Now that I've got a couple weeks and a few posts under my belt, I feel like I should let people know this blog exists. Sure, Baseball Card Breakdown won't turn the world of sportscard blogging on its head or anything, but I gotta figure there are a handful of guys out there who would enjoy it.
I know so far I've mainly been hung up on 2004 Topps Retired, but in the future I plan to branch out more with what I write about. I've got a few post ideas kicking around in my head. While I doubt I'll ever be a daily blogger, my realistic goal will be posting once or twice a week.
So, how do I go about cramming one more page into the already populous baseball card blogosphere? Again, I'm somewhat of a newb to Blogspot. Is it like Twitter where you follow/connect to people and then if they're feeling magnanimous they follow you back? Do you just comment on other blogs and maybe people will check out your blog through there?
I need to learn how to add a list of blogs on the rightside column. And I see a lot of blogs with a little "Followers" section over there, and a "Join This Site" button, but I'm not sure how that works. I guess I'll try messing around and see what happens.
Feedback is welcomed!
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Grand Blog Opening
Hi everybody. Welcome to my entry into the world of baseball card blogging. I'll tell you right now I won't post everyday-- probably weeks between posts, even-- but I hope to have some enjoyable posts in the time to come.
Some background on me. My name's Gavin. I live in Portland, Oregon but I'm originally from San Diego-- so yes, the hapless Padres are "my team". I won't make this blog too homer-centric, however, as I consider myself more of a general "baseball fan", especially when it comes to cards. I only really discovered baseball card blogs within the past couple years or so, starting with the seminal "1988 Topps" blog, then working through Andy's subsequent blogs, then moving on to Night Owl's "1975 Topps" blog, and currently working through Kevin's 1965 Topps Project, Wobs' 1974 Topps Pennant Fever blog, and Brandon's 1983 Topps blog. Oh, and I also am a somewhat loyal reader of Night Own Cards.. I don't always agree with him, but he's a good writer, so his blog is usually a good read, even when he's getting hung up on the Dodgers. I've never really done much blogging before, but have been creating/running websites of my own since the 90s (usually music related, e.g. fansites for bands I like). This'll be my first baseball-themed web project. A while back I considered doing a blog covering 1990 Topps, but that got derailed when I realized someone had beat me to it. I started collecting baseball cards in 1990, hence my sentimental appreciation of the infamously ugly set. It was the first set I remember collecting (1990 Donruss was pretty much right there with it). I was a pretty heavy collector from then until around 1993, when my interest turned to music and girls. Then I stopped collecting, but kept interested in baseball, especially getting excited during the Padres' playoff runs of 1996 and 1998. In the later 2000's, I stopped caring much about baseball. The Pads just broke my heart too many times, plus I stopped getting TV service. In the recent couple years, my interest in the sport has returned a little, but mostly to the past, such as by collecting old cards and reading old set blogs. Honestly, I don't think I watched a full baseball game in several years, and I'm not very familiar with today's players outside of the big-name stars.
Anyways, I hope to have a nice interesting & amusing blog here which hopefully a couple people find and enjoy. Baseball Card Breakdown will be my main, general topic blog (baseball cards), but if it goes well I plan on eventually starting blogs to cover a couple of my favorite sets that haven't been exhaustedly-featured on any blogs yet. So yep, if you wanna, please follow, read, comment, share, and enjoy.
Thanks!
Gavin
Some background on me. My name's Gavin. I live in Portland, Oregon but I'm originally from San Diego-- so yes, the hapless Padres are "my team". I won't make this blog too homer-centric, however, as I consider myself more of a general "baseball fan", especially when it comes to cards. I only really discovered baseball card blogs within the past couple years or so, starting with the seminal "1988 Topps" blog, then working through Andy's subsequent blogs, then moving on to Night Owl's "1975 Topps" blog, and currently working through Kevin's 1965 Topps Project, Wobs' 1974 Topps Pennant Fever blog, and Brandon's 1983 Topps blog. Oh, and I also am a somewhat loyal reader of Night Own Cards.. I don't always agree with him, but he's a good writer, so his blog is usually a good read, even when he's getting hung up on the Dodgers. I've never really done much blogging before, but have been creating/running websites of my own since the 90s (usually music related, e.g. fansites for bands I like). This'll be my first baseball-themed web project. A while back I considered doing a blog covering 1990 Topps, but that got derailed when I realized someone had beat me to it. I started collecting baseball cards in 1990, hence my sentimental appreciation of the infamously ugly set. It was the first set I remember collecting (1990 Donruss was pretty much right there with it). I was a pretty heavy collector from then until around 1993, when my interest turned to music and girls. Then I stopped collecting, but kept interested in baseball, especially getting excited during the Padres' playoff runs of 1996 and 1998. In the later 2000's, I stopped caring much about baseball. The Pads just broke my heart too many times, plus I stopped getting TV service. In the recent couple years, my interest in the sport has returned a little, but mostly to the past, such as by collecting old cards and reading old set blogs. Honestly, I don't think I watched a full baseball game in several years, and I'm not very familiar with today's players outside of the big-name stars.
Anyways, I hope to have a nice interesting & amusing blog here which hopefully a couple people find and enjoy. Baseball Card Breakdown will be my main, general topic blog (baseball cards), but if it goes well I plan on eventually starting blogs to cover a couple of my favorite sets that haven't been exhaustedly-featured on any blogs yet. So yep, if you wanna, please follow, read, comment, share, and enjoy.
Thanks!
Gavin
First post ッ
Test? Test! I've never really blogged before. So just checking it out. Hope to post some real content soon.
Back home after a nice weekend on the coast with the fam. Here's #walletcard Gwynn sticking his toe in the Pacific. pic.twitter.com/J7loPwEF8N
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