With the Super Bowl being today, and my football needs being kind of limited. I decided it would be fun to go with the tradition of eating. There will be tons of wings, and other finger foods going down today. Why not run with the theme of schedules sponsored by eating establishments, beer, and food in general.
To add a little into the deal for this week. still keeping with 4 of mine for 1 of each on this list, and past weeks lists. This week I am offering 5 to 1 for any you send with a beer sponsor from my wants, and any ARBY's sponsored.from the wants,because I like ARBY's :) .. There are also a bunch of needed schedules that I have the year, but not the sponsor on in my wantlists. Feel free to hit those up as I'm always trading for those and at 4 to 1 during this time.
--FOOTBALL--
Denver Broncos
2014 players entering field ^Spanish^ (Bud Light)
2015 mascot with flag ^Spanish^ (Bud Light Can/Bud Light)
--BASEBALL--
Cincinnati Reds
1983 Logo on Platter (Frisch's)
1984 Logo on Platter (Frisch's)
1991 Logo on Platter (Frisch's Big Boy)
1993 Big Boy Wearing Hat (Frisch's Big Boy)
2009 Frisch's Big Boy (salads)
Colorado Rockies
2002 10 years over 4 pictures ^april edition^ (Coors Light)
2003 introducing ^april edition^ (Coors Light)
2007 three players ^april edition^ (Coors Light)
Seattle Mariners
2002 Ichiro (Sparkletts) (Pepsi)
2002 Ichiro *Spanish* (Budweiser)
2003 Arthur Rhodes (Starbucks)
2005 Beltre (Bud Game Time)
2006 Richie Sexson (Budweiser) (Pepsi *portland edition*)
2017 Felix Hernandez (Coors Light)
Clearwater Threshers-
2015 mascot with 30 year logo (Budweiser)
Colorado Springs Sky Sox
2013 Player Running To Catch Ball/ Player Swinging/ Logo/ Rockies Logo (Pepsi/ Ticket Info)
2016 players celebrating (Pepsi)
Las Vegas 51's
2016 #30 Anthony Recker (Budweiser)
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
2015 Season 8 logo (Taco Bell)
2015 Season 8 logo (Dickey's BBQ Pit)
2016 team logo with #CROWNtoCROWN over ballpark background (Andy's Frozen Custard)
2018 hitter and logo (TCBY)
Salt Lake Stingers
1994 (Coors Light)
1996 (All-Sport)
2001 (Santa Fe)
2003 (Panda Express)
Tulsa Drillers
2001 Albertsons Star Tickets)
2002 (Mrs. Baird's)
2004 (Mrs. Baird's)
2006 25th Anniversary of Drillers Stadium (Arby's Pick 5)
2006 2 players (Albertsons)
2010 B/W with "Countdown to Downtown" (ARBY's)
2016 player jumping to make catch (Aquafina)
Sunday, February 3, 2019
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Trading In Your Favor -- week 2 HOCKEY!!
As you can see from the headline that week 2 of trading in your favor is here. I've decided that with this weekend being NHL All-Star Weekend that it should be a hockey theme for this week.
Like last week the offer is 4 schedules in return of every 1 that you have from either this list, or the from last week. If you look and, compare both lists you will see that the hockey were brought up into this list..
Colorado Avalanche-
2008-2009 logo (Coors)
2009-2010 Plastic Card/ Keychain Sked (Tires Plus & Bridgestone)
2012-2013 Logo/ NHL Logo "Worn With Pride" (Ticket Horse)
2013-2014 Sign With "Avalanche Territory" (Pepsi)
Colorado Avalanche- logo (Altitude Tickets)
Cleveland (Lake Erie) Monsters-
2008-2009 Comic Book Type Cover Drawing Of Player/ Logo (Kaiser Permanente,) (NAPA Auto Parts)
2009-2010 players celebrating (Huntington Bank) (NAPA Auto Parts)
2010-2011 body of player holding stick (Huntington Bank)
2017-2018 Goalie with arena in background (Rocket Mortgage)(NovaCare)
2018-2019
Odessa Jackalopes-
2018-2019
Rio Grande Killer Bees-
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2018-2019
Utah Grizzlies-
2009-2010
2011-2012
2015-2016
2018-2019
Like last week the offer is 4 schedules in return of every 1 that you have from either this list, or the from last week. If you look and, compare both lists you will see that the hockey were brought up into this list..
