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TTM Success - Gerry Janeski - Another signed 1971 Topps was added to the autograph album when I got this TTM success back from Gerry Janeski. The card turned out nicely, and features ...
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2022 SAGE Artistry - I picked up this mysterious pack out of a repack thing at Walgreen's the other day. I'm mostly familiar with SAGE's "Hit" brand of cards, but apparently ...
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Big Time - *A look at the new Topps Big League set. * In the current production schedule, there aren't a lot of new baseball cards to look at this early in the sea...
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And now, for the perfect attendance awards... - Recently, I looked up who had cards in the 9-year period from 1964 to 1972, and how many cards each player had in that time span. I chose those years becau...
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Oh My! How the local card shows have changed! - The other weekend I noticed a card show was being held a small church, hosted by the closest LCS to me. For once I didn't really have any plans so my oldes...
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1992 Padres Stadium Club Team set - There seem to be a lot more action shots in the 92 set and fewer posed shots. There are 33 cards in this set, which is up 9 cards from 1991. Wit...
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1956 Topps baseball #171 "Jim Wilson, if that is your real name" - I researched game situations for several 1956 Topps cards in my 17-March post, including #171 Jim Wilson. This post revisits and revises my initial take....
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo - Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing home runs...
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Starting9 Series #3 Clemente Published! - We here at Phungo HQ are very happy to announce that we have published the third series of Mystery Games for Starting9. If you want to play the new li...
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Happy New Year 2024... - Happy New Year all you hobby people out there that may still read this largely ignored and forgotten blog!! I hope this post finds you all well, happy, and...3 months ago
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Cards you don't see on the blogs. - So, I've never liked Roberto Alomar. Even before he was the guy who spat in an ump's face. But I've always enjoyed this card. Can you think of any ot...
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My Comments on the Panini America/Fanatics Antitrust Lawsuit(s). - My column for Hobby News Daily for the month of August is on the recently filed antitrust lawsuit, and subsequent countersuit, Panini recently filed aga...8 months ago
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When Teams Are Sellers - As I write this, Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman have all been traded away. Others, like Tim Anderson, have bee...
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2023 Bowman Baseball Review - Back in my day … oh boy, you know when someone starts off a sentence that way, you’re in for a grumpy, “old head” review. Let me rephrase that a little bet...
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Le Renaissance - Oh hello there. It's been a minute hasn't it? About a year, actually a little over a year, since my last post. I'll be honest I didn't intend to take...1 year ago
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So this just happened.... - There was the monthly local trade night at the local shop this past Thursday evening. Frivolities were had, poor life choices were made, the usual. Fol...
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Garbage Pail Kids | 2022 Book Worms Wantlist - Pretty close to getting the base set finished. I have a lot of base as well as a decent amount of the booger green parallels to trade. Just let me know ...
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'We need your stinking patches!' Showing off Topps manufactured patches through the years - I've seen some hot takes that people aren't happy with the commemorative batting helmet cards included as bonuses in 2022 Topps Series 2 blasters. I've ...
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Off Topic: 1993 Leave It To Beaver Model Airplane Magazine Card - One of my favorite hobbies is writing for "A Pack to Be Named Later," where the goal of the group is open at least one pack of every collectible card ...
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All Good Things Come to an End - As I mentioned in my last post, I am closing the lid on this blog after 12+ years, 314 posts, and over 452,000 blog views (many probably my own - lol). I ...
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Packing Up This Blog (fittingly, into a burlap sack) - As I mentioned in my 1967 blog post today, I am discontinuing my blogs. (Many would say "I thought you did already.") When it becomes a chore rather than...
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【ポルテ野球教室】合宿と野球大会の時期や回数と内容まとめ - ポルテ野球教室の合宿や野球大会について、こんな風に疑問に思っていませんか？ 合宿は年に何回、何泊であるのかな？ 合宿や大会参加に費用はかかる？ 親は合宿を手伝ったり当番の負担があるの？ 合宿の内容は？うちの子はついていけ2 years ago
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2021 Topps 70 Years of Topps - Al Kaline - Hey! It's my first post of 2021! It's also the first post since 2017. Yikes! So much has changed. There's this whole pandemic thing. A lot of people wat...
