Trade post...

Flipping through several of my regular reads, and in turn, picking and clicking through a few of the links to other blogs on those, I somehow or another ran across Colby, over at Cardboard Collections, while he was having his Tim Tebow RC contest. Anywhoo, after entering his Oh so Easy contest (or something along those lines), I poked through some of his want lists, as well as some of his available lists, sent him and email, and then snail mailed him a bubbler. In return for my searching and mouse clicking, I was rewarded with the following:

Not quite the same as pulling one from a pack of cards, but I get what fits my collection everytime this way!!!

Pretty damned cool in my book!!
Thanks Colby, Hope you get your package soon.
Have a GReat night, thanks for reading,
Dawgbones

Colby's also having a very affordable group break for February as well, if you are interested, go on over and check it out here. He's got single teams for $9, and two for $16, he's even got a couple of teams for as low as $6.

and if you've wanted a card of your favorite team from every product out there (or at least it seems that way)
BA Benny's also having his very first group break as well, busting one baseball box of everything located in the state of New York, it seems. Go on over here and check his out as well, just keep yer paws of my Phillies!!

An interesting addition to my collection...

Picked myself up a Hoover relic today. President Hoover, that is. Now, you may be asking yourself, what does President Hoover have to do with baseball, and why would Dawgbones, A Phillies Fan, be interested? The answer to the first question, it's a Presidential First Pitch card, from his tossing the first pitch on 4-17-29, with a peice of Griffith Stadium imbedded in it. The answer to the second question, upon further research, shows this particular game was between the Washington Senators and the other Philadelphia team, the Athletics, which the Philly team won 4-3. It's from the 2002 Topps American Pie set.

I ran across this little jewel at my LCS (that's Local COMIC Shop) last Wednesday, and is a unique find considering my Comic guy does not do sports cards.:

 

I initailly picked it up to offer to BA Benny for his American Flag collection, but he told me "bunting" does not count, though agreeing that it is a very cool card, none the less.

So, I am going to add this one to my own PC (for now) and see where it leads me in the future.

thanks for reading,

Have a GReat week,

Dawgbones

February Group Break, my first...

My first join in that is. Colby, over at Cardboard Collections, is having a February Group Break, get in if you are interested. I read several of these but never participated. Should be fun. A chance to get just the cards you want out of a box!

Prices are very affordable for this one:
PICK ONE TEAM FOR $9.00 OR TWO TEAMS FOR $16.00* Marlins & Rockies can take $2.00 off the price since one box is before their time
Go on over and check it out, and as always, tellum Dawgbones sentcha!!

Wanna read a book?

Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz, is having a contest, giving away a book:

I'm a slow reader, personally, but it looks like an interesting book, plus you'll get free bookmarks with it...

no, that's not right, it's free worthless cards thrown in to boot. I guess you could use them as bookmarks though, since they're worthless. If you are interested, go on over here, and check it out. And as always, tellum dawgbones sentcha!

thanks for reading,

have a GReat weekend,

Dawgbones

Where were you, January 28, 1986?

May they be forever blessed,

for having the courage to reach for the stars,

and to have found heaven way too soon.

2008 Upper Deck Timeline... Happy Friday Everybody

Day 5, Pack 5
David Wright - 3B - Mets
Josh Hamilton - OF - Rangers
Albert Pujols - 1B - CArdinals
Mashahide Kobayashi - P - Indians (RC)
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds SP Premier Prospects die cut copper (RC)
Chase Utley - 2B - Phillies

3 keepers, 1 a Phillies, the rest are up for grabs.
Let me know if you see something you'd like.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

The GReat Orioles Autograph GiveAway

It's not too late to enter the contest for a very nice HoF, autographed Earl Weaver card.  go on over and check out The Great Orioles Autograph Project, you'll find all the info on his celebratory type contest, where in you could win your very own autographed Earl Weaver Card. He's posted a scan of the actual prize card:

Way nice prize! I've scored several extra entries, though I'm still not quite sure how, I still say it's some kind of Orioles thing and I just don't understand.
Also scored myself a very nice Kurt Bush Flag relic card from the fine folks over at Sports Card Info yesterday as well. So, go on over and enter this one before I win it.
Thanks for reading,

Have a great night.

Dawgbone

I'm Ballsy!

No, not me, it's another blog I just found, over here. If you'd like a chance at one of Topps' Millions, without paying the king's ransom in postage, go chek him out. He's giving one away that won't fit in his binder anywhere.
It looks to be an interesting little contest, Pick a person in history you would like to pick a fight with, and why. Go on over and check it out, should end up being hilarious.

Good luck with that,

Thanks for reading,

Dawgbones

2008 Upper Deck Timeline... Thursday

Day 4, Pack 4
Erik Bedard - P - Mariners
Matt Kemp - OF - Dodgers
Johan Santana - P - Mets
Nick Adenhart - P - Angels (RC) SP gold
Tyler Clippard - P - Nationals
Jacoby ellsbury - OF - Red Sox

2 keepers, the rest are up for grabs.
Let me know if you see something you'd like.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Somebody's trying to flip us the bird!!

