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It's My Birthday, I Will Post If I Want To! - Yes, it's my birthday.Am I excited? Not really. I am more focused on Friday which is when I can finally get this painful stent out of me. I have been count...2 hours ago
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Chris Correnti became go-to trainer for Red Sox, Pedro - [image: Chris Correnti 1990 Osceola Astros card] Veteran Red Sox hurler John Burkett started 2002 on the disabled list. So, going into 2003, Red Sox trai...4 hours ago
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Another TTM Success From Tom Kelly - Another batch of signed cards came in signed from former Twins manager, Tom Kelly. I had seen these cards in a couple passes through my boxes and wanted ...5 hours ago
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The 'So Close' Response - Two of the most inexplicably exciting stories heading into the 2023 postseason concerned the Miami Marlins and the Cincinnati Reds. The Marlins had jus...6 hours ago
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1988 Topps pack rip - Quick pupdate: Happy to report Ruby is doing a lot better now. The tube is out and the stitches are scheduled to come out this weekend. She's always such...6 hours ago
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2023 BBM Team Sets - I'm going to wrap up my posts about the cards I got from Ryan last month in the traditional manner: writing about BBM's team sets. A large fraction of ...6 hours ago
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Historic Baseball Photos, Artifacts to be Featured in Upcoming Exhibit - Items from Paul Reiferson's collection of historic baseball photographs and artifacts will be in an exhibition called Jackie Robinson and the Color Line.6 hours ago
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Lou Piniella TTM Return - 1970 Topps All-Star Rookie Trophy (Upgrade) - That's a pretty long title for just a single ttm card return today and it pretty much tells the whole story. I'll elaborate anyway. Mr. Piniella's retur...7 hours ago
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Fred's big ones! - *Hopefully, everyone is feeling okay on this day after St. Patrick's Day. Going to knock out the over sized cards I got while visiting Fred at his home ...7 hours ago
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i can now confirm that dime boxes are alive and well - after the last card show i attended, i had somewhat given up on the idea of dime boxes. sure, i found some at that show, but it only one held the variety a...7 hours ago
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Santa Rod pays a visit - If you visited my card room -- and I still plan to do some sort of blog tour of it someday -- you would note that one blogger has a notable physical pr...8 hours ago
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A Couple Blaster Boxes of 2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball - I've opened a couple of 2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball blaster boxes over the last few weeks. I figured I'd hit the highlights from them in one post rather...8 hours ago
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2024 Bowman U Now NCAA March Madness Basketball Checklist and Details - 2024 Bowman U Now NCAA March Madness Basketball checklist, pack breakdown, autographs, parallels, details and more. The post 2024 Bowman U Now NCAA March...9 hours ago
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E-Pack Stuff - Over to my COMC to-be-posted box for some hockey content today, and either stuff I acquired through e-packs, or stuff I picked up cheaply on COMC. Despit...10 hours ago
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Wallet card in the Meatpacking District - Last week I was in the city for work, and had time for a walk at the end of the day. I ended up in the meatpacking district, which no longer packs meat b...16 hours ago
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Christmas in....March? - This past Christmas my wife and I decided to go a bit light on what we got each other. She was beginning to open her own business and I unfortunately was...17 hours ago
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Oddball Mike Trout Slabbed Tickets - While I have not been collecting tickets with the same fervor I did a couple of years ago, I still have plenty from that time period to scan in, write up...17 hours ago
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Tim Smith - In March of 2021, I decided to seek out an address for Tim Smith. I found an address and sent him my card and a letter. Nine days later my card came ba...17 hours ago
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Time Travel Trading Update #87 - Let's get this major announcement out of the way first: With the following trades, I'm up to 294 completed Time Travel Trades! When I was approaching th...17 hours ago
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Monday Morning Autograph - Felipe Lopez - I own a couple of thousand autographs, the majority have never appeared on my blog. Here is a random autograph that I have never posted. *Today:* 2001 ...17 hours ago
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Unboxing The Angels - I had been enjoying following Padrographs 21 days of unboxing blasters he had received for Christmas (every card collectors dream) when near the end I re...17 hours ago
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1969 "DO-OVER" SET: JOE MORGAN - Good day everyone! On the blog today, we spotlight my 1969 "redo" for the great Joe Morgan, from my recent "1969 Gimmie a Do-Over" set from a few months b...19 hours ago
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A TCDB Surprise Card from mpdillard25! - Today marks my first day having to go back to work after a week off for Spring Break. That's kind of rough, but at least I have a TCDB trade to show off t...19 hours ago
