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Game On! - Earlier in the week, I received a package containing this 1940 Stars of Baseball board game produced by When Topps Had Balls. It had been purchased by a...
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Tom Dundon: the Most Interesting Man in Hockey - The Winds of Change Hit the Hurricanes A lot has happened in RaleighWood with the Carolina Hurricanes over the past year. Caniacs were over the MOON late...
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9 red Pirates cards - I'm cramming 3 theme posts into one here. First there's a blog bat-around for your favorite red cards in tribute to the recent passing of baseball lifer Re...
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Buyback Franken-set: Stiff Competition - Time has been tight lately to say the least; I've been lucky to get even one or two posts a week up here. A nice rainy Saturday seems like the perfect tim...
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Classic Car(d)s Weekend - There's a big classic car show at the MN State Fairgrounds this weekend - people from all over the region show off their custom rebuilds, classic vehicles...
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Be back tomorrow - Been almost a month since I have posted. Lot going on, but I will get a post up tomorrow with some updates on a lot of stuff and plans for the future. Miss...
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Sets in my Collection #33: 1954 Topps Scoop - Here is another one of my all-time favorite non-sports sets. I just discovered it existed in 2014, and it's become a major favorite of mine. As I've mentio...
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Bob Walk the Plank is Retiring - You may have noticed I haven't been commenting on blogs as much nor have I been trading. The last couple of months I've had some drastic shifts in my job t...
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LINDEN CARD(s) OF THE WEEK - A Gift And A Get - I'm on a roll here people!!! Two posts in less than two weeks??!!! In the immortal words of George Costanza - "I'm back baby!" In all seriousness, it's n...
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My First Series 2 Break - And likely my last of Series 2, as I'll be picking up several boxes of Stadium Club next week. My first card out is Adam Eaton, and he's looking quite casu...
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A Graded Ted - In my previous post featuring the '62 Willie Mays, I mentioned that these three posts were of cards I'd wanted for awhile. That's not technically true in t...
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A Gorgeous T206 Addition: Adolf Otto "Dutch" Jordan, Southern Leaguer, Old Mill Back, PSA 1.5 - My boss recently bought an entire T206 set minus the Big 4. I knew I would snag a couple once the dust settled and two cards from the Southern Leaguers por...
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Not serious about Series 2 - I think everyone can relate to the fatigue that sets in shortly after Topps releases Series 2: More of the same. Didn't like it much the first time. Let's ...
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Just when you thought you had everything from 1990 - Hmm....1990 and Topps. I thought I had it all, but nope. More in a minute. I still need addresses for Once a Cub, Wilson, and Matt Pederson. Back to 1990...
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1992 Pacific Major (Indoor) Soccer League - World Cup is going on in Russia and look what I picked up at the local card shop. I love the junk wax era. Major Indoor Soccer League started in 1978. The...
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2017-2018 Prizm Basketball - With the draft tonight this is a good opportunity to look at some basketall. This 2017-2018 Prizm Basketball pack had 12 cards. Prizm is definitely a br...
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Sports Card Tour 2018 - Phoenix - There's no better place to spend the first day of summer than the Arizona desert. Today the Sports Card Tour stops in *Phoenix*. Phoenix is home to two pro...
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The All-Inept Team (Cubs edition) - Matt of "Bob Walk the Plank" recently partook in a fascinating exercise by composing a roster of the most inept players in the history of his beloved Pir...
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RIP Dwight Clark - I returned from my cruise to hear the sad but unfortunately expected news of the passing of Dwight Clark. Clark was a 49er legend whose "Catch" propelled ...
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Orioles Victory Card Number 21 - Orioles Victory Number 21: 3-0 over the Washington Nationals 1982 Topps Benny Ayala Hey, hey, hey the Orioles actually stopped a losing streak before it b...
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I Just Don't Understand - There are plenty of things in this world that I don't understand. For instance, what is the meaning of life? Who really killed John F. Kennedy? What hap...
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The Vinyl Score: “The Miracle Mets” LP - Waaaaaaaay back in the day… before streaming video, before DVD’s, even before… *GASP*! …Before videotapes?!?!? Say it ain’t so, Joe! Say it ain’t so! Befo...
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Taking the Scenic Route - Everyone's favorite White Sox blogger, Jeff of 2x3 Heroes, is in the midst of sending out his annual "Tis the Season" packages. I was excited when I got my...
