The Fall Card Session Is In

Fall is right around the corner as temperatures have started to drop, leaves have started to fall, NFL football has returned and the release of Pumpkin Spice items have hit the shelves and Dunkin'.

It's my favorite time of year. Sorry summer.

 

I had to obviously jump on the pumpkin spice train as soon as it came into the station. My coffee and especially my mouth are very happy.

As you can tell, I am sipping away while writing my first blog post of August. Yes, it has been that long.

I have been busy with finishing up the rest of my summer semester, family life and everything else in-between so haven't really had the opportunity to just sit down and type.

I did however notice that the blog grew two followers in that span and I am happy to welcome them here for all of the coffee card craziness.

*takes a sip, mmmmm pumpkiny*

With my small break from school, I am hoping to get some serious card work done and continue my downsizing project in my collection before fall semester picks up September 7th.

 

In this round of downsizing, I have been pulling out all newer baseball inserts-anything 2002 and have been making three piles. The first pile is the 90's inserts I have found, those will go into a binder down the road. 90's inserts never go anywhere. The second pile is made up of trade bait/RAK/Christmas gifts for fellow friends. The last pile, which is the biggest bulk of it, will get packed into small boxes then shoved into a large flat rate and sent off as my Christmas gift this year for my friend to re-sell. I am sure it will take more than one large flat rate to mail these out so it will most likely be a two-year project. I also need to do basketball and hockey. Football I am unsure of yet because football is the main focus of my collecting now besides non-sport.

Baseball alone has almost filled the flat rate and it's too expensive to mail out two in the same year now with prices of those over $30 a pop to send. I remember when they were much cheaper.

When this project is done, I would have cleaned out my base cards, inserts and hits. This would be close if not over 75,000 cards unloaded with more to go.

This will leave me still a lot to go through as I haven't even touched,

1. Boxed Sets-I plan to dismantle all unimportant sets to me and some just give away to my father to find good homes for. I can take out the good cards-players-rookies and throw the rest into a base box for the better sets.
2. Rookie Cards-I have been hoarding way too many rookie cards of guys that have done nothing with their careers. It's time to unload them. This will save me sooooooo much space when this is done.
3. Players Boxes/Binders-Over the years I pulled out "star" players at the time. Most of those guys, like Wander Franco and Kris Bryant for example have either gotten in trouble with the law or not really ever made it to superstar status. Those guys will be pulled and found new homes for.
4. Odds And Ends: I still have some odds and ends cards, not my non-sports, but from other sports that just need to go as well.

In the end, the ultimate goal is just to be down to PC stuff and stuff to trade others. I never thought I would do this, but I feel it's time and it's such a relief to start making room as well. The cardboard hoard is over and it's time to focus on the cards that really matter just to me.

*takes a sip before ending today's post*

I hope to put up a few more posts before my fall semester begins, I signed up for some pretty intense classes for the fall and I assume all of my extra time will be eaten up doing that. But, who knows, maybe it won't be.

Hope everyone has been well and let me know what you have been up to recently in the hobby in the comments.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

If It Had Continued....

I have been doing well recently with keeping up with the mail days I have been getting and posting them as soon as I get them.

That's mainly because my mailbox hasn't seen a lot of them and right now, I am almost towards the end of my summer semester, so I have a little more free time.

With the lack of mail days incoming combining that with the lack of participation overall and what appears to be a stressful upcoming fall semester, I have decided to cancel this year's 2026 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame. I probably won't be bringing it back. It was already on the chop block for this year as it was.

Speaking of the chop block, I have added Trending In My Hobby This Week and 5 Things I Did In The Hobby to that list as well. It's just a few of the many changes coming to my blogging world.

If I had continued with this year's Coffee Card Hall of Fame, I would have picked out a few cards from this mail day from Batting Out Of Order because some of them would have deserved their spot.

Starting with this vintage card. I have found myself adding these types of vintage cards when I can.

How about a 90's parallel? That would have been an add I am sure.

Bonds should only be allowed to had made my Hall Of Fame, unless roids were used to create this card.

Belle, another 90's card, you see a theme here, would have possibly made it as well.

From first look, I was like, "what a cool card!" Second glance at the back, it's a checklist. This has to be one of the best looking checklists I have seen.

