Just Stick To The Plan

Way back in January I wrote a bunch of goals about what I wanted to do with my collection this year.    It was so long ago, and it is so easy to lose track of those sorts of goals.  I am not sure how many different baseball card products have been released this year, I am thinking five to six, but I have only put together two different sets so far.  I have a Heritage set, and a base set of Topps. 

I have picked up a few packs of Donruss, not cool, but otherwise I have stuck to the plan.  

During this past week, Topps released their Gypsy Queen product.  I have been a fan in the past, and kind of dig the look of the base cards this year along with a few of the inserts.  I can tell you that I have been in Target and Wal-Mart during the past week.  I bought no Gypsy Queen cards.  None.  

However, I did pick up a pair of Gypsy Queen cards.  Sticking to the plan, only Cardinals and former Durham Bulls.  I am kind of excited about the Cardinals card. 

There are other Jose Martinez cards that have come out of the last year or two, but the guy has had zero certified autographs.  I have seen a few locally in person autographs, since he spent five years in the Carolina League, but nothing that I really wanted to add to my collection. 

I was hoping the day would come when Jose would sign something for some card company.  Here we are. 

Next, the Durham Bulls portion of the post. 

Adames has been in Durham the last few years, but seems to finally have found a spot on the Rays roster.  His autographs seemed to have cooled off a bit over the last two years, which has helped me add a few more of his cards to the collection.  I like that he's an actual Ray on these cards now, not just a random photo from Spring Training.