Let’s start fresh for the previews from here. Sorry I have missed the last 3 months or so. Josh Hamilton is putting on a show right now in the HR Derby and good for him. He’s quite the story. Should I put the 2007 Bowman chrome rookie I have on EBay? I wouldn’t get much for it but a dollar here and a dollar there and I can save for something.
The preview is based on Blowout Cards’ release schedule (www.blowoutcards.com):
Wow. I just checked the release calendar and the only major league sport release is 2008 Topps Football. So no real preview this week. Let’s rant about something!
There are pros and cons to being a Florida Panthers collector. The pro is that I can find cards like a Nathan Horton autograph off of EBay for around $3 with shipping. The only real rookie of any substance I have to collect is Olesz. I can find Cory Murphy and Stefan Meyer rookie patches and autos pretty easily. The problem is that this is the con of being a Panthers collector. I’m not asking to have a Crosby or an Ovechkin to collect but what about someone on the level of Kane or Toews or Carey Price or even Niklas Backstrom. I can’t wait to have Matthias make the team next year so I will have one of the premium rookies to collect. I have to make sure that I don’t complain about having to spend more for Matthias cards because I’m used to spending $12 on a Drew Larman The Cup autograph numbered to 50. The other problem with being a Panthers collector is that there aren’t a lot of players to collect. You see the same player in each set. It’s always Jokinen/Horton/Bouwmeester/Weiss and Vokoun. And with Jokinen being traded and Bouwmeester probably playing his last year I could be looking at picking up as many Keith Ballard autos as I can. And that doesn’t sound like fun. At least the cards won’t cost too much and I will focus more on sets I guess.
Next week will be a preview of 2007-08 The Cup where I will maybe buy some Panthers singles off of EBay but will not be buying any packs unless I win the lottery. Thanks for reading.
