Don't Judge Me...Again

Just like my blogging, especially on here, there is a lot of come and go.

One of those perfect examples is my Aaron Judge PC.

Back in 2017, I was all in on the hard slugging hitter. I traded a ton of stuff away to acquire autographs, numbered rookies, inserts, etc. That carried over into 2018 then started to die off in 2019, 2020, and in 2021 where I unloaded all but five cards of my PC which had close to 200 cards.

I simply lost interest and it didn't help that he kept getting hurt. He was the one player that kept my baseball interest going (since Ken Griffey Jr retired) but with so many injuries, I stopped watching since he wasn't playing, and I decided that my collection belonged better in someone else's collection so I can get stuff that belonged better in mine.

Then came this past week. I felt that urge again to collect Judge. Was it because he was finally coming back from yet another injury or was it because I was in a stalemate with other parts of my collection. Either way, I dug what I had out again to see and even added a couple.

Here is what I discovered,

 

This is all I have besides a Bowman rookie, a Bowman Chrome Mini rookie, and two autographs.

See something I need or don't have? Let me know! I am currently trading for some Judges and hopefully this time I will keep adding.

In comments today, let me know if you have a player or part of your collection that you have gone back and forth on and what was that?

My PC's Updated

Finally going to update my PC on here, starting with this post.

BASEBALL
MAIN PLAYERS/TEAMS I COLLECT
Aaron Judge
Gleyber Torres
Ken Griffey Jr
Mike Trout (NEW)
INSERTS FROM ANY TEAM/PLAYER from 1995-1999

MOST WANTED

• 1975 Topps George Brett
• 1977 Topps Andre Dawson
• 1977 Topps Dale Murphy
• 1978 Topps Eddie Murray
• 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson Rookie Card
• 1983 Topps Tony Gwynn
• 1985 Topps Roger Clemens
• 1988 Salt Lake Trappers Bill Murray
• 1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera Rookie Card
• 2011 Mike Trout Topps Update Rookie
• 1993 Sp Derek Jeter Rookie Card

 BASEBALL AUTOGRAPH CARDS I SEEK. These are company authenticated, no  TTM.

• Sammy Sosa Auto Card
• Tino Martinez Auto Card (Yanks uni only)
• Mariano Rivera Auto Card

BASKETBALL
MAIN PLAYERS/TEAMS I COLLECT
RJ Barrett
Michael Jordan
Allan Houston
INSERTS FROM ANY TEAM/PLAYER from 1995-1999

OTHER PLAYERS/TEAMS I COLLECT
John Starks

MOST WANTED

• 1986-1987 Fleer Michael Jordan Rookie Card (I mean who doesn't want one?)
• 2003-2004 Dwayne Wade rookie card
• 1998-1999 Topps Chrome Vince Carter RC
• 1995-1996 Spx Michael Jordan (final card I need for my set)
• 1996-1997 Spx Michael Jordan
• 1997-1998 Spx Michael Jordan 

 BASKETBALL AUTOGRAPH CARDS I SEEK. These are company authenticated, no  TTM.

• Tim Duncan Auto Card
• Patrick Ewing Auto Card
• John Starks Auto Card
• Paul Pierce Auto Card
• Kevin Garnett Auto Card

FOOTBALL
MAIN PLAYERS/TEAMS I COLLECT
NY Giants (any and all!)
Eli Manning
Rodney Hampton
Kerry Collins
Saquon Barkley
Darius Slayton
Daniel Jones (NEW)
INSERTS FROM ANY TEAM/PLAYER from 1995-1999

OTHER PLAYERS/TEAMS I COLLECT
Jake Plummer
Corey Dillion
Mark Brunell
Terrell Davis
Jerry Rice
Dan Marino
John Elway
Brett Favre
Peyton Manning
Steve Young
Patrick Mahomes (NEW)
Lamar Jackson (NEW)

 MOST WANTED

• Walter Payton rookie card
• 1997 Topps Chrome Tony Gonzalez Rookie
• 1998 Fleer Ultra Peyton Manning
• 1998 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Peyton Manning
• 1997 Action Packed Studs Emmitt Smith
• 2019 Prizm Josh Jacobs Rookie Card 
• 2019 Prizm Drew Lock Rookie Card  
• 2019 Prizm Daniel Jones (want a second one) 
• 2019 Optic Drew Lock
• Jarrett Stidham Autograph Card 
• 1997 Collectors Edge Masters Gameball #18 Kerry Collins/Brett Favre

  FOOTBALL AUTOGRAPH CARDS I SEEK. These are company authenticated, no  TTM.

