Congratulations to Dustin Pedroia for winning his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award today. Dustin is one of my favorite players to watch, and, in the opinion of this biased Red Sox fan, is well-deserving of the Gold Glove. Not a bad track record so far, two years in the league and he's already racked up Rookie of the Year and Gold Glove honors.
Random Wax: 2024 Allen & Ginter
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2024 A&G: I was not happy when Max Fried signed with the Yankees in the
offseason. He's had another great season with them making the All-Star
team.I'm g...
Gone Fishing
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Not really. I haven't fished in years. But I have been forced to take
time off from the blog in recent weeks to focus on school related stuff.
As luck...
NEVER FORGET! R.I.P Charlie Kirk
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*Sept 11th changed America especially for my generation. I had little ones
at the time. For the last 24 years and for the rest of eternity We will not
fo...
Other people's customs
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I don't buy customs all that often these days, but coincidentally I scored
some recently from two different independent card makers and they both
arrived...
Searching for information
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I am clinging to at least four dying sources of information ... some would
say "dead" in some cases.
I work at a newspaper and still read one virtually...
Puck Junk Podcast: Remembering Ken Dryden
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Plus: 2024-25 Ice Hockey Cards Episode #226: September 10, 2025 A
discussion on the life and career of all-time goaltending great Ken Dryden,
who sadly p...
Repack Haiku #425 (Tyler Stephenson)
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*Was first Reds' player *
*To homer in first at-bat*
*Since 1950*
2023 Topps #166 Tyler Stephenson
Stephenson made his MLB debut as a pinch-hitter on July...
Cardinals, Heritage and Sometimes Both
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*A late spring trade package with some of the usual suspects and a couple
of nice surprises.*
Since I don't really do many prearranged trades outside of...
Trading Card Detective: Al T's Top Hand Bat
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Here's a 1987 Fleer card featuring a rather unenthused and weary-looking
Mike Fischlin.
1987 Fleer #98, Mike Fischlin
Maybe he just finished a vigorous...
Time Traveling
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Another trade with Matty K:
- Holland won the Rolaids Relief Award in 1983 and was an All-Star in '84
- both with the Phillies. It was ...
Fun Cards From The “Fill A Box Guy”
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There’s a card show that I try to go to each month because it’s just 2
miles from my house and there’s no admission. Unfortunately this show,
which I have...
2023 SAGE Artistry
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It's football season, so let's check out another (college) football pack!
This one came to me in another repack thing, probably one of those ones
where y...
New People August 2025
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August is traditionally my least active month in the hobby. I don't really
know why that is- it's usually too hot to do much anything else, although
tha...
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...
Big trip, big cards
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I was recently out of town for 9 days in the Denver area. Just another
excuse for not posting often! I was coaching my 14u travel softball team
in the b...
CC: CMYK
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We're still doing this, huh?
Any by this, I mean this blog, which hasn't been updated since January.
And by this I also mean that I'm finding CC Sabathia...
WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile
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I've said it before and I'll say it again....my Oscar Gamble PC is the most
fun project I've ever worked on in this hobby. Smile on my face - brimming
wi...
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...
Kick Up Your Feet
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Here's another look inside my recent collecting habits.
I've found that there has been a fair share of hockey cards featuring guys
warming up on the bench...
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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