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Winging It! - Well, since there have been other team specific pull days from the COVID lot, guess not surprising to get another - this one being all Detroit Red Wings...19 hours ago
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Cody Bellinger Follows the Rule - It didn't look like prices were going down any time soon, and since the Cubs just spent big bucks to re-sign him, I thought I could spend a little mor...20 hours ago
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Spring Training Game 22 - Luplow Homers in Debut, Phils Tie Again - *2022 Topps Heritage #21Phillies 5*, *Blue Jays 5* *Spring Training Game 22 - Sunday Afternoon, March 16th in Clearwater* *Record - 8-9-5* *One Sentence Su...20 hours ago
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Friend Encounters: Tom Arnold and Jayson Maples - Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends meeting celebrities. I met Jayson Maples several years ago at Heroes and Legends Fan Fest in Fort ...20 hours ago
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Goal Met - When I made the New Years Resolution to get one non-certified autograph that was always intended for me, I put it up knowing full well I had a few that ...20 hours ago
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2024 Topps Tribute Yount Checklist - Robin doesn't have any autos or relics to chase in this year's Tribute offering, but he is in the base set again, so there are some parallels to chase. ...1 day ago
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Starting Another Run - A little over a decade ago... I decided to put together a complete run of Steve Carlton's Topps flagship base (and traded) cards. Next up was Thurman Muns...1 day ago
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My House Is Almost Full - I did it again. I let a month go by without posting a thing. I've had a few ideas, and still haven't written my definitive grading rant, but never sat d...1 day ago
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mini collection, City Connect uniforms - In 2021 Nike and MLB started another cash grab, I mean a new program for team stalwarts. City Connect uniforms are supposedly designed to reflect the c...1 day ago
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A Faux Box Set: 2024 Baseball’s Best Relievers And Supersubs - A little while ago… I was idly pondering how nice it would be to have more cards of present day relievers (who often get ignored by Topps after their rooki...1 day ago
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Package from Night Owl - On Thursday, I came home from work, and there was a nice package of cards from Greg of Night Owl Cards waiting for me. It was filled with Topps cards from...2 days ago
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Happy Birthday - Tim Hardaway Jr - Tim was born on this day in 1992, making him 32 today. NBA Debut - October 13th, 2013 (Knicks) Years Active - - 2013-2015 (Knicks) - 2015-2017 (...2 days ago
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My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 54-46 - *54. 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Ozzie Smith #19* - I like cards that depict the unique, timeless moments, like the all time great shortstop doing a back...2 days ago
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Building Vintage Sets: What is the Best Way? - There are a few different approaches to vintage set building, and I plan to run through the pros and cons of them here in this post.2 days ago
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Contest Time! March Radness XV - *The annual March Radness contest is back for the 15th (!) time. Fill out a bracket and maybe win a prize? * We back. Pick the best NCAA bracket and you ...2 days ago
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We Pass The Savings On To You - Friend o'the Archive Mike Savage recently sent along some significant lists of specials from Woody Gelman's Card Collectors Company, issued but a mere fi...2 days ago
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TCDB trade with birdrules - This trade had a lot of chrome, and a lot of foil! Thanks birdrules! I am loving the 2024 Topps cards more and more every time I see them.2 days ago
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Jackie Robinson: International Man of Mystery - With more than 5,000 cards listed in Trading Card Database, it’s no surprise that hundreds of different Jackie Robinson photos appear on his various cards....3 days ago
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A Closer Look: Legendary® No Time To Die - We all have our secrets… but Legendary® No Time To Die is no longer one of them! Join the cunning and masterful class of James Bond and his allies to tak...3 days ago
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Intro to Star Wars Unlimited - Star Wars has a long history with gaming, especially with card games. Star Wars Unlimited is the newest in the line, letting players use ironic character...3 days ago
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Emotion Recap - Page 22 - #190 Scott Sanders - SLIDER #191 Rod Beck - TORCH #192 Barry Bonds - CONFIDENT #193 Royce Clayton - ANTICIPATING #194 Glenallen Hill - CLOBBERING #195 Dar...4 days ago
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A super 2023 TCDb trade roundup, part 2 - As is sometimes the case I have a lot of non-card stuff going on right now, hence my posting even less than usual, and that includes needing to temporaril...5 days ago
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2001 Fleer Red Sox 100th Pt. 15: Joe Dobson - NAME: Joe Dobson POSITION: Starting Pitcher WHY IS HE HERE?: Dobson was a consistent and reliable starting pitcher for the team during the late 1940's ...5 days ago
