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I've been watching Pawn Stars religiously since the summer of 2009 when it started. I even made my wife visit their store with me when we went to Las Vegas that next summer.
The other day I came across a 1981 Fleer Star Stickers Andre Dawson card. I thought the design would make for a nice custom Pawn Stars baseball card. I chose to use Las Vegas's most eligible bachelor, Chumlee!
The card is pretty much like the originals except I went with a more psychedelic font for Chum's name.
We were able to get Trevor Bauer's autograph back in Spring Training. Arguably being the D-Backs top prospect, he already had plenty of buzz around him.
The good news for us is that on the day we saw him, he signed autographs for everyone who asked. I had him sign his 2011 Bowman rookie card.
Since then Trevor made his MLB debut in June, struggled mightily over a few starts, and was sent back down to Triple A. He's still our top prospect but some have cooled off on him a bit. His name is even out there in trade rumors this off-season. Hopefully he comes into Spring Training next year and solidifies his spot in the D-Backs rotation. Maybe I'll even be able to get another autograph from him.
The stack of D-Backs that Dennis from Too Many Verlanders sent us back in August inspired me to send off a few TTM autograph requests.
I sent this 1998 UD Collector's Choice to Willie Blair c/o the Fort Wayne TinCaps before their season ended. It came back signed a few weeks later.
Willie was one of the Diamondbacks starting pitchers back in 1998, their inaugural year. He lost 15 games while he was with Arizona. He would go on to lose one more game that year for the Mets. He was acquired by New York at the trade deadline in exchange for Bernard Gilkey.
Back when 2012 Gypsy Queen came out, I picked up this Trevor Cahill autograph. I've gotten Trevor's autograph on an A's card before but this is his first certified auto to feature him on the D-Backs.
I've never actually owned a TCMA card until I got this one. This Luis Aparicio card is part of their 1977 set. It's a simple design that reminds me a lot of the 1960 Leaf set.
I've always liked the autographed relic cards from the 2003 Playoff Piece of the Game set. They were some of the first reasonably priced auto/relic cards to hit the market. I picked up this Matt Williams one and a few others back in 2003.
Matt is currently the Diamondbacks third base coach. However his name was out there for both the Rockies and the Blue Jays managerial openings. I wouldn't be surprised to see him elsewhere soon.
I've slowly been picking up some Diamondbacks cards in anticipation of getting autographs during Spring Training next year. These two Tyler Skaggs cards are from the 2012 Bowman Platinum set. The X-Fractor on the right is pretty cool.
