Dawgbones, a Phillies Phan!

An update to Friday's post P.S.

2012-03-11T21:12:00.000-04:00

Well, after a very long two days spent both in a classroom and on the range, both Mrs. Dawgbones and I have earned our clas M endorsment for our driver's licenses.

Wish us luck, and watch out world, here we come!!
Have a GReat week everybody!
Dawgbones

Men may be from Mars, But these cards are from Zenus!

2012-03-09T06:00:00.000-05:00

Zenus Barnes, from over at Prowling Cat Collecting. He doesn't have a blog per say, but he definitely has want lists, need lists, and other useful information over there. Go on and check it out.
He contacted me last week about some cards for my '07 Opening Day Set, a reply or two later, a trade was born. I say trade, but at this point, I've not sent my end of the bargain out yet, even though I got his side yesterday.

And my peeps just can't send me a package without addin in a few Phils for my PCs, I just frickin love it!!! How appropriate is the Purina Pete Rose card!! I may have to chase after that whole set one of these days!

I pulled a bunch of mascot cards for him and was hoping to add from my box of 2012 Opening Day that I picked up last night, but alas, tis not to be this year. Hell I'm not even close to finishing ANY of the inserts from this year. I'm not even sure I have a complete base set at this point. The only thing I am sure of so far is that my Carlos Lee card does not have a card number on the back of it. I wonder if they are all like that? If you are Listening Topps, from a set collecting perspective, maybe fewer insert sets would help us finish from fewer than a case of product!!

Anyhow, Zenus, thanks for the cards and the help. I will get something out to you in the next week, gotta find something else to fill the envelope up a bit...

If anybody else in my readership can help him out, please do so, and as always, tellem ole Dawgbones sentcha!!

Have a GReat weekend!!
Dawgbones

P.S. I am going to be out of touch this weekend as my 2-day motorcycle license training course is Saturday and Sunday, so it may take a day or two to answer any emails/comments. But I will answer eventually!!
Wish Mrs. Dawgbones and I luck!

Opening Day was Yesterday... (updated)

2012-03-08T13:11:00.001-05:00

for the cards any way. Bought a box this year, still need the rest of the mascot cards. ~~Gonna put a list up soon.~~ The wants page has been updated.

some scans:

I buy this set mainly for the Mascot cards, love me some Philly Phanatic... need that one by the way!
some more scans:

I think Topps actually got this right, notice the team color coded borders... Very Nice!

and one back, notice anything, Beuller, Beuller... Anything at all??

Wonder if all of Lee's Opening Day cards are like this? According to the latest checklist I could find, he is supposed to be card #220.

Ok, WTF Topps? Seriously, the collation on the Opening Day cards (@99 cents a pack), I end up with almost a complete base set, 14 missing and only 6 duplicates, if you count Blue Bordered Numbered Parallels as duplicates. Why can't you do this well at a higher price point??

And damn, do I hate buying more packs just to get 14 cards, or the Mascots!!Oh well, keep me in mind if you end up with something that might could help me out please. My wants are up to date...

thanks for reading.
Have a GReat night!
Dawgbones

Another eBay outing...

2012-03-08T08:22:00.001-05:00

Picked up the other Phillies World Series pin, for only a $1.50 more than I really wanted to spend. Hoped to get both the Schmidt and Hamels for $20, spent $21.50. Not too bad.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!!
Dawgbones

Bumped

2012-03-05T14:32:00.000-05:00

Found another new (or at least new to me) Phillies Blog, We Should Be GMs,and they were kind enough to send me three bumper stickers. How cool is that??!

this is their blog header, pretty slick.

If I'm understanding this correctly, a Phucco is a player that has played for both organizations (Phillies & Pirates)

This is another Baseball Blog, loosely associated with WSBGMs, Love the mix of Logo Letters in this one!

Thanks guys,

Thanks for reading,

Have a GReat day!!

Dawgbones

Cards from beneath the Bridge...

2012-03-02T09:51:00.001-05:00

Everybody's favorite Troll sent me a little care package last week, consisting of cards from my want lists, cards for my PCs, cards I've asked about, and just cards for cards' sake!!
Enjoy!

Appreciate the Boozer card there Troll, but I quit drinking years ago, 1995, I think, anywhoo, vintage Phillies are always welcome here in Southeastern Va.

More Kimballs off that list!! Whoo Hoo!! Plus a few off the others. I must agree somewhat with the general consensus for the Walk Off inserts. I feel that they are a very nice design, but to me, all that grey just screams MORE! Something is just missing. Maybe if they made the team logo bigger?

I don't know why, but I like the Royal Wedding card, this version is the mini, pulled/upgraded/replaced from Troll's Frankenset, Spankee has the regular issue on hold for me as well and I look forward to all the cards he has for me cause his bubblers do not disappoint either!

Once again, my favorite Troll has not failed to impress me with his generosity, nor his keen selection of varied, yet equally desirable, offerings. I look forward to opening each and every envelope or box that has his familiar scrawl on it.

