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Sunday, November 24, 2019

2019 Donruss football value pack recap

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I do not remember the last time I bought unopened football cards - it may have literally been 10 years ago. While the big box store footb...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

The state of adding new mini-collection cards

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I like rummaging through loose cards in-person, where I like to lean on my esoteric mini-collection interests and at the very least, look fo...
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Saturday, November 16, 2019

1993 Bowman Andy Pettitte RC #103

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I'm trying to pick and choose to add certain scratch the itch rookie cards - many of the rookies I'd like to add to my PC come from...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Featured autograph - Mike Trout

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I thought Houston Astros star Alex Bregman might have done enough to secure the 2019 American League MVP - but Trout was the choice all alo...
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Saturday, November 09, 2019

Featured autograph - Ryan Zimmerman

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I remember being high on Zimmerman as a potential franchise star and when he was a rookie all the way back in 2006 - I made a trade for thi...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Featured autograph - Patrick Sandoval

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For my one or two dedicated readers, October was a hiatus month since I spent it out of the country and while I could catch up with blog rea...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Featured autograph - Jaime Barría

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After a solid rookie season in 2018, maybe Angels manager Brad Ausmus and/or pitching coach Doug White didn't like what they saw from th...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

2018 Choice Trenton Thunder Chace Numata #18

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I didn't know anything about this minor league catcher, but grabbed a card of his when I saw a Tweet where his organs were donated to sa...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

2019 Topps Clear Travel Mike Trout #CP-1

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I didn’t know what this set was but after reading the Baseball Cards Come to Life! blog and doing some quick searches on eBay, I picked up...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

2009 Topps Updates Ichiro sketch card

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I was digging around some monster boxes at a dealer's card show booth when I found this card - I had to pick it up based on the idea th...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

2019 Topps Series 2 hanger box recap

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Flagship Topps is fairly common, but with a chance to pull rookies and rookie-year parallels - there might be a chance to buy something un...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

2019 Topps Heritage High recap

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Did I need some retail therapy [?] - I don't want to go add more redundant cards to whatever claptrap I have that I consider a collecti...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Featured autograph - Ichiro Suzuki

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As an in-person autograph collector at one time, Ichiro was the scribble to get back in 2001, along with some other rookie who was doing som...
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Sunday, September 08, 2019

A monster box rummage - yields a pair of 1990s inserts

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1995 Select Gold Team Will Clark #9 of 12 - to juice up my notable player binders by decade, it should be a no brainer to pick up loose in...
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Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Featured autograph - Bo Jackson

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This card caught my eye because it actually pictures Jackson as an Angel and I’ve wanted a Jackson autograph for my all-time Angels collecti...
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

A six pack Alex Rodriguez card lot buy

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I don't know if anyone is actively looking for any A-Rod cards these days, but maybe for a moment, I can look back with fondness at his...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Something familiar - a card show trip?

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I feel like I've been mostly out of collecting, but the idea of going through the most random of cards still hits the spot - I like car...
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