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Saturday, September 30, 2017

2017 Bowman Platinum fat pack breaks

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I hadn't seen these Walmart exclusive cards all year long and I assumed the display box put out in the card section with a set number...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

TTM autographs received: Mike Krukow

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The longtime broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants signed my cards in several months - Krukow's career in the booth with partner Dua...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

TTM autographs received: David West

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The former big league lefty signed my cards in several months - he had his best run in parts of 4 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, ...
Monday, September 25, 2017

TTM autographs received: Greg Harris

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The former MLB pitcher signed my cards in a couple of weeks - besides having a 15 year career, Harris ' most notable big league quirk ...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

TTM autographs received: Xavier Hernandez

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The former big league reliever signed my cards in about 10 days - rather than just being some sort of chicken scratch scrawl, I like how...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

TTM autographs received: Byung-Ho Park

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The Korean slugger signed my three cards in black Sharpie in about a couple of weeks - I'd seen successes with him through the past ...
Friday, September 01, 2017

Justin Upton and Brandon Phillips

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After sweeping the Oakland Athletics to salvage a homestand that had them fall short against the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros - the An...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Ugh, yuck...something smells like Pujols

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Go figure, the Angels are right there in the chase for an American League Wild Card spot [68-65, 1 game behind the Minnesota Twins] and whi...
Friday, August 25, 2017

TTM autographs received: Chili Davis

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Davis signed my two trading cards in black Sharpie in about 12 days c/o The Boston Red Sox, where he is the hitting coach - on SCN, it lo...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

TTM autograph received: Mark Whiten

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The former MLB outfielder personalized and signed my trading card in about 4 weeks - Whiten's most memorable big league game was when h...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

TTM autographs received: John Schuerholz

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The longtime general manager and president of the Atlanta Braves signed my two cards in blue Sharpie in about 10 days - I saw that the 2017...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

2017 Topps National Baseball Card Day

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It was probably not in the spirit of national baseball card day, but instead of ending up at a card shop to pick up a NBCD promo pack as we...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Jered Weaver - a tribute to a franchise ace

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Weaver was a starting pitcher who to put his heart and soul for the Angels, winning 150 games for the franchise - he was a hot shot rookie ...
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Saturday, August 12, 2017

TTM autographs received: Heidi Watney

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The MLB Network host and reporter signed my two cards and personalized one in about two weeks or so - I was going to scan the personalized...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

Featured autograph - Cesar Puello

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Puello was picked up as AAA depth by the Angels earlier in the year and made his MLB debut Wednesday afternoon - going 1-for-4 with two st...
Thursday, August 03, 2017

Featured autograph - Hideki Irabu

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I got Irabu to sign this card during his stint with an independent league baseball team back in 2009 - as much as I'd like to say he wa...
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

TTM autographs received: Charlie Puleo

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Puleo signed my cards in about a month and answered a couple of questions - it's a nice bonus when I write a former MLB player and get...
Friday, July 28, 2017

2017 Topps Stadium Club blaster recap II

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I was glad to pull an Aaron Judge rookie card in my first blaster since this was a more pedestrian second box - I'm probably 'fake...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

TTM autographs received: Scott Kingery

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The Philadelphia Phillies prospect signed my cards in about three weeks c/o his minor league team - after hitting a combined 8 home runs i...
Monday, July 24, 2017

TTM autographs received: Pete Schourek

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The former big league lefty signed my cards in about four weeks - with regards to retired MLB players who seem to be nearly forgotten once...