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Going Back To The Sandlot

*sits down, tries not to look out the window at the foot of new snow that just fell. takes a sip of freshly brewed coffee and thinks of spring and baseball*

I am not one for sports movies. It's usually the same storyline, some team or player down on their luck, goes through a lot of stuff then makes a heroic comeback. For me, it's a tiring cycle that almost similar to watching a movie remake.

So, when someone asks me what some of my favorite sports movies are, my list is very, very short. It's so short that it's only five movies.

1. Little Giants. This is my favorite sports movie. Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Giants beating Cowboys and some kid farting. It is great.
2. Caddyshack. Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield..yes!!! The second movie was lacking.
3. Invincible. Yes, it's based on a true story. But, how many of us get a shot at the NFL without going through college or having any experience other than bartending?
   
4. Happy Gilmore. I have never been a huge fan of Sandler, but when I watched this the first time, I cried to tears full of laughter. Other than Grownups and Grownups 2, this is my favorite Sandler film.
5. The Sandlot. A Beast, kids playing baseball with friends like I used to, a relatable film to my youth and nostalgia.

I don't own a lot of cards relating to any of these movies other than some Chevy Chase cards, but I did recently add a Patrick Renna auto I showed off from The Sandlot and now I have another thanks to Wes.

*takes a sip before moving onto the card*

In 2018, Leaf Pop Century came out with a quad signature featuring actors from The Sandlot.

It's missing the lead character in Scotty Smalls, but has some of the other characters in Squints, Yeah-Yeah, Tommy Repeat Timmons and Timmy Timmons.

 

This autograph is numbered to 20.

What a cool piece to my collection thanks to Wes. Now I hope to land a Scotty Smalls, Benny Rodriguez and Wendy Peffercorn to complete my set. 

Thanks again to Wes for this cool card.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

 I should look into adding other cards from these movies into my collection. I have been needing a Vince Papale rookie, have been staring at a Ed O'Neill auto, and some movie theater lobby cards from Caddyshack. Someday maybe I will accomplish some of these.

In the meantime, I will enjoy what I have already got.

In comments today, tell me your favorite sports movies. Also, thoughts on my latest addition are welcomed too. 

I hope everyone has a great Saturday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Random Cardboard:2020 Origins Patch Autograph Joe Burrow

The Grady Chronicles: Junior Ending

We have sadly hit the finale of my Grady mail day today. So I ended it out with some Ken Griffey Jr if that's okay with you?

How about this silver Optic Mythical. It's quite Mythical isn't it?

One of my least favorite inserts of my favorite baseball player.

Can't believe I didn't already have this....

I WANTED THIS!!! So glad to have it now.

Prizm Old School base inserts and Red, White, Blue.

 

And the final cards of this mail day, well that I am showing off, is a Prizm base and a Green Prizm Parallel.

I was very happy to find these Juniors in the boxes especially the shiny ones.

Thanks again Grady for another excellent treasure dig. I appreciate all that you do for me and have done.

Thoughts on my Grady mail day overall welcomed in comments!

The Grady Chronicles:Puck!!

If you saw my post a few months ago about my love of the new Fleer Metal hockey product after opening up a blaster box, you will know I was floored to find these cards in the Grady Boxes.

Flashbacks to the Metal Universe in the 90's.....yeah baby!

The inserts are stunning. I am getting the itch to collecting the sets of these three, so if you have any, I will take them if I don't have them!

Parallels. They don't quite shine as much as you would expect, but they give you just enough.

Not only was there metal,

but more of these awesome Dazzlers which I can't get enough of.

And more shiny stuff too!

(this Marchesbault looks soooooooooooo cool with the under water look)

(tiger king?? Nice)

 

And red shiny to end it.

That does it for another part of this Grady mail day. One more to go, so come back tomorrow to see how I finish this bad boy up.

Burrow Hunting

*the sun is out on this morning before the storm starts to creep its way in tonight. Coffee, cards and blogging is on the agenda for now. takes a sip and gets onto the post*

If 100 people were in a room just to simply guess who would be facing off in the Super Bowl this year, I would bet all 100 would be wrong. Not only be wrong, but not have a single one of them even breathe the word Bengals in the conversation. 

