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2010 RobbyT Cards: Jason Heyward, Ubaldo Jimenez, & Mat Latos

2010-04-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

I've been slacking on getting anything up lately, but I haven't been slacking on putting together any cards. I'm up close to 300 now for 2010, which is a pretty good start for me with it still being April. I'll be getting more stuff up in the next few weeks. If anybody has any player requests let me know and I'll see what I can do!

Now on to the new stuff.....

Here's super phenom Jason Heyward clubbing a HR on Opening Day, Ubaldo Jimenez during his no-hitter, and Mat Latos sporting a bitching throwback from the '84 season.

2010 RobbyT Cards: Jon Lester, Kosuke Fukudome, & Miguel Tejada

2010-03-14T19:18:00.000-07:00

Some great pics coming out of Spring Training so far.

Nothing much else to add tonight. Daylight Savings Time sucks. I'm sleepy, and I had a nice nap today during the Star Wars prequel trilogy on Spike this afternoon. Damn do those flicks suck.....

2010 RobbyT Cards: Dan Uggla, Tim Beckham, & Aaron Crow

2010-03-12T21:18:00.000-08:00

I went to college with Dan Uggla. I don't remember ever seeing him on campus and I'm sure he can say the same for me. I also went to college with Mike Sweeney. I just missed by one year of going to college with Mike Bordick. I went to college for a long time.

Great photo of Tim Beckham, taken from yahoo. Get it? The Rays?

Aaron is supposed to be a big up and comer in the Royals system. He could be a big up and comer on my fantasy team's minor league roster by this time Sunday.

2010 RobbyT Cards: Cliff Lee, Joe Nathan, & Juan Castro

2010-03-11T19:00:00.001-08:00

Today's three pack includes fellow Arkansan Cliff Lee. I'm just glad he's no longer with the Tribe so I can root for him to do well.

Also Juan Castro, who I've got on the minor league roster of my fantasy team. I have hopes for big things from him in 2010.

And then there's Joe Nathan. That bastard has owned the Tigers. I don't wish for anybody to get hurt, but I can wish for somebody to take the whole season off to get better.....

2010 RobbyT Cards 3-10-10

2010-03-10T17:09:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more from around Spring Training.....

Today's "pack" has a hot new RC and a couple of ex-Tigers.

My 3 card packs may be small, but at the low, low price of free they are still the best value in town!

2010 RobbyT Cards Are Here!

2010-03-08T19:40:00.000-08:00

For better or worse.....here they are!

I think for now I'm going to try and get 2-3 cards per day posted so that I'll at least have one of each team up by Opening Day. I'll be glad to take requests once the season starts and photos are a little easier to come by.

I've also got a couple of other sets planned that I'll mix in once the season starts.

2010 RobbyT Cards....

2010-02-09T16:45:00.000-08:00

...are nearing completion, just waiting on spring training to get here so I can start getting some cards out!

I've come up with three designs this year that I really like, although in two of them when I got finished there were some similarities to some Topps issues of the past, so I'll likely make one a "Heritage" set and the other a "Retro" set.

This will be my 5th year doing my own cards and it never gets old. In fact, it's a hell of a lot more fun than plunking down $100 on cards and only getting two-thirds of a set!

Thursday Six Pack

2009-12-17T16:59:00.001-08:00

I humbly submit the second six pack. I'll never get used to seeing Favre in a Vikings uniform.

Percy Harvin on the other hand....he's gonna be a goodun.....

I'm hoping this is the year LT gets to go to his Super Bowl. I predicted a Chargers-Saints match up in the preseason. I sure would like to see it happen.

Love him or hate him, chances are he'll have the Eagles playing the in the NFC Championship this year.

Chris Johnson. Simply awesome.

Remember back when Denver looked like they were going places? Well this is what Kyle Orton looked like when they were. It's like the 1975 San Diego Padres fielded a football team....

Sunday Six Pack: 2009 RobbyT NFL Cards Are Here!

