Singing To Crocodile Cards

(to the tune of Crocodile Rock by Elton John) 

I remember when my mailbox was empty.

I knew it wasn't too much fun.

Holding bills and paying some.

Had some old cards sitting around like a bum.

But the biggest surprise I ever got...was some cards from a guy named Croc.

While the other bloggers are blogging around the clock, I was enjoying my mail day from a guy named Croc.

Tiki Barber used to play and show off his skills.

Amani Toomer would have been better is his quarterbacks had been as well.

Tiki Barber made cuts on time.

Kerry Collins picked apart defenses at will.

I never knew if Shockey would make the catch on time.

But, Plaxico always will.

I'm gonna say BIG THANKS to the Croc go check out his blog as well!

Okay, I ran out of lyrics. Thanks again Croc and hope everyone has Magnificent Monday!

The Hunt Was On

As kids, everyone had their own celebrity crush growing up and anyone who says that they didn't, well, they are lying.

For me, I had two.... well three if you count the really late 90's with Mandy Moore.

The biggest and first one I had was for Amy Jo Johnson, otherwise known as the Pink Power Ranger. I know I am not the only one who had a crush on her growing up. There were plenty of other 90's boys that will admit to this as well.

However, my second crush I am not sure if many had on their A-lists as a lot of boys in the 90's were focused on Topanga and Kelly Kapowski. This one was a bit older than those two.

This actress played in both movies and on a television series.

The actress, Helen Hunt.

I fell for Helen when she played on Mad About You and continued to follow her career for a few years after that watching her in films like Twister and As Good As It Gets in which she won an Oscar for.

Speaking of that Oscar win....

 

It was inscribed on this autograph card that I just welcomed home to my non-sport nostalgic PC. I thought that it was time I finally added her autograph to my collection and through the magic of Shohei Ohtani card prices, I was able to trade some second year "base" cards off to land this.

I think I made the right choice here.

With Helen knocked off from my list of needs, this leaves the door open for a much-needed Amy Jo Johnson autograph. To my surprise, she doesn't exist in any card products yet. So, any autograph from her would have to come from in-person signings or from a con of some sort.

Maybe someday.

Going back to Helen, it's hard to believe she is now in her 60's as I am still only twenty-nine for the last fourteen years of my life. But she still pretty much looks the same after all of this time, and I believe is still doing some acting. I think they brought back Mad About You for one more season back in 2019 but don't think it was a hit. I never watched that revival or any of her recent films mostly because I didn't want to ruin the original series and the movies weren't anything interesting to me. I still do watch Twister time to time because that was a big epic film in the 90's that everyone seemed to have talked about and watched.

In comments today, let me know which celebrity you had a crush on and if you have acquired their autograph or not?

Starting Over

Just like a new GM in the NFL, I have gone through and cleaned house of the roster but instead of doing so for a sports team; I have done so on this blog.

I have already rid the blog of all former posts (hoping to download them and save them elsewhere but for now they are remaining in my drafts) and cleaned up the look of the blog. 

There will be continuing changes and updates to this blog as I continue to improve it and try to bring life back to this blog for the first time in many years.

Many of you may ask after all of this time away, why am I remodeling and bringing it back to life? I don't have a full answer for you. I just have noticed some things over the past few weeks that has just been an eye opener for me when it comes to blogging and it was time for a change.

 

Here's hoping that this goes as well as I hope it does.

As we take both take this journey today, let's pretend share this Celebration Matterhorn Macaroon. Cheers to those of you that are still here reading. Cheers to those that hopefully come back and read again and cheers to those that find this blog for the very first time.

It's time to start over and have fun again.

End Of The Year 2025

I am not sure when or if I will post on here again, so I wanted to thank all of you who came out to read Sport Card Collectors the past 13-years. 

This blog isn't what it once used to be as my focus has now been mainly on Cards Over Coffee and Big Blue Cardboard. Once sponsors were lost, this blog kind of dropped off as the product reviews and giveaways ended nobody wanted to read it anymore.

