August Update

I'm lazy, I know, shut up.

Since vacation to Michigan and Minnesota took up most of my extra money, I've limited myself on Rangers games. In other words, I've been to none from the Indians series in April up to Alumni Weekend in late July. And frankly, I haven't missed it at all. Frisco has been good, the Alumni were good, that's good enough for me.

I've also slowed down a bit on TTMs, but have picked up a ton in purchases and trades lately at least. So, a rundown. We'll start with the TTMs...

JUNE 20
Rod Seiling, c/o Ontario Racing Commission, 1/1, 2 weeks
Steven Finn, c/o home, 6/6, 2 weeks

JUNE 23
Harry Newsome, c/o home, 3/3, 1 week
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, c/o home, 3/3, 1 week

JUNE 24
Dennis Smith, c/o home, 6/6, 1 week

JUNE 27
Rich Camarillo, c/o home, 5/5, 2 weeks
Andy Van Hellemond, c/o home, 4/3, 3 weeks, added personalized signed postcard
Tim Hunter, c/o Moose Jaw Warriors, 4/4, 1 month
Jared Goff, c/o LA Rams, 3/3, 1 month

JULY 5
Steve Larmer, c/o home, 6/6, 35 days
Mark Murphy, c/o home, 5/5, 20 days

JULY 8
Reggie Langhorne, c/o home, 6/6, 38 days
Randall McDaniel, c/o home, 2/2, 23 days

JULY 9
Mike Baab, c/o home, 5/5, 39 days
Paul Perkins, c/o NY Giants, 3/3, 45 days, added "Sorry you're a Browns fan" to one.

JULY 13
Mike Horan, c/o home, 4/4, 28 days, personalized all four

JULY 15
Chris Mohr, c/o home, 4/4, 30 days

JULY 20
Randy Gilhen, c/o Manitoba Moose Alumni, 5/5, 46 days

AUGUST 4
Kevin Butler, c/o home, 5/5, 9 days

AUGUST 6
Ray Wersching, c/o home, 4/4, 11 days
Chris Jacke, c/o home, 6/6, 11 days

My IP 'graphing has been minimal as well. I took most of June and July off due to vacation, but got back at it later in the month. I plan to do a game in Frisco in a week and a half. But I did at least gert the Rangers' Alumni...

FRIDAY
Mike Bacsik Sr., 3/2
Cecil Espy, 4/4
Benji Gil, 4/4
Donald Harris, 4/4
Dave Hostetler, 4/4
Kevin Mench, 4/4, 4/4
Jim Norris, 4/4
Claude Osteen, 2/1
Ken Pape, 1/1
Jeff Russell, 4/4
Donnie Sadler, 4/4
Scott Sheldon, 2/2
Mike Simms, 4/4
Marty Stajduhar, 1/0
Don Stanhouse, 4/4
Ken Suarez, 2/2
Ellis Valentine, 1/4
John Wetteland, 1/4
Curtis Wilkerson, 4/4

SATURDAY
Mike Adams, 4/4
Gerald Alexander, 4/4
Tucker Ashford, 3/3
Mark Brandenburg, 1/0
Keith Creel, 2/2
Cecil Espy, 4/4
Bill Fahey, 1/1
Jeff Frye, 4/4
Jim Gideon, 1/0
Jose Guzman, 1/0
Rich Hand, 4/4
Larry Hardy, 1/1
Toby Harrah, 4/4
Donald Harris, 4/4
Rick Henninger, 1/0
David Hulse, 4/4
Pat Mahomes, 4/4
Pete O'Brien, 4/4
Don Stanhouse, 3/3
Todd Van Poppel, 1/0, 8/8
DeWayne Vaughn, 2/2
Jamey Wright, 4/4

SUNDAY
Ian Desmond, 2/2
Tom Grieve, 1/1
Bobby Jones, 4/4
Mitch Moreland, 1/1
Spike Owen, 4/4

And then a week later, a surprise outing for the Vote Yes campaign to bring a new ballpark to Arlington (irony: I likely will vote no).

Jeff Russell, 8/8
Darren Oliver, 8/8
Bump Wills, 6/6
Chuck Morgan, 1/1
Todd VanPoppel, 10/9
Kevin Mench, 1/0
Jim Sundberg, 9/8 (3x5 photo)

And finally, I'm not going to list them all but I bought a ton for my hockey want lists. Look to the right and you'll see my set percentages have gone vastly upward. I'm only two short now on 2007-08 UD Rookie Class and less than 20 short on 2002-03 Topps Total.  I've also made a few trades for some more 1972 Topps cards.

I'm planning on mailing out a bunch here soon once my SportLots purchases come rolling in. At the very least, I plan on trying Adrian Beltre and Clayton Kershaw with set needs, as well as taking a flyer on Alex Rodriguez. He signed some late last season/offseason so with his retirement, it might be worth mailing to him.