• Tom Brady Auto Card
• Randy Moss Auto Card
• Steve McNair Auto Card
• Jamal Lewis Auto Card
• Tim Couch Auto Card
• Donovan McNabb Auto Card
• Ryan Leaf Auto Card
• Corey Dillion Auto Card
• Tony Gonzalez Auto Card
• Ike Hilliard Auto Card
• Marvin Harrison Auto Card
• Tim Tebow Auto Card
• Patrick Mahomes Autograph Card
• Matt Ryan Auto Card

HOCKEY
MOST WANTED

• Wayne Gretzky rookie card
• Mario Lemieux rookie card

HOCKEY AUTOGRAPH CARDS I SEEK. These are company authenticated, no  TTM.

• Wayne Gretzky Auto Card
• Mario Lemieux Auto Card

NON SPORT
MOST WANTED (the autographs are company only and not TTM. I know each of them has a card as I have looked them up)

• 2004 Donruss Fans Of The Game Sean Astin Auto
• 2015 Americana Autograph Bradley Cooper
• Cryptozoic Ghostbusters Totally Fabricated Slime Card S5
• The Grinch Who Stole Christmas Costume Card
• 2000 Sp Authentic Jimmy Johnson (NASCAR) Rookie Card  
• Mark Hammil Autograph
• Carrie Fisher Autograph
• Goodwin Champions Stephen King Autograph
• Goodwin Champions Stephen King Relic
• Stan Lee Autograph card
• Charlie Sheen Autograph Card
• Harrison Ford Autograph Card
• Ben Affleck Autograph Card
• Britney Spears Autograph Card
• Martin Short Autograph Card
• Jennifer Lopez Autograph Card
• Dick Van Dyke Autograph Card
• Adam West Autograph Card
• Burt Ward Autograph Card
• Levar Burton Autograph Card
• Burt Reynolds Autograph Card
• Sarah Michelle Gellar Autograph Card
• Dean Cain Autograph Card
• Christina Applegate Autograph Card
• Henry Winkler Autograph Card
• Ed O'Neil Autograph Card
• Sharon Stone Autograph Card
• Tara Reid Autograph Card
• Cheech Marin Autograph Card
• Alan Thicke Autograph Card
• Wilford Brimley Autograph Card
• Christian Slater Autograph Card
• Patrick Warburton Autograph Card
• Ed Asner Autograph Card
• Phil Lemar Autograph Card
• Wallace Shawn Autograph Card
• Jon Heder Autograph Card
• Brett Butler Autograph Card
• Steve Guttenberg Autograph Card
• Robin Leach Autograph Card
• Tom Arnold Autograph Card
• Kevin Sorbo Autograph Card
• Joey Fatone Autograph Card
• Mario Lopez Autograph Card
• John O'Hurley Autograph Card
• Erin Andrews Autograph Card
• Chris Berman Autograph Card
• Chris O'Donnel Autograph Card
• John Clayton Autograph Card
• Chris Mortenson Autograph Card
• Rich Eisen Autograph Card
• Bode Miller Autograph Card
• Alyssa Milano Autograph Card
• Dick Vitale Autograph Card
• Ray Ramano Autograph Card
• Tony Danza Autograph Card
  

Along with these long lists, I also have MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNY set needs for every sport and non sport that I could really use some help with. If any of you use Sportlots and have extra funds to help me fill some of those sets, I would trade for help for sure!

I will continue to tweak my PC's as I go along and really need to refresh the blog with everything when I have time.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Collins'd

Like I posted a few days ago, @card_a_holic absolutely blew me away with freebies in our trade. Not only did he pass along those 54 Mark Brunells I posted about, but he also sent me.....hold on....wait for it....122 Kerry Collins cards.

122!!!

I was floored!

Just like with Brunell, I don't plan to show them all off, yet. I have a new idea with the 90's cards from this pile. So I chose a few to show off from the pile.

Collins avoiding an Eagles defender. Why is it that every Giants QB seems to have a defender around them??

I really liked this short lived product. Some incredible hits to find as well

Collins throwing a bomb while Tiki gets a piece of the defender in a block

Collins firing against a team he would soon after play for.

