http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com My life and times in sports and baseball cards Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:01:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez returns to Arlington where his Major League career began. When I first heard the news I was a bit troubled. I mean the Rangers have such a good thing going right now and sometimes when you make a player move it sours the punch a bit. ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/FPFbNHy4Bvs/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1188 I love a bargain and one of the great places to find bargains is Craigslist. You can find just about anything on Craigslist and baseball cards just happen to be something I search for often on the site. The problem is I can never find a bargain on baseball cards ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/ybXIxia2pDA/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1181 I picked up the three Ian Kinsler cards above with a credit that I still had over on Sportlots a few weeks ago. Two of the cards represent the first Walmart Black Border and Target Retro Gray Back cards I have picked up. The third is a nice 2009 SPX ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/td8HENNUW8s/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1174 I was killing the rest of my lunch hour at the local Toys R Us checking out the card section and the McFarlane figures. They had moved the cards again so it took me a bit to find them. They were also harder to find because they seem to be ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/f0yuMwgQ0JA/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1168   I received an email from Sportlots Wednesday evening announcing their Daily Treasure Hunt contest. The Treasure Hunt runs from July 26th thru July 30th. The Treasure Hunt will begin on each contest day at approximately 9:00 am central time with one card being hidden in the over 30 million card ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/kvjza5hNoME/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1164 I remembered that I still had a couple of dollars of credit over at Sportlots from a previous transaction so I logged on the other day and shopped for some new Ivan Rodriguez cards. I got side tracked on Ian Kinsler cards in the process so I only managed to ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/9cnIRLoJipk/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1155   My wife and I went to the movies yesterday and saw the Proposal with Sandra Bullock. I have always liked Sandra and this movie was really entertaining. It was laugh out loud funny at times. The biggest surprise of the movie came when Bullock took a shower but forgot to ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/6dKTuli3CIs/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1147   Recently I was vacationing in Cancun Mexico and we went into town one day to have a look around. Mostly we went into town to try to find my daughter something she would eat. Her diet consists of Chic-Fil-A, Whataburger, cookie dough, my grilled chicken, her mom's cheese dip, pepperoni ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/zpS2qcMn-OY/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1141 Getting back to the package my good buddy Dennis sent me we have some of my favorite baseball cards in all of cardboard land. For longer than I can remember I have had an unwavering affection for the Topps All Star Rookies with the trophies on the front. Dennis sent ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/CqI9aTrIhss/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1131   My good buddy Dennis sent me another package that I received yesterday and as usual it was packed with good stuff. Dennis has been a big help for the Touch'em All Project as he seems to always send me stuff for active collections I am working on.   This Kinsler card ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Squeezeplaycardscom/~3/wkreryJPgCg/ http://blog.squeezeplaycards.com/?p=1124