Colorado Avalanche-
2008-2009 logo (Coors)
2009-2010 Plastic Card/ Keychain Sked (Tires Plus & Bridgestone)
2012-2013 Logo/ NHL Logo "Worn With Pride" (Ticket Horse)
2013-2014 Sign With "Avalanche Territory" (Pepsi)
Colorado Avalanche- Leo Legere card
Cleveland (Lake Erie) Monsters-
2008-2009 Comic Book Type Cover Drawing Of Player/ Logo (Kaiser Permanente,) (NAPA Auto Parts)
2009-2010 players celebrating (Huntington Bank) (NAPA Auto Parts)
2010-2011 body of player holding stick (Huntington Bank)
2017-2018 Goalie with arena in background (Rocket Mortgage)(NovaCare)
2018-2019
Odessa Jackalopes-
2018-2019
Rio Grande Killer Bees-
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2018-2019
Utah Grizzlies-
2009-2010
2011-2012
2015-2016
2018-2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Trading In Your Favor 2019
The yearly schedule collecting tradition continues. Once again I am offering 4 schedules for every 1 you can trade me from my wantlists.
Last year was a fantastic success by doing the 4 weeks of different offers. I think by breaking down the lists instead of overwhelming everyone with a mile long wantlist worked way better. I know for myself, that mile long list will sometimes lose me along the way. Especially when you throw in having to look through a giant traders list to complete the trade.
Starting off week one will be 2018-2019 schedules. I changed departments at work, and the new one had tooons of overtime. With all the overtime I missed some baseball, all football, and all hockey. So we will start there, and hopefully fill in some of the holes.
Bowling Green Hot Rods
Grand Junction Rockies
Northwest Arkansas Naturals- EE - Logo (ticket info)
Omaha Storm Chasers- LH batter (J&M Displays)
Tulsa Driller- Corey Seager (U.S. Cellular)
Winston Salem Dash
Seattle Mariners (Mitch Haniger)
Seattle Mariners - spring training
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
Omaha Storm Chasers
New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Clearwater Threshers- RH batter
Baltimore Ravens- Wild Bills Apparel card
Cleveland Browns- Dream Seats card
Denver Broncos- #88
Denver Broncos- #4 Case Keenum ^Spanish^
Detroit Lions- The Varsity Shop card
Green Bay Packers- any and all business card sized
Alabama Crimson Tide- Paul Bear Bryant card
Auburn Tigers- Auburn Bank card
Nebraska Huskers- any and all of the cards
Utah Utes
Colorado Avalanche- logo (Altitude Tickets)
Columbus Blue Jackets- dream seats card
Cleveland Monsters
I've added probably a couple hundred minimum to the traders since last year. This hopefully means you will find something new that you can use in return.
Last year was a fantastic success by doing the 4 weeks of different offers. I think by breaking down the lists instead of overwhelming everyone with a mile long wantlist worked way better. I know for myself, that mile long list will sometimes lose me along the way. Especially when you throw in having to look through a giant traders list to complete the trade.
Starting off week one will be 2018-2019 schedules. I changed departments at work, and the new one had tooons of overtime. With all the overtime I missed some baseball, all football, and all hockey. So we will start there, and hopefully fill in some of the holes.
---2018 Baseball--
Columbia Fireflies- 10 panel version
Northwest Arkansas Naturals- hitter and logo (TCBY)
--2019 Baseball--
Great Lakes Loons
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
--2018 Football--
New Orleans Saints- combo with LSU
Pittsburgh Steelers- combo with Pitt, and Penn State
Pittsburgh Steelers- Vodka Brands Corp. card
UNLV Rebels
Cinn BearCats- all covers, and sponsors
All Alumni Hall schedules
--2018 college basketball--
Cinn BearCats- all covers, and sponsors
UNLV Rebels
Utah Utes
--2018-2019 Hockey--
Colorado Avalanche- Leo Legere card
Chicago Blackhawks- Gold Coast Tickets card
Chicago Blackhawks- AAA Tickets combo with Bulls
Utah Grizzlies
Odessa JackalopesI've added probably a couple hundred minimum to the traders since last year. This hopefully means you will find something new that you can use in return.
