Here's my favorite new hockey card from the past month or so, from the 1995-96 Pinnacle hockey set. This card is just perfectly awkward. Eighteen cents well spent on Sportlots if you ask me!
Pick me a player - #3
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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
posting ...
Puck Junk Podcast: 2025-26 Artifacts Hockey Cards
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Plus: Questions for the 2025-26 Season Episode #228: October 8, 2025 Sal
Barry and Clemente Lisi look at the new 2025-26 Artifacts Hockey cards and
discu...
Repack Haiku #429 (Von Hayes)
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*Which nickname is best:*
*Berman's Von "Purple" Hayes, or*
*Rose's "Five for One"?*
1988 Donruss #207 Von Hayes
Chris Berman's colorful nickname is of c...
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)
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FSPQ: I definitely wanted to do two separate posts in regard to the Fear
Street movies. This one isn't the same as those three movies and has a
different...
The new-to-me aspect of the hobby
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One of the big reasons that I'm still in this hobby -- and still blogging
about it -- is that my life is fairly boring actually.
I do the same things d...
A Fine Farewell
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Sure, Jerry Rice would continue his career for several seasons after this,
but this is about as great as you could as for his cardboard farewell from
a ...
Big McGriffs
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Fred McGriff is one of my favorite guys to collect. As a kid growing up in
San Diego, I loved having him on the Padres for those 2+ seasons. These
days I...
Down The Rabbit Hole Of Mid-70s Topps Uncut Sheets
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I’ll warn you up front… This post is nerdy, rambling, fairly pointless and
doesn’t come to any real conclusions. It’s largely about “Oooh, look at
these u...
Read a Book, Buy Some Cards
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Throughout the years, I've occasionally read a book about sports—be it a
biography of a specific player, story about a legendary sporting event, or
summary...
1992 Score NFL Football
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Greetings!
Hope everyone is doing well. It's the start of the Divisional Series in
MLB this weekend, but we're well into football season so we need a NFL ...
Casting My Ballots
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My top three for each MVP and Cy Young Award.
*A.L. MVP*
- Judge shouldn't cause much controversy.
- Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt J...
New People September 2025
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September was a pretty light month for me card wise. I spent most of the
month doing model stuff. The season is almost over for painting, by the end
of ...
Quality Customs (& Customer Service)
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A few weeks ago, Gavin over at *Baseball Card Breakdown* showed off some
cards he purchased from a fellow custom card creator and retired blogger:
Mark ...
Good Luck Ducks, Week 4: White on White
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*Oregon faces their biggest road test in years.*
It's back to conference play for the rest of the season as the Ducks head
to Beaver Stadium to take on t...
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...
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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