Update #2 - 3 Days until the Release

Well, we only have 3 days until the release of Topps 2013 Baseball. I have been seeing a lot of pictures of cards featured in the set and it looks like it is going to be a very fun set this year. I have also started seeing some pre-sale listings on Ebay for the complete Emerald set. I am very tempted to consider purchasing it that way, but I feel it takes almost all of the fun out of set building. Throughout this experience I am hoping to make some new friends, visit some new hobby stores, go to a show or two, and have the involvement of my family during this task. While saving money to have someone else complete set does sound tempting, I would be missing out on all of those other experiences, and who knows what I will find along the way. In this case I think taking the road less traveled sounds like a more rewarding experience, even if it does cost me more money along the way.

In my last post I talked about using Twitter.com. I must say I did not really know what to expect, but I am glad I did. Currently I am following 12 different people/organizations and I have 5 followers. I have made contact with a person interested in trading cards in the future. The entire experience is quite simple really and it is also pretty fun. If anyone reading this has a Twitter account follow me @BrianHuens. I know I should have used a different handle, one that suits this blog more, but I am not going to start over now.

I also wanted to post some of the cards that I am willing to trade in order to get some Emerald Foil 2013 Topps cards. So here they are in no particular order. Some are better than others and there are more to come.

Barry Bonds - Topps Finest 2003- Jersey

 Randy Johnson - Topps Moments and Milestones 2007 - 1/1

Derek Jeter - Playoff Prestige 2004 - #008/250

Jose Reyes - Topps Heritage 2004

Alex Rodriguez - Topps Gallery 2005 - Bat Piece


Anyone interested in any these for Sale or Trade please send me an email. I should definately have a lot to share/discuss next week so please check it out.


Bubba

Update #1

First, I want to thank everyone that has wished me well in this little project. I think that the idea of other people actually reading this and following my posts, creates a sense of need within me to keep doing it. I also hope my use of the English language improves with this project. I have often wondered how much of the grammar learned in school is lost when you are not concerned about writing correctly for a very long time.

There is not much to update at the moment as the cards are not officially on sale yet. I did however begin going through my collection to find cards to trade or sell. I hope to have a simple trade list up by next Sunday and I hope to put a few cards on Ebay to try and make a little money for the project. I have tried to get this Blog out quickly and to several people. I even had one of my posts deleted on a forum that I am part of because you are not allowed to promote your own site through theirs. I guess I was a bit overzealous in my attempt to get the word out. (notice the correct use of the word overzealous.)

The next phase of get the word out is going to be through twitter. I have a general understanding of the way twitter works, because I am technically the one who runs the account for the school I work at. I don't know how many baseball card collectors keep track of things on twitter, but I guess I will find out this week. Next week I will hopefully have more updates and information and I will begin the countdown to the beginning of my project.


Bubba 

Starting the Topps Baseball 2013 Emerald Set

2013 will be an exciting year for my wife and I as we welcome the addition of a baby boy to our family in March. I have always wanted a son, so that I could share with him all of the things my father and grandfather shared with me. I started thinking about all of the things I wanted to do with my new son and let me tell you there are a lot. So many of the things require him to be a bit older to enjoy or appreciate, but collecting baseball cards from his birth year seemed like something I could do while he was just a baby. As he gets older I hope to share my love of sports and its memorabilia with him.

This Blog will be used to chronicle my attempt to complete the 2013 Topps Baseball - Emerald parallel set of 330 cards. I really enjoy putting sets together, but to date I have only completed one set. I have several sets started with intentions of finishing them, but the cost or difficulty of finding the cards has always slowed me down. I know that I will need the help of others to complete this task which is why I have taken the advice from www.cardboardconnection.com and started a trading/collecting blog.

Currently I have 2 boxes of 2013 Topps Jumbo packs ordered and plan on starting with that. I should have 20 Emerald cards once I have opened those packs. Hopefully, I can use some of the other cards to trade or sell for more Emerald cards. Once those avenues are exhausted I plan on selling or trading some of the other cards in my collection. I will be posting a Trade list in the next few days and I will update my progress towards completion as I get new additions. I am actually a bit excited to try this out and see what happens.  

If anyone has advice, tips, or cards they want to trade or possibly sell please email me at bhuens@gmail.com. Thanks for reading and wish me luck.

Yours Truly,
 Bubba