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Sunday, April 30, 2017

The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge - Day 4

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"A rookie card of one of your favorite players." 1991 Bowman Tim Salmon #203 The story behind my fondness for the card is here.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

TTM autographs received: Jim Rice

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I sent $20 and a couple of Topps Allen and Ginter cards to Rice and got them back signed in about 10 days - his average certified autograp...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge - Day 3

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"A card from the first set you tried to complete." My memory is fuzzy as to whether I set out to complete a set of cards - my pea...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge - Day 2

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"A card with more than one player on it." 2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle #90 - The Hall of Records subset. I picked...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

The 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge - Day 1

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I saw this 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge floating around on other card blogs' feeds - I figure I'd do the challenge to see if I c...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

TTM autographs received: Marty Cordova

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I've seen TTM successes posted from Cordova, the 1995 American League Rookie of the Year and he turned into 'a scratch the itch guy...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

1975 Topps Herb Washington #407

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I put this card on my eBay watch list and I finally decided to pick it up for my Topps sampler run [1952-1980] - besides the notable stars...
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Friday, April 14, 2017

Some TTM autograph requests sent out

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I was heavily into TTM 15-20 years ago, but now the hobby is a ‘once in awhile’ thing for me where I don’t want to sink so much $$$ over re...
Saturday, April 08, 2017

TTM autograph received: Steve Blass

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Blass signed and returned my card in about a week or so - the former big league pitcher from the 1960s through early 1970s still has some ...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Featured autograph - Danny Espinosa

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Espinosa isn't exactly Chase Utley in his prime, but he has already helped the Angels win a game with a clutch 3-run home run - hopefu...
Monday, April 03, 2017

2017 Topps Gypsy Queen value pack

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I like how Topps has used different color schemes to make the Gypsy Queen name plate on the front pop a little bit more - at first glance, ...
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Sunday, April 02, 2017

The Angels, In Order odds and ends

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No matter how big or small, it's fun getting a random group of cards in the mail from a fellow collector - especially when the cards a...
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Friday, March 31, 2017

TTM autographs received: Burke Waldron

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The 93-year old WWII veteran who threw out the first pitch before a Seattle Mariners game in 2016 signed my two cards in blue ink [one pers...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Featured autographs - Manny Margot and Hunter Renfroe

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I wanted to see how a dual player 2017 Topps Heritage Rookie Stars subset card would look autographed - it's not really a thing where I...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Featured autograph - Brooks Robinson

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With a donation, I was able to get the Hall of Famer's autograph on a couple of his cards - I saw that he started signing TTM again and...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Featured autograph - David Dahl

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I've wanted an autograph of the Colorado Rockies outfielder for at least the past few years but I've never gotten to see him in-pers...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

2017 Topps Heritage Mike Trout pick-up

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I picked up this Action variation parallel for my Trout PC - because he's gotten to be so prominent with his premium cards going for bi...
Friday, March 17, 2017

2017 Topps Opening Day pack breaks

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It looks like a fresh box was open on the counter and while I really turn my nose at this more cutesy, 'flagship-lite' alternative ...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

2017 Topps Heritage blaster recap oddity

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I purchased a blaster box the day I picked up my random card shop packs a few weeks ago - I remember listing out what I pulled from my hob...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

2017 Donruss hobby two pack break

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With a look inspired by an updated take on 1990 Donruss, the base cards are sharp, though still otherwise feel generic - maybe my small sa...
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