Sunday Verse

1 Corinthians 10:13

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.  And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 

Taking in a NBA game with the wife

Sitting inside Time Warner Cable Arena waiting for the Charlotte Bobcats game to tipoff.  My wife knew I was excited about the hot start the 'cats got off to, so she scored two tickets for tonight's game.  It's not the same as going to the Hive back in the day to catch the Hornets but hey, it's a night out without the kids!

First ever FOOTBALL Affordable Group Break!

** BOXES ARRIVED 1/25/13 - BUT WE STILL HAVE 3 SLOTS TO FILL! **

 
I haven't really gauged interest in doing a football group break, but with the NFL playoffs going on right now I've got football on the brain!  I found a nice little deal on 3 boxes of cards that we could break for cheap and yield five (5) autographs and/or memorabilia cards.

Not ever hosting a football break before I wasn't sure I wanted to go "all in" with full boxes, but this selection of 2011 Panini Timeless Treasures, 2011 Panini Absolute Memorabilia and 2012 Press Pass will give us 5 guaranteed hits to spread around.  

- Timeless Treasures will yield 3 hits

- Absolute Memorabilia yields 1 hit

- Press Pass yields 1 hit...possible Andrew Luck or RGIII auto!

** As an added bonus I'll be throwing in bonus cards of your team claimed - it's my way of saying thanks for the support! **

My thinking is to pick one team and have a 2nd team randomized.  16 total slots.  Cost per 2 team slot would be $7.00 shipped.  Claim a 2nd (two team) slot for $5.00.  To claim a slot please leave a comment below with your team of choice. 

Please send your gift payment via PayPal to flywheels at yahoo.com.  Please note this is a different PayPal address than the one I'm using for February's 2013 Topps group break.  I'm also asking that you e-mail me your screen name and full mailing address with the team you claimed.

Boxes will be ordered once we make some headway on filling this up.  We need to at least come close to filling up this break to make this work so claim your team(s) now!

01) Carolina Panthers (Cardboard Collections) (PAID)

02) Cincinnati Bengals (daddyohoho) (PAID)

03) San Francisco 49ers (daddyohoho) (PAID)

04) Pittsburgh Steelers (NY Hitman 23) (PAID)

05) Houston Texans (The Dimwit) (PAID)

06) Washington Redskins (Roy-Z) (PAID)

07) Green Bay Packers (cynicalbuddha) (PAID)

08) Chicago Bears (Scott Crawford) (PAID)

09) San Diego Chargers (The Underdog Card Collector) (PAID)

10) Indianapolis Colts (Josh) (PAID)

11) Denver Broncos (Josh) (PAID)

12) Arizona Cardinals (jaybarkerfan) (PAID)

13) St. Louis Rams (Superduperman99) (PAYMENT PENDING)

14) New York Jets (Cardboard Collections) (PAID)

15) New York Giants (Cardboard Collections) (PAID)

16) Oakland Raiders (Cardboard Collections) (PAID)

Scott Crawford comes through

Right on the heels of my previous trade I worked out a deal for one lone A&G mini from 2012 Topps WWE Heritage with Scott Crawford on Cards. 

While I love minis and A&G, I still feel as though these WWE Ginters seem out of place in the set.  None the less I want 'em all.  Having completed the base set I won't be buying any more packs so I'm left with buying or trading for the rest of the minis.  Well at least this is one more to cross off the list.  Thanks bud!

Trade with the Dimwit

A week or so ago I shared the one lone pack of cards I received for Christmas.  Inside the pack of 2012 Bowman Chrome was an auto Refractor of a Astros prospect.  Once I got it up on the blog for trade I had figured the first person to potentially contact me would be the Dimwit.  He offered up an auto of a Braves prospect, Lucas Sims from Bowman Sterling.  Since I don't buy much Bowman I was happy to make the trade.

Nice clean design with a much better looking in person chrome blue background.  It may take a few seasons before Lucas is pitching in Atlanta, but I thought a swap for one prospect for another was a fair trade.

Sam also included 2 base cards of Andrelton Simmons RC and another prospect, Justin Black.  The back of Justin's card says he runs the 60-yard dash in 6.3 seconds.  Wonder if he could be the future center fielder for the club?

If you'd like to work out a trade (or just send me some free stuff) check out my want and trade lists in the upper left corner of the blog.  I'm trying to be a little more active in the new year with trading and such so hopefully we can help each other out.

Working on a few football sets

The NFL playoffs got me motivated to getting a few football sets collated and in pages.  One of the sets has only been sitting in a stack for 2 years just waiting for some attention!  If you happen to have any commons from 2010 or 2012 Topps Prime football please let me know.  I'm not worried about parallels or inserts, just the base cards to fill in the holes in my set.

Click on the images for my want lists.

Sunday Verse

Titus 2:11-12

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New International Version

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age