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Denver Broncos - After 9 straight 4th-place finishes (always in a 4 or 5 team division) the Broncos fired their head coach and hired John Ralston for the 1972 season. They ...
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WENT TO A CARD SHOW - Hey gang. This morning I attended my first card show in forever. I took my 10 year old grandson. There were probably 50some tables. Vintage, new, boxes, mem...
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TOPPS HERITAGE SIGNED CARDS WANT LIST - *Wanted * *Signed Topps Heritage Baseball Cards* *My collection currently has over 7500 different signed Heritage cards and I am always looking to add ...
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Houston Oilers - The 1970 Houston Oilers finished at 3-10-1, and drew the 3rd pick in the 1971 draft (Dan Pastorini). They made marginal improvement to 4-9-1 in 1971, but t...
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Atlanta Falcons - After compiling records of 3-10 and 1-12-1 in their first two seasons, the 1968 Falcons finished up at 2-12 in 1968. They replaced original head coach No...
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John Means, 2021 Topps #272 - I may have strayed far from the discipline of my early years of blogging, but I'm not so far gone that I won't check back in on the occasion of the be...
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I Had My Kicks With '66 - The time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this decision: 1. I have run out of cards to post here (other than for players that...
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SUPER SHORT PRINT from WAL-MART one box break!!!! - 2020 TOPPS UPDATE HANGER PACK My last post showed all the rookies that I pulled in my pack. Here is the highlight from the box!!! Thats correct, a ...
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Blog Kiosk: 9/15/2020 - Dodgers Links & News - Some Odds and Ends - I missed this recent release from Topps yesterday. Featured here is a Topps *2020 Turn Back the Clock* online exclusive card made available yesterday, and...
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July 2020 POBC Magazine - Here's our July issue of POBC Magazine. Please comment or send an email to pobcMAG@mail.com. This month features my recollections of the 1978 All-Star Gam...
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a super 1971 topps super rich allen - because rich allen's array of 1971 releases - his topps flagship card, dell's today stamp, and other issues - featuring photos taken in dodger stadium, i a...
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2009 Upper Deck, Royals Team Leaders - #459 Zack Greinke/Gil Meche/David DeJesus Anytime you can get a card signed by two players, it feels like an accomplishment. But completing a card with m...
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Fernando Tatis Jr. Superfractor anyone? - What a pull. Could use some better pics but very nice indeed. Out of the 50+ cases of Heritage I have opened in the past 20 years, I have never been luck...
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Placeholder for Not Blogging Enough: Various Top 10 Wantlists - It has been more than a year since I put virtual pen to paper on this fading site. So, in that state of mind, as I continue to organize and become the ...
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The Nationals Win! - Pulls from Joe Collector Past. - I hadn't realized that the last time I posted was like six months ago. Time has been flying lately to say the least. Anyway, The Nationals won the series...
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Pull the Trigger 20.20 ($30) - *1970 Topps Luis Aparicio* This is one of the cards I picked out of a dollar box a couple of weekends ago. Turns out I already had it, so now I'm happy to...
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A Three Pack, Progress, and a Wantlist - *Before I begin, I'd like to dedicate this blog post to my grandmothers, Leonor Anama (nee Filoteo) and Gloria Y. Nichols. Both were born in February, Leon...
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Trying Something Different: Orioles 1035-1040 - Clearly this is a site that's on it's last legs. It was never my intent to neglect my beloved Orioles autographs so completely, yet here we are. And things...
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1994 Milwaukee Wave Promo Pack - This pack was likely received as an arena giveaway. It's one of those things that my parents find in a shoebox when they're doing some cleaning, and they...
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2018 Royals FanFest - My wife and I made the annual trek to the Royals FanFest this weekend in Kansas City. Unlike the last two years, the crowds were pretty mild. I heard the...
