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October 2026 New People - October was an unusual month for cards. I didn't get any until the 14th, but then my birthday came around on the 18th and the new cards piled up quickly...
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Match the song title: Breakfast in America - I am a member of Generation X. Known for being independent, cynical, loyal and less career-oriented, that mostly describes me. But I often feel out-of-...
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Wacky Wednesday - *Hump day again. Also trivia night. * *Straight to the interesting cards for this week.* *A little fun above. I am thinking that the Allensworth might...
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2/14 on the Gridiron - Today, a whole bunch of football additions to the 2/14 collection as I wrap up that portion of my COMC mailer, with just the miscellaneous stuff to go. ...
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Video: 2025-26 Clear Cut Hockey Box Break - Sal Barry of the Puck Junk Podcast opens a box of 2025-26 Clear Cut Hockey cards. Each box contains one premium autographed hockey card. What do you thi...
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Repack Haiku #485 (Mike Kingery) - *Hits out of nowhere!* *Career year with the Rockies* *Placed third in batting* 1987 Topps Traded #58T Mike Kingery Kingery was a career .268 hitter over...
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They Fell off the Truck - The grift is working. In this latest edition, I scored some free cards off Matty K. - I used to own an old school Broncos helmet. Morton finis...
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Naugatuck, Connecticut is Calling... - Here's another fun Al Rosen pickup. It's also yet another I may keep long-term or may part with as I continue to condense my collection and assess what I...
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Random Wax: 2018 Donruss NASCAR Blaster with Relic - 2018 Donruss: Rusty Wallace is my favorite all-time driver, and also a 1X Champion (1989). He's 12th on the all-time wins list with 55 and was top 10 in...
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Completed Set: 1991-92 Score Canadian Bilingual, Series 2 - Back in 2025, I completed . . . (this is going to be a mouthful) . . . 1991-92 Score Canadian Bilingual hockey, Series 1. I'd been given a wax box fo...
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Haunted Round Up - Time to catch up with some recent non-purchased additions to my collection. (Still sorting a nice haul from Rod last weekend which will get its own post ...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 9: Rebuilding Mode - *It's time to ponder what's next.* Last week, Oregon fell on their faces again, going scoreless in the second half after putting up a competitive first h...
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Flea Market Finds #193: Older Periodicals, Cards, and a Stack of 45's - There were a pair of card shows in San Jose on Saturday, October 17th. One was about 20 to 30 minutes away. The other was less than 3 miles from my doo...
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2026 Topps Now Card 810 - Yount Checklist - What the what?? Robin Yount get's his first Topps Now card!!! I'm glad I just happen to pop over to Topps.com and notice this was up. I think I had le...
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Disney/Not Disney: Muppets From Topps Chrome Disney - A couple of weeks ago I was at a card show where few dealers had anything I was interested in. There was one dealer that I almost passed by until a bit of...
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...
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This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...
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Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors? - OK, I didn't have a good way to tie these cards together with a nice title, but I tried. But I am giving them away!!First up is a strange card of recent ...
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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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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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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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2 comments:
"Peter McCall is going to pump (clap) YOU up!"
Of the handful of 1960/61 A&BC cards I've seen so far, this is the only one I recall which doesn't have the national team designation on it... It's just "BRISTOL CITY", not "BRISTOL CITY AND ENGLAND". Maybe that's why Peter McCall was pumping up.
"Ja, or maybe he's just a girly man!"
The Low Ceiling makes him look like a giant!
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