Goodwin Champions Retail break pt. 1

Who? A baseball card collector without much money who gave into GOODWIN peer pressure!
What? A retail blaster of 2009 Goodwin Champions
Where? Target, front of the store next to the pokemon card display.
When? Last week?
How? Snuck over at lunch and put it on the debit card.

Like most of you times for The Card Addict have been tough, I do not have the disposable income now that I had last year or the year before. In fact, I should be saving all my pennies right now to make it through the next few gift giving months..... But those Goodwin cards that everyone else was posting starting calling to me... While I drove to work, on my lunch break, on my drive home from work, while I sat and watched TV.... all day and all night... BUY ME. RIP ME. POST ME. I was powerless. So here are the results from my fix:

First off let me tell you I really like the vintage style cards, and I really enjoy pulling players from the past. So these three cards were very satisfying!

#89 JOE DIMAGGIO
#11 JOHNNY BENCH
#112 ROBIN ROBERTS

I also love to pull cards from my home town team, TAMPA BAY RAYS, so this threesome was also a nice surprise!!

#83 AKINORI IWAMURA
#103 JAMES SHIELDS
#59 EVAN LONGORIA


Non baseball cards are not my favorite thing to pull when I buy a box of BASEBALL CARDS, but I think Goodwin has some interesting non-baseball cards in this set. Here are 4 that I pulled.

#129 LAIRD HAMILTON
#44 BARACK OBAMA
#84 JOE LEWIS
#66 BUFFALO BILL CODY

The final group of cards I am going to post on this pt. 1 of 2 are the mini cards that I received. I am not really sure how I feel about these yet. The positives for these little scraps are they are tiny, it seems like there is a demand for them, and they make me feel like I got something special, small, but special. The negatives are they are too damn small to sort properly. I hate the way they look in a top loader, and I feel like Upper Deck is ripping me of by only using half as much cardboard and ink as a normal card. Here are the minis I pulled:

#224 RYAN DEMPSTER GYPSY QUEEN
#87 ANDY PETTITE GYPSY QUEEN
#23 KEVIN YOUKILIS
#10 VLADIMIR GUERRERO
#213 ERIK BEDARD
#108 TIM LINCECUM
#247 PAUL MAHOLM
#243 VERNON WELLS
#61 MICHAEL BEASLEY

So overall, I am pretty happy with this box. I will post part 2 of this break as soon as I have time. Everything I pulled from this break, except the Rays cards, is on the trading block, so if you need anything you see here, and you have some Carl Crawfords or some Rickey Hendersons taking up room at your house that you no longer want, contact me at: jmeloy1218@gmail.com and lets work a trade.

The Card Addict

2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Baseball Card

Upper Deck Masterpieces is a great product, and here are the results from a recent pack break. These are of the '08 variety. I love the watercolor painting effect on the textured stock. The gold stamped foil on these cards is also a very nice touch.

The first card out of the pack was future HOF pitcher Randy Johnson. I do not collect the big lefty, but this card sure beats a sharp stick in the eye! Tipping the cap is always a nice jesture, something looks off with the ball in Randys' hand. I think it may be his super long thumb.



The next card is a player who I hope becomes a future Hall of Famer. Evan Longoria! What a sweet card. Longo warming up with a painted Trop back drop. I have been hitting some Longorias recently, maybe I should start a player collection. He may be out of my price range though.



The third and next to last card is Tim "the strike out machine" Lincecum. This is turning into a pretty decent pack. Tim had 150 Ks in 146.1 innings pitched in 2007! Not bad for a guy that is only listed at 170 lbs.



This pack just hit the wall. The forth card..... Robinson Cano. Cano is a fine player, and at one time I actually rooted for the Yankees, but my allegience is now with the Rays so I cringe every time I pull a Yankee or Red Sox. I like the pose on this card, Cano is looking to the coach for the sign adjusting his batting glove. According to the back of the card, Cano has over 500 hits in his first 3 years!!!!



As I said before I really like this product, it feels very high end. I just wish a pack contained 10 or 12 cards instead of 4. 4 Card packs just leave me wanting more...... Isn't the new Goodwin Champions a 4 card per pack product? As always, everything here is up for trade, the Longoria may be tough to pry from my grip however. If you need one of these please write a comment and I will get in touch.

The Card Addict