2010 RobbyT Cards 3-10-10

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!

The Phillies Lose The 2009 World Series

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!

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

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

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!

National League Champs!

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.

Great Finish In Philly

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.

Phillies Blank Dodgers To Take 2-1 Series Lead

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...

Dodgers comeback in the 8th

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

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

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

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?

Rockies even it up

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.

Phillies start it off with a win

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.