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Saturday, July 27, 2024

The Blogger National 2024

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To give a reason to post something for the first time since late May - I jumped in on this blog bat-around from Cards Over Coffee where I h...
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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Joe Mauer first year card set finds

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I was thumbing through cards in a dollar box from a seller's table at a card show and started finding some Joe Mauer minor league cards ...
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Monday, May 20, 2024

Card show buys - miscellaneous stuff

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I thumbed through some cards arranged in a binder at a seller's table and found this Logan O' Hoppe rookie card in the $2 or '6...
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Friday, May 17, 2024

TTM autograph received: Jim Palmer

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It might have been sometime in February when my buddy decided to make a card show run and took me along to make a day of it - the first sto...
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Monday, May 13, 2024

TTM autographs received: Bill Mazeroski

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In early March, I sent out some TTM requests in anticipation they would be returned when I finally came home from some overseas travel - I ...
Thursday, May 09, 2024

TTM autograph received: Ruben Sierra

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In early March, I sent out some TTM requests in anticipation they would be returned when I finally came home from some overseas travel - th...
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Monday, May 06, 2024

TTM autograph received: Camilo Pascual

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In early March, I sent out some TTM requests in anticipation they would be returned when I finally came home from some overseas travel - o...
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Thursday, May 02, 2024

TTM autograph received: Whitey Herzog

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In early March, I sent out some TTM requests in anticipation they would be returned when I finally came home from some overseas travel - on...
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Tuesday, April 02, 2024

My all-time Top 100 cheap azz keepers collection - 9-1

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My Top 10 is where I show off my iconic Top 100 gems - it might be cliche to have these cards in such a collection, but it's all fun an...
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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...