Anyone Wanna Trade.

Only cards unavailable are the Giants, Tony already has those, the Rays cards and the Jackie Robinson are mine and Pujols is on E Bay.

Walkoff!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Mr Johnson.

Shields Mail Day.

First up we have some nice mini's purchased from COMC, I didn't have a single mini in my Shields pc so I thought it was time to rectify that. I have mini cards from Allen & Ginter 2009,2008,2009 Black Border a Piedmont mini from t206 and a Goodwin Champions mini. Also in this lot are four Garza mini's and a Jeff Niemann mini. Funny how over time your opinion will change, I used to hate mini cards now I love them. Very happy with the price of these all less than a dollar each. Nice additions to the old PC.

In this picture we have the regular size Shields cards that arrived yesterday. The Ultimate Jumbo Jersey Auto is from E Bay the others were from COMC. I have been after the Jumbo jersey auto since that set came out last year, I was finally lucky enough to find one on E Bay that wasn't buy it now. Got this beauty for $5 which to my mind is a real bargin. Along with the auto we have a Allen & Ginter 2010 This Day in History card,2006 Bowman Gold,2006

Topps '52 Chrome,2009 O Pee Chee Black and 2007 Heritage Rainbow Foil. COMC has become a bit of a God send for me, this is because I was shying away from buying Shields base cards as the shipping for lesser cards is alot on E Bay. COMC shipping is high but it still works out cheaper to buy 15 cards there than it does to buy 15 cards from 15 different sellers on E Bay. The Shields PC is getting bigger all the time and with luck will continue to grow. I have a couple more nice Shields incoming. I will post them as they arrive. Thanks for looking Guys/Gals.

More Mail.

First up we have a Curtis Granderson Piedmont Auto form last years t206 set. Not really a fan of these framed style cards, but this one is a nice looking card of a decent player.

The second card we have is an Ernie Banks game used jersey from the 2009 Legendary Cuts set, this one is numbered 53/75. Always nice to have a real legend land on the door mat.

Next up we have a Blake Smith Blue Aspirations Auto from last years Donruss EEE. Smith is a 22 year old in the Dodgers farm system. This year he is hitting .280 with 18 homers and 73 rbi's, so a nice looking season for young mr Smith.

Finally we have a Diamond Kings 2008 Rick Porcello Auto Dual Jersey card 12/25. Last year this card had a BV of $100+, I guess the value is not as high due to Rick having a difficult second season. Hopefully this will appeal to all you Tiger fans out there.

It Had To Be Kaz.

When you are a fan of a team that stinks you need something good to latch onto,this is why I deceided my first player to collect would be Scott Kazmir. Kazmir was one of the only good things about the Rays during the mid 2000's. Kaz gave a poor team a chance to win everytime he went to the mound, the same cannot be said of Seth McClung or Casey Fossum. When your team sucks you need a straw to clutch onto. Sadly for Kaz after the wonderful 2008 season when the Rays went all the way his stuff started to go downhill, he had a high ERA, lost velocity,more walks and all of a sudden the writing was on the wall. Then he was gone, traded away to the Angels for Sean Rodriguez and two more prospects. I remember feeling very sad that he had gone, but also hopeful that he could turn around his career with the Angels. Sadly this is not happening, last night (Tuesday) Kaz faced off against the Rays and lost 4-3, his record now stands at 8-11 with an ERA over 6. It looks as if Kaz may be finished, I hope he can sort out his career, he was my first player PC and one of my favorite player. In tribute here are a couple of his cards. A nice UD Black and a Sweet Spot Signatures. Both cards are favorites of mine.

My First Mail From COMC.

Here is my first ever card from COMC.com. Yes it's another James Shields card, this time we have a 2007 Exquisite Futures 8/20. As stated in a previous post I love these cards the quality is second to none. This brings my Shields Exquisite cards up to four with another in the mail from SCF.
As stated this was my first try at using COMC, I shall be using that site a lot more often now I know it will be delivered to the correct address, the reason I was a tad worried was that my address on gthe site only had UK instead of United Kingdom and I was worried it would be sent to the University of Kentucky. I have already placed another order for 16 cards including a handful of Shields minis and refractors. The prices are way below E Bay on the lesser cards, the postage is a little high for the weight of the cards, but on the plus side if I bought 16 cards from ten different buyers on E Bay the shipping would be way high. A big thanks to Tony for putting me onto this site.

A quick shout out to Fuji for being the most patient man on the planet. Thanks for being a Gent Fuji.

A Little PC For Me.

Over the last few weeks I have neglected my James Shields PC in favor of buying some Rays prospect cards. I have decided it's time to pick up a few more Shields cards. First up we have a 2006 Sweet Spot Rookie Bat Barrel auto. I love Sweet Spot cards, and have been trying to find a Shields bat barrel for a long time. Most of the ones I found have been way to expensive for my wallet. I decided to post a thread on SCF asking for Shields cards and the first response was a guy offering me this beauty. A wee bit of negotiating later it was mine and I am really happy to have this in my PC. Stay tuned for Shields sweetness.