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Business As Usual
'Trading In Your Favor' month has come and gone. Changing things up this year was a great decision as I managed to add a bunch of schedules. I doubt most of these would have come my way using the old go through my giant wantlists method. I'd like to end by thanking everyone who took me up on the offer. Look for it to happen once again next year using the same type of format as was used this year.
Next up is I made another trip south to visit fellow collector Mike. It was a great time as we talked a bit, and he even showed off some of his mass collection of schedule holder, bobbleheads, etc. with me. I could have looked and talked longer about the stuff he had as I'm not looking to add any into my collection, but it is awesome to admire another collection. My favorite was when we did a somewhat quick look through one of his business card binders. Now that was some stuff that I wouldn't mind seeing in my own binders of sports business cards. I hope he enjoyed showing it off half as much as I enjoyed looking at his collection. I could look at a great collection like Mike has for hours. If you ask me the best parts of collecting is both showing, and admiring a collection.
Overall it was an incredible day that saw Mike unload some schedules to make more room at his place, and me some new trader fodder, and some missing stuff for my collection.
Next up is I made another trip south to visit fellow collector Mike. It was a great time as we talked a bit, and he even showed off some of his mass collection of schedule holder, bobbleheads, etc. with me. I could have looked and talked longer about the stuff he had as I'm not looking to add any into my collection, but it is awesome to admire another collection. My favorite was when we did a somewhat quick look through one of his business card binders. Now that was some stuff that I wouldn't mind seeing in my own binders of sports business cards. I hope he enjoyed showing it off half as much as I enjoyed looking at his collection. I could look at a great collection like Mike has for hours. If you ask me the best parts of collecting is both showing, and admiring a collection.
Overall it was an incredible day that saw Mike unload some schedules to make more room at his place, and me some new trader fodder, and some missing stuff for my collection.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
Trading In Your Favor Time!!
In what has become an annual ritual in trying to fill in past holes for the schedules collection. I am once again running the ~Trading In Your favor~ offer. This time of year is usually fairly slow in new schedules coming out. Because of this lull I like to use the time to try, and fill in schedules that I've missed in the past.
In past years I've offered various amounts of schedules or sports business cards for each schedule from the wantlists. Once again this is the case, but to hopefully keep things flowing better. I have gone to a different theme each week this year. The idea is keep the list smaller, and not overwhelm everyone with a giant list that personally bores me at times to look through. So far it seems to be working as I feel this might already be one of the better years for doing this idea.
Week 1 - 2018 schedules which was a total success that even filled in a couple schedules that were brand new, and not even on the wants yet.
Week 2 - 2017 schedules that either slipped through the cracks while contacting teams, or sponsor variations I had trouble getting.
Week 3 - The current week that is running is every schedule missing from the hockey wants page.
The offer each week to date has been 5 schedules for everything you send my way from the wants. I will extend the offer for any schedules not included in that weeks theme, or for schedules from past weeks. Any business card wants will get the exact same respect of 5 schedules or cards in return.
In past years I've offered various amounts of schedules or sports business cards for each schedule from the wantlists. Once again this is the case, but to hopefully keep things flowing better. I have gone to a different theme each week this year. The idea is keep the list smaller, and not overwhelm everyone with a giant list that personally bores me at times to look through. So far it seems to be working as I feel this might already be one of the better years for doing this idea.
Week 1 - 2018 schedules which was a total success that even filled in a couple schedules that were brand new, and not even on the wants yet.
Week 2 - 2017 schedules that either slipped through the cracks while contacting teams, or sponsor variations I had trouble getting.
Week 3 - The current week that is running is every schedule missing from the hockey wants page.
The offer each week to date has been 5 schedules for everything you send my way from the wants. I will extend the offer for any schedules not included in that weeks theme, or for schedules from past weeks. Any business card wants will get the exact same respect of 5 schedules or cards in return.
Monday, September 25, 2017
CHAOS!!!
So yesterday I spent the day trading with Mike Butchko. Our meeting has been a ritual that we've done every two years. This time it has been somewhere between 3-4 years since our last get together. What happens each time we get together though is my traders are a complete mess. A mess that normally takes months to get back into order. It might even take longer to fix on this go round as I'm doing some serious overtime at work these days so spending time on here odds are will be a very slow process.
There are two great things that come out of this session of swapping schedules that we do.
Number one is it forces me to go through every single schedule, and physically touch it to verify that I still have it as a trader.
Number two is I come home with a brand spanking new batch of traders to add into that the pages as Mike tells me to just grab stuff, and go wild. What I will say about the new stuff is 80% or more is baseball schedules. The remaining is alot of Oregon State Beavers, Oregon Ducks, and Seattle Seahawks football.
Now onto the updating information, this go-round I'm going to do different than in the past. If you look you will see that I didn't take everything away like in the past. What I am doing is leaving everything there, and changing the look of the list.
If you look at a page and the team name is bold, and dark red with the letters larger than the schedules for trade. Then that set of traders has been updated with each schedule verified as a trader. Here is an example.
Denver Broncos--
2000 kid with player (fake sponsor)
As of writing this the following traders have all been completed\
Football
Soccer
Lacrosse
Racing
There are two great things that come out of this session of swapping schedules that we do.
Number one is it forces me to go through every single schedule, and physically touch it to verify that I still have it as a trader.
Number two is I come home with a brand spanking new batch of traders to add into that the pages as Mike tells me to just grab stuff, and go wild. What I will say about the new stuff is 80% or more is baseball schedules. The remaining is alot of Oregon State Beavers, Oregon Ducks, and Seattle Seahawks football.
Now onto the updating information, this go-round I'm going to do different than in the past. If you look you will see that I didn't take everything away like in the past. What I am doing is leaving everything there, and changing the look of the list.
If you look at a page and the team name is bold, and dark red with the letters larger than the schedules for trade. Then that set of traders has been updated with each schedule verified as a trader. Here is an example.
Denver Broncos--
2000 kid with player (fake sponsor)
As of writing this the following traders have all been completed\
Football
Soccer
Lacrosse
Racing
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Doing The Updates
While it has been quite awhile since doing any updates around here. I am still kicking, and collecting schedules. Today has even marked a major day as I've added in the neighborhood of 100 schedules into the traders pages. These schedules are on every page, and cover most every level on the pages. Some of these include 2017 indoor football, and 2017 baseball. If you are in need of any schedules feel free to look over things for a possible trade.
Monday, September 5, 2016
New Traders, and Baseball Wants
It has been awhile so I just thought I'd do a little post sharing that a whole lot of college baseball, MLB, NFL, and college football have been added to the traders pages.
Not only were those added, but the 2016 wants for baseball were added into the past season baseball wants. I've been doing pretty good in crossing off some past season baseball needs due to a few sellers in the schedule trading group. Hopefully that list will dwindle a little more as another seller has popped up with some stuff I need.
Not only were those added, but the 2016 wants for baseball were added into the past season baseball wants. I've been doing pretty good in crossing off some past season baseball needs due to a few sellers in the schedule trading group. Hopefully that list will dwindle a little more as another seller has popped up with some stuff I need.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Another (York) Revolution
The amount of artelopes this year will be a bit slower than last year as I think I'll stick to using the idea for teams with business cards missing from the collection. There will be exceptions, and the one below fits into that category.
The York Revolution are one of those teams that have taken such good care of me in the past. Due to that, when I saw that this is the ten year anniversary for the team. An artelope with the big Roman numeral for ten, and the eagle claw was in order.
Much like past years the team once again hooked up this cat. Inside the return were three of the above schedules, and one business card. York is usually one of the teams that does two schedules each season. This means I will either be mailing the team later in the summer, or trading for one from another collector. Either way I can't say thank you enough to the Revolution for another great return.
The York Revolution are one of those teams that have taken such good care of me in the past. Due to that, when I saw that this is the ten year anniversary for the team. An artelope with the big Roman numeral for ten, and the eagle claw was in order.
Much like past years the team once again hooked up this cat. Inside the return were three of the above schedules, and one business card. York is usually one of the teams that does two schedules each season. This means I will either be mailing the team later in the summer, or trading for one from another collector. Either way I can't say thank you enough to the Revolution for another great return.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Little Help From My Friends (OKC Dodgers)
Missing from my Pacific Coast League business card collection is the Oklahoma City Dodgers. This problem arose when the team changed affiliates to the Dodgers. Not only did the team make the affiliate change though, they made a name change to the Dodgers to go along with this new affiliation.
Wanting to add the Dodgers into the business cards after these changes. Last year I went about sending an artelope with a brick design. The request ended with a couple schedules, but no new business card. Never one to give up I went for it again this year with the following attempt.
