Cards From Mr. Scott

I meant to post this hours ago, but today has been pretty terrible so far, and I'm just getting around to it now. It all started this morning, at 6:07, when I woke up late for work. I was supposed to be in at 6. As I finally arrived at the office, 45 minutes late, without a shower, I witnessed a hate crime on my way in the door, as someone had defaced the sushi bar next door, and left some not so nice racial epithets scribbled on the front door. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's been insanely busy since I got here, and all I can think about is how much I'd rather be at Orioles Fan-Fest today, instead of being stuck at work. Saturday is typically the slowest day here, so typically that is when I catch up on posting. Not today. Not at all. At least not until just now.

In retrospect, that might not be such a bad thing, especially since Mr. Scott of Mr. Scott's Baseball Cards, sent me a couple of cards of a player who until a few hours ago was only a former Oriole. What was old is new again, and Miguel "B-12" Tejada is once again back in Charm City. This morning the Orioles and Tejada reached an agreement on a one-year deal, and he will most likely play 3rd base this time around.

The only Yankees fan I like is the one who is currently sending me O's cards. This rule currently applies to Mr. Scott, and Mr. Scott only. I am only capable of setting aside my hatred on an individual case-by-case basis.

2005 Leaf Certified Materials Miguel Tejada "Certified Skills" relic

Well isn't this card fancy. While I do not like Tejada, I am sort of happy to see him back in town, especially so because he's only here on a one year deal, and most likely won't be a payroll crusher. We do need someone to play third base, and Tejada, even at his worst still puts up decent numbers. After the season Melvin Mora had, I doubt the bar is set very high to begin with.

2008 Topps Lou Montanez "Red Hot Rookie" refractor

What a great looking card! Nice action shot, loads of shine, and a ton of color. Too bad Topps took the cheap way out in '09 and didn't make the rookie redemption cards with refractor technology. It still took them like 8 months to produce them....

2007 Bowman Chrome Miguel Tejada xfractor

It's still so busy here at work that I won't have time to write up a witty little editorial for each card.

2006 Bowman Chrome Brian Roberts xfractor

Do you think the Freemasons invented xfractors? Look at the angles.

1996 Flair Cal Ripken Jr. Promo

I wasn't collecting in '96, but the sheer beauty of these cards must have blown people's minds back then.

2008 Topps Finest Erik Bedard blue refractor

There has been some buzz about this guy possibly coming back to Baltimore as well.

2008 Topps Finest Erik Bedard green refractor

I'd be ok with it if he was willing to pitch more than 5 innings an outing, and could stay healthy for an entire season. Oh, and he has to be nice to the media as well. I work with a guy who used to be a cameraman for the O's broadcast network, and he has quite a few stories of nasty run-ins with Bedard the recluse.

2002 Topps Archives Frank Robinson refractor reprints

I've always been bothered by the fact that he is clearly wearing a Reds uniform in this photo. It bothers me so much that I don't own the original yet. Some things never change.

Thanks for the great cards Mr. Scott. Expect a return package chock full o' evil pinstripers some time next week.

To any O's fans out there who made it to FanFest, please post some pics or something. I'm literally green with envy right now.

The Bearded Prospector

Prospecting is not an aspect of the hobby that I embrace whole heartedly, but with these two cards, I just couldn't help myself. The Hobgood is the only one that could possibly be viewed as an investment right now, seeing as he was a first round pick and all, but the Flacco is pure novelty. He was a thirty-frist round draft pick, and his being in the O's organization just might have something to do with his brother. You think? The back of his card does say that he's a gifted athlete, and has a compact swing. It'd be cool with me if the Flacco brothers ran Baltimore one day.

2009 BDPP Matt Hobgood xfractor auto #51/225

225 seems like a fairly arbitrary print run number. Don't get me wrong, I've seen worse (cough...Upper Deck...cough), but why not 250?


2009 BDPP Michael Flacco gold refractor #43/50

Only 2 numbers higher than his draft round, thus making it a true 1/1! The Flacco brothers are so talented that in 2012 Joe Flacco will play third base for the Orioles and lead them to a World Championship, while his brother Mikey will quarterback the Ravens to a perfect 14-0 record. There will be no Super Bowl that year due to the apocalypse, which occurs on December 21st. Rumor has it that Matt Weiters was so jealous of the brothers he single-handedly destroys earth, thus proving that he is in fact a deity. See you all on the other side bitches!

