Contest Winners!

I would like Adam and Mark to share this win, since they were the ONLY TWO to let us know that they have done some sort of community service. (Sorry, Drew.) So maybe we can work out an arrangement where one gets it for one month, then the other gets it for a month. Since Adam answered first, I will send it to him as long as he promises to send it to Mark after a month. Adam, I believe I have your address, so I'll get it out tomorrow. Congratulations, and please, keep up the good work in the community.

Time for Cy to say "Goodbye"

I have had the Cy Seymour card for over a month now, and shown it to everyone I knew who cared about baseball cards. Everyone, included TDW, thought it was very cool, and wondered how I got it, and didn't understand why I only had it for a month. It is a really great way to make people excited about collecting again, and along with The National, has whet my appetite to collect older cards again.

But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, so it is with great sadness that I must say goodbye to Cy. However, that means good news to someone out there who will get to keep it for a month or so. Which means . . .

CONTEST!!!

Yes, it is that time again, so I will have a contest to see who Cy will visit next. The requirements that I will be placing on this contest is that you have had to comment on my blog and/or chosen to be a Follower. Anyone who has made a trade with me is automatically in the running, but needs to let me know that they are still around. That is a group that includes most of the bloggers that I read and feel I can trust to take care of this card and pass it on when it is time.

So, with that in mind, I will open up the bidding. No, you don't have to promise me an autographed Satchel Paige card in order to be the next caretaker, although it may help your chances. No, not really. What I would like to do is make this an easy one to accomplish. Post a comment here addressing the following:

• What have I done lately to better my community

Simple, isn't it? Well, that's the idea. This should be a simple contest. What I am looking for is a person of good character who has made an impact on their circle of influence. Have you volunteered? Do you help old ladies cross the street? Did you develop, in your spare time, a source of unlimited clean energy to power the world for the next several millenia?

Yes, it is totally subjective, and I will have the final say as to who gets the card. It is MY contest, after all. Winners will be announced at 10 PM on August 17th, since I am going away for a vacation for a week, so get your comment in by midnight on August 16th.

UPDATE: So that everyone knows that I practice what I preach, I volunteer through my job helping kids in elementary school as a mentor, doing whatever it takes to be a good influence in their lives. I coach my kids' sports teams, and I recycle and compost and grow my own vegetables. Not much, but it is my part in the big picture.

I hope that there a many comments, since that would restore my faith in humanity and card-collecting. Good luck, and get writing.

Cy is in the house!

Cy Seymour showed up the other day. No, not someone named Cy Seymour. In fact, I don't think that anyone has been name Cy Seymour since this guy was:

Yeah, that Cy, courtesy of Paul from Carl Crawford Cards. This is probably the coolest, most interesting card I have ever held. I am really impressed that it looks in this good of shape for a card that is 100 years old.

So, Cy's tour of the baseball card blogosphere has begun. I have shown him to a few people already, and they are suitably impressed, except for my wife, who still thinks it is a childish hobby. That's one war I'll never win.

Keep an eye out at the end of the month for a contest to see who Cy visits next. I will try to make it something easy, but try to keep it to the community so that it will continue to visit new people every month.

P.S. I will conced that I looked up its value in Beckett. It is from the famous Wagner set, and the Polar Bear back is one of the more common types, but it is still worth $100 in EX condition.