Astros Rated Rookies

Donruss' notorious "Rated Rookies" subsets of the 1980's and 1990's somehow made us get the special feeling that we get now when we acquire that special insert card. I remember when Canseco hit $60.00, now you get one for about .60 cents. Here's a look at Houston Astros after they hit the RR.
1986 Ty Gainey- Played in 54 games for the Astros between 1985 and 1987, no other MLB playing time.
1990 Eric Anthony- Had a few decent seasons before hopping around the league and hanging up his spikes in 1997.
1992 Kenny Lofton- Nice stats, despite playing for eleven teams in almost as many years.
1992 Jeff Juden- Spent eight years as a journeyman pitcher, had one decent season with the Expos.
1992 Chris Gardner- Only MLB experience consists of 5 games in 1991 with Houston.
1992 Brian Williams- Another Astro on a RR another journeyman.

2004-Present Odd Ball Soccer Cards

Besides purchasing new MLS and European cards you can also find soccer stars past and present sprinkled around some speciality sets. These are great cards to add to your collection and include quite a bit of parallels.
2004 Donruss "Fans of the Game"
Brandi Chastain #205
Abby Wambach #4
Freddy Adu #202
Landon Donovan
2005 Playoff "Fans of the Game"
Heather Mitts #FG2
2007 Donruss Elite Extra Edition
Michelle Akers #84
Brandi Chastain #81
Cobi Jones #89
2008 Donruss Sports Legends
Michelle Akers #33
Hope Solo #114
Cobi Jones #48
Tatu #98
2006 Topps Allen and Ginter
Brandi Chastain #304
2007 Topps Allen and Ginter
Mia Hamm #272
Freddy Adu #157
2007 Sport Kings
Mia Hamm #11
Freddy Adu
2008 Sport Kings
Brandi Chastain #205
Freddy Adu
Frank Borghi #46
Pele #64
2009 Sport Kings
2007 Upper Deck Royalty
Mia Hamm

New News on an Old Post

I posted pre-NFL draft regarding Rhett Bomar and Bobby Reid. Here is the update:

Rhett Bomar- drafted in round 5 by NYG

Bobby Reid- not signed

Clement- signed by Hamliton Tiger-Cats and "retired" in camp

Urban Cowboy Cards

Urban Cowboy Cards

Why didn't Topps or Donruss make a card set for this movie, I mean Travolta had sets from lots of other projects. This is the best I could do, most of the cards came from the Urban Cowboy Soundtrack.

Charlie Daniels:

1992 and 1993 Country Gold Cards

2008 Donruss Americana #247

Mickey Gilley:

1992 Branson on Stage #27

1992 Country Gold #21

1992 Starline Hollywood #187

1993 Country Gold #83

Johnny Lee

1992 Country Classics #59

Bonnie Raitt

1992 Pro Set #222, #223

Kenny Rogers

1992 Starline Hollywood

Anne Murray

1992 Starline Hollywood #156

Linda Ronstadt

1992 Country Classics #93

1980's TV Shows Cars, Cards and Cats

Improve the economy, make shows like these. All you need was a bad ass car, wierd sidekick and a hot woman. Here is my list of the best 1980's shows ever:

1979-1985 Dukes of Hazzard (CBS)
The Guys: Bo, Luke, Coy and Vance Duke
The Car: 1969 Dodge Charger "General Lee"
Sidekicks: Enos and Cooter
Babes: Daisy Duke (remember she's their cousin)
Cards: 1980-81 and 1983 Donruss (Sets)

2007 Donruss Americana (Catherine Bach #27) (Cinema Stars #17)

2007 Upper Deck Spectrum of the Stars

1980-88 Magnum PI (CBS)
The Guy: Thomas Magnum
The Car: Ferrari 308GTS
Sidekicks: Rick and TC
Cards: 1982 Donruss (Set)

1981-1989 Simon and Simon (CBS)
The Guys: Rick and AJ Simon
The Cars: Dodge Power Wagon, Chevy z28 Camaro
Sidekicks: Mama

1981-1986 The Fall Guy (ABC)
The Guy: Colt Seavers
The Truck: 1980's GMC 4x4
Sidekick: Howie Musnon
The Babe: Jody Munson

Cards: 1991 Starline Hollywood #39

1982-1986 Knight Rider (NBC)
The Guy: Michael Knight
The Car: Pontiac Trans Am (KITT)
The Babes: Bonnie and April
Cards: 1982 Donruss (Set)

1983-1987 The A-Team (NBC)
The Guys: Hanninbal, Face, Murdock and BA
The Cars: GMC Vandura
The Babes: Amy and Tawnia
Cards: 1983 Topps (Set)

Thrice, Rice, Nice

Rice's football has been doing well in recent years, congrats on the Texas Bowl win. The Owls had two drafted in the fifth round (Casey and Dillard), Chase Clement will probably end up an undrafted free agent. Here are some great cards:

Rollie Fingers

As you can tell my blog is pretty random, but one thing you can tell is that I'm a card collector. My brother and I collected cards up until about junior high, mostly baseball. In college most of my pals were on the football team, so I got into some football. In grad school I played soccer and lacrosse and that led to spending five years being the second biggest soccer card dealer on the web. I've since scaled way back on the wheeling and may start collecting some kind of new oddball item. Going back to those days at the card shops, my brother loved finding cards of Rollie Fingers. I know he liked the A's but I think the mustache had a lot to do with it. This was in the late 1980's and we had a nice little card shop in the next town. Mom would take us every Friday and my brother would buy every Rollie Fingers he could. I remember he found a 1969 Fingers rookie in the nickle bin, looking back I bet the clerk placed it there to see the sheer excitement on my brothers face. That card was quickly added to his collection, it replaced his previous favorite 1972.
My brother passed away in 1997 and left his collection behind. It's still in his closet, maybe it's time to complete the collection. I think I would start with the oddballs or perhaps find a bargain bin somewhere.