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Friday, March 29, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 18-10

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18. 1939 Play Ball Al Schacht #113 - my oldest card in my collections. 17. 2023 Topps Now Shohei Ohtani #OS-19 - this could have been a ...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 27-19

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27. 2021 Topps X Sports Illustrated Mike Trout #1 - I figured to get a cool looking Trout SI cover card in at No. 27 as a tribute to his g...
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Friday, March 22, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 36-28

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As far as my Top 100 collection goes, I wanted cards that are generally recognizable that teases some notoriety or nostaglia - that's p...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 45-37

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45. 1989 Upper Deck Nolan Ryan #774 - from Upper Deck's inaugural set, I wanted the Houston Astros 3D Ryan from the Low Number Series ...
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Saturday, March 16, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 54-46

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54. 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Ozzie Smith #19 - I like cards that depict the unique, timeless moments, like the all time great shortsto...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 63-55

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The idea for a Top 100 project collection was probably four years in the making, but it never got anywhere - only within the early months o...
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Sunday, March 10, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 72-64

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I am going to be a little preoccupied through March and probably through April - I've been trying to draft posts where I have images an...
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Friday, March 08, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 81-73

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81. 1996 Upper Deck Roger Clemens #VJ13 - he had that unhinged personality on the mound that was unsavory as it was fascinating when he wa...
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Monday, March 04, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 90-82

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I ended up buying a binder of cards for about $6 at a card shop - I was probably looking to remove the cards and throw away the sheets and ...
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Saturday, March 02, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection

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Maybe a home brewed card project like this was a long time coming, but basically not something I've thought much about - as I've pi...
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Monday, February 26, 2024

When it comes to Reggie Jackson cards

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This might be the odd $0.50-$1.00 retro card from 20 years ago, but the ones showing him with his powerful righthanded swing are the best if...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Credit where credit is due - Hideo Nomo

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I am thinking what little blurb I could whip up for this pick up and how did I even come up to thinking about looking for such a card - may...
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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Random card buys - Ivan Rodriguez

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I claimed these Pudge Rodriguez cards from an online seller for $0.50 each because they tease some play at the plate action - these cards m...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

A new reality realized - collecting Shohei Ohtani

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It is a thing where I try not to pick up any old team cards of notable players who end up on new teams for at least a year, until new, upda...
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Friday, January 19, 2024

TTM autographs received: Justin Turner

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It happens once in a blue moon, but it is nice to find a straggler TTM request back in the mail box when I least expect it - the free agent...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Fleshing out some card projects with my loose card finds

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I've got piles of cards from purchases I've sat on after giving them a quick look and/or trying to list them out somewhere so at lea...
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Friday, January 12, 2024

Scattered 2023 thoughts in collecting

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I hope to squeeze something in that kind of vents about the past year - before that time to do a recap has really sailed. It was a long ...
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Saturday, December 30, 2023

A random card buy - Maria Sharapova

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There are probably worse cards to claim in a running sale on social media - but for a dollar or so, I took a flier on this card, where it i...
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Friday, December 29, 2023

Featured autograph - Michael Stefanic

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I picked up this pack pulled autograph card to add to my all-time Angels collection - it ends being a pretty looking parallel that pops. St...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

A random card buy - Kyren Williams

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I saw this 2022 Score Rookies #332 card earlier in the year and squirreled an image of it away - that protective head gear made me do a dou...
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