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latest addition to the family...

May I present to you a 2005 Donruss Diamond King Framed Signature Dual Bat somethingorother of Mr Adam LaRoche.

You see that shiny light electric blue there? If you remember your Donruss, you know what that means......

1/1 baby. I believe that's 12 in my LaRoche collection. Only one is a printing plate. An autographed 2008 UD Black black plate. No, I didn't stutter.

It's always fun adding a card to your favourite player collection, 1/1 or not....

I changed my mind...

Last night after the game I typed out a post. Not just any post, but a Collective Troll length post. It was eloquent and thought provoking a la Night Owl. But I couldn't hit "Publish". I just couldn't do it. It's now deleted.
Why, you ask? Well, it was a bit of a rant. Okay, it was a helluva rant. And I've done that too much lately. You all know how much I love hockey. I'm Canadian, it's part of my DNA. And it pains me to see how far the game has fallen. I was watching my Montreal Canadiens play Team NHL last night. It was horrible. For the third game in a row.
For those of you not watching at home, the american tv execs and the NHL has pre-detemined who will win the Cup. It's bad enough that american tv execs make the schedule, but when they start influencing games, it gets to be too much.
But I am not alone. The CBC started to question the leagues motives openly on air last night. TSN (our ESPN) did the same, calling out the NHL to respond. Even Don Cherry joined in, asking in his own stylish manner, "What the hell is going on?"
They are better at rooting out the bias then I will ever be.
I am just a fan, watching his game be ruined by an asshole in a suit who never played the game.

So, to brighten up my mood.... I went and got the mail, hoping that there was something in it to cheer me up. And now that the snowing has stopped (albeit briefly) it was a nice walk, although a bit brisk.

Success! An Adam LaRoche silver /25 signed ball.

It will go nicely next to his two friends I have waiting.

Very cool. Now that's better. Life is in the simple things kids.

Auto Mania

I just received a package from an ebay seller. I bought several cards from him/her. All "hits". Either jersey, or in most cases, autographs. You ever find a seller who has about 20 cards you're interested in, all ending around the same time, at the right price, and no one else is online? It's rare, but when it happens, it's glorious.

I'll show the first three today. Up first, a 2009 UD Ballpark Rookie Auto of Braves pitcher James Parr, 106/500. The cost? .99 cents. Good thing he's not Japanese.

Next we have an on card Goudey Graph. Sweet assed card if you ask me.... oh yeah, .99 cents for this one as well...

Finally (for this post) we have my boy. Mr Second Half himself. An auto jersey thank you very much.

yeah, it's a sticker auto, but what are ya gonna do? $2.50 brought Adam home.

Why do card shops and shows insist on charging $20, $30, $80! for these things? Do they not have the world wide web at home?

Maybe their mom is on dial up?

Whatever... enjoy, and I'll show off more later. Including a little story on "the curse"

Excuse to collect toys...

The start of a new season means the start of a new year of promotions. Among the riff raff scheduled to be given away at ballparks this year include snuggies, skateboards, foam fingers, action figures, grass seed (the lawn kind), garden gnomes and of course, everyone's favourites, bobbleheads.

I had to pick this Adam LaRoche one (limited to 8000!) up off of fleabay. I also have his from Danville. That was tough to track down.

Anyways... here's your schedule for bobblehead heaven.

April 16 Seattle - Ken Griffey Jr.
April 21 Anaheim - Erick Aybar
April 24 Texas - Elvis Andrus
April 24 San Francisco - Pablo Sandoval
May 7 Seattle - Ken Griffey Jr.
May 16 San Francisco - Willie Mays
June 13 San Francisco - Lucy (from Peanuts)
June 30 Baltimore - Matt Wieters
June 30 Anaheim - Joe Saunders
July 17 Cincinnati - Chris Sabo
July 30 St Louis - Vince Coleman
August 28 San Francisco - Joe DiMaggio (SF Seals)
August 29 Milwaukee - CC Sabathia

none as cool as the Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn from last season... but who can top that? BTW, I'm still wanting one of those if anyone has one available.

trade update

I know most of you tune in every morning to catch the latest update on "Since the Trades" located over on the right side of this ole blog. It's kinda like sitting down with the morning paper (do people still do that?)
Anyways. So far it's been a sham. Frenchy has been killing the ball. Church couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag.

But no more!

After last night, Dodger Killer Ryan Church has closed the gap.
3-5, 1 homer and 4 RBI's.
That pretty much doubled his Braves output in one game. My man LaRoche also took an 0-5 in that game, bringing him somewhat back to Earth.

I know you'll continue to tune in every morning for further updates.

How sweet it is.....

