2024 Cards Over Coffee Hall Of Fame Cards Nominees (VOTE NOW!)

The day has come!

It's time for you to send FIVE and ONLY FIVE of the Cards listed below to the The Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!

Make your voice be heard and your vote count!

Here are your nominees and who nominated them,

Nominated by me

 

Nominated by Oren

Nominated by Jafronius

Nominated by Jafronius

Nominated by Fuji 

 

Nominated by Jafronius

 

Nominated by Jafronius

 

Nominated by Matt

 

Nominated by Matt

 

Nominated by RJ

 

Nominated by Oren

Nominated by Matt (this nomination includes all x-ray cards like these)

In comments, just tell me which five you want to go. The ones with the most votes will make it. The inductees will be announced next week or the week after. I will check in to see when the voting goes down.

The fun thing about this years as opposed to the 2022 induction, I didn't do a 2023, is that this time votes can happen. Last time only four cards were nominated and all made it in.

Let your voices be heard below. Sip on that coffee and think it through.

Thanks.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Christmas Cards From An Owl

 

Christmas music is playing, snow is falling, coffee is hot, and I am ready for a post this morning.

Today, my parents are coming over to do their Christmas with us and my father is bringing an extra box of random trade bait. Should be fun. I guess we are also watching the Giants game, we like to be depressed apparently.

This time of year, I love getting cards in the mail. Especially since nobody mails real Christmas cards anymore. My wife and I used to look forward to the mailbox and looking for how many Christmas cards we received to add to our card rack. It used to be either match the number of days in the month or ahead. 

This year, we are on day eight and we have two.

TWO.

I know many have gone to sending digital cards or mostly texts, but it's not the same. What happened to the good old days of Christmas???

So, guess it's sport cards now. I have gotten more of those recently.

Not that I am complaining, I just want both. Best of both worlds.

*takes a sip*

My latest card haul came from the legendary Night Owl Cards who sent me a variety of fun.

 

My lack of funds for the 2024 season has left plenty of gaps in my collection in many collections. Coles are new additions.

So, weren't these minis. I was always a fan of O'Neill.

  

Rizzo is gone. I don't expect him back nor do I want him back. I never felt he provided much in the Yankees lineup other than needing to be replaced because he was never healthy.

  

I only have a few Yankee Soto cards. Without knowing if he will be a long term Yankee I wasn't planning on adding to many. I am however sick of hearing about him every day, just wished he would return to pinstripes already and stop dragging other teams into this. Of course, looking at the Dodgers un-ending amounts of money, watch him go there.

If Soto ends up a Yankee for life, then I will definitely seek more of him in pinstripes.

J-Dom has been a side PC the last few years. This kid has the talent, just needs to play. Hopefully 2025 will be his year.

Stroman had an up and down season for the Yankees. They have so many needs in pitching, it's scary. I don't think Stroman is the answer, that's why he has bounced around.

Just when I was down on Stanton and wanted him gone, he put on a postseason for the ages. He was the reason why the Yankees advanced to the World Series in my opinion.

I have been wanting this card since I first saw it, I believe it WAS on my want list. No more.

 

I know many of you are down on Leaf, but this card looks super cool. I couldn't capture it in full light and my light box couldn't do it either, but believe me, it's awesome.

Thanks again for the mail day Greg!

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

Well, I better get to cleaning up soon before my parents arrive. Here's to hoping for some Christmas cards and well, sport cards in the mail this week.

Have a great Sunday full of coffee.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

X-Rayd

With more snow on the way tonight, cold temperatures, it's time for some coffee and cards. I need a distraction.

*takes a sip*

This marks the fourth day in a row I have put a new post on here. This hasn't been done in a while and I am not sure how often this will happen, but this could be the last post of the week as the end of my week gets busy.

It doesn't help that I keep adding stuff to my schedule.

I just recently signed up to be a 3rd-4th grade girls assistant basketball coach. My first coaching gig. Coaching is something I have wanted to do my whole life, and God opened the door in the past week with the opportunity to do so, so I took it. Most of my life I would have turned down the chance and been too scared, but not anymore. If this year has shown me anything it's that life goes by too fast not to do something you want to do. 

