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Yes, he was the best
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You are going to see, or you have already read, many tributes to Rickey
Henderson today.
A lot will discuss his mind-blowing skill on the base paths a...
3 hours ago
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TTM Success - Nick Bierbrodt
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These two cards that I got back signed TTM from Nick Bierbrodt turned out
pretty well. I liked the above 2001 Upper Deck; it came from a box I got
from a...
22 hours ago
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Board Game Friday: My Top 50 Games of 2024 (#20 - 11)
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Welcome to part 4 (of 5) of my Top 50 Board Games of 2024! Today, we move
into my Top 20 as we look at games ranked #20 through #11. Next week, we'll
finis...
1 day ago
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Ron Gerstein returned from injuries to make AA, Taiwan
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[image: Ron Gerstein 1991 Sumter Flyers card]
El Paso Diablo Ron Gerstein started the 1995 season badly, as in 1-8 badly.
But he then worked to turn it a...
1 day ago
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1953 Topps Smoky Burgess
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I BLEW IT YESTERDAY AND I'M ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP TODAY SO HERE'S A 1953
TOPPS CARD OF SMOKY BURGESS
FIREMAN! DAMN I LOVE THIS SET
1 day ago
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2024 Parkside Indycar
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Known for producing women soccer cards, Parkside produced Indycar's first
set since 2008 (Rittenhouse). Released in their hanger pack form there are
25...
2 days ago
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Hey It's Me
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I am still here and reading your blogs and plotting how to get cards to
y'all after Christmas. I finished the 1969 Topps Football set and am
currently ...
6 days ago
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Break Goodies and a Contest Reminder
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*Our almost quarterly review of Affordable Group Breaks cards. *
*Before we get into it, here's the big reminder:* the 15th (!) annual Cards
on Cards co...
1 week ago
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Legendary® Weapon X
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Explore the origins of Wolverine as he undergoes his transformation into
Weapon X. Logan’s past catches up to him in this new set with both allies
and ad...
2 weeks ago
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Top 5 Deep Cut Cards for Immaculate Grid
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The Immaculate Grid encourages you to remember all kinds of team-specific
trivia otherwise lost to the sands of time. When you're steeped in card
history...
4 weeks ago
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All-Star Rookie Cups in the 2024 World Series
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To kick off the 2024 edition of the World Series we are going to examine
the series from a Rookie Cup perspective and see if that can predict a
winner.
...
1 month ago
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RIP - Pete Rose
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Pete Rose, the all-time Hit King, passed away on September 30, 2024 at age
83.
Rose had attended an autograph show the day prior to ...
2 months ago
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Back Stories: Statistically Speaking
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"Jaromir played in both the world junior and senior championships. He led
Kladno in goals and points and was the first Czech player to attend an NHL
draft...
2 months ago
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The Little Differences
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I wonder how many times I passed by a variation of card that I needed
because they were so close to each other. Recently I found not one but two
variat...
4 months ago
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2024 Topps Now #114 - Max Fried
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*04/23/24 / Tosses 3rd 'Maddux' of Big-League Career*
Southpaw Max Fried put the Atlanta Braves on his back, going the distance
to silence the Miami Marl...
6 months ago
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RIP - Jim Otto
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Jim Otto, the Raiders' center from 1960 to 1974, passed away on May 19,
2024 at age 86.
Otto was selected by the AFL's Minneapolis franchise in 1960, but w...
6 months ago
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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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...
9 months ago
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2023 Bowman Baseball Review
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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...
1 year ago
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Le Renaissance
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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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'We need your stinking patches!' Showing off Topps manufactured patches
through the years
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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 ...
2 years ago
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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
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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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John Means, 2021 Topps #272
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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...
3 years ago
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Blog Kiosk: 9/15/2020 - Dodgers Links & News - Some Odds and Ends
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I missed this recent release from Topps yesterday. Featured here is a Topps *2020
Turn Back the Clock* online exclusive card made available yesterday, an...
