Hobby or nothing... I choose hobby.

I've seen a few pack/box busts of 2010 Topps Chrome Football and the concensus seems to be forget buying hobby, go retail. Looking at the posted results, I tend to agree. With one slight caveat.

There ain't no retail within 1800 miles of me. So with the choice of hobby packs or nothing, I went and bought some hobby packs. Beggars can't be choosers.

3 packs for $10 at my LCS.

First card... Felix Jones. Nice.

 Joe Flacco - is he really that good, or the product of the system, like Roethlesberger?

 LeSean McCoy - WhY dO PeopLe iSisT oN mAkiNg uP nAMes?

 Percy Harvin - get those headaches under control son.... health is more important.

 I got one refractor in my 3 packs.... Tom Brady. Any Pats fans out there want to trade?

 and I found one of those Bowman Chrome inserts that are 1:12 packs or 2 per box....
Jordan Shipley of the Bungals

also pulled were
Trent Williams - Redskins RC
Darren Sproles - Chargers
Taylor Price - Patriots RC
DeAndelo Williams - Panthers
Sidney Rice - Vikings
Darren Sharper - Saints

Overall a cool set... if I had the $$$ I'd buy a box or two.  But then again, maybe I should send away for retail.

If any of you are collecting this set and need any of these, hit me up for a swap.

Card Blog League

so last night was the live draft of the second annual Card Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League sponsered by none other than Punk Rock Paint.


12 sportscard blogs going head to head, all season long. Let's see who I'm bringing to battle.



Starting Lineup;



Catcher - Brian McCann - always nice to get one of the top two catchers in baseball... if you don't get one of these two, wait until the last round to draft one because the rest don't matter.



1st base - Michael Cuddyer - 32 Homers 100 rbi's... okay pick



2nd base - Ian Kinsler - my SB guy, hopefully the average climbs this year.



3rd base - Alex Rodriguez - I missed the first round and Arod was my autopick. Could be worse.



SS - Yunel Escobar - 100 runs scored, 85 rbi's and a .300 avg. Nice.



OF - Josh Hamilton - I hope he's not injured anymore.



OF - Jason Kubel - 30 homers, 100 rbi's and a .300 average. Why have I not heard of him?



OF - Jason Heyward - I had to.... I just had to...



Utility - Adam LaRoche - 25-30 homers and 85 rbi's, all in the second half.



BENCH - Jeff Francoeur, Alcides Escobar, and Martin Prado



SP - Josh Johnson - time to step up young man.



SP - Jair Jurrjens - quickly becoming an ace... please be healthy



SP - Tommy Hanson - 'nuff said.



SP - J.A. Happ - another youngin'



SP - Rickey Romero - I couldn't stop...



SP - Madison Bumgarner - I hope he finds where he left his fastball...



SP - Jorge Del La Rosa - 16 wins and 200 K's last year? In Colorado???



RP - Rafael Soriano



RP - Ryan Franklin



RP - David Aardsma



RP - Peter Moylan





Ladies and Gentlemen... your 2010 Card Blog League Champions

what time is it?

it's game time baby! I'm sure you southern boys will get to watch the game sometime later tonight after NBC tape delays and manipulates the game film to tell the story they want, meanwhile I'll be watching it LIVE!
time to step up and put on the big boy pants Roberto....