New paint job
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I don't have a lot of time today. I've been squeezing in the last few day
trips before vacation ends. Also, we added a new roommate yesterday.
That's...
2023-24 Panini Donruss Optic Basketball
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One of the latest Panini NBA offerings is a short and sweet one. I picked
up a loose pack of their most recent Donruss Optic set for the low, low
price o...
Cards from S.R. '75
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I was surprised to find a taker for all of those basketball cards I got in
one of those recent lots. Long time reader Stuart, who now has is own blog S.R....
Games 105-107 Thread: July 26-28 @ Cheaters
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Fri 7.26 5p: Stone vs. Valdez the Cheater Sat 7.27 4p: Wrobleski vs. Blanco
the Cheater Sun 7.28 11a: TBD vs. Arrighetti the Cheater
The names may chang...
Are You Ready For Your Mystery Date?
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Today let's take a look at another entry in a long line of Topps penny pack
vegetable-dye based issues, the 1960 (or '61) *Magic Tatoo* set. These spit
'...
Carl Erskine 1926-2024 & Jerry Grote 1942-2024
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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
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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
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* *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
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* 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
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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
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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...
Word
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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!
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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?
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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
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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
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’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
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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
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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
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- 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!
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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...
#640 - Harmon Killebrew
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*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...
Collecting 101: 1997 Collector's Choice
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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...