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...
I can't see clearly now, the card's opaque
-
I'm currently dealing with an infected wisdom tooth that broke off.
Extreme pain, even for me, someone who has lived in pain 24/7/365 for a
couple of de...
Hitting a new low
-
My place or residence hit a new low for degrees below zero early Saturday
morning. Don't get excited, that's for the season, I've experienced 40
below p...
Two more incoming.
-
*What's up for tonight? A couple more of incoming Braves from the
blogosphere.*
*Gavin sent these and went 8 for 8 hitting my needs.*
*Next up is...
A Raptors Mailbag
-
I was planning to wait a little before dipping back partially to the
mailbag, but following last night's Raptors victory in Oklahoma City, I
felt like ...
TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Hanover, MD
-
Sometimes someone on the TCDB will offer a post looking for trades, and
while I happen to have a bunch of cards they need, they won't have much
that I coul...
Calm Before the Storm
-
Collecting sports cards can be relaxing. Rooting for sports teams can be
quite the opposite. Today's a big day for one of my favorite teams and
I've been...
Conference Championship Games
-
The AFC side of things is pretty straightforward. Without Bo Nix it is
just too much of a stretch to pick the Broncos. That said, if Denver's
defense ca...
Pick me a Player #12 - Pedro Martinez
-
I have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with
at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an
effor...
New HOF guys / 9-pocket PC binder
-
Now that top-tier PC guys of mine Fred McGriff and Dick Allen are finally
in Cooperstown, I'm much less emotionally invested in Hall of Fame drama.
It's ...
They Fell off the Truck
-
I received some Phillies cards from Fuji.
Let's peruse the highlights.
- The first 2 are UK minis. Juan Samuel was a 3x All-Star. Steve...
Orioles In The Baseball Hall Of Fame
-
As you probably heard, yesterday the Baseball Writers Association of
America voted Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones in to the Baseball Hall of
Fame. Beltrán...
Puck Junk Podcast: 2025-26 MVP Hockey Cards
-
Episode #237: January 13, 2026 Plus: Patrick Kane, Glenn Hall & Bob Pulford
In the first episode of 2026, Sal and Tim talk about the 2025-26 MVP Hockey
C...
I Shall Fetch A Rug!
-
Finding and securing new additions to my Archer Sketch Card Collection is
becoming increasingly difficult and increasingly expensive. It really is
the "s...
1996-97 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey
-
1996-97 was the first year of Upper Deck's Black Diamond product for
hockey. It was a time when short prints, inserts, and parallels were fairly
new t...
18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns
-
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!?
-
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
-
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)
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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!
-
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
-
*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!
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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?
-
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
-
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...
No comments:
Post a Comment