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2022 Topps Update Blaster Box Opening! - I like how Topps has taken the “Update” series and really found its niche. In addition to the new players on new trams concept, they’ve added in the “rooki...6 days ago
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Checklists are NOT Dead! - A few weeks back, I opined that checklist cards in this day and age are pretty much useless and should be discontinued. I put a poll out on X/Twitter ask...1 week ago
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Pokemon TCG: Roaring Moon ex Box - Roaring Moon ex is a deck that is almost good now but it is seemingly missing something. With all the new ancient cards in the newest Pokemon TCG set, Temp...1 week ago
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Demolishing the NE Business Center and Zayre - Columbia Heights, MN - Not too often I get to watch a multi-story building being demolished. So I was happy to see this one... Thanks to a tip, I made the drive down to the disa...1 week ago
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Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Wild Card 1000 Stripe - It's Sunday and last week I missed out on posting a new Rodney Hampton card I know all of you guys were waiting on.So here we go. Today isn't an autograph ...1 week ago
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Ryan Leaf 2000 Ultra Masterpiece Makes an Appearance - Featured here is the sale of the 2000 Ultra Masterpiece Ryan Leaf. The post Ryan Leaf 2000 Ultra Masterpiece Makes an Appearance appeared first on The Ra...1 week ago
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God save your mad parade (a guest post from Dad!) - Nick's Dad here... Nick loves his "oddball" cards and I love seeing his posts here and going through his cards, amazing the amount of cool stuff! I colle...1 week ago
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2023 COMC BINGE - PART 6: FULL DECK - WE'RE ON THE SECOND BATCH OF COMC PICKUPS NOW WHERE WE HAVE STUFF I WANTED TO TARGET BUT WASN'T QUITE SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO INSTA-BUY THE MOMENT ...1 week ago
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#85 New Edition (+ New Order bonus) - New Edition here at #85 is a rare case of an inactive act getting a MusiCard in 1991. Besides the gold Legends subset with the likes of Bob Marley and Le...1 week ago
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Connor Bedard Young Guns Rookie Cards for sale - The chase in the 2023-24 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey Cards set is unquestionably the Connor Bedard Young Guns rookie cards.1 week ago
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Rhymin' and Stealin' (minus the rhymin') - When it comes to blogging, I try not to borrow too much from what others are doing, or have already done. I mean certain things like card show recaps, CO...1 week ago
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2016-17 SP Authentic Hockey Set Added - The SP Authentic 2016-17 set of 115 cards is now part of the Hockey Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum. The Hockey Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Muse...1 week ago
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Month of Mail - February 2024 - The month of February, 2024 was a fantastic month for my NHL officials collection and my Women's of hockey collection. I also found 4 more NHL player sig...2 weeks ago
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New People scanned in February 2024 - I only did a handful of scans in January, and not a single one of them was anyone I had never scanned before. February would be different. I scanned 332...2 weeks ago
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12-Year Blogversary Post (The Goodbye Post) - In what's been a long time coming, this will mark the final post on here. For real, real this time.With the huge growth I have seen from Cards Over Coffee ...2 weeks ago
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2023 Topps Series 1 Blaster Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. It's Leap Day and APTBNL is 4 for 4 when it comes to posting on this day! You gotta have goals, right? Yes, 2024...2 weeks ago
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Box Break – Panini Prizm Monopoly Blaster Break - The Box – 2024 Panini Prizm Monopoly Blaster Bought From – Target Packs Per Box – 6 Cards Per Pack – 4 Price – $29.99 Pack 1 – LeBron James (PS9), Keegan M...2 weeks ago
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Project Purge: COMC and Other Fun - *PROJECT PURGE:* *COMC Submission* *The Four Major Sports Groups* *Updated: 29 FEB 2024* A little background: I've been on COMC (Check Out My Cards) since ...2 weeks ago
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Happy Blogiverary To Curly W Cards - *HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!* Today marks the 11th Blogiversary for *"Curly W Cards"*. I think I might have missed posting last year for the 10th Blogiversary...3 weeks ago
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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...3 weeks ago
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Grandmama - 90's NBA Marketing Genius? - If you were a fan of the NBA in the 90's, then you were exposed to a plethora of NBA stars and of course the products they endorsed. In a sports world se...3 weeks ago
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Watertown, NY - These 15 cards were sent by regular contributor The Nightowl, of "Night Owl Cards." As always, it was a Dodger heavy offering. It's a nice batch of c...3 weeks ago
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Shoeless Joe Jackson: After the Black Sox - His part in fixing the 1919 World Series extinguished a brilliant Hall of Fame career. Instead, Joe Jackson was exiled to the murky world of Outsider Bas...3 weeks ago
