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Blog Roll 2.0 (124 blogs)
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Sticky Gold - I've said before how much of a fan I am of the Topps Now NHL stickers. They have had a Serial numbered to 10 parallel since they started, but this year ...
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The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 220-201) - Before 2024 Heritage came out, commenters would reassure me during my 1975 Topps buyback posts that there would be buybacks accompanying Heritage in 20...
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RIP - Ken Holtzman - Ken Holtzman, a starting pitcher for the Cubs and Athletics, passed away on April 14, 2024 at age 78. Holtzman made his major-league debut with the Cubs ...
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White Sox at Phillies: April 19th to April 21st - 1984 Topps #20 1984 Topps #43 *Friday 6:40, Saturday 6:05, Sunday 1:35* *Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA* *At the Ballpark:* Fans will have thei...
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The Last Blogger To Get a 2023 Card - Today I held my first 2023 baseball card. Five years ago I stopped building current Red Sox team sets. I didn't stop collecting Red Sox cards (even tho...
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Vintage trade with Baseball Card Breakdown - Gavin of Baseball Card Breakdown has relaxed his condition requirements on his 1970s setbuilds, so I was able to send some cards his way to help him on t...
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2024 Factory Set Me vs. Topps - There are five current Cubs players with cards in the factory set but were not included in series one. I did homemade cards of them for my opening day p...
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#287 Bobby Adams - Baltimore Orioles - *Robert Henry Adams* *Baltimore Orioles* *Second Base-Third Base* *Bats:* Right *Throws:* Right *Height:* 5'10" *Weight:* 160 *Born:* December 14...
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Gigi Edgley at Fan Expo - Gigi Edgley is an Australian singer, songwriter, actress and more. She is perhaps best known for her role on television's *Farscape*. I had been a fan of ...
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Not so common after all - Here's a card I finally welcomed into my collection after damn near (I kid you not) a *decade *of searching. One has big ideas for cards they've been wan...
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Flea Market Finds #162: Some Nice Surprises - Clear skies and fresh air have a way of drawing people out of their homes. That's why the De Anza Flea Market was packed two weekends ago. Not exactly a ...
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Sticker shock at the LCS - I have never had an instance where I went to a card shop, pulled a bunch of cards, and then put them back because the price was just so high. That is, unt...
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Don Brumm - DE - Don Brumm was the Cardinals' 1st-round pick in 1963, and was their starting right defensive end for his first 4 seasons. After spending most of 1967 on ...
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#287 Jose Tartabull - Boston Red Sox - *Jose Milages Tartabull* *Boston Red Sox* *Outfield* *Bats:* Left *Throws:* Left *Height:* 5'11" *Weight:* 165 *Born:* November 27, 1938, Cienfue...
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Repack Haiku #354 (Aaron Wilkerson) - *Twenty-six straight wins* *Set N.A.I.A. record* *Now in Korea* 2018 Topps #378 Aaron Wilkerson (RC) Wilkerson led the Cumberland Bulldogs to the 2010 Na...
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The Twins at the World Series - The start of a new baseball season is always a glorious time. Fans across the country all have high hopes and dreams that they will be celebrating a Fall...2 days ago
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Murakami The First - *TRIVIA WINNER: **The 12 time Letterman who got offers to play in the NFL with the Browns and with the Harlem Globetrotters was big league first sacker ...
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Golf Season! (Softball Season!) Golf Season! (Softball Season!) - Remember this classic argument? Well, replace those two phrases with *golf season* and *softball season*, and you'll get an idea of what's going th...
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Chew 'Em If Ya Got 'Em - The origins of Topps directly relate back to the American Leaf Tobacco Company, founded by family patriarch Morris Shorin (Chigorinsky at the time) in 19...
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Checklists & Miscellaneous Cards - Each of the Philly Gum sets (from 1964 to 1967) had 2 series, and a total of 198 cards. As expansion teams were added in '66 and '67, they just decrease...
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Gary Carter: Hall of Fame Catcher (The Mets Years Part Three: 1987-1989) - *After the Championship:** In 1987 Gary Carter was 33 years old, age as well as a dozen years in the major leagues behind the plate began catching up t...
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One Page Of Hillis Layne - *This series highlights "one page" at a time **from my binder of correspondence and autographs from former players and personnel.* Hillis Layne Washin...
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And now, for the perfect attendance awards... - Recently, I looked up who had cards in the 9-year period from 1964 to 1972, and how many cards each player had in that time span. I chose those years becau...
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1992 Padres Stadium Club Team set - There seem to be a lot more action shots in the 92 set and fewer posed shots. There are 33 cards in this set, which is up 9 cards from 1991. Wit...
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1956 Topps baseball #171 "Jim Wilson, if that is your real name" - I researched game situations for several 1956 Topps cards in my 17-March post, including #171 Jim Wilson. This post revisits and revises my initial take....
