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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Dealing with the superstars

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I'm trying to understand this desire to load up on assorted cards of superstar players [ past and present ] - but then would you pay mo...

Superbowl XLIII commentary

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I'll probably enjoy a lazy Sunday, holed up on a couch at home, watching the Big Game by myself - no snacks, no treats, no frills, no H...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Featured card: 2003 Studio Big League Challenge Materials Barry Bonds NNO

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I found the following image in a trading card folder - I'm probably in the minority and would be considered a 'Bonds apologist,...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Featured autograph - Xavier Nady

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New York Yankees' left fielder Xavier Nady returned the card [on Jan. 27] I sent to him personalized and signed in blue ink - I either s...

NBA, Panini, trading cards and you

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It is a good thing I don't collect basketball - though I can't say I haven't tried to collect it one way or the other at least ...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Featured cards: Kenshin Kawakami

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Kawakami is one of the veteran imports out of Japan coming over to play Major League Baseball this upcoming season - he signed with the Atl...
Monday, January 19, 2009

Featured card: 2004 Score Larry Fitzgerald #373

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I haven't dabbled in collecting much football cards and have no such thing as a Kurt Warner rookie card to show off, but I do have this ...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Third blog bat around - thinking about 2009

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I'm a middle of the road type of collector, so I grab stuff that catches my eye - not because I'm going to 'rip and flip,' b...
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Featured autograph - Mike Mussina

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Mike Mussina returned the cards I sent to him signed in blue Sharpie in about two weeks - the first card was a dual player card I first se...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Rickey Henderson

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Not the greatest two shots in the world but I took them when Rickey Henderson played in the independent Golden League in 2005 - in the firs...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Jim Rice bandwagon

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I tried getting Jim Rice's autograph once and he wasn't too friendly. I think he was trying to get to a cab in Anaheim when he was a...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

2008 Upper Deck Timeline pull encore

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2008 Upper Deck Timeline - after tearing through the first nine packs of my first box and seeing what I pulled, I finally got the composure...
Friday, January 09, 2009

2008 Upper Deck Timeline pull

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2008 Upper Deck Timeline - when my boxes arrived, I tore through the first nine packs from the bottom pack to the top on the left hand row....
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Featured player - Koji Uehara

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Didn't know or care about the guy pictured on the card as it was included in a team bag a friend gave me featuring seven Japanese baseba...

Featured autograph - Andy Hassler

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I've known collectors who strictly collect autographs of a particular team [like the Los Angeles Dodgers] - I have also read up on some...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Figuring it out in 2009 - collecting to blog

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I'm a baseball card collector who has always liked cards - but collecting doesn't matter as much at times and it is hard to get int...
Friday, January 02, 2009

2008 Tristar Prospects Plus blaster box

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2008 Tristar Prospects Plus blaster box [$19.99 each] - I was looking at the trading card section the second time [I was bored and spending...
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Thursday, January 01, 2009

The star of the first day of the MLB Network - Don Larsen

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Don Larsen signed my card [on the back] for $7 - he also responded to my letter asking about his off-season conditioning with a note of hi...

Featured autograph: Garret Anderson

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I really haven't blogged about anything autograph related, though I see myself as more of an autograph hound - rather than merely just a...
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Featured card: 2007 Topps Heritage All-Star subset Brian Fuentes #494

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The Angels have signed Brian Fuentes and it obviously gives the end of the bullpen a different look - with a decidedly different type of gu...