First autographed card

2010 Topps Update Series was one of the first sets I ordered from eBay. I didn’t have much choice and what I really wanted was baseball cards! Well, I still don’t have much choice but I can manage that.

I liked the set. Comparing to the other set I bought earlier that was 2012 Topps Series 1 where there were lot of card back errors and the photos were not that good and didn’t care that much for the design, I really enjoyed the Update cards.

But this post is about a particular card I got. My first autographed card!

Being an auto from a player I didn’t know it doesn’t matter because I went to web search him. I got so happy I didn’t focus in the fact he is an Angels player. That can always change.

Yep it’s an Ervin Santana auto card. A Peak Performance auto card. Like it!

Until now he’s a one team right-hand Pitcher. He’s with LAA since 2005 where his short rookie season ended with 12 wins in the regular season. That’s awesome. On 2008 he got the first and only call to the All-Star Game. Went through a DL trip on 2009 but then he really got better: pitched a complete game shutout becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to pitch a shutout in a game to clinch the Western.

At this point I got to think I really was lucky to have his auto but then found out that he pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians on 2011. It was Santana's first career no-hitter  and the Angels first no-hitter since 1990. I had sure by then.

2012 is not that well with a W-L% of .421 which means he is 8-11. Missing double digits in Ws and with the biggest ERA since 2009, 5.21.

Don’t like the Angels but respect Ervin Santana!



(Note: got some info from his wiki page)

Alex Rodriguez RC - 1994 Upper Deck

For the last package I purchased from eBay usual seller sent me this bonus.

One of the RC of Rodriguez. This one is the 1994 Upper Deck Electric Diamond #24 card.

I know I spend a lot of money buying cards from him but that was attentive.

Late 80's card party

YES! The people at customhouse took just 1 week to send me the package with all the 6 boxes of late 80's cards I bought last month.

Now that's a great way to end this week. TGIF plus this bonus is something I really wasn't counting on.

The problem is that I have to work for the rest of the afternoon and cannot check the cards. I'll only post about it later.

Smells like 80's!

2009-10 Upper Deck Victory - NHL

Got yesterday an other pack of NHL 2009-10 UD Victory. Unfortunately it was the last one the sellers had. So I put all my faith in getting a Tavares RC and/or a Sidney Crosby card on it.

As you can see from the next photo I didn't get the Tavares RC. Got 2 RC even, but no Tavares. Got Byron Bitz and Peter Regin RC. I confess that I don't know them but I'll go and search.

I got pretty happy with this pack what concerned the base cards even if the first had 3 Pens players and this only gave me one. I like Sutter card very much because I simply prefer that team uniform than the current Hurricanes one. That's nice!

I don't like Philadelphia teams. Phillies, Flyers or Eagles. Simply don't like them. But I do can see that Briere and Gagne are two very good players. That's why I got them on the photo.

As you can also see I got 2 inserts. Rick Nash for the Game Breakers (red teeth protection is jumping off his mouth!) and this beauty Sidney Crosby Stars of the Game.

HURRAY!

He really is one of the Stars. And I hope that Winter Classic did not end his career...

But what I don't get it is...I'm not native English speaker so I do need to get to dictionary sometimes but isn't that 'transcendant' word misspell? I'll give it to you if so just because I like Crosby.

NFL Fantasy

The new NFL season just started yesterday and I already am ahead in my weeks match on NFL Fantasy.

Here is my team (SLBenfica):

QB: Drew Brees
RB: Ahamad Bradshaw
RB: Frank Gore
WR: Jordy Nelson
WR: Antonio Brown
TE: Fred David
WR: Miles Austin
K: Mason Crosby
DEF: New Orleans Saints

On the bench are:

QB: Ben Roethlisberger
RB: Cedric Benson
RB: Donald Brown
WR: Austin Collie
WR: Marques Colston
WR: Titus Young

After last night game I'm winning by 28.60 vs 14.00. Hope it will remain the tendency because this year MLB Fantasy went pretty bad...

eBay shopping cards

For the first time I ordered some specific cards from my usually eBay seller.

And those wonder things are...

Mark Teixeira Rangers 2005 Topps,Cracker Jack Mini Relics,(Game-Used Bat)

 

Mario Lemieux Penguins 2009-10 Upper Deck Champs (Mini)

Alex Rodriguez 2008 Upper Deck Starquest (Green)

Alex Rodriguez 2007 Upper Deck Triple Play

Alberto Gonzalez  (Rookie Card)2008 Bowman Chrome Refractor

Hideki Matsui  2006 Topps Heritage

A.J. Burnett2010 Topps Chrome (Refractor)

Phil Hughes (Rookie Card)  2007 Topps Turkey Red

New York Yankees 1974 Topps Team Card

Gone on a Yankees round trip through the years and favorite players.

The Lemieux card is an outsider but I really am thinking in starting getting more ice hockey cards, and the Pens and Lemieux is a push to that.

To prove that, also ordered more rack packs of 2009-10 UD series 2.

I cannot wait to get these cards in the mail!

Eusébio

 

This Eusébio sticker is selling here in eBay for US $990.00 that is to say around

791.303653 €

  

I tried search eBay for some stickers/cards known brands and found that this Panini sticker of the great SLBenfica and Portugal legend is ranking first for the highest price being asked.

It truly values the amount.