My Christmas Gift to You

The Baseball Project is a supergroup of 1980s alt-rock all-stars: R.E.M.'s Peter Buck; Scott McCaughey of The Young Fresh Fellows; Steve Wynn, most notably of Dream Syndicate; and his wife Linda Pitmon.

Last April, as a celebration of the over 300,000+ card Jefferson R. Burdick collection, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art held "An Evening of Baseball History and Music," with The Baseball Project giving a performance.

Here now, through the magic of YouTube is The Baseball Project with their musical tribute to The Greatest Card Collector of All Time: Jefferson Burdick.

You know you've made it when you've been meme'd.

So yeah, I went ahead a made a Jefferson Burdick meme generator thing.

I'd like to post them all, but there are just too many to post here.

UPDATE

Inspired by The Cardboard (or Pony, or whatever the fuck he's calling himself now) Junkie, I've created this "Dos Equis Man" meme. Feel free to add your own.

Y U HATIN' ON JEFF?

No, I couldn't think of anything else clever to caption this old picture of Jefferson Burdick either.

Maybe you can come up with something better? Here's the photo, go for it.

On-Location Blaster Break: 2011 Topps Heritage.

What the hell, it was only 100 miles away.

COLLECT: Join the Movement.

And the original...




Print 'em out and stick 'em anywhere.

Speaking of patience...

My good friend Andrew of the excellent cardnewsblog (yeah, it's all one word) Sports Card Info has informed me that my one-man campaign to get the greatest card collector who ever lived, Jefferson Burdick, onto his own baseball card has been successful. Sort of.

It ain't gonna be in Topps and it won't be the set Jeff deserves to be in (Allen & Ginter), but instead it'll be an unlicensed Minor League product: 2010 Tri-Star Obak.

But hey, it's better than nothing!

WHY IS THIS NOT HAPPENING?????

I mean, this is a no-brainer!



Topps: If you make this card, this year, I will forgive you for all your past sins (i.e. Poley Walnuts, Kazuo Uzuki, 2008 Stadium Club, et al) and absolve you, in advance, of any future indisgressions.

My Christmas Gift to You.

I've been waiting seven months to post this. But trust me, it was worth the wait.

When I went to visit Jefferson Burdick's grave this past May, I ran into a lady named Jill Ladd and her mother Beverley. We spent about three hours in that graveyard looking for Ol' Jeff's final resting place. And when we did, I ripped a box of '09 Bowman.

A couple of days later, I got an e-mail from Jill with a few interesting attachments. As my Christmas gift, I share these files with you. Enjoy.

Jefferson%20Burdick%20-%20Part%201.doc
Jefferson%20Burdick%20-%20Part%202.doc

Whole-lee Freakin' Crap! This whole Jefferson Burdick Box Break is Bigger Than I Thought.

http://www.syracuse.com/kirst/index.ssf/2009/05/honoring_the_greatest_card_col.html

I'll have more on my trip to Jefferson Burdick's grave, and the locals I ran into in my quest, soon.

The Greatest Video Box Break Ever: Part Two

The Greatest Video Box Break Ever: Part One

2009 Bowman Baseball

24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack
Supplied from Topps

A Special Preview of my 2009 Bowman Video Break.

I promise you, that my upcoming video box break of 2009 Bowman Baseball will be THE GREATEST VIDEO BOX BREAK YOU'VE EVER SEEN!!!

I wouldn't be making this claim if I didn't think it would be THAT FUCKING AWESOME!!!

Seriously, this box break will BLOW YOUR FUCKING MIND!!!

By the time this gets posted, I'll be on my way to the site of my epic break. I don't want to give away any hints, but all I'll say is the reason why it will be THE GREATEST VIDEO BOX BREAK EVER, has to do with this guy...

Topps: MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Come on Topps. Jeff deserves to be on a card. And what better way to honor the greatest card collector who ever lived, than by putting Jeff Burdick in 2009 Allen & Ginter.