Mondays suck. Maybe I'm being a bit melodramatic, but it's definitely my least favorite day of the week. Let's brighten things up with some happy music to kick off the work week...
This song is so cheerful and merry. It never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Winning card related contests also has the ability to turn a frown upside down and within a four week span, I happened to win two of them.
Every January, Collector's Crack holds his Almost the Easiest Super Bowl Contest on the Web contest. This year CaptKirk42 won the grand prize... and I walked away with the door prize. Luck was definitely on my side... as there were fifty-two names entered into the randomizer. After three randomizations... my name wound up on top. He sent me two large stacks of Seattle Seahawks cards. Here are a few of my favorites...
2013 Panini Crown Royale #82
2015 Panini Prestige Captains Collection #18
2013 Topps Legends in the Making #LM-ML
2010 Topps Chrome X-Fractor #C53
On Saturday, I wrote about how it's going to be tough watching the Seahawks play this year as they rebuild. Luckily... we'll always have Super Bowl XLVIII. All four of these guys contributed to the win that day.
Eight years earlier... before Russell Wilson and the Legion of Boom brought the city of Seattle a title, the Seahawks lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL.
2004 SPx Spectrum #110 (#'d 04/25)
2003 Bowman's Best #101
Both of these Marcuses played in that game and both were first round picks by Seattle. Unfortunately Tubbs' career was derailed by injuries. But Trufant played ten seasons for the Hawks and was a Pro Bowler in 2007.
The final two cards I want to share features two players who weren't on either of those Super Bowl teams, but they were fan favorites...
1997 PROflick FlickBall #16
But my favorite card of this prize package was this Chris Warren...
1995 Pacific Triple Folders #13
It's hard to see from this scan, but it's actually a tiny folder that when laid flat... opens up to reveal this:
This card is just another example of why the 90's were so cool.
The second prize package I won is from Matt over at Sport Card Collectors... who happens to be a fellow collector who appreciates awesome cards like that Chris Warren. However instead of winning cards from the 90's, his contest involved some super shiny cards from his 2021 Finest box break.
After seeing the original post, I was crossing my fingers and hoping to add this card to my collection:
2021 Finest Autographs #FA-JT
As many of you know... I love collecting autographs and this is my first hard signed card of Realmuto.
The prize package also included this rookie card autograph of Brailyn Marquez:
2021 Finest Orange Refractor Autograph #FA-BM (#'d 08/25)
I wasn't familiar with this guy. But now that I have a signed rookie card numbered to 25, I guess I'll be quietly rooting for him moving forward.
Matt's box was a Marquez hot box, because he also pulled a blue refractor:
2021 Finest Sky Blue Refractor #37 (#'d 128/300)
2021 Finest Purple Aqua Vapor Refractor #98 (#'d 239/250)
2021 Finest Blue Refractor #82 (#'d 037/150)
I decided to show off all three blue refractors included in the prize package at the same time. At first glance, you might think these are all from the same set, but actually they are three different shades of blue.
The last card in the prize package was this base refractor of the 2020 American League Rookie of the Year:
2021 Finest Refractor #64
If you want a shot at winning cards like these, then I encourage you to head over to Matt's blog. He's sponsored by Topps and routinely writes reviews on many of their latest products and hosts giveaways from these breaks.
If football cards are more your style, then head over to Cynical Buddha's blog where he hosts his annual Super Bowl contest.
Thank you Matt and Cynical Buddha for hosting both of these contests! Thinking about these contest wins will definitely brighten my Monday.
Everyone else... just replay the Mr. Blue Sky video and hopefully your Monday will be as bright as mine.
Happy Monday and sayonara!
15 comments:
Nope, Mondays still suck.
When I was a kid, my three fave teams were Washington, Houston Oilers and Seahawks. I may still have a 70's SI Jim Zorn poster around somewhere.
I can no longer hear Mr Blue Sky without thinking of Baby Groot from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Never seen one of those Pacific folders. Were they just in football products?
The last big concert I went to before the pandemic was taking my Dad to see ELO at Madison Square Garden. It was a terrific show and we both loved it.
And let me second the recommendation for Matt's blog. I've got a Casey Mize auto incoming from another of his giveaways!
Love those old Pacific cards. I feel like I say it at some point every week, but I really miss Pacific card. Outside of the Pacific, I naturally have to go with the Russell Wilson card as my favorite here. Although, the back likely says he went to college at Wisconsin.
gca - can't argue with you about mondays. if i surveyed my students, i'd bet 80% would agree with us. super jealous of that zorn poster. for years i had the largent saved in my ebay searches, but they were way to pricey
matt - i can picture him dancing during that opening battle scene right now
jongudmund - hmmm. not sure. i searched up pacific triple and pacific folders on comc and i didn't see any baseball cards that resembled the warren.
brett alan - congratulations on winning that mize autograph! fantastic card. that's really cool that you and your dad got a chance to see them live. i've never attended a concert with my dad... and at this point probably never will. but we did watch a lot of the lawrence welk show together.
the snorting bull - didn't appreciate pacific trading cards until ten to fifteen years ago. i'm making up for lost time. btw... the wilson indeed mentions wisconsin on the back.
Most of the days have sucked recently. Been on isolation for a couple weeks and might be off it Saturday..
I'm super-jealous, Brett. That's on my bucket list.
"Mr. Blue Sky" to me will always be listening to "Out Of The Blue" on the record player in my bedroom, the finale of Side 3 -- Concerto For A Rainy Day. The whole album will lift your mood.
Mondays are my Sunday. I like Mondays. Tuesdays can die in a trash fire.
mike matson - hope the isolation ends soon and you feel better even sooner.
night owl - my brother donated at least one elo lp to my collection. i'll have to see if i own out of the blue. hope you wrapped up a good weekend today.
Proflick…interesting! Love the oddballs too!
Congrats again buddy!!
i was happy to see "mr. blue sky" on the weezer teal album. they did a great cover!
sumomenkoman - i'd love to stumble across a set of these proflicks at the flea market. they're definitely not your average sports card
matt - thanks again for the contest!
gcrl - i heard their cover while searching for a video for this post. they sound good.
Congrats on the contest winnings!
jafronius - thanks! i'm really stoked to add the realmuto autograph to my collection... and i'll never complain about adding new seahawks cards to the pc.
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