2009-12-13T15:29:00.000-08:00

Well, here they are. I'm hoping to do a six pack each Sunday through the Super Bowl, but since I will be out of town for a couple of Sundays around the New Year, I know it won't happen. So I may cheat and throw up a sixer or two on Thursday nights too. I'd like to get at least one for each team up before the playoffs start. We'll see how it goes.

After 4 years of doing baseball this is my first attempt at football. Okay, it's my second attempt. This season. I had a design all but finished (16 cards, one for each AFC team), but I just wasn't happy with the design. So I scrapped them and then went back to the drawing board. I'm much happier with the way these turned out.

It's a shame I have to res these down to save for the web, because the mottled background really pops on the hi-res files.

I can't put my finger on it just yet, but there is something about them that keeps making me think of early 90's Fleer football. Hopefully it's just my imagination.

I thought about doing some sort of RC designation for Johnny Knox, one of the most exciting young players in the league, but I can't stand that thing on baseball cards (since they're almost never their real RC despite that logo) so I passed.

I love throwback uniforms in all sports. These Pats unis are some of my favorite of all time, even though I'm not a Pats fan. I like the Bills, Chargers and Titans throwbacks too. The Broncos are cool in a "did they really wear that crap" kind of way. The Jets throwbacks are awful. I've yet to see the Bengals in theirs this year. Are they not participating in this thing?

Quick Update

2009-12-11T18:30:00.001-08:00

The inaugural 2009 RobbyT football cards are coming real soon. Perhaps as early as Sunday evening.

Thanks everybody for the support and emails!

The Phillies Lose The 2009 World Series

2009-11-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

Well, that wasn't much, was it? At least if the Yankees had to win it, Hideki Matsui was the MVP. A class act indeed. For years I've wished the Tigers would've signed him.

So that puts the 2009 baseball season to bed, but we're just getting warmed up at RobbyT Cards. Later this month we'll debut the 2009 Stat Leader Cards and probably do a little something for the 2009 Season Awards as well. I'm hoping to fill in the blanks of the long offseason with a team by team look a the cards I've done over the last two years of all the teams that didn't make the postseason, hopefully with an interesting anecdote or two thrown in for good measure. Hopefully.

With football in full force, the first every RobbyT NFL cards will be arriving shortly too!

Thanks to everybody who's stopped by and checked out the cards! It's been a lot of fun!!

Chase Utley Does It Again!

2009-11-04T16:14:00.001-08:00

I'll keep this one short and sweet, but what a Series Chase Utley is having. With that phantastic performance in Game 5, the Phillies are still alive and now the Series moves back to New York. Hopefully the Phillies can keep the Series going as this one is shaping up to be one of the most memorable Fall Classics in quite sometime.

Yankees One Game Away

2009-11-02T16:57:00.000-08:00

Well, it's not looking good for the Phillies.

But the last two games have had plenty of highlights.

A Rod's replay assisted HR.

Jayson Werth's 2 HR game.

Pettitte's RBI single.

But I've just about lost all interest in this series. I'll watch it, because when it's over there won't be anymore until next spring, but you can bet if the Yankees win it I'll turn it off within seconds of the last out being made.

The World Series Is Even After Two

2009-10-30T16:45:00.000-07:00

Two solid games so far. This series looks like it's going to be a good one!

Great performances by Cliff Lee and A. J. Burnett on the mound.

A solid performance by Pedro Martinez.

Not so solid performances by the umpires again, but I'm afraid that's going to be the underlying theme of this postseason.

Utley the first lefty to hit two HR in one game off of a lefty pitcher since Babe Ruth!

Unbelievable HR by Matsui on a great pitch that couldn't have been more than a foot off the ground!

I'm guessing the games in Philly are going to get a little more intense. No complaints so far though!

Yankees Finish Off Angels

2009-10-27T15:52:00.000-07:00

Well crap. The Yankees are going to the World Series. Great, now there will be even more shots of Kate Hudson during the games.