Our packages actually crossed in the mail, having left our towns and arrived in our towns on the same days as well!!

Thanks for reading, Thanks for the cards Troll, I'll have to find something interesting to "get even" with you for these.
Have a Great weekend!
Dawgbones

Feed your inner Nerd...

2012-02-28T13:45:00.001-05:00

Or as my wife says, "What do you mean, INNER?"

Recently, I found another new blog for my inner nerd, The Writer's Journey. Write now, he's running a contest for a very unique prize, a Mimobot flash drive in the shape and personage of Boba Fett.

Go on over here and check it out, I'll wait...

Good, you made it back, pretty slick, right! He's also reviewed the R2D2 version here.
I love the soundbites involved with that one, too cool.

Now one of the entries for this contest involves creating a piece of Star Wars related art, I've combined with the above picture, wouldn't this be cool:

Anyhow, go on over to the Dorkside and enter, if you dare. Just use the Force, Dude!!

thanks for indulging my ~~inner~~ Nerd!
Have a GReat night!
Dawgbones

Recent mailings...

2012-02-24T09:55:00.003-05:00

Two "trades" and a mystery package went in the mail to the following Zipcodes:

34270, 30101, 71203

Be on the lookout fellas, and have a GReat weekend!
Dawgbones

New Blog Shout-Out!!! (updated)

2012-02-24T06:39:00.002-05:00

Found a new site waiting in my inbox this morning. Looks very interesting.

Hairline Crease is the name of the blog, obviously The Baseball Card Store is the other...

(should've added the link this morning, Thanks Cory, I am an idiot!!)

It's a card store with a Phillies Blog, or is it a Phillies Blog that sells cards??

Looks like a nice, quaint little place, if you are ever in Midland Park, NJ (I'm from Jersey, You from Jersey?), stop in and check them out:

45 Prospect Street
Midland Park, NJ

baseballcardstorenj(at)gmail(dot)com

Anyways, go on over to their site and check them out, if you like what you see, tellem Dawgbones sentcha!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Contest from across the pond...

2012-02-23T21:40:00.000-05:00

New blog on the scene, or at least new to me. Cards Beyond Oceans, is having a contest for a super sweet Duke Snider Auto Jersey Relic. Go on over and check it out.

And be sure to tellem Dawgbones sentcha!!
Have a GReat night!
Dawgbones

Spankmee, the actual Hits!!

2012-02-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

Yes, I actually got two Phillies hits from Spankee's Awesome Big Break, over at My Cardboard Mistress, Please try not to drool:

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Thankyou Sir! May I have Another?...

2012-02-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

Mini Phillies from Spankee's Big Break, over at My Cardboard Mistress:

The Weird-Ohs were a payback for help with the first half of this set...

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Spankmee three times....

2012-02-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

More Phillies from Spankee's Big Break, over at My Cardboard Mistress:

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Spankmee again...

2012-02-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

More Phillies from Spankee's Big Break, over at My Cardboard Mistress:

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Well Spankmee, that was a helluva Break...

2012-02-18T13:28:00.002-05:00

Too many moons ago (That's no moon. It's a space station!) Spankee, over at My Cardboard Mistress, had one hell of a group break, dividing up the spoils of his life's collecting, at least it seemed that way at the time (the only other bigger break was held by Mike, of BA Benny fame).
Anyhoo, I jumped in for the Phillies as I often try to do. Well, I was not disappointed.
Gaze upon my spoils:

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Wrapping up 2012... and an offer of help...

2012-02-17T07:37:00.002-05:00

Well, I've now purcahsed 5 hobby packs and 1 rack pack of 2012 Topps, only chasing my team and other PCs, plus 1 or 2 that look interesting. I may pick up a few reatil packs here and there, but I am now waiting for Opening day to come out. (that and the Big Bang Theory set).. Out of this miniscule sampling, I've actually started receiving duplicates of my team cards!! Nice collation there Topps!!

I have my want list page updated and will gladly trade for the team cards, focusing mainly on my Phils.

But the main reason for my post today is the fact that I've got 5 hobby wrappers (not jumbo). If anyone is participating in the wrapper redemption, for which the window is rapidly closing, if you could use 1 or 2 (or even all 5) wrappers in your quest, hit me up with an email, including your name, address, and the wildest reason you can think of that I should send them your way.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Weekend!
Dawgbones

An eBay pick-up...

2012-02-15T09:45:00.001-05:00

Saw this over on Ross' site the other week and wanted one all kinds of bad.

Saw one on the Bay, had a buy-it now of $12.50 (w/free shipping). not too bad, but really didn't want to spend more than $10. Made an offer, and it was accepted!! And still shipped FREE!!! can't beat that at all. the only possible draw-back was eBay's rating system does not leave enough room for the excellant, goes beyond all expectations, results of transactions like this.

