Best of the Worst: 2015-16 UD Portfolio
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S’up, Puck-Bunnies and Skater Dawgs! Here’s your Southern Home-Fry coming
attchu with another Best of the Worst. I picked up my first box of 2015-16
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Archives, Pokemon, and Discounted Relics - I had a rare weekday off last Thursday and after doctors appointments for my wife (where we found out we were having a son) and my 4-year old (it looked li...
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Sorting Sunday - I have been spending the day sifting through and sorting all my Minnesota Twins "M" players - they are the biggest stack by far, not just because of Joe Ma...
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Retail Only 1/1 - *2004 Donruss Team Heroes Craig Wilson Auto 1/1* This card popped up on eBay while I was at the beach. It was a straight BIN of $20 and I pulled the trig...
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Frankenset Redux, Page 9: Numbers 73-81 - *(My busy Saturday didn't leave any time for blogging, so here's a frankenset post that you'll likely be reading while I'm fighting the doldrums at work ...
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2017 Adventures in Repacks - Part 19 - Smail Packages - Another trip to the Dollarama, with the $1 hanger and $2 Surprise Bag. Starting with the hanger pack. 2010 UD - Alex Kovalev - I'm sure I've got this card a...
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A Card Show in June - About a month ago, my pal Joey a/k/a Dub Mentality tagged me and Dayf a/k/a Card Junk on Twitter with an announcement about a small card show at a local an...
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Seeing Double - As I've mentioned before, I love error cards...getting a new one is a huge thrill. They have a very small presence on Cardboard History, something that's o...
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2017 Allen & Ginter: the cameo set - I've come down off my Gene Hackman auto high enough to provide an overview of my two Allen and Ginter blasters and this year's product in general. As you...
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Saturday Night Five: Fan Favorites Autographs - Year in and year out... the one set I look forward to building is the Topps Archives Fan Favorites autograph set. This set combines some of my favorite th...
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Eureka! - I seriously doubt that I'm the only baseball card blogger who has a litany of saved searches attached to their Ebay account. Names of obscure and long-sin...
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Batteries refreshed - I took a few days away from blogs and blogging (and just about everything computer related) after I got back from my road trip. Along the way I bought a fe...
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Saturday Side Trip: The Beatles FrankenAlbums, Track #2 - Last week I started with the concept of a Beatles “FrankenAlbum”, an album made up of parts of other albums. I went through the first tracks on all of the ...
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2011 Allen & Ginter Hobby - I don't actually recall even opening a pack of these ever; not even in 2011. Let's see what we have inside! Prince Fielder, Travis Hafner (Indians! Waho...
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no. 683 - bill burbach - *Who is the man: *Bill Burbach pitched in just four major league games in 1970. He spent the majority of the year in Triple A Syracuse. *Can ya dig it: *...
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Trade With The Dutch Card Guy: Part 2 - Clayton Kershaw 2015 Gypsy Queen Auto-Relic /50, BGS 9-10 AU! - Here's Part 2 and the first follow-up to what was my second trade with Jeroen of The Dutch Card Guy fame from November of 2016. I purchased three big cards...
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Breaking News - Shoebox Legends Hires an Assistant! - I've been back from vacation for a few days now, but despite my best efforts I've had zero time for the hobby outside of keeping up with my reading of all ...
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2 blasters and a fat pack - All weekend, I was hitting my big box hoping to find someone that "accidentally" put A&G on the shelf early. So far, no luck, but I plan to head out after ...
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Spearing the Whales - The 1990-91 Panini Hockey Sticker collection is a set that I've been working on having signed over the past few years. It's a project that I'm fully aware ...
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TTM Success #40 - The Brain - My latest TTM autograph success is from a WWE Hall of Famer and in my opinion, the top heel manager of all time. After his wrestling and managing days wer...
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A new minor PC - Blake Speers - How many PCs can a fella have? Probably as many as they want or can afford to chase/trade for, but in my case I usually stop ones and start others and whil...
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If you give a Pig a Parkie..... - Parkie..... Pancake.... all the same to me. I can't get enough of either. Although pancakes *are* easier to find..... Alas, today, we have more Parkies. B...
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The Joy of a Completed 50s Giants Team Set - Wow, how time flies, it has been almost a month since I posted. I have been trying to keep up in my blog reading but even that has suffered. I couldn't a...
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Two sport champion, Gene Conley, dead at 86. - When you think of two sport super stars in Atlanta..... yeah, the mind tends to wander over to dual personality known as Neon and Prime Time. And rightf...
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2011 Topps Opening Day Baseball Hobby Box Break - I didn't reconnect with card collecting until late 2011 so I missed out on the 2011 Topps Baseball Opening Day Cards. I did however get into the 2011 Top...
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Happy 4th! - Whether you watch MSNBC or FOX we should never forget that we are all Americans. Hopefully that still stands for something good. Here's my salute in card...
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A look at some at some Topps Archives - June is coming to an end and hockey season is over. So, with the exception of Free Agent Frenzy on July 1st, this infrequently updated website turns its e...
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1988 Topps Cello - Last year I opened a wax pack of this stuff, hoping to find cards for my then-unfinished 1988 Topps set. Time has passed, and there's still a huge empty sp...
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Pull the Trigger 19.4 ($60) - *Jason Giambi Patch-Jersey-Hat (12/35)* Know any Giambi collectors who might want this? Tell them to pull the trigger on this lot for $60. *THE PILE* *20...
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My Best Griffey Acquisitions of 2016: The Runners-Up - *[Note: I cut this list short because I want to post these great cards but never had the time to finish it as I originally planned. Still, here's most of w...
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30-Day Baseball Card Challenge - Day 4 - It's been a while, but I'm back on track and tackling the day 4 topic: a rookie card of one of my favorite players. I went back and forth about which playe...
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RