Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Carlos Lee and something orange


It feels like all I've been doing is posting checklists, let me check, scratch that.  All I've been doing is posting checklists.  I'll leave the breaking Brewers news to those that live a tad closer. So really all I have our my cards and checklists.  I've been making a concerted effort to keep up with all the new releases.  I unfortunately have fallen behind getting my legacy checklists up. I know the 80's, 90's and part of the 2000's need to be finished.  It'll happen, when I don't know.  But the point is I want to do other things as well and shoot I might as well start posting some Brewers cards.  

I have two awesome card shops all with in a 15 minute drive from my house.  And the best part is both shops are slightly different.  

Don's Sportcards is a pure hobby shop, while Bosco's is a mix of Comics, Cards, Games, and other collectibles, a true nerdtopia if you will.

Both are great and I stop by both frequently.  Don's has a wall he calls the Drop Board.  He puts cards on it and starts the price off under book value. Every week the price drops till it sells or hits $1.  I love stopping buy and picking up a nice selection of $1 relics and autos even if they aren't of players or teams I collect, I know they'll help pad my trade box.  

Every so often I find a player I collect.   Don had a bunch of these 2005 Topps Update relics on the board and I picked up all of them.  And as luck would have it one also featured a Brewer. 

Carlos had a decent Major League career.  Was it good enough to get him into the Hall of Fame? Probably not, but Carlos was an All-Star 3 years in a row.  He was traded to the Rangers in July of 2006 and eventually would sign a huge contract with the Astros in 2007.  He retired in 2012 finishing with the Marlins.  Carlos has a couple cattle ranches, one in his native Panama and one in Texas.

I'll have to look to add an autograph to my collection too.  Luckily Carlos has a few from 2005 featured in a Brewers uni and most are under $5.







Friday, March 6, 2015

2015 Donruss Baseball Series 1 Ultimate Brewers Checklist and Gallery

Round 2 for Panini's Donruss Baseball.

The Brewers have 4 relic cards, but out of 94 subjects in the set's autograph series not a single Brewer is featured.  I do like that there are 6 different Brewers featured throughout the inserts and not just all Ryan Braun.  We also get Robin Yount's first new card of the season.


2015 Panini Donruss Baseball
Base, 
Diamond Kings/Base Parallels: Hot off the Press, Career Stat Line #/400 or less, Season Stat Line #/400 or less, Silver Press Proof #/199, Gold Press Proof #/99
Rated Rookies Parallels: Hot off the Press, Silver Die-Cut #/750, Career Stat Line #/400 or less, Season Stat Line #/400 or less, Silver Press Proof #/199, Gold Press Proof #/99, Gold Die-Cut #/25
16 Ryan Braun DK
114 Ryan Braun
115 Carlos Gomez
116 Jonathan Lucroy
117 Francisco Rodriguez

All Time Diamond Kings
Base, Silver Press Proof #/49, Gold Press Proof #/10
8 Robin Yount

Bat Kings
Base, Studio Series #/25
12 Gerardo Parra

Elite
Base, Gold Status Die-Cut #/49, Red Status Die-Cut #/25,Black Status Die-Cut 1/1
16 Jonathan Lucroy

Jersey Kings
Base,  Studio Series #/25 or less
11 Carlos Gomez
31 Aramis Ramirez
39 Yovani Gallardo

The Elite Series 
18 Ryan Braun

Base cards

Career Stat Line parallel


Career Stat Line Parallel
Press Proof parallel

Elite Insert

Elite Series Insert

Jersey Kings Relic Insert
Jersey Kings Studio Parallel relic #/25
Bat Kings Studio Series #/25



All-Time Diamond Kings Insert 

Silver Press Proof #/49

Gold Press Proof #/10









Wednesday, March 4, 2015

2015 Topps Baseball Stickers Ultimate Brewers Checklist and Gallery

Overshadowed by the release of Heritage, the always popular and cheap sticker set was released today.  Here is a checklist and images(when I start finding them)

2015 Topps Stickers
159 Milwaukee Brewers
230 Khris Davis
231 Carlos Gomez
232 Ryan Braun
233 Scooter Gennett
234 Jean Segura
235 Jonathan Lucroy
236 Paul Molitor
237 Matt Garza
238 Bernie Brewer

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Ultimate Brewers Checklist and Gallery


Just like Series 1 the Brewers really don't get any love in this set.
There are 12 base cards and 3SPs, so a nice base set of 15, but only one relic, and one top loader possible, both of Ryan Braun.  Also the only players that get Chrome or mini cards are the 3 SP's.