Even though I don't give up trying. One thing I will do at times is send simpler designs, or no design whatsoever. OKC fell under the category of keeping it simpler to see if the parent club Dodgers red logo might yield better results.
Sadly this years return copied last years in the Dodgers sent two of the above schedules. Much like last year there was no business card to fill in the collection.
Things changed not long after sending out the artelope in the luck department. A fellow schedule collector happens to live in OKC, and contacted with an offer to pick up a business card. Despite having the pending return I went the bird in hand method, and took him up on a trade for the card. Good thing too as now thanks to this trade the Dodgers are now proud members of the Prowling Cat's business card collection.
Adding the Dodgers leaves the missing MiLB cards at 19 with only one request currently out there for MiLB. Soon more will be making their way out, and hopefully lowering the count.
Wanting to add the Dodgers into the business cards after these changes. Last year I went about sending an artelope with a brick design. The request ended with a couple schedules, but no new business card. Never one to give up I went for it again this year with the following attempt.
Even though I don't give up trying. One thing I will do at times is send simpler designs, or no design whatsoever. OKC fell under the category of keeping it simpler to see if the parent club Dodgers red logo might yield better results.
Sadly this years return copied last years in the Dodgers sent two of the above schedules. Much like last year there was no business card to fill in the collection.
Things changed not long after sending out the artelope in the luck department. A fellow schedule collector happens to live in OKC, and contacted with an offer to pick up a business card. Despite having the pending return I went the bird in hand method, and took him up on a trade for the card. Good thing too as now thanks to this trade the Dodgers are now proud members of the Prowling Cat's business card collection.
Adding the Dodgers leaves the missing MiLB cards at 19 with only one request currently out there for MiLB. Soon more will be making their way out, and hopefully lowering the count.
Monday, April 11, 2016
A New Look Hot Rod
This off-season the Bowling Green Hot Rods joined the list of teams going through a logo change. What this meant to 'The Cat' is a new business card was needed to add with the old card. To do this an artelope was sent out into the world.
Wanting to do a new look the idea of a tire tread was thought up. Before going too far though I have to admit that the tire was splashed across the teams website. It was a simple look that yielded the results I was looking for.
Starting off things was three schedules with one for my personal collection, and the other two will go up for trade. Most important was the business card for updating the collection. Crossing the Hot Rods off the list put the Midwest League back into the completed list. Besides a complete league this puts the missing teams at 19. Two should fall this summer, but the remaining I will be at the mercy of return requests.
Wanting to do a new look the idea of a tire tread was thought up. Before going too far though I have to admit that the tire was splashed across the teams website. It was a simple look that yielded the results I was looking for.
Starting off things was three schedules with one for my personal collection, and the other two will go up for trade. Most important was the business card for updating the collection. Crossing the Hot Rods off the list put the Midwest League back into the completed list. Besides a complete league this puts the missing teams at 19. Two should fall this summer, but the remaining I will be at the mercy of return requests.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Talkin About A (Texas) Revolution
While doing my run of requests for business cards I've thrown out a few non-artelope style attempts. One of those was to the Texas Revolution from the CIF. The idea was to stretch my indoor football business cards to more than just the AFL, and IFL. To do this I randomly picked a couple teams who I thought had cool logo's, and sent out requests.
Despite missing the artwork I had to share what happens to be one of the top business cards in all of indoor football.
Now that is what you call sweetness! Note to all teams, that is how you represent on a business card, and with a schedule to boot. I would toss in the pocket schedule, but honestly it is the business card picture done up slightly different. This makes me wonder if the name Revolution comes from the fact they are revolutionizing their sport? If not it should be.
Despite missing the artwork I had to share what happens to be one of the top business cards in all of indoor football.
Now that is what you call sweetness! Note to all teams, that is how you represent on a business card, and with a schedule to boot. I would toss in the pocket schedule, but honestly it is the business card picture done up slightly different. This makes me wonder if the name Revolution comes from the fact they are revolutionizing their sport? If not it should be.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Miami Dolphins Fan Pack Me
Missing seven teams from a full set of business cards for the NFL. I created an artelope to send off for the Miami Dolphins. Problem is I didn't do a scan of the drawing as it wasn't anything fantastic, and I honestly wanted to just get it sent. After getting the return I am kind of wishing I'd have done a scan to show with this post.