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Have You Heard? December 9th is National Hobby Shop Day!! - Many of you may know *Michael Fruitman*. Mike is the owner of *Mike's Stadium Sportscards* in *Aurora, Colorado*. You can follow him on *Twitter* here. A...
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Gone to Twitter - I've been doing this blog since early 2008 and I'm afraid I'm just tired of doing it. But I still want to show off cards I get so I plan to post cards on T...6 years ago
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2017 Sainbury's Create the World Lego cards - A little change of pace today. A supermarket called Sainsbury's, not unlike Walmart or Target, started a promotion on the 3rd of May in which exclusive pac...
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I have too many hobbies… - I miss blogging. I do not miss blogging about baseball every day. My reasons for going into semi-retirement remain: I don’t get to go to enough Atlantic Le...
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Hobby vs. Retail – Buying packs of Sports Cards - Each individual collector starts his or her collection differently. They may choose to collect their favorite player, team, just collect random cards as an...7 years ago
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Trade List > Baseball > 2016 - The following cards are available for trade. If you see anything that interests you, please feel free to drop me an email. *2016 Topps Baseball*: *Jackie ...8 years ago
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Christmas Gifts from William & Frankie! - Hey everyone, Drew back here! It is the last day of the year, and I just realized how many different things I'd like to accomplish with the blog today. So ...
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"Hands of Love" Lyrics - "HANDS OF LOVE" (Written by Linda Perry) When the white flag sails Covered in streaks of blood They'll be an endless sea Of hands rising up And the pr...8 years ago
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The Reds Great Shortstop Battle – Kurt Stillwell 1986 Topps - Back in the 1980s the Cincinnati Reds had a big decision to make at shortstop. Earlier in the decade, they used two high first round draft picks on the pos...8 years ago
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will there be a final tribute? - shortly after i started this blog in september of 2008, i received an email from ben henry, creator of the baseball card blog and someone with whom i had t...
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Where the hell does time go? - Man, funny how time flys…. Looking back it’s a wonder on how the hell did I have enough time to … Continue reading →8 years ago
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Come on Guys and Gals ! You Really Disappointed me ! - Did you really think I bought a pair of shoes !! WOW !! I thought I would get some comments on my last post ! After all, where did we used to store our c...
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2015 Leaf Best of Hockey Case Break - Part Two - Continuing on with the final four hits from my 2015 Leaf Best of Hockey case break, we start with some vintage goodness. Unfortunately, it wasn't vintage g...
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A full Reds Team Set - A Full Reds Team Set Of..... 1995 Topps DIII Topps D3 was one of the card "crazes" that started with Kellog's 3-D in the 70's and was foisted upon the co...
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I'm here, but not completely - Am I back? I never really left, but I wouldn't say that I'll be posting everyday. Life has been a journey lately to say the least. I have watched my son ma...
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’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call - ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call Tonight, I say good-bye. My blogging days are done and my ride of 12,268 articles written will come to an end. ...9 years ago
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BASEBALL BLOGGER SECRET SANTA! (SIGN UPS) - I started this a few years back and people seemed to enjoy it. I dropped the ball on the last couple of years but decided it would be fun to bring back a...9 years ago
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Wednesday: The Best of the Rest - OK, all of the rest. I pulled in a total of nine autographs on that day, pretty good haul and some names to cross off my list. My timing paid off being a...
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Saying goodbye... Cards Sold in 2013-14 (mixed feelings) - Now, remember, these are only the cards that I sold in the last year or so. I am working on scanning cards as my trusty elph has finally shit the bed after...
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Best of the best, HOF rookies collection… - Here is a little video showing off my collection of vintage rookies cards I made a gaff in the video, I said Bill Russell has a rookie in 1969 Topps, I mea...9 years ago
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David Carpenter - Born on today's date, David Carpenter. "If you think a guy can foul a ball off and then at the same time hit the catcher on the backswing on purpose, you...
