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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

1987 Fleer Bobby Bonilla RC #605

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I might be dialing things back to ancient history, but I grabbed this card because it reminded me of a trading card magazine that touted Bon...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

New pitchers hitting pick ups for me

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The Darvish and Tanaka were part of lots I found on eBay - I thought I might have bought the cards from a local stateside seller, but the...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

My BaseballCardStore.ca acquisitions

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1984 Fleer Dave Schmidt #427 - ‘Tuf-2-Hit’ makes for a great vanity plate for a pitcher. Through a pandemic, maybe rummaging through ran...
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Friday, June 19, 2020

Featured autograph - Kenny Lofton

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My last in-person encounter with the longtime outfielder was being denied an autograph after a Texas Rangers pre Opening Day workout at Ang...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

1998 Topps Focal Point Vladimir Guerrero #FP14

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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen these inserts before, but an eBay listing for a Ken Griffey Jr. caught my eye - I found a Guerrero that cost...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Featured autograph - Claudell Washington

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I would have thought Washington was a longtime California Angels player when flipping through his 1990 junk wax era cards with the team - b...
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Thursday, June 04, 2020

Topps Project 2020 Mike Trout #100

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I didn’t pounce on Ben Baller's first Project 2020 card, which featured Ichiro, but had to get his first Trout and this collaboration c...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

The freelance R&D with mini-collections

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Through pandemic 2020, all I’ve done from April through the middle of May is cheat sheet / wantlist R&D - I wonder how the work tran...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

What I have been up to lately - 10 things I don't like

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I was taking some time away for a vacation of sorts that ended up being this ongoing cluster that has me stranded in one spot with no timet...
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Friday, May 15, 2020

What I have been up to lately - 10 things I like but you don’t

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I was taking some time away for a vacation of sorts that ended up being this ongoing cluster that has me stranded in one spot with no timeta...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

More TTM autographs received in 2020

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I got the bug to put together autograph requests through the mail after writing exactly one TTM request in 2019 - to have a purpose I'v...
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020

TTM autographs received: Juan Marichal and Juan Guzman

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Marichal signed my two cards in blue Sharpie - I worried I’d have to wait for this one, especially when I enclosed $20, but it only took a...
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Monday, February 03, 2020

1987 ProCards Waterloo Indians Lenny Randle #27

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I’ve been looking for this card on the down low ever since I saw it on a blog breaking down the Waterloo team set - the particular blog may...
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Friday, January 31, 2020

2019 Topps Holiday Walmart Box break

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When it’s just about time for 2020 Topps flagship to show up - only now did I finally get my hands on one lousy box of this 2019 Walmart ex...
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

40 card St. Louis Cardinals repack break

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I spent $5 on 20 assorted MLB team repacks at the end of 2019 and while I've put the cards away the best as I could and/or count certain...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Some TTM autographs received in 2020

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I got the bug to put together some autograph requests through the mail after writing exactly one TTM request in 2019 - I like getting stuff...