Baseball Cards

I have one card of Scott Barczi, from 1990 ProCards.Playing career: Catcher Scott Barczi played four seasons in the Pirates organizations, hitting .235 with 7 HR, 101 RBI and 39 SB. Speedy catcher.Where he is now: Owns Barczi Builders in Naperville, IL. My memories: Only know him from his card.Google Autocomplete results: He is tenth when you type Scott Barc, after Scott Barclay, Surescripts, a healthcare technology executive. There do not appear to be any other prominent Scott Barczis.Coming up next: The next profile will be Daniel Bard.

Jim Palmer 2012 Topps Golden Moments Die-Cut Chrome Redemption Card I really lucked out with this one!! During the 2012 collecting year, I was able to nab a pretty decent stack of Golden Moments redemption cards from all of the retail blasters that I ripped through. I put together a pretty nice collection of Golf HOF coins, and was able to work a few trades to add players to ‘My Collection’ that I was not awarded with my own redemptions. I also scored the ability to purchase a limited edition card from the Die-Cut Golden Moments set.  And when Jim Palmer was the player that was made available to me, I took the bait and went after it. The card is nice, and much thicker than what I expected once it was delivered to me.  I really like the image that Topps used of Palmer on the card and the Chrome finish sets it off nicely!!! Enjoy.

I won a lot of Oakland Athletics baseball cards on Listia recently. All four cards cost a total of 29 credits. The cards include a 2008 UD First Edition of Joe Blanton, 2009 Upper Deck of Andrew Brown, 2012 Bowman of Jemile Weeks, and 2012 Topps Update of Brandon Inge. I bought this lot for the Weeks card. It was my first Jemile Weeks card. I have a few cards of Rickie Weeks so now the family is complete.

There is still a lot of sorting and cleaning up to do, but I'm finally up and running in my new "dugout" !For those who may have missed it, I traded rooms with my wife.I had an internet conductivity problem at first, it seems the Wi-Fi adapter we had on my wife's PC with XP, would not work with my Windows 7. A new Belkin N 150 solved the problem and now I'm ready to roll again. I do have a lot of rearranging to do and there are boxes of "stuff " everywhere !But in the long run, I will be much more organized and better able to serve all you bloggers out there so please be patient with me, there are much better times ahead! I will have some new pictures as thing progress. See ya' next time !

Barry Larkin Year: 2011 Brand: Topps Triple Threads Card number: 90 (serially numbered 405/625) Parallel set: Sepia At the time of this post, I have never opened a pack of Triple Threads. As such, this card must have arrived either via trade or a eBay/Listia purchase (I've since forgotten). The front of the card is nice enough, even though I think the serial number stamp takes away from the overall appearance. This particular card is actually numbered out of 625 meaning it is a Sepia parallel. For the record, here are the various base card types in 2011 Topps Triple Threads: Regular base #/1500 Sepia #/625 Emerald #/249 Gold #/99 Blue Sapphire #/25 Platinum #/1 Printing Plates #/1 Each of the parallel sets mimics the entire 100 card base set - in other words, there are a LOT of parallels in Triple Threads. As for the back of the card, it's fairly dull. I guess Topps (and other companies) worry less about card design when making "high end" cards. I know many people that buy sets like this simply chuck the base cards without a second glance so it's sort of hard to blame Topps for also not caring (though one might say that's a chicken and egg argument - maybe high end buyers don't care because Topps seems to not care).

This month I passed my one-year anniversary of being on Listia. I only know this because they sent me some "Happy Listia Birthday" email and gave me some free listing thingy. I didn't pay attention to what it was exactly, but I think it's one of those special auctions that pops up in the blue boxes at the top of a listings page ... you know, the boxes I ignore.None of it matters because I'm doing less and less on Listia these days. I don't really have the time for it presently, and the "good buys" on the site are getting rarer and rarer. There have always been goofballs on there that think an unopened pack of 1990 Donruss starts at 2,000 credits, but even the rational people seem to be starting every bid at 499, and unless it's a card I really, really need, I'm not bidding 499 to start.None of my auctions on there have started at more than 100 credits, and I've done just fine. Out of 50 or so auctions I've put up, only one did not "sell." And I'd say 80-85 percent "sold" for way more than I figured.It's not as easy, breezy as it once was.But I hope to find some time for putting more unwanted crap on there because if I am even more patient with the site than I have been in the past, I'll still find an item I need.For example, I'll take a Kemp card in the mail anyway I can get it. He doesn't make many trips to my home anymore.Listia was also good for helping me name another set in the Define the Design quest.Someone offered a group of nine 1996 Bowman Dodgers for a very nice "those were the days" credit price. Most of the cards were ones I had already. But you know us team collectors. If there is even one card in a lot that's needed, we're dragging the whole load of garbage with us.I was more than happy to scratch the following off my want list:David "don't call me Dwight" Yocum and one of the favorite childhood players of current Dodger pitcher Matt Magill, Chan Ho Park.And since "the burlap set" was already taken by 1968 Topps, I decided to go with ...... "the tweed jacket set" for 1996 Bowman.So, I suppose if I still can get a Matt Kemp card and a Define the Design name out of Listia then it's still good for something.Just don't scare me away for good.

#40Michael Christopher StutesRelief PitcherBats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'1" Weight: 185Born: September 4, 1986, Lake Oswego, ORHome: Lake Oswego, ORDrafted: Selected by Phillies in 11th round of June 2008 draftTeams: Phillies 2011-Acquired: Via draftContract Status: Pre-arbitration eligible

Fergie Jenkins 2013 Topps Gypsy Queen – Black mini I keep plugging away at the different versions of Gypsy Queen cards of Fergie Jenkins from the 2013 release. This card, serial numbered as 190/199, is the ‘Black Mini’ version and now I need just two more. Hopefully I will soon be able to call the Green and Sepia versions of the card mine as well.

Deep in the vast treks of space known as Redmond, our crew has been diligently working to contain our excitement over the release of the Star Trek: Into Darkness film. While attending a charity auction for the Pancreatic Cancer Department of the University of Pittsburgh, our fearless leader spotted a truly special piece of tech. In true COMC fashion, Tim decided to show his Daj (Klingon for interest) by acquiring a 2010 Star Trek Remastered Original Series Autographs Leonard Nimoy card. And here he is himself, the Captain of the Starship COMC: Captains Log, Stardate -309604.56: Mr. Spock is skirting the prime directive by visiting COMC Headquarters. It would be illogical to not have a close up of this card This card is now up on the site and is for sale. Feel free to swing by the Captain’s chair and check out this card. As we shift into warp speed to head to the theaters, why don’t you tell us what you thought of the new movie? And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and our new Google+ page. P.S. COMC!!!! Filed under: Fun

Willie McCovey 2011 Topps Triple Threads – Sepia – NICE!!!! Of the many new aspects that modern collecting brings to hobby, one of my favorites is the colored parallel version of the base card. For me, it is about enjoying the same card with a twist – and sometimes the twist works and well, sometimes it does not. In the case of Willie McCovey’s sepia-tones card from the 2011 Topps Triple Threads set, IT WORKS!!! The card is serial numbered as 532/625 and it looks great. Take a peek: