2009 Donruss Classics Football

Now, you might be wondering why such a fan of baseball buys so much football if he knows so little. Well, sometimes there's not much baseball to buy, and football works for me! So today I bring you a pack of the new release, Donruss Classics!

#68 Laveranues Coles (such a minature traded line on the right)

#26 Kellen Winslow (glad he's gone...but I wish they would have traded Braylon instead)

Classic Triples #7 Jim Brown/Lou Groza/Marion Motley #'d 22/250 (while most people don't go nuts over a plain insert, this is nice. Three true Browns legends (pulled by a Clevelander) on a nice card. I'm happy)

#29 Marion Barber III (two guys named Marion in one pack!)

#86 Julius Jones

A pretty good pack for me! Can't beat Jim Brown... (at least in my opinion!)

2003 Donruss Estrellas (Stars)

These cards were produced for two years, 2002 and 2003, although in 2002 they were known as Super Estrellas.

For 2003 the set consisted of 100 base cards, 5 insert sets and 25 different posters.

Estrellas (Stars) 5

Poder de Cuadrangular (Power of the Diamond) 15
Nacion de Origen (Nation of Origin) 15

Leyendas del Pasado (Legends of the Past) 10

Precision de Lanzamiento (Precision Throwers) 5

one 5x7 poster per pack

# 14 Nomar Garciapara

The cards have a very high gloss finish, front and back,with full bleed printing and nice color.

The entire card is in Spanish except for the MLB trademark and copyright note on the bottom.


#17 Kerry Wood

#48 Richie Sexson

#37 Jeff Bagwell

#51 Christian Guzman

Precision de Lanzamiento #PP-1

Jose Contreras

These are silver foil with a subdued baseball in the background (easier to see on the backside without the foil but also on the front).

The poster in this pack is the base card of Jose Contreras.

The posters are a thin glossy paper that is folded twice to make it fit in the pack which, unfortunately, leaves permanent creases. The posters use the same images as the cards.Some players have two posters, one of their base card and one of an insert

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The backside of the poster has the complete checklist.

And of course, we had to have some extra advertising !

2002 Donruss Studio

#144 - Bernie Williams


#102 - Michael Cuddyer

Classic Studio #CS-25 Lou Gehrig (0691/1000)


It's always great to pull The Iron Horse! Today marks 70 years since "The Speech."

#5 - Larry Walker

Walker looks a bit strange with an American flag behind him, eh?

#121 - Bill Hall
Here's what the backs look like:


Happy Fourth everyone! Have fun and be safe today!

1996 Donruss Baseball Series 2

This set had 550 cards that were released in two series. Unfortunately, the silvery "information box" on the front of the cards doesn't scan well.

#427 Stan Belinda, #478 Randy Johnson

#496 Vince Coleman, #511 Mark McGwire

#352 Ozzie Smith, #543 Roberto Kelly

#451 Alex Ochoa, #343 Pedro Martinez

#395 Darren Daulton, #379 Ray Lankford

#517 Chris Snopek, #531 Dave Burba

Here is a comparison of the backs of the cards. Players who didn't have many years of stats had write-ups on the backs of their cards. Mr. Snopek's card has some dead space, while Mr. Smith barely has room for his stats.

This set was made during my break from collecting. Although the picture quality is nice, I have a hard time getting used to borderless cards.

2008-2009 Panini Futebol

I got this packet of stickers from Ernest of Canada recently and this is the only place I could think to post it. These appear to be the a Spanish language set. Looking through this packet of stickers reminds me how I know bugger all about soccer.

236 Evandro

All footballers only have one name. Evandro here loves playing football and apparently lives on Rio Avenue. These cards are very minimalist so I don't even know his position. He looks like a goalie to me though.

Here's the back of the sticker. Like most sticker sets, all the backs look exactly the same except for the sticker number.

233 Paiva

This guy also lives on Rio Avenue. Maybe he and Evandro are roomates?

287 Moreno

Rita's long lost nephew plays for Vitoria Guimaraes, which is a Portuguese confectionary conglomerate known for their Gummy Queen Victoria candies.

21 Belenenses

SHINY! I cheated and looked this up on Wikipedia. They're a Portuguese team based in Lisbon that last won their league cup in 1988-89.

101 Leixoes

SHINY STICKER HOT PACK! I don't know who these guys are but they apparently excel in cricket, badminton and league beachball.

19 Eder

Apparently Mr. Eder goes to Academica. Sport is good and all, but it's nice to see a sticker set promoting going to school instead. Stay in school, kids! The economy is horrible, you don't want to try to find a job in this mess! Grad School, PhD, fourth bachelors, who cares! just stay in school until they throw you out!

Well, that's the extent of my knowledge about futebol. Well that and
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1991-1992 Topps Stadium Club Hockey

This was Topps' first Stadium Club Hockey set. It had 400 cards.

#290 Daniel Berthiaume, #232 Dave Taylor

#161 Bob Carpenter, #232 Mikko Makela

#317 Lee Norwood, #81 Brad Shaw

#301 Carey Wilson, #211 Andy Moog

#323 John Vanbeisbrouck, #88 Pete Peeters

#318 Garry Valk

#316 Sergei Federov

Here's the back of Federov's card. I like the pictures of the rookie cards on the backs.

An ad card

...and the back of the ad card