5 Pack of ATCRCS

It's been less than a week since I did a non-Archives post but it feels like a month. What a long week! The packages are out and once I update my Want and Trade Lists, I'll be done with it. Hopefully both lists will be updated for tomorrow's post.

I'm going to post a few of the ATCRCS cards I have posted over on Facebook in the last week or so for those who haven't been clicking the link at the bottom of my posts. I thought posting on Facebook would be a fun way to interact with more collectors but it hasn't gone very well. Is anybody even clicking over? Does anybody miss seeing the backs?

I know it is a pretty specific niche but now I have to decide whether to hold a contest to drum up some readers/followers or just abandon ship. I can take it or leave it, just some thing I thought would be some good cross-promotion. Should I make a separate post later in the day to feature the ATCRCS card of the day? Thoughts?

I realized I was posting a lot of newer guys, 1980's-present, so I'll try to work on adding some of older guys.

Vance Law, the Long Arm of the Law

Doug Dascenzo, Outfielder and Emergency Backup Pitcher

Ralph Kiner, Hall of Famer...for the Pirates.

Joe Garagiola...from the Today Show?

Hobie Landrith, journeyman Catcher spent one season with the Cubs.



Whoops... I got more Bowman

Because of the way I am organizing my collection, I have been working on a couple of new tabs simultaneously, but unfortunately neither are ready to debut today. I should probably focus on one at a time to get them done but with collector's ADD...oh look some Bowman blasters!

I said I wasn't going to buy any more Bowan other than Cubs cards but these were a prize...sort of. I won a $50 big box store gift card through a raffle so of course my first instinct was, of course, baseball cards! I was a little indecisive at first because my last two blasters provided an autograph hit so I was due for a bad one. But I pulled the trigger on 2 Bowman blasters before my wife could convince me to get something for the house. Nothing spectacular but pretty good, especially for free. Everything below is up for grabs, although one of the Rymer Liriano's will be going into the Padres package I have set aside for Marcus over at All the Way to the Backstop.

Carlos Perez Auto (sticker, Braves) Josh Hamilton (Silver Ice?, Rangers) Albert Pujols (Bowman's Best, Angels)

2x Rhymer Liriano (Bowman's Best, Padres) Carlos Martinez (Purple Chrome, #115/199, Cardinals)

International Parallels Ervin Santana (Angels) & Jesus Montero (RC, Mariners)

With 3 blasters now open, I will probably bite the bullet and chase the base set but not the chrome except for Cubs. I'll update my want lists tomorrow and move these guys and any other extras over to my trade page by Thursday.

Today's ATCRCS card of the day over on Facebook:

Vance Law