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2024 Topps Series 1 Baseball Set Added - The Topps Series 1 2024 set of 350 cards is now part of the Baseball Card Gallery at the Card Cyber Museum. The Baseball Card Gallery at the Card Cyber M...
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TTM Success: Tom Dukes - Grabbing TTM off the bottom of the pile, this nice return came from Tom Dukes. He was a relief pitcher in the late 60's and early 70's for a couple o...
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Project Purge: COMC and Other Fun - *PROJECT PURGE:* *COMC Submission* *The Four Major Sports Groups* *Updated: 29 FEB 2024* A little background: I've been on COMC (Check Out My Cards) since ...
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RIP - Kent Kramer - Kent Kramer, an Eagles' tight end from 1971-74, passed away on February 21, 2024 at age 79. Kramer was drafted by the 49ers in 1966. After a season on thei...
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Happy Blogiverary To Curly W Cards - *HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!* Today marks the 11th Blogiversary for *"Curly W Cards"*. I think I might have missed posting last year for the 10th Blogiversary...
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo - Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing home runs...
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More menkos from COMC! - I have some more lovely menkos to share today. A few of these are cards I got in my last COMC order and forgot to include in my Japanese post, but I got m...
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Now Boarding...United Airlines NFL Ads from the 1960s - With the news that American Airlines and United Airlines have added Flight 1989 from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl to take advantage of the...
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Starting9 Series #3 Clemente Published! - We here at Phungo HQ are very happy to announce that we have published the third series of Mystery Games for Starting9. If you want to play the new li...
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Recent Pick Ups - *Three great new pickups for me recently.* As some of you already know, I collect certain stamped back T206s. These purple number back stamps rarely se...
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Sunday at the National - Kellogg's Cards - I was only able to get to the National today even though it is 20 miles from my house. Next year I will hope to get to the show during the last two day...
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When Teams Are Sellers - As I write this, Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman have all been traded away. Others, like Tim Anderson, have bee...
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So this just happened.... - There was the monthly local trade night at the local shop this past Thursday evening. Frivolities were had, poor life choices were made, the usual. Fol...
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#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...1 year ago
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#350 Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees - *Mickey Charles Mantle* *New York Yankees* *Outfield* *Bats:* Both *Throws:* Right *Height:* 5'11" *Weight:* 195 *Born:* October 20, 1931, Spavin...
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Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale! - Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the conclusion ...
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Project GJ22 - Shohei Ohtani - . Inspired by topps project 2020 and topps project 70. Loosely based on 1991 donruss!
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'We need your stinking patches!' Showing off Topps manufactured patches through the years - I've seen some hot takes that people aren't happy with the commemorative batting helmet cards included as bonuses in 2022 Topps Series 2 blasters. I've ...
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Baseball Movies by the Kalem Company - *Kalem Kalendar* - August 1, 1912 *Kalem Kalendar* - August 15, 1913
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#82 Mickey Mantle - *#82 Mickey Mantle* 94 of 274 34.3% complete *"His Walk About" -* Mickey Mantle played in 12 World Series and won seven World Series Rings during his 18...
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The Long and Winding Road - And so, the last of my seven set blogs shuts down today. I have had a lot of fun doing this since I started in September 2009, but I must admit the last ...
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Remembering the Summer of '69 - Today is the final post to this 1969 set blog. This blog was started in 2009 by a blogger named Pack Addict (who later changed his handle to Socially Aw...
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All Good Things Come to an End - As I mentioned in my last post, I am closing the lid on this blog after 12+ years, 314 posts, and over 452,000 blog views (many probably my own - lol). I ...
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Packing Up This Blog (fittingly, into a burlap sack) - As I mentioned in my 1967 blog post today, I am discontinuing my blogs. (Many would say "I thought you did already.") When it becomes a chore rather than...
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Topps All-Star Misses: 1961 NL Outfield - The 1961 Topps "Sporting News" All Star cards were pretty close to accurate as far as reflecting what the cards purported to represent. Topps had Aaron...2 years ago
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1983 Tampa Bay Bandits - The Tampa Bay Bandits made a splash by bringing on Burt Reynolds as a minority partner and good will ambassador in 1983, something much needed by the new...2 years ago
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Truist Park - 755 Battery Avenue SE Atlanta, GA 30339 September 28, 2021 The tale of our visit to Truist Park doesn't begin where you may think - the ballpark. It b...2 years ago
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You moved. Here’s a way your TTM autographs can reunite with you 18 months later! - I moved. The United States Post Office took 10 days before deciding to forward my mail. (This isn’t counting the lost change of address card I mailed in al...2 years ago
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Winging It with Roberto Clemente - One of the most celebrated images of the great Roberto Clemente shows the outfielder gracefully leaping to catch a ball as clouds in the background fo...
