1207 Consecutive Games

Game 109 Thread: July 30 @ Reds, 4p - Ohtani vs. Martinez. After Will Smith's heroics got us past the Reds yesterday, the Dodgers now have one more game to play before the ominous trade dead...

1947 Sacramento Solons - Here's another little oddball lot I picked up on eBay. Guess I got the vintage minor league bug. Not the worst bug to get for sure. These 1947 Sacramento...

Memories are free (and sometimes cards are, too) - I picked up this card on Friday. Ryne Sandberg passed away Monday. I was not a kid when Sandberg was starring for the Cubs. I was a senior in high scho...

Simply Magical - This post is continuation, in a way, of the Penny Arcade series I toyed with several years back. The premise is simple, I merely examine Topps one cent pa...

2023 Leaf Draft Football - Here's something I must have unearthed from one of those repack boxes, as there's no chance I'd intentionally buy a modern Leaf product. This is another ...

Pope Leo XIV - Very special Concave post and custom card albeit not from 1972….In a surprise verdict….one Robert Francis Prevost, is now AKA Pope Leo XIV from Chicagol...

Opening a Unopened 1973 Fleer Baseball Decals Box! - Friend of the Fleer Sticker Project Ray recently purchased an unopened box of Fleer Baseball Decals, likely produced in 1973 or perhaps 1972. Ray was ki...

Tommy Brown 1927-2025 - I have once again been absent with this blog, logging only 1 entry across all of 2024. In a way, that is a good thing, as one of my primary focuses now...

2019 MLB Draft: Dodgers select RHP Ryan Pepiot from Butler - The Dodgers drafted right-handed pitcher Ryan Pepiot out of Butler in the third round of Tuesday’s MLB Draft.

#132T - Checklist, Cards 1T-132T - *What a card: *Welcome to the final card in the 1985 Topps Traded set, the final card of this blog. *My observation on the front: *For the Traded sets o...

1978 Topps Baseball #350 - Steve Garvey - - Even though Steve Garvey was a Dodger, his cards were always among the most desired by the kids on my block. - Steve had a good year in 197...

no. 752 - dick drago - *Who is the man:* Dick Drago pitched 240 innings for the Royals in 1970 as one of their starting staff mainstays. He won 20 games for K.C. in its first ...

#346 Joe Pittman San Diego Padres - This is Joe Pittman's second and last Topps card. The green border usually clashes on the Padres cards but it works here as goes nicely with the green gr...

feeling complete, except for some cards that should have been that i didn't make - 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....

RETURN OF THE LOS ANGELES RAMS – OXNARD 2015 - MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SAVE THE DATES!!! On Monday, August 17, the Rams’ long-awaited return to Southern California begins when they will face off against...

1983 Donruss #605 - Guy Sularz - - Guy Sularz was an infielder who played in parts of four seasons with the Giants from 1980-1983. - Sularz was drafted by the Giants in 1974. H...

’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. ...

#658 - Lee Lacy - I really am stretching this thing out but, trust me, it’s not intentional. Too much work and other stuff. For our third-to-last card we get Lee Lacy at S...

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 ja...

1977 Topps Baseball #645 - Jerry Reuss - - Jerry Reuss was the #2 starter for the Pirates in 1977. He won only ten games, down from his 14 wins from 1976. - *1977 Stats:* 10-13, 4.11 ...

1976 Topps Traded - The Missing Cards! - This is something I've been wanting to do, but I lack the graphic skills to pull it off. Ben, Mike, and Travis at The Baseball Card Blog made a "second ...

that's a wrap - oh my! - well, it's time to put a bow on this blog - 'wrap' it up as one might say. i've enjoyed going through all of the o-pee-chee sets from 1977 through 1992, an...

#645 - Danny Cater - *Card fact: *This is the final Topps card of Danny Cater issued during his career. *What I thought about this card then: *My brother had the mini card. ...

My Collecting History - 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...

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