90's again....you bet!

And again. If I see any of these Metal Universe cards available, you better believe I am snatching them up. Any of these could easily be in my Hall Of Fame.

My boy Ewing!

And would it be insane if Jim Carrey as the Riddler could have made it in as well?

Thanks again Batting Out Of Order for the freebie mail day!

In comments today, let me know which cards you would have chosen for the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame if it continued.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Blogger National 2026

*sits down, takes a sip of coffee. opens keyboard, begins to type today's newest post*

The last four years I have posted a Blogger National for those of us who can't enjoy the experience of actually being at the The National Sport Collectors Convention. That way we can still connect with one another without spending the big bucks to do so. Though I would love to sit down, have a cup of coffee and talk cards with you.
*takes a sip, tips mug towards computer screen hoping you will return the favor*

For the second straight year, I am posting this right on time and hope you will join in on this blogger bat around. The past few years I have had very few actually join in.

Here's hoping for the biggest year yet. First, what's this all about,

What is the Blogger National? Well, it's a blog-bat-around where you just take one post (or multiple if you so choose) in the next few days and dedicate it to showing off your coolest cards or your most favorite cards or a recent mail day you hadn't posted yet using the blog post title, The Blogger National 2026.

I want you to try to find the cards that are show worthy to you. You know, the dazzling cards that would attract all of the people over to your table (blog).

For example, I just got a dazzling mail day yesterday from the legendary Dennis from Too Many Verlanders blog. I was not expecting a mail day from him at all as he kept this one quiet. 

I like sneaky mail days and fun sneaky mail days that include everything I like.

So, now I invite you to come check out my table,

Now if these didn't catch your attention, well, you don't have good taste and move onto the next table. Just kidding, you will now owe me a coffee now.

Thanks Dennis for another amazing mail day!

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

I am hopeful many of you will join in on this.

And for those of you who read this and don't have a blog, feel free to post your cards on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky, YouTube,) and use the hashtag (and tag me if you want), #TheBloggerNational2026. I will be on the lookout for that hashtag on all social media platforms. Well, except TikTok. I haven't joined that at all yet and don't plan to.

Hope everyone has a great time with this, and you can leave your blog link in comments so I can read it as well if I happen to miss it with my busy schedule!

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 202 6Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.

Sketch'd

*coffee is ready and so isn't the newest post for cards over coffee*

*takes a sip*

Before I start with today's post, I would like to reiterate that I am no artist. I cannot draw. I do not have the talent of some the brilliant artists we have in the blogosphere who can create amazing pieces of cardbaord art. So, please be kind.

One of the two summer courses I signed up for was Drawing 1. Each week we are assigned a drawing either done with charcoal, pencil or pen. There is always a theme to the drawings as well. This week's theme is charcoal and was graphic design/logo, Fantasy or Abstract. Since the other two are not really my strength, not sure what is yet haha, I decided I wanted to draw a logo for this blog.

After many attempts, this is what I created and turned in,

 

Not my favorite, but it's not the worst thing.

Before I turned that one in, I came up with this one and sent this one in as well. This was more of a rough draft compared to the first one which was my piece to be graded.

Neither are going into an art museum, but I am wondering which one is better and why, and which one should I attempt again when this class is over and try to make it a final logo?

Let me know in comments!

Hope everyone has a super Saturday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

 *also a reminder I will be adding to each post going forward. I don't know about you, when it comes to the hobby, I am looking for ways to SAVE all of the time. So, here you go. Just for you a 10% off code to SAVE on card supplies. You're Welcome!

So Much To Do

As summer rolls on and after re-checking my New Years goals I posted about earlier this week, I realized I have so much to do.

*takes a stressed out sip of coffee that was freshly brewed*

Being down one arm, taking two classes and trying to keep up with family stuff has put my hobby on the backburner....at least for this year.

Next summer, it will be the summer of Matt! Just like in Seinfeld with the Summer Of George!

For now, I have to think about the messy contents of these boxes after I did my big downsizing project. 

The boxes marked hits, aren't at all organized by team anymore or even sport.

Boxes marked NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL and completed sets may not have those contents anymore. More than likely they are the 90's cards that I pulled from the downsizing project. There are just tossed in there until I have time to separate them by brand, year, etc.

