Baseball Cards

This weekend, the roar of engines will be blaring across the nation as two of the biggest races peel from the starting line.  We at COMC are taking a moment to highlight some of our cards commemorating races past.  Check these beauties out: In celebration of the upcoming laps, we are hosting a little contest!  Just go onto our site, find an item that is Indy 500 or Cocacola 600 related, and tell us in the comments the item number and why that card gets your blood pumping faster than a 600 hundred horse power engine! Then, this coming Friday, we will pick the user who has best captured the feeling and award them $1 of store credit.  It’s fun and easy, and we look forward to hearing great stories about the cards on our site. Oh, and because we want to know: Who’s going to be watching the races this weekend and who do you think is going to win?! Filed under: Uncategorized

Andre Dawson 2013 Topps Gypsy Queen – mini Last week I realized that I had not been putting in enough effort to reel in all of the Andre Dawson cards from this year’s Gypsy Queen release. So, I quickly changed that and started making my way towards completing the set. Here is Dawson’s mini base card from the set. I still have the colored parallels to go – AND I WILL GET THEM!!! Stay tuned.

"It's just a little fence!"

Click here to view the embedded video. Join Beckett Football’s Chris Olds and Justin Grunert as they rip into a box of 2013 Press Pass Showcase in this latest edition of Box Busters. What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Click here to view the embedded video. Join Beckett Sports Card Monthly‘s Chris Olds and Justin Grunert as they rip into a box of 2013 Press Pass Ignite in this latest edition of Box Busters. What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Get a list of the top 10 selling sports card hobby boxes for the week of May 12-18, 2013 based on quantity of completed eBay sales.

Trolls, please stop! Really... It's not right. Via Mike Oz at Big League Stew we find out that the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" is unfortunately true. But here's the thing: Kemp, who is from nearby Midwest City, hit only his second home run of of the season on Monday. That's in 165 at-bats. Kemp makes $20 million this year from the Dodgers, as part of a $160 million contract he signed in 2011. It's easy to look at this all this and say Matt Kemp is being "cheap" — oh, and people have. Last night I posted up a brief story on this blog about how Kemp would be lending some support to his hometown. After this evenings game, Matt Kemp went onto twitter to lend his support. He promises to donate some funds to the current relief effort. See his tweet below. It is an act of kindness from a man who is known for being one of the good guys. So, to find out that there are those who wish to debase him for it is nothing but a vile, disgusting and inappropriate act. Decades ago I was introduced to a phrase that I know applies here. "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" In other words, you should never question the reason or amount of charity/goodwill a person provides. It should be enough that he's willing to help. And if it's not good enough for you, well... I think that says more about you than Kemp. * Please follow on twitter @ernestreyes * * Like Dodgers Blue Heaven on facebook * * Dodgers Blue Heaven home page *

I snagged this 2005 ESPN card of Mark Teixiera on Listia for just 8 credits. I don’t know how ESPN got into the card business, but they got out of it pretty quickly. Upper Deck produced these cards, but the ESPN logo is a lot bigger than the Upper Deck logo. Teixiera is currently a Yankee but was a Ranger back in 2005. That was before he became a very rich man. Tex is currently on the shelf with an injury for the Yankees. The Yankees miss him, but Lyle Overbay has been a decent replacement.

I am finally getting around to posting up more Dodger cards from this years 2013 Topps Museum card set. Below are most of the Dodgers' autographed card that you can find. Autographed Cards #AA-AG Adrian Gonzalez #AA-DSU Don Sutton #AA-MW Maury Wills #AA-SK Sandy Koufax These next cards below are really the cream of the crop when it comes to autographed cards in this set. BTW, there is a Hyun-Jin Ryu card, as well. Unfortunately, only a redemption is made available in packs. Museum Collection Autographs #MCA-AG Adrian Gonzalez #MCA-CK Clayton Kershaw #MCA-SK Sandy Koufax Unfortunately, not every available Dodger card from the Momentous Material Jumbo Relic auto cards have shown up yet. See what I've been able to collect, so far. As for cards not yet seen, there are a couple of Kershaw cards (likely a redemption), another Sutton variation available, and a Hanley Ramirez Jumbo autographed card out there. Momentous Material JUMBO Relic Autographs #MMJAR-AE Andre Ethier #MMJAR-AG Adrian Gonzalez Don Sutton #MMJAR-SK1 Sandy Koufax #MMJAR-SK2 Sandy Koufax I've only seen the Kershaw and Koufax Quad Relic Book-Card. A Gonzalez, Sutton and Hanley card exist, as well. Primary Pieces Quad Relics Book-Card Autograph #PPAR-CK Clayton Kershaw #PPAR-SK Sandy Koufax A Clayton Kershaw exist, but a redemption is made available in packs. Signature Swatches Dual Relic Autographs #SSADR-AE Andre Ethier #SSADR-AG Adrian Gonzalez #SSADR-HR Hanley Ramirez As with the above autographed relic card, there is also a Kershaw triple relic available, but a redemption has been placed within packs. Signature Swatches Triple Relic Autographs #SSATR-AG Adrian Gonzalez * Please follow on twitter @ernestreyes * * Like Dodgers Blue Heaven on facebook * * Dodgers Blue Heaven home page *

Celebrating its 15th year, 2013 Panini Rookies & Stars Football features several familiar elements from the brand's pigskin launch. Hobby boxes promise 2 autographs and 2 additional hits.