I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was spent away from anything sports-related, unfortunately. I had a lot of catching up to do this morning.

I did have a release in my inbox this morning about Timelines Cuts Baseball from Upper Deck. This is a product that features deceased players only, and the cards have cut signatures and more. Check out the set here.

Topps also announced that its first trading cards based on the deal with UFC will be released in early January. Each 16-pack box will include three autographs and three relics and will feature the likes of Georges St-Pierre, Royce (pronounced Hoyce) Gracie, Anderson Silva, Forrest Griffin and many more UFC superstars.
 
The 100-card base set includes 90 different fighters’ debut match and a mix of personalities such as Dana White and the Octagon Girls.

So that's what is happening on the card front as of Monday morning.

The professional sports front was pretty quiet, with the Yanks adding another arm in A.J. Burnett. It's amazing. Burnett gets injured every year, and then in his contract year, he posts career highs in innings and Ks, landing a monster contract.

I hope he pulls a Carl Pavano on the Yanks and barely sees the mound. Serves them right for being the kid with the most money and grabbing all of the players.

Yeah, it's sour grapes being a fan of a small-market team, but I know I'm not the only person that feels that way.