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More menkos from COMC! - I have some more lovely menkos to share today. A few of these are cards I got in my last COMC order and forgot to include in my Japanese post, but I got m...3 weeks ago
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Beatles, Monkees & Getting Wacky - Of the cards up today all but one were issued well before I was born. But all have had an impact on my life in different ways. Up first, The Beatles. My da...4 weeks ago
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1990 & 1991 California Angels Photomation - *1990* *1991* I'm just posting these here to document their existence. I'm not sure how they were distributed, whether through the mail in respons...4 weeks ago
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1961 Fleer Autograph Project - Part 41 - It has been a rough few weeks here. My senior Great Pyrenees had to be euthanized. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer since before Christmas, ...4 weeks ago
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It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Christmas is great and all, but if you collect Baseball Cards, then, nomsayn? Am working out on the road again but fortunately today finds me in a town ...4 weeks ago
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But, that's my guy! - 2024 Topps Flagship is starting to find its way to the interwebs and I finally found a picture of this collector's most coveted card from Series 1. Be...4 weeks ago
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Panini WWE NFTs: Im Back Into Digital Cards and Its Still Fun - Before we dive into this subject let me walk through a few things. First – I understand that NFTs and Digital Cards are a controversial topic among physi...5 weeks ago
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Closer to the End of the Rainbow - Last week I received a notice on one of my eBay saved searches that I card I had never seen available for purchase in almost 10 years was finally listed....1 month ago
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SPORTS CARDS PLUS - WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE CAME FROM AND HOW WE GOT HERE - *WHO WE ARE* As we enter our thirty-third year as a Local Card Store in San Antonio, Texas, there are no words to adequately express how blessed and grat...1 month ago
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Now Boarding...United Airlines NFL Ads from the 1960s - With the news that American Airlines and United Airlines have added Flight 1989 from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl to take advantage of the...1 month ago
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Fun Cards: SSPC “Baseball Immortals” Todd Helton - At long last, after six years on the ballot, legendary Tennessee quarterback Colorado first baseman Todd Helton has been given the honor of being elected t...1 month ago
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Updating for 2024 – Hall of Famers in Topps Traded - Next, time to to update for the 4 new inductees in 2022 and 2023. There’s only 2 years to update for this one. Adrian Beltre’s first years were during a t...1 month ago
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Super Bowl LVIII Projection, Divisional Sunday - Baltimore over San Francisco Both teams I rooted for won on Sunday, and they'll both travel to play some juggernauts in the Conference championships. *Kan...1 month ago
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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...1 month ago
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The Trading Post #174: Dime Boxes (Part 3: Shiny) - One year later, I'll finally be wrapping up the longest post series ever. I've had this last little pile of goodies set aside from Nick's 10th anniversar...1 month ago
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As You Can See - If you read my last post you remember me mentioning about doing a refresh on the blog. If you look at it currently, you'll see that it hasn't happened ...1 month ago
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Give 'em their Flowers - *Quick, name some active NHL goaltenders who are definitely going to the Hall of Fame.* Off the top of my head I had four: Andrei Vasilevskiy, Sergei Bob...2 months ago
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Am I crazy for giving these cards away? Probably! - Hey there everyone! Just wanted to let everyone here know of a contest I am doing right now through my YouTube channel. @case.loaded (Cases Loaded with Dan...2 months ago
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So This is the New Year - Alright, we made it to 2024. And hey, look! It’s an actual post on this darn blog! As far as goals go, I’m throwing all…2 months ago
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March 13, 1971: Historic Night for Hall, Unger and the Blues - Yes, it was a 1970-71 game against the expansion Buffalo Sabres. But, that shouldn’t diminish the fact that hockey history was written on the night of Ma...2 months ago
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1990 Publications International Baseball Trivia Book & Sticker Kit - Publications International Limited (www.pilbooks.com) was launched in 1967 and quickly became a leading specialty publisher for informational and later i...2 months ago
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My Year in Hobbies 2023 - Hahahahaha, nope. Probably not doing a long (by my standards, not yours) read if I can help it. Didn’t keep track of first and last card of the year (and...2 months ago