4 years ago
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Fernando Tatis Jr. Superfractor anyone?
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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...
4 years ago
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Final Card: Dick Bertell
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I already posted Dick Bertell's 1965 card, so I will dispense with the
usual write-up.
I recently acquired his final card (#587) and have moved several car...
4 years ago
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Collecting the 1967 Phillies
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Wow, it's been 2 1/2 months since I've posted any baseball cards. I needed
something to bounce me out of my post-season doldrums, and it came to me
today.
...
4 years ago
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1952 Topps, Carl Erskine
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#250 Carl Erskine
For no apparent reason, I haven't posted a card on here for two weeks. It
is Christmas time and my weekends off have been dealing with ...
5 years ago
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Cards are in the Mail!
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If you signed up for my Pack A Daily do-over mailouts, the first round has
been mailed!! Note that I had (and still have) mailers that were already
put t...
5 years ago
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Dick Kelley (#203)
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Dick Kelley was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1959, and made his
major-league debut on April 15, 1964. In that game he had the misfortune of
giving up ...
5 years ago
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Card Spotlight: 9-6-19
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2019 Donruss #113 - Yoan Moncada
I am sitting here at the computer digesting the latest offering from Tool
called Fear Inoculum. While it's pleasing to t...
5 years ago
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The Stale Gum Podcast: Episode #1
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Everyone else is starting a podcast, why not me? Give it a listen, tell me
what you like and don't like about it. In this episode, I talk about my
recent v...
5 years ago
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Philadelphia Eagles (bonus cards - part 2)
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Here are the remaining 6 cards in the 1968 Eagles set produced by RetroCards
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(You can see the other 12 cards here in part 1.)
*Lane Howell* was the Eag...
5 years ago
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Y'all a bunch of idiots
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Grabby title I'm sure but hear me out. I don't break anymore due to cost,
though, and not to humble-brag, I have more available funds now than in my
heyda...
5 years ago
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Pull the Trigger 20.20 ($30)
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*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...
5 years ago
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1887 Tobin Color Lithographs
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Many early examples of baseball cards are actually advertisements for
different retail shops. The Tobin Color Lithographs stand out from others
that came ...
5 years ago
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New Year Pack Break: 2018 Topps Fire
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I had this pack with me the last couple of days, but never got around to
opening it. But it's Monday, a bit late in the afternoon, and I forgot to
pack a l...
5 years ago
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Phillies Inkquest: A Re-Introduction and an Autograph Dead Zone List
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The Phillies Inkquest is defined the quest to find certified autographed
cards of Phillies for the following categories: World Series participant,
HOFer...
5 years ago
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Oriole #1024- Trey Mancini
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While playing catch-up organizationally and blog-wise, it's amazing to me
just how quickly my collection got out of hand. I've done my best to
periodically...
6 years ago
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239. Big Boy Kraft: Fifty-Five and Out
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*This week we'll continue to go backwards through baseball history and
examine the single-season home run leaders of the pre-steroid era.
Preceding Tony...
6 years ago
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2018 Royals FanFest
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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...
6 years ago
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Italy Fails To Qualify for 2018 World Cup
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with a draw today versus Sweden, Italy has failed to qualify for the World
Cup for the first time since 1958.
That is all.
7 years ago
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Have You Heard? December 9th is National Hobby Shop Day!!
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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...
7 years ago
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2014 Topps Opening Day blaster
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The 2014 Topps Opening Day is a 220-card set. As in previous Opening Day
releases, the cards are just like the Topps Series One, although this year
Topp...
7 years ago
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Mike Schmidt - The Wall
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I'll get back to the 30-day Baseball Card Challenge on Monday, but first
this...
A few days ago I saw the movie "Pink Floyd The Wall" on TV. I wasn't buyin...
7 years ago
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2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail
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Repack box pack time.
