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Oh yes we did! - *First yes, we won last night. Didn't really need much help, but we definitely had it. My daughter Hunter (who once dated a guy named Hunter in High Sch...
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I'm getting Wednesdays back - For the last year-plus, my Wednesday workload has been what used to be the job of 4-5 people. That meant that virtually my entire day was devoted to th...
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2024-25 Panini NBA Sticker and Card Collection - Panini is back with another round of NBA basketball album stickers to collect. I picked up a box of these along with an order of Panini Points redemptio...
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The Baseball Project Trading Cards! - *Baseball cards featuring a rock band that writes songs about baseball. * If you're reading this and you like rock music, there's a good chance you've ...
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Flea Market Finds #179: Cards, a Pennant, and a Glove - This post recaps the final flea market haul of my summer break which took place two Saturdays ago at the Branham Flea Market. Although the deals weren't...
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Repack Haiku #423 (Donnie Hill) - *He's ambidextrous!* *Not only a switch hitter,* *Threw with both arms too!* 1988 Donruss #87 Donnie Hill He's spent the past 30 years as a golf instruct...
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The 2025 COMC Box, Part 11 - I had this series of posts highlighting some favorite cards from a COMC shipment earlier this year – I’ve been tagging each of the COMC-related posts with ...
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2025 Donruss Value Pack Break - Auto hit! - This pack certainly exceeded my expectations beyond that of "first one in the stack" at Wally World. The make-up of the pack was interesting. I'm so used...
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Sets I had none of on August 9th, 2010. What do I have now? - I was doing some cleaning and found a hand written note that I wrote on August 9th, 2010 listing which major NASCAR sets I had none of at that time. Fif...
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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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Puck Junk Podcast: 1988-89 Topps & O-Pee-Chee Hockey Setrospective - Episode #225: August 26, 2025 Sal Barry and Tim Parish take a fond look back at the 1988-89 Topps and O-Pee-Chee Hockey card sets, known for its use of b...
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Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball - 24-25 Donruss: I'm a big fan of Domantas Sabonis as well as his dad. He's led the league in rebounding for the last three seasons and is just so solid an...
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A Most Minuscule Blogging Milestone Achieved - A couple of weeks ago, I noticed a new number on the right-hand widget bar here on the Nine Pockets blog. I've got 50 followers! Huge news, right? Time...
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The Missing Link: Baseball - For the Phillies, I have chosen Tony Gwynn. These were the Phillies' primary right fielders from 1982 - 1997: George Vukovich Von Hayes Six...
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1991 Fleer "white border" mod tutorial - Figured I'd put a post together about how I make de-yellowed 1991 Fleer mods. I meant to get to it earlier in the summer, but hey, there are still plenty...
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Big trip, big cards - 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...
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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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WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile - 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...
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Updating a 10-Year-Old Post: My Roy Campanella Rookie Looks Different - Ten and a half years ago I posted about acquiring a grail Roy Campanella card: his 1949 Bowman Rookie. I was absolutely thrilled to land it and since I hav...
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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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Kick Up Your Feet - 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...
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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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