for being elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday! The league's selection committee elected the maximum of 4 players this year, and it's hard to argue against any of these 4 selections. On a side note, Brett Hull joined his father Bobby as the only father-son tandem to both be inducted.
Wacky Wednesday
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*Happy hump day everyone. Had to drive to Gainesville today for not 1, not
2, but 3 VA appointments. Three being the key number there, as I also
stopped...
Flea Market Finds #178: Three Decades of Baseball
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Summer break is coming to a close. I've already spent four days in my
classroom getting it ready for the 2025-26 school year and it's pretty much
ready to...
Repack Haiku #420 (Al Leiter)
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*First pitcher ever*
*To defeat all thirty teams*
*In the Major Leagues*
1989 Donruss #315 Al Leiter
When Leiter defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks on Apr...
The baseball-football overlap
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I'm sure you can feel it coming, it's never actually left. Football is
here. And it's trying to push baseball out of the way.
This is how it's been for...
Reverse Reasoning
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Why would I add a New England Patriots card to my collection voluntarily?
Given the misery they inflicted on the Bills for about two decades, it
would s...
Random Wax: 1990-1991 SkyBox Basketball (3 Packs)
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90-91 SkyBox: I don't want to go over the top with how good Tom Chambers
was, but he was really good. He was very athletic for a big man and fun to
watch...
2025 SAGE Low Series Premium Pack
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Can you believe that college football is kicking off again in a matter of
weeks? I honestly don't know where this year has gone, although I'm sure I
say...
Classic Baseball on the Radio: 1980s Style
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A few years ago, I shared a YouTube channel here on the blog called Classic
Baseball on the Radio. As you can gather by the name, the channel shared
full r...
The 1970’s Nettles Explosion
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This started out as a silly idea for a post on BlueSky but as J.R.R.
Tolkein once said, the tale grew in the telling. I quickly realized that
this silly i...
Ryno refractors
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Sorry it's been a while since I posted. Forgot to tell anyone I've been on
strike from blogging to protest COMC jacking up their bulk shipping rate.
No,...
Mystery Chinese cards
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Back in November of 2023 I went to an antique mall in North Carolina and
grabbed a pack of a mystery NBA set. I finally found where I had put them
and o...
Scoring from My Dealer
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I bought a binder of junk era cards at a yard sale. Well, more like a
driveway sale, but anyway... Let's look at some highlights.
- The Mc...
Scoreboard!
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I am a construction lawyer. I have been for over 26 years now. In 2007, I
got involved with the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law,
first...
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...
A Holiday Weekend PWE Round-Up
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*Fun things come in small envelopes.*
It's time for another round of small trade envelopes and things of that
nature. This bunch is pretty baseball (an...
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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Stevie Y's in the hall! WOOOOOOO! (throws octopus)
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