Yuge thanks goes out to Brian for the freebies and trade. Can't wait til we do this again!

More to come from what he sent soon. You may have to follow some instructions to view them.

NYY PC Numbers Updated!

I finally sat down on Sunday morning, had a nice cup of coffee by my side and grabbed a delicious frosted apple Toaster Strudel and decided since I don't have anything to post about on here right now without an idea hitting me and my lack of mail days since the end of the year, it was time to update my PC numbers and maybe even turn them into posts. I am not sure how often you guys even check out the tabs on here to begin with.

Today we will take a look at my NYY PC Numbers tab and see the latest updated numbers,

Here are the latest NY Yankee updates,
Overall NY Yankees:4,163
NY Yankee Rookie Cards:770
Autograph Cards: 19
Memorabilia Cards: 39

Derek Jeter : 289
C.C. Sabathia: 58
Don Mattingly: 113
Mariano Rivera: 87
Didi Cards: 28
Servino: 24
Brett Gardner: 39
Betances: 33
Wade Boggs: 34
Jacoby Ellsbury: 36
Gary Sanchez: 58
Tanaka:44
Jason Giambi: 51
Chapman:33
Andy Pettite:50
Bernie Williams: 74
Reggie Jackson: 27
Dave Winfield:22
Jorge Posada: 44
Mike Mussina: 54
Paul O'neil: 43
Tino Martinez: 61
Hideki Matsui: 34
Giancarlo Stanton: 29
Clint Frazier: 20
Tyler Austin: 28
Andujar:16
Gleyber Torres: 38
Aaron Judge:109

Old timers with no vintage. Numbers are all based on newer cards.
Mickey Mantle: 73
Joe DiMaggio :20
Yogi Berra:  31
Roger Maris: 22
Lou Gehrig: 36
Whitey Ford; 35
Babe Ruth: 64

Overall I added 108 cards to these updated numbers. Once again big growths for my Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres PC's which I was expecting. I only plan on collecting three Yankees going forward with Judge, Torres and Jeter being my main focus.Derek saw some small growth with only 5 cards added since October which is the last time I updated this.

More number updates coming this week. Stay tuned!

Unintentional Intentional PC's

Have you ever unintentionally collected a player or two you really had no intention of collecting? Well, I have and it's that way for a few players.

Recently while putting cards away, I was looking at a few key players I stick in binders by player and realized that I had quite a few of their cards each. This is just my binder players and doesn't touch my box players that I know I have quite a few of some.

But, the point of this post is just to look at these specific players that I binder because of their HOF status or soon to be HOF status. These are the players I don't want their cards getting damaged in boxes I store other players in. Not that those cards ever get damaged or have damage, it's just a safety precaution.

Here are those players. These numbers do not include any possible low numbered inserts, rookies or hits of them I may or may not have. Those are stored elsewhere.

Lebron James. 56 cards. I have always liked LeBron, just not his decisions to move team to team just to win titles. As for the Lebron vs MJ debate, I am sorry James, there will never be another MJ.

 

Speaking of MJ, Michael Jordan, 154 cards. I have held his cards over the years despite my not-so-much-love of him from the 90's. He just beat my Knicks way too many times. 

 

Kobe Bryant, 128 cards. Kobe being a late 90's guy just fell into my PC. I just wished I had held onto more of his 90's cards and rookies instead of losing them all when I left home to my father. I still have  couple of rookie cards but not much else besides newer Panini stuff in that PC.

 

Brett Favre, 185 cards. Okay, this one was at one point unintentional, but it's more intentional now. I have said how much I liked Favre on here before with my imitation of him with my friends and throwing "bullet passes" to them. Not to mention, Brett has held his value over the years and has tons of great looking late 90's inserts I wanna chase.

 

Peyton Manning, 274 cards. Peyton a late 90's guy was a quick add to collect. I also had some success in landing his base and inserts at one point so they stacked up fast. After 2004, I started to add some of his cards intentionally when Eli was drafted. Brothers in cards as well for me.

 

And finally, the biggest surprise of them all, Tom Brady, 214 cards. Yes, yes, despite all of my Tom Brady and Patriot hate on here , the guy is a champion. Gotta keep guys like that.

 

Well, there you have it for my binder guys that I unintentionally intentionally collect. I may do a box version of this next which those numbers may be mind blowing for some players.

Now I want to know which players you guys my unintentionally intentionally collect if you do so!