Back in The Game

Well at least it feels like it. I ordered aa all in one printer , scanner , etc... from WalMart and despite not receiving my customary email from them telling me that it was ready for pick up I went anyways.You see I also get a tracking number from Fed Ex so I knew that it was at the store 4 days ago.But I followed the rules and waited.Until today.I went in without said email and asked nicely for it.And now it is mine.
This is a big step for me as far as technology , as JediJeff will attest to , I am way behind in the Cellular Dept.

I am looking to get a post a week in  and hope to accomplish this. Kyle and I have a lot of cards to post for trade bait and just cards in general to send to a new home.

So as a test I decided to give a update on my YO ! rainbow quest- Forgot to add the emerald i have

As you can see , I have some tweaking to learn..When I saw the scan , I freaked out because I did not know I had a Black border..well , yeah , I don't..As most know , the base chrome turned black.
( still needed Hint..Hint..) I was able to get the Orange and purple for cheap on Sportlots along with
 Miguel Sano and Byron Buxtons. With those two headed for Minnesota I'm hoping they start In AAA Rochester so I have a chance to see them..

Trimming of the scan or scan size? guess i need to look into that too..

Well here's to a new start on blogging , Have a great weekend..

Guilty as charged

So i thought this blogging thing was going to be easy. Well as you can tell , I am struggling beyond hope. What I am grateful for is the blogroll that i have, all of those greats who keep me entertained daily , is something I've come to do sometimes hourly.
So i have purchased something that i hope will help in my situation.. SCANNER....Yep , Jedi will be on the fence on this as he is one who has to deal with my non smart phone with a keyboard that well , kinda spells how it wants.
I have received some great cards from a whole bunch of bloggers and i even made my first Sportlots purchases..
So hang in there ( if you still are here ) I promise to go from quarterly posts to hopefully , just maybe , 1 a week...That would be nice.
Keep up the great blogging and Jedi , sorry about the phone..

YO !!

Admittedly I still throw around some Yo's. At work , at home , its a 2 letter word that has stuck with me. Dude is another one but that's irrelevant here today.

I have no idea why but i have decided to try and complete a rainbow of none other than

I happened to catch a Brewers game on Fox , while the Mets were in rain delay , and Yo was pitching..He was rockin the Abe facial which was something I was doing.Not as good as the originator or the pitcher but I was trying.
Then Kyle and I busted a blaster of chrome to which his base was inside.Nice card was my first reaction. Then came the card show where I picked up this Blue sparkly of a gem. Maybe it just reminds me of my hope of any retirement

The moment where time stops to get action and ball is a great sight. 

So if anyone out there has any extra Yovanis' with colors , specifically 2013 , drop me a line.Not sure what I have but I'm sure we can work something out.

And if you are checking your stash , I'm also looking for any Wilmer Flores...

Thanks

The wait is Over

Wilmer Flores has been in my sights for a few years now.I spoke of on an earlier post that when in Binghamton , NY for training , I went to see the B Mets Vs the Bowie Baysox. Machado vs Flores. Since then , I made it a priority to get what cards I could of both of them. I was able to load up on the Machados' but for some reason , the Flores auto card was way out of reach. I watched Ebay for months and the card was anywhere from $35- $80 bucks. It didn't help when he was called up to the Mets to help out when David Wright got hurt. But recently , Some cards have fallen to the $5 start price and well , the wait was long enough.

I was so dialed in on this card that i did not notice that another same card but with Lord Becketts seal and grade ( BIN $6 ) was right there for the taking. I ended up with this one for $13 and change. Right about the same price as my

Now my only needs are variations , sp's and relics. So , if any are out there looking for a good home , feel free to comment and maybe we can work something out.

Thanks.

SPITBALL ?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME ??

Ok , I am way ahead of myself. Let me go back to mid summer when as I posted that The Rochester Red Wings ( who unvieled an updated logo on Friday ) were to have a several former players and HoF's in town to sign.

One of those being Gaylord Perry.I had a stretch run going and was burnt out come the monday Mr. Perry was to be here.I had to work and as much as I wanted to shoot over and get a ball signed , I didn't.I was tired of the lines and hearing of the stories of a Grumpy Perry , maybe I didnt want to believe it or just didnt want to deal with it.Until yesterday.

A local car dealer in town has a yearly thing going ( which i never knew until recently ) where he brings in a former Yankee for a free signing.Guess who it was. Yes Gaylord Perry would be in rochester for a 2nd time.So Kyle and I went.The line was maybe 20 deep when we got there.It started at 12 and we arrived about 12:30.As I watched Perry sign , He looked as though he was signing his life away.No smiles , not very warm at all.Now as much as he is here to do this , I feel guilty because i am here to make him do this.But as the line moved , i saw him signing 5-10 items per person at least. I'm thinking maybe he is getting upset thinking the people are taking advantage of this.
So we are up next , I am going to say hello and thank him ( this is in my head ) when I hear the guy in front of me ask for an inscription , "Could you add SPITBALL?"
I immediately went "WHAT" Did he just insult this guy? I imagined Mr Perry standing up and proclaiming this signing over..But all he said was " I don't know anything about spitballs."

