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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Mike Trout - is this the beginning to the end?

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Maybe it was Albert Pujols 15-20 years ago where you had this big leaguer who stood above the rest and applauded for his metronomic excelle...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

TTM autographs received: Frank Tanana

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The former big league lefty signed my cards and added a personal tract card in about a couple of weeks - I might remember Tanana at the tai...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Out of the depths of the dollar boxes - odds and ends

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This $10 purchase was far from the worst purchase I made at the last card show I went to [I don't know if I'll leave things hanging ...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

TTM autographs received: Charlie Hough

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The former big league knuckleballer signed my cards in just about a week - I've gotten him in-person before, where he has dutifully sig...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

I really thought I found something here

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Digging through dollar boxes, there might be a ongoing sense of wishcasting something that isn't there, where I'm going to find a ca...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

SLASHED finds at the dollar bins of doom

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I usually go to the card show that is held twice in a month to see the seller I've annointed as having the dollar bins of doom - maybe i...
Monday, July 18, 2022

Out of the depths of the quarter boxes - oddballs

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Off a card show brick or two I piled together, I wanted to build a micro-mini run of so-called oddball cards - I don't really think I...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

TTM autographs received: Floyd Bannister

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The former big league lefty signed my cards in about three weeks - there are guys who 'sign' autographs and there are guys who ...
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Thursday, July 14, 2022

Like a fat kid in a candy store with these finds

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Part of what keeps me at someone's table digging through their cheap-o boxes for at least 30-40 minutes is finding cards that pop with e...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

TTM autographs received: Mike Napoli

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The former Angels catcher signed my two cards in about a couple of weeks c/o The Chicago Cubs were he is employed as a coach - I don't ...
Monday, July 11, 2022

2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary finds

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I stumbled upon a table with monster boxes of assorted cards and I started digging through the baseball portion because I started to find c...
Saturday, July 09, 2022

About fan favorites and catch all binders

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This is a mock up page I made for Ray Lankford, a guy who might have been hobby relevant for just a 'moment,' 30 years ago, but is l...
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Friday, July 08, 2022

1991 Classic Best Minor League pack

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I was rummaging hard through the quarter bin at a card show and found this clear plastic pack of junk wax era minor league cards - I grabbed...
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Thursday, July 07, 2022

Featured autograph - Rhys Hoskins

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This certified autograph card was the centerpiece in a small stack of cards I picked up at a card show - Hoskins doesn't quite register...
Wednesday, July 06, 2022

TTM autographs received: Doug Gwosdz

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The former big leaguer catcher ["Eyechart"] from the 1980s signed my cards in about two weeks - I found it odd the 1984 San Diego...
Sunday, July 03, 2022

Better than a blaster [?] - some dollar box mining

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At a card show I go to, I found these cards off a seller I've never bought from or at least noticed before - at times, it's the dif...
Saturday, July 02, 2022

Card show trip recaps - battle of the dollar boxes of doom 2 of 2

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I usually go to the twice in a month shows to see the seller with the dollar bins of doom, but it was posted that the seller [or at least hi...
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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Card show trip recaps - battle of the dollar boxes of doom 1 of 2

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For period of at least a couple of months and/or at least four show dates, I haven't been able to count on getting my dollar bins of doo...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

TTM autographs received: Sonny Jackson

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The former big leaguer from the 1960s through early 1970s signed my cards in a year and 20 days - I counted this one gone as an MIA reques...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Cheap-o box card show etiquette?

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I found myself digging through $2 boxes where I plugged along going through most of the baseball portion concentrated in one monster box - ...
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