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2023 Topps All Star Rookie Selection !!! - [image: History of the Topps All-Star Rookie Cup] Here are the 2023 Topps All Star Rookie selection ...... - Yainer Díaz, C, Houston Astros - Spen...2 months ago
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The Best Guide to 2023 Bowman Draft Baseball - 2023 Bowman Draft is here but I have to say this year's draft was good but the product does not reflect that. MLB teams are drafting college players more...3 months ago
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America's Cup 37 - The Road to Barcelona has Begun! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUCeg_MgpKg Yeah Will is posting about the America's Cup again. Yeah the next AC won't be happening until NEXT OCTOBER, ...3 months ago
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RIP Ryan - Hello everyone, I'm posting here in one of my infrequent times. I'm kept pretty busy with the cat rescue my wife and I run. I'm still buying and selling o...4 months ago
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Grandes Nachos (and More!) from the Third Floor - Even though I haven't been very active on the blog and I put my trading on hiatus, I've still got a few cards from my fellow bloggers delivered into my m...4 months ago
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LINDEN CARD OF THE WEEK - Not Something I See Everyday - Hello again. I hope everyone had a fantastic summer. I'm in complete denial that we are into October already (but the Jays being bounced from the playoff...5 months ago
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Is this thing still on? - It has been nearly a year since my last post. Over the past year a lot has happened both personally and in terms of collecting. For those of you that fo...6 months ago
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Chuck Hartenstein - This card is a miracle. Mundane, unsinkable life triumphs over blurred dissolution. A man, despite the befogged oblivion behind him, despite the intrusion ...6 months ago
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Another '59, and is the Niekro an accidental upgrade? - Took a couple of evenings away from the blog, was getting a bit tough writing after 10PM each night. I have had a couple of cards I wanted to show for a...6 months ago
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Whoa, Tek Progress - This is Tek pattern number 21. This is the first Tek card I have been able to find in about three years. It leaves me with three cards yet to find. At...6 months ago
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Still Kicking - Figured it was time to throw something up here to stop the blog from being sent to the abyss. I will say that I use the blog a lot more for research pur...7 months ago
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Sunday at the National - Kellogg's Cards - I was only able to get to the National today even though it is 20 miles from my house. Next year I will hope to get to the show during the last two day...7 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...7 months ago
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Cardboardicons turns 15; a list of 10 tips for veteran collectors to stay positive with new hobbyists - This week I unceremoniously celebrated the 15th anniversary of this blog. It feels a bit disingenuous to celebrate such things since I’ve been relatively s...8 months ago
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2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box - Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was $59.0...8 months ago
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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...10 months ago
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Hey Now! Hey Now! Hey Now! - IT’S A WALK-OFF! THE MARINERS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS! pic.twitter.com/VNGkrpDgXZ — ROOT SPORTS™ | NW (@ROOTSPORTS_NW) October 1, 2022 It feels like a...11 months ago
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148 - Gregg Jefferies - 148 - Gregg Jefferies Front: Sliding Back: Running. Better side: I do like the horizontal photo with the arms outstretched to the side, but the runni...11 months ago
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I'm Back ... with a New Blog! - Hey there, friends! It's been a while. Probably longer than I wanted it to be. Anyway, I've decided to make a comeback (yet again) and you can find m...11 months ago
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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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Player Site Index - Click on any name below to find our articles about that player’s baseball cards. Hank AaronJohnny AbregoDanny AingeDoyle AlexanderBrian AllardDick AllenRob...1 year ago
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1985-1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 2, 3, 4 - Okay, I know these are not baseball cards. They are Topps cards though. GPK's are really a niche collector's item that I think impacted only a small sub...1 year ago
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I Think That I Shall Never See. - O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! How are thy leaves so verdant! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How are thy leaves so verdant! Not only in the summer...1 year ago
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2022 Bowman Draft Baseball Cards - 2022 Bowman Draft Baseball is the third act in the overall Bowman lineup for the year. Formats again include Hobby Jumbo, Super Jumbo and Lite.1 year ago
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Jimmy Howard: 2014-15 Black Diamond Orange - I'm liking these shorter one card posts on here. They give me more space to work with than a Twitter post and don't take a long to throw together as some...1 year ago
