Today was a good day….. Before going to the mall and meeting a baseball icon, i taught i share a little something of a memory to most that live in South Florida…. The OB!! When i was little live down in South Beach there was no other place i love to go than the OB….. I watch so many Hurricane games out there plus i also caught a few Fins games too….. The OB was old and it smelled like a piss pot but damn the history in there was unmatched…..It hosted five Super Bowls,popular boxing bouts,concerts and so much more….. Home to the Miami Hurricanes since 1937 to 2007 when the Canes jumped ship and moved into Landshark…..But did you know that The Orange Bowl was also the site of the NCAA’s longest college football winning streak. Between 1985 and 1994, the Miami Hurricanes won 58 straight home games at the Bowl, until ended by the Washington Huskies. I know, so with much anger from me and other peeps in South Florida the OB was put to rest on May 14, 2008. I know for one it will always live in my heart as one for the best places to go and its sad that my kids didn’t get to sit in it and take it all in… The OB had swagger just like the team that called it home…. We miss ya!!!
And if you wanna know what’s being build there now…. Well its the new home of the soon to be called Miami Marlins…. The Marlins taught it was right to change there name since they will now be playing officely in Miami AKA Magic City…. Bitter sweet in all ways…….
Rest in Peace OB : December 10, 1937 to May 14, 2008
Damn…. i was loving this package when i opened it…. I’ve been waiting for this one for a minute, but my dog from the Chi came thought and didn’t drop the ball…. The Zack Greinke and the MannyWood cards where the main part of the trade but look at all the goodies the homie threw in….. Thanks so much C.C. can’t wait to trade again!!! And make sure you stop by his site Behind These Hazel Eyes……. I’m lovin it!!
The big homie up in the NYC sent these over to me the other day and i must say that i’m very happy….. The Chris Volstad was the one card i need but he was nice enough to send me a Manny and a Big Papi plus a couple of Marlins….. If you haven’t checked out his site do so now…..Mike Pelfrey Collectibles, Thanks homie… Be on the look out for a package!!
I sent this one out about a week ago thinking i’ll get it back after the NLF playoffs but Mr. Theismann was nice enough to return it to me in less than a week!!! now i’m not much for non Fins autos but Joe’s auto was a must have. I still can picture the hit that ended Mr. Theismann career…Ouch! But he took it like and man and never blamed anyone. A ture badass in every way!
Well since i started blogging back in January of this year i have met some really great people along the way. I came into this to share a love of collecting autographs. If you read my blog back in the days you know i wasn’t collecting cards at all just autos. Until i started see all the great blogs out there talking about baseball cards. Now back in the days i use to collect big time, i stopped when i hit high school because it wasn’t cool. Well after reading the blogs on word press and blogger a light turned on and said i should get back into collecting, which i did with a burst of passion. now i was always taught to be giving and that its better to give then to get. And that’s how i always traded cards, to me it wasn’t about book valve it was about find the cards a good home. But i guess this is how it is in the blogging world because one of my main homies on here y’all all know him as The Collective Troll. Did something so kind that it really shocked me at how thoughtful he was. As the couple of readers i have known i collect a player by the name of Jose Tartabull. Jose was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba and his son is none other that the great Danny Tartabull. Well The Collective Troll listed his top three autographed cards here Dinged Corners Autograph Assignment-Not Quite Following the Guidelines… And then i saw it an autographed Jose Tartabull card and i quickly asked the Troll if it was up for trade, he say no but if he was ever to trade it, it would come my way…… Well not long after that there was a package in the mail from him to me and inside there at was……
i was shocked that he had giving me this card that he got autographed back in the 80’s. but that just goes to show you what a big heart the Troll has and a lot of people in the blogging world. This is by far one of the most kind thing someone has done for me in a long time. I’m really glad that Marck and myself have become good friend and can’t thank him enough for this great gift. Hopefully one day i can repay this debt…. Thanks again Marck!