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Denver Broncos - After 9 straight 4th-place finishes (always in a 4 or 5 team division) the Broncos fired their head coach and hired John Ralston for the 1972 season. They ...
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Dick Allen “15” Memorial Patches - To honor Dick Allen’s legacy and celebrate his Hall of Fame worthy accomplishments the Phillies announced that players and coaches will wear a commemorativ...2 years ago
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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...
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Houston Oilers - The 1970 Houston Oilers finished at 3-10-1, and drew the 3rd pick in the 1971 draft (Dan Pastorini). They made marginal improvement to 4-9-1 in 1971, but t...
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Atlanta Falcons - After compiling records of 3-10 and 1-12-1 in their first two seasons, the 1968 Falcons finished up at 2-12 in 1968. They replaced original head coach No...
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John Means, 2021 Topps #272 - I may have strayed far from the discipline of my early years of blogging, but I'm not so far gone that I won't check back in on the occasion of the be...
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Cards #1 to #310 Bindered - When it comes to my sets, I sleeve them and keep them in 3-ring binders. My 1952 set build effort is not exception. I view the Topps base set as a sort...
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...
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Why do we care so much? - I haven't posted to this blog in 1,595 days. That seems like enough of a break. Maybe I'll pick it up again, maybe I won't, but I am on Twitter all the...3 years ago
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1965 Was a Very Good Year - But the time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this decision: 1. I was down to my last 4 cards to post here (Frank Thomas, Ste...
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I Had My Kicks With '66 - The time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this decision: 1. I have run out of cards to post here (other than for players that...
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Time to Waive Goodbye to This Blog - The time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this decision: 1. Design-wise, the 1963 set my 3rd favorite (behind 1965 and 1967),...
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Reprints: 1940 Play Ball Philadelphia A's Team Set - The Athletics left Philadelphia long ago, and the Phillies maintained their history in the city for many years through their inclusion on the Philadelph...
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#290 Jerry Lumpe - *Jerry Lumpe Kansas City Athletics* *Career:* Jerry Lumpe was a Yankee prospect who put up impressive minor league numbers but wasn't quite good en...
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Claudio Manela - Here’s an artistic rendering of the Filipino lefty Claudio Manela, who played in the Negro National League, Cuban League, and Eastern League in the early 1...3 years ago
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The Dodger Blue Zoo - On August 20, 1978, Dodgers teammates Don Sutton and Steve Garvey fought in the Shea Stadium visitors’ clubhouse. Sutton had been quoted as saying, “All yo...3 years ago
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Phillies to retire Dick Allen's #15 - From the Phillies The Phillies will bestow the highest honor a club can confer upon a former player by retiring Dick Allen’s No. 15, Managing Partner Joh...
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Happy Independence Day! - A couple of pieces for you on the 4th of July, 2020. I'm staying in. If you go out, be safe. This card is circa 1940. First Day Cover 1976 The history...
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July 2020 POBC Magazine - Here's our July issue of POBC Magazine. Please comment or send an email to pobcMAG@mail.com. This month features my recollections of the 1978 All-Star Gam...
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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...
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a super 1971 topps super rich allen - because rich allen's array of 1971 releases - his topps flagship card, dell's today stamp, and other issues - featuring photos taken in dodger stadium, i a...
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Placeholder for Not Blogging Enough: Various Top 10 Wantlists - It has been more than a year since I put virtual pen to paper on this fading site. So, in that state of mind, as I continue to organize and become the ...
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#68 Daryl Spencer - Spencer played 10 years in the National League with the Giants, Dodgers, Cardinals, and Reds. He grew up in Kansas where his father was an oil field dr...
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1990 Socko Juice Orel Hershiser set - This is one of those food premiums that doesn't pop up too often for a reasonable price. I think I pulled the trigger for about $10 a few months ago. Inter...
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Tops Reads of 2018 - I’m glad to finish documenting my favorite blog reads (for myself but sharing since it may interest others). Have a Happy New Year 2019! 8. Joe’s nightmare...5 years ago
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#28, REX KERN, CB, Colts - images from COMC In college football bygones, there were teams that succeeded by running the football, then running it again. Woody Hayes’ Ohio State t...
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Bob Stephenson is Another PTBNL for Schoendienst - Bob Stephenson had just one year in the majors, spending 1955 with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played mostly shortstop, with a little second base and third...
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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...
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#140 -- Pat Dobson - Pat Dobson I guess Pat Dobson will always be known as one of Baltimore's 4 20 game winners in 1971. You have to go back to 2012 to find the last time th...