Ah well, it was a good series, but the Angels just came up a little short.

I'll be pulling for the Phillies, but as long as it's a great series, which I think it will be, I don't really care who wins it. This Tiger fan is really looking forward to watching the Indians best two pitchers face off against each other tomorrow night in Game 1.

Angels Stay Alive

2009-10-23T04:36:00.000-07:00

What a great game that turned out to be. I was this close to turning it off when I decided to watch the Yankees bat in the 7th, figuring if the Angels shut them down that it would be over. What a great finish!

I bet Angels fans were loving it when Teixeira doubled in three in the 7th.

One of my favorite things about postseason baseball is watching starting pitchers make relief appearances. Jered Weaver was amazing in the 8th inning last night. Count me among those wondering if he would pitch the 9th.

On to NY for Game 6 Saturday night and hopefully a Game 7 Sunday night.

National League Champs!

2009-10-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

Congrats to the Phillies for winning the N.L pennant.

Congrats to Ryan Howard for winning the series MVP award.

Congrats to this boring series being over. Hopefully someone in the A.L. actually gives the Phillies a tough go of it this postseason.

Ugh.....A Rod One Step Away From The World Series

2009-10-21T16:26:00.000-07:00

I think the headline expresses my feelings rather succinctly.

Go Phillies!

Great Finish In Philly

2009-10-21T16:13:00.000-07:00

Wow. I was pulling for the Dodgers since the Phillies won it all last year, but watching the Phils play it's hard to root against them. What an awesome 9th inning.

I loves me some Matt Stairs. Here's his 2008 October Heroes card with him pictured hitting the ball a country mile in the game against the Dodgers in last year's NLCS.

Angels Cut The Yankees Lead

2009-10-21T16:05:00.000-07:00

I love it when guys like Jeff Mathis get a chance for a little postseason glory. A great finish on a day of great finishes.

Unfortunately for me, I didn't get to see all of this great game. But I do have cards for Derek Jeter and Howie Kendrick.

Enjoy.

Phillies Blank Dodgers To Take 2-1 Series Lead

2009-10-19T15:26:00.000-07:00

I can't comment to much on this game. I was out watching the Bears fall apart against the Falcons and missed the entire thing.

I noticed in the box score this morning that Cliff Lee pitched himself one whale of a ball game. Shane Victorino fared pretty well too. I forgot I had the pic of him getting doused with beer at Wrigley earlier this season.

Hiroki Kuroda on the other hand? Not so hot...

Yankees Take Series Lead

2009-10-18T05:20:00.000-07:00

Not that I saw the end of it. I can't stay awake through games that start at 3 in the afternoon. This one never had a chance. I did see the Angels take a 3-2 lead, only to miss A Rod's HR while watching SNL Weekend Update.

I guess A Rod is becoming something of a postseason hero. How annoying. Overshadowed by his HR were two good pitching performances by Joe Saunders and A.J. Burnett.

Hopefully the Angels come back and make a series out of it in Los Angeles of Anaheim. I'm losing interest in this one fast.

Yankees cruise in Game 1

2009-10-17T19:40:00.000-07:00

C.C. pitched another great game and Matsui drove in a pair.

This was a pretty boring game.

Say hello to a 2008 Chone Figgins.

Dodgers comeback in the 8th

2009-10-16T18:05:00.001-07:00

Ok, so I got up early this morning so I could go to work early so I could leave work early so I could come home and watch this game. I got home in the 2nd inning and watched a doozy of a game.....with the Phillies leading 1-0......when......when I fell asleep in the 7th inning. I woke up to see Pinky Sager interviewing Andre Ethier.

This is a problem folks. When I can't stay awake until the end of a game that starts at 3 in the afternoon.....well.....where was I going with this anyway? Getting old sucks......

Looks like I missed a great one again. Luckily, my 2+ hour nap will ensure that I'm up for all of the Angels-Yankees game.

Russell Martin and Andre Either rallied off the beleaguered Phillie bullpen, who don't seem to be doing all that well this postseason other than Brad Lidge.

