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Happy Thanksgiving! What are the ODDS begins today. - *I have been looking forward to this day for a month now. By the time you read this I will be so miserably full it is shameful (yet I'm not). I am thank...
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Thankful for a 2/14er Fact - I didn't do much of anything card-wise for Canadian Thanksgiving, but there was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up for today. It comes from the leade...
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Random Wax: 2023-2024 Hoops Winter Holiday Blaster - 23-24 Winter Basketball: Happy Thanksgiving! No denying Trae Young's talent. He's averaged 25 PPG and almost 10 APG for his career. The Hawks have made...
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Gaming the system - About three weeks ago, Johnny's Trading Spot held a giveaway for his readers, randomizing off 350-plus cards from one of his many, many, many finds. M...
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Repack Haiku #436 (Larry Owen) - *His twenty-eight bombs* *Set college conference mark* *Topped Mike Schmidt's record* 1988 Score #230 Larry Owen Owen played for Bowling Green in college....
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Puck Junk Podcast: What’s Going on With COMC? - Plus: eBay Launches New Price Guide Feature Episode #232: November 26, 2025 Sal, Tim, and Clemente discuss the recent hubbub about Check Out My Cards, wh...
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(Zack) Wheat Wednesday: A Beautiful T206 Sovereign, Slabbed an SGC 1! - I don't think I will ever make a play at the full Zack Wheat T206 back run due to a couple of super tough ones, but if I find myself in a position to do ...
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My Side Hobby - A few weeks ago, I went to a card show held at a local mall. Like most card shows I read about on blogs, there were mostly dealers specializing in Pokemon...
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Prospecting for the Holidays - Well the 'Bulky Cards' motivation contest didn't go quite as well as I had hoped. I got 6 qualifying comments, which means only 6 card packages out there ...
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A Smorgasbord! 1993 Yoo-Hoo Baseball Legends - *From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked: supermarkets...
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2025-26 Topps Basketball Rack Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. How about that World Series? I didn't have a dog in the race, but it was exciting overall and you can't go wrong ...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 13: The Trojan Revealed - *The Quack Attack hosts a familiar foe from southern California.* The penultimate game on Oregon's schedule has the Ducks facing off against a former Pac...
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Postcard Show 2025 (Non-Sports) - For the sixth time since 2017, I attended a somewhat-local postcard show that pops up once a year. I always have a good time at these shows, even though I ...
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LINDEN CARD OF THE WEEK - 2024/25 Premier Old Style Signatures - It's a rare mid-week day off for me...and I'm welcoming it with open arms. A busier end to the calendar year has me energized and excited for what the ne...
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Randy Jones PC - Bummed this morning to hear Randy Jones passed away. His glory days were before my time, but growing up in San Diego, I'd heard his name often brought...
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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...
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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...
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CC: CMYK - 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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Mark on History Indeed: 1999 Upper Deck Challengers For 70 - It was 1999, a year after the whirlwind season wherein Roger Maris’ long-time single-season home run record of 61 was shattered by not one but TWO differ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Sports Leagues Need to Give Out More Trading Card Licenses - Night Owl Cards published a post over on his blog talking about Target's decision to eliminate most trading card sales in their retail stores. In case yo...
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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...
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Weekly Round-Up - A New Endeavor & a Legend Takes a Break - Boy it's been a rough and challenging week on the work/professional front. Glad I have cards, this blog, this hobby and this great community to keep me ...
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Quarter Box Sale TONIGHT Live on my YouTube Channel - Just a quick note to my readers that I’ll be running a quarter box sale tonight on my YouTube channel (click for link to my Continue reading The post Qua...
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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...
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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...
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The Joy of a Completed Team Set - 1996 Flair Giants - Every so often I go on a streak of trying to pick up Giants base cards to fill in gaps in my collection. I recently made a list of almost 700 base cards I...
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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...
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HOBBY FAMILY – HELP OUT MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION - Yes, I'm still alive and kicking. It's been a busy start to 2019 and I don't see the rest of the year being any different. I've written three posts on Be...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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The What Was I Thinking Files - 1994-95 Be A Player Autos - Have you ever forked over your hard earned money for cards you don't even really like? Odds are if you're a player or team collector you're familiar with ...
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