Signing Some Balls

Another great card to add to my Album of Amazing. This 1983 Fleer card depicts Rick Mahler signing some balls. Of all the memorabilia I have in my collection, autographed baseballs have been and always will be my favorite. I think it's great to finally have a card depicting a player partaking in the time honored tradition of signing some balls.

Busting Some Packs

I love the quirkiness of this card. A ballplayer, Pete Falcone, opening up packs of baseball cards, and showing us a copy of his card he pulled from a pack. When I saw this 1982 Fleer card I knew I had to add it to my Album of Amazing.

Mama Said Knock You Out

I first saw this card over on Dime Boxes. Nick has a tendency of finding some great cardboard and I knew I had to add this 1995 SP Rod Beck card to my Album of Amazing. I don't think there's another baseball card out there with a ballplayer sporting some boxing gloves. I wonder who would have won in a fight between Rod Beck and Nolan Ryan.

There's No Crying in Baseball!

Here's my latest Album of Amazing entrant, a 2004 Just Rookies Argenis Reyes. This is the first card I've ever seen that depicts a batter being hit by a pitch. Once I saw it I knew I needed to add it to the album. While it looks like Mr Reyes is in pain, I bet he didn't cry because as we all know, there's no crying in baseball.

Generosity from Drew

Last week Drew from drewscards posted on his blog about some free cards he was giving away. Needless to say, when I saw that the Reds were available I jumped at the chance to grab them. Yesterday the package arrived and I must say that I was very impressed and happy with Drew's generosity. There must have been close to 100 cards in the package. I was able to pull about 25 cards that I will be sending out for autographs. I've decided to pay it forward and send out the other cards I don't need (some Bench, Morgan, and Foster cards included in the mix) along with some other cards I've thrown into the mix, to the first person that comments. Thanks again Drew!

Handlebar Mustache

You just don't see these anymore. Rollie was always a favorite of mine and his mustache has earned him a spot in my Album of Amazing, right next to Coco Crisp. This is a 1985 Donruss and ultimately Rollie's last year in the majors. The old school Brewers logo is a nice touch. I always wanted to see Rollie in an early 80s Pirates uniform. To me, that would have complemented his stache nicely.

A Couple of Guitars for the Album

Here are the latest two cards to my Album of Amazing project: a 1991 Stadium Club Eric Show and a 1994 Upper Deck Chuck Finley. I like the fact that Finley is rocking out on a broken bat, a very nice touch. The Show card is special to me in so many ways. He was the pitcher that gave up Pete Rose's record breaking 4192 hit on September 11, 1985. Sadly, Show died at the age of 37 from acute morphine and cocaine intoxication at a drug rehab center.