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Gone to Twitter - I've been doing this blog since early 2008 and I'm afraid I'm just tired of doing it. But I still want to show off cards I get so I plan to post cards on T...6 years ago
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Final Parkie Post...... for now. - So here is the final post of my recent Parkhurst purchase. I hope to find more soon. There is a big show here the last weekend of September, *fingers cros...
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#56 - Jose Tartabull of the Boston red Sox - Up next is someone who I grew up thinking of as just Danny Tartabull's father. The New York Yankees slipped into irrelevancy in 1989 and...
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Ranew survived 1966 bat attack - *Uncommon commons:* In more than 30 years in sportscards publishing I have thrown hundreds of notes into files about the players – usually non-star play...
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Royal Delivery. - Long time friend, reader, and Royals fan extraordinaire Mark sent me a small group of Rangers inserts from recent sets. Among the cards he sent my way wa...
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1965 Topps Indians Rookie Stars: George Culver, Tommie Agee - For the second post in a row we have rookie cards of players who would become Rookie Of the Year. Here is a 1965 Rookie Stars card that was ahead of its ...
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#387 Fred Stanley - *Who is this player?* Fred Stanley, infielder, New York Yankees Widely known as a defensive specialist, by 1980 Fred Stan...
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My Hall of Fame collection of custom "What-If" cards - Here is my latest card project: I am working on a Hall of Fame set, with every Hall of Fame member in the Topps format for the year they were inducted (eve...
8 years ago -
Done With the Hobby, and Topps Started Me Down This Road - I don’t know yet whether I will write about all the reasons why, but I have decided that I am essentially done with the hobby. It started with an incredibl...8 years ago
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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...
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1987 Topps - Classic Set - El Caballo87 Topps holds a special place in my heart. When I first pulled my cards out of the attic a month ago, it was 87 Topps that I went to first. I...
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Jim Bouton #470 - Jim Bouton's career spanned 10 seasons in the big leagues. After riding the bench for his time in high school, Bouton, however, secured a professional co...
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Baseball Cards: A Love Story - I fell in love with baseball cards at the Scituate, MA town dump. A little background … When I was a boy, my family traveled to Scituate a couple of year...
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#28 Vada Pinson, Hitting Coach - courtesy of tradingcarddb courtesy of tradingcarddb Vada Pinson was a young kid when he was signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1956. He went through th...
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#154 Jim Gantner, Brewers - *Card Front:* If you wanted to get the chicks in the 70's you needed to look like Jim here. The hair is a little longer and feathered, the small b...
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I'm here, but not completely - Am I back? I never really left, but I wouldn't say that I'll be posting everyday. Life has been a journey lately to say the least. I have watched my son ma...
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David Carpenter - Born on today's date, David Carpenter. "If you think a guy can foul a ball off and then at the same time hit the catcher on the backswing on purpose, you...
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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...
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3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? Are You Kidding ME???? - True story. Saw it with my own eyes... Even I was starting to doubt my Team a little, but this is exactly what this team and it's fans needed... Much appr...9 years ago
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484 - Ernie McAnally - *About This Player* Ernie McAnally pitched in four Major League seasons with the Montreal Expos from 1971 to 1974. McAnally was drafted originally by the...
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Thank You All!! - It wasn’t until the other day that I made the connection. I was talking to the Lovely Wife about my father passing away 3 years ago. The anniversary of h...
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#446 Rocky Nelson - Glenn 'Rocky' Nelson had such a varied and interesting career I hardly know where to start, so let's try the beginning. Nelson signed with the St. Loui...
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Happy New Year! - I decided that New Year's Day was the perfect time to feature the first card of the 1973 Topps set. That was back in 2011, and today is the first day since...
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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 ...
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eBay Loot: John O'Donoghue Seattle Pilots Autograph - I swiped this beauty off the 'Bay the other day to add it to my Seattle Pilots collection. Since there are relatively few Pilots cards to begin with, I li...10 years ago
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#525 Eddie Bressoud - Here we are at last...the end of the road. One last time, I would like to thank everyone who has read, shared, or commented on this blog over the last fi...
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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...
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It's Campy...Really - This 3-inch plastic statue features Brooklyn Dodger star Roy Campanella. Really, it does: Molded in 1956 and sold through Dairy Queen stores that year, C...
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the long and winding road. - I'm not even sure where to begin with this post. I suppose it doesn't have a beginning at all, giving that it was inevitable. I have a bad habit of cycling...
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I'm Still Here - It has been a year of seldom posting here at 1974 Topps Set. Fellow card blogger Devon at *My First Cards (1982 Topps)* sent me a note checking up on me. ...12 years ago
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#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...
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Democratic Roadkill Delivers The Nitty Gritty Card of the Day!!! - Today's Nitty Gritty Card of the Day came to me courtesy of Duane of the Democratic Roadkill blog. It made its way from Ohio, down to Florida with many vint...
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