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World Cup Stock - The Rise and Fall of Cards : USA Ratings - For all my year of contempt toward ESPN, their coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been pretty good. Its also safe to say that watching ESPN in the mid...
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My Encounter with Johnny Antonelli - Hello everyone. We’ve not posted for a long while as life has become more byzantine. For instance, now we work full-time and you’d be amazed how that jaz...
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Heaven Is for Real Ebook Download - Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boys Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back. "*Heaven is for Real* is a a heartwarming, simple, and surprisingly bib...9 years ago
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3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? Are You Kidding ME???? - True story. Saw it with my own eyes... Even I was starting to doubt my Team a little, but this is exactly what this team and it's fans needed... Much appr...9 years ago
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Chrome Cardboarding - A christmas present that was shiny, just how shiny, lets see Going in reverse order of how I opened the blaster, just for the fun of it Pack 8 The purple ...
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How Good Were Sports Card Black Friday Sales? - Sports card retailers were in full force on Black Friday. Popular quasi-wholesalers Blowout Cards and DA Card World offered specials on boxes and cases. He...10 years ago
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Matt Emmons - Topps 2012 Olympic Hopefuls - 64 - Matt Emmons Saturday we received a successful return from Matt Emmons. He was a gold medal winner in Athens, a silver medal winner Beijing, and a B...
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EBay Addition: Jo-Jo Reyes - The last card from the EBay lot was Jo-Jo Reyes. Reyes in the 2008 set was a short print. Reyes is another player from the lot that is on the decline. H...
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French Montana Aint Worried About Nothin Mp3 - Lyrics - "Ain't Worried About Nothin'" [Hook:] Nigga, I ain't worried 'bout nothin' Nigga, I ain't worried 'bout nothin' Nigga, I ain't worried 'bout nothin' I ain't...10 years ago
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Say goodbye to Grady - My player collections, as anyone who has seen this blog will know, mostly center on Cleveland Indians from their powerful teams of the 1990's. Thome, Vizqu...11 years ago
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2013 Topps Heritage Hobby 5 Box Review - Today I was able to track down some Topps Heritage hobby boxes. These are scheduled to hit tomorrow, but many hobby shops will be getting them in today. ...11 years ago
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Annoyed, but not - First, the annoyed bit. Let's get that out of the way first. I'm going through my jumbo box of 2013 Series 1, and I've opened four packs so far. That said,...
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R I P : Cho sung min - *I Just read Recently About Cho sung min"s Shocking Death Death * *I Just Copied Some Article from yahoo sports about Cho sung min"s Death * *From Yahoo Sp...11 years ago
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Official Rickey Henderson RH24 Fan Club Logos - Rickey and his manager have been steadily piecing together all aspects of the upcoming Official Rickey Henderson "RH24" Fan Club. After holding a contest ...
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Patch Card Of The Day (Manu Style) - Hello all. Still crazy here with work and family stuff here but I have 5 minutes to share a manupatch I scored this week. *2012 Topps Update Blockb...
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Kobe Bryant Card Among Most Watched - A Kobe Bryant 2011-12 Panini Gold Standard Basketball card was amongst the most watched cards on eBay the week ending August 28, 2012. The seller of the c...
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I'm back. - Hello fellow collectors, I hope that everyone is doing well and having fun in collecting cards and completing your want list. I have been away for awhile n...11 years ago
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The "You Did WHAT With The Cup?" Contest - OK, its my turn to run a contest. I am not sure what the prizes will be yet, but plan on them having something to do with your favorite team/player (baseb...11 years ago
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From Lonestarr to the Lonestar State - Man, time sure flies by when you're busy. I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything. Too many swimming, baseball and soccer practices ...
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I'm Back... - For at least one post. Hopefully more in the future, It's been a year since my last. The reason for this post is one card. I finally obtained the 2008 Andr...
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Whose on First For the Cubs? - Ok the Cubs suck. I admit it. 2011 was a huge dissapointment for a team that couldn’t decide if it was rebuilding or competing. (ala Matt Garza trade) So a...12 years ago
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Hanging Them Up - I remember when I started writing this blog. I was back in Michigan for Christmas in 2008 and, after a year or so of returning to the world of baseba...
