Yankees Wantlist

Here is a wantlist of all Yankees cards that I need to complete team sets.  Since I am anal with card condition, all cards traded must be in mint to near mint shape… great centering, great corners, surface, the whole nine yards.  I will be adding cards from time to time and try to update the list as best as I can.  You will be rewarded handsomely if you can knock off these numbers.  Thank you and Godspeed.

2010 Topps Update

Base Set: #57. #91, #110, #158, #198, #214, #230, #276

Wal-Mart Black Border: Everything besides #110

2010 Topps 206

Base Set: #332, #340

Topps 206 Bronze: #42, #59, #82, #91, #94, #97, #111, #114, #144, #182, #185, #189, #248, #254

Any minis, any variation.

2010 Topps Heritage

Base Set: #28, #40, #42, #44, #46, #48, #56b, #60b, #61b, #92a, #116, #133, #142, #160, #215, #290, #325, #366a, #385, #401, #405, #406, #451, #463a, #469, #474, #483, #486, #499

2009 Topps 206

Base Set: #56, #73, #90a, #90b, #100, #104, #120a, #120b, #121, #137b, #150, #154a, #154b, #160a, #160b, #231a, #231b, #271a, #271b

2008 Yankees Topps Gift Set

Base Set: #53

2007 Yankees Topps

Base Set: NYY13

2006 Topps

Base Set: #1, #7, #81, #87, #142, #246, #262, #326, #346, #420, #427, #430, #460, #500, #587, #659

2005 Topps

Base Set: #1, #62, #122, #200, #286, #349, #524, #602, #615

Topps Gold: Everything besides #600

1988 Topps

Base Set: #109, #210, #235, #259, #283, #386, #387, #392, #411, #584, #611, #659, #663, #691, #711, #716, #766, #790

Topps Traded: ALL

Topps Glossy All-Stars: #2, #3, #8, #11 (Don Mattingly), #25, #42, #46

Topps UK Minis: #59

Topps Tiffany: Everything besides #60, #210, and #384

2009 UD A Piece of History

Base Set: #62

UD A Piece of History Blue: Everything besides #66

UD A Piece of History Cut from the Same Cloth: Everything besides #CSC-BC (Josh Beckett/Joba Chamberlain)

UD A Piece of History Gold: Everything besides #64

UD A Piece of History Green: Everything besides #111

Any UD A Piece of History Red

2008 Upper Deck Heroes

Base Set: #111, #112, #114, #115, #117, #118, #119, #120, #125, #126, #127, #178, #179, #188, #196, #197, #200

Any variations

2008 Upper Deck Timeline

Base Set: #62, #99, #276, #278, #279, #280, #341, #366

Any variations

2006 Upper Deck Ovation

Base Set: #123

Upper Deck Ovation Gold: Everything besides #83

Upper Deck Ovation Superstar Theater: #AR (Alex Rodriguez)

2005 UD All-Star Classics

Base Set: #2, #100

UD All-Star Classics Matchups: #10, #16

UD All-Star Classics Midsummer Classics: #13

2004 Upper Deck Vintage

Base Set: #43, #80, #169, #239, #256, #313, #319, #320, #321, #326, #351, #352, #353, #354, #355, #356, #357, #446, #451, #456, #459, #462, #476, #489

Any variations

2003 UD Patch Collection

Base Set: #70, #71, #74, #77, #125, #127, #137, #139, #141, #148

2003 Upper Deck Honor Roll

Base Set: #2, #6, #32, #54, #131, #132, #133

Any variations

2003 Upper Deck Victory

Base Set: #55, #57, #59, #60, #62, #103, #105, #133, #146, #149, #156, 3171, #191

2002 Upper Deck Vintage

Base Set: #116, #119, #124, #275, #277, #282, #290

2011 Bowman

Base Set: #30, #61, #116

Bowman Gold: #30, #55, #71, #145, #170

Bowman Prospects: #BP17, #BP21, #BP44, #BP85, #BP104

Bowman Chrome Prospects: #BP17, #BP21, #BP44, #BP48, #BP85

Any variations

2010 Bowman Chrome

Base Set: #11, #14, #73, #115, #131, #147, #166, #175

Bowman Chrome Refractors: Everything besides #118 and #147

Bowman Chrome Prospects: #BCP2, #BCP 49, #BCP 60, #BCP 95, #BCP 96, #BCP 118, #BCP 156, #BCP 216

1997 Collector’s Choice

Base Set: #176, #180, #331, #403, #404, #405, #406

All inserts except The Big Show

2005 Donruss

Base Set: #16, #17, #32, #53, #257, #264, #267, #268, #269, #277, #280, #390

1996 Emotion-XL

Base Set: #87, #89, #91, #92, #93, #94, #96, #97

2009 SP Authentic

Base Set: #13, #62, #68, #121, #176, #182, #188

Any variations

2009 SPx

Base Set: #13, #16, #40, #55, #76, #78, #94

SPx Joe DiMaggio Career Highlights: Everything besides #JD11 and #JD95

2004 Sweet Spot Classics

Base Set: #4, #6, #19, #23, #48, #56, #59, #64, #82, #100, #104, #108, #118, #121, #125, #127, #128, #160, #161

2006 Ultra

Base Set: #136, #174, #176, #179, #208

All variations and inserts

2000 Ultimate Victory

Base Set: #40

You Are About to Enter a Dimension of Expensive Outfielders

A tale of two players, connected by more than their enormous contracts.  Consider this; both have had a considerable lower body injury (strained quad and pulled hamstring) that has landed them time on the DL, both have had notable slumps during the season (one batted .107 for the second half of May and one didn’t bat .200 until the team’s 11^th series of the season), and both are x-factors in determining if their respected teams make the playoffs.  Coincidence?  Perhaps.  Or maybe they are just entering…

the Twilight Zone.