So, I took to those other two blogs to simply share my passion for the hobby and have it be just about collecting and my collecting.

With that being said though, thanks to Panini America, Topps, Upper Deck, BCW Supplies, and many others for their support over the years and helping grow this blog, my hobby friends, and my hobby connections.

Some other info that you need to know before this post closes up :)

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Sport Card Collectors Blog was Established on March 1st 2012 and just recently went over 4 million views.

My biggest highlight on this blog was winning SPORTS CARD BLOG OF THE YEAR in the GOGTS online award show in 2017 in an upset over a few other blogs. It also finished 2nd place in many other award programs.

There was a lot to say about this blog in it's prime. I am proud of it's accomplishments over the years.

From deep down again, thank you for reading.

See new posts on Cards Over Coffee and Big Blue Cardboard and please follow/subscribe to them!

Have a Happy New Year as well!

Hobby Topic: Topps/Fanatics Taking Over NBA

NEW Hobby Topic on Sport Card Collectors.

Here is how it works and it's simple.

Just leave your reply or thoughts in comments about the following..

"Topps/Fanatics Taking Over NBA"

How many of you are happy about this move? How does this effect the Panini card market from previous years? Is it good having one company owning a pro license? Do you plan on buying an Topps basketball cards? Or any other thoughts on this move?

BOT-ember!

 I am a guy of numbers and when I see numbers go crazy like they this past month on here, I tend to question them.

I really haven't had time to post at all on here since May as most of my blogging focus has been on Cards Over Coffee, which is now my main blog.

But, for kicks, I actually started posting on here the last few days to see what kind of traffic would kick up....it actually made them go down.

That's how you know the bots took over.

That and my blogging records that were absolutely destroyed.

 

Last month alone this blog put up 328,190 views which was two times plus the record I had on here. This blog wasn't alone as Cards Over Coffee did the same kind of record numbers, even though I did post a few times on there (ps check them out and go follow!!)

I do appreciate those of you who do come here to read my posts still and maybe some of you go back and read the older posts here still.

I am trying to decide what the future and fate are of all three of my blogs, the other is Big Blue Cardboard, as my college classes ramp up and my life gets busier. I am no where close to retiring, just have to find the time to blog when and where I can and how I can.

Being that this blog is much quicker, you may see more posts on here in the next few months with older segments returning which is what I did in May.

Have a great October everyone!

3 Million

3 Million Views!

This blog reached 3 Million views last week and I wanted to just say thank you to everyone who spent time on here the past 13 years and helped me reach yet another huge milestone. When I started this blog all of these years ago, I never expected it to turn out this big. It was just a place for me to come and share my passion for the hobby and apparently others wanted to read about it as well.

So, thank you.

I also wanted to remind you that I also share my passion of the hobby on Cards Over Coffee  and my love of NY Giants on Big Blue Cardboard.

Also, while I have your attention again, I wanted to remind you of ways you can earn money for YOUR hobby!!!

WALMART GIFT CARDS: (or other retailers but I choose Walmart and so far I have earned $50 just for walking and watching 2 second ads)

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eBay Gift Cards!!! (many others to choose from but eBay is my first choice and I have earned over $200+ just for scanning receipts)

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And...

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to my Cards Over Coffee YouTube channel!!

I will be busting a bunch of 90s packs in YouTube shorts from all sports, non-sports too and already have some longer videos up as well.

You can sub here:

https://youtube.com/@cardsovercoffee?si=JlLpBcpPH8nt2o3U

I won't have a lot of time for longer videos for a while, but there will be some shorts, and you can go back and watch what I have already posted.

I will do a giveaway on here once I hit 100 Subs. 78 more to go as of this post (thanks in advance)

Once again thanks for your support and for helping me reach another milestone and hope you enjoyed the month filled with posts.

Til next time,

Matt

6,300

This is the 6,300th post on Sport Card Collectors.

I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for coming back and reading. I wouldn't be posting if you weren't reading which means this number never would have been met.

