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Sunday, March 03, 2013

Featured autograph - Eric Byrnes

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I'm pretty sure I got this card signed in-person during the mid 2000's - Byrnes has been all over MLB Network lately as he visits...
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Friday, March 01, 2013

Topps Golden Giveaway - Rod Carew

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My activity on the 2012 Topps Golden Giveaway contest site was sparse since it was harder to redeem actual cards from the code cards insert...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

2013 Topps Turkey Red - two pack break recap

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2013 Topps Turkey Red mini boxes [$19.99 each plus $9 s/h at Topps.com] Pack one #83 Craig Kimbrel #10 Adam Jones #33 Edwin Enca...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Curtis Granderson

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It sucks when a player like Granderson has to miss a considerable amount of time because of an injury - he's always been a pretty ac...
Friday, February 22, 2013

2013 Topps Turkey Red

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I was able to pick up two [mini] boxes of this supposed online exclusive during the $19.99 presell period on Topps.com a week ago - in ...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Mail day - 2013 Topps Paco Rodriguez Camo parallel

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I don't know much about Rodriguez but looked for a 'nicer card' to hopefully get autographed some time this year - just be ey...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Featured autograph - Michael Lorenzen

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When I went to see Darin Erstad last weekend, I also was able to get Cal State Fullerton star Michael Lorenzen on the cards I've pic...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Featured autographs - Darin Erstad

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I saw Nebraska was scheduled to visit Cal State Fullerton this year, so I was already thinking I could get Angels fan favorite and Nebraska...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

2012 Panini Elite Extra Edition Rio Ruiz #77

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Panini maybe just be getting a little desperate to include a 68-year old in their product - though it's probably just an uncorrected ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

2013 Topps commemorative rookie patch relic maildays

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I guess I'm officially trying to complete the 25-card insert set, though I'm not really much of a set collector - I'm staying a...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

Featured autograph - Brandon Webb

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I got this autograph card through the mail when I wrote to the former ace and recently retired pitcher of the Arizona Diamondbacks back in ...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

The Braun Advantage

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I pulled a card of Ryan Braun from a break recently and was going to include the following, though it's been about a year since his PED...
Tuesday, February 05, 2013

2013 Topps Series I blaster recap

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I've read complaints about not being able to pull any game-used / autograph cards out of 2013 Topps blasters - but with the potential...

Featured autograph - Kevin Millwood

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I was hoping the veteran starting pitcher would be back for his 17th season in the Major Leagues, but it looks like he has decided to retir...
Sunday, February 03, 2013

2013 Topps J.J. Putz

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I'm still on a 2013 Topps Series I kick and bought another blaster [recap to come at some point] - I pulled an otherwise unremarkable ...
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, January 29, 2013

More 2013 Topps - a couple of manufactured relics and a random Daniel Descalso base card

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I wasn't going to be caught up in the new release hype of Topps' flagship brand but after browsing through eBay - the manufactured...
Monday, January 28, 2013

2013 Topps Series I 72-card Walmart recap

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I get bored seeing cards from Topps' current year flagship product a couple of months after they are released for public consumptio...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Just a guy rummaging through some boxes

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This 1960 Topps beater of Bill Fischer was a buck - the rest of the cards were a quarter each, though I do wonder why I picked up at least...