Sunday Six Pack: 2009 RobbyT NFL Cards Are Here!

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?

Dodgers finish off the Cards

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.....

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

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.

Dodgers take Game 1

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?