Ryan Howard was at it again. Here he's pictured on a 2009 All Star Card.

Phillies start it off with a bang

2009-10-16T04:23:00.001-07:00

Well if this whole series is going to be like this......then bring it on! This is one of those rare postseason series where I like both teams and I'm just hoping for some great baseball. Last night didn't disappoint. What a great game!

The captain of my keeper league team, Ryan Howard, came through in the clutch again. Yeah, I really like this guy.

Manny hit his 326th postseason HR (or something like that...) to get the Dodgers back in it, but despite Ryan Madson's best efforts, they couldn't pull it out. Oh well, it was a fun game to watch and hopefully this series goes seven games.

Phillies close out Rockies

2009-10-16T04:02:00.000-07:00

Boy, this ended up being the best game of the first round. Three runs in the bottom of the 8th for the Rockies to take the lead followed by three runs in the top of the 9th for the Phillies to take it back. Here's Yorvit Torrealba after his double that temporarily gave the Rockies the lead before Huston Street did his Brad Lidge impression. Speaking of Lidge, what's got into him this postseason?

Was it just me or was Torrealba in the middle of every rally the Rockies had this series?

Here's Ryan Howard on a 2008 card. My phavorite Phillie is having a monster postseason so phar.

Ok, I'm phinished with the ph puns......phor real.....

Phillies take the series lead

2009-10-12T16:50:00.000-07:00

I missed this one too. An afternoon of beer drinking did me in. I didn't make it past the 2nd inning. It looks like I missed a doozy though. Did I read it right this morning? Brad Lidge got a save? Holy crap!

I'm watching Game 4 as I'm writing this. I guess Carlos Gonzalez is tearing it up for the Rockies in this series. As I wrote that sentence Jayson Werth hit a HR to give the Phillies a 2-0 lead.

I'm going to stop now before I get confused.

Is Pedro ever going to pitch in the playoffs?

Yanks close down the Dome

2009-10-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

The Yankees swept the Twins out of the playoffs, which is only good news in that there will never be another baseball game played in that #&@!@#$%^&* stadium again! Good riddance!!!!

Here's one of Nick Punto from earlier in the season actually scoring a run.

I acquired Mariano Rivera in my keeper league yesterday for Curtis Granderson. I am happy. Believe it or nor, Rivera's salary is cheaper (by $1....but still....) I am really happy.

Angels sweep Red Sox

2009-10-11T14:38:00.000-07:00

I guess the Angels got tired of being the Red Sox' bitches. Wow.

I went to lunch when it was 5-1 Sox, expecting them to cruise to a win. I got home in the bottom of the 9th to see that things had happened that I missed yet again.

Congrats to the Angels, my new favorite team left in the playoffs.

I can't say I'm too sad to see Papelbon get slapped around though.....

Dodgers finish off the Cards

2009-10-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Well that was quick. Before the playoffs began I was hoping for a Cardinals-Twins World Series. That's not true. I was hoping for a Tigers-Cardinals World Series. But I'm over that now. It doesn't really matter anymore. The Cards are done and the Twins look to be right behind them. Joy!

I guess now I'm rooting for the Angels and Dodgers to play in the World Series, which means you can bet the house it will be the Red Sox and Phillies....

Hopefully I'm the first guy in the universe with cards of Smoltz and Padilla on their new teams. At least on cards that look as good as these.....

Halos take two

2009-10-10T07:22:00.001-07:00

I fell asleep with the score tied 1-1. I'm getting too old for west coast baseball. Especially when I open my first beer 5 hours earlier.....

The Red Sox are in deep doodoo. Hopefully Pedro can turn things around in Game 3.....

Congrats to Macier Izturis, which I think is Venezuelan for Mark Loretta.

Yanks win again

2009-10-10T07:05:00.000-07:00

I'll admit it was a great game, save for all the slobbering Carey and Darling did over A Rod, but I just can't seem to get into this series knowing the Twins robbed us of that playoff spot.

