Congratulations to the Red Sox, especially Jed Lowrie, who had about as clutch a hit as you can get last night, despite a less than stellar stretch run to end the regular season. I have to be honest, Tampa Bay scares the hell out of me though...
Topps Retired Triad: The Return
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Ok, I haven't done one of these in a while. To recap, my favorite high-end
product line is Topps Retired Signature Edition, which ran for 3 years,
2003-2...
A Sweaty Sunday Sort
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It's hot here. Too hot. The kind of heat that makes me skip the farmer's
market and grocery shopping. That means more time to clean the house and sort
s...
Thank goodness for the '80s
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It's getting so that I'm running out of places to turn to find cards that I
like that aren't stupidly expensive or unavailable.
Modern cards are out in...
2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 18.4 - Cubism
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I'm going to have to pick things up if I'm going to finish this before the
start of the 2026 season.
That might be the worst possible contrast between th...
Random Wax: 1992 Upper Deck Football
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1992 UD: Joe Montana was just amazing. Four Super Bowl wins never
throwing an interception in those games. MVP in 3 of those games and you
can tack on 2...
High School Hockey Trophies (Or, the Glory Days)
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A few months ago here on the blog, I shared an image of the one Little
League trophy that I managed to hold onto for all of these years, along
with a pict...
Topps Hoops
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*A look at Topps in their first year of their new NBA deal.*
I have to admit that I didn't have a ton of nostalgic feelings for Topps
basketball cards wh...
TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Minneapolis, MN
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Time to catch up on some little trades. A recent one came from Tim via the
TCDB. What made this particular transaction stand out was the envelope
itself:
...
Oddball panels: The last of them.
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*My brother and I blew it (rather I did) at trivia last night on the final
question. It was an either or answer. 50/50 shot at it. Jack said he had no
c...
Return to 'Tender
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Ever since going to the Rhinebeck car show early in May, I've been on a
60s music kick again. (as an aside, car shows play the best music) And of
course...
World Cup Contest Winner
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Batting Out of Order.
Good job.
I do not have an address for you. So send me an email:
morganyud at protonmail dot com
Prize Options:
Baseball: ...
Stuff Found During Organizing, July 2026
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I confess, I’m in a major blogging funk. Over the past couple of months
most of my hobby time has been spent organizing rather than acquiring,
which puts a...
1988-89 Pacific MISL
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Here we have a pack of 1988-89 Pacific MISL soccer cards. The wrapper is
traditional wax of the time and the most obvious feature is the sticker
they pi...
Video: 2025-26 SP Game Used Hockey Box Break
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Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2025-26 SP Game Used
Hockey cards. Each box contains nine cards – including four hits, which can
be aut...
Triple Trouble
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Another day, another *Archer* sketch card. I somehow scanned this in six
weeks ago but totally whiffed on writing it up and posting it. I guess it
feels ...
OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing
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I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of
the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched
muc...
This Week In Mail - 3.8.26
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For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items
didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to
the wee...
Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors?
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OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice
title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card
of recent ...
18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns
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Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and
had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the
hig...
A Milwaukee Card Show!?
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Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk
about it anyway.
My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz
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Here's the new Wallet Card for me in 2025:
Ortiz was a member of the Twins' 1991 World Series winning roster, in the
role of a backup catcher, and the p...
Closing the doors (for now)
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This is a post I knew was coming, but dreaded writing.
Let's take the band-aid off: I've decided to close up shop on "Dime Boxes"
for the foreseeable fut...
Out of Ideas
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A few months ago I saw a sell sheet for 2023-24 Skybox Metal Universe
hockey. I've never been a fan of the Fleer/Skybox Metal Universe sets
(though I do ...
Trading to Completion: Part 2
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So, after a couple of months, how is this project going? Eh, like most of
the projects around these here parts, slowly (still haven't finished any of
...
Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first
became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing
home runs...
2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box
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Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those
older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was
$59.0...
Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last
spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the
conclusion ...
Born in 1993 - Max Power
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*You're watching the Simpsons with your daughter the other day...*
"Oh! I bet you'll like the Max Power episode." I said to my daughter.
"Let's see....
Five Months of Mail Roundup!
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2021 and the start of 2022 has been busy for me and I've once again
neglected the blog. I've still been buying, selling, and collecting, and
I've got som...
A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2
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Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life
changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a
whole b...
Closet Discoveries
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I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked
my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper
shelves a...
Nick’s Super Stuffed PWE of Super Stuff
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It seems like Thursday is becoming my regular posting day. I hadn’t really
intended it to be that way but with work being incredibly busy right now,
it’s...
The End of the 7 Day Trading Card Challenge Road
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Here I am, I've come to the end of the line for my 7 Day Trading Card
Challenge. There have been twists and turns...planned and unplanned pauses,
but the j...
Throwback Thursday - 02.06.2020
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Every Thursday, I post a card showing a ballplayer wearing a throwback
uniform from my collection. Hopefully, he will be wearing it well, with
proper pants...
Boo
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Well hello there old friends. Didn't mean to scare you.
It's your old friend Matt providing a proof of life.
Thought it was an appropriate time to provide...
Anyone interested in a box break?
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Hey all! Like I have mentioned previous I have been very active on Twitter
in lieu of posting on here which has been both good and bad. I am still
working ...
2016 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail
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Repack box pack time.
Let's tear in.
Top to Bottom:
141 Colin Rea
144 Matt Holliday
BL-11 Ted Williams Baseball Legends
142 Jake Arrieta Mini
310 Patrick...
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