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AVAILBLE NEXT FRIDAY (10/21)! 2022 Three & Two Baseball (HOBBY) - QC POST - RELEASE DATE: Friday October 21st at the Panini Direct Store PIS DOCUMENT: 22_ThreeandTwoBB_PIS_Hobby DETAILS: To follow up on our original blog announc...1 year ago
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System Malfunction - So, I don’t know exactly what to do with this mess of a website. Don’t worry, it’s not going away. I mean from a technical aspect. This entire site is runn...1 year ago
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Rest in Peace - Catching up from the past year... - If you're new to the blog, I like to make it a point to recognize the passing of those players (and managers) who passed away from the 1984 season. I ha...1 year ago
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1992 Topps #998 Rich Monteleone - Today's missing 1992 Topps card is #998 Rich Monteleone. Rich made his Major League debut in 1987 with the Seattle Mariners. After spending the '87 seaso...1 year ago
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2000 Upper Deck Ionix -- Master Set Complete - Several years ago I decided I wanted to chase a true master set. I wanted all the parallels and inserts and autos. I wanted something attainable but hard...1 year ago
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Leslie's Top Ten Tips for Extending Your Pool Season, This List - Hello everyone, and welcome to Leslie’s Top Ten Tips for Extending Your Pool Season. This is the result of me happening to click on just one of the 17 em...1 year ago
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RLC Custom Card Project: Andrew Brown - Andrew Brown was selected off waivers by the Rockies after playing one season with the Cardinals. In his lone season with Colorado he would play 46 games...1 year ago
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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 ...1 year ago
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2022 Topps Heritage Blaster - One Pack a Day "Break" - Day IV - Now we're in the groove. I'm currently writing this up at a Starbucks in the greater Tampa Bay area because I needed to get out of the house for a littl...1 year ago
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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 ...1 year ago
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1991 Topps: the Desert Fox - I don't think Topps made a more iconic flagship set in the '90's than this one. And it's not just the photography, although that did take a huge leap for...1 year ago
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Shohei Ohtani TOPPS Rookie Cards: A Comprehensive Look - On my YouTube channel I recently created a video on Shohei Ohtani Topps rookie cards. One of my viewers reached out to me and asked about his image varia...1 year ago
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CSI: Duryea, PA [2022 Topps series 1] - Topps continues to disappoint when it comes to action photos on their baseball cards in the past several years (I’m ignoring you for now, Stadium Club), bu...1 year ago
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It all works out for the best - Have you ever had something happen that seemed like somewhat of a bummer at the time, but in reality, turned out to be a good thing at that particular m...2 years ago
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Topps All-Star Misses: 1961 NL Outfield - The 1961 Topps "Sporting News" All Star cards were pretty close to accurate as far as reflecting what the cards purported to represent. Topps had Aaron...2 years ago
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Collecting Upper Deck is a Trip Down Memory Lane - I picked up two cards off eBay over the last few weeks, both cards from Upper Deck hockey products. I'm waiting on a fairly large COMC shipment, but ther...2 years ago
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2022 Card Journey Article 2 - 2022 Series 1 released 5 days ago. This should be an exciting time to rip the first packs of the year as players start arriving to Spring Training and I ge...2 years ago
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2022 Topps Series 1 - *2022 Topps Series 1Base, Rainbow Foil (1:10), Royal Blue (1:10), Gold #/2022, Green Foil #/499, Advanced Stats #/300, Orange Foil #/299, Red Foil #/1...2 years ago
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Seven Bucks Went a Long Way (The Finale) - Okay, let's wrap this up. Through 11 packs, we've had ups and downs. Looking over at the piles of cards from this endeavor, I'm pretty happy so far. Sur...2 years ago
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Thanks for the ride - Today is my blog's 11th anniversary. It's also my last post. I've been thinking about this for some time, but it has become increasingly clear to me over ...2 years ago
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Ragged Rookie Review Randall - I'm writing this on my phone. I didn't have to say that, but it seems to have become a liability statement these days. "I wrote this on my phone so plea...2 years ago
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SHE'S ALIVE!!!!! ALIVE!!!!!! - If anyone out there still cares, I'm alive and well in this world and hope the same for you! Whew, the time away has been quite relaxing. My spring an...2 years ago
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Willie Mays: Topps Living 2020 - This summer my father got the Topps Living card for Willie Mays. He got two of them and gave me the extra one. Note: he's knows full-well how I feel abou...2 years ago
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Junior WOAH (this is not an acronym) - My new BFF Greg sent me a new batch of cards. Just like that. Because I'm a pretty cool guy And also because we're both pretty excited to be able to talk...2 years ago
