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Twenty Five Years - “We’ve lost Dale Earnhardt.” Those words from Mike Helton, 25 years ago today, still haunt me. I was late for work that day (I was a college kid worki...
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a couple cheap cards - I received this Tony Clark card in the mail yesterday, coincidentally the same day he shockingly resigned as executive director of the Major League Baseb...
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Repack Haiku #448 (Eric Hetzel) - *Shoulder injury* *Cut short his baseball career* *Five different tears* 1989 Donruss #660 Eric Hetzel (RC) From Hetzel's SABR Biography: “Dr. (James)...
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2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 4 - Valued Again - And yet another Dollarama repack. Here's the contents. The 90s pack existed. It sure did. The Miscellaneous pack was a lot more interesting. There's a p...
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I’ve Had Stuff Going On - I’ve had stuff going on the last couple of weeks, including digging out from the intense-for-us winter weather we’ve had, and all the stuff going on has le...
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Puck Junk Podcast: 2026 Winter Olympic Hockey Update - Episode #240: February 18, 2026 Plus: Topps Chrome Olympic Cards In this episode, Sal and Clemente talk about the men’s and women’s ice hockey tournament...
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Guess what? Yep, I went and did it again. - *Yep, I done messed up again. No..... I didn't piss anyone off (at least not that I know of). No, I thought I finished updating my P's with my PC's incl...
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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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The one and only - I tend to underestimate the size and depth of my collection. When someone says I should set up a table at a show to sell cards, I instantly scoff. I cou...
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A Beary Cool Set - One of the coolest things about being a "*team collector*" is you're often exposed to some team issued cards you might not see often unless you live in t...
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2026 Topps Baseball Hanger Box - 2026 Topps: Paul Skenes has been nothing short of great in his short career. He has a 1.96 ERA through his first two years, a Cy Young and an ERA title....
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Scoring from My Dealer - A bag of packs of 1993 Donruss Series 2 that I bought near the end of December. - Mo Vaughn was so good, MLB retired his number. - Whitaker should...
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A Smorgasbord! 1992 Pacific McDonald's St. Louis Cardinals - *From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked: supermarkets...
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30 Years ago Today... - I became an NBA fan, and nothing in the hobby for me would ever be the same. By April 1996 I had already been collecting NASCAR and Non-Sports cards fo...
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Contest Results... Bring on Baseball Season! - *Congratulations to the winners!* Another football season is in the books, and we have a group of winners to celebrate. If you're in the list below, plea...
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2025 Uno Elite Core Edition NFL Booster Pack - 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...
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Turning The Tide On Dastardly Martians - I slowly edge forward with one of my few remaining cardboard projects after today's addition to my 1962 Mars Attacks PSA 4 set build. The artwork in this...
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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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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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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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