Card shop Friday

Another Friday, another trip to the card shop.

I was actually deciding between three different options this week, and since polls usually end up in ties, I sought the advice of a few trusted opinions on how I should spend my money.  The options are as follows:

1. Six random relics from checkoutmycards.com.  I would’ve bought stuff from UD Ballpark, Allen & Ginter, and maybe Sweet Spot.  All would’ve been Yankees.
2. Random sampling of a new 2009 product, similar to what I did last week with the Ticket To Stardom and SP Authentic.
3. A “pack” of 2008 Sweet Spot and a few treasures from the 3-for-$2 relic bin.

I chose door number three, figuring it’d result in four total ‘hits’, with the chance of one of them actually being good (from the Sweet Spot).  Six relics off the internet would’ve been cool, too, but less fun.  I’ll save random packs for a rainy day.  Thankfully, the relic bin – which is actually on a consignment shelf – had been refreshed since the last time I dug through it.  So before I get to the Sweet Spot pack break, check out these beauties…

2006 Flair Showcase Stitches Byron Leftwich.  The bin only had one baseball relic that I wanted, but football relics are just as fun.  No particular reason for choosing this card other than liking the ’06 Showcase baseball set.

2009 Rookies and Stars Longevity Calvin Johnson, numbered 148/299.  Hey, a good relic!  I would’ve been pumped to pull this in a pack, assuming I liked buying football cards.  I don’t know the difference between “Longevity” and the non-longevity set.  Perhaps this guy can shine a light on it for us?

And the lone baseball relic (that I liked) in the box, 2009 Goodwin Champions Curtis Granderson.  Considering that ’09 Goodwin is on the short list of “random pack day” candidates, I was pumped to find this in the bargain bin.  Even better is the fact that I can now spend my money elsewhere since I already have a hit from the set.

All of these relics are for trade, preferably relic-for-relic.  I’m not picky.

Finally, the box/pack of 2008 Sweet Spot.  It was the last one left!!  Good thing, because I was dead set on getting a pack of the stuff and I would’ve been severely disappointed had my shop actually been out of it.  At first, the owner thought they were out, and just forgot to take the box down, but it was laying flat.  Whew!  He also mentioned that he was getting more Sweet Spot in over the weekend… which is nice.  I’m officially in the chase for one of those sweet spot ball/glove autographs, so I’ll definitely get more of this stuff in the future.  And I think ’09 Sweet Spot comes out at the end of October, doesn’t it?  A discount on the remaining ’08s would be nice, but probably unlikely because of the Strasburg/Longoria/Alexei Ramirez autos floating around.  I just may give the ’09 a shot if they’ve got it in next time I’m there.

Wanna see what’s inside?? I bet you do!!

To be continued…