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Cake or gum? 1977 Jerry Morales - Last time there wasn't much action, but Topps got the votes, 3-1. Will we see more interest here? Two photos probably taken at the same time, at Shea Sta...
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More eclectic than most - What would you say collectors who aren't bloggers think of us collecting bloggers, if they think about us at all? Would they think we're wildly dedica...
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Dodgers Force Mets To Pick Up Battle-Damaged Bo Bichette - In the chess game that is the MLB Hot Stove season, my shock and glee at the Dodgers picking up top free agent Kyle Tucker for an otherworldly four-year,...
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Woody Gelman - As per my last post, I've been working on a biography of Topps executive, Nostalgia Press publisher and card collector extraordinaire Woody Gelman for...
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1996-97 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey - 1996-97 was the first year of Upper Deck's Black Diamond product for hockey. It was a time when short prints, inserts, and parallels were fairly new t...
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They Still Work! 1970 Fleer Iron-Ons - I came across a video on Youtube from Rob Opens Wax opening a pack of *1970 Fleer Iron-ons*. It was fun to see Rob not only open the pack but th...
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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...8 months ago
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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...
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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.6 years ago
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#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...
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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...
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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 ...
7 years ago -
#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...
8 years ago -
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....
10 years ago -
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...10 years ago
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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...
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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. ...11 years ago
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#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...
11 years ago -
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...
11 years ago -
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 ...
12 years ago -
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 ...
13 years ago -
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...
13 years ago -
#640 - Harmon Killebrew - *Card fact: *This is the final Topps card issued of Harmon Killebrew during his playing career. He had appeared in just about every Topps flagship set f...
14 years ago -
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...
14 years ago -