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Ernie Banks - Baseball In Person Signing - Ernie Banks Autograph Signing *Date:* 08/21/2011 [image: Ernie Banks In Person Autograph] [image: Ernie Banks In Person Item]12 years ago
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Democratic Roadkill Delivers The Nitty Gritty Card of the Day!!! - Today's Nitty Gritty Card of the Day came to me courtesy of Duane of the Democratic Roadkill blog. It made its way from Ohio, down to Florida with many vint...
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Box Break: 2010 Bowman Chrome - I was in Seattle for the Mariners opening series of the year (things have certainly turned around since then) and stopped by the Card Exchange to try my lu...
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Sports Syzygy - I'm not exactly sure how it is happening, but I'm still getting 9 visitors a day here without posting any new content. Want to read some new content? Head ...13 years ago
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Looking for the latest headlines? Visit www.beckett.com/news - Looking for the latest headlines right here? Be sure to update your bookmarks and head on over to www.beckett.com/news -- our new home on the new-look Beck...13 years ago
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I Was a Teenage Prospector: Andy Benes - Topps’ 1989 cards introduced me to the Draft Pick system. I was absolutely mesmerized when I pulled cards like this. I seem to remember Jim Abbott, Steve A...13 years ago
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Ok, so here' s the deal - I've rigged some kind of pseudo connection with my scanner - so, with that said, I'm going out this weekend and gonna to a mini-splurge on cards. I'm goin...13 years ago
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Crawling out of my hole... - ...to win a free box of Chrome. Go visit Georgie Mindset to win a brand spanking new free box of Topps Chrome. Hey, I never claimed that I wasn't a whore....13 years ago
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Lately - So as some of you may know from reading this here blog, I have been planning a move to Buffalo this month to pursue a graduate degree in Geology/Climate Ch...13 years ago
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Reader Participation OOTP Replay August-October 1902 - *August Award Winners:* *AL Player of the Month: Davy Jones-St. Louis Browns* *AL Picher of the Month: Joe McGinnity-New York Highlanders* *AL Rookie of the...
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Does Anybody… - …Have any interest in a Barry Zito autograph? I have several as he seems to sign every time I’m at a Giants game. Nice guy, too. Anyhoo, if interested shoo...13 years ago
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Who Signs As Often As Wade Boggs? - So I was putting some Wade Boggs cards in a binder when I noticed a very odd thing. Wade seems to have an inordinate ...
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The Bar is CLOSED - Thanks for all of the support folks. Please head on over to: http://hopefulchase.blogspot.com/14 years ago
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#15: Roger Salkeld - Star Rookie - Two questions: 1. Is that large Mariners emblem on your jacket a sticker? 2. If it's not, what would you trade me for it? Players taken after Salkeld (#3) ...
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Don't Make Me... - Keep posting links to my new site. Every time I do, our traffic spikes, so you all must want to read what I'm posting. HERE it is again. Bookmark it. Blogr...14 years ago
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Collecting 101: 1997 Collector's Choice - The 1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice set contained a small subset of checklist cards called "Collecting 101," which featured Ken Griffey Jr. on the front...
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2000 Gamers Football Hobby - Game on! A few weeks ago I bought a hobby box of 2000 Fleer Gamers football from my local card shop. Why? I always enjoyed the baseball set and like the car...
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Welcome - If you are reading this I can only assume that you are fellow baseball card collector or you are hopelessly lost in cyberspace. Being a long time reader of...15 years ago
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pencils down - *Players:* Larry Walker, Darren Daulton *Card:* 1993 Fleer #715 *Errors:* Why aren't investigative reporters looking into the proliferation beer ads on base...
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Welcone back! You know your blog is one of the first ones I started actively reading and following several years back? Can't wait to see what kind of content you have in store.
Awesome! Glad you're still around.
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