Some boxes are still marked right, many are not. There is a lot to go through to sort and maybe find more to downsize from. 

My plan this Christmas since I no longer have any extra autographs or relics to trade away, I will be downsizing all of my inserts from 2010 and newer from every sport. I have a happy home planned for all of them already, but I also plan to pull some out for my trading buddies in the blogging world. I also won't trade anything or unload anything from the 90's to mid 2000's. Those are mine!

Hopefully I can at least get to that project by the time October/November hits, and I have my hopeful shoulder back.

I will post more about the continuing downsizing project at some point.

For now, I must tip my mug to you for a bit. The mailbox has run dry, my ideas outside of that have run off and for the first time in 9 LONG YEARS I will be actually taking a REAL vacation thanks to my sister in law starting tomorrow for three to four days with family visting from afar after that. This will all equal a drought of posts on here for awhile until I get back and until I find something in my mail box to post about. Unless I can find my creativity again or do a vacation recap of some form. The post today is currently the last draft I have on blogger.

I hope in the meantime everyone has a Happy and Safe 4th of July holiday and see you on the coffee side. Flip side isn't how I roll right now, I can't flip. I can only stay in one place currently.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

*pictures self with mug of coffee on warm beach. good times ahead*

Is 84 An Insane Number Or Is It Fun?

Hello and good morning, Coffee Card Enthusiasts! Whether your here for the cards, the coffee, or both I hope you're having a great day.

Today, I am going to talk about a crazy thing I recently found out.

 

I was mailed this Hakeem Nicks and thought, how cool is this parallel? I wonder what some others look like. Upon doing my research on that part I was beginning to think of another rainbow chase. 

Sadly, despite how great of a player Hakeem Nicks was, his cards are cheap. Which is sad but also falls perfect for me.

So, I was like, let's do this. 

Before I do any kind of set, player or rainbow chase, my main thing is to start up a spreadsheet. 

I began to set up my spreadsheet then went to copy and paste the parallels to the spreadsheet.

That's when I uncovered something.....

Something shocking...

Something uncanny and unheard of...

There were 84 parallels.

Well including the base, which I count as a part of it.

EIGHTY FOUR. You are not reading this wrong.

Is 84 an insane number or is it fun?

I will let you decide in comments.

I didn't know what to think at first, but I realized that maybe it is fun. I know I won't get all 84, but how far can I get? Sometimes it's more about the journey then it is about the finish.

Here are a few I have picked up so far.

Here is the full checklist with ones I still need and ones I crossed out will be incoming. 

1. Base
2. Silver
3. Silver Hyper
4. Silver Lava
5. Silver Lazer
6. Silver Mojo
7. Silver Pandora
8. Silver Pyramids
9. Silver Seismic
10. Silver Winter
11. White Shimmer
12. Red Hyper /399
13. Red Winter /399
14. Light Blue Pyramids /385
15. FireBurst /350
16. Light Blue Lava /325
17. Pink Hyper /299
18. Pink Winter /299
19. Lime Green Pyramids /285
20. Purple Hyper /249
21. Purple Winter /249
22. Lime Green Lava /225
23. Teal Pyramids /225
24. Blue Hyper /199
25. Blue Winter /199
26. Red Lazer /199
27. Wave /199
28. Orange Pandora /189
29. Yellow Pyramids /185
30. Teal Lava /175
31. Green Hyper /149
32. Green Winter /149
33. Phoenix /149
34. Pink Lazer /149
35. Bronze Pandora /125
36. Yellow Lava /125
37. Orange Hyper /99
38. Orange Winter /99
39. Purple Lazer /99
40. Red /99
41. Red Seismic /99
42. Ash Pyramids /85
43. Light Blue Mojo /85
44. Pyramids /85
45. Ash Lava /75
46. Blue Lazer /75
47. Lime Green Mojo /75
48. Pink Seismic /75
49. Blue /50
50. Bronze Hyper /50
51. Bronze Winter /50
52. Teal Mojo /50
53. Green Lazer /49
54. Purple Seismic /49
55. Blue Seismic /35
56. Orange Lazer /35
57. Yellow Mojo /35
58. Ash Mojo /25
59. Green /25
60. Green Seismic /25
61. Orange Seismic /20
62. Bronze Lazer /15
63. Bronze Seismic /15
64. ColorBurst /10
65. Gold /10
66. Gold Hyper /10
67. Gold Lava /10
68. Gold Lazer /10
69. Gold Mojo /10
70. Gold Pandora /10
71. Gold Pyramids /10
72. Gold Seismic /10
73. Gold Winter /10
74. Dreamweaver /4
75. Black /1
76. Black Hyper /1
77. Black Lava /1
78. Black Lazer /1
79. Black Mojo /1
80. Black Pandora /1
81. Black Pyramids /1
82. Black Seismic /1
83. Black Winter /1
84. Celestial /1