Despite missing the artelope I have to share what the Dolphins sent my direction. Any time a team sends a fan package full of goodies I have to share for the world to see.
When it comes to the NFL I keep track of the Broncos, and not really any other team. Keeping that in mind I couldn't tell you who Jarvis Landry is. The blue felt flag was a pretty cool item that I don't know what will happen to it. The bottom sticker I am hoping isn't too big to put on the football binder. If it does fit I'm undecided on whether to put it on the business cards or Fleer Team Action football binder.
Lastly the Dolphins nailed it down by tossing in the much needed business card. Not only was I excited that the Dolphins sent such a sweet card. Adding the tewam dropped the NFL down to a mere six teams.
Despite missing the artelope I have to share what the Dolphins sent my direction. Any time a team sends a fan package full of goodies I have to share for the world to see.
When it comes to the NFL I keep track of the Broncos, and not really any other team. Keeping that in mind I couldn't tell you who Jarvis Landry is. The blue felt flag was a pretty cool item that I don't know what will happen to it. The bottom sticker I am hoping isn't too big to put on the football binder. If it does fit I'm undecided on whether to put it on the business cards or Fleer Team Action football binder.
Lastly the Dolphins nailed it down by tossing in the much needed business card. Not only was I excited that the Dolphins sent such a sweet card. Adding the tewam dropped the NFL down to a mere six teams.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Artelopes- My Favorite Grizzly (Fresno Grizzlies)
Still working on lowering the amount of business cards missing from baseball. I sent of what was one of my more important artelopes. The importance comes from the fact that in the two years we have driven to Disneyland in the summertime we have stopped in Fresno.
While we have yet to watch a game in those two trips. A problem that the wife, and I have discussed trying to solve eventually. We have dropped in the team store where I have bought some of my favorite minor league stuff. The first time it was a logo baseball, and a t-shirt that I wore all the time. Our second time I walked away with a hat that I wore non-stop our entire Disneyland vacation, and still wear quite often. Sadly the t-shirts weren't as cool as they were during the first stop.
Because I love the hat so much I thought why not recreate the bear claw slash that is on the hat.It might not be the most fantastic drawing that I have ever done, but it did do a fantastic job in the results category.
Fresno sent three of the pocket schedules shown, and followed it up with the most important addition in the business card. Since becoming the Astros affiliate in 2015 I was unable to update the collection with the new representation.This year that changed as now Fresno has been crossed off the list of needs for the Pacific Coast League.
Hopefully my luck will keep running as I am now missing 22 teams in the minor leagues, and independent leagues. Four new requests went out today that should lower that number if all goes right.
While we have yet to watch a game in those two trips. A problem that the wife, and I have discussed trying to solve eventually. We have dropped in the team store where I have bought some of my favorite minor league stuff. The first time it was a logo baseball, and a t-shirt that I wore all the time. Our second time I walked away with a hat that I wore non-stop our entire Disneyland vacation, and still wear quite often. Sadly the t-shirts weren't as cool as they were during the first stop.
Because I love the hat so much I thought why not recreate the bear claw slash that is on the hat.It might not be the most fantastic drawing that I have ever done, but it did do a fantastic job in the results category.
Fresno sent three of the pocket schedules shown, and followed it up with the most important addition in the business card. Since becoming the Astros affiliate in 2015 I was unable to update the collection with the new representation.This year that changed as now Fresno has been crossed off the list of needs for the Pacific Coast League.
Hopefully my luck will keep running as I am now missing 22 teams in the minor leagues, and independent leagues. Four new requests went out today that should lower that number if all goes right.
Monday, March 28, 2016
Artelopes- Turning The Tide (Norfolk Tides)
With baseball season very close I have been hitting the baseball artelopes hard. Most of these have been to teams that have either gone through a logo change, affiliate change, new name, or are a new team. Among that list is the Norfolk Tides.
Wanting to pay tribute to the much cooler new logo I went with the trident used in the logo. If you pay attention you will notice the "N" that is part of the top of the trident.
As you can see the Tides delivered the goods. Included was two of the schedules shown below the real reason for the request in a new business card. It's a beautiful card that showcases the new log like you hope that it would. Throwing in the Orioles logo is a touch I'm torn on. While it's an idea I appreciate, I think they did the logo a little to big for my liking. Overall it is a great card though that looked better than I had expected when mailing the team.
