kristopher | January 31, 2010
The New Orleans Saints are Superbowl bound and the hype-machine’s about to kick into high-gear. The Saints should be greeted by the sun-drenched coastline of southern Florida any day now, but until then we’ll linger on the past.
There’s very little doubt that Archie Manning has become the Saints most memorable player in their history, [...]
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Tags: New Orleans Saints, Pat Swilling, Rickey Jackson, Sam Mills, Vaughan Johnson
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Blowoutcards has started their Black Friday Sales and my cat, distressed by my girlfriend flying to New York, has decided to meow it’s face off at exactly 5:55 AM.
So, I’m up.
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kristopher | November 26, 2009
American Thanksgiving means all-day football, for the most part crappy football, but football none the less. Apparently, Americans love spending money on the day after Thanksgiving, which lead to plenty of emails regarding super-sales on cards. I like cards. Goodtimes. If you’re already doing the CheckOutMyCards thing, then now’s the time to cash out or [...]
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Tags: Black Friday, Blowoutcards, Checkoutmycards, Commentary, DaCardWorld
kristopher | November 11, 2009
Other than collecting vintage football cards, I’ve got a soft-spot in my heart for Travis Snider’s baseball cards. I wanted to keep this football card journey separate from my daily rambling and rants but after receiving an email from Topps, I can no longer sit back. So when Topps Finest promised me Autographed Letter Patches [...]
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Tags: Fuck Topps, Topps Football, Topps Redemptions, Travis Snider
kristopher | October 26, 2009
I absolutely destroyed my list this weekend with some steals, some deals, and some overpaying. I’m starting to get up there in price, but I’ll refrain from posting the goodies until they’re in my mailbox. I feel as though I’ve been pretty lucky with eBay. I’m not certain what the average is, but I’ve only [...]
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Tags: Checkoutmycards, COMC, eBay
kristopher | October 23, 2009
The 21st century is the football century. I love baseball, but Bud Selig’s failed to market the game to an OCD-ridden generation. The NFL, for all of its faults, has managed to capitalize on every emerging technology for the past 50-years.
The game of football was made for television, and television was made for the NFL: [...]
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Tags: Commentary, Football Cards, The Very First Post