Right this very minute...but you're not gonna find it here.
It's been awhile since I sat on Santa's lap, probably two or three years now. My needs are fairly simple: toilet paper, sanitizer and retail baseball cards. I have a home, my health and some of my sanity. While not a hoarder, I have plenty of tp and sanitizer. I got no new baseball cards. None. It's pitiful. People are sick, many hungry and I have no packs to rip. It's time for self-reflection. Me. Me. Me.
Collector pals have come to the rescue over the past few months. PWEs have been rolling in thanks to Pick Pocketers and mail ballots for the recently ended election season contest.
Our fave Dimebox man, Nick sent this batch. The top card is a Turkey Red RP of Charles 'Boss' Schmidt. A Tiger catcher who beat up on Ty Cobb? How did I not know him?? Hangs head in shame.
Gold and red parallels, just in time for the holidays. 2020 Archives with a 74 design I kinda like but was 2002 necessary? I hated it then. It's likely responsible for me leaving the hobby in 2002. Blech. I needed the Miggy so am certainly glad to have this one. With white borders, I'd have been all over these cards. No, that's a lie. I didn't appreciate white borders til 2012.
Gary Sheffield is lucky he's in a Tiger uni on a great-looking 2007 Elements or he'd not be welcome in my house. These cards are super attractive in hand.
I like Prizm so this refractory, prizmatical 2019 card is more than welcome at House of Crack. Hmm, that sounded good before I put it down for all to read. Cracked House? Moving on. Stewart is about out of time. Another touted Tiger rookie, he's 26 and has yet to impress me. I appreciate receiving shiny autographed cards of Tiger rookies because I won't buy them. I'll miss out on the big payoff one day when one of these fellows actually becomes a star player.
Tommy Bridges, a Tiger who tipped his pitches, appears in the 1988 Sporting News World Wide Sports issue. Reading the back of this card, I discovered the Yankees had a sign-stealing coach. How common was it to have an actual coach dedicated to sign theft?
Envelopes like these are as good better than a pack rip. The contents are sure to contain a team, player or theme that fits your collection. I haven't missed retail all that much. Shelves emptied by flippers will remain so. These people are profiting so why should this change? I believe stocked retail is a thing of the past. New card purchases interest me less all the time. Pals like Nick keep the new and sometimes odd coming my way which works great for me!
That's been part of my goal too, with Pick Pockets. You fill the envelope with cards you like. The post office leaves them in your mailbox. You rip at your convenience. Heck - sometimes it takes me so long to get them in the mail, you've forgotten your choices. Surprise!
To my trade pals and regular readers, the Christmas edition of Pick Pockets has been updated. Cards picked the past week have been pulled for mailing. Holes left in the pages have been filled. Trade pals can pick again. Readers, it's open pickin' time! Hope you each find a little something to enjoy.
