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One-card wonders, update 18 - I'm making good on a promise I made back in July with this post, with just a day to spare. During the last One-Card Wonders post I finished all the 197...
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The November Tampa card show finale - *Before you go getting your hopes up....I did not save the best for last. They were the last of the scans. So let's get at them.* *Minted in Coopersto...
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Scoring from My Dealer: Card Shop Part One - Made it out to the card shop before Christmas and came away with a decent-sized haul. First up is a bag of 1993 Donruss Series 1 baseball packs. Let'...
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The Puck Junk Bad Hockey Card Hall of Fame: Class of 2025 - As the year comes to an end, it was now or never to announce the Puck Junk Bad Hockey Card Hall of Fame: Class of 2025. And what a class it is! This yea...
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And the Rest! - Finally, I'm putting the most recent incoming mail from Dennis @ Too Many Verlanders to bed. Just in time for another one to be incoming. It's still on ...
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The Greatest Red Sox Cards Of 2025 - This is the 7th year that I have gone through and hand picked my favorite cards from the past year, and this is by far the most difficult time I've had doi...
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Whirlwind of a Week - This past week has been filled with surprises of all varieties that are best broken down into the following categories: the *good*, the *bad*, and the *ugl...
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Post-Holiday Post Post - I’ve taken both Christmas and New Years weeks off of my day job, and I’m attempting to get stuff organized going into the new year. In doing that, I found ...
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2025 Donruss Football - 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...
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Touchdown! - 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 ...
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Rickey Henderson Christmas - 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 ...
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Christmas Cards - 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...
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Merry Lynchmas! - *And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them: and they were sore afraid.*
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A Mike Trout Debut Ticket, Signed and Slabbed and Inscribed and All Mine - Today's post is such an old addition I had to double-check that I did not post it some time between now and acquiring it while Covid was still strong and...
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Good Luck Ducks, Playoff Edition: Home and Uncharted - *Oregon hosts James Madison in the first round of College Football Playoff madness.* We're in uncharted waters here as the Fighting Ducks play host to a ...
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1996-97 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey - 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...
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Pick me a Player #11 - Barry Larkin - 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...
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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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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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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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Merry Christmas to you too Shane! I love that card and own like 8 of them. I even pulled a French version recently in a repack and love it that much more!
Hope you had a great day with you and yours and I look forward to another year of great posts. You are one of our community's best!
Thanks Dave! Hope you enjoyed your holiday as well, and looking forward to exchanging more cards with you and reading more Wax Stain Rookie posts in 2015!
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