Braves win.
Adam 2-3 with a walk and scored the game winning run.

He's Baaaaaaaaacckkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The kid with the sweet swing is back!

Smile baby!

WooHooo!!!!!!!!!

No problem

the other day I received a mailer from Marie, at A Cardboard Problem. She sent over a bunch of Braves. Some of which I immediately placed in their appropriate binders.
Yes. That's another way to say I can't remember every card she sent over. That's okay though. I'm sure she understands. She is a collector after all.

But I do remember three important things.
#1 Warren Spahn

#2 Adam LaRoche

#3 Chipper Jones

does anything else really matter?

Lesson learned. Spahn, LaRoche, and Chipper cards are always welcome here.

Thanks Marie.

Can you identify these?

I need a little bit of help identifying what subsets these are from. Now I know that these are from 2004 Diamond Kings. But as you may know, that set has quite a few parallel subsets.
I checked my handy dandy 2009 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards that I received for Christmas... but to no avail. I guess 1850 pages ain't what it used to be.

I'm guessing this is a Framed Black Auto #'d /5 But is that the correct name?

and this could be Framed Bronze Combo Bat/Bat #'d to /25, but according to the SCD, the combos did not come auto'd.

Now does anyone out there have (and it pains me to say it) a Beckett that they could look at to tell what these are?

Thanks.

attention Know It Alls....

In an effort to organize my collection, I started going through boxes today. I'm in for a long, arduous, journey.
Anyways, I found these. Now what I need to know (and am too lazy to research) is if I am missing any?
2006 Topps Chrome refractor White

2006 Topps Chrome refractor Blue (is this a parallel? It's not numbered..)

2006 Topps Chrome refractor Black (#'d to 549)

2006 Topps Chrome refractor Red (#'d to 90)

any more of these? What colour should I be chasing next????

and...

is the regular 2006 Topps the same? Or is there just this plain base version?

I'm so confused.

I've been neglectful...

So with everything that has been happening over the last couple of months, I somehow have stopped acquiring cards of my favourite (or at least, top 2) player. Adam LaRoche.

In an effort to remedy that, I made a trip to the local card store. Here, that means ebay. A quick search, a couple of clicks, and voila! A brand new 2009 Upper Deck SPx Adam LaRoche auto jersey for $3.

Wait a sec... this is the brand new 2009 Upper Deck SPx Adam LaRoche.... in an Atlanta jersey?!?!? He's only been in Pittsburgh for over TWO YEARS! Can Upper Deck not do anything right? Remember this from the new 2009 base set?

idiots.

NNNnnnnoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new stuff is out. Everybody is going crazy. Yadda yadda yadda.... I decided to wait on Topps, and maybe pick up a box of Upper Deck. I'm collecting the '08 football, and the '08/09 Hockey, so why not?
This is why not!

I first saw this on Automatic for the People... thought it might be a fluke.... went trolling on the 'bay, and found this....

SONOFAMICKEYFICKEYCOCKKNOCKERBACKSTABBINLOWBALLINGINBREDINGRATERATBASTARD!

This is why you don't have sticker autos!!!! If you can't hire anybody who has actually watched a ballgame in their lives to be able to tell the difference between ball players.... at least the player could say," uh.... fuckwit? you sent me the wrong cards to sign...."

There's hope for the Pirates yet...

Pittsburgh has avoided arbitration with 1B Adam LaRoche by signing him to a one year deal for $7.05 million plus incentives. Link.

An awesome deal for the Pirates. Unfortunately, this means yet another year when he won't be signed by the Braves and be re-united with his best friend Chipper Jones. Although the way things are going..... Chipper may be signing with Pittsburgh next season......

It came!!!!! It finally came!!!!

I've been waiting so long.... ever since the first one arrived unannounced. And today, it finally arrived.
I didn't want to beg... I didn't want to appear impatient. After all, Dave does this over at Goose Joak out of the goodness of his heart, the love of the game, and an apparent lack of a life. (I'm kidding!!!! I kid.... I'm a kidder..)
Check it out!

1976 Topps Adam LaRoche! The world is a better place with more Adam LaRoche cards!

1976 Topps is a set I'm going to collect... I've already started on the Braves team set... now I just have to make the plunge and do the rest of it.
One day.....

Presents from the North...

My buddy Ryan from Trader Crack's shot em an email awhile back to tell me he had pulled a Brave hit and if I wanted it....
Awwwwyeeaahhhh!
Kelly Johnson Black bordered parallel auto. Sweeeet!

and look! It gets better... an Adam LaRoche exclusive insert from Wally world or something.

The world is a better place when I get Adam LaRoche cards....

Thanks Ryan!

2007 Topps Baseball Series One Blaster Break

Like I mentioned on A Pack A Day, where I ripped the first pack of this blaster, I bought this, and two other blasters at a card show a week ago. The one good thing I can mention about card shows here in Calgary, is that the focus is so intense on hockey, you can pick up a bargain if your timing is right.

That's right. $5. I bought three blasters because they only had three blasters. Math is simple kids.
If you need a recap of Pack One, click here.

Now that you're back....
Pack Two-
Elizardo Ramirez - Reds
Cincinnati Reds team card
Tony LaRussa - Cardinals
Todd Helton - Rockies
Mickey Mantle Home Run #202 1:9 packs
Frank Catalanotto - Rangers
Eric Chavez Gold Glove - A's

Pack Three-
Hanley Ramirez NL ROY - Marlins
Bronson Arroyo - Reds
Eliezer Alfonzo - Giants
Nick Markakis - Orioles
Ian Snell - Pirates
Hideki Matsui - Yankees

Pack Four-
B.J. Ryan - Blue Jays
Brian Schneider - Nationals
Jake Peavy - Padres
Josh Gibson Home Run #260 1:9 packs
Eduardo Perez - Mariners
Chone Figgins - Angels

Pack Five-
Classic Combo Delgado/Wright - Mets BOO!
B.J. Upton - Rays
Scott Podsednik - White Sox
Jay Gibbons - Orioles
Generation Now Andre Ethier 1:4 packs

Pack Six-
Andre Ethier - Dodgers
Vladimir Guerrero - Angels
Michael Barret - Cubs
Joel Zumaya - Tigers
Own the Game Brandon Webb 1:6 packs
Clay Hensley - Padres

Pack Seven-
Austin Kearns - Nationals
Chris Duffy - Pirates
Brad Ausmus - Astros
Unlock the Mick 2KSports Video Game Cheats 1:18 packs
Checklist
Chris Duncan - Cardinals
Chuck James - Braves! Finally!!!

Pack Eight-
Adam Lind - Blue Jays Rookie
Preston Wilson - Cardinals
Andrew Miller - Marlins Rookie
Distinguished Service - Monte Irvin US Army 1:12 packs
Emil Brown - Royals
Eric Byrnes - Diamondbacks

Pack Nine-
Dontrelle Willis - Marlins
Curt Schilling - Bloody Sox
Road to 500 ARod #4 1:36 packs
Generation Now Chase Utley 1:4 packs
Adam Loewen - Orioles
Rocco Baldelli - Rays

Pack Ten -

Todd Greene - Giants

Albert Pujols - Cardinals

Mark Ellis - A's

Josh Bard- Padres

Brad Penny - Dodgers

Classic Combos Soriano/Beltran - NL All Stars

Pack Eleven- THE BONUS PACK!!

Adam LaRoche - Braves - HELL YEAH!!! WOOOHOOOO!

Tony Gwynn Jr. - Brewers

Albert Pujols Gold Glove - Cardinals

John Lackey - Angels

Justin Verlander - AL ROY - Tigers

Checklist

Brandon Inge - Tigers

A quick breakdown:

ARod 1:36 - 1

Mickey Mantle 1:9 - 1

Josh Gibson 1:9 - 1

Generation Now 1:4 - 2

Own The Game 1:6 - 2

Distinguished Service 1:12 - 1

Unlock the Mick 2K7 Sports Video Game Cheats 1:18 - 1

Base cards - 57

Duplicates - 0

Checklists - 1,2,3

Three damaged cards in the box.... all three checklists dinged on the bottom left corner, all three in the middle of their respective packs. Hmmmmm......

I'll bust the other blaster of this sometime next week....

Mail Day!!!

Yesterday I received a small, padded envelope in the mail. The return address was in Georgia. Yes! My Braves buddy dayf has sent me another goodie bag.
Earlier, I had sent him some random stuff, including some '08 A&G that he needed. He responded by sending 87 '08 A&G cards... 83 of which I needed, including my man Adam LaRoche!

Some more Adam cards....

and of course some Chippers.... for no package sent either way between us is complete without Chipper.

The one on the bottom left is a new one to me.... it has a hole in it. Probably some weird Pinnacle gimmick I would guess....

Plus one other goody that I will save for another post....

Thanks buddy....

Happy Birthday Adam!

Well you knew it was coming. If you thought I wasn't going to post about this day, you don't know me at all. It's Adam LaRoche's 29th birthday today.
Adam was drafted in 1998 and then again in 1999 by the Florida Marlins. He refused to sign. (Wouldn't you?) Atlanta took him in 2000 and he signed. (Good call)