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.
2025 Donruss Football
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2025 Donruss: Drake Maye and the Patriots deserve some love for the season
they are having. He has thrown 25 touchdowns, 8 interceptions and over
3,900 y...
Touchdown!
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There's good ol' Terry Bradshaw, arms in the air, celebrating another
score. He's likely done it by completing a pass to John Stallworth, or
maybe Lynn ...
Shadow Shots
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*Feeling kind of lazy today. Let's make quick work of this one.*
*1) I see a cat*
*2) I see a tornado shadow on his uniform*
*3) I see an elephant ac...
Oh well, at least my blog buds came through
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It was a very uneventful and quiet Christmas this year. Not a lot to boast
about as far as gifts go.
Unlike last year and the last few years, my sister...
Scoring from My Dealer
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Got a 2025 Donruss WNBA blaster at Target.
- It's a 100-card base set, so not too hard to get a lot of stars. Though
I wonder how the Bueckers R...
Rickey Henderson Christmas
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Two posts in one day?! It's a Christmas Miracle! 😃 🎄🎅
Sure, these posts won't get a lot of views/comments since most folks are
busy with family stuff ...
Christmas Cards
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My family is so awesome, I'm not exaggerating. Every year I ask for one
thing, cards, and they deliver.
2025 is no different, I got a huge amount of car...
Christmas Mischief!
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Year #4 of showing off Mischief's Christmas picture, as she wishes
everybody the best while plotting revenge on her human for the hat.
Her hat/headband wa...
Mets In The Baseball Hall Of Fame
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With the recent election of Jeff Kent to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I
thought “Well, there’s another Met in the HOF!” …Not that Kent’s time with
the Mets i...
1996-97 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey
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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...
Pick me a Player #11 - Barry Larkin
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I have 137 different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards.
The players are listed at the end of this post. In an effort to get myself
posti...
A Trio of BIPs (Blogger Inspired Purchases)
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A quick post with a back update and some recent blogger inspired purchases.
Let's start with the back. I'm still in a lot of pain, but at least it's
not ...
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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Stevie Y's in the hall! WOOOOOOO! (throws octopus)
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