There are some more posts to come as I finish up May with some new ones as promised.

Sorry, that today's post was a short one, but I made it count.

HOBBY TOPIC: Hobby Influencers

Hobby Topic returns to Sport Card Collectors.

Here is how it works and it's simple.

Just leave your reply or thoughts in comments about the following..

"Hobby Influencers"

How do you feel about Hobby Influencers? Good or bad for the hobby?

Going Back To My Roots

13 years. 10 consecutive years of not missing one post. 6,280 total posts (once this one is published), three name changes. Loss of posts a few times but brought them back (barely). Almost retired twice. Close to 3 million views.

Sport Card Collectors has stood the test of time.

But it's been hard to blog on here full time anymore once my streak of daily posts ended and once I started to have two other spinoff blogs, but energy had shifted elsewhere.

Which is disappointing since my roots to everything I have accomplished in the hobby over the past 13 years was because of this blog.

This blog gave me my place in the hobby. It brought me friends, sponsors (at one time), given me plenty of writing opportunities on other websites, helped fill set needs, helped me give back to the hobby, and brought me joy with sharing my mail days, opinions and having some fun.

I guess by now you know where this post is going. 

In May, I am hoping to give this blog another go around and give the readers back what I used to post on here but improved. 

Get ready for those Sundays with Rodney Hampton. Maybe a few of those Caption This Cards. Mail day shares. My humor (you better laugh), having Sets (my favorite play on words), and who knows what else. But you will find it all in one place and not across three.

Get ready for the new-improved-revived Sport Card Collectors.

13-Year Blogversary Post

13 years ago today, I took a dive into the world of blogging.

And even though the landscape of blogging in general has changed and so hasn't mine when it comes to blogging, here I am still chugging away with new posts.

I didn't do a lot of posts in Year 12 of this blog as I technically retired it last year, but just like Brett Favre I just couldn't stay away. I needed to come back for more and will probably stay on for more in Year 14? Will there be more in Year 14 than it was in Year 13? I will have to see how much time I have.

So, as with every passing year on here, let's take a look at the blog numbers from last year and previous years.

Year One, Sport Card Collectors blog had 68,169 overall views. 695 Twitter Followers and 118 Facebook LIKES.

Year Two, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 205,240 overall views, 2,206 Followers on Twitter and 147 Facebook LIKES.

Year Three, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 340,841 overall views, 3,576 Followers on Twitter and 159 Facebook LIKES.

Year Four, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 483,217 overall views, 4,494 Followers on Twitter and 431 Facebook LIKES.

Year Five, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 679,331 overall views. 5,325 Twitter Followers and 541 Facebook LIKES.

Year Six, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 952,540 overall views. 6,272 Twitter Followers and 627 Facebook LIKES.

Year Seven, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,268,414 overall views. 7,120 Twitter Followers and 815 Facebook LIKES.

Year Eight, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,595,972 overall views. 8,353 Twitter Followers and 1291 Facebook LIKES before I ended the page. 

Year Nine, Matt's Wonderful Blog Of Hobbies grew to 1,814,262 overall views.  9,763 Twitter Followers and 780 Instagram Followers

Year Ten, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,029,117 overall views.  10.9K Twitter Followers, 1427 Facebook LIkes and 1095 Instagram Followers

Year Eleven, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,611,826 overall views.  13.2K Twitter Followers, 1500 Facebook LIkes, 1600 followers, and 1119 Instagram Followers

Year Twelve, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,913,153 overall views.  13.6K Twitter Followers, 1500 Facebook Likes, 1600 followers, Blusky has 291 followers and 1087 Instagram Followers (lost a few)

Not as much growth last year, but that's expected with the lack of posts. However, I am still on the track to hit 3 million views which would make for a really cool milestone.

In comments, let me know if you would like to see more new posts on this blog. This may sound like a silly question, but I am being serious. 

Hope everyone has a great day and once again, thanks for coming by to read.