Where was that Joe Nathan when we needed him Tuesday?

A Rod makes me want to puke. They should just rename the new Yankee Stadium "Howard J. Lamade Stadium." (Look it up......)

Oh well, let's hope the Twins can win Game 3 just to keep it interesting.

Angels win opener

2009-10-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

I slept through all of this one. Much like the Red Sox. Nothing more to add.

Cards drop Game 2.....literally.....

2009-10-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

Of course.....I fell asleep in the 8th with the TV on only to be awoken by Dick Stockton screaming like a mad man and the Dodgers celebrating at home plate. I quickly jumped up and turned the game off, so I didn't know what happened in the 9th until this morning.

Ouch. Too bad for Holliday, who homered earlier to give the Cards a 1-0 lead. He seems like a nice guy. The Cards are all but done now.

It's cool to see a guy like Mark Loretta get to be a postseason hero though.

Rockies even it up

2009-10-09T16:17:00.000-07:00

I missed this game while I was at work yesterday. I guess Yorvit Torrealba fared better than Cole Hamels, pictured here on a 2008 Fall Classic card.

Dodgers take Game 1

2009-10-09T16:03:00.001-07:00

I see where former Tigers and cannabis expert Jeff Weaver picked up the win in this game for getting 5 outs. Nice.

I'm a couple of days behind getting stuff up and since this isn't the game everybody is talking about, I'll keep it short.

How's that for short?

Yanks beat the Tig, er..., Twins....

2009-10-07T18:44:00.000-07:00

The Yankees whooped up on the Twins tonight. I feel a little bit better. Not much. Just a little bit.....

C. C. Sabathia pitched a great game, save for three consecutive hits in the 3nd inning. The Yankees came right back and it wasn't much of a game from then on. Matsui had a big HR that put the game away early.

All-World Joe Mauer knocked in a run for the Twins. Here's his 2008 card. I'll be glad to see him sign with the Yankees when Posada retires.....

Phillies start it off with a win

2009-10-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

The playoffs have begun. The Tigers aren't in them, but they way the Yankees are putting the beatdown on the Twins right now that may not be such a bad thing.

Cliff Lee shut down the Rockies this afternoon. Above is a 2009 Postseason Special card. Below is his 2008 card. Somewhere Chief Wahoo is going boo-hoo.....

Jayson Werth had a big triple in the game too. Here is his 2009 card.

Slip Sliding Away

2009-10-04T04:52:00.000-07:00

The Tigers have just about managed to piss this thing away. It's come down to this.

Danks vs. Verlander

Hochevar vs. Pavano

I have a bad feeling I'm going to be sick to my stomach this afternoon......

Oh yeah, here is the official debut of my 2009 cards!

And away we go.....

2009-10-01T19:11:00.001-07:00

So to make a long story even longer.....

Just kidding. I've told this story before in detail on my other blog more than once. I started making my own Tigers cards during the stretch run of the 2006 season. I made Tigers team sets in 2006 and 2007, then made a full MLB set in 2008 and again in 2009. I've enjoyed it tremendously and I've been toying with launching a new blog to showcase those cards. After all, I thought it would be a little weird to post my cards of Phillies on my Tigers blog.

So here's the grand plan. With the launch of this blog I hope to start posting my 2009 cards that I've done throughout this season. It'll probably be heavy on some postseason cards for the next month followed by a card a day or so of the best of 2009 until spring training starts next year. I'll post random cards from the last 4 years until Opening Day of 2010, when I'll start putting up cards commemorating the player of the day. Or something close to that. We are real flexible here at RobbyT Cards.

I'll begin this blog with my favorite card of my 2006 set and we'll just see where it goes from here. Maybe one day somebody will see this blog and I might just get a job working for one of the many, er, I mean one of the few, uh, fuck, Topps.

Anyway, I was at this game against the Angels in 2006 where Granderson made this diving catch. The rest is history....