2015 Topps Heritage
Base. Blue Ink Backs. Gum Stained Backs
12 Jean Segura
14 Kyle Lohse
51 Francisco Rodriguez
95 Scooter Gennett
124 Yovani Gallardo
164 Jason Rogers - Matt Szczur 
321 Aramis Ramirez
357 Khris Davis
376 Wily Peralta
403 Adam Lind
418 Matt Garza
421 Gerardo Parra
445 Jonathan Lucroy SP
474 Ryan Braun SP
482 Carlos Gomez SP

Color Swap Variations
445 Jonathan Lucroy

Chrome
Base #/999, Refractor #/566, Purple, Black Refractor #/66, Gold Refractor #/5 
445 Jonathan Lucroy
474 Ryan Braun
482 Carlos Gomez

Mini  #/100
445 Jonathan Lucroy
474 Ryan Braun
482 Carlos Gomez

Clubhouse Collection Relics
Base, Gold #/99
CCR-RB Ryan Braun

1966 Oversized Punchboards Box Loader Relics #/25
66PR-RB Ryan Braun


Base Set

Base Back


Gum Stained Back


Blue Ink Backs

Color Swap Variation

Base Refractor #/566

Black Refractor #/56

Gold Refractor #/5








Clubhouse Collection Relic Base

Clubhouse Collection Relics Gold
1966 Oversized Punchboard Box Loader Relic

Friday, February 6, 2015

2014 Panini Elite Extra Edition Ultimate Brewers Checklist and Gallery

2014 Panini Elite Extra Edition
Base, Inspirations Die-Cut #/200, Purple Status Die-Cut #/150, Blue Status Die-Cut #/100, Emerald Status Die-Cut #/25, Orange Status Die-Cut #/10, Gold Status Die-Cut #/5
SIGNATURES PARALLEL CARDS: Purple Status Die-Cut Signatures #/150, Inspirations Die-Cut Signatures #/100, Blue Status Die-Cut Signatures #/50, Emerald Status Die-Cut Signatures #/25, Orange Status Die-Cut Signatures #/10, Gold Status Die-Cut Signatures #/5, Black Status Die-Cut Signatures 1/1
20 Javi Salas
58 Cy Sneed
70 Dustin DeMuth
74 Gilbert Lara
78 Troy Stokes
88 J.B. Kole


Autograph Prospects
Base, UNSIGNED PARALLEL CARDS: Inspirations Die-Cut #/200, Purple Status Die-Cut #/150, Blue Status Die-Cut #/100, Emerald Status Die-Cut #/25, Orange Status Die-Cut #/10, Gold Status Die-Cut #/5
SIGNATURES PARALLEL CARDS: Purple Status Die-Cut Signatures #/150, Inspirations Die-Cut Signatures #/100, Blue Status Die-Cut Signatures #/50, Emerald Status Die-Cut Signatures #/25, Orange Status Die-Cut Signatures #/10, Gold Status Die-Cut Signatures #/5, Black Status Die-Cut Signatures 1/1
INK PARALLEL CARDS: Red Ink #/25, Green Ink #/10
12 Kodi Medeiros
73 Gilbert Lara
82 Jacob Gatewood
83 Monte Harrison

Elite Expectations 
Base, Signatures #/25
19 Kodi Medeiros

Elite Series
9 Kodi Medeiros

Elite Series Signatures
9 Kodi Medeiros #/149

Elite Status Dual Signatures 
8 Sam Travis - Dustin DeMuth #/49

Franchise Future Signatures
Base #d, Emerald #/25, Orange #/10
20 Javi Salas #/799
58 Cy Sneed #/799
70 Dustin DeMuth #/799
78 Troy Stokes #/20
88 J.B. Kole #/799

Passing the Torch Signatures
6 Gilbert Lara - Miguel Sano #/25








Thursday, January 22, 2015

2015 Topps Through the Mailers

With the release of Topps Series 1 a couple weeks away and Spring Training less than a month from now I'd figure I'd do a quick run down of the Brewers featured in the set and possible TTMing.

The Brewers have 10 players represented in the Series 1 base set.  I'm glad to see that Gallardo was left off the list with him being traded, but there are a couple other players already gone.

Here is the checklist.
56 Matt Garza
57 Lyle Overbay
101 Scooter Gennett
115 Khris Davis
230 Jean Segura
262 Ryan Braun
291 Mark Reynolds
293 Zach Duke
334 Gerardo Parra
340 Carlos Gomez

I've had success with Gennett and Davis, but none with Gomez, Braun, or Segura.  

That being said Lyle Overbay appears to have made good on his word and retired.  Mark Reynolds signed with the Cardinals and Zach Duke signed with the White Sox.  I've seen some success with Zach and none with Mark.

But overall I'm going to be sending out some Spring Training TTMs and I will probably hit up Scooter again, he signs pretty consistently.  If I can find a retirement address for Overbay I'd love to get him as well since last year was his second stint with the Crew.  I'll also be trying almost everyone still on the team. Heck I'll probably try Braun again too.


Wednesday, January 21, 2015

2014 Bowman Mini Chrome Baseball Ultimate Brewers Checklist and Gallery

The Bowman Mini Chrome comes only as a box set.

2014 Bowman Mini Chrome
Base, Refractor, Black Shimmer Refractor (Hot Box exclusive), Yellow Refractor #/25, Blue Refractor #/20, Green Refractor #/15, Orange Refractor #/10, Red Refractor #/5, Indigo Refractor #/3, SuperFractor 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1
18 Dustin DeMuth
56 Monte Harrison
148 Devin Williams
171 Troy Stokes
198 Jacob Gatewood
247 Orlando Arcia
263 Nick Ramirez
288 Tucker Neuhaus
289 Michael Ratterree
290 Jason Rogers
301 Kodi Medeiros