LW's NFL Power Rankings: Week 1

What a great week of football it has been. Many close games were played that came down to the last seconds. Many great teams, its going to be brutal in the last weeks of the season.

1		1-0	There defense looks great. Losing Polamalu won't affect the Steelers that much. Roethlisberger was great facing the Titans tough Defense. Steelers are looking like a dynasty, but not yet.
2		1-0	Drew Brees had an terrific game with 6 TDs. Defense wasn't great allowing 27 points to a bad lions offense. The real test will be next week against the Eagles to see how the Defense holds up.
3		1-0	Green Bay looks like a threat in the NFC this year. The Packers just destroyed Cutler on Sunday. Made Cutler look like Kyle Orton and that's saying it politely
4		1-0	Many weapons on the Offense any QB can takeover and be decent. The Defense just shut down the Panthers passing game.
5		0-1	They lost but they looked great against a powerful Pittsburgh team. Titans are still great without Haynesworth.
6		1-0	The Cowboys look like a better without T.O. on the team. Roy Williams is going to have a breakout season.
7		1-0	Flacco hasn't missed a step from last year. There Defense didn't overpower the lowly Chiefs. They will rebound from this.
8		1-0	Very exciting game, but very sloppy by the Chargers. The Game winning drive was great, Rivers was amazing. The Chargers are used to starting slow.
9		1-0	Tom Brady looks good, his knee looks solid. Took him a while to get comfortable.
10		1-0	There Offense couldn't do anything right. There defense kept them in the game long enough to score the Game winning drive.

Were Back

Its an exciting day today, not just because this is my first post in weeks, but because of the football season starting. I'm not just a Charger fan but a big Football fan. Last season was great from the beginning of the season to the exiting last seconds of the Super Bowl. This season feels like a great one not just for the League but also the Chargers.

With the Chargers having a good team this year many are expecting a championship win this year. Rivers was amazing last year and this year could be one his best yet. I don't think we have seen Rivers full potential reached yet.

Having Rivera as the Defensive coordinator in the beginning of the season will help us from starting so slow like every year. Our Defense should be great this year and aggressive like the Steelers.I think the Chargers only have one team blocking there road to the Super Bowl, the Steelers.

I'm predicting an 08 Division Championship rematch this year in the playoffs. Its really hard to predict an AFC champion this year, its going to be close.

What a great way to kick off the season with a Steelers Titans game. This game has everything a rivalry, the Defending champs and even a storyline that continues from last year. Its going to great game and a great season. I will be posting a recap of every week in the Nfl its going to be great. Hope you enjoy the season also comment on your thougths about the season.

Chrome is Sizzling

2009 Topps Chrome Break

1. #136 Prince Fielder

2. #74 Chad Billingsly

3. # 177 James McDonald

4. #181 Jordan Schaffer

These cards look amazing they really are fun to open. The card stock is really good quality and they feel thick. I really want to complete this set which will be fun. The pack was good got stars like Fielder and rookies like McDonald. McDonald is a Starting pitcher that is being used as a relief pitcher with a 2.37 ERA as a Reliever. He will be a good pitcher in the future he has a lot of upside.

Pack Rating: 4/5

Set Rating: 4/5

2009 LLWS

I always love watching the Little League World Series and this year was great. Its incredible to see how great these kids play especially Luke Ramirez from this years championship team Chula Vista.

This kid is huge weighing 212 lbs. and measuring 6 feet so you know he has power. In six games Luke hitting 4 Home Runs, not just ones that barley make it past the fence but bombs.

He could easily hit some homers in Arlington Park. Did I say that he could always pitch we went 4 innings on Saturday and only gave up 1 hit. He was exciting to watch and was becoming a fan favorite and also a bit of a star back in San Diego.

Rookie Sensation

Record: Most Home Runs in a season by a rookie

Held by: Wally Berger & Frank Robinson

Number of HR: 38

Year set: 1930 & 1956

The only player that was close of tying or breaking the record was Albert Pujols in 2001. Pujols had 37 Home Runs in his rookie season, he was 1 HR away from tying the record.

Its pretty rare to see a rookie hit 25 HR in a season, only 22 players have. 38 just sounds ridiculous for a rookie to do.

Robinson had a great career getting a total of 586 Home Runs and 57 hits shy of 3000 hits.

Chrome is Hot

One of the hottest product out right now is 2009 Topps Chrome from the Base cards to the hits. The key to the success is Topps design which really pops out with the chrome this year. Many of the cards are having success in the secondary market. This product appeals to set builders,rookie collectors, and people try to make a profit so this is a must have for 2009.

Player: Tommy Hanson

Team: Atlanta Braves

Set: 2009 Topps Chrome

Features: Rookie card, Autograph, Red border Parallel

Print Run: 25

Price: 200-300

This is the highest sought after cards in the set. This card going for a lot of money right now its in demand.

