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| 2010 Allen and Ginter - Sailors of the Seven Seas |
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| 2010 Allen and Ginter - Isaac Newton - Regular and Mini |
Showing posts with label 2010 Allen and Ginter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2010 Allen and Ginter. Show all posts
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Randoms
I can't be posting Royals all the time. I gotta post some RANDOMS, too! Staying true to my roots.
All these beauties came to me as a result of another Zistle trade. Zistle is the best way to get lots of "randoms" into your collection when you want something, but don't want it bad enough to make a real wantlist for it. You just add the whole set into your Zistle lists and it auto-matches you with anyone that has them for a later trade.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
If You Like It Then You Should Have Put A Ring On It
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| 2010 Allen and Ginter - X-Rays |
[Josh D. singing] All the Single Ladies.....Oh-Oh-Oh, Oh-Oh-Oh.....All the Single Ladies....
OH!! Hi card blog readers. Didn't see you there. I was just getting my dance on. Lucky you didn't see that.
I don't post about music on here too often, but a fun package from Justin over at The Hopeful Chase just came through and prompted this. (By the way, ZISTLE again provided the grease to make this easy trade happen. His Zistle page is here, and mine is here.) Justin sent me a bunch of "fun Ginter" -- that is, non-baseball Ginter -- from 2010, and I had to post the highlights.
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| 2010 Allen and Ginter - Jordin Sparks |
That's right, Jordin. Why DOES love always feel like a battlefield??
Jules and Galileo both have big beards, but have clammed up toward each other. Battlefield.
Regis has just turned away from Leo. There's no communication there. Battlefield.
I think they all need to consider a different relationship. Maybe one with Sacagawea.
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| 2010 Allen and Ginter - Sacagawea |
Thanks, Justin! And if anyone else has any more "fun Ginter," I'd be happy to have it.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Most Wanted List - Now with Kids!
Certain cards catch my eye for various reasons. Sometimes it is a great design or color scheme. Other times it is the photography or a funny pose. But I will always take a second look at a card with a kid in it.
Even though kids play sports, watch sports, love sports, buy cards, trade cards, and collect cards you don't see too many kids ON sports cards. Those precious square inches on the front of a piece of cardboard are reserved for the MEN -- the modern-day warriors who perform at the highest level in the games that they play and entertain millions with their skill. Since their on-field personas can be so tough, it is easy to forget that many of these guys are family men with a "real life" off-the-field.
All that brings me to this card:
I love this card because it captures a moment that I remember so well. The picture for this card is from the celebration after the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts. The Saints had scored 15 points in the 4th quarter to win the game. As the confetti rained down, all the players were celebrating and a big crowd was gathered on the field.
When I saw this happen on that Sunday, I was first drawn in because the little tiny kid was wearing gigantic earphones (who doesn't love ridiculous proportions, right?). However, a second look at that really touched me. Here was Drew Brees, the winning QB -- He could celebrate with anyone, and who does he do it with? His one-year-old son, Baylen. Wow.
My first son had been born three months earlier, so while he was new I definitely knew what it was like to have that fatherly-love. It humanized Brees to me in a way that otherwise I never would have seen. At that moment he was just like any other daddy who was done with work and wanted to see his family at the end of a long day.
That's why I love this card. Well, besides the giant headphones, of course. :-) However, I still don't have it! Therefore, I am putting it as card #1 on my newly-christened "Most Wanted" List (see the bar at the top). If anyone has this one for trade, please let me know. I will be steadily adding more cards to this list over the next few weeks.
For another article about that moment:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/a-quarterback-and-his-boy/
For a gallery of Baylen/Drew Brees pics from that day:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/07/drew-brees-son-baylen-cel_n_452946.html?slidenumber=hCi%2B1CLIcwQ%3D&slideshow#slide_image
Even though kids play sports, watch sports, love sports, buy cards, trade cards, and collect cards you don't see too many kids ON sports cards. Those precious square inches on the front of a piece of cardboard are reserved for the MEN -- the modern-day warriors who perform at the highest level in the games that they play and entertain millions with their skill. Since their on-field personas can be so tough, it is easy to forget that many of these guys are family men with a "real life" off-the-field.
All that brings me to this card:
2010 Allen and Ginter #287 Drew Brees
I love this card because it captures a moment that I remember so well. The picture for this card is from the celebration after the New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl XLIV over the Indianapolis Colts. The Saints had scored 15 points in the 4th quarter to win the game. As the confetti rained down, all the players were celebrating and a big crowd was gathered on the field.
When I saw this happen on that Sunday, I was first drawn in because the little tiny kid was wearing gigantic earphones (who doesn't love ridiculous proportions, right?). However, a second look at that really touched me. Here was Drew Brees, the winning QB -- He could celebrate with anyone, and who does he do it with? His one-year-old son, Baylen. Wow.
My first son had been born three months earlier, so while he was new I definitely knew what it was like to have that fatherly-love. It humanized Brees to me in a way that otherwise I never would have seen. At that moment he was just like any other daddy who was done with work and wanted to see his family at the end of a long day.
That's why I love this card. Well, besides the giant headphones, of course. :-) However, I still don't have it! Therefore, I am putting it as card #1 on my newly-christened "Most Wanted" List (see the bar at the top). If anyone has this one for trade, please let me know. I will be steadily adding more cards to this list over the next few weeks.
For another article about that moment:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/a-quarterback-and-his-boy/
For a gallery of Baylen/Drew Brees pics from that day:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/07/drew-brees-son-baylen-cel_n_452946.html?slidenumber=hCi%2B1CLIcwQ%3D&slideshow#slide_image
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