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Repack Haiku #438 (Al Pedrique) - *Pride or cowardice? * *Had staff walk Bonds all series * *To pause milestone hit* 1988 Donruss #361 Al Pedrique (RC) Pedrique was serving as the interim...
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Topps Minus 50: 1975 Winter Meetings, Day 3 - 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...
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NBA Advent Calendar day 9 - Another pack today that gives me my first card of someone, this time Yanic Konan-Nederhauser. I have to admit though that today's arrival of Archaeolog...
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I Want it NOW! - I'm back to the 2/14 collection today, and some new names in the collection. And there's no better way to add a new name to the collection than through a To...
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2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 9 - December 9, 2025: *2019 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Revenge of Oh, the Horror-ible! #3a Ben Head* Oh. My. God. They made a Schlitzie Garbage Pail Kid. *TH...
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What I did while waiting on the plumber. - *I had my water heater replaced yesterday. Talk about putting a big hurt in the card budget for the next four or five, maybe 6 months. OUCHie! Now, I co...
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Contest Time! College Football Postseason Pick 'Em #16 - *It's once again time to make the best college football postseason picks and win a prize!* Welcome back to Contest Season. This is the 16th year of the C...
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Random Wax: 1994 Ted Williams Baseball 4 Packs - 1994 Ted Williams: Hall of Famer Eddie Matthews was a 12X All-Star. He led the league in home run 3X, walks 3X and OBP 1X. He finished his career with 5...
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Back home - I've been going to the card shows at the New York State Fairgrounds since before I started this blog. My guess on the year I first went is possibly 2007...
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Bowl Season - Pick the winners of these 6, 7 games: Tie-Breaker: National Champion Deadline: Kick-off of the first game. Must have a U.S. address. Prize: A...
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Jackie Robinson Pickup: 1950-56 J.J.K. Copyart Postcard (Blank Back Edition) - If he wasn't a budget breaker I would collect playing-era Jackie Robinson stuff all the damn time. As a Dodgers' fan, a baseball fan, and a UCLA graduate.....
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Clemente’s Corner: “The Next One” a Love Letter to Hockey’s Hidden Heroes - Ken Reid is quickly becoming one of hockey’s best authors. I have enjoyed his writing in recent years – and he’s done it again with his latest book, “The...
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Serial #d cards for the Holidays - Three offerings in, I have gotten 20+ packages of cards sent out with my motivation/contest posts. Pretty good. I am running out of cards, so this is y...
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You Can't Stand It, You Know I Planned It - Back in 2020, I designed a custom card that remains a fan favorite to this day. The following year I added a counterpart, featuring another rap trio...
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The Bulk Box Keepers - It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I'm spending the majority of it on my back in an effort to let my lower back relax and return to normal. As I pr...
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Vintage Frankenset Page 6 - Back in 2020, I got the idea for a frankenset to give purpose to many of the random old cards that didn't really have a solid "home" in my collection. Pl...
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1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft - If you remember the Classic baseball cards (and game) from the late-1980s, this pack of hockey cards will seem familiar. And by the time the ear...
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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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