Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Feb 4, 2012, 4:00 pm
Normally only about 8 at most make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but this year’s list looks like a who’s who of who should get into the Hall.  Here is the list of this year’s finalists: Jack Butler  (veterens committee) Dick Stanfel (veterens committee) Bill Parcells Jerome Bettis T...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Feb 3, 2012, 9:18 pm
I saw this over the news wire: Oden Undergoes Knee Procedure I can’t even imagine what is going through not only his mind, but his agent’s and the GM of the Trailblazers.  This is going to be his fourth knee operation in as many years for him.  The Blazers were going to offer him 9.5
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Feb 1, 2012, 5:40 pm
I was driving into work this morning and heard about Sidney Crosby’s soft tissue damage in his neck that may have caused concussion like syndromes.  Immediately my thought went to Peyton Manning who is going through something very similar.  From what I read about Crosby’s injury, it is treatab...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 31, 2012, 5:48 pm
I was sorting through players that I want to target for fantasy baseball this year.  When I look for pitching I look at several things, in order: strikeouts, ERA, opposing batting average, and WHIP. Finally I trim the list down to players 29 and under, and their numbers are getting better over the ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 30, 2012, 7:07 pm
Yeah, I know you looked at that title and was like huh? Will Carroll wrote an interesting article on SI.com that chronicles the Kings of Baseball since 1900.  The usual players you would expect to be on the list were there, plus Sal Bando . . . for one year . . . 1973.  To
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 29, 2012, 7:21 pm
I was reading about next year’s crop of potential free agents and one name stood out above all else Ichiro Suzuki.  I thought about it and I’m trying to figure out how this is going to end.  I mean, I don’t see the Mariners making any headway into the playoff race as both LA and
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 28, 2012, 11:31 am
I don’t often veer off the subject of cards on this blog, but I just finished watching the series finale of Chuck and I have to say that it could have been the best finale I have ever seen.  There are so many ways that they could have ended the series, so many cliche endings,
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 26, 2012, 7:12 pm
The spring of 1986 is when I got back into card collecting after a 3 year hiatus while my hormones demanded that I pay more attention to girls.  Once I had a nice girl my friend Frank convinced me to start buying cards again.  So this started in 1986 but went full blown in 1987. 
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 24, 2012, 8:41 pm
I am doing this post specifically for bobbum because he (or she) feels that I post too much hockey.  Even though I’ve only posted like 10 posts about hockey of the past two months, apparently that is too much hockey for bobbum, MY BAD. Now that I’ve addressed his (or her) concerns I can focus
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Jan 24, 2012, 11:10 am
I was trying on coming up with a new custom cut design.  I had always wanted to do one using a tobacco brand so I created my own brand, Killer Bee Tobacco.  Then I had to come up with a bold but simple design for the card, here is what I came up with: I’m
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Nov 3, 2011, 8:23 am
One of the things I most look forward to each season for football and football cards is the Rookie Premiere that Topps sponsors each season.  I decided to look back on last year’s version and see where the players are now.  I am going from lowest draft pick to highest, so my first victim is ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Nov 1, 2011, 7:07 pm
Poll will end tonight at 6pm EST, get your votes in now. When I started reading the responses to the who do you know contest, I came across a pattern.  There were people who knew a ton of people, people who knew a few people, and some who knew one or two famous people.  So
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Nov 1, 2011, 5:52 am
A few days ago UD released the Young Guns checklist and since I haven’t done hockey posts in a while, get ready for a serious string of hockey posts as I break down the Young Guns from each team.  This post is going to be dedicated to the Anaheim Ducks and their two Young Guns
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 31, 2011, 6:50 am
We have enjoyed reading all the encounters so much we extended the deadline one more day so that more stories can be told.  I’ll get up the poll tonight to allow the readers to pick the winner. Filed under: Bad Wax Review
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 29, 2011, 11:46 am
OK I’ve always wondered about my readers, who are they who do they know.  So here is your chance, who is the most famous person you have ever met.  Here is the catch, you had to have had a conversation with this person or be able to call them.  I know that you can lie
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 27, 2011, 10:23 am
To all the people who wrote you have to know how to protect the card, that is absolute BS.  This card would have faded no matter what.  Just like UD knew the cards in 2007 were using a terrible leather and also terrible pens.  Topps knew the odds of faded cards if inferieor pens were
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 26, 2011, 7:27 am
When I got back into card collecting, there were a ton of new sets and most of them had some bells and some whistles, but when I first saw Topps HD, I thought, wow!  I’m not sure how many people remember the set because it only ran in production from 1999 – 2001.  Here is
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 25, 2011, 6:30 am