Picked them both up on eBay for right around $25, which isn't too bad for some hometown rookie refractors. Watch your back Garrett Atkins, cause Mikey Flacco is coming to get you. This season.

Mark it dude.

2008 Topps Chrome Football Retail Box Break Pt. 3- Refractor Maddness

These are all refractors of one flavor or another. For some reason these didn't scan particularly well. I think it's due to the black borders and whatnot. They look MUCH better in person, that's for sure.

Eli Manning refractor

Kellen Davis RC refractor

Keenan Burton RC refractor

Steve Smith refractor

Wow, this card sure is beautiful. I don't know much about football cards, but this has to be pretty darn close to perfection. Great action shot, great expression on Smith's face, and it's a refractor. The colors certainly don't hurt either.

Adrian Peterson Pro Bowl refractor

Speed racer himself.

Dan Connor RC copper refractor #'d /549

Carson Palmer refractor

Anquan Boldin refractor

Chad Henne RC refractor

Anthony Morelli RC xfractor

Greg Jennings xfractor

Marion Barber xfractor

Brian Urlacher xfractor

Bobby Engram xfractor

Cory Boyd RC xfractor

Brian Griese xfractor

Chevis Jackson RC blue refractor

Jermichael Finley RC blue refractor

Ryan Grant Playoffs blue refractor

Jeff Garcia blue refractor

Brett Favre Flight to 420 white refractor #'d /99

Hit of the box, for sure. Too bad it scanned like garbage.

Brett Favre Flight to 420 refractor #'d /149

Ooooh.... shiny.

So there you have it, one retail box of 2008 Topps Chrome Football busted for your viewig pleasure. I would once again like to Thank Joe V. for the great trade. I never expected to receive a wax box in trade, and that made it even more fun to bust. There were a ton of refractors in this box, and a ton of inserts as well. The stack of base cards is actually slightly smaller than the stack of refractors and inserts, which is great for me, since I was just looking for a good time, but I would imagine it would have been frustrating to someone actually trying to put this set together. As I mentioned earlier, all cards from this break are for trade, so let me know if you see something you like. For now, I'm off to the flea market to try and score some deals before the 1 o'clock games kick-off. The Ravens might not play till tomorrow night, but that doesn't mean I won't be watching.

Blaster Break - 2009 Topps Chrome

Hadn't bought a blaster in months, but couldn't resist the Chrominess. It looks a little bit like Christmas with all the red, white and green.
7 packs +1 "bonus pack", 4 cards per pack. Let's see what's inside yonder blaster, shall we?

Pack 1:
#40 Alex Gordon
#63 Andy Sonnastine
#W25 Chris Denorfia WBC Italy
#98 Derek Jeter



















Pack 2:
#188 Josh Whitesell
#158 Johnny Damon
#76 Pat Burrell Xfractor


















#102 Mark Buehrle


Pack 3:
#116 Troy Tulowitzki
#49 C.C. Sabathia
#40 Alex Gordon Refractor













#135 Chipper Jones


Pack 4:
#45 Roy Halladay
#46 Carlos Pena
#62 Chase Utley Refractor


















#143 Adrian Gonzalez

Pack 5:
#89 Javier Vasquez
#23 Akinori Iwamura
#156 Alexi Ramirez Xfractor


















#1 Alex Rodriguez


Pack 6:
#195 Kenshin Kawakami
#21 Brad Hawpe
#W11 Yoennis Cespedes WBC Cuba


















#124 Joe Nathan


Pack 7:
#154 Rocco Baldelli
#64 Miguel Tejada
#W10 Chenhao Li WBC China Gold Refractor #'d 33/50


















#217 Brett Cecil


Pack 8 (bonus pack!):
#6 Justin Upton
#4 Nate McClouth
#W80 Kangan Xia WBC China


















#152 Matt Cain


Lots of WBC cards in this blaster, but the gold refractor is pretty nice to have gotten. All cards are for trade, so drop me a line if there is something you need or want.