MEGATRON!

Calvin Johnson has been flat out AMAZING this season. 9 TD's in 5 games is absurd, video-game like. I'm sure most receivers would take 9 TD's in an entire season! I know firsthand the greatness of Calvin after he helped destroy my Cowboys in that embarrassing comeback win at Cowboys Stadium. Whether it was three defenders in the end zone or just sad pathetic Terrence Newman, Calvin caught both TD's with ease. Calvin has always been a threat, but he's never fully reached his potential...until now that is. I picked up this card during Calvin's rookie season. It's a Leaf Certified Mirror Blue Freshman Fabrics Card. Not only does it contain pieces of event worn jersey, helmet, and football, but also Calvin's sig. Really nice card numbered to 50 (mine is #1/50, how bout that!) and definitely a card I'm glad I own, especially right now!

Top 100 Cards of My Collection #6 2004 Leaf Certified Materials Mirror White Babe Ruth Pants

I know I know Babe Ruth again....what can I say?? I love me some Babe Ruth Memorabilia cards! This was actually my very first Babe Ruth material card I ever bought. I had a game used bat card of The Babe, but I never thought game used pants or jerseys would be affordable, but sooner or later they did indeed become affordable. I think the Mirror Parallels out of Leaf Certified are some of the best looking cards made. The scan does this card no justice, it really looks slick. Also I like the fact that I see some stitching on the swatch of the pants. Very cool indeed. This is also numbered to a mere 25 copies (mine being 14/25). Add all those factors up and there's no doubt that this card deserves to be ranked where it's at!

Top 100 Cards of My Collection #7 2003 Sweet Spot Classics Sweet Spot Pinstripes Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth strikes again here at #7. Unlike the jersey swatch at #14 this is actually a piece of game used Ruth pants. A couple reasons why I like this card more than the Ruth Jersey. For once it's a larger swatch than the Prime Cuts jersey, and the second reason is that famous Yankee pinstripe located at the end of the swatch. Yep as small as it is, a Babe Ruth pants swatch with a pinstripe is the main reason I like this card more than the jersey swatch. I also like the overall design and look of the card. Very sleek and nice. I never thought in my life I'd be actually ranking multiple Babe Ruth memorabilia cards in my collection, hell I never thought I'd own one period. It's a tough job, but a job I'll gladly take!

McFarlane EBay Auctions ending tonight including Rare Tom Brady Throwback Chase and Prince Fielder Auto Chase

 If you're a McFarlane collector, then you should definitely check out my auctions that end tonight. I've decided to sell off my collection and each week I'll be putting some up for auction. This week I have the Tom Brady AFL throwback chase piece numbered to 1000 and the Prince Field Gold Level Autographed Case Piece numbered to 400. I also got others including Lou Gehrig, Adrian Peterson, Walter Payton and more. Check em out here at

http://www.ebay.com/sch/aircp/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

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Top 100 Cards of My Collection #8 2001 SP Legendary Cuts Debut Game Bat Shoeless Joe Jackson

 

Shoeless Joe Jackson, infamously known as being part of the Black Sox scandal of 1919, was also a top notch baseball in his era. Though he will always be remembered as being part of the White Sox team that was paid to fix the World Series, he was a trememdous player and still has the 3rd highest batting average in Major League history at .356. This is a pretty historic card as it's Shoeless Joe's first (and for a while only) game used memorabilia card. This card features a piece of a game used Shoeless Joe bat. I often wondered how they could include Shoeless Joe Jackson, since like Pete Rose, he's been banned from Major League Baseball and this was a MLB licensed set. Years later, Donruss/Panini would include Shoeless Joe bat cards in their products, but in my opinion nothing beats the original. Such a nice simple design, and definitely a card that just can't be replicated.

Top 100 Cards of My Collection #9 70-71 Topps Pete Maravich RC

If there was 1 player I wish I had a chance to watch, it would be Pistol Pete Maravich. Maravich was a dazzling guard way ahead of his time. At least I can see highlights of his jaw dropping passing and dribbling skills, not to mention he's one of the greatest college scorers of all time. Here at #9 is Pistol Pete's 1970 Topps RC. Topps for the 2nd straight year went with the Tallboy design. Luckily I bought a graded version and though it's graded low, the grade doesn't affect my appreciation and love for this card. Like the Bird/Magic rookie, this is another awesome vintage rookie card of a Hall of Famer and Top 50 NBA Player of All Time.

Top 100 Cards of My Collection #10 80-81 Topps Larry Bird/Julius Erving/Magic Johnson

 

Basketball is my favorite sport so I tend to favor my basketball cards over the other major sports. That's why a rookie card of Reggie Jackson or Walter Payton might not mean just as must as a key basketball rookie card of similar stature.  To me this has to be one of the coolest rookie cards ever created. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson will always be intertwined in basketball history. From college to the pros and the teams they represented (Celtics-Lakers), those two will be forever linked. So it's very fitting that they should also be linked on their rookie card, and Topps made sure that happened in it's 80-81 set. Topps decision to make 3 "mini-cards" into 1 card, created this legendary combination. The Bird/Erving/Magic is the most popular and definitive card of the set and despite Bird and Magic both appearing on other different combination cards, this is the one considered the true rookie card. I also think it's fitting that Dr. J is part of this card, kind of like a "oh yeah, we'll just add more hall of fame power by putting Dr. J in between these two". The result is one of the most iconic basketball rookie cards ever made. It's a card that as a basketball fan I just had to own, and I'm very proud to showcase this card here. Without a shadow of a doubt, one of my top ten favorite cards of all time.