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Shut out - I read a story on the wire at work last week about Red Sox pitcher Zack Kelly, perhaps you saw it, too. It ended up on youtube and social media as well....
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More Topps 1952 - *Two turned into 7. That's right. Last week or the the week before I posted a pair of 52' Topps that a fellow OCT'er sent to me. Almost immediately Davi...
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Misc 2/14s from Various Sources - As the title says, 2/14 stuff from sportlots, tcdb, PWEs and ones I've had sitting around in my collection for way too long without posting them. This is...
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The Inside the Park Home Run - Card blogs rule. They've been a big part of my life for eighteen-plus years. I'm constantly learning about new cards and discovering interesting sports t...
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Random Wax: 2024 Topps Baseball Blaster - 2024 Topps: Aaron Judge won his 3rd MVP in 2025. Doesn't seem like he is 33 already. His 53 home runs bring him to 368 for his career. Last season he h...
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Looking At Some 1992 SkyBox Pre-Rookie AAA - I recently went to a fairly large (by Shlabotsylvania standards) card show that I’d been looking forward to for a few weeks. It unfortunately turned out to...
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This Week In Mail - 3.2.26 - Okay, so it's more than a week's worth of mail...but never let a title get in the way of a good post. If you followed the blog years ago or followed m...
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TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Nacogdoches, TX - Kicking off March with a quick post here. I was proposed a trade on the TCDB by Wayne, who offered up three cards in exchange for just one that he needed. ...
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The 1989-90 OPC Hockey Sticker Album Project - My first experience in this hobby came at a very young age—I was probably about 6 years old—and involved not cards, but stickers. At some point in 19...
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TGI Mailday - Got cards in the mail from a few different sources today, helping it shape up into a pretty nice Friday afternoon. Let's whip up a quick post out of 'em....
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Black History Month Hockey Spotlight: Dustin Byfuglien - As I mentioned in my previous post I only had one player I could get a full post out of, and that is Dustin Byfuglien. In case anyone is unfamiliar with...
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Not Forgotten - *A baseball-heavy pile o' cards.* I almost never post about my TCDB trades, but one that came across my desk around Halloween time included a bunch of bo...
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Puck Junk Podcast: 2026 Winter Olympic Hockey Recap - Episode #241: February 24, 2026 Plus: 2025-26 UD Series 2 Young Guns Checklist Sal, Tim, and Clemente recap the 2026 Winter Olympic Hockey Tournament – w...
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Collection Highlights - Been a while since I did one of these. *Baseball* Oldest - 1954 Bowman Toby Atwell Most Valuable (according to TCDB) - 1972 Topps - 2...
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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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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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