Wanting to pay tribute to the much cooler new logo I went with the trident used in the logo. If you pay attention you will notice the "N" that is part of the top of the trident.
As you can see the Tides delivered the goods. Included was two of the schedules shown below the real reason for the request in a new business card. It's a beautiful card that showcases the new log like you hope that it would. Throwing in the Orioles logo is a touch I'm torn on. While it's an idea I appreciate, I think they did the logo a little to big for my liking. Overall it is a great card though that looked better than I had expected when mailing the team.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Artelopes- Loisville Bats (Going Batty)
In the category of artwork this has to be one of the worst I have done in a long time.
If you look hard enough you can tell that those are two bats. The idea came from the Bats new logo with those being one of the alternate logo's.
While not my best work the results are still something that I am thrilled to have gotten. Included was the much wanted business card as the Bats went through a logo change this off-season. Also were two of the schedules shown above the business card. Not a bad return as the business card was the reason for this request.
If you look hard enough you can tell that those are two bats. The idea came from the Bats new logo with those being one of the alternate logo's.
While not my best work the results are still something that I am thrilled to have gotten. Included was the much wanted business card as the Bats went through a logo change this off-season. Also were two of the schedules shown above the business card. Not a bad return as the business card was the reason for this request.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Artelopes- Kane County Cougars
Continuing my run of good luck is the Kane County Cougars. The Cougars are on the list of teams who went through the process of changing logo's. What this meant is the collection needed some updating with an artelope.
Personally I think they did a great job with the new look. Since I liked it so much I thought why not go with a drawing that was close to this new logo. One thing that I was proud of is if you think about where I was ability wise when I started the entire artelope project. You can see a big difference even when it comes to a drawign that is a copy of another drawing. When this whole thing started a cat lik the one here would have looked like who knows what? Now you can see that it is a cougar like it is supposed to.
As I already said in the first sentence. Kane County delivered with four of the schedules shown, and the much sought after business card. It's a great looking card that as you can tell, showcases this sweet new logo.
After adding this into the collection, the Midwest League is only missing the Bowling Green Hot Rods. Much like the Cougars, Bowling Green is an update due to a logo change.
Personally I think they did a great job with the new look. Since I liked it so much I thought why not go with a drawing that was close to this new logo. One thing that I was proud of is if you think about where I was ability wise when I started the entire artelope project. You can see a big difference even when it comes to a drawign that is a copy of another drawing. When this whole thing started a cat lik the one here would have looked like who knows what? Now you can see that it is a cougar like it is supposed to.
As I already said in the first sentence. Kane County delivered with four of the schedules shown, and the much sought after business card. It's a great looking card that as you can tell, showcases this sweet new logo.
After adding this into the collection, the Midwest League is only missing the Bowling Green Hot Rods. Much like the Cougars, Bowling Green is an update due to a logo change.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Artelopes- Philadelphia Soul
On my quest to complete leagues that I am very close on I decided to tackle a team I'd been leery to go after. That team is from the Arena Football League, and from the post title is obviously the Philadelphia Soul. My reason for being so cautious about mailing the team was its ownership.
For those that don't know the majority owner of the team is none other than Jon Bon Jovi. Some people might respond to this with a big so what. The problem is in my past experiences, a team owned by a celebrity like Jon are impossible to get cards for. I don't know if it is just a me thing, or if others have the same problem. All I know is that my past has shown them to be impossible. Keeping that in mind I was very reluctant to spend the money for two stamps, and a request. I took the chance though by mailing out this.
Simply put I went with the team logo, and was pretty pleased with the results.Even more pleasing was the results from this request.
A return that now has me questioning the very thinking I went into this request with. The Soul not only sent the schedule, and business card that I needed. They did it in fast fashion, and a turnaround that was faster than some teams much closer.
What they did do is leave me with hope as my luck with teams from all the various arena leagues have been treating me well this year. That is the good news, the bad news is the two remaining teams from the league.
First on the list is the now AFL owned team, Portland Steel. When it comes to the Steel I don't know if there are any business cards, or if one will ever be made. Second is what I consider the impossible dream because of who that team is. That team is the famously Gene Simmons owned team the LA KISS. Due to the name, and ownership they don't even list a mailing address to contact the team. I have sent a couple e-mails that have yet to get any sort of a response. Any time you get a team with an iconic name like the KISS they are very reluctant to mail out anything such as a business card. If I do one day pull off this miracle the collection might just have its crowning jewel. Until then it will be a dream that I will keep on hoping to one day have granted.
