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...
C.A.: 1987 San Antonio Dodgers Alonzo Tellez
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*(Greetings on March 15, otherwise known as the Ides of March, Oscar Day,
Selection Sunday and World Baseball Classic semifinals day. It's also
Everything ...
Get Me On the Court and I'm Trouble
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Last week - messed around and got a triple double. - Ice Cube
Give me the following for the NCAA men's basketball tournament:
1. Nationa...
Contest Time! March Radness Year 17
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*Fill out a bracket and win some cards.*
March Radness is back for another year! You probably know the deal by now.
Fill out a bracket in my contest grou...
Not Perfect, But That's Okay
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Starting a new unit with my students. Dinner with an old buddy. Lounging
at a late night board meeting. Chaperoning a school dance. Bonding with
my bro...
1991-1992 Upper Deck Hockey
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91-92 UD: Brett Hull is a St. Louis legend. Oh sure, he was a great
hockey player. But his drunk rendition of the Blues' anthem, Gloria when
the Blues ...
Acuna vs Ohtani
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*Anyone want to take a guess at who will win this battle? It is Friday
with Hunter and Elijah here tonight so I am getting straight to it.*
*First up a...
Climbing The Ranks With JD Martinez
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In February 2018, J.D. Martinez signed a 5-year, $110 million contract with
the Boston Red Sox. A month later, I was able to get his autograph at a
Spring...
Oh, Peachy!
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I’ve got six recent pickups that are all O-Pee-Chee cards from the 1970s.
The four baseball cards are part of a project where I keep pushing out the
goals...
plain white envel-NOPE
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Heads up for users of the online card marketplace *Sportlots* that "Loot"
(seller-specific store credit) now expires after 90 days, and in case you
haven...
Getting Down With O-Pee-Chee
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Time for some low-end hockey!
There wasn't any Topps S1 on the shelves at the Walmart when I stopped by,
so I went for one of these.
Here's my first pac...
a brief tale of redemption
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Back on February 4th, I purchased a box of 2024-25 Credentials from my
local hobby shop. Each box promised one autograph but mine was in the form
of a r...
LINDEN CARD OF THE WEEK - The Cup Baroque
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Good day all....and Happy New Year. LOL :)
What can I say...it's been a while. Not for lack of hobby enthusiasm or
limited show & tell options, I think I...
This Week In Mail - 3.8.26
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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...
Hall of Fame and Hall of ... Mirrors?
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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 ...
2025 Uno Elite Core Edition NFL Booster Pack
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Target had these on blowout so I picked up a couple boxes for $2.69 each.
I'll save the other box and packs for later on my new blog Batting Out Of
Order...
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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