I just love the look of this card. Topps really knocked it out of the park with this one. I feel bad for the teams not represented with these, cause they are off the hook.

Now if I can get the Schmidt card for $10 or less, I'll be twice as happy!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

2012 Topps...

2012-02-13T07:18:00.001-05:00

Yeah,

Whatever... more later...
Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat week!
Dawgbones

Diamond Giveaway '11 the shipment

2012-02-08T17:45:00.000-05:00

I gotta say, the "vintage" in this year's unlocking has shown up in way better shape than last years, but I guess that's what 10 fewer years will not do to a card.

I unlocked some nice stuff, and proceeded to change all of it into Phillies. My last successful trade was for the '79 Foote. Little did I know that Smed would be including this very card in with the box o Phils and other stuff he sent me about 2 days after I pulled the trigger on shipping my Diamond stuff!

The newest card in the bunch is the '96 Otero, but I couldn't resist the action in this shot, even though I heavily suspect it is a "posed" shot. And yes, I even managed to add another '87 Allstar Schmidt to that page too! The most trade offers I got for my non-diecuts was for the '68 Bill White, followed by the '69 Taylor and '72 Wise, but I actively traded for these and was not going to let them go for anything short of Phillies Diecuts.

The '79 Oates and '85 McGraw were just cause, and shipping was free with the anniversary set and all!!

But that's not what you came to look at now, is it? You came for the Diecuts, and yes I managed to get four of them. Two Phillies, a D-Back, and a Zipperhead.

These cards are truly awesome to look at in person. Especially after removing the "protective" film covering the fronts. Mr. Zimmerman's card still has this film on it as I am not his final stop on this little diamond journey. And Thick, we're taking close to relic thickness on these puppies. Very nice indeed, especially with free shipping.

So, there you have it, my final haul for this year's "giveaway". Not too shabby. and did I happen to mention, the shipping was FREE! certainly can't beat that!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

I've been a bad blogger...

2012-02-07T08:27:00.002-05:00

I've won a few contests from Ross, over at Sports Card Info, and it's taken me entirely too long to brag about them. He runs them almost on a weekly basis, including the 2 that he's got going right now, here and here. I've won several that he's run over there, including these two lil guys:

The throwback Steelers has dissappeared from my desk twice now, from errant Steelers fans in my office trying to Steal him,

and the Cardinals pitcher that I won last week, which will join my Phillies line-up if I ever find a local store that sells them.

Anyhow, Thanks for the contest, now go enter everybody, but keep yer hands off the King's card, that one's mine!!

Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Another Smed Sighting...

2012-02-03T14:38:00.001-05:00

I've been struggling with this post ever since that box showed up in my snailbox 2 weeks ago. I've actually been trying to figure out what to say ever since Smed's email showed up in my inbox a few weeks ago.

He and I have traded before, and I've even gone so far as paying for shipping of cards he knew I'd like. But a few weeks ago, along with several other people, I got an email simply stating that a package would be on it's way to us.

Fast forward a week and a 600 count box shows up in my snailbox! Now, the box was not full, but even at that, it was WAY more than I was expecting, especially out of the blue with no trade talks in process.

I sat down in my favorite chair to open this little mystery, and could not believe my good fortune.

I have a small confession to make, actually a couple of them, but this one starts it: I've been watching some of the other packages show up in posts since that email arrived, and mine was no different in one aspect, I got a bunch of older cards that fit one of my collections in one way or another. But I confess, I've not found 1 post yet that posesses the WOW factor that mine did.

Smed included a small metric ton of Yankees, Red Sox, and Twins from the mid to late 80s, Don Russ, Fleer and the like. which is fine as they will eventually find a home in one of my binders when I get the chance to organize them again.

Smed also included several cards from my current Want Lists, and several cards from my "Didn't Know I wanted them" list as well. Now I'd be Lyin if I did not say those Tigers and Bears (Oh My!) did not fit right into the holes in my sets. (OK, it was a stretch, he's actually a Cub)

He sent me shiny Phils, Gold Phils, Chrome Phils, and even 1 Red Bordered Phil!

The WOW factor kicked in in right about the middle of the box, and you should have spied it in the first picture of the Pile O'Wax. Yep, 1 very shiny, diamond parallel, straight from the locker room, work-out jersey relic of none other than Roy Halladay!! numbered to 60! (sorry Jules, eat yer heart out!!) I immediately sent a reply to Smed, asking what I'd done to deserve this lil' beauty? He replied that he thought I'd enjoy the card and that I was the big winner in this little snailbox bombing run of his. I think that is the understatement of the year for me. I could not believe my eyes, nor my good fortune!!

Which leads me to my next confession: Last week was a roller coaster ride, getting that box of cards in the mail Tuesday. I took them to work on Wednesday so I could scan them and place some of them in more sturdy protection. I place 1 of the gold bordered Lees in a screw down case to leave on my desk-hutch with the rest of my Phillies stuff there. And I placed Mr. Halladay's relic in a top-loader so I could place it with the rest of my other relics. Not having the other relics with me, I placed the top-loader in my shirt pocket until I got home.

