Something I have been meaning to do for a while is to break down just the catcher cards from sets, it's something I do anyway, I am just taking the time to post it now. I am leaving out cards of catchers batting, so no Evan Gattis, just cards that might land in the catcher binder. Starting off with John Buck, Buck is the only catcher allowed to custom paint his mask. This card does a poor job of showing it, a major disappointment for me considering how awesome his 2011 Topps card was.
Baseball card blog focusing on 1971 Topps, cards of catchers and the Colorado Rockies, sometimes drifting of into other areas or sports.
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Monday, 24 June 2013
A Swing and a Trade
A trade proving one man's junk is another man's wantlist. In return for a pile of early 1990's Donruss, the fine human being behind Swing and a Pop-up send me a pile of stuff from my Zistle.com list including Tom Glavine and Barry Bonds rookie cards along with a pile of the usual suspects seen above and below.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
2013 Gypsy Queen Johnny Bench Bat Relic

Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Tricked by a Baseball Card
Over the past few years I have been getting pretty good at noticing acetate cards from a scan. When I saw this 1999 Skybox Molten Metal Fusion insert I was pretty sure I had a new card for the acetate collection. I was wrong. The usual indicators were there, cropped photo on the front, and the mirrored logo on the back of the cards is usually a dead giveaway. Once the card arrived in the mail I discovered that it was regular card stock, and the head shot image was made out of holes in the card. While not a new acetate card, it is something different and a nice addition to the Rockies collection.
Friday, 14 June 2013
Trade From The Dollar Store
A quick trade with Sportscards From The Dollar Store, one of the few trades I have done that haven't crossed an international border. I was offered a 2013 Gypsy Queen D.J. LeMahieu autograph which was much needed as it is the only LeMahieu card with the Rockies. Also included we have some 2013 GQ base, leaving me 6 shy of the non-sp set, the 2 Rockies mini photo variants, Wilin Rosario Collisions at the Plate, and a 2012 Colby Rasmus to replace the one I took from the set binder to get signed.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Oddball Mailday: 2009 Konami WBC Chris Iannetta

Iannetta played in 4 games in the 2009 WBC going 6-13 (.462 average) with one home run and 6 RBI splitting time with Brian McCann.
There is a more complete write up on the set at the Japanese baseball card blog.
Monday, 10 June 2013
June COMC Loot

Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Custom Card: 1986 Topps Ramon Ortiz

Monday, 3 June 2013
A Couple Thoughts on 2013 Archives
I like the Archives line, as someone who enjoys custom cards, that's basically what this set is and as a Rockies fan it's interesting to see how Topps handles cards of players whose teams didn't exist when the original sets came out. I also love the return of the acetate Gallery of Heroes inserts, while I have yet to land one of these, early scans look pretty damn good. The 1983 All-Star inserts and Stadium Club Triumvirates look good as well and are a nice inclusion to the product. The autograph checklist doesn't do much for me other than Mickey Tettleton, and Ellis Burks as a Red Sox and not a Rockie is a little disappointing, but Archives never uses retired Rockies so no big surprise. The Heavy Metal autographs are a joke, first off, save the non-sports crap for Ginter, secondly the checklist is all Glam Rock other than Scott Ian, I'm sorry, but when I think of Heavy Metal, I don't think of Kip Winger, how about a Tom Araya auto? My biggest problem with Topps right now, and this set is terrible for it, is the re-used photos (this was pointed out by Sportscards from the Dollar Store linked here.), All 4 Rockies cards have previously used images, and it really didn't take that long to find them.
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