However, here we are. Rams vs Bengals.

With the NY Giants playing this year like the bad version of the Little Giants team if not worse, I had a pretty solid list of teams I didn't want to win in the playoff this year.

I had a reason for everyone of them.

• Cowboys-Division rival and can't stand their obnoxious fans
• Eagles-HATED division rival and once again, don't like their obnoxious fans
• Buccaneers- Who really wanted to see Tom Brady win again?? I mean really??
• Packers-Aaron Rodgers is a.........well..... you get the point. It was nice to see him struggle and lose
• Patriots-With or without Tom Brady, I just don't like them

I had a feeling I would have to deal with hating on one of these teams in the Super Bowl, but to my surprise and everyone elses, none of them even made it to the Divisional Championships. So then became the question of....who do I root on?

I chose the Chiefs. Despite how annoying Patrick Mahomes brother can be, Patrick is not. He is a humble Super Star who is fun to watch. He may also be a side PC, but we will talk about that another day. Sadly, the Chiefs didn't pull off the win and the Bengals did. That didn't really affect me too much though, as it's fun to see a team you wouldn't expect in a million lifetimes make it to the big game.

So, for the Super Bowl, I am a Bengals fan. It would be nice to see them finally take home the big one.

*takes a sip before continuing on with today's post*

I have been holding onto a couple of 2020 football boxes for the right moment and figured what moment is better than Super Bowl time that features rookie cards of the Bengals amazing Quarterback Joe Burrow.

  

The two boxes I had to open was a 2020 Chronicles NFL blaster box and a 2020 Prizm hanger box. I also wanted to point out the new background for these newer photos I will be doing on here. Needs a little tweaking, but they should look cool when I get it right.

The box that had my attention the most was the Prizm hanger, since everyone wants a Prizm rookie of top players. It's THE rookie card to have.

It was a good thought anyways as these were my two best and only rookie finds in the box,

 

Not that either of these guys are bad players, but the last thing you want to find in a "high end" box is two defensive guys.

With luck down on that break, I turned to the Chronicles where a very nice card was found in the first pack,

A Dynagon silver parallel of Joe Burrow.

Rest of the box wasn't to bad either, I found a couple Jalen Hurts, a couple Tua's, and then the other Top QB from 2020,

Justin Herbert.

The Chronicles break went pretty well I would say, and my Burrow hunt actually landed me one. That doesn't happen too often in a post like this.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I think this year's NFL postseason games were the best I have ever seen and here's hoping the biggest game of them all will be just as exciting. Say what you want about other sports and Game 7's etc, the NFL has the best playoff system. You only get one chance to win so you give it your all.

I also apologize to the fans of the teams above I hoped to lose if you are reading this, nothing against you...unless your an Eagles or Cowboys fan...even still....I had my reasons and I am sure you have yours as well for teams you despise.

In comments, let me know which team you are rooting on for the Super Bowl and what your favorite Joe Burrow card is? While you are at it, let me know which teams you didn't want to see win.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Grady Chronicles: Da Hits!

Grady not only sends the shiny and fun inserts, but he sometimes will throw in a few surprises. I have found items from games he has gone to, pamphlets relating to the Giants, etc.

I also occasionally find a couple of hits in my boxes.

The first hit was this Luis Severino relic card with pinstripe. Pinstripes from the team known for pinstripes are always nice adds.

My second find was this John Flaherty autograph. Finding autographs of players you don't see every day is fun

Two more parts left to my Grady mail day, what remains left to post, well you will have to come back and see the final two days.

The Grady Chronicles: Select

Every Grady box comes with a lot of variety. Multiple sports, products, etc.

Today I tackle one of my favorite finds of the box, Select Basketball.

Around here you never find basketball cards on the shelves, so I have to get lucky to find them in other ways.

Especially when it comes to products like Select.

Derrick Rose silver and Knick colors lol. I don't know the name of that other parallel without looking it up and I am lazy today so it is whatever I say it is.

A few more of those parallels.

Blue parallels of some NBA stars

 

And we finish it up with a Luka. This was a fun surprise.

We are coming down to the final parts of this series. Stay tuned for the rest!