For those that don't know the majority owner of the team is none other than Jon Bon Jovi. Some people might respond to this with a big so what. The problem is in my past experiences, a team owned by a celebrity like Jon are impossible to get cards for. I don't know if it is just a me thing, or if others have the same problem. All I know is that my past has shown them to be impossible. Keeping that in mind I was very reluctant to spend the money for two stamps, and a request. I took the chance though by mailing out this.
Simply put I went with the team logo, and was pretty pleased with the results.Even more pleasing was the results from this request.
A return that now has me questioning the very thinking I went into this request with. The Soul not only sent the schedule, and business card that I needed. They did it in fast fashion, and a turnaround that was faster than some teams much closer.
What they did do is leave me with hope as my luck with teams from all the various arena leagues have been treating me well this year. That is the good news, the bad news is the two remaining teams from the league.
First on the list is the now AFL owned team, Portland Steel. When it comes to the Steel I don't know if there are any business cards, or if one will ever be made. Second is what I consider the impossible dream because of who that team is. That team is the famously Gene Simmons owned team the LA KISS. Due to the name, and ownership they don't even list a mailing address to contact the team. I have sent a couple e-mails that have yet to get any sort of a response. Any time you get a team with an iconic name like the KISS they are very reluctant to mail out anything such as a business card. If I do one day pull off this miracle the collection might just have its crowning jewel. Until then it will be a dream that I will keep on hoping to one day have granted.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Artelopes- 2016 Hickory Crawdads
With baseball starting in the very near future I have been slowly mixing in some baseball artelopes with the other sports that have already started.
Hickory went through a new logo change this off-season. This new logo was the inspiration for the drawing I used for this request. Wanting to try something a little different though I went with one of the alternate logo's because it just looked cool in my mind.
A new logo means that the business card collection needs the new logo represented. Hickory didn't disappoint as not only did they send three schedules, but they got the most important part right by adding the business card.
With Hickory coming through the lone remaining team from the South Atlantic League is now the newest member, Columbia Fireflies. A schedule for the team has recently popped up so expect a request to be sent soon.
Hickory went through a new logo change this off-season. This new logo was the inspiration for the drawing I used for this request. Wanting to try something a little different though I went with one of the alternate logo's because it just looked cool in my mind.
A new logo means that the business card collection needs the new logo represented. Hickory didn't disappoint as not only did they send three schedules, but they got the most important part right by adding the business card.
With Hickory coming through the lone remaining team from the South Atlantic League is now the newest member, Columbia Fireflies. A schedule for the team has recently popped up so expect a request to be sent soon.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Artelopes- Cedar Rapids Titans
On my quest to complete the IFL my final lingering artelope came home.
Thinking it would be good to just keep it simple I went with the teams sword logo. Sometimes the simple drawing turn out to be among my favorites. Maybe it is just the colors, but I like the way this envelope turned out.
As for the results they were everything that I could hope for. The Titans dropped the much wanted business card that now leaves me with four teams missing from the league. One more request went out today, and another is waiting in the wings. If my luck continues they will send business cards, and put the number at two.
The schedule itself is a card style that I scanned two of so you could see both sides. When it comes to the card style schedule they did a good job. It is always tough to get your information, and some sort of picture. In the end Cedar Rapids did both, and it turned out decent. Another great thing about card style schedules is the team usually send more as they are thinner. What that means is more schedules to offer up in trading so consider me a fan of the card style schedule.
Thinking it would be good to just keep it simple I went with the teams sword logo. Sometimes the simple drawing turn out to be among my favorites. Maybe it is just the colors, but I like the way this envelope turned out.
As for the results they were everything that I could hope for. The Titans dropped the much wanted business card that now leaves me with four teams missing from the league. One more request went out today, and another is waiting in the wings. If my luck continues they will send business cards, and put the number at two.
The schedule itself is a card style that I scanned two of so you could see both sides. When it comes to the card style schedule they did a good job. It is always tough to get your information, and some sort of picture. In the end Cedar Rapids did both, and it turned out decent. Another great thing about card style schedules is the team usually send more as they are thinner. What that means is more schedules to offer up in trading so consider me a fan of the card style schedule.
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