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    There's an old saying, "those who can't do... teach and those who can't teach... become administrators".

    Back in October, I took over our school's Leadership class because the administrator who runs the class went out on maternity leave. Over the course of these three months, I have discovered a newfound respect for her and her job.

    Between managing the Leadershipkids, my own classes, and trying my damnedest to stay mentally sane... my life right now is straight up "ridiculous". With that being said...

    Last night'sCFP National Championship was ridiculouslylong. I love watching football and last night's game ended up being one for the ages, but four plus hours is way too long for this fan. I passed out early in the third quarter and missed all of the excitement, but I'm grateful to be watching the replay right now as I pound out this post.

    While we're focusing on the ridiculous, I figured I'd show off the latest addition to my Rickey Henderson collection:



    The card itself is ridiculouslyawesome. However you'd have to be ridiculouslyrich or brave to bust Topps Dynasty. One card boxes sell for around $300 to $350. Talk about a high risk/high reward product. You can hit the jackpot and pull a Babe Ruth or Roberto Clementecut signature. However there are plenty of guys like Freddie Freeman and Sonny Gray too, which sell in the $50range. I can't imagine dropping three bills on a box and pulling a $50card out of it. I'd be ridiculouslydisappointed in myself for taking such a ridiculousrisk.

    Wanna hear another ridiculousthing about this Rickey? I picked up this card for $120 (+ $5shipping), which is a ridiculousamount of money for me to spend on a single card. But what's even more ridiculous is the fact that I'm too scared to crack the seal and freeRickey from his plastic cell. Yeah. I admit that I'm ridiculous.

    Need some more ridiculousness in your life? Check out this lot of 2016 Topps Archives 65th Anniversaryautographs I recently purchased off of eBay:










    Last week, I picked up these seven autographs for $13.50 (+ $3shipping), which is a little over half of the suggested retail price for a sealed box of this product. The ridiculousthing about this purchase is the lack of resale valueTopps is offering its customers.

    The day after I bought this lot of autographs, another collector won this auction:




    A complete set of this product with 16autographs for just over the cost of two unopened boxes. That's flippin'ridiculous.




    Okay... I'm starting to get a little ridiculous myself with the amount of times I'm using the word "ridiculous", so I'll wrap up this ridiculouspost with this card...



    1997 Genuine Article #19

    At first glance, there isn't anything too ridiculous about this card. However... what if I told you that the guy pictured on this card is Roy Rogers, not Roy Rodgers?

    Is it possible that Mr. Rogerspurposely added a "D" to his signature to be ridiculous? Of course. Or maybe Andrew Havens, the president of The Genuine Article was ridiculouslystupid and didn't catch the spelling error before he forged all 7,500signatures.

    Whatever the case is... I'm getting ridiculouslytired. So do me a favor and leave a ridiculouscomment down below. Today's topic...


    What's something you find ridiculous?

    Happy Tuesday and sayonara!

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