Kyle and I stepped forward and he signed kyles mural of Yankee uni's and took my ball and wrote his name on it.I thanked him and rode off in the sunset.

All I could think about is why is this guy so grumpy? Does he not like to do this? Then why does he subject himself? Is it that he gets annoyed at the collector who has 15 cards , a poster and a ball or two to have him sign?
In all , I am thankful for Mr. Perry to do this and glad to have another HoF ball on the shelf.

In ending , I wish to Thank all the bloggers for giving me daily reading and a special thanks to Jeff at 2x3 for the endless cards that arrive here.I only wish our camera was still working so I could show the awesome that comes.

My summer so far , baseball , baseball and you guessed it..

Baseball has been the thing around here this summer.In one of my earlier posts this year , I laid out who was going to be in Rochester to sign auto's @ the AAA Red Wings games. Well working nights at the time was going to make this a tricky quest to do but never the less , My employer cut the night shift and I was moved to days.Ok , so now it gets easier.
At least thats what I thought , Kyle who usually plays baseball in a house league which runs till the end of june , was asked to play on an all star team.This would last until mid July. Another previous coach of kyles , run a traveling team and asked if he could play a weekend tournament just outside of Buffalo to which we agreed to do.And finally , his house coach called only to have him play in another tournament the weekend after..So July was swamped with Baseball..

The Red Wings announced Rod Carew , Andre Reed ( Buffalo Bills (BLAH)) , Fergie Jenkins , Gaylord Perry and Lee Smith for starters as to who was coming. Well , I stood in line ( with 2 kids (never again)) for 2 1/2 hrs before the gates opened to get a good spot , short of the long I ended up with this..(picture taken from google )

Kyle had him sign his 2013 Chasing History Gold card.Turned out very nice.

Fergie was up next  ( at a later date ) but cancelled due to a medical procedure we were told.But had a "fill in " and Kyle was very anxious about this guy..Doc Gooden..
This go around , I got to the gates 2 hours before opening with the plan to have kids dropped off just before gates opened.Worked great.The Red wings Photographer had his eye on my daughter Chloe so with my camera broken (on kyles 2nd trip to NYC to see his Yankees ) Iwas happy to get these pictures.

I skipped on Gaylord Perry , between the Carew and Gooden waiting in line , I was not in the mood for it.
Lastly is Lee Smith. I must say , this guy is bigger in life.true gentleman ( they all were ) but he seemed alot more fan friendly.Again I lucked out , the Red Wings photographer got this.

Kyle and his buddy getting their card signed. I had a ball signed for our collection.

All in all , this has been a crazy summer with all that's gone on.I didn't post but I do have my daily reading of all the great blogs in this community for which I thank you guys. I also have had some life issues and a special thanks to JediJeff .With everything going on in his world , he manages to take the time to check in with me.
I can only hope this entry is a start of more , with the baseball season done and school starting , i can only hope..Thanks for reading..

My Quarterly Post

It seems as though I am now treating this as my " step " child.I wont bore you with details but what I do want to do is Thank those of you who have sent Kyle cards. Jeff who writes at 2x3 Heroes has been overly gracious with this and although my game plan this weekend failed due to a certain 2nd baseman , who is down in AAA on rehab , failed to make himself available , forced me to a back up plan to be put into effect later.Anyways ,

Kyle finally got in to do what he loves most ,

Coach put him in with a 6-0 lead and well the jitters came into play and he ended up getting out of the inning with the score 6-5. We have been concentrating on his batting so much , we forgot to put in some throwing time.

Our first game at the ballpark came and was it a special one. The 2013 Pepsi Max field of Dreams was in town ( If you want more info here's a link ). 2 contest winners were to go against each other with help from some HoF'rs and their family / friends.
The AL had Frank Thomas , Wade Boggs , Reggie Jackson , Pedro Martinez and Rickey Henderson.
The NL had Johnny Bench , Trevor Hoffman , Ozzie Smith , Mike Schmidt  and Fred McGriff. The game was exibition at best , it was hard to watch some of those guys try to get to first. Bench was more a cheerleader but it was what I expected and we had a great time.Kyle was his usual self and came away with these.

On another note , Kyles Grandmother brought this home for him from spring training

Yep , 1 of the guys who was just here , The " Crime Dog " Fred McGriff..

I will leave you now with whatever pictures I can fit here from the game. Thanks for reading and again Thanks for Kyles PWE's..

                                 Wade and Mr Baseball ( Rochesters version ) Joe Altobelli

                                                                             Ozzie

                                                                           Crime Dog

                                            Reggie spent his birthday here with Rochester

                                                                           Big Hurt

                                                             Schmidt and Wade
                                    Schmidt was hiding the ball hoping to get Wade of the base.