An Oriole type bird, that is, it's not too late to enter the contest for a very nice HoF, autographed Earl Weaver card.  go on over and check out The Great Orioles Autograph Project, you'll find all the info on his celebratory type contest, where in you could win your very own autographed Earl Weaver Card. He's posted a scan of the actual prize card:

Way nice prize! I've proved this week, you enter, you win. I've scored several contest wins, and several even nicer trade packs. Gonna have some posting marathons when all this stuff arrives!!

Congrats to Doc for winning the Troll's Grand baby contest. Let me know if you can't fit that Roberts in your collection somewhere. I've got a home for any wayward Phillies that have lost their way!! Ican't believe I lost by 1 minute!!

Thanks for reading,

Have a great night.

Dawgbones

Another Vintage card giveaway..

Once again, not here. I only have two vintage cards in my possession, both Schweet prize winnings from the Troll:













But I would like a chance at another, If you would like one of these:

Then go on over to Vintage Sportscards, he's having a contest to celebrate his 50th follower, here.

But don't even think of looking at this one:

It's only a 1978 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, but it's going to look tooooo Schweet sitting next my signed "Catfish" baseball!



Thanks for taking a peek.
Have a GReat day!!
Dawgbones

Who wouldn't like a FREE gift??

At least a free gift certificate, that is.
The fine folks over at CSN stores have given the Sport Syzygy a $25 gift certificate to give away.
If you are interested, go on over here and enter, and as always, tellum Dawgbones sentcha!


He appears to be a huge Northeast kinda fan, you know, Celtics, Sox, Patriots, but he's got a neat little blog you might find interesting.

What are you still doing here? The contest is over there, not here, go, go now, enter.

Thanks for reading,
Dawgbones

2008 Upper Deck Timeline... Wednesday

Day 3, Pack 3
David Wright - 3B - Mets
C.C. Sabathia - P - Brewers
Carlos Beltran - OF - Mets
Chien-Ming Wang - P - Yankees
Hernan Iribarren - 2B - Brewers (RC)
Seth Smith - OF - Rockies SP Top Prospect die cut silver

4 Keepers, the rest are up for grabs.
Let me know if you see something you'd like.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Have you entered the contest over at the Great Orioles Autograph Project?

Would you like an HOF Autographed Earl Weaver?

I know I would. If you do, The Great Orioles Autograph Project, is having a celebratory type contest over on his blog, where in you could win your very own autographed Earl Weaver Card. He's posted a scan of the actual prize card:

 

If you don't want it, enter anyhow and have it sent to me!

Thanks for reading,

Have a great night.

Dawgbones

2008 Upper Deck Timeline... Tuesday

Day 2, Pack 2
Lance Berkman - 1B - Astros
Nick Markakis - OF - Orioles
John Smoltz - P - Braves
Brandon WEbb - P - D-Backs
Jake Peavy - P - Padres
Emmanuel Burriss - SS - Giants (RC)

1 for my J#17 PC, 1 for my D-Backs PC, and I like the looks of these Rookie cards, the rest are up for grabs. Let me know if you see something you'd like.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Would you like an HOF Autographed Earl Weaver?

I know I would. If you do, The Great Orioles Autograph Project, is having a celebratory type contest over on his blog, where in you could win your very own autographed Earl Weaver Card.

 Go on over here and check it out, if you like it, tellem Dawgbones sentcha??

Thanks for reading,
Dawgbones

2008 Upper Deck Timeline... Monday

Up for this week, 5 packs of 2008 Upper Deck Timeline Baseball

Day 1, Pack 1
Alfonso Soriano - OF - Cubs
Felix Hernandez - P - Mariners
Pedro Martinez - P - Mets
Manny Ramirez - OF - Dodgers
Brian Barton - OF - Cardinals (RC)
Max Scherzer - P - D-Backs (RC)

1 D-Back for my PC, the rest are up for grabs.
Let me know if you see something you'd like.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

The other package waiting for me...

Way back before Christmas, a contest of charity was announced, by the Big Kahuna, over at Enough Already. The entry fee was to choose one charity idea from a list he posted here. shortly thereafter, he added another post here, concerning two inDUHviduals, Randy & Glenn P. Well, I am here to testify as to the truth of the contest matter. I took the second posting as a personal challenge, selecting to do not just 1 idea, but 2 prior to contest closure, and Kahuna, I've since completed 2 more from that list! Turns out I had about 15 or so coats that Mrs. Dawgbones and I have not worn in quite a while, so off they went to the D.A.V. last weekend, along with a bunch of other stuff.

Randy and Glenn P. I was happy to oblige the Big Kahuna's wishes for some holiday charity, and OMG was I rewarded. Friday when I got home from work, this greeted me:

How totally cool is that. Look on and weep there Randy, Glenn.
Don't Cha wish you had a prize like this!
Thanks Kahuna (Tim),
Scott, Caty, you guys did a great job packing, every thing arrived safe and sound.
Thanks for such an awesome prize,
Have a GReat week ahead,
Dawgbones