Indians from the Great White North, eh!

A couple weeks ago, I received an email from Charles, letting me know that he had picked up some 2009 Upper Deck cards and would like to trade some Tribers! Excellent! In return, he wants Blue Jays, which works out pretty well since I've got more than a few headed his way.

As you can see, he included other Tribe cards in addition to the '09 UDs:


Two cards didn't make the scan: 2009 UD Series 1 Victor Martinez and a 2006 UD Eduardo Perez.

In the scan, though, we have quite a selection of new cards and a couple classics:
1989 Fleer Mini-Logo Stickers (Indians, Tigers, Royals, Brewers)
2006 Bowman Heritage Steven Wright
1989 Fleer Rod Allen
1988 Fleer Brian Dorsett
1988 Score Tom Candiotti
2009 Topps David Delucci (Man, I do love the '09 Topps design - good job!)
2009 UD First Edition Victor Martinez (Throwback design with a large player pic - not bad!)
2009 UD First Edition Grady Sizemore
2009 UD First Edition Travis Hafner
2009 UD First Edition Jhonny Peralta
2009 UD First Edition Fausto Carmona
2006 UD Star Attractions Jeremy Sowers
2009 UD First Edition Cliff Lee
2006 UD Andy Marte
2007 Bowman Heritage Victor Martinez

Man, these are great and are very much appreciated!! Thanks to Charles from the land up above for some very cool Indians to add to my collection!! In exchange, he'll get some Blue Jays to (hopefully) add to his.

Group Breaks: Fun or Frustrating?

The ladies at Dinged Corners asked if group breaks were fun or frustrating. So, I thought that would be a great topic of discussion!

I have only participated in one so far, and it's too soon to know what I think about it because my cards are still pending delivery. I'll be able to answer the question better once I see exactly what i ended up with (not just the 'hits' but the other cards as well - assuming we get all the cards that drew our number and not just the 'mojo').

Besides, I don't know that having only participated in one so far that I am qualified to judge the fun/frustrating level.

So, let's hear from the other folks out there that have taken part in group breaks - what do you think: fun or frustrating?

I am Joe Collector, or am I?

I bought into my first group case break ever, held over at iamjoecollector.blogspot.com yesterday (the 27th). Of course, I was hoping to pull some Indians, and am still hoping to be able to trade for some, but here is what I ended up getting ("the hits"):

David Wright Finest Moments Red Refractor Auto /25
Jonathon Niese Patch Auto /285
Justin Morneau Refractor
Gary Sheffield Refractor

The Wright will find itself a very good home (along with another surprise I got in the mail today), but the others are up for grabs for anyone else that bought into the break who is willing to give up Indians.

I have to say, I missed the live break, but it was a lot of fun to see what I ended up with! It's a fun way to feed my habit, that's for sure. Of course, I'm so clueless, I have no idea what the cards look like to post pics here....

Thanks for some great fun!

tribecards.net changeover - FINAL update

Final update on this topic - Wahoo! It worked, it actually worked... There are some hoops you have to jump through to get your blogger site to point to your godaddy domain, but once it kicks in, it works just fine. Or at least so far. :-)

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UPDATE (4/28/09) - Okay, my idea did NOT work, and it turns out I am going the hard way about things. If you want a custom domain for your blog, do what Patricia did at dingedCorners: use the blogger settings and let Google handle everything.

I opted, some time ago, to use GoDaddy. I have found a step-by-step that should get things going, but I won't know for a day or two. Looking back, I wish I had realized I could have done the whole thing through Google instead... Ah well, live and learn.

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Just a quick word... tribecards.net will disappear for a bit. You can still get to tribecards.blogspot.com but the .net might drop off here soon as I figure out this whole hosting thing...

Thanks for your patience... If you've made it this far, you already have more patience than I do. :-)

The Zito Effect

The girls over at Dinged Corners held a contest not long ago (and actually, I think there are new questions, so it may still be going on), and I was the lucky winner of a selection of cards by answering the 'unlucky' question number 13 - which actually turns out to be about a very LUCKY situation, now that i stop and do the math...

You see, they have come up with "The Barry Zito" effect - the effect whereby a collector receives many, many cards of one particular player and yet at the same time, receives very few duplicates of that player. I'm sure it also has something to do with a 'fallen star' effect, but I haven't figured out how to tie the two together, or if in fact the two ARE tied together (kind of Lincoln/Kennedy thing, if you will). I am not sure if I have any "Zito Effect" players myself, mainly because I hadn't thought to stop and think about it - a natural shortcoming of mine.

My correct answer scored me some very cool Indians cards!


The top card in the envelope is Kerry Wood in a Triber's uniform! Wahoo! It's funny, I've always been a closet fan of Wood's and now that he sports an Indians uniform, I can freely shout WAHOO! Mike Rouse, whom I admit I know very little about, is next, sporting what appears to be Oakland Green. In fact, the back of the card shows him wearing an A's hat - so there ya go. Franklin Gutierrez is up next, and his card number is 404 - which in terms of the Internet means 'cannot be found.' Unfortunately for the Tribe, that's kinds his legacy in Cleveland - he bounced around a lot between the bigs and the minors during his stint.

Next Scott Lewis, a Classic Best Gold Ken Ramos (VERY cool!), Kenny Lofton, and a Pinnacle checklist. The Pinnacle checklist features the Indians at Jacobs Field! Excellent! Travis Hafner on a Masterpieces, a classic Topps Cory Snyder, and a Fleer Tradition Rafael Betancourt finish out this group.

The second group of scanned cards features Pronk and more!! V-Mart leads things off on a Masterpieces card. That's followed by Pronk on a UD Timelines and a UD Future Stars - very cool looking cards. Lampkin appears ready to take part in a play at the plate. Hafner comes in on a Baseball Heroes card for his latest appearance in the deck! Dennis Martinez shows us his smiling face - though it is paired with a maniacal look in his eye... Pat Corrales looks a bit dazed and confused, which makes a lot of sense given the 80's-era Indians... Julian Tavarez is catching something in his mouth. It's way too uniform to be popcorn, I think. To me, they appear to be jelly beans. But, who eats the white ones!? C.C. comes in on a BLACK Baseball Heroes card - very slick! The last picture is of Terry Pendleton, doing his best "Where is your mother" Bill Cosby impression.



There was one more card in the envelope, but it was stuck to the bottom of Pendleton's card. Yes, I realize this means I should have noticed right away, being the last card and all. Alas, my skills of blatant observation took a vacation this weekend.

The last card in the package was a Stadium club Jim Thome - caught in the middle of catching a fly ball.

Thank you so much, Dinged Corners, for another WONDERFUL package and a great prize!