Fast foward to later in the day, much later in the day, we're talking near the end of a 13 hour workday. I am doing something on the computer for work, and it isn't working, I'm talking 2 1/2+ hours of tinkering and trouble-shooting without coming even remotely close to a solution, I quickly glance at my watch and realise, it's time to get my butt home. I shoot an email to my boss and the IT guys then turn my attention to packing up and going home. In packing my things, I realise that somewhere during the day, Mr. Halladay has left my pocket! In a panic, I re-trace my steps from the day, which surprisingly are very few for my normal day, with no luck. I then reluctently head for home. And I didn't even get the chance to scan it in so I can't even show off what I used to have!!

The next day I send emails around to my co-workers, ask the building maintenance and janitorial staff and all but give up on my new found, and more newly lost relic. The admin assistant suggests on Friday to post signs down in the lobby. I figure, what the hell, couldn't hurt, probably wouldn't help either... So I trudge down to the lobby and post a simple sign:

1/25/12
Lost
Baseball Card
If Found
Please Call

xxx-xxxx

Friday afternoon, I get a phone call from someone in the building,

"Yeah, I'm calling about the baseball card?"
My hopes raise as I reply, "Yes, that's my sign..."
him, "I'm up on the 6th floor..."
me, "yeah, I'm on the 2nd..."
him, "where did you lose it?"
me, "either 2nd or 3rd floor..." knowing that's the only floors I had visited on Wednesday,
him, "Well, who was the subject on the card?"
me, "Philadelphia Phillies Roy Halladay", as my hopes begin to sink again...
him, "What year is it from?"
me, "2011"
him, "Any particular value?"
me, "Don't really know, wasn't trying to sell it... did you find a card?"
him, "No, but I'll keep my eyes out for it..."
me, very annoyed by this point, "Well thanks, have a nice day...", my hopes fall even further as I am now wondering exactly what the f^#*ing point behind that phone call was and what kind a scam is this jerk-off trying to pull?

About mid-afternoon on Tuesday, after pretty much writing Mr. Halladay off as a lost cause, one of the guys that sits in the office where I work (but works for a different company) pops by my cube and asks me if this is the card I lost?? Dropping my Roy Halladay top-loaded relic on my desk... Hell yeah! He tells me he found it on the floor outside his cube but had no idea who it belonged to until he saw the sign in the lobby?!

I'm thinking to myself, yeah, you don't know who the Philadelphia baseball fan is in the office? (you regular readers have seen my cubicle... check out the beginning here, here, here, and here... my boss calls it my "Shrine to the Phillies") But I politely, politically correctly reply, "Yes, that is my card and thank you very much for it's return, you've just made my day!!!"

So, I now have scanned in said relic card for your viewing pleasure and it is now safely tucked in with the rest of my relic collection, having learned a valuable lesson, "Don't put top-loaders in a loose pocket where they can quickly leave your collection through Sir Issacc Newton's first law of gravity!"

I can't even begin to wonder how I'm going to go about "getting even" with Smed for this, but I vow to find a way!!

Saying Thanks just doesn't cut it here, Smed, YOU ROCK DUDE!!
Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Have you had your Flew shot?

2012-02-02T10:26:00.001-05:00

Hiflew, that is. A few weeks ago, I won a lot of code cards off of ebay, thinking I could enter the ones I needed then help out a few bloggers with their needs.
After entering the 9 I needed, and finally getting my stuff shipped last week before the site went down, AGAIN!, I had 5 cards left. Instead of unlocking more mystery 90s crap that I've had little luck in changing into cards I actually want, I decided to trade the unused codes for cards that I actually needed off of my want lists. I quickly shot an email over to Things are Funner cause I know she needed some. Turns out she only needed 1 by this time, so I put an offer out for the remaining 4, which was answered by my good friend, Hiflew.

I also think Johnny discovered my weakness for the mascot cards, as he also included a few extra Phillies with the Phanatic to top it off.

Thanks for the trade Hiflew, I'm glad I could help you and Jules on your way to 45 rings.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

More Strip relief...

2012-01-30T09:53:00.000-05:00

more get fuzzy for you

I did not see that last one coming!! Too Funny.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat week,
Dawgbones

3 Discounted packs...

2012-01-25T08:08:00.000-05:00

out of the $1.59 box at my local Target store the other night.
the first 2 packs fall into my freaky odds category.
the first pack is 2008 Upper Deck X:

and I got another Gold Die-cut, Do you need it Spankee?

and then there's a pack of 2009 Icons:

the freaky odds part, the X-ponential insert card is Adam Dunn, who was also the top card in the Icons pack, even though he apparently switched teams between these releases!!

and you can never go wrong in my book when you pull a #7 player from a pack, even better when it's from one of my PC teams!

