smile. Reminds me of happy.

Adam Wainwright - even bigger ballpark this year so he should be even better than last year.

Felix Hernandez - The King...

Clayton Kershaw - Please oh please no sophmore slump.

Cole Hamels - I need 2008 Cole not 2009 Cole.  We'll find out whoch one shows up to the ballbark real soon. 

I think the pitching staff looks alright that is why I went with the Howard SP instead of the Lincecum.  Well that and Tim has he arm mechanics of a Yugo and it is only a matter of time...

The Extras

Corner Infielder:  Billy Butler - Hopefully he has as good a year thi year as last.

Middle Infielder:  He ain't nothing but a hound dog but he is all I had to pick.

Outfielder: Adam Lind - Was last year a fluke?  I hope not (except for when he plays Boston).

Utility; Ryan Howard - using my Insert/SP rule on Howard.  (sucks I had to choose between him and Lincecum)

Scanned the inserts just for the heck of it.  Max is a Refractor and Topps screwed me out of a good baseball card with that amendment card.

I'm pretty happy with this team.  I haven't looked to see what everyone elses team looks like but I feel like mine is solid.  We'll see just how solid  over the next few months.