There will be Bipping!

Who better to Bip (especially on a large scale) than the one who spawned the whole phenomenon?

I enjoyed how Thorzul displayed the Bipping. The juxtaposition of a tranquil domestic life with the overwhelming, crushing, cloying presence of too many Dave Gallagher cards. Great film but so many questions - did Thorzul just keep on going out the door, never returning to his home? Did his wife have to clean up the cards? What was the loud noise after he drank the beer? Did Dave Gallagher drive him to drink? What was the symbolism of 8:55? I look forward to seeing how this fares at the Sundance Festival.

I Bipped a girl

Yes, I Bipped a girl. I'm not sure if there are any gender considerations with Bipping. Is it wrong to Bip a girl as it is to hit a girl? Is talking about how you Bipped a female the baseball card equivalent of conquest banter in the locker room? My own feeling is this is the 21st Century and we're all about equality. There are no gender differences in card collecting. So there.

As I mentioned yesterday, I oh so badly wanted to Bip people. So I had to make trade partners. I stumbled across Sarah at Rookie Card Collector. She, too, is collecting the 2008 Upper Deck X set so we exchanged want lists and we are both much closer to completion. I also had to Bip her, of course.

Along with the UDX cards, Sarah sent me a couple of Dunns for the collection.


I'd scan the X cards but I put them in the binder as soon as I opened them and I'm not taking them out again.

They were very much appreciated. Thanks, Sarah!

You Bipped my father. Prepare to die!

I have to hand it to Thorzul. He's brought some new ideas to the online baseball card community, the best (in my opinion) being the idea of Bipping.

My only problem, though, was that as a new member to the community, I had few addresses (well, one), for Bipping folk. So I had to make some trade partners.

Roy at A Paper Chase made a lot of sense. I've read his blog. Seemed like a nice guy. Fan of Troy Tulowitzki. I had recently acquired a Tulo jersey card. Roy had a Adam Dunn jersey card. We made the swap and included some other cards. And in my case, some of the cards I included involved a Bipping.

I think we both were happy with the trade, though. I got a bunch of Dunn cards I need:


But that Dunn jersey card is a bit of a pranking of its own. Check it out:



It says jersey on the side but do you see a jersey swatch? Me either. That's because it's hidden (since no one really likes looking at the jersey parts, right?):


That's one of the craziest cards I've seen. I like it, though, since it's a Dunn card. Thanks a lot for the trade, Roy!