Bust that cheap wax!

I opened up a couple packs of cheap wax the last couple weeks and have totally forgotten to submit my pulls here. Sooooo for your viewing pleasure:

From two weeks ago:
2007 Upper Deck Series 2

#708 Jorge Julio
TS-KO Kory Casto, Ticket to Stardom
#966 Edwin Jackson
#597 Juan Mateo
#811 Lew Ford

2007 Topps Series 1

#111 Felipe Lopez
#109 Billy Wagner
#262 Ryan Braun RC
#199 Ryan Shealy
#152 Adam Everett
#60 John Smoltz

From last week

2009 Upper Deck Icons

#87 Roy Oswalt
#24 Clayton Kershaw
#48 Jake Peavy
#21 Chien-Ming Wang
#73 Magglio Ordonez Silver parallel

2009 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions

#2 Derek Jeter mini
#137 Prince Fielder
#72 David Wright
#187 Joe Alexander (bareback horse riding champion)

And finally this weeks goodies:

2007 Fleer Baseball

#239 Jake Westbrook
#309 Chipper Jones
#142 Johan Santana
#166 Julio Lugo
#27 Micheal Young
#360 Juan Morillo RC
#324 Jeff Baker RC
RS-LO James Loney Rookie Sensations
RS-NM Nick Markakis Rookie Sensations
PN-CJ Chipper Jones Perfect 10

2007 Topps Baseball Opening Day

#15 Magglio Ordonez
#134 Jason Bay
#183 Drew Anderson RC
#120 Chad Billingsley
#31 Chad Tracy
OD Puzzle piece #28 Ichiro

Also I had picked up a blaster of '10 Bowman Chrome and I will post results when I open next weeks' junk wax

Bust 'em Open

So I opened two of those misc. packs from Target but I keep forgetting to post what I pulled, lol. I will do last weeks' and this weeks' tomorrow and go from there. I do know that one of the packs contained a Jeter mini card but that's all I can remember.

Crazy numbers

So today the first inklings of the Derek Jeter negotiations have leaked and I'm aghast.
The numbers being discussed, supposedly, are in the 3 years at 21 million a year range. Now I'm as big a fan of the Captain as anybody, but c'mon. In my head the other day I bandied about 10 to 12 million a year for 3-4 years sounding about right, but 21 for 3? I know all about "the Yankee Brand" and know what he symbolizes to the game and it's fans, but let's get real here.

Couldn't stand the pressure

So I was in Target last night picking up a 30gal tub for my new home brewing operation when my curiosity got the better of me. I made the fatal mistake of just "looking" to see what cards they had gotten in since the last time I was there. I managed to get out of there, just barely, with 2 of the prepackaged 10 pack for $10 that they offer. All kinds of older wax in them, And I plan on busting open 2 packs a week until they are gone. I'll let you know the results as soon as I get started.

The King!

King Felix won the AL Cy Young award today with Price finishing second and Carsten Charles in third. Roy Halladay won the NL unanimously the other day with Wainwright finishing a distant second. I like both picks. Roy was incredible in his first season in the senior circuit and Felix pitched lights out the few times that I got to see him on tv this year. Granted 13 wins is not so great, but when you pitch in front of a no-show offense it's pretty impressive.

Save them wrappers?

Maybe it's just me but typically I don't keep the wrappers of things I buy. That turkey sandwich for lunch? I threw away the wrapper. My brand new TV? I threw away the wrapper and the box it came in. I would have never in a billion years saved the wrapper from a pack of cards, but evidently that's exactly what Topps expected you to do with their '10 Bowman Chrome cards. For every 18 wrappers you return to them, they send a 5 pack of black bordered parallel cards. What a joke. That's so funny I forgot to laugh and I bought none of the product. If I had bought a couple boxes or a case or two of said product, I might be inclined to burn the whole lot of 'em. This has left such a sour taste in my mouth about collecting that I'm seriously giving thought to giving up collecting/never buying another Topps product.
Who was the genius who thought that giving Topps exclusivity to MLB licensed cards was a good idea for the hobby? Shame on you sir/madam

Cash in Arkansas

Brian Cashman was in Arkansas visiting with Cliff Lee and his wife yesterday. Supposedly it was just a meet and greet kind of thing with no money or offers taking place. With the absolute lack of quality starting pitching on the free agent list this year, the Yanks are pointing their sights on Lee in a big way. I just hope his 32 year old body can hold up over the course of a 4 to 7 year deal. Kevin Brown part 2? I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Ouch!

At this rate my hiatus from opening wax will be out the door by the end of the week. The prices on the '10 Bowman Chrome are dropping and dropping fast. I might have to buy a couple boxes at this rate. All kinds of discussions about it over on FCB. But who knows....

Congrats to the champs

Congrats to the Giants of S.F. for winning it all this year. I wish I had more Posey/Lincecum in my collection. Hell I'd even take a wee bit of Matt Kain in my collection at this point, LOLOL.