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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Card show trip - random stuff picked up

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I know Mitch Williams as the crazy haired reliever for the Phillies who gave up Joe Carter's walk-off, series clinching home run in the...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Autograph requests through the mail received: Chien-Ming Wang and Dustin Ackley

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Chien-Ming Wang c/o Washington Nationals [spring training] - signed my two cards in blue ink in about three weeks. Wang's autograph seem...

Autograph requests through the mail received: Tom Kelly and Tony Sanchez

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Tom Kelly c/o Minnesota Twins [spring training] - signed my two cards in black Sharpie in about two or three weeks; received 3/9/11 Tony Sa...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Featured autograph - Mike Trout

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Mike Trout, the future of the Angels is probably just a couple of years away from reaching the Major Leagues - the autographed card was sig...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Autograph request through the mail received: Steve Karsay

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Steve Karsay c/o home address - signed three cards in blue Sharpie including a 2001 Fleer Tradition card for my set in about about a couple...
Monday, March 07, 2011

Autograph requests through the mail received: Mariano Rivera and Chone Figgins

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Mariano Rivera c/o New York Yankees [spring training] - signed my card in black ink and kept my other card in about three weeks. Don't ...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

2011 Topps Glove Manufactured Glove Leather cards

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I got three of these insert cards in the mail Thursday and I really like the look of them even though they really are just figment of someon...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Autograph request through the mail received: Luis Gonzalez

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Luis Gonzalez c/o Arizona Diamondbacks - signed my four cards in black Sharpie in about 10 days, including my 2006 Topps Allen and Ginter a...

2010 Bowman Chrome redemption pack recap

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My lone redemption pack of 2010 Bowman black border cards came in the mail after I'd finally sent my 18 Bowman Chrome wrappers in the m...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Featured autograph - Duke Snider

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Duke Snider's passing on Sunday may mean more to old-school baseball fans and in particular, those who grew up with the Brooklyn Dodger...

2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway delivery confirmed...

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Another picture of the list of cards - I'll now know I'll have delivered to me through the Topps Million Card Giveaway, a day or ...
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Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 Topps Walmart $9.98 break

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2011 Topps 72-card Walmart box [$9.98 each] - I wanted to these even though it is your basic 2011 Topps with packaging that looks a little ...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

More spring training autograph requests sent

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More spring training requests sent out on 2/24/11 - each request was mailed in a business envelope using at least one Forever stamp and $0....
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Autograph request through the mail received: Warren Moon

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Warren Moon c/o business address - the former professional football player signed my four cards in black Sharpie and returned one card unsi...
Monday, February 21, 2011

A dozen cards out of the quarter box - my story

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Before going to work last Saturday, I stopped at a card shop and looked through the quarter bins - I was looking through the most recent 5,...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Angels received in the mail from Section 36 - Darin Erstad

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Got around 52 different Angels cards in the mail yesterday - I remember sending an e-mail with my address to a blog called Section 36, giv...

Spring training autograph requests sent and one TTM failure

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I finally got to a post office and mailed off an initial 'set' of spring training requests for 2011 - each request was mailed in a b...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

My first 2011 Topps Diamond Giveaway card - 1967 Topps John Buzzhardt

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After reading this , I unlocked my first code card on the new 2011 Topps Diamond Giveaway Web site - for a 1967 Topps John Buzzhardt.
Monday, February 14, 2011

Autograph request through the mail received: Bill Buckner

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Bill Buckner c/o home - signed two cards in blue ink and one of the penny sleeves used to hold the cards I sent him. Despite my worry about...

Featured autograph - Erin Andrews

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At the 2010 Futures Game in Anaheim - she scrawled out her autograph quickly on one of those white, thick filler decoy cards. I saw her aga...