Picked these up today while at Wal-Mart….. Trust me they have already been ripped and nothing really big came out of them… Will post pictures later on….. If any one is collecting any one of these set and needs base help please feel free to hit me up…. i have lots of both!
Well 2009 has had it’s up’s and downs but i can really said that my family and i have made it so far with flying colors!!…. The hoilday season is very hard for me in some ways because i don’t have allot of family on my side…. Since the death of my mother when i was 11 years old in 1989, things have really changed… Being raised by my grandmother who give everything she had in hopes of making me and my two sisters happy, and the fact that my dad was no where to be found was hard…. My grandmother passed in 2001 followed by older sister in 2003. Life has been hard on me becuase i feel that god took allot of the people i love away…… And i always take the holiday to think back and it hurts….. I wish my mom,grandmama, and sister where here today and that my dad would open up and talk to me about what happened and why he wasn’t in my life allot…… I really don’t let it show because i have built this huge wall around it but i taught it would be good for me to write about it today…. It was very hard on me when mom passed i shut down at school and i was not thinking stright. My family, other than my grandmother and sister’s where no where to be found. And that dug deep into me and to this day i haven’t spoken to not one of them. I just wanted to say that i miss you mom, thank you so much for doing everything you could to rasie me right… I wish i would have gotten some more time to have gotten to know you better but no matter what i will always love you and carry you in my heart.To my grandmother thank you for always tried to make everyone happy, i know you gave your heart and soul to us and noone will very forget that, i love you for who you where and not what you gave us. And to my sister god knows i tried to help you but you had your mind made up…. I love you and it was very hard to see you go… And dad i know you had a very hard life and the fact that you weren’t around really hurt but i’ve forgiven you and i really hope that going into 2010 we can open up more with each other….I always loved you!
Now to my family words can’t express what you guys mean to me. Baby i try to tell you everyday that i love you and know that i meant it… And to my two little guys Austin and Tyler, i love you guys more that life itself and i will always be here for you no matter what. I love spending time with all of you and making great memories.I’m really thankful for you guys and can’t wait to see what the furture holds for us.
To my sis…. I know i don’t say it enough but i love you, you where a angel when mom passed and god know how many times you’ve helped me get threw somethings… Thank you for being there always and going foward.Love you!
And i’m greatful for wordpress and blogger and all the great friends i’ve made here. I would have never thought that something i loved as a kid would pull me back and open me up to this great world of blogging….
It felt good to write about this today as i sat here with tears in my eyes.I’m not the best writer out there and only god knows how many time the spellcheck gets used, but i wanted to open up and that just what i did….
I hope each and everyone of you takes the time today or sometime this week and calls there mothers and grandmothers and dads and lets them know that you love them. Happy Thanksgiving everyone…Thank you!
Brian over at 30-year old Cardboard was very thiughtful and sent these cards over to me…. My boy Luis Tiant x’s two which i didn’t have and the Hawk for my 1980’s set i’m building….. Just wanted to say thank you Brian very much for these great cards….. You should have gotten a package from me the other day, hopefully they will bring as much happiness as these cards did for me,thanks again!
Here’s another trade with my dog Tim over at Great Sports Name Hall of Fame….. Tim is a big time Fred McGriff fan and is trying to collect all the Crime Doggs he can… Well when i hit the card shop last week i saw two cards i knew he would want so i picked them up…. It was a bat card and a jersey card of Fred. Posted them under trade bait and good ole Timmy bit, well Tim sent over a bunch of cards which i taught where cool and some had me saying WTF…. Anyways here are the cards, Thanks Tim always good trading with you…. One thing tho you forgot the main card in this trade Manny Skybox…. holla at ya boy…
Now this was a major thing back in the days for me…. Every thing McFarlane would put out a figure no matter what sport i would buy it…. Well i haven’t bought one since 2007 and i really don’t miss them…. Now for the question, i have a ton of these figures would anyone be willing to trade or buy any of these??? i’ll put up some pictures and let me know any feedback would be great!