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One Card Mailday – Paul Finebaum - My mailday posts will be slowing down for awhile and this might be the last one for awhile. Time will tell! I’ve been wanting a Continue reading The po...
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Twitter sale starting shortly - I'm doing a huge card sale on Twitter this afternoon/evening for anyone that's interested. If you're interested to take a look, follow me on twitter @beans...
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Parade of 53-54 Parkhurst Day 3 - Dave Creighton - Next up in the parade is Dave Creighton. Much like one of my heroes Alex Delvecchio, Dave was born in what would be known today as Thunder Bay. Dave would ...
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Admirable Autographs #7 - *#7 Paul Mokeski - Milwaukee Bucks* Need a big, slow, white guy? Mobility not an issue? Knee problems a plus? Well, the 1980s Milwaukee Bucks had just the...
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An Exciting Find at the Local Target - No, the title doesn't refer to Bowman Mega Boxes. Thus far, I haven't been lucky enough to find any of those. While walking around my 4th different Targe...
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Nice View! - I’m about 7 hours away from this place! My wife hiked it several years ago. I don’t really have the desire to ever go there, now or never did. But that w...
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Happy Mothers Day! - Happy Mothers Day! Here's a first day cover I picked up this year. It's a cool little piece of history. The American War Mothers organization was formed in...
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Cardboard Jones Sends Out Dairy Cards and Autographs - One of the first guys I ever interacted with and traded with is Steve a/k/a Cardboard Jones f/k/a The Chop Keeper. I especially appreciate his interaction ...
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Vintage Fridays: Pat Dobson, 1973 Topps #34 - Poor Pat Dobson. He pitched for the Orioles for two seasons, and had three Topps cards as an Oriole...and they were all highly unflattering. Since the O's...
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Quite the Sox Oddball - Hello all, been a while since I blogged but I felt todays pick up required some background info and it would be harder to do so through my usual Twitter fe...
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Completed Set - 2008 Topps Update - I have not purchased many cards lately...and nothing from the 2018 releases. Instead I've been trying to go through the mountain of unsorted monster boxe...
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1994 Milwaukee Wave Promo Pack - This pack was likely received as an arena giveaway. It's one of those things that my parents find in a shoebox when they're doing some cleaning, and they...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2017 Part 3: The Top Ten - Three posts in a row! Don't worry - I didn't get fired or anything... Just about every year when I make this list there is a magic number of cards that c...
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It's and there's still pack searchers at Target. - Cards are back! Baseball is almost back! So yeah found some 2018 Topps last Tuesday a day early. I didn't pull this card, Tony L of Off Hiatus sent it to...
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Italy Fails To Qualify for 2018 World Cup - with a draw today versus Sweden, Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. That is all.
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Final Parkie Post...... for now. - So here is the final post of my recent Parkhurst purchase. I hope to find more soon. There is a big show here the last weekend of September, *fingers cros...
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Moving On - Sad to say, but the sands in my blogging hour glass are dwindling. I've barely got the time to sit down and compose anything worthwhile, and I've become...
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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 ...
My Pack Rips
- 1977-78 Topps Hockey
- 1978-79 Topps Hockey
- 1982 Donruss The Dark Crystal
- 1982 Topps Baseball (Rack Pack)
- 1982 Topps Football
- 1983 Topps Football
- 1984 Topps Masters of the Universe
- 1987 Topps WWF Wrestling
- 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1989-90 Topps Hockey
- 1990-91 Topps Hockey
- 1991 Fleer Football
- 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1991-92 Upper Deck Hockey
- 1992 Upper Deck High Series Baseball
- 1993-94 Fleer Ultra Series 1 Hockey
- 1995 Topps Embossed Baseball
- 1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice
- 1996 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1997 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Baseball
- 1997 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Topps Stadium Club Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Series 3 Baseball
- 2000 Skybox Metal Baseball
- 2002 Donruss Originals Baseball
- 2002 Topps Ten Baseball
- 2007-08 In the Game Between the Pipes
- 2008 Goudey Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Heroes Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Spectrum Baseball
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (Rack Pack)
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Champs Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey
- 2009-10 Fleer Ultra Hockey
- 2011-12 Upper Deck Victory Hockey
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