Crazy A & G contest

I think this is the greatest contest to win cards, the only one that tops it is beckett.com NBA exquisite box but that's boring. On his contest you have greater chance to win and the prizes are great. Even if you win the last place prize you'll be happy. So head over to Card Cache and enter good luck. Hurry there's only a few hours to enter.

Card of the Day: John Smoltz

Smoltz was looking like his career was over but his performance on Sunday has jump started back his Career. At one point of the game Smoltz struck out 7 batters in a row which was impressive. I hope Smoltz still has a bit still left in him. It will be interesting to see him back in the postseason because the Cubs don't have a chance to win the Division. Smoltz is quite impressive in the playoffs with a 15-4 record and a 2.65 ERA in 207 innings. It would be nice to see his career end on a positive note lie winning a World Series which the Cardinals are capable of doing. No matter what happens to Smoltz in St. Louis he is a future Hall Famer.

Player: John Smoltz

Team: Braves

Card: 2007 UD Premier Penmanship

Features: Autograph, Serial#'d/29

Price : Recent Ebay Bid- $55.00

Retired Numbers: #8 Carl Yastrzemski

Team: Red Sox

Retired Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42

Player: #8 Carl Yastrzemski

Positions: Left Field

Why is he great: With the talk of Albert Pujos winning the NL Triple Crown fading away, we realize how prestige it is. In the exclusive 13 men club of the batting Triple Crown title Carl Yaz's 67 season has been the last.

In an impersive 23 year carrer Yaz wasn't just a Home Run Hitter but a hitting machine. As incredible as 3,419 hits sound 453 Home runs to add to that sounds ridiculous. Yastrzemski is 1 of 3 players to have more than 3,400 hits and 450 Home Runs in a career.

Carl is in the top 10 of almost every batting statistic except Triples and stolen bases. If Yaz had alot more speed people would of thought he was a robot.

Best Season: 1967 .326 BA/ .418 OBP/ .622 SLG/ 198 H/ 31 2B/ 44 HR/ 121 RBI

Career Stats: (23 Seasons - 3,308 Games) .285 BA/ 3,419 H/ .622 SLG/ 646 2B/ 452 HR/1844 RBI/ 1816 R

Awards: 18x All-Star, 7x Gold Glove, 1967 AL MVP, 1967 AL Triple Crown

Top Card: 1960 TOPPS ROOKIE Card #148

Why Bowman Whyyyyyy?

1. Geovany Soto Base

2. Paul Cogan Scout Autographs

3. Paul Konerko Base

4. Edilio Colina Chrome Prospects

5. James Shield Base

6.Jeff Baisley Gold Parellel Rookie Card

7. Luis Sumoza Bowman Prospects & Draft Picks

8. Travis Snider Base Rookie Card

9. Jarred Bogany Bowman Prospects & Draft Picks

10. Miguel Flores Chrome

Pack Rating

8/10 Clemente's

I liked this pack very nice cards but I'm mad because the hit was an Autograph of a scout. Why do these cards exist it ridiculous.Who wants a card of scout, I already pulled 2 of these if anybody wants to a trade for this card tell me because I don't want it.

Daily Links: 8/19/09

Draft in desperate need of repair
Great article about how the drafted players are getting paid too much. Opposite of Scott Boras thinks about the draft.

2009 Philadelphia Football Cards

Very funny video from the guy that runs Blowoutcards.com.

90's Box Breaks Blog

A Blog that i like, it's up & coming.

2009-10 Topps Basketball Card Preview

I think the set is going to be amazing this year.

Topps Announces Red Hot Rookie Redemption #7

Its going to be my favorite rookie Mat Latos.

2009 UDX Review

I finally bought some packs, I haven't bought any for about 2 weeks so I'm craving cards. So I'm going review the Product and show the cards I got. Now lets look at the wrapper first than the cards.

Its very shiny to attract people but it only attracts kids but when was the last time you saw a kid buying sports cards. There only attracted to Yu-gi-oh(do kids still buy this).

Albert Pujols Base

The base is a bit boring and it looks very dull its not even glossy. If there wrapper are shinny as hell why can't there cards be like the freaking wrappers.

3 Xponential X3 Manny Ramirez

These have some interesting texture on it but its an x which is boring

UDx Die-Cut #87 Carl Crawford

Aren't there enough x on this cards for them to cut it into an x. It would be better if it was a diamond.

Jay Bruce Base

UDx #86 Evan Longoria

A politic card in a crappy pack its very sad. It says on the back "As part of a 2002 Cuban visit Jimmy carter asked Castro to hold free elections" guess it didn't work out.

So the standard rating method is going to be outta 10 "Clemente's"

Pack Rating

6/10 Clemente's

Very sad pack the Gary Carter card screwed it up

Design

5/10 Clemente's

The X is very annoying

Overall Score

This product should be stopped its not good. I thought it was going to better than this but I was disappointed.