Well just to close out the faded Jeter autograph story.  They guy who had the issue mailed me these photos showing what he got in good faith from Topps.  Here is what Topps did as a their gesture for issuing a card autographed with a sub par pen of their cover boy Jeter: Yep that’s TWO packs ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 24, 2011, 6:34 am
Nearly every sports pundit out there expected Tebow to fail against the Dolphins. I won’t lie, I expected it as well.  I really felt as though he was in way over his head.  I couldn’t understand why they would start him over Brady Quinn.  However now that I think about it, the coaching staff ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 21, 2011, 7:43 am
I promised I would write this anonymously as the person doesn’t want people to know who he is.  Earlier this week I was contacted about someone who had a question regarding whether or not Topps would stand by their products, even after a decade.  He had a 1999 HD Topps card that had been autog...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 20, 2011, 7:30 am
Lately on eBay I’ve been seeing a lot of aged reprint cards and I have to say as someone who makes his own cards, I am pretty impressed.  I actually bought a 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig one of these and it’s pretty cool.  From what I have been able to tell is that the dimensions
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 19, 2011, 6:53 am
I’m still creating new Hall of Fame booklets and here is my newest, this is volume one of two (since there was only one selected in 1938 and many selected in 1939).  This one contains Grover Alexander, Eddie Collins, Cap Anson, Charles Comiskey and Buck Ewing.  The most difficult to find were Ca...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 18, 2011, 4:08 am
My wife, who also runs the blog Bull City Beauty (shamelss plug), found out some very interesting rules associated with giveaways. As some of you know the Federal Trade Comission (FTC) basically is in charge of monitoring the blog world (among many other things).  Well yesterday I found out that...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 17, 2011, 8:26 am
I took an extended weekend off from blogging as I needed a rest.  Hope you guys understand that on a day to day basis, it’s tough to come up with a post which is entertaining to read.  There were lots of things going on this weekend, but the little engine that could, St. Louis Cardinals
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 13, 2011, 8:08 am
I have written many times about Alex Gordon, because I’m a fan of his.  I have been waiting for a long time to see him succeed.  I have followed his career since his days at Nebraska and even got his autograph in 2005 at the Team USA complex in Cary, NC.  He was so talented
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 12, 2011, 6:34 am
What happens to basketball card prices when the season doesn’t materialize.  The players are very far apart from the owners in terms of getting a deal done and many NBA players have started to commit to playing overseas.  This could have serious ramifications on NBA cards.  First off, what happ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 11, 2011, 9:32 am
Last night Edwin Jackson pitched about as well as he ever had.  He pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up 7 hits and 2 runs, he even recorded a hit.  He has got to be the single most frustrating player to root for in baseball.  While other players may pitch a great game every once in
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 10, 2011, 8:01 am
I needed a hook to bring people in and I figured what’s more outlandish than that right?  I mean if you were to look at Painter’s cards on eBay right now, you would think that is what’s going to happen.  I’ve seen some of his rookie autographed cards go for over $100.  Let’s look at
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 10, 2011, 7:36 am
Thanks to Random.org, I entered the list of correct answers and had it generate a random list.  I then repeated the random list 20 times and the person who had the most number one spots was: Ren from the great white north says: October 8, 2011 at 10:09 pm  1) Smith scored 192 points. 2) Goulet
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 8, 2011, 7:32 am
Answer these two questions to win a chance at a Bobby Smith and Michel Goulet autographed cards courtesy if In The Game Cards. 1. How many total points did Bobby Smith Score during the 1977-78 season? 2.What does Michel Goulet do for a living now? Answers will not be posted until contest is over.  ...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 7, 2011, 6:45 am
Yesterday when I got home from work, I had a nice package waiting for me.  I thought about doing a video opening, but I know how Mrs. Chemgod likes to open these boxes.  This one retails for $99.99 on eBay and the product breakdown is: 4 game used cards 2 autographs 3 non – autograph
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 6, 2011, 4:47 am
Both Sidney Crosby and Marc Savard are suffering from post concussion syndrome.  At just 24 years of age and entering his 7th NHL season, Crosby hasn’t been on the ice since January when he two back to back headshots and has been feeling “foggy”.  Savard is even worse, he has been on and off...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 5, 2011, 7:27 am
Every professional athlete has to face the question, when to hang up the cleats for good?  I have watch Donovan McNabb since his days at Syracuse.  He seemed to be a magical quarterback even then.  I saw when he brought the Orangemen back from the dead against Virginia Tech and steal a win.  I...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 4, 2011, 7:03 am
I have always been a fan of Topps Finest, over the last few years though it has sort of taken a hit because of Topps Chrome.  It’s clear though that Topps puts more effort into the Finest line than the Topps Chrome line.  Above is a card I purchased from eBay for $3.50 ($1+$2.50 shipping).
