10th Anniversary (Late) Giveaway

Last year was an off year for me as far as collecting cards and blogging about it. Kinda lost interest, got tired, focused on other hobbies, took a hiatus; then in December we had a family tragedy. I’m still not sure how this year will go, it’s kinda emotional doing baseball stuff right now, and already the first two and half months have flown by without notice. I’ve been able to do some blogging and send out some PWEs so maybe that’s a sign of a better year to come.

With all that going on, I seemed to have missed my 10^th Anniversary of this blog.

It all started on October 1, 2009 with the desire to display my collection and tie it to Angels history. The name The Angels, In Order (note the comma) was derived from the idea that I would post about every player to ever appear in an Angels uniform, IN THE ORDER of their appearance, along with scans of their stuff from my collection: cards, autographs, signed index cards, correspondence, etc. I eventually got a little off that track in that I’m not sticking to the IN ORDER anymore, but the blog is still obviously centered around my Angels collection.

Anyhow, what I had planned for last October was to offer a free drawing for a baseball card, to celebrate ten years doing this, and to show my appreciation to those that have followed, traded with, and encouraged me.

So here it is. All you need do is leave a comment, and your name will be put in a hat for an old-school hand-drawn giveaway. I’ll run this over the weekend, and have a drawing mid-week next week.

Here's the prize:

 A rather worn 1956 Topps #15 Ernie Banks grey back.

(You thought it would be Angels related!)

Again, thank you!