With all of the things that happened to me in 2024, who knows how long my road of moments will be and that goes for any of us. Have to take them when you get them.

*takes another sip, looks over the cards today, gets ready to post about them*

Another thing I learned in 2024 is that there is a variety of different tests that doctors can run on you, and I had my share of them.

In 2024, I had plenty of radiology visits with plenty of radiation. Surprised I am not a superhero by now. Coffee Man! Serving out justice one cup at a time!

*thinks about the outfit with a mug featured on the suit*

I had a variety of CT Scans, PET/CT scan, Ultrasound and a few X-Rays. 

The only kind of cool thing about these tests is being able to see what things look like and function like inside of your body. I just wished they had used some of my images on Allen and Ginter instead of animals. 

I could have filled a set myself.

Instead, Topps used animal X-Rays from the Oregon Zoo.

The cards are printed on plastic since X-Ray material would have just ripped in packs. The plastic used though still give these a realistic feel and look. The XRAY-D set is built up of 20 cards and falls randomly in packs of 2024 Topps Allen and Ginter.

These cards were on my list of wants from this year's product along with the rub and smells. Thanks to Oren for getting me a head start on chasing these with our latest trade.

*takes a sip*

Oren didn't just send the X-Ray cards, he also sent some other great Allen and Ginter cards and

 

this sweet hologram!

Thanks Oren, I hope you like your return!

Now the countdown to tonight. My basketball coaching debut happens as we are holding our first practice. Hope things go smoothly and hope the snow can hold off until practice is over.

Not sure I will bring coffee with me yet. Probably not on the first practice. 

Have a great Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Last Chance For The 2024 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!

Goooooood Morning!

It's a bitter cold 20-degree day here so I figured it was time for some cards, coffee and discussions.

*takes a sip*

With this being December, it's time to narrow down the nominees for The 2024 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame.

I always forget to add this to the bottom of every post like I had been doing as a reminder for you guys and myself,

"Before I close, I also wanted to remind you of the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame voting and that it needs you guys to nominate cards in. So far ONLY 7 cards have been nominated!!

Details on the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame can be found HERE. I may add this to every post from here on out for a reminder as I will forget about this too! Haha!"

I guess I couldn't even remember my own reminder.

So, today I am putting up this post as a final reminder and I included links from the final few posts that didn't include that tidbit at the bottom so you can nominate any of the cards from these posts if you feel they are worthy of being in the Hall,

It's The Only One

Coffee With Jim Belushi

Coffee With Elisabeth Shue

Coffee With Carmen Electra

ELIte

Coffee With Susie Essman

I Am Getting Old

Playing Catch Up

A Resurgence Of Rodney

And if you do, please comment below which card so I can add it to the Nominations List.

Voting for the 2024 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame will be next week, so you have a few days left to add in your nomination. I will close nominations this Saturday.

Thanks for joining in on this fun. Hope it is warmer where you are and if it isn't, remember coffee is always warm. Unless it's iced. But who is crazy enough to drink that in winter temps like this?!

Have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

It's That Time Of Year Again

It's that time of year again.

*coffee is poured to warm up the body*

*sip taken*

The snow had just fallen for the first actual accumulation amount.

  

Which was roughly 1-3 inches, but even now it has stuck to the ground so I guess it may be staying.

It's also that time of year again where the countdown to Christmas is on! As anyone who reads this blog should know, Christmas is my favorite time of year.

(Of course I have had my decorations up before Thanksgiving.) Shhhhh! Don't tell! Or I may get Thanksgiving protestors outside of my house!

*takes a nervous sip*

And it's also that time of year again where I start new sorting projects for the dreadful winter months ahead. It's the best way to keep the distraction away from the cold and snow. Don't get me wrong though as I love a white Christmas as much as Bing Crosby, but after that, it can melt away.

Except it doesn't. It usually hangs around until end of March and even into April some years. So, I every year I create projects.