The rest are available if anyone needs them, with the possible exception of the Gold die-cut, Spankee has a standing order of "1st dibbs" on the golds for his set.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Apparently, Blogspot is caught in a Snowstorm..

2012-01-21T07:16:00.002-05:00

Anybody else having a problem reading posts? It appears that once certain blogs get commented on, they will not display from my reading list. I click your post, it briefly appears, then the screen goes completely white.

I can hit the back button, your post will briefly appear again, then go white again. Blogger has not answered my pleas for resolution on this.

I ask you, are you having this same issue? I am disabling comments for this post, so email me:
username (at) cox (dot) net.

Someone posted that changing the comments from embedded to full page stops this but I don't know.
Thanks for reading, I hope to be able to read you guys again soon!
Dawgbones

The Diamond Giveaway, 2nd to last post for '11

2012-01-19T10:44:00.000-05:00

So, I'm about ready to have my meager collection, plus the set, shipped. I figured I would appeal to my loyal followers and see if anybody had any vintage Phillies in their virtual collection that they were not planning on having shipped put to them, I don't have much room to trade, but I could work something out with you if you are interested.

The only new stuff I've got are Tug and Ricky:

and I will have them join my collection, they are Phillies after all!

I already have some older Phils plus two Diamond Cut Phillies to ship:

2011 Carlos Ruiz / Catcher / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: DDC-44

2011 Cole Hamels / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: DDC-72

2011 Miguel Montero / Catcher / Arizona Diamondbacks
Card Number: DDC-127

2011 Ryan Zimmerman / Third Base / Washington Nationals
Card Number: DDC-55

Mike Schmidt 1987 / Third Base / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 597

Johnny Oates 1976 / Catcher / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 62

Barry Foote 1979 / Catcher / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 161

Rick Wise 1972 / Pitcher / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 345

Tony Taylor 1970 / Second Base / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 324

Bill White 1968 / First Base / Philadelphia Phillies
Card Number: 190

I know Schmidt isn't really vintage, but he'll go with the other three copies of this card I have so far...

Thanks for reading, let me know,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

I'm joining Night Owl and PATP...

2012-01-18T07:31:00.005-05:00

and as PATP said, "I can't say it any better than this guy."

~Db!

a little comic (strip) relief

2012-01-17T08:27:00.001-05:00

some of you guys will remember the series of Get Fuzzy strips from last year, these were from the last week:

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

MLK

2012-01-16T11:30:00.001-05:00

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wait a minute...

2012-01-13T06:13:00.000-05:00

That's not Sammy!!!

Nope, finally traded that '69 Sammy Ellis for an equally vintage '70 Tony Taylor, and definitely love the look of this card. All those throwback batter's helmets (though technically, they aren't throwbacks in this picture!)

Now to just wait out a few more days, see if anybody nibbles on that '70 team card before having the whole works shipped!

Thanks for indulging me,
Have a GReat weekend!
Dawgbones

Birthdays aint so bad...

2012-01-12T08:41:00.000-05:00

My birthday gift finally arrived this week, even though Mrs. Dawgbons ordered it well before Christmas. What do you get the discerning Phillies Phan for his Berfday?

Yep, everybody's Hometown Hero, Mickey Mouse, sharply dressed in a Phillies uniform and swinging for the fences!! He's part of a new series from the Hamilton collection, with the rest of the team coming later, will show them as they arrive.

Thanks Mr.s Dawgbones, I love it, though I love you more!!
thanks for reading,
Have a GReat weekend!
Dawgbones

Why does nobody want Sammy?

2012-01-10T21:00:00.000-05:00

So I finally get to 45 rings, spend about 20 minutes turning the doubles into uniques, spend another 10 minutes trading to get a Phillies ring back (apparently, two peeps accepted that trade at the same time!)

Now, I'm stuck, trying to offload a 1969 Sammy Ellis, attempting to turn him into a similar Phillie from the same year or so, but, apparently, nobody wants him!

I don't know why, he's got a pretty nice looking card, but no nibbles. How about you guys, have any of these virtual cards you are trying to upgrade (or in my case, downgrade into a PC)?

If I have no offers in a week or so, I guess I will have to find Sammy a home here in one of my binders, I mean, he is vintage afterall!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat night!
Dawgbones

About that diamond giveaway...

2012-01-08T14:23:00.000-05:00

So, I won an auction on the Bay last week, securing myself 14 code cards for the giveaway. This brings me to within reach of the 60th anniversary set, plus some added free shipping!! The thing of it is, I only needed 9 codes for the set.

I now have four extra codes that I do not know what I want to do with (I emailed 1 of the codes to a fellow Phillie fan who ended up ebing just 1 shy). Now, what should I do with the four remaining cards?

I could sell them on the bay and attempt to recupt some of my money, I could redeem them and see if I can get anything good (kinda doubting that option, considering my last few redeemed cards were not GReat!)

Ellis was the absolute best I got for my 9 codes...