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
141 Colin Rea
144 Matt Holliday
BL-11 Ted Williams Baseball Legends
142 Jake Arrieta Mini
310 Patrick...
7 years ago
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So I got quoted in an ESPN article today…
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Real or not? Jose Reyes and Eric Hosmer are problems
7 years ago
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Wanted - 2017 Topps Rediscover Topps 2008 Buybacks
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Hey guys. If anyone finds any of the 2008 Rediscover Topps Buybacks in
their 2017 Topps cards, please keep me in mind.
Thank you!
P.S. Still not dead
7 years ago
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Buffalo Bills
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Here are the 1971 Buffalo Bills, just 3 years removed from being the worst
team in football in 1968 with a record of 1-12-1 (awarding them the #1 pick
in t...
8 years ago
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Hobby vs. Retail – Buying packs of Sports Cards
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Each individual collector starts his or her collection differently. They
may choose to collect their favorite player, team, just collect random
cards as an...
8 years ago
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Kris Bryant
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8 years ago
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Still hanging around...
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OK, folks.
Despite my lack of posting recently, I am still going strong and collecting.
This post is mostly experimental, as I haven't posted since I moved...
8 years ago
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Christmas Gifts from William & Frankie!
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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 ...
8 years ago
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Trade List > Hockey > 2015-16
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The following cards are available for trade. If you see anything that
interests you, please feel free to drop me an email.
*2015-16 Upper Deck*: 2, 3, 5,...
9 years ago
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Wanted: Topps Heritage Baseball Cards
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I am working on completing Topps Heritage Baseball Card sets. Listed below
are some of the sets that are in progress. I would prefer trading as I have
many...
9 years ago
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The Reds Great Shortstop Battle – Kurt Stillwell 1986 Topps
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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...
9 years ago
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feeling complete, except for some cards that should have been that i didn't
make
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i certainly didn't think this would happen, but i completed my 1955 topps
brooklyn dodger team set recently by adding ed roebuck's card to my
collection....
9 years ago
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Where the hell does time go?
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Man, funny how time flys…. Looking back it’s a wonder on how the hell did I
have enough time to …
Continue reading →
9 years ago
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Help Billy Zoom Kick Cancer's Butt
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In the music community, we all take turns helping each other & have since
the beginning. Punk rock and benefits always went hand in hand: you name
the ...
9 years ago
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1927 W560 Simmons, Cuyler, Walberg, Sewell, Clark, Rhem
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Today's arrival is this sweet lot of strip cards from 1927. I have plenty
of old strip cards but these are the first from this playing card-like set.
How...
9 years ago
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Come on Guys and Gals ! You Really Disappointed me !
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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...
9 years ago
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2015 Leaf Best of Hockey Case Break - Part One
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I've always been a fan of re-packaged products so I thought I'd take a
chance on a 4-box case of 2015 Leaf Best of Hockey. The product contains
one slabbed...
9 years ago
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A full Reds Team Set
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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...
10 years ago
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I'm here, but not completely
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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...
10 years ago
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’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call
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’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. ...
10 years ago
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BASEBALL BLOGGER SECRET SANTA! (SIGN UPS)
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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...
10 years ago
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Wednesday: The Best of the Rest
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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...
10 years ago
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Saying goodbye... Cards Sold in 2013-14 (mixed feelings)
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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...
10 years ago
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Best of the best, HOF rookies collection…
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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...
10 years ago
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David Carpenter
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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...
10 years ago
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World Cup Stock - The Rise and Fall of Cards : USA Ratings
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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 mi...
10 years ago
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My Encounter with Johnny Antonelli
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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
ja...
10 years ago
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Heaven Is for Real Ebook Download
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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...
10 years ago
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3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? Are You Kidding ME????
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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...
10 years ago
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Chrome Cardboarding
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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 ...
10 years ago
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Happy New Year!