Happy Thanksgiving 2024!

Hey guys!

I hope everyone reading this today has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Try not to overeat like I will probably do. I spent most of yesterday prepping some parts of the meal as a starting cooker Gerrit Prep (like a starting pitcher) and now I will come in as Mariano Turkvera and close out the preparing and cooking of the meal.

As always there will be plenty to eat and plenty of leftovers. I don't know what my favorite part is, the food during or having the leftovers.

Let me know on this in comments along with telling me know about a card you are thankful for or something in general you are thankful for.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Matt

May

*to the tune of NSYNC's It's Gonna Be Me*

Everything little thing I post, never seems enough for you....you don't want to read it again...I don't post like them....baby when you finalleeeeeee...get to read this post....guess what..

IT'S GONNA BE MAY!

12-Year Blogversary Post (The Goodbye Post)

In what's been a long time coming, this will mark the final post on here. For real, real this time.

With the huge growth I have seen from Cards Over Coffee this year, the lack of growth here and feeling like this blog is the third wheel on a date, it's time I close things up officially and close things up the right way.

This blog over the years brought me a lot of joy and brought me many places in my hobby career I never thought I would go. I was once sponsored by multiple card companies allowing me to give back to you guys, with that as well I was able to communicate with some of the biggest names in the hobby, I won Blogger Of The Year once (this was the one time I think Night Owl didn't win lol) on GoGTS award show which you can see on YouTube, I was able to write for a few companies, I connected with other bloggers and became a respected part of the hobby community because of Sport Card Collectors.

But, with anything in life, there comes a time when you know you shouldn't be doing something anymore. Such as I know I can't go run a slant route without wearing my knee brace or playing tackle football with my friends in the backyard.  I can't imagine the back pain the next day.

So today just seems right to end the blog on the day it started. Just 12 years later.

In tradition of my this blog's anniversary, I will post my final updated numbers from the previous years on here and this is today's edition,

Year One, Sport Card Collectors blog had 68,169 overall views. 695 Twitter Followers and 118 Facebook LIKES.

Year Two, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 205,240 overall views, 2,206 Followers on Twitter and 147 Facebook LIKES.

Year Three, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 340,841 overall views, 3,576 Followers on Twitter and 159 Facebook LIKES.

Year Four, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 483,217 overall views, 4,494 Followers on Twitter and 431 Facebook LIKES.

Year Five, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 679,331 overall views. 5,325 Twitter Followers and 541 Facebook LIKES.

Year Six, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 952,540 overall views. 6,272 Twitter Followers and 627 Facebook LIKES.

Year Seven, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,268,414 overall views. 7,120 Twitter Followers and 815 Facebook LIKES.

Year Eight, Sport Card Collectors blog grew to 1,595,972 overall views. 8,353 Twitter Followers and 1291 Facebook LIKES before I ended the page. 

Year Nine, Matt's Wonderful Blog Of Hobbies grew to 1,814,262 overall views.  9,763 Twitter Followers and 780 Instagram Followers

Year Ten, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,029,117 overall views.  10.9K Twitter Followers, 1427 Facebook LIkes and 1095 Instagram Followers

Year Eleven, Sport Card Collectors grew to 2,611,826 overall views.  13.2K Twitter Followers, 1500 Facebook LIkes, 1600 followers, and 1119 Instagram Followers

A lot of growth this past year in terms of views which is my highest ever, though it didn't feel like it. I even broke a month record with 75K for a month which was insane.

I don't want to look at today's post as a goodbye, as I am still blogging, I just want it to say hello to the two blogs that I will be continuing on.

Please add them to your follow list and blogrolls,

CARDS OVER COFFEE

BIG BLUE CARDBOARD

The main part of my blogging will be done on Cards Over Coffee with the occasional when I feel like it post for my NY Giants collection done on Big Blue Cardboard.

Hope everyone has a great day. I truly appreciate the support over the years and hope to see you on the flipside...well on the other blogs.

So...I Changed My Mind...