Or I could offer them up for trade. What do you, my loyal readers, think? Is anybody in need of these four codes? 1 of them is due to expire at the end of the month, but the rest are good for a while yet, at least until Topps figures out how to add a day onto the end of June!!

I have managed to trade some of my "unwanted" cards and at least turn them into Phillies, so they'll at least find a good home here in my Phillies Binder.

Thanks for reading, have a GReat week,
Dawgbones

2nd Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web Last Day to get in!!

2012-01-06T14:28:00.001-05:00

Hey Gang, don't be a DUNCE like me, go on over and enter Buddah's 2nd Annual Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest!!

Just be sure to pick two teams that could actually play against each other on the end...

Yeah, that was me last year, picking two AFC teams to play in the superbowl, goes to show you exactly how much I pay attention to football. Guess that's why he named it ALMOST easiest.

Hell, if I had not spent the afternoon over at my sister's house on New Year's day, I would not have seen any football at all over the holidays!!

Anyhow, go on over and join in the fun, or bow out gracefully if you don't care much for football, like myself!
thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Sometimes things just work out...

2012-01-05T08:52:00.002-05:00

for somebody else!!

Have you ever just absolutely killed it in a break? Yes, then leave, leave now, just go.

Ok, now that they are gone, I recently joined in on a group break held by Kyle, of the relatively new (or at least new to me) blog JABO, or Juuust a Bit Outside.

I chose the Phillies and Twins for my two teams, and was randomly assigned the Orioles. Now, I am in no way knocking Kyle's break. Sometimes the card gods shine on you, sometimes they shine on others. That is what I felt during this break. I got a few good Phils and a few good Twins, but nothing that I would even remotely consider spectacular. Give you two guesses which my favorite card from this break was:

Now I realize it is just me, but my beloved Phillies deliver time and time again in group break after group break, until I manage to snag that spot, then they take the break off!!

Now the Orioles, on the other hand, made out fairly well in this particular break, which,in my humble opinion, works out real well for Ryan, over at '"O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog. You see, I am currently in trade negotiations with Ryan for a few Phillies that I desire, I think he is really going to enjoy the results of this break:

The Markakis is numbered 525/562 and the Britton refractor is numbered 60/225. The Reynolds is not numbered out of anything, but is still a nice looking card. Despite the fact that Ryan did not care much for Bowmans' offering this year, he did get two versions of the card he felt was the least offensive out of the set, the Delmonico Rookie. Hope you will enjoy these Ryan, they have been added to your stack.

Thanks for the group break Kyle, it did work out well for Ryan, and I will enjoy the cards for my PCs.
Thanks for reading,
have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Starting my 45th trip around the sun...

2012-01-03T06:29:00.000-05:00

What a beautiflly cool morning here on the east coast!!
Woke to a chilly 31 degrees this morning! (that is chilly for us southern folk my northern friends)

No real post today, it's my birthday and I don't have anything else for you right now.
Have a GReat day!!

Thanks for reading,
Dawgbones

New Year's Resolutions....

2012-01-02T11:27:00.003-05:00

I really only have 2, both of which will GReatly affect my readership:

Number 1
Learn to safely operate my new motorcycle so as not to bring harm to myself or others.

Number 2
To get away from the computer a little more often this year.

Yes, this means I will not be posting as often this year, I hope to make more meaningful posts, going for more quality than quantity.

My collecting goals for this year: Hell, whos knows, I am planning on buying two boxes that I know of, this year's Opening Day is a must have for me, and I'm going to try a box instead of packs. And I'm really excited for the up-coming Big Bang Theory release and have already asked my Local Comic Shop to set a box aside for me, I'm really hoping for a Kaley Cuoco auto.

As for baseball, I hope to finish the few sets I have started before taking on anything new, including Topps beyond Opening Day (and this is very subject to change).

Thanks for reading,
Happy New Year!
Have a GReat Week!!
Dawgbones

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-01T00:01:00.000-05:00

Wishing all my readers the very Happiest of New Years!
May the best day of your past be the absolute worst day of your future!

and I just can't wait to show this off, it's even baseball related!!

Christmas Gifts 2011:
My wife and I have been searching and collecting baseball material (fabric) for the last year and a half or so. Trying in vain to find some type of Phillies pattern so she could make me a new quilt. Lo and behold, she presented me with my baseball quilt for Christmas this year!!

the backing is flannel, to keep me warm until spring training begins the new season:

surrounding the outer edges, we have a base/hitter/runner and the diamond:

next up, a few more baseball related items spread over a blue background:

followed by bats, balls, and gloves, this was my favorite find, I just love the colors:

centered was the second favorite find, the pitchers proverbial playground:

Now, I know what you are thinking, where's the Phillies!! Well I gotta tell you, damned MLB and their stinking licensing. There are very few fabrics available outside of fleece (and with 4 dogs, fleece ain't my best friend). Well, what's a woman to do for her husband and his favorite team??

