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| 2016 Topps Tier One Tier One Relics #T1R-KW Kolten Wong #064/199 |
Maybe it's not as exciting if you're not a Cardinals fan, but that's a beauty of a card to me. Go enter for your chance at it too.
Showing posts with label Kolten Wong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kolten Wong. Show all posts
2016-06-21
More Promoting, I Couldn't Resist - Sport Card Collectors Again
I thought about not promoting this contest, once again at Sport Card Collectors, since I've been doing that so much lately, but with the prize being a fairly rare Kolten Wong relic, I had to grab any extra entries I could. Take a look at this.
Maybe it's not as exciting if you're not a Cardinals fan, but that's a beauty of a card to me. Go enter for your chance at it too.
Maybe it's not as exciting if you're not a Cardinals fan, but that's a beauty of a card to me. Go enter for your chance at it too.
2016-02-07
A PWE of Kindness from 2 by 3 Heroes, Part 2
JediJeff of 2 by 3 Heroes is a fellow 2010 Topps Turkey Red collector, and we traded some awhile back. When he picked up a handful for his wantlist and got some duplicates, he kindly forwarded a few to me, along with some other Cardinals.
Here's the rest of the PWE, the other Cardinals.
Collecting cards has taken on a different feel since I started getting in-person autographs often. Of the 4 modern-era players here, I've met 2 of them in person, Scott Cooper and Kolten Wong, and had them autograph baseballs. One of these days I hope to meet Albert Pujols in person. I think the irrational anger at him for taking more money to go to the Angels has probably quieted down enough he could now do a signing in town.
Thanks to JediJeff for the Turkey Reds and Cardinals!
Here's the rest of the PWE, the other Cardinals.
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| 1996 Score #430 Scott Cooper 2008 Upper Deck X #91 Albert Pujols 2009 Topps 206 #254 Johnny Mize 2009 Upper Deck #355 Ryan Ludwick 2009 Upper Deck Icons #5 Albert Pujols 2014 Panini Prizm #183 Kolten Wong 2008 Topps - 50th Anniversary All Rookie Team #AR41 Albert Pujols |
Thanks to JediJeff for the Turkey Reds and Cardinals!
2015-10-01
September Card Show Autographs
Last weekend I attended another local card show, and this one had plenty of current Cardinals players and 1 coach/former player. Originally there were to be 7 total signers, and I bought a ticket for each. Tony Cruz was added after I purchased my tickets, so I was going to buy an autograph ticket for him on the day of the show. Right around the time Xavier Scruggs was designated for assignment a few weeks ago, I also saw a note on the website saying he would not be at this show, so I figured I could swap his ticket for a Cruz, which I did.
If you did the math up there, you can see I still should have had 7 autographs. Well, as it passed 11am, when all the signers were supposed to start at 9:30, 10, or 10:30, an announcement came over the PA that Pete Kozma would not be coming. The announcer wasn't very diplomatic about it either, and placed the blame squarely on Kozma's agent.
I've run out of plastic cubes for my autographed balls, so these are still in half of the box of a dozen I purchased. I'm probably going to try to get a bunch that are identical so they stack nicely, or maybe even some multi-ball cases.
The show itself was one of the most crowded I've been to. Part of that is because there were 7 autograph tables set up in close proximity, and the lines of people were all crossing each other. It was pretty cool to meet 5 different players all in one day. Tommy Pham had the longest line by far, because his price was set back when he was called up, and he's been playing really well lately. Kolten Wong had a bit of the opposite issue, with a price set when he was really doing well, but he's been struggling a bit lately. People asked for some pretty funny inscriptions from Tommy Pham, including "Phamtastic" and "Phambino". He looked almost embarrassed to write it, but he obliged. Another interested moment came at Jose Oquendo's table. Apparently he won't sign "The Secret Weapon", I assume due to some exclusivity deal he's got. The guy in front of me purchased Jose's full uniform from the 1985 throwback game against Kansas City earlier this year, and had him sign the jersey, pants, and cap. He asked Jose to write "1985 NL Champs" on one of the items, but Jose quickly reminded him he didn't get here until 1987. He wasn't really declining, he just said "I don't want to mess up your jersey, you know?". But the collector agreed that probably didn't make sense, and had him write something else.
All in all, it was a fun morning, and I got to meet 6 Cardinals. There should be some more opportunities to track down Pete Kozma for an autograph, if nothing else perhaps at the annual Winter Warmup run by the Cardinals.
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I've run out of plastic cubes for my autographed balls, so these are still in half of the box of a dozen I purchased. I'm probably going to try to get a bunch that are identical so they stack nicely, or maybe even some multi-ball cases.
The show itself was one of the most crowded I've been to. Part of that is because there were 7 autograph tables set up in close proximity, and the lines of people were all crossing each other. It was pretty cool to meet 5 different players all in one day. Tommy Pham had the longest line by far, because his price was set back when he was called up, and he's been playing really well lately. Kolten Wong had a bit of the opposite issue, with a price set when he was really doing well, but he's been struggling a bit lately. People asked for some pretty funny inscriptions from Tommy Pham, including "Phamtastic" and "Phambino". He looked almost embarrassed to write it, but he obliged. Another interested moment came at Jose Oquendo's table. Apparently he won't sign "The Secret Weapon", I assume due to some exclusivity deal he's got. The guy in front of me purchased Jose's full uniform from the 1985 throwback game against Kansas City earlier this year, and had him sign the jersey, pants, and cap. He asked Jose to write "1985 NL Champs" on one of the items, but Jose quickly reminded him he didn't get here until 1987. He wasn't really declining, he just said "I don't want to mess up your jersey, you know?". But the collector agreed that probably didn't make sense, and had him write something else.
All in all, it was a fun morning, and I got to meet 6 Cardinals. There should be some more opportunities to track down Pete Kozma for an autograph, if nothing else perhaps at the annual Winter Warmup run by the Cardinals.
2015-07-23
July Card Show Purchases
In addition to my autographs, I did make one purchase at the card show; a full set of 2015 Gypsy Queen, without the SPs. I have so many sets I haven't quite completed, that this one felt like a good idea when I saw it. I might still buy a few packs for a smattering of insert, and put the extra base cards in my trade list.
I decided to pull out all the Cardinals and players I collect to show, and as it turns out there were 24 of them, so I split them into two posts so I can tag them all. I tried a few different ways to sort them into two equal groups of 12, and couldn't quite get there, so I just sorted them numerically. Here's the second half first.
I went with the second half of the cards first because today is Nomar's Birthday. He's 42 today, and I'm glad to see him showing up in current products. In addition to the 4 Cardinals, there's also my hometown compatriot Mark Buehrle.
Some local sportswriters have talked about the possibility of Dan Haren making his way back to the team by the trade deadline, although I don't know how likely that really is. All told from this half I got 7 uniformed and 3 former Cardinals.
I decided to pull out all the Cardinals and players I collect to show, and as it turns out there were 24 of them, so I split them into two posts so I can tag them all. I tried a few different ways to sort them into two equal groups of 12, and couldn't quite get there, so I just sorted them numerically. Here's the second half first.
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| 2015 Topps Gypsy Queen #141 Nomar Garciaparra #184 Michael Wacha #197 Matt Adams #228 Jhonny Peralta #238 Carlos Beltran #263 Mark Buehrle |
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| 2015 Topps Gypsy Queen #265 Jason Heyward #271 Lance Lynn #273 Allen Craig #274 Dan Haren #284 Trevor Rosenthal #299 Kolten Wong |
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