Around The Blogosphere: Win Two Dodger Home Opener Tickets, Return Of An Old Friend and the Introduction Of A New Blog

Dodger fans, wanna go to the Dodgers home opener? Angry Albert is holding a contest and the prize is two tickets to see the boys in blue take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 10. You can see all the contest rules here.

One of my favorite card blogs is I'm Ballsy! run by the great Arno. Arno took a break from blogging for a few months, but he's back now, along with his guinea pigs and he's busting boxes. You can check out his blog here.

Dave with Mitch Richmond

I want to introduce everyone to a new blog here in the blogosphere, David's Autograph Signings. David is one of the best graphers I know. I actually met him when he won my Duke Snider bobblehead contest last year, but we've seen each other many times at various autograph events throughout SoCal. Dave is blogging about all these events now, and you can you read it all here.

Thanks To The Card Investor And I'm Ballsy

I wanted to say thanks to a couple of great card blogs, I'm Ballsy and The Card Investor.

Are No, over at I'm Ballsy, sent me a couple cards last week, a 2010 Topps Update Hong-Chih Kuo All-Star Game Workout Jersey and a 2010 Upper Deck Pure Heat Manny Ramirez. Thanks Arno!

The Card Investor held a contest back in December, The Great Card Set Giveaway. He sent me a complete 2008 Donruss Threads base set. Thanks to The Card Investor!

You can check out I'm Ballsy here and The Card Investor here.

Contest Winnings From I'm Ballsy, Sort Of

Last week, Are No over at I'm Ballsy held a contest. The winner got a 2009-10 Panini Hall of Fame Clyde Drexler Dream Team Game Threads, #'d 057/650. It's a sick card, one I really wanted. Well, I didn't win the contest, but Are No was nice enough to send me a nice consolation prize.

I received my yellow envelope in the mail today, and was surprised when I opened it.  There were some cool cards inside: a 2009 Bowman Russell Martin WBC card, a 2004 Jonathan Broxton Just Minors card, a 2010 Panini Basketball Bob Davies, all cards that I don't have. There was one more card inside the envelope, a 2007 Upper Deck Spx Andre Ethier Winning Materials game used card #16/199. Cool, it's numbered 16, just like Andre's jersey number. Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise. Thanks Are No! I'm gonna get something back to you in return.

Love the WBC card. My mom's Canadian, so I love seeing Russ in this jersey

Damn, Big Jon is...skinny!

Check out Are No's blog, I'm Ballsy, he's got a great collection and some cool guinea pigs.