1207 Consecutive Games

1981 Topps Leon Roberts - The front: Very interesting card here. Like many other cards in this set, this is a pregame photo at Tiger Stadium. What is unusual is that the top ri...

The traveling autograph - I received this card at the end of last year from Kenny at Torren' Up Cards. It's a Leaf-something-or-other card featuring infielder Trey Sweeney and hi...

2024 NLDS Game 2 Thread - *Taking Cease downtown, to tie NLDS Game 1.* Jack Flaherty (13-7, 3.17) vs. Yu Darvish (7-3, 3.31), 5p Yesterday's game showed some grit for the Dodger...

Contract High - I don't know if his estate is moving items after his death on June 18th of this year but I expect a bunch of Willie Mays' personal memorabilia to hit the...

1993 Topps Football Series 2 - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. Today is my eldest son's 17th birthday. Nothing big planned for today since school's in session. The Wifey talke...

1987 Fleer Baseball Stickers Mystery - Yankees in the National League? - I received an email from Jeff asking about a sticker he came across while looking through some 1987 Fleer cards he has from when he was a kid, and this s...

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...

#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...

1976 Kellogg's #37 - Jim Palmer - . * *What did he do to deserve a 1976 Kellogg's card?* * Multiple Cy Young Award winner * Multiple 20 game winner * American League ERA lea...

1976 Hostess #142 - Gary Matthews - * The cut isn't quite this bad -- I cut off that part of the card on the scanner * I wish the Giants could have kept him for a few more years. Gary ...

1978 Topps Baseball #356 New York mets - The 1978 season was a low point in the history of the New York mets. The stars of the early-mid 70s (Tom Seaver, Jon matlack, Dave Kingman, etc.) were...

#347 Sammy Stewart -Baltimore Orioles - Sammy Stewart appears here on his fourth solo Topps card. His rookie card was one of those black and white numbers in the 1979 set. Although strangely eno...

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.

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...

right on! - Welcome! This is a tribute to the 1971 Topps set, the first Topps set to feature black borders on every card, full-color action on player cards, and head...

will there be a final tribute? - shortly after i started this blog in september of 2008, i received an email from ben henry, creator of the baseball card blog and someone with whom i had t...

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...

’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 jaz...

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 ...

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...

#648 - Dave Pagan - *Card fact: *This is Dave Pagan's first solo card. *What I thought about this card then:* I didn't see it. *What I think about this card now: *He looks ...

Collecting 101: 1997 Collector's Choice - The 1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice set contained a small subset of checklist cards called "Collecting 101," which featured Ken Griffey Jr. on the front...

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