more boxing greatness..

once again, big thanks to Matthew (aka Halosfan) for sending me some awesome boxing cards (as he’s done several times before!) From the 2008 Topps Co-Signers set, i received Boom Boom Mancini and Kelly Pavlik, as well as a Dual Autograph card featuring Vic Darchinyan and Danny Green..Â

I haven’t been buying much stuff lately, so finding these in my mailbox today was great! Click the images below for a larger view.

2008 topps boom boom mancini autograph psa 8Â 2008 topps kelly pavlik autograph psa 8

2008 topps cosigners darchinyan green auto psa 8

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VOTE for a fellow Rickey collector!

Brad from www.RickeyHendersonCollectibles.com attended the HOF Induction Ceremonies in July, a trip he had been planning since he was just 8 years old. He took several photos on the trip, but entered his favorite in a contest that ESPN is currently running. Click the link below to vote for his Rickey Henderson photo.
http://theshot.espn.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1008500321

1954 bowman Charley Pride custom card..

i was reading the CU forums a few days ago and found this post about an awesome custom card featuring Charley Pride, made by by Bob Lemke to resemble the 1954 Bowman baseball set..

yes, Charley Pride the hall-of-fame country music singer was a professional baseball in the Negro Leagues before he made a name for himself in music..

check out the scan of the card below (click the photo for a larger view)..

see more of Bob Lemke’s custom creations at http://www.tinyurl.com/customcards.. he also has one of the best card blogs on the internet, check it out @ http://boblemke.blogspot.comÂ

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rickey hendersons HOF acceptance speech..

watch the video.. i don’t know how long it will last.. but his speech was absolutely epic..

“I loved the game of baseball,” Henderson said. “That’s why it was so hard for me to walk away from the game. I thought, ‘If Satchel Paige can start playing Major League Baseball at the age of 45, then with my dedication, hard work and desire I could play until my body said it was time to hang it up.”




couple of new PSA graded additions..

first of all, i deleted my PSA Registry sets, i haven’t looked at them in a long time, i never got around to uploading scans (i tried once, and it said my file was invalid or too big or something, but I’ve never had a problem here or on photobucket)..

I also don’t understand why on my PSA registry I had 2 items listed that “didn’t fit” in my sets or whatever.. seriously? I had a MASTER set and a BASIC set, I know the difference between the two, but how the hell can a RICKEY HENDERSON card not fit into my Master Set?

Anyway, i was tired of it, and deleted everything.. maybe one day I’ll start another one, but right now I’m happy with my photo gallery here..

I recently sold a few of my graded cards to a fellow Rickey collector who is putting together a basic Topps graded set, so i’ll eventually want to replace those cards, unless i decide to sell everything, which is very possible, since i’m trying to raise money for other things in life..

however, it’s still hard for me to resist adding new cards to the collection.. here are a couple that i recently got graded thanks to Gumbyfan and the group submission on CU.

jose canseco is gonna fight MMA..

holy crap he’s gonna get his head knocked off by Hong Man Choi, who is a 7’2″ 350lb Korean dude with some legit MMA experience.. while Canseco was fighting danny bonaduce, Hong Man Choi (aka “The Techno Goliath”) was fighting Fedor..

ive been an MMA fan since i first saw UFC 3 on VHS back in the 90′s, and couple that with being an Oakland A’s fan back in the “Bash Brothers” day, and it makes probably the most awesome fight i’ve ever looked forward to.. pure entertainment.

RIP Jose.