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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Kevin Frandsen - a pleasant surprise as a Halo

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I've gotten current Angel Kevin Frandsen's autograph several times in spring training with the San Francisco Giants and maybe once i...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Card show finds Part IV - 2010 Topps Ryne Sandberg insert

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The highlight of my $4 / 20 card splurge at a random card show booth last Saturday was finding a 2010 Topps Ryne Sandberg Cards Your Mom Thr...
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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Card show finds Part III - rank-and-file cards

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Rank and file cards - nothing to get too excited about, but cards I hope to get autographed through the mail or most likely in-person. 2005...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Card show finds Part II - 2010 Upper Deck USA box set cards

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Found some loose cards from the 2010 Upper Deck USA box set - I picked up a box set several months ago, so these are just a few extra cards...

Card show finds Part I - personal favorites who happen to be superstars

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At a card show I frequent, I dug through a stack of cards that were a quarter each - I ended up getting 20 cards and was charged $4. I am a...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Stephen Strasburg - just living the dream

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This isn't a recent Stephen Strasburg image, but one I took during the 2009 Arizona Fall League - take a look closer at the nice orderly...
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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

So long Junior - a comeback scenario already being spun?

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With his bat speed severely diminished and his ability to contribute to a floundering Seattle Mariners squad seemingly shot - it was time fo...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Featured card: 2010 Bowman Throwbacks Kendry Morales #BT 69

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I picked up the Los Angeles Angels [Torii Hunter / Hideki Matsui / Kendry Morales] cards from the 2010 Bowman Throwbacks set because I still...
Friday, May 28, 2010

My purchase - a 2010 Bowman Prospects set

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I wanted to see what the 2010 Bowman cards looked like, but obviously it has been an overhyped product since its release - with the lottery ...
Friday, May 07, 2010

The Angels are not getting it done in the American League West

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The Angels are horribly inconsistent and cannot get anything going at this point - they are my team and it is early, but it isn't fun w...
Monday, May 03, 2010

Featured autograph - Alex Gordon

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I think everyone has always thought Alex Gordon looked the part of a Major League All-Star or even potential superstar - maybe I've see...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Baseball cards and me - trying to be honest about my waning interest in cardboard

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I don't feel like I can relate to collecting baseball cards right now because I've just gotten too lazy [in life] to care about them...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Featured links - collecting from two points of view

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At times I feel like I've kind of lost something as far as collecting baseball cards for the heck of it and can relate to the point of v...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Featured autograph - Scott Brosius

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I first got Scott Brosius' autograph in-person when he played for the Oakland Athletics back in 1996 - I ended up not collecting in-pe...

Featured autograph - Jason Heyward

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I had an idea of who Jason Heyward was before he exploded onto the Major League Baseball scene this season - I'm hoping he follows in ...

Featured autograph - Ubaldo Jimenez

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Ubaldo Jimenez doesn't have much of an autograph - but I don't think his penmanship isn't much of a concern for Colorado Rockie...
Friday, April 09, 2010

2009 Tristar Prospects Plus box break recap

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Even though the cards feature the same Stephen Strasburg sketched image [which makes him look a little sickly, a little ghostly] - just for ...
Monday, April 05, 2010

Featured autograph - Jered Weaver

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Sunday, April 04, 2010

2010 Topps Pro Debut I pack break #5

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Pack five #190 Keon Broxton #126 Brock Holt #193 Ben Tootle #93 Edwin Gomez #DA-19 Reegie Corona - Double A All-Stars #161 Brett Pill #48 Ro...

2010 Topps Pro Debut I pack break #4

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Pack four #45 Robbie Ross #7 Christian Bethancourt #100 Michael Ohlman #PDA-LC Lonnie Chisenhall - autograph / trapped sticker #47 Carlos Tr...