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Showing posts with label disappointment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disappointment. Show all posts
Thursday, August 04, 2022

2022 Topps Gold Brandon Marsh pick up

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I picked this 2022 Topps Gold parallel up for about $10 after paying $40 another copy of the card [bundled with a couple of base cards] earl...
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Saturday, June 05, 2021

Some high and dry card show finds

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I was desperate to make something of my latest card show trip and for $20, relented to pick up some cards that may not be priorities - but c...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Card show recap #2 - more minutia, more commentary

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I spent $10 for 16 quarter cards and a trio of individually priced singles digging through boxes off one guy who may have been sharing the t...
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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Card show recap #1 - mission incomplete

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I want to normalize being able to go to card shows and inspired by some other bloggers, I was hoping to make a card show stop and end up wi...
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Friday, November 04, 2016

Newest Angels pick up - Cameron Maybin

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The Angels traded minor leaguer Victor Alcantara for the veteran outfielder who has played in the big leagues for parts of 10 seasons - I ...
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Featured autograph - Danny Goodwin

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For a guy who was selected No. 1 overall in the nation twice, Goodwin was a bust - he's been pretty much obscured by history, but the...
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Saturday, April 05, 2014

Awkwardness

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I found myself at an Seattle Mariners / Angels game last Tuesday night since there was another Mike Trout bobblehead giveaway - I wanted to...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Another post about this guy

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One of my favorite base cards of A-Roid early in his MLB career was his 1997 Upper Deck - part of me still likes the idea that this guy put...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Collecting A-Fraud

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I sort of miss the mid 2000's when this guy was the best player in the game and trying to flag him down to get something signed meant al...
Friday, February 01, 2013

A-Rod's road to irrelevance

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With his latest hip surgery , I thought Alex Rodriguez's career was probably over - in a sense where he's not going to have anymor...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Why we care about performance enhancing drugs

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I got around to seeing A-Rod's press conference later in the day - apparently there is a 'phantom' cousin who introduced him to...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Collecting personal favorites: Alex Rodriguez

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You make up a list and follow your favorite players by collecting their cards because you like watching them play - or they present a parti...