I tell you what she does, she gets damned inventive, that's what she does, purchasing two very large, very freaking SCHWEET wool pennants, and makes them the center of my very cool, very OWN Phillies quilt!!

How freaking cool is that!!!

And that, my Phello Phillies Phriends, as well as the rest of my readership, is why my wife is the best damn friend I could ever hope to have.

Great Job Mrs. Dawgbones, you have definitely outdone yourself this year and should be very proud of yourself. I think you just made of bunch of my fellow collectors very jealous!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a very safe and Happy New Year Everybody!
Dawgbones

Year End Favorites

2011-12-31T06:00:00.000-05:00

My absolute favorite Autograph. And I didn't even pull it from a pack of cards!! I got it from a contest earlier this summer:

Thanks Fuji, I've wanted one of these since I started reading the blogs and spied it on yours. And was the major contributing facto in my entrance in your contest, it was a blast. Hope you do it again next year.

Wow, 365 days, and 365+ posts, my goal for 2011 was to try and average one post per day.
My goal for next year, hell, who am I kidding, it's to learn to ride my new Harley and spend as much time as I can on it and not a computer!!

Be safe tonight everybody, and we'll see you again next year!!
Happy New Year Gang!
Have a GReat night!!
Dawgbones

What do you get from a Rack Pack and a single pack!

2011-12-30T09:25:00.000-05:00

Of 2011 Updates? You get shorted again, TWICE.

What are the odds that you'd purchase a single pack, then a few days later, buy a rack pack, and pull a short printed card out of each?

Now how about the odds that one is a regular short print and the other a diamond bedazzled card?

OK, finally, what if it was the same card?

A US42 Frank Thomas designated hitter card:

Gotta love that #7 jersey in the picture as well!!
Way to go Topps!! Thanks

thanks for reading,
Have a GReat weekend!
Dawgbones

Years End Favorites

2011-12-30T06:00:00.000-05:00

Favorite Set: Opening Day:

Gotta Love the Mascot cards
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Year End Favorites

2011-12-29T06:00:00.000-05:00

Favorite Insert Set:

I think everybody loved the minis, though I still have no way of displaying them yet!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Year End Favorites

2011-12-28T06:00:00.000-05:00

Favorite card:
It's a short print:

Yep, Mr. Roberts' short printed Topps, still love it. I hope to add the parallels to my collection but I think this versin will still be my favorite!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!!
Dawgbones

Year End Favorites

2011-12-27T06:00:00.000-05:00

Favorite Trade:
Has to be for this card:

and it didn't even end up in my collection!! Read the rest here.

Thanks for the help Thorzul, still hope you enjoy it Spankee!

thanks for reading,
Have a GReat Day!
Dawgbones

Year End Favorites

2011-12-26T06:00:00.000-05:00

Favorite Post(s):

Travels with Raleigh

Day 1 (Derby to Port Hedland)
Day 2 (Port Hedland to Carnarvon)
Day 3 (Carnarvon to Perth)
Jonathan at RGB cards posted about both directions of his cross-country journey down under.
Thanks again for taking me along on your journey my friend.

Having been cross-country twice now with my girls, it's always fun to experience new places, even through another's words.

thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

My Favorite Christmas find...

2011-12-25T06:00:00.000-05:00

Every year, I try and find something unique for my wife for christmas. Sometimes it's a peice of artwork. Other times it's some toy or another. This year I really lucked out.
Her favortie movie series "Of all time!!" is the Saw set.

Last year, I bought her several bead style charms for her Pandora bracelet, and wrapped them in a Billy Cubee. Billy, for those that have not seen the movie, is the puppet that Jigsaw used in all of his videos.

This year, while searching for something else at Toys-R-Us, I lucked across a vinyl version of Billy, and could noot resist picking him up.

Now, how do I wrap this up for Christmas, or the other things (except for the Harley, that just gets a bow!) I've gotten her.

She also loves the cheesy monster/horror movies, so quick as a flash, to the internet I go, googling Christmas Zombies, some minor cutting/pasting/re-sizing. Hit the Print button, and... PRESTO!

Her very own Zombie Christmas wrapping paper!! Hope she likes it.
I wish everybody the happiest of Christmasses nad a very Merry New Year to come!!
Later,
Dawgbones

2008, the Game-Used

2011-12-24T06:00:00.000-05:00

Nope, not a Phillie,
and it's definitely available for trade.

Let me know if you are interested.
Happy Christmas everybody,
hope Santa treats you well,
He's treated me and Mrs. Dawgbones real well this year, crossing one off the bucket list!!

Have a GReat Christmas!!
Dawgbones

and again

2011-12-23T06:00:00.000-05:00

the final two packs:

When's the last time you opened an entire blaster's worth of cards, and not gotten at least 1 from your team?? I will file these cards away and see if I can maybe attack this set sometime in the future...

Maybe the Relic?

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

I wonder if the WaWa gift wraps??

and again

2011-12-22T06:00:00.000-05:00

two more:

I don't think the Phils like being boxed in, not even a future Phillie in these packs, but the Reyes and Campaign inserts are good additions to those PCs.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones..