One project I kept pushing off for a while is sleeving inserts and putting them into new boxes. This was mainly because it's been tough finding time to do such a time-consuming project. Which right now I am typing about it instead of actually doing it for example.

I took one for the team this time.

 

It's so time consuming because first I have to sort them all by team. This goes for every sport by the way.

Then I Card Sleeve (penny sleeves) them, write the team down on a Trading Card Divider.

 

Then add it to this 3200 Count Storage Box. It's a long process but once I gain some momentum and find some time with it, it moves along a little faster. By little faster I am talking about a turtle to sloth speed to maybe an 80-year-old grandmother running.

Keep in mind again that I do this for four sports. Though basketball and hockey aren't as bad as football and baseball.

So far in my project, I have only completed baseball and basketball. I still have baseball and hockey to accomplish. However, I just had a box of inserts sent to me this weekend by long time reader/fan/friend Grady M that will have to be broken down into sport piles, teams and sleeved. I want to get done what I had started first then tackle his new stuff.

I also plan to show off some favorites from that Grady package as well.

This is just one of a few projects I have planned. A few others are,

• Moving my player collections from boxes back into binders
• Pulling all 90's inserts from ALL inserts and player collections to create a new 90's card box or binder
• combining boxes
• finishing up labeling binders to put into my notebook for easier looking up

That should be enough projects with everything else in my life going on to keep me busy until I can see my spring flowers beginning to pop up.

*takes a final sip before closing up today's post*

I am actually curious for those of you who get winter, how many of you create hobby projects to get by? And what are those projects? Let me know in comments.

As for me, I probably need to get off the computer and take advantage of the little time I have today and finish more up.

In the meantime, enjoy your cup of coffee. I know I will need another soon to sort.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

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It's The Only One

It's the only one.

You might at first think I am referring to my wife (even though she is my only one) or this morning's cup of coffee (sip taken), I am actually discussing a card I recently got in the mail.

My latest X/Twitter trade landed me one of the very few NY Giants 1/1's I own, well, outside of my Rodney Hampton collection. I have a few in there.

This trade came together and ended fast. It helped that I had traded with the person before and also had plenty of interactions with them. The only surprise was it being two years since I last traded with @kemptribe, not sure why, but it appears the wait was worth it with the whopper I landed for my Giants collection.

It's the first Laundry Tag in my Giants collection and I believe in my entire collection.

It's stunning!

Kyle Lauletta was the possible QB of the future in NY when the Giants drafted him in the 4th round of the 2018 NFL Draft.

But it didn't quite work out and he bounced around a few practice squads instead. With the QB's the Giants have now, I would welcome him aboard with open arms.

 

I have quite a few Lauletta cards after buying into the idea he was going to be their next star QB but this one by far is now the centerpiece to that collection.

I should learn not to do that. It has happened too many times now.

I do however want to chase down this rainbow now and there isn't too much to chase. I need the following to complete it, Base Relic /100, Purple /75, Prime Yellow /25, Prime Green /10, and Super Prime Blue 1/1.

Thanks goes out to @KempTribe for our latest trade, hope the next time we won't have to wait two years but if we do, I wouldn't mind landing another only one :)

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Is This The Post Of The Year?

Is this the post of the year?

Probably not. But who knows.

That will be left in the hands of you, the voters, when you vote in the Nachos Grande blog End Of The Year awards.

I already voted, and no, I didn't vote for this blog once. Because I would rather leave that in the hands of you guys. I don't need my vote to try and win Blog Of The Year. If it happens, it's because of you. You are the ones who read this. 

Though it would take a monumental upset to take down the 3x champ Night Owl Cards. But he is the legend in these parts.

But anything can happen, and it can only happen if you take the few seconds to vote. There are also no long lines, no missing ballots, no questionable people running and you can vote for cards and for blogs. Or one or the other. It's up to you!

Not to mention, you can do it from the comfort of your home with a cup of coffee like I did.

*sips away*

So, take a second and vote for your favorites HERE and don't forget to check back in and read Nachos Grande blog to see the results of your voting.

Have a great rest of your Saturday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*