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Pick me a player #14 - Buster Posey - I have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an eff...
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Call me late to the PARTY! Padrograph surprises! - *Let me get this off of my chest (it doesn't need any aggravation). The 2026 checklist for Topps series 1 is out, which makes sense because release day ...
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Random Wax: 1988 Fleer Baseball (3 Packs) - 1988 Fleer: Bo Jackson's career was short, but it was still amazing. His athleticism, his arm, his speed, his power, his fun. He was an all-time great e...
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The One and Only - Four NFL teams have retired #12. Three of them honored franchise legends. One retired it for their fans.* *The Buffalo Bills retired the number to honor ...
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Making the decision - I watched hardly any of the Super Bowl last night and I was trying to think of the last time I didn't watch it. My first thought was maybe 2015, becaus...
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The All Cooking Team - Any of my readers listen to baseball podcasts? One of my favorite sports writers, the legendary Tim Kurkijan does a podcast with his son Jeff called "I...
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2024-25 Credentials Hockey Box Break - The 2024-25 Credentials hockey card set was released in mid-July 2025, a good month after the ’24-25 season ended. A hobby box of 2024-25 Credentials has...
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A Custom Card Featuring Three Gearheads - Many years ago I was flipping through television channels, and stopped at a particular show on BBC America. It featured three guys talking about cars. And ...
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2/14 Goodies via Michigan - A week out from actual 2/14, here's some new entries into that collection. Here's someone that might be joining my list of 2/14 folks with Superbowl ring...
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I had forgotten how much I enjoyed trading - I stopped being an active participant on the Trading Card Database in January 2023. I started participating again in November 2025, and in January 2026 ...
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2025 Topps Update Series Rack Pack - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well and got to enjoy the holiday season. The time between Halloween and New Years seems to go by like that. I don't kn...
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Rod rules - Remnants from Padrographs Rod's holiday pack ripping have been popping up on the blogs recently, and I've again been fortunate enough to be included on ...
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Olympic Curling Starts Today! - The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony may be two days away, but the first event happens today with Mixed Doubles Curling. There’s only one curling ven...
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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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New Year, Old Cards - *A big bunch of cards to peruse.* I think I've hit a first here at the blog where I busted on past Blogger's built-in character limit for tags. I like to...
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They Fell off the Truck - I received some Phillies cards from Fuji. Let's peruse the highlights. - The first 2 are UK minis. Juan Samuel was a 3x All-Star. Steve...
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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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HOBBY FAMILY – HELP OUT MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION - Yes, I'm still alive and kicking. It's been a busy start to 2019 and I don't see the rest of the year being any different. I've written three posts on Be...
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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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