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 3, 2011, 4:13 am
I made these two customs for a reader that offered up two of the 2011 Rookie Premier patch cards: The design is a bit updated from the original that I did about a month ago.  These came out a lot better than I thought they would, even Mrs. Chemgod was impressed.  I hope he likes
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Oct 1, 2011, 6:39 pm
Yesterday I did the awards for the worst in baseball, but since rookies get an award, then I have to give them an award too.  So without further ado, here are my picks for worst rookie hitters and pitchers this season: Worst AL Rookie Hitter (The Luis Medina Award): Hank Conger - Hank has been
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 30, 2011, 12:04 pm
With the season finally over we can look back at some of the worst performances of the year.  Bad Wax is going to round out it’s choices for the worst performances of the season by issuing the first ever 2011 Bad Wax Futility Awards.  Hosted of course by one of the least valuable pitchers of
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 29, 2011, 7:01 am
Found these two gems at the show and my wife loved them when I showed them to her: Sorry about the Ullman scan it got cut off, but the piece of jersey is still there, how very old schooly huh? Cable knit even!  The Pilote jersey is also a win, we have gotten autographs from
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 28, 2011, 4:19 am
To quote Peter Griffen, “You know what really grinds my gears…” Autographs . . . why can’t players bother to sign a decent autograph.  I was perusing the eBay for some signed cards and came across this: I just about blew my stack, what the hell is that? Is it some new Japanese player coming
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 27, 2011, 4:19 am
I generally don’t buy cards so I really don’t get to see the subsets first hand until I hit up card shows.  I was leaving the show when I stumbled across this nice patch from 2011 Topps Football, Rookie Premiere Patch cards.  I was able to pick up the Randall Cobb patch card for $6.
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 26, 2011, 1:34 pm
I apologize, I have been a huge slacker of late.  I am going to get out all those cards this week.  Congrats again to the winners and look for more contests this weekend. Filed under: Bad Wax Review
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 26, 2011, 7:55 am
I am going to break down my trip to the card show in three parts, mainly because there were three stories to tell with each.  The first two cards I picked up were out of a $0.25 bin.  I was just curious as to what he had in there and found myself going through a
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 24, 2011, 8:34 pm
Today I went to the local card show.  I go every time its in town, mainly because there are almost no local card shops around me in Durham.  However I also go because I want to support the hobby community.  Lately though I’ve had limited funds to go to these shows.  So when I told
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 23, 2011, 7:24 am
Got this in the mail yesterday, one of the many presents my wife got me for my birthday: Elmer played from 1914 to 1925, for mainly the Indians, although he did play for the Senators, Yankees, Red Sox and Reds.  He helped the Indians win the 1920 World Series and the Yankees win the 1922 American...
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 22, 2011, 9:23 am
Yes, no need to adjust your computer screen, this is an AUTHENTIC Aaron Brooks cut autograph.  As a whole I like the Signa Cuts product line, but every once in a while they throw in what could only be considered a middle finger to all collectors.  This is that middle finger. A box of 2008
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 21, 2011, 7:30 am
Every year there are one or two players that rise out of obscurity and become key cogs in teams runs to the playoffs.  Last year one of those guys was Arian Foster.  He went from 54 carries for 257 yards and 3 TDs in 2009 to 1616 yards and 16 TDs in 2010.  He is
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 20, 2011, 4:23 am
Here is the newest template for my real cut autographs: Front of card Back of Card: What do you think of the new design? Here are some shots of a made card (note this is a REAL autograph from my personal collection): Filed under: Bad Wax Review
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 19, 2011, 8:20 am
Last night Justin Verlander won his 24th game of the season and with two or possibly three more starts left in the regular season we are watching history here.  With his 24th win, be becomes the first person to do that since Randy Johnson in 2002 (who also had 24).  If he hits 25 wins, he
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 18, 2011, 11:50 am
Sometimes it’s tough to figure out what to write about, so today I’m going to write about the fact that today is my birthday and Mrs. Chemgod certainly took care of me.  Like most card collectors when it comes to birthday presents we want cards and some good ones.  My wife is a saint, she
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Mike L. posted an article on Awesomely Bad Wax Packs - Sep 16, 2011, 11:33 am
There have been a lot of talk about the skinny version of Pablo Sandoval and the fat version.  After a view of this season versus last season, I think much like Price Fielder, the power is in the belly, don’t mess with it.  Like Sampson with his hair, it is now obvious that Pablo draws
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