tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1003985150311376352011-08-02T23:40:31.872-07:00A picture tribute to the first set I ever completed. 2000 Fleer Gamers Baseball.Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100398515031137635.post-26609326978891610672010-01-25T13:32:00.000-08:002008-12-09T10:06:41.161-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Back in 2000 I decided I would find a set and complete it. The entire set. Ebay was new to me. I was just signing on to Beckett and two small card shops were the only places to buy decent cards it seemed. Then I found a blaster box of 2000 Fleer Gamers while checking out at K-Mart. The box looked interesting and I had not opened that product yet. After going home and puting away the new purchases I prepped my table for opening packs. First I wiped it down to make sure nothing on the table to scratch the cards. Then I laid out the supplies. New penny sleeves. New rigid holders for all the great cards I would covet. Some scissors in case the packs resisted letting loose the cards. A checklist page I had to mark off cards.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Then the plastic was peeled off and the cardboard freed to breath again. With a smile I opened the box, pulled out the 3 feet of styrofoam and slid out the packs. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R5phzfBp59I/AAAAAAAAAOk/sgBpaBBIpPk/s1600-h/Wrapper.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R5phzfBp59I/AAAAAAAAAOk/sgBpaBBIpPk/s320/Wrapper.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159543860235986898" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Shiny. Silver. Matches Cal's hair. Game Used Bat Cards! How cool were those in 2000. Autographed Bat Cards! Even better! Short printed rookies! How great is this product?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The cards themselves were just great to me. The feel of the cards. Textured on one side and smooth from the player to the shiny side. The action photos are clear. No plain old portraits. The player name pops out at you. No trying to figure out who you have. The team jersey logo shadowed in the back. And the cool lines on the front. These cards just looked high priced by 2000 standards. 2000 Gamers became the set for me to collect and complete.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />So sit back and enjoy as I take through one of my favorite sets of all time.<br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100398515031137635-2660932697889161067?l=2000gamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100398515031137635.post-84920964031795944102010-01-24T13:10:00.000-08:002008-12-09T10:06:41.460-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Who does not love an unmarked Checklist Card! Not Me!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Gimme checklists till I'm dead!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >At least that is what Topps thinks. Not Fleer.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >I only found 2 of these in a box of Gamers.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >So if you want to know what cards to be looking forward to here you go:</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >2000 Fleer Gamers Checklist Front</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R827cjSmVJI/AAAAAAAAAnI/iwiJL37FWP4/s1600-h/ChecklistFront.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R827cjSmVJI/AAAAAAAAAnI/iwiJL37FWP4/s320/ChecklistFront.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173997646102549650" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >2000 Fleer Gamers Checklist Back</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R827iDSmVKI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/JlZyJb290qA/s1600-h/ChecklistBack.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dB41PBOzALA/R827iDSmVKI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/JlZyJb290qA/s320/ChecklistBack.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173997740591830178" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >So enjoy this rare gander at a pack filler cause I ask you: Did you keep yours?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100398515031137635-8492096403179594410?l=2000gamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100398515031137635.post-53097057689152392372008-03-03T18:15:00.001-08:002008-03-13T13:56:08.329-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100398515031137635-5309705768915239237?l=2000gamers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com0