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Showing posts with label Montreal Expos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montreal Expos. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

A couple of random pick ups

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I was inspired by a post on X to grab this 2024 Choice Portland Sea Dogs Team Set Tyler McDonough #11 for $2 - as far as I'm concerned,...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2023

TTM autographs received: Al Oliver

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This return is probably my success of 2022 just because I wasn't sure if it would make it back to me - after sending out a request last...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Card show pickups - Vladimir Guerrero

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Digging through the quarter boxes at my local card show, I may have come across at least a half a brick of cards featuring the all-time fan ...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

TTM autographs received: Mark Grudzielanek

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The former big league infielder signed my cards in about a month back in April - I don't really think Grudzielanek was a player I paid ...
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Thursday, March 24, 2022

TTM autographs received: Tom Walker

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The former big league pitcher from the 1970s signed my two cards in three weeks - I wanted to send a request because of the 'beyond the...
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Friday, December 10, 2021

TTM autographs received: Bill Lee

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The former big league lefty signed my two cards in about a month - it looks like tried to mimic his facsimile autograph on the 1971 Topps. ...
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Monday, April 19, 2021

TTM autographs received: Andy McGaffigan

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The former big league reliever from the 1980s signed my cards in about 3 weeks - the priority was getting back the 1984 Donruss, though th...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

TTM autograph received: Balor Moore

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The one-time Angel and first ever draft pick of the Montreal Expos signed my card in about four weeks - as it goes I have to face the idea ...
Saturday, August 08, 2020

TTM autographs received: Bill Virdon

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I don’t know if Virdon was on my scratch the itch list, but I had a 1978 Topps [#279] buried under other cards, laying around loose for the...
Friday, July 31, 2020

TTM autographs received: Steve Renko

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The longtime big league pitcher and one-time Angel signed my cards in about two weeks - the 1971 Topps and 1979 Topps were from a box o...
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Sunday, June 14, 2020

1998 Topps Focal Point Vladimir Guerrero #FP14

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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen these inserts before, but an eBay listing for a Ken Griffey Jr. caught my eye - I found a Guerrero that cost...
Sunday, December 01, 2019

Catching up with Topps image variations

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Besides what I might pull, I don't think I've actively collected the various Topps image variations released over the years - I can...
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Monday, August 12, 2019

1983 Fleer Joel Youngblood #641

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Credit goes out to this blog for remembering Youngblood's odd feat - the fantasy card posted is nicer, but I settled for picking up a ...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

1975 Topps Gary Carter RC #620

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I want to be greedy in adding traditional rookie cards of legends / icons from old school/vintage years when possible - there maybe tiers a...
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Friday, July 14, 2017

TTM autographs received: Jeff Reardon

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The former big league closer signed my cards in about three weeks - in the 1990s, I vaguely remember him going for some sort of save record...
Saturday, July 01, 2017

TTM autographs received: Bryn Smith

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The former Major League pitcher signed my cards in 7 days - though I've ended up with his junk wax era cards over the years, I've ...
Friday, August 14, 2015

2012 Playoff Prime Cuts Larry Walker

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Walker was a good all-around player in the early 1990's before going to the Colorado Rockies where he put up monster numbers - Walker ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

1991 Upper Deck Otis Nixon #520

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The image on the front is great, but I also like the second image on the back of the card where Nixon attempts to lay a bunt down - looks...
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Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Farewell Vladdy Daddy - a tribute to a great, imperfect ballplayer

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Vladimir Guerrero who maybe my favorite player because of his ability to hit the crap out of the baseball with no supposed plate discipline ...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Featured autograph - Tim Raines

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Tim Raines - I got this autograph in-person as he signed a couple of cards for me as a Chicago White Sox coach back in 2005. I don't thi...