Hey guys, I wanted to take a quick break and help plug somebody who has been following the blog from the very beginning, and is just a good guy in general. You may have seen his blog in the side bar from time to time, but Mr. Lange has decided to take his business to the next level and quit his fulltime job to go at photography 100%. Right now the main bread and butter of his site is portrait work, but his goal is to do commercial photography ideally for sports companies, schools, etc. Matt really does it all, from design and video editing to basic photography. He has also done some design work for this blog and has even helped with designs for Chris Cooley’s blog.

Here is the coolest part: his photography has also been used by both Sports Illustrated and ESPN. His game work is awesome, I would love to see on some cards in the future, maybe the companies should check it out.

So if you get a chance, stop by his site, tell your friends about it and even add him on facebook if you want. He said he wants to eventually be doing work all over the country so a group of national readers couldn’t hurt.

If you want to get in contact with him, go to MattLange.com or visit him on facebook here.

I just got off the phone with Mike from Extra Innings Sports Cards, a new store in Culver City. They are hosting a Poker Tournament tonight at the shop around 9pm, I know I am beyond excited to be there.

They are going to have some pretty awesome prizes, including some food and drink for those who participate. Mike also said that the more people play, the more prizes they will have. Right now they are expecting around 15-20 people, so this is your chance.

Buy in will be 100 dollars towards a box, Panini products preferred, and Mike assured me that they have lots of Prestige for you to open if thats your game. Re-buys are obviously allowed.

Contact Extra Innings at 310-733-9942 for all the logistical details, store address is below.

13470 Washington Blvd
Culver City CA 90292
(Directly across from Costco and In n Out)

See you there tonight!

Guys, the Premiere is this saturday and a lot of the shops in the area are doing events with the players from the shoot. Here are plugs for 2 of them.

MF and his store Extra Innings Sports Cards in Culver City, CA are hosting an event with Hakeem Nicks, as well as a poker tournament for a chance to attend the shoot. Im going to be there hopefully, so let me know if you decide to go too. I would love to meet the readers and I am very excited for the event.

Here is the info:

EXTRA INNINGS SPORTS CARDS
Presents: Donruss/Panini • NFL Rookie Day
Thursday May 14
Free Autographs 5-6:30 PM – Hakeem Nicks
Followed by a Pack war/Raffle with Donruss/Panini
SPORTS CARDS – YU-GI-OH! – MAGIC
310-773-9942 • 13470 Washington Blvd. Ste. 100 in Culver City
www.EIsportssportscards.com
We will also have a poker tournament on Friday, with the winner receiving a pass to the rookie photo shoot party.

Also, over at the Beverly Hills Card Shop, they will be having a guest to sign autographs as well, thursday seems to be the day. Last year they had DeSean Jackson and Kevin O’Connell, I assume this year will be just as good. Visit www.californiasportscards.com for more info.