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Let's giveaway some cards! - *When I get a good deal, and there are dupes or cards that won't fit or don't need to fit into my collection....I like to share. The Saturday visit to m...
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Random Wax: 1991-1992 SkyBox Basketball - 3 Packs - 91-92 SkyBox: I go back and forth between Hakeem and Kareem as the greatest center of all-time. His offensive arsenal and defense just made him a sight ...
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The new-to-me aspect of the hobby - One of the big reasons that I'm still in this hobby -- and still blogging about it -- is that my life is fairly boring actually. I do the same things d...
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A Fine Farewell - Sure, Jerry Rice would continue his career for several seasons after this, but this is about as great as you could as for his cardboard farewell from a ...
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Big McGriffs - Fred McGriff is one of my favorite guys to collect. As a kid growing up in San Diego, I loved having him on the Padres for those 2+ seasons. These days I...
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Setting My Next Goals - When I made a Sportlots order over the summer, I managed to complete a handful of sets that have been sitting on my *So Close!* page for a long time. Once ...
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Down The Rabbit Hole Of Mid-70s Topps Uncut Sheets - I’ll warn you up front… This post is nerdy, rambling, fairly pointless and doesn’t come to any real conclusions. It’s largely about “Oooh, look at these u...
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Read a Book, Buy Some Cards - Throughout the years, I've occasionally read a book about sports—be it a biography of a specific player, story about a legendary sporting event, or summary...
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1992 Score NFL Football - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well. It's the start of the Divisional Series in MLB this weekend, but we're well into football season so we need a NFL ...
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Funny japanese things - What are these things?? A friend asked me if I wanted them at a card show, and being the packrat I have become, I said sure. They are very beat up. Obv...
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Casting My Ballots - My top three for each MVP and Cy Young Award. *A.L. MVP* - Judge shouldn't cause much controversy. - Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt J...
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New People September 2025 - September was a pretty light month for me card wise. I spent most of the month doing model stuff. The season is almost over for painting, by the end of ...
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Quality Customs (& Customer Service) - A few weeks ago, Gavin over at *Baseball Card Breakdown* showed off some cards he purchased from a fellow custom card creator and retired blogger: Mark ...
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Completing Your Sets is a Lot of Work! - Time is Money…and Money is Money. Earlier this month, I was writing an article about goalie-themed hockey card sets and mentioned the Between the Pipes ...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 4: White on White - *Oregon faces their biggest road test in years.* It's back to conference play for the rest of the season as the Ducks head to Beaver Stadium to take on t...
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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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CC: CMYK - We're still doing this, huh? Any by this, I mean this blog, which hasn't been updated since January. And by this I also mean that I'm finding CC Sabathia...
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WALLET CARD - A Mello-Minty Smile - I've said it before and I'll say it again....my Oscar Gamble PC is the most fun project I've ever worked on in this hobby. Smile on my face - brimming wi...
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Updating a 10-Year-Old Post: My Roy Campanella Rookie Looks Different - Ten and a half years ago I posted about acquiring a grail Roy Campanella card: his 1949 Bowman Rookie. I was absolutely thrilled to land it and since I hav...
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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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Kick Up Your Feet - Here's another look inside my recent collecting habits. I've found that there has been a fair share of hockey cards featuring guys warming up on the bench...
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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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