Congratulations to the Red Sox, especially Jed Lowrie, who had about as clutch a hit as you can get last night, despite a less than stellar stretch run to end the regular season. I have to be honest, Tampa Bay scares the hell out of me though...
NBA Advent Calendar day 15
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10 days until Christmas, hard to believe.
Getting closer on the Making the Nice List insert and never will complain
about a plaid. I still think of DeMa...
2004 Chrome black refractors mile$tone
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Welp, I knew if I was ever to finish my quest for a full set of 2004 Topps
Chrome Baseball black refractors that I was going to have to pony up for
the b...
2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 15
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December 15, 2025:
*1992 ProSport Peanuts Classics #210 Gold*
If you're producing a card set based on a comic strip, don't make the third
part of a four-pan...
I have my reasons
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This morning, I sent off my "response" to the cards I received from Matt
during the most recent Diamond Jesters Time Travel Trade. That means I can
pos...
New to me Braves
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*I'll get to the blowout cards purchase tomorrow, as that will be more
than one post. I still need to knock out some other incoming. Got 3 more
surprise...
Red Sox Frankenset: Choosing Cards #28-30
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It's time to take a look at a few more cards and see which ones deserve
inclusion in my Red Sox Frankenset. Just a refresher, I'm going through my
Red Sox ...
Revisiting Two Old Pickups
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Revisiting is a nice term for getting old stuff slabbed for protection
reasons....plus pre-war and 19th century cardboard looks extra nice in a
tuxedo. O...
1988 Topps
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Greetings!
Hope everyone is doing well and had some fun over the Thanksgiving weekend.
While my eldest son is awaiting the results of his 12 (!) college
a...
A Trio of BIPs (Blogger Inspired Purchases)
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A quick post with a back update and some recent blogger inspired purchases.
Let's start with the back. I'm still in a lot of pain, but at least it's
not ...
2014 Contenders Football with Autograph
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2014 Contenders: I'm a big Peyton Manning fan. He was one of the all-time
great quarterbacks and has a great personality that makes him a good
ambassador...
2025 Softball Season Review
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Here's a note that I could have hung on my locker during most of the 2025
softball season.
Okay, that's a slight exaggeration.
I did play *some* ...
One Away
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With the addition of this card (in more than one definition), I'm
officially one card away from completing the entire cardboard run of Jeff
Dellenbac...
Serial #d winner
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We had 11 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to
sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also
appreciate.So here...
Contest Reminder and a PWE Round-Up
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*Cards from little envelopes.*
Before I get into today's crop of cards, here is your final reminder to go
and sign up for the College Football Postseason...
Topps Minus 50: 1975 Winter Meetings – Day 5
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This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions
and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an
affect on...
Does Condition Really Matter for Old Hockey Cards?
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Especially When You Put Them in Pages? Last November, I purchased a
complete 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee hockey card set at the Fall 2024 Sport Card
Expo in Toro...
18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns
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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...
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...
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...
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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