It’s contest time!!! The first annual Collective Troll Reader Appre-ciation contest is here! Thanks to everyone who contributed to this blogs 75,000 hits and 100 followers! It’s time for me to give back. I am going to try and keep this post short (for me) and sweet. The contest will stay up for 3 days. I put a poll up on the side bar that will run for 3 days. When the poll closes, you can no longer enter the contest. The rules are simple. You must follow this blog to enter. If you have a blog yourself, please add this blog to your blog rolls. One entry per person. I would encourage you to mention this contest on your blog, to vote in the poll, to follow the
Nitty Gritty and to check out my new sources for
Rays News, but doing those things will earn you a thank you, but not an extra entry.
To enter comment on this post or any other post that is authorized on this blog. Simply put your name. That’s all that is necessary. You can add your location, your blog name, your favorite team or your shoe size if you wish, but all you have to do is enter your name. There will be up to 11 different winners based on randomization and number of entries.
There will be a grand prize winner who gets first pick of the prizes, second, third, etc. All of your names will be randomized 3 times and the winners will be based on numbers I have preselected and posted on the sidebar. It will not be 1-2-3-4-5 on the list. If 25 people or less enter there will be 2 prizes, 40 makes 3, 60 makes 4, 75 makes 5, 90 makes 6 and over 100 different entries will yield 7 winners. If you guys pass 120 you can make it 8, pass 150 and I will give it all away to 11 different winners. Remember it is winner’s choice; I am giving y’all 11 different options. There are 3 Hall of Famer autos, 4 other autographs or 4 relic cards to choose from. Basically the more people who blog roll this blog and enter the contest, the more winners there will be. All of this might sound complicated, but I will deal with all that. All you have to do is follow this blog, comment with your name and cross your fingers. It is that easy. A few people have asked me why I am giving these cards away. The reason is simple; I appreciate the card blogger family. Through hard times it has picked me up and all the time it makes me feel welcome and I truly enjoy posting as often as I can and I love reading all of the other blogs out there. This is my way of saying thanks! So, to everyone who has ever stumbled across this blog, commented on it, traded with me or sent me a message, I do appreciate it! Good luck to all… Oh, the prizes. Yeah. Here is what you can win… All of the autos are on-card unless noted, some are serial numbered and all of them are awesome!
Brooks Robinson.
Al Kaline
Ralph Kiner
Frank Howard
Your choice of one of these 3 young pitcher's autographs from Topps T206 (Johnny Cueto is a sticker auto)
Or if it’s your preference, any one of these relic cards.
Okay, that is it. While you are here, please check out some of my other posts. Check out the
Nitty Gritty Card of the Day everyday or my new source for
Tampa Bay Rays News-this site will launch officially on opening day, but it won’t hurt to check it out now, plus are a new sponsor of this here blog, so show them some love… Good luck to everyone! Thanks for reading! Don’t forget to vote in the poll for
Greatest Rightfielder of All Time…When the poll ends, so does the contest. It will be open for 3 full days. I wouldn't wait, enter now! Remember that this is on the honor system.
You must be a follower, one entry per person, no cheating! Good luck to all and thanks for reading! Go Rays! Troll out.
Initially I was planning on working on cards 1-90 only. 10 pages worth and within the realm off possibilities for my budget. Things have been going well with that plan and I am only 21 cards away from finishing off the first ten pages. With that success I added a few more pages to the binder and a list to go along with them. I also picked up a few of the key cards to help me on my way. 
My time is limited for commentary, but here is the newest addition to my 1965 Topps collection, a very sharp card #150 of the 1964 American League MVP and arguably the GREATEST third baseman of ALL Time Brooks Robinson. Anyway, the new WANT LIST is right HERE and incidentally I updated all of my other lists, too. Thanks for looking! I love this game, I love this hobby. Go Rays! Troll out.
1. Luke Wieneke
The contest will be open to 100 people. No questions, nothing complicated, just leave a comment when it is announced. The contest will have 5 prizes, so there will be five winners. This is one of the prizes. What do you guys think? This is by far the nicest current card I own and I figured that everyone likes Brooks, right? Thanks for reading! If there are more than 100 followers on here by the time I open the contest, it will be open to that many people. I will probably post it on Friday. The follower thing is important to me because I want to be included on as many blogrolls as possible. On occasion I write a good post and really like the idea that 100 different people might see it. Gotta get back to work... Go Rays! Troll out!