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2021 Mets Draft Class Autographs - Like the Mets, I’ve got nothing for the top of this Full list of 2021 Mets draft picks It feels strange having the draft pushed out to July, but MLB decide...2 years ago
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A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2 - Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a whole b...2 years ago
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2021 Topps Project 70 - *Year: 2021* *Manufacturer: Topps* *Set: Project 70* *Card Type: Base* *Card Number: 60* *Print Run: 3666* *Artist: Ermsy* Wow been awhile since I posted ...2 years ago
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Update: Where to find my designs now. - Hello there. I'm not sure if anyone is still aware of this blog seeing as how I haven't been posting for a good 2+ years now. BUT in case this finds your...2 years ago
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Renee Young Autographed Kiss Card from 2020 Fully Loaded - For me, it has actually been years since I went to my LCS for some unopened cards, but on an excursion to the mall last week, I decided to stop in. I was...2 years ago
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Closet Discoveries - I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper shelves a...2 years ago
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...3 years ago
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Cheap Wax Wednesday - Episode 306 - 2013 Pinnacle Baseball - Pinnacle rises from the dead, at least for one year.3 years ago
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Heritage from 2020 but not 2020 Heritage (well, one) - This week I received a few trade packages from fellow friends and bloggers, my first of 2021. Considering it's been nearly six months since I last saw card...3 years ago
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Why “The Market” Sucks for The Hobby - Sports cards are far more expensive than they were as little as a year ago. They are also more valuable. After all, what something is worth depends on what...3 years ago
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Okay Everybody, Stay Calm. But We're Pulling a Baltimore Colts - Keep calm and carry on, mates. But I am in the middle of major changes. The backstory goes like this - Last fall I launched Faraday Sports Marketing. An...3 years ago
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Collecting the beautiful game - I’ve always been a baseball card collector first and foremost. This summer however, in about July, I started thinking again about a different game from my ...3 years ago
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Reprints: 1940 Play Ball Philadelphia A's Team Set - The Athletics left Philadelphia long ago, and the Phillies maintained their history in the city for many years through their inclusion on the Philadelph...3 years ago
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Where Are They Now? 2019 USA Baseball 18U Team - Mick Abel, RHP: Drafted and Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (Round 1, Pick 15 Overall) Jack Bulger, C: Incoming Freshman at Vanderbilt. Pete Crow-Arms...3 years ago
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Quarter Box Sale TONIGHT Live on my YouTube Channel - Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my Continue reading The post Qua...3 years ago
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Recent pickups - Look - if I don't get something posted soon, I will never do it. I spent the past two days organizing my desk, and sorting out more mailings I need to g...3 years ago
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Joan Jett Custom Cards From Baseball Card Breakdown - Aloha, everybody, Check out these beautiful custom Joan Jett baseball cards from Baseball Card Breakdown. There were also a couple of other surprise cus...3 years ago
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PLAYOFFS!?!?!?!?! - So…a lot can happen in 24 days, huh? Just a little over 3 weeks ago, I posted about the Reds’ lackluster 2020 season. At that point, the team was 15-21 and...3 years ago
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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...3 years ago
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Hope everyone is doing well ! - Hi all, I realized again that I have been mostly absent from the blog in the last 6 months and only updated my collection pages (mostly Glavine and Blyle...3 years ago
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Top 30 NHL Players of All-time: #27 - So what you don't know is this is round 2 of this post. As a flash back to the early days of this blog, Blogger decided to vomit out my post when I hit pub...3 years ago
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Marshawn Lynch Rainbow Done - After 4 years of hunting I have completed the 2013 Chrome Marshawn Lynch #6 rainbow when the Gold parallel reached my doorstep today. Here are all 14 card...3 years ago
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The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road - Here I am, I've come to the end of the line for my 7 Day Trading Card Challenge. There have been twists and turns...planned and unplanned pauses, but the j...3 years ago
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New PC Item: 1961 Topps Carl Yastrzemski - For the past 3+ years, I've been looking to find a centered copy of Carl Yastrzemski's second year card. I've had his rookie card for a few years now, but ...3 years ago
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The Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1996 Flair Giants - Every so often I go on a streak of trying to pick up Giants base cards to fill in gaps in my collection. I recently made a list of almost 700 base cards I...3 years ago