Look at the crazy amount of 1/1's!

I know I won't get any of the 1/1's, but let's see how far I can get. Let's keep this a new segment for the rest of the year. What do you guys think? And what should I call it? The Chase For 84? Nicked Off? Let me know your thoughts in comments on the chase and a name for it. Can't wait to hear it.

In the meantime, Happy Monday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The 2026 Cards Over Coffee Hall Of Fame Returns!!

*coffee is hot and ready and I am ready for a new #CardsOverCoffee*

Hall Of Fame. It's where the best of the best go.

And that's where they will go in 2026 as I changed my mind 6 months into the year. I have backtracked the past few months and added cards to go in. This will be a new rule this year, I will be able to nominate ones to go in as well.

With a little cheating by copying the previous post about this, here's the deal and here is what I need from you guys, the readers.

I have created a box where I will be storing my Coffee Card Hall Of Fame collection. In this box, every year from here on out until I can't brew anymore coffee, I will be placing FIVE cards a year voted on by you to go into the Coffee Card Hall Of Fame. However, I will need some card nominees all year for you to vote on. This is where you guys come into play again. Every post on CARDS OVER COFFEE after today until the December 1st end date, you can nominate a card or cards from any post-including box breaks-in comments of that post you think should be in the Hall for the 2026 year. These will be the nominees.

Those cards will be POSTED HERE all year long. Remember, this is a Hall Of Fame nomination. Not every card has to be a patch, autograph or low numbered, but Hall worthy. I will close nominations on December 1st and will let you guys begin the voting process (how I will do this will be determined later on) on which five cards you would choose to make it into the Hall. The cards with the most votes, get in.

So, from today on, make sure you get those nominations in, and I will do my best to remind you to do so. It will be a long year ahead so I am hoping we can nominate more cards in than last year which will lead to more fun at the end of this.

Hoping more will join in on nominating also.

Have a great Friday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Did You Miss Me?

 *coffee in left hand, pain meds in front, takes a sip, takes pain meds, begins to write*

Hey! Did you miss me? I hope so! I should be back a little more as things have slowed down a little but will be picking up more soon. I will try to fit posts in between.

Here are some things to recap the past few weeks I have been MIA.

 

There has been plenty of coffee. Plenty. I picked up one of these Dunkin' iced buckets for a friend and strapped it into my front seat. This was before surgery and was also the last bucket available. I really wanted one just for my collection but maybe next time....if there is one.

For the first time ever, I have grown Lupin and a good amount of it spread across two flower beds. Hopefully the seeds will fall and more will appear next year when I can give my garden more love.

 

I went and got my shoulder fixed. Mild tear in the labrum, tendonitis of the rotator cuff and something with my bicep where they had to unattached and reattached it. I have a long summer ahead of rehab and can't do much for three months. Hopefully I will be at 100% by the time basketball season starts.

 

I took two summer classes I found to be fun, but also challenging when you can't move that well. I took Drawing 1-I can't draw but here is an example of a charcoal piece I did so be nice-and Creative Writing which has been a lot of fun, but once again a bit challenging to type since I only have one arm that can move around well. Though the last couple of days, especially today I have been able to move it more.

And the final thing I haven't mentioned yet is HOW ABOUT THOSE KNICKS!!! I will show off how I celebrated that impressive victory as well.

I hope you all have been doing well. More card posts to come this week as I had some drafts prepped and ready to go before I went full surgery.

Have a cup with me this morning!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*