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10 years ago
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2012 Topps Football
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52.4% complete
3,5,7,8,9,12,17,18,19
20,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,
30,37,38,39
40,44,46,47
54,
61,67,
73,74,77,
80,82,85,86,87,88
94,96,98,99
100,101,102,103...
11 years ago
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How Good Were Sports Card Black Friday Sales?
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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...
11 years ago
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Matt Emmons - Topps 2012 Olympic Hopefuls
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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...
11 years ago
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EBay Addition: Jo-Jo Reyes
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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...
11 years ago
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French Montana Aint Worried About Nothin Mp3 - Lyrics
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"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...
11 years ago
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Uh Oh.
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Got the itch again. Anyone watch to trade?
11 years ago
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Say goodbye to Grady
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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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AND SO IT BEGINS………
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Tonight, in front of what is sure to be a loud, raucous and joyfully
expectant crowd, the Toronto Blue Jays officially begin their quest to
fulfill the ...
11 years ago
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2013 Topps Heritage Hobby 5 Box Review
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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
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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,...
11 years ago
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R I P : Cho sung min
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*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
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Rickey and his manager have been steadily piecing together all aspects of
the upcoming Official Rickey Henderson "RH24" Fan Club. After holding a
contest ...
12 years ago
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Patch Card Of The Day (Manu Style)
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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...
12 years ago
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Kobe Bryant Card Among Most Watched
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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...
12 years ago
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I'm back.
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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...
12 years ago
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Other Things
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Hey all. I hope you're having an awesome Summer.
The sewingmachinegal and I are soaking up the heat and really having fun.
You might remember a while back ...
12 years ago
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The "You Did WHAT With The Cup?" Contest
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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...
12 years ago
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From Lonestarr to the Lonestar State
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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 ...
12 years ago
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I'm Back...
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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...
12 years ago
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Whose on First For the Cubs?
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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...
13 years ago
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Hanging Them Up
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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...
13 years ago
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Ernie Banks - Baseball In Person Signing
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Ernie Banks Autograph Signing
*Date:* 08/21/2011
[image: Ernie Banks In Person Autograph]
[image: Ernie Banks In Person Item]
13 years ago
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My Collecting History
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So now that my blog has withered in the blazing heat, along with my grass,
I thought I would throw a post out there and see if it sticks. Here is a
short h...
13 years ago
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Shlabotnik demoted
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Courtesy of Grandpa Joe
13 years ago
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Democratic Roadkill Delivers The Nitty Gritty Card of the Day!!!
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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...
13 years ago
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Box Break: 2010 Bowman Chrome
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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...
13 years ago
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Kansas City Chiefs
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I'm back, and with the 1972 Chiefs in tow.
The Chiefs had just come off a 1971 season where they finished at 10-3-1,
good for 1st place in the AFC West. Th...
13 years ago
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Unexpected Rays!!
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A few weeks ago a package arrived in my mail box from the author of Night
Owl Cards. Seems like he was up late looking through his piles and piles
of Dodg...
13 years ago
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Sports Syzygy
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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
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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
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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...
14 years ago
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Ok, so here' s the deal
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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...
14 years ago
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Crawling out of my hole...
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...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....
14 years ago
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Lately
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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...
14 years ago
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Reader Participation OOTP Replay August-October 1902
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*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...
14 years ago
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Does Anybody…
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…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...
14 years ago
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Who Signs As Often As Wade Boggs?
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So I was putting some Wade Boggs cards in a binder when I noticed a very
odd thing.
Wade seems to have an inordinate ...
14 years ago
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The Bar is CLOSED
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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
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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) ...
14 years ago
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Don't Make Me...
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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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2000 Gamers Football Hobby
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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...
15 years ago
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Welcome
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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...
16 years ago
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pencils down
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*Players:* Larry Walker, Darren Daulton
*Card:* 1993 Fleer #715
*Errors:* Why aren't investigative reporters looking into the proliferation
beer ads on base...
16 years ago
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