Definitely gotta start shopping...

Blasted Again

2011-12-21T06:00:00.000-05:00

the next two packs:

Another future Phillie, Mr. Blanton, and a nice Mantle insert...
Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!!
Dawgbones

I think maybe it's time to start my christmas shopping...

A Contest Site...

2011-12-20T20:49:00.001-05:00

Go on over here and bookmark this page, Card Contests, Box Breaks, Etc, it's a posting site for all your contests, both to see what's going on as well as to promote your own.

1 of the contests you'll find over there right now is from everybody's favorite newbie, JABO, or Juuust a bit Outside, he's giving away one 3 cards, you get to try for one of the three.
Go on over and check it out, and you might even like the blog, I do.

I think I'm going to try for this one, I have a small PC that it'll fit in Wright nicely, get it!!

And as always, tellem Dawgbones sentcha!
Have a GReat Night!!
Dawgbones

2008 was a GReat year...

2011-12-20T06:00:00.000-05:00

For obvious reasons for me. Today I post the first two packs from a discount blaster of 2008 Topps Series 2, which promises to yield at least 1 Game Used Memorabilia card.

No actual Phillies today, but we did get a future Phillie with Mr. Ibanez.

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Topps shorted me again!!

2011-12-19T06:00:00.000-05:00

Got another SP from this year's updates.

Christy Mathewson this time, very nice, even though he's a ~~Met~~ Giant!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat week!
Dawgbones

What 3 Sawbucks'll get ya...

2011-12-18T06:00:00.000-05:00

Everybody's favorite new blog, Juuust a Bit Outside, held a clearance sale of sorts, for just a couple greenbacks, I got:

a very nice selection of players for most of my PCs, plus another puzzle piece for the insert set.

Thanks for the cards Kyle, now go pull me some Phillies!!
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

Another Quick Contest Post

2011-12-17T20:53:00.003-05:00

My good blogging buddy over at Sports Card Blog.net is having a contest of sorts. He's made some semi-obscure reference to an episode of “The Office” where Michael decides to play “Yankee Swap” with the Secret Santa gifts?

But I recognize and know it better from my participation in the Adventures of Napkin Doon's Big Fun contest earlier this past summer. Where I won this:

the first time and this:

the second time.

I had an absolute blast with the two times I played over there and this looks to be shaping up to be just as much fun

Anyhow, go on over and check it out, and as always, tellem Dawgbones sentcha!!

Have a GReat night!!
Dawgbones

A Dream come True

2011-12-17T07:42:00.002-05:00

Took the plunge last night.. Still got to get my license, but that's small taters now!!

Happy Christmas everybody, Santa's been good to ole Dawg this year fer sure!
Have a GReat weekend!!!
Dawgbones

Annoyances...

2011-12-16T09:25:00.001-05:00

Ok, blogger is really starting to annoy the crap out of me. Anybody else having issues.

I now have to sign in several times in order to leave a comment on anybody's posts. It is giving me the same you don't have access or rights, or some other line of bullshit!!
It relly needs to say, Yeah, we effed up and can't figure out how to fix our screw-up!!

I try to comment on posts where I feel I can have an impact (yes, even if it's only being sarcastic) but damn this is getting annoying!!

I'm also going to run an experiment. Yesterday's post got an extraordinary amount of "views", I thinking it was because it contained the word contest. Let's see if the one word does the same today...
thanks for reading,
Have a GReat weekend!
Dawgbones

P.S. I may have some exciting news over the weekend... at least it will be very exciting for me!

Quick Contest Post

2011-12-15T10:01:00.001-05:00

Hey, just found out that Cards on Cards is having his year-end Football picks contest, with Baseball prizes.
Go on over here. It's real easy for sure, and even though I don't watch football, could care less about football, I do like me some baseball prizes.
It's quick, easy, almost painless, and there you are.
As Always, tellem Dawgbones sentcha!!

Thanks for reading,
Have a GReat day!
Dawgbones

I'll take curtain #3 Please, Monty

2011-12-14T08:47:00.000-05:00

A little while back, Matt F., over at Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius, had a moment of weakness, stealing an idea from Thorzul. Whereas he wanted us, the general reading public, to take some of his inserts and relics off of his hands, in exchange for a few items off of his want lists.

Well, I could not resist sending him a few cards in exchange for two of his offered cardboard goodies. They showed up in Monday's post:

very nice Moyer relic for that PC, plus a bronzed bedazzled Liquorfractor from this year's updates for my Phillies, Chooch.

Thanks for the trade Matt, hope you enjoy what I sent you.
Thanks for reading,
Have a GREat day!!!
Dawgbones

Hey, have you entered the Diamond King's Mega-Contest? No? What the hell are you waiting for, time is growing short... Go now, Enter, Win, Win, Win. and tellem Dawgbones sentcha!!