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Chloe
Our Daschund Puppy at eight months old
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Awards and honors - I keep forgetting to acknowledge TCDB and their members for voting my blog as "Favorite Blog" again this year. This makes it five years in a row and six...
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Wood vs. Wood #254 - Last time it was an 11-0 shutout for 1987. Will 1962 fare better here? Usually known as Gordie, Gordon Windhorn came up with the Yankees for 7 games in ...
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Hey Rook! - Last time out I was surprised to discover I had never covered the 1973 set Topps issued to commemorate *The Rookies*. Originally an ABC-TV Movie of the W...
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ESPN's Doolittle Ranks Dodgers' Starting Rotation Fourth In Majors - ESPN's Bradford Doolittle had the Dodgers currently sitting at #4 among MLB teams, with still a lot of time left in the offseason for some additional pic...2 weeks ago
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2024 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail - Greetings! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas (and Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate as well)! Ol' Jafronius hosted the family at the Palatial E...
3 weeks ago -
Carl Erskine 1926-2024 & Jerry Grote 1942-2024 - I can't believe it's already May and this is my first post of 2024. That is a good thing in many ways, as the large majority of my posts in recent time...
8 months ago -
#1 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates team card - Per Topps tradition, the reigning World Champs take card #1....Beat the favored Orioles who were the seemingly invincible Goliath….upon inspection howeve...2 years ago
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Topps Carelessness Creates Collecting Dilemma - In looking at the cards that just came out in the Topps Update series, I found that there is a new Jim Palmer card to add to my player collection - or so I...
5 years ago -
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.5 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...
5 years ago -
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...
6 years ago -
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 ...
6 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...
7 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....
9 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...9 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...
9 years ago -
’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. ...10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
11 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 ...
12 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...
12 years ago -
#644 - Bill Fahey - *Card fact:* This card seems to illustrate to me, more than any other in the set for some reason, how difficult it is to be a catcher -- simply from the...
13 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...
13 years ago -