David DeJesus

David DeJesus.  He’s a career .280 hitter, he plays pedestrian defense, and he doesn’t particular stand out on or off the field.  He is literally the most average baseball player in the league.  But dammit I like him.  And his cards are very cheap.

2011 Topps Gypsy Queen Autographs DD

In most of the products DeJesus is in, his autos are on stickers.  His signature works best without any space restrictions which you can clearly see here on this year’s Gypsy Queen on-card auto.  It’s beautiful, that’s for sure.

2006 Bowman Chrome X-Fractors #61

Anything Chrome is always a good time.

Is this the start to a potential supercollection?

What, are you kidding me?  It’s freakin’ David DeJesus.

Are You Mental?

Sometimes you stumble upon stuff that is just too funny to ignore.  Case in point.

I ordered a couple of t-shirts a few weeks ago and this was the town it was shipped from.

I received a bubble mailer today from this man.

Coincidence?

Cheh, as if.

Fleer Tradition, In Order

To begin with, I am officially a high school graduate.  My time in high school was full of ups and downs, but I can safely say I had the time of my life and I’m going to miss it so much.  In a few short months, I’ll be leaving for Ithaca College to work on the next chapter of my life.  Now that I have a lot of free time (no summer work or football), I’ll try to squeeze as many posts as I can.  Beginning with this.

Long-time readers should note that I’ve had the same wantlist up for the past year and a half for one set: 2004 Fleer Tradition.  I usually don’t receive cards from this set in trades so I rarely mark off numbers.  When Tom from The Angels,In Order contacted me saying he had a large stack of FT, I immediately told him to send ‘em over.  Here are some of the highlights.

#4 World Series: Miguel Cabrera

Miguel looks a little fitter here.  This is before he negotiated half his contract be paid out with Little Caesar’s Pizza.

#256: Jacque Jones

#384: Brad Radke

Jacque Jones and Brad Radke?  This is so 2004.  I remember playing with these guys along with the likes of Christian Guzman, Luis Rivas, and Eric Milton on 2003 MVP Baseball.  I’m not particularly sure why I always picked the Twins; their pitching staff was awful (Johan Santana was rated considerably low in the game) and they didn’t have a particular superstar I liked (Torii Hunter was their best player).  Eh, some things shall remain a nostalgic mystery.

#499: Gerald Laird/Rosman Garcia/Ramon Nivar

Okay, for the record, Gerald Laird is now backing up Yadier Molina in St. Louis and the other two never panned out (what a surprise).

Cards 401-500 (including all the prospect cards) are short printed.  Yes, that’s right, nearly 1/5 of the set are short prints.

Why?

Diamond Tributes #13: Todd Helton

Diamond Tributes #14: Richie Sexson

Diamond Tributes, one of the few insert sets in FT, are very well done.  Nice design, colorful, and glossy... just the way I like my women (yes, I’ve used this joke before, but I know you like it).

As usual, if you have anymore 2004 Fleer Tradition, hit me up.  Thanks to Tom from The Angels, In Order for sending this over.  Please check out his blog (even if you’re a Rangers fan), it’s a very cool cardboard and team retrospective of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Give Me a Week, Alright?

Man I am an awful blogger.

I’m gonna tell you straight up, I’m busy.  Very busy.  I graduate high school this Friday and there is a lot to be done before hand (and a lot of partying to do after hand).  I have so many trades to post, some other trades to send out (sorry Derek, they will be out first thing Monday), and just a bunch of cards to show.

I shall be back Monday, the first weekday of a (hopefully) awesome summer and with plenty of time to scan and write.

That’s all folks.

Bowman's Best

(For Card’s Sake would like to apologize for the lack of posts this week.  Blogger experienced some technically difficulties regarding Firefox and some cache and cookie problems.  We now return to our scheduled program).

While 2011 Bowman feels much like another dud (despite what some prospectors say), they do have some highlights.  One of these is the Bowman’s Best insert.  Widely popular with collectors, this subset gives a nod to the 1994 set of the same name, with a colorful design and a checklist featuring the best stars and rookies the game has to offer.  When I saw a whole stack of these at a card show, I fished around long enough to complete the Yankees team set (minus prospects) and grab a couple of youngins on the For Card’s Sake radar.

You Know What I Hate?

Ordering some nice Ultra Pro premium toploaders from Blowout, paying a ridiculous price for shipping, and waiting forever for them to get to my door.  All the while, I’ve had three packs sitting in my closet.

Sigh.

Happy June everybody.