Well, only 8 days into the New Year and I can't even stick to my New Years resolutions. I told myself I would be back to building up this blog again, but it didn't feel right.

The comments, views were still not here. I guess letting this blog fall by the wayside the last two years hasn't helped it much. I also feel a lot of readers were disappointed I let the Coffee blog fall.

So.....I changed my mind on my blogging approach for 2024 and going forward. I told myself I would just stick to one blog, but I just don't see that working out right for me. 

This is how it will go now and how it will stay for now on. I promise, this is my new updated part of the resolutions. It will be like saying you won't eat a donut for a year, but change it to only eating one a week because you felt you couldn't survive that way kind of eating change.

This blog I will do Random Card Of The Day posts from cards sitting on my desk. It's an easy quick thing I can do from my phone, so it won't be much of a hassle. And it will be for when I have time to post.

Cards Over Coffee becomes my new blog and main focus. I have some changes and new segments coming to that blog as well. So please be sure to follow it and add it to your blogroll.

However, Big Blue Cardboard will be my NY Giants focused blog. I won't post on there very much as my time will be spent on Cards Over Coffee, but I will be posting still there. And it's also the ONLY place you will see NEW RODNEY HAMPTON CARDS!!!! And there is a lot coming up!!

I know some of you don't like the multi-blog approach, but I think it will work out best in the end. Just remember, Cards Over Coffee will be my main blog and will have the most posts, the other two will be side blogs.

Thanks again for the support! Make sure to check out the blogs and keep reading!

Don't Forget The Code!

 

Don't forget when placing your supply order during the holidays to use the code above to save yourself 10% off!!!! Whether you are ordering for yourself or a friend for the holidays.

To start shopping right now, I embedded the BCW Supplies link into the image for you to click on. Just don't forget to use the code Matt10 to save yourself money as well.

Blog Bat Around: The Post Without Words (let the picture(s) speak)

 

(join in to thanks to the idea on Cards Over Coffee-click word to see the card on there)

Who Let The Bots Out!

I know I said I was cutting back on blogging this month due to family time, but I guess all of us need bathroom breaks occasionally even with family around so here I am.

Last month, Sport Card Collectors set a record high for views in a month and I have no idea why.

For one, I didn’t post anything until the end of the month, just lame random card posts, when I was testing the views. Second, I haven’t posted anything since May 5th on here for real content. And third, I don’t share anything from this blog anymore on any social media even when I do post.

With this info, I can only assume that bots must be spamming this blog with views. I have no other explanation.

So I am wondering, did any of the rest of you bloggers experience an increase in June? And what are your thoughts on it.

In the meantime, I will still take this number as a personal best and hope that it was more real than fake.

Because sometimes I really miss blogging on here. Not sure if any of you miss me on here.

Alright, that was a quick bathroom break. Now back to being busy until I need to go again or hide in here.

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See those new articles, HERE

CONTEST WINNER OF THE 6 PACKAGES OF BCW SUPPLIES SORTING TRAYS

 Sorry for the delay on this contest announcement. I have been way under the weather so haven't had the opportunity to do this as I caught Covid. I am still under the weather but figure I need to get this out of the way. Luckily for me, all other posts on this blog are pre-written.

Despite the delay, it was a sad turnout with only 6 in this contest. I awarded those who told me in comments an extra entry that told me they followed the other blogs.

Good luck everyone....

There were 8 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. RJ Sahl
2. Dennis
3. bbcardz
4. Jafronius
5. RJ Sahl
6. Jafronius
7. Trevor P
8. David

IP: 2001:5b0:2c75:d998:e1f9:920b:bf53:8492
Timestamp: 2022-05-16 12:33:04 UTC

You have randomized this list 7 times.

Congrats to RJ Sahl! Please email your address to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com. If this prize is not claimed this time within 3 days, Dennis will be the automatic winner. If he doesn't claim within 3 days, then BBcardz and so on.

Thanks to those that entered and thanks to BCW for the contest!