Topps 2010 Series 2 Blaster Box

Picked up another blaster on my lunch break... let's look at the quality... or lack thereof...

This think would look much better if it was centered... and not misaligned... willing to trade it...

I'm loving the look of the "Cards Your Mom Threw Out" and the "Prominent Base Ball Players" inserts... The Eckersley is also a "real back" card, again another cool thing about this set, in my opinion...


Alright, so the Heyward card was actually from the hobby box I got last week, but I forgot to post it. It's numbered 815/2000. The Mauer card, well I sorta like the 2020 set, but really I just like the photo, good action shot.

Any and all cards posted today are for trade.

Topps Million Card Giveaway

Alright, so I've got a few cards on Topps' Million Card Giveaway. I've made a few trades, picked up a nice 1970 Larry Dierker and a 1974 Preston Gomez Astros' Manager card (with a dapper Roger Craig head). Here's my dilema: I've got a 1953 Jack Dittmer card. I have no idea who Jack Dittmer is or was, but it's the only '53 I've ever owned so I've been thinking about taking delivery. I'm not sure what to do? Do I hold out for a great offer? I've had a couple of 17:1 and a 15:1 offer. But that consisted of bulk players of the Cubs and Dodgers that I wasn't interested in. So, I guess what I'm saying to you readers is that if you want a 1953 Topps Jack Dittmer, make me an offer I can't refuse consisting of late 60's and 70's Colt 45's and/or Astros players of note.

I apologize for the lack of images here, but at work I can only use igoogle.com's Blogger widget to post and it doesn't allow pictures. Maybe I can try and get some posted tonight.

2010 Allen and Ginter Hits - Autos, Jerseys, etc...

Alright, finally, here's the 2010 Allen and Ginter hits pulled... all are available for trade... got 2 of the Brian Roberts bat relic... sorry, had to break it into two scans...





Sorry they are disproportionate... couldn't help it and didn't want to try and fix it... The last two are the Cyan printing plate for the X-Rays card and then the Black printing plate for the Lance Berkman SP# 363 card. It will take a heck of an offer to get me to part with the Berkman printing plate, but go ahead Yankee fans, we all know you love him at this point... right?.... RIGHT????? hahaha!

And if you are short any of the base, This Day in History or mini's, let me know because I've got oodles of duplicates at this point!

2009 Goodwin Champions by Upper Deck

Two jersey cards, Albert Pujols and Jose Reyes... and an autograph card from Mark Zupan, a wheelchair rugby champion... you know how it goes, any and all available via trade!!!!

2009 Allen and Ginter Hits

Here's the hits from 2009 Allen and Ginter... any and all are for trade... let me know if there's something you want... again, will trade for similar items related to Astros current and former!

2010 Topps Series 2 Box and Target Blaster

Alright, so the Dimwit has gotten full fledged back into baseball card collecting. 2009 and 2010 Allen and Ginter has got him hooked and so here it goes. In the past 24 hours, he bought a box of 2010 Topps Series 2 and a Blaster pack of the same from Target. By the way, for all trades, the Dimwit is a BIG Houston Astros fan (including resident juicers Clemens and Pettitte). Just thought we'd share the hits and interesting cards from this opening...

Ok, so a pretty cool card from the blaster. Any Cubs fan out there who wants to trade for it, make an offer. Continuing with the Cubs theme, here's this "beauty"... ug Carlos Zambrano is a loser...

Same goes here, make me an offer... Next is a silk card that would be much better if I were a Twins fan... however it IS 20/50, so not too shabby...


Also pulled was a cool Tom Seaver SP, and many of the Vintage Legends set which The Dimwit thinks is a pretty sweet set. A total of 7 Million Card Give Away cards were pulled, the most exciting of which was a 1953 Jack Dittmer and a 1975 Luis Tiant. May have to get those delivered, doesn't have any of the '53 or '75 sets in his collection... might as well start with these two!

Overall there are some really cool insert subsets in 2010 Topps... may have to go back and buy a couple boxes of series 1 and see if he can get the complete set.

GREATEST.... IDEA... EVER!!!!!

http://austinist.com/2010/07/19/use_your_phone_skip_the_beer_line_a.php

AMAZING PULL #2!!!! OMG!!! I can't BELIEVE IT! 2010 Allen & Ginter Stephen Strasburg AUTOGRAPH Redemption CARD!

It's time for The Dimwit to act like a 12 year old girl.... OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! He just pulled a redemption card for a Stephen Strasburg AUTOGRAPH card! Rumor is there are only 10 of these and the first one sold on ebay for $3,250!!!!! Holy crap Batman! If you don't think that the Dimwit hasn't already posted this on ebay, you're nuts! Can't believe it... 2 boxes and 2 awesome cards!!!! SWEET!!!!! NEED A BUYER!!!! HAHAHA!!!

2010 Allen and Ginter Tim Lincecum Cabinet Loader Autographed Relic Baseball Card - AMAZING PULL!!!

Alright everyone, you may not know this but the Dimwit is a MAJOR baseball card fan. And after taking many years off from the hobby, the Hotwit has encouraged his head-first relapse into the addiction/hobby. So recently he went to the card shop and picked up a box of 2010 Allen and Ginter baseball card. Now, this set is pretty awesome just as it is. It offers collectors a chance to pull DNA relics of famous people like Beethoven, JFK, Abe Lincoln and the like. Anyways, in the first box the Dimwit bought this year, he got an awesome surprise. On top of the packs of cards is what they call the "box loader" but this one was actually a "cabinet jumbo relic" box loader. The chances of pulling even one of these cards is 1 in 5962 BOXES!?!?!?! Needless to say, this is probably the greatest "pull" that the Dimwit has ever had! Check out the picture!!!! It's a solid 1/8" thick and measures 8" x 5.75"!!!! In the lower right corner, you can see this is a "1/1" which means there is only one card like this in the WORLD!!!! So... any readers want to make an offer? All serious offers will be considered!!!!! :-D

The Annual "I HATE KAZ MATSUI" Post

Good day all... so far the Dimwit has been frustrated mightily with the Astros. Mainly because we're 4-9... but also because of the various levels of suck-ti-tude that has spewed forth from their lineup. KAZ MATSUI = YOU SUCK in Japanese. Carlos Lee batting .115 and Lance Berkman finally made his debut last night. The Dimwit suspects his return is short-lived, he will be on the disabled list again. But, does The Dimwit blame the players for this situation? Oh no no no, that wouldn't be fair, it's not their fault that the absolute retard sitting in the GM's office decided Kaz Matsui was worth $15 million (bidding against NO ONE ELSE when he gave that contract out) nor is it their fault that there was never a "weight control" clause put in Carlos Lee's contract. Uncle Drayton needs to sell this team to Mark Cuban already, so that we have an owner who actually wants to win instead of this doofus we have who runs around like a geriatric loose in the old folks home yelling "WE'RE CHAMPIONS!!!!!" Drayton, you come off as a complete idiot/fool when you go around saying that all the time. Sell, go retire to Temple and leave us alone. In all of this though, we return to Kaz Matsui. In the Dimwit's opinion the Astros would be better off with a drunk monkey playing second base. This is the worst thing Japan has given America since Anime. It's now the Dimwit's personal goal to get Kaz Matsui released... Just saying, if an ACL popped in Kaz's knee it wouldn't be in even the top 1000 worst things to happen to the Astros. This is going to be a long season... someone pass the whiskey...