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Saturday, October 31, 2009

2009 Upper Deck O-Pee-Chee box break recap

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There was four box-bottom cards - Alfonso Soriano, Miguel Cabrera, Derek Jeter and Grady Sizemore. There were scratches on the box-bottom ca...
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Mark McGwire - an enigma

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It is not really worth griping about at this point - I just wonder why there are people feeling sorry for Mark McGwire, who has apparently ...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies - an NLDS preview

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Trying to do a position by position guide - I have no particular rooting interest for the Philadelphia Phillies and since I live in So. Cal,...
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Angels vs. Spanks - an ALCS preview

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Trying to do a position by position guide - I'm rooting for the Angels to go meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, though it...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Enjoying the ride

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I'm relieved the Angels were able to dispose of the Boston Red Sox in three games in the American League Division Series - I honestly f...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

My Angels postseason post

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As a fan, I'm watching the Angels with a sense of renewed optimism, even though it seems like I'm more cautiously optimistic than co...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Featured autograph - Brady Anderson

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As an autograph collector, one of my collecting priorities in the last decade is trying to get as many cards from particular baseball card s...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Auxiliary boxes

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Fighting the apathy - with auxiliary boxes. During a given year, I'm adding, subtracting and basically moving baseball cards around - ...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Baseball card apathy

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Maybe I've finally outgrown my tendency to collect, just for the sake of collecting baseball cards - and find myself without an excuse ...
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Friday, September 04, 2009

Featured card: 2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Adrian Gonzalez #23

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Adrian Gonzalez is the face of the San Diego Padres organization - a sweet swinging first baseman who is basically a Mexican-American vers...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Baseball card show and tell: rookie pitchers

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Rick Porcello - the rookie pitcher from the Detroit Tigers showed some moxie in getting into a bean ball brawl with Boston Red Sox star Ke...

Baseball card show and tell: Oakland Athletics cards

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$0.50 - Topps Allen & Ginter baby! I've cobbled together a 'healthy' stack of Oakland Athletics cards - including these ca...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Autograph request through the mail received: Kendry Morales

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Kendry Morales c/o Los Angeles Angeles - signed two cards in black Sharpie in about two weeks. Morales doesn't glare, doesn't growl...
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The exclusive agreement - just a reaction

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Major League Baseball agreeing to an exclusive agreement with Topps to produce baseball cards seems to say - trading cards have become too ...
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Sunday, August 02, 2009

Featured autograph - Mark Sanchez

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Mark Sanchez was the big man on campus at USC and was the No. 5 overall pick by the New York Jets in the 2009 NFL draft - he made an appeara...

Autograph request through the mail received: Brian Matusz

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Brian Matusz c/o Bowie Baysox - signed one card in blue Sharpie. Matusz is considered the crown jewel among Baltimore Orioles' pitching...
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Featured card: 1988 Score Gary Redus #443

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Gary Redus was a moderately successful Major Leaguer - however, a little known feat accomplished by the largely forgettable Redus is that ...
Saturday, August 01, 2009

Featured autograph - Bobby Abreu

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Even with Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter out, the Los Angeles Angels' offense has been rolling because guys like - Chone Figgins, M...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Featured card: 1998 Arizona Fall League Roy Halladay #14

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Not in 'mint condition,' but picked it up for $0.50 for novelty purposes at a card shop. I'd love for Roy Halladay to end up ...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

The anti-2009 Topps Allen and Ginter pack breaks - four packs of 2008 Upper Deck Goudey

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Four blister packs of 2008 Goudey [$1.47 each at Walmart in Anaheim] - the barcode read $1.97 on some of the packs, so I had to 'dig...
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