The White Sox have a pretty deep outfield, but nonetheless I'm hoping for the best for Carlos. You hate to see anyone get hurt when they're enjoying a career year like Carlos was...
2/14 Baseball
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I'm back to the 2/14 binders today.
While I generally don't do reruns with this, I figured an update for one of
the members of the collection made it wor...
Top 5 Hall Of Fame: Billy Wagner
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On July 27th, the Hall of Fame will officially recognize 5 new members. As
I have done in years past, I will be honoring these great ball players in
my...
Random Wax: 1991 Fleer Baseball (4 Packs)
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1991 Fleer: Bo Jackson needs no introduction no matter where he goes.
When I think of him, I think about how much fun it was to watch him play
whether i...
How about an after the ASG Grand Slam post.
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*Congrats to my National Leaguer's for the win (even if it was decided by
the "swing off". I'm not really sure just how I feel about not playing
extra i...
Milestone stuff
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It's time for another birthday post.
It's a milestone one this time. The kind that you don't even want to say
out loud because it can't possibly be rig...
Scoreboard!
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I am a construction lawyer. I have been for over 26 years now. In 2007, I
got involved with the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law,
first...
Six Pack Sunday
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Summer if officially in full swing. We're past the halfway mark in the 2025
MLB season. The Midsummer Classic is in two days. And Mother Nature has
cran...
A Smorgasbord! 1987 M&Ms Star Lineup
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*From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your
favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked:
supermarkets...
Big trip, big cards
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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...
Time Traveling
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Another trade with Matty K.
- Tigers star Lolich after being demoted to the Mets.
- 2x World Series winner Johnstone going deep off Drago...
2023 Leaf Draft Football
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Here's something I must have unearthed from one of those repack boxes, as
there's no chance I'd intentionally buy a modern Leaf product. This is
another ...
A Holiday Weekend PWE Round-Up
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*Fun things come in small envelopes.*
It's time for another round of small trade envelopes and things of that
nature. This bunch is pretty baseball (an...
June 2025 New People
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June was a weird month. It seemed like I did a lot of card stuff, but at
the end it turned out it didn't. I only scanned 315 cards for the entire
month ...
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...
1 comment:
It was his own stupidity mixed with a one in a million shot.
They say he should be back if the White Sox limp into the playoffs. Judging by yesterday's game, at least the offense has stepped up in his absence.
Thanks for the sympathies. :)
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