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Driving you slow - Nice example of an 'off the field' card. Upper Deck Collector's Choice got to be one of the best sets ever. So it's always a joy to revisit those sets a...3 years ago
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2020 Topps Transcendent Hall of Fame Edition Checklist and 1/1 Pull Tracker - Topps Transcendent Collection Baseball Cards returns with an all Hall of Fame Edition. THE premiere, most high end case of Baseball cards available. If pu...3 years ago
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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...3 years ago
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This is the end guys here... New website! - This is the end guys! As you can see, it's been a while since I posted here. For some of you who didn't know, but I build a new website for my collection. ...3 years ago
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Can We Talk About the Price of Bowman Draft? - In the 2019 MLB Draft, the Texas Rangers selected Josh Jung out of Texas Tech with the #8 overall pick. For me this was huuuuge. Not only was Jung (pronoun...4 years ago
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2019 Topps Museum Collection Meaningful Materials - I picked up this 2019 Topps Musuem Collection Meaningful Materials Paul Goldschmidt Copper Relic numbered to 35 in December for $1.99 plus $3.26 shipping (...4 years ago
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In need of a few autos - Howdy, anyone who still has my dead blog on their blogroll. If any of you have a Reds autographed card from the regular Topps base set of 1996, 2009, or 20...4 years ago
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Back, With Buybacks - It's been awhile, so who knows if anyone will even see this. I'd been posting everything on my other site, Bean's Ballcard Blog, for awhile. Then there w...4 years ago
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Why are prices of 2018 Topps Update Baseball so high? - If you have been checking out baseball cards as of late for Ronald Acuna Jr., you would have noticed that prices for 2018 Topps Baseball Update Series are ...4 years ago
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Chris Clare - 2018-19 Perth Heat - Clare is an American import from the Baltimore Orioles organisation who played with the Perth Heat during the 2018-19 ABL season. He was drafted by the Ori...4 years ago
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Gint-A-Cuffs is taking a year off - It has been a busy summer. The release of Topps Allen & Ginter set crept up on me. I'm not ready for the next edition of Gint-A-Cuffs and would like to t...4 years ago
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Word - Greetings! This blog is a tribute to the 1985 Topps set, one of the last sets released before the baseball card boom of the late 1980s/early 1990s. Whe...4 years ago
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2018 COMC purchases: 10 years later... - [image: Related image] At long last I'm finishing up my 2018 COMC pickups with my favorites--my PC guys from the 2008 draft class! It's this here blog's an...4 years ago
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2019 Topps Gold Label Details Released - 2019 Topps Gold Label will arrive later this year, and the details have me intrigued. Find out why in the latest installment of Cardboard Corner! Watch t...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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A Little Trip to the Monthly Card Show - Hey everyone, last weekend we had our monthly card show at the Radisson here in Colorado Springs. It's a pretty small show, with one or two big vendors. On...5 years ago
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1990 Socko Juice Orel Hershiser set - This is one of those food premiums that doesn't pop up too often for a reasonable price. I think I pulled the trigger for about $10 a few months ago. Inter...5 years ago
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552nd Place - Rene Gonzales - *Card #98* I think Topps missed a golden opportunity to let Rene's card number (98) match his jersey (88). So close! 2019 is off to a rough start relate...5 years ago
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Favorite Card(s) of 2018 - Hey, long time no see! This blog has been pretty dormant since... uh, well... I guess a lot has happened in the past few years, but mostly, my blog writing...5 years ago
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Terry Sawchuk - *Terry Sawchuk* - Played senior baseball and had interest from the Majors before becoming an NHL star. *The card:* 1954/55 Topps *What it says about base...5 years ago
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A Nostalgic Longing for an Older Approach – Its Time to Figure This Out - I can literally line out the strategy for every Topps Digital release in the sports apps, and as I have mentioned before, it has kind of sucked the life ou...5 years ago
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And It’s Goodnight From Him… - So, my second attempt at running a Baseball card blog has come to an end. I tried, I really did, but the enthusiasm for card collecting that was there back...5 years ago
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Liberación!!!!!!!! - I woke up this morning with a fresh cup of coffee and a a little World Cup preview show-knowing that until my wife is able to watch with me I will be on ...5 years ago
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Upcoming Appearance: Rick Monday - Click *here* for more info. For other upcoming signings, scroll down and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the nam...5 years ago
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