Topps/Bowman baseball cards

Thanks for the reminder. I want a Moose and his former teammate.

Well "its", since you organized this parade it looks like you get to bring your float through town first.

rz,

LOL - You are right.

As usual - I go into Troy - without the horse. LOL

its, looks good in that Jays uni.

Hopefully he sticks with them and they call him up someday when I'm still in Canada, I'd love to watch him play and meet you.

Looks GREAT!!!!

Ryan said they took some great shots and ended up using the one when he was getting dressed and not in complete uniform.

I say....

Deal with it buddy, because I'm so giddy I don't care what you're wearing. Besides I hear the Yankees are a little short on cash and not issuing pants and belts this year.

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Originally posted by rz1:
Besides I hear the Yankees are a little short on cash and not issuing pants and belts this year.

Great Pic rz1!

Doc,
That chrome refractor card looks pink when copied, so I swapped and went with the blue chrome.

Those are so cool... even though they don't have gum with them anymore!!

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Originally posted by rz1:
Doc,
That chrome refractor card looks pink when copied, so I went with the blue chrome.

Nice choice rz1! still looks great though even in pink.

Here is TPM's son

Wow that's pretty awesome fellas. I can't wait get down to the 5&10 to pick up a couple of packs. I wouldn't put those in my bike spokes, no sir!

So dads, how many cards of your sons do you have?

This is a cool thread. Maybe we can post all our kids' cards in a separate thread. I know there must be more from previous seasons.

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Originally posted by infidel_08:
So dads AND MOMS, how many cards of your sons do you have?

A lot.

I like Zink in Pink.

All Ive seen are what's on ebay.

Even better than a card of Ryan is that my wife/twins, my brothers family, my 2 sisters families, my mother, and my grandmother, 25 in all, are getting together this weekend and we're having trading cards made of us dressed in our fantasy profession and guess who gets them as a stocking stuffer this Xmas. Nobody in my family gets an edge on any other and if you do it hovers over you like a black cloud. .

I'm leaning toward a cross dressing cabaret dancer. I'll bet I still look good in fishnets and sequins.

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Originally posted by rz1:

I'm leaning toward a cross dressing cabaret dancer. I'll bet I still look good in fishnets and sequins.

Oh Dear God - please dont let this happen.

LOL

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:

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Originally posted by rz1:

I'm leaning toward a cross dressing cabaret dancer. I'll bet I still look good in fishnets and sequins.

Oh Dear God - please dont let this happen.

LOL

iitg,
This is because I did not state which Zink I liked in PINK.

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Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:

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Originally posted by rz1:

I'm leaning toward a cross dressing cabaret dancer. I'll bet I still look good in fishnets and sequins.

Oh Dear God - please don't let this happen AGAIN .

LOL

iitg,
This is because I did not state which Zink I liked in PINK.

Too funny, its and TPM.

RZ... make sure we get a copy of you in your 'dream job' card... that should be a scream.
(I'd be a Rock Star... and believe me I have less musical ability than, well.... than a rock star).

This Thread is Way Cool! I can't imagine the thrill it must have been to see your Son on a Baseball Card for the first time. It is such a journey, and it moves so relentlessly on, it is important to stop every once in a while and remember where you have been.

We are looking forward to our Son's last High School season. Everyone says, "be sure to enjoy the ride". And it bears repeating often. It is so easy to get caught up in mundane everyday aspects of getting uniforms together, locating the cup and getting to the next showcase or practice. When I look back it has been an amazing ride for our family.

I can not imagine the view, that those of you who have Baseball Cards of your Son's must see, when you stop and take the time to remember those first Little League games and all the fun, failure and triumph that you have had the joy of experiencing with your loved ones. What a wonderful game Baseball is!

Floridafan,
The card is just another part of the journey. We have lots of cards (you know the ones you buy with the team photo packages) that we treasure.

The difference now is that they get some $$ for them.

I do believe a baseball card forum should be established! IT IS JUST TOO KOOL !!.

awesome............just awesome.

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Anyone know where to buy the cards, or does Topps just send the player some? I went on EBAY tonight and got outbid something like 4 times for OfcrKID#1's card. One guy paid 12 bucks for a card, and being a novice... I "just got beat"...

Karl didn't even know they were doing one on him until several young kids sent him a letter (one on MySpace), asking if they sent him one, would he sign it and send it back?

But to affirm your remark... soooo kool... no real words describe how cool...

Where can you see the actual card? Did you all get one first, or did you get the image off the Internet?

cadDAD

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OfcrKID#1's card

The market sees value in that card! 12.00!! WOW!

There is a Buy It Now price of $1.99 on for OfcrKID#1's card. Better get it quick before bidding begins.

Acaddad,

You can get them on ebay. In most cases - you will see them being put up for bid in lots of 20 to 30.

You should be able to get 20-30 cards in one lot for about $5.00 plus shipping.

Regards

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Originally posted by itsinthegame:
You should be able to get 20-30 cards in one lot for about $5.00 plus shipping.

Sorry to stary off the topic a bit. Does a lot, such as you are describing, consist of 20-30 cards of the same player? That's great for a parent or an obsessive fan. I wonder, how does the seller get these lots?

Infidel - Yes. You will see in the title on ebay the number of cards in parenthesis.

The guys selling the cards are collectors - so I guess they pre-order in large quantities.

Wow, seeing your son on bubble gum cards, albeit without the bubble gum. That is simply awesome.

Congratulations! And don't get caught bidding them up on E-Bay.

H-1

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I do believe a baseball card forum should be established! IT IS JUST TOO KOOL !!.

bump!

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seeing your son on bubble gum cards, albeit without the bubble gum.

Originally the baseball cards were used to market the gum. Eventually the card collectors complained to the card companies the gum damaged the cards. I remember the gum being the equivilant of sugared up cardboard.

Does anyone remember any other places to get baseball cards? I remember cards were on the back of Post Oat Flakes boxes when I was a kid.

iitg is correct, watch for the card sold in lots, that's how we bought them, our right. The collectors buy hundreds of packages and break them up. You can email any collector and ask how many they have and buy them. You can only do this if it is to buy outright, we did that with DK's cards waited until auction was over and called the seller to buy them direct.
For auction, put it on watch and do not bid until the auction is just about over, because many of them just bid over what you want to drive the price up.

Funny thing, once they see activity, more cards will pop up.

Let's let them know our players are HOT!

Great baseball cards!!

Congratulations !!!!

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How cool is all this! Baseball epiphany!

A couple observations...

- OfcrKID#1 is going to have to work on that signature...you can actually READ it ferheavensake!

- With all due respects, great suggestions for ways to keep the cost down...but if it were my kid? Price would be no object! I'd put the cars on Ebay, refinance the house with sub prime loans, run up the credit cards, sell my soul to the Mitchell comission, trade for my Zepplin tickets, go get them in an ice storm, trade for my Farrah Fawcett poster collection, give up my rogaine...

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Originally posted by RJM:
I remember cards were on the back of Post Oat Flakes boxes when I was a kid.

A few memories, RJM:






I remember these well; better than most of the other junk that came packaged with the cereals.

I used to love digging the prize out of a new box of cereal! The simple pleasures.

TD, I just saw this page. It has tons of images of the front and backs of cereal boxes. (This is really a great site!)



I got one of these pennant sets. I thought they would be bigger. Do they even make pennants anymore?

Again, sorry for straying off the topic.