The Clean-Up

It's been a while since I've done one of these. 

-  Cards on Cards sponsored a College Bowl Pick 'Em contest and generously awarded prizes to the top three.  So, of course I finished fourth.  Definitely feel robbed, as I was on the wrong side of both the Music City Bowl b.s. and the Corral injury.  All my wins were 30-point blow-outs.    

Cards on Cards

-  Cooperstown added some people.  David Ortiz got in from the modern side and I would have voted against him.   Curt Schilling should be in, but media hacks don't like his political views. 

-  Canton added some people.  Seems like an underwhelming class to me.  Art McNally as a contributor or whatever and Richard Seymour are the guys I would have voted for.  I like Eagles legend Dick Vermeil, but one ring seems good not elite.  Tony Boselli was a stud, but he didn't play very long. 

-  With the mask mandate ending, I was hoping to make a trip to Target and a card shop.  But the mandate is still in place for another month on public transit.  :(

-  Been playing Wordle.  Getting the word in 4 or 5 guesses usually.  So, average I guess.  Not doing as well in Worldle.  But I'm American, so I'm supposed to suck at geography.  :)  

-  When I finish this roll of Scotch tape, I'll look for the blue kind if I remember it.  Apparently, it's the people's choice. 

-  Signed up for a card draft that Diamond King is sponsoring.  Hope the other drafters don't know about the recent price surge on ho cards and fake autos.  

The Diamond King

-  Was rooting for the Bengals in the Super Bowl.  Seemed a bit odd that the refs started calling a tighter game when the Rams were threatening for the game-winning score.  But I won a dollar because the guy from the deli gave me 4 1/2 points.  We bet big.  

-  I didn't watch the halftime show.  Dre, Snoop, and Eminem seem tremendously overrated and kind of sketchy too.  Blige is somebody I keep thinking about giving more of a listen to, but I never get around to it.  If it had been her and LL Cool J, I would have watched.  

-  Fuji and the Diamond King won my Super Bowl pool.  Their PWEs went out on Tuesday.  

-   Jessie Diggins and Lindsey Jacobellis.     #WinterOlympics  

Super Bowl Pool Winners

 

Diamond King - Rams 3

Fuji - Bengals 0

It didn't take long to zoom through the numbers, so I might as well post them now.

bbcardz:  Bengals 1, Bengals 2, Bengals 9, Rams 1

Diamond King:  Bengals 3, Rams 0, Rams 3, Rams 4

Fuji:  Bengals 0, Bengals 4, Bengals 7, Bengals 8

John Sharp:  Bengals 6, Rams 5, Rams 7, Rams 8

Matt:  Bengals 5, Rams 2, Rams 6, Rams 9

Scoring from My Dealer

 

Unloaded some more cards and got another 2021 Topps Series 1 tin and a pack of soft sleeves for $20 plus the store credit. 

I will not be posting the highlights of the soft sleeve pack.

-  Vlad's son.

-  Yadier Molina stealing home.

-  The only masked card in the tin.

-  Tatis Jr.

-  cup card

-  1952 Topps redux

-  70 Years of Topps

-  1952 Topps redux - chrome

-  70 Years of Topps - chrome

Those last two don't look chrome on here, but they do in real life. 

Super Bowl (Closed to Entries)

 

U.S. or Canada only.

Previous commenters only. 

Comment with who you want to win.  

I'll consult the RNG twenty times and assign each number 0 - 9 for each team to a participant.  If less than twenty people enter, which I expect, people will get more than one number.  I will post people's numbers before the game starts.  Not sure exactly when, but probably on Friday.

Two winners based on the final score.  Example:  Bengals - 63, Rams - 0.  The winners would be whoever had 3 and whoever had 0.   

Deadline:  Thursday, Noon Pacific

Prize:  A PWE of football cards.  

Cardbarrel Order

 

72 cards, but I'll just show a few.

-  1961 Topps

-  1973 Topps for the same name collection.

-  A couple 1978 OPC of the other Willie.

-  1978 Topps

-  1979 Topps

-  2017 Topps First Pitch

Of the 72 cards, 17 are 1978 Topps and 10 are 1979 Topps.  Five each of 1972 Topps and 1976 Topps.  

Scoring from My Dealer

 

So I tried something different, and that is a tin of 2021 Topps baseball series 1.  He had it priced at $30, but I traded a card for store credit, so it was $20 out the door.  75 cards, so I won't show them all.  Ha.

There is a mystery Rougned Odor card.  It looks the same as his base card, except the borders have a  shiny silver vibe.  Anyway, on to the cards I can show.

  

 

-  A 1952 Topps redux - chrome

-  Five 1952 Topps redux 

-  1986 Topps 35th anniversary tribute

-  Gold parallel

-  I'm calling this lady a cardboard cut-out, because I didn't get any others. Ha.

-  The only COVID mask card.

-  70 years of Topps - chrome insert

-  Through the Years insert

-  Several ho cards, including Albert Pujols, Manny Machado, and two Juan Sotos (his base and NL BA leaders).

-  Justin Verlander, Buster Posey, the base Devers, and Eloy Jimenez. 

-  The Yankees won the team contest, with five.  The Jeter insert, as well as a Gerrit Cole, Miguel Andujar, Albert Abreu RC, and Deivi Garcia RC.   

Anyway, I know it's not a popular set.  But I have plenty of them available for trade.   So if you're building the set, you can shoot me your want list and I'll see if I have any of them.  All the base cards not mentioned here and all the ho cards are available.  The Yankees (except for Cole) and the Griffey are also available.       

Breaking News!!!

I finally made it down to the post office.

If you're on this list, expect a PWE in a few days:

A.J.

Anthony

David

Kevin - 2

Mark - 2

Matt