When it comes to blogging... my timing is terrible. I'll see things on ESPN or on other blogs that inspire a post, but I don't have scans ready to go. On other occasions... I'll have card images saved and ready... but no time to hammer out a post.
Well... the stars must have been aligned, because I was just thinking about Chris (a.k.a The Collector) yesterday. The Green Bay Packers are hosting the San Francisco 49ers for an important game for both teams... and Chris is a fellow Packer backer.
This morning I was catching up on reading card blogs... when I discovered (over on Diamond Jesters) that he had taken down his blog. I hope things are okay with him and his family. Not sure if he'll ever come back to the keyboard, but if he's reading this... I wanted to let him know that he'll be missed. He was one of those bloggers who put a lot of time and effort into his blog posts. I hope he eventually brings it out of retirement, because his All-Time Teams and History of the Athletics are two series I was looking forward to reading again one day.
Anyways... getting back to the perfect timing... today I opened my COMC shipment from October (sorry... I'm a little behind) and wanted to show off the four Packers I picked up:
1998 Topps Chrome Hidden Gems Refractor #HG6
Next up is a Brett Favre promo card:
1993 Action Packed Rookie Update Prototypes #RU2
Pretty sure this was also a blog inspired purchase. Maybe Billy (Cardboard History)? Sorry... my memory sucks. But I love 90's promo cards... especially ones that are less than a buck (74¢).
The final two cards are seat relics from Milwaukee County Stadium:
2001 Topps Archives Stadium Seat Relics #AS-PH
My parents are the reason I root for the Green Bay Packers. They met and married in Wisconsin... and were Packers fans until they moved to the Bay Area in the 70's.
2001 Topps Archives Stadium Seat Relics #AS-BST
I purchased these two cards ($7 for the Hornung and $13 for the Starr) in their honor, because they attended games at Milwaukee County Stadium back in the late 50's.
Tomorrow... their 49ers face off against Chris and my Packers. Both teams are fighting for a playoff spot... and need to win this game.
Back in September, Chris sent me a padded envelope with some cards for me and my students. There was exactly one Packer and one Niner:
2023 Donruss Optic #249
2023 Donruss Optic #173
If these two cards are being used to predict tomorrow's outcome... then normally Bosa would blow away Wicks. But Bosa is out tomorrow... so the Packers have a chance. Go Pack go!
Here's a 9-pocket page highlighting the rest of The Collector's care package:
Let's go Packers!
Happy Saturday and sayonara!
10 comments:
I hope Chris and his wife are okay. Hopefully, he reaches out to someone for an update.
Chris is e-mail is gone too!
The seat relic cards win it.
Cheaper than I would have guessed.
I noticed that the other day when I went to look at one of his All-Time Teams posts, which I refer back to fairly often, and the whole blog was gone. I know he's had some understandably troubled times and I hope things are looking better for him.
It's disappointing, but understandable given his situation. He ran one of my favorite card blogs, it was everything that interests me in a blog: informative, interesting, honest, humorous. May he return down the line.
Count me in as being worried about Chris and his wife as well.
Also, I really like the designs of those Archives relics, and the Hidden Gems Refractor is an elite design too! Very nice stuff from Chris as always.
I must have missed the wife and chris situation. Hope he is okay!
And that was me for the Favre, i collected that set!
Concerning missing blogs ,does anyone know what ever happened to Wrigley Wax?
Go Packers!
johnnys trading spot - sure hope he's okay. hopefully he just needed a break from social media
elliptical man - i guess they're affordable because they don't have any direct tie to the player on the front of the card. not complaining though
brett alan - yeah... i have gone back and peeked at his all-time teams posts from time to time. he did so much quality research for them.
night owl - yeah... i respected and admired the amount of research he put into his posts. and he was very open about his life on his blog. his post made you feel like part of the family
dennis - hope he reaches out to one of us and lets us know he's okay. as for th cards... i love the early 2000's archives relics.
matt - my memory sucks, so i vaguely remember him talking about it on his blog. but can't remember the details
sg488 - not sure what's up with wrigley wax either. hopefully him and his family are okay as well
sumomenkoman - i was very happy with the win... but i'm sure my parents weren't
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