Tuesday, September 09, 2014

1992 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Series 1

Bought pack of these during my weekend finds. The set split in 3 series 300 cards each making it 900 card set. We complain about Topps adding 20 more cards to their set next year.

All Stadium Club packs come with Club Membership card. Who was a member? cards...
282 - Lonnie Smith - quickly a homerun because of the photography on the card. It's from Game 4 of 1991 World Series of Smith getting thrown out of the plate despite bowling Brian Harper over.
117 - B.J. Surhoff - photo of Surhoff trying throw out a runner at second with a cameo of Ken Griffey, Jr.
240 - Juan Gonzalez
258 - Bob Tewksbury - back of pitcher's card chart the pitches he used in three categories.
248 - Walt Weiss
136 - John Burkett - wearing classic New York Giants retro jersey
12 - Jeff Montgomery
229 - Brent Mayne
146 - Scott Bradley - tagging Brady Anderson out
100 - Barry Larkin - Hall of Famer
127 - Calvin Jones - played two years in the majors
161 - Chris Hoiles
288 - Scott Bullett - had four stints in the majors playing til 2006
292 - Brett Butler
242 - Luis Mercedes - three stints in the majors

Packs of series 2 and 3 coming up soon.

Saturday, September 06, 2014

1991 Pro Set Football Series 1

NFL season is here and time rip packs. Let's go back to the early 90s with 1991 Pro Set football. The pack contains WLAF (which became NFL Europe) subset. I will list those as WLAF.

No Pro Set football pack is complete with these scratch off win cards. You can get points to redeem and purchase items from their free gazette. I did sub to them when they were around.

 
 WLAF 1 - Barcelona Dragons - played from 1991-1992 and 1995-2003 going to four World Bowls winning only once. Team folded after 2003 season.

WLAF 2 - Birmingham Fire - went to playoffs in their only two seasons in the league before folding.

WLAF 32 - Greg Gilbert - played two season in the league. Never made on NFL field.

398 - Carl Lee - All NFC team card illustrated by Merv Corning

362 - Dale Hamer - even referees got their own cards. Time hone up penalty signals.
23 - Chuck Noll -  celebrating the late legendary coach reach to 200 wins.

356 - Gerald Austin

45 - Marcus Allen - Pro Set sure goes all out on who's who in the game and the awards they won

191 - Howie Long - ready to here his pre and post game analysis.

249 - Ken O'Brien - one of QBs drafted in the first round of infamous 1983 draft. He happen to be one of players that made me long suffering Jets fan. While he was no Elway and Marino he can sure throw.


214 - Richmond Webb

156 - Don Majkowski - The Majik man was starting QB before injuries gave way to Brett Favre era

193 - Jay Schroeder - former 1st round pick of MLB draft his baseball career never got going. Switched to NFL where he had moderate success.

76 - Kent Hull - anchor of offensive line that open holes up for Thurman Thomas.

100 - Kevin Butler

89 - Jeff Wright

80 - Nate Odomes

Ready for some football?

Thursday, September 04, 2014

2001 Leaf Rookies and Stars Football

NFL season starts tonight and let's rip packs.

100 - Zach Thomas - 7-time Pro Bowler

52 - Kennan McCardell - talk about never giving up. Drafted in 12th round in 1991 he was on Redskins and Browns roster til expansion gave him opportunity to play. He was go to receiver for Jaguars and Buccaneers making two Pro Bowls.

67 - Peter Warrick - never achieved success and became a bust

57 - Kurt Warner - one of best Cinderella stories in NFL. Taking over starting spot after injury to Trent Green he led "Greatest Show on Earth" airing long balls to his receivers leading Rams to two Super Bowl appearances. He would it again with Cardinals taking over injured Matt Leinart and led them to their only Super Bowl.

80 - Stephen Davis - was a machine with the Redskins and Panthers garnering him 4 Pro Bowls.

Are you ready for some football?

Saturday, August 30, 2014

2012 Zerboz Tree House Kids Marvel Heroes Series 2

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I have no idea what constitutes a "pack" on here, so I use the general rule of thumb that if I have to open it and I do not know ahead of time what is init, then it's a pack. Heck, even if I *did* know what was in it, I think it would still be a pack. basically, if it comes wrapped up and is collectible, then it's a pack, right?

I dunno. In any case, I saw this at Walmart for $0.50, so I grabbed it. Turns out, it was cut even further and only cost $0.25. 

I am not sure just what to list as the make and model, as I have no idea what these are. According to the TINY print on the ball's wrapper, these are made by Treehouse Kids. I don't know what Zerboz is, but that also appears on the label, so I am including it.

Let's see what's inside:


Yeah, I have no idea. So, I Googled him. He is "Dardevil." I assume there is some significance to his particular position.

Well, there ya go. A tiny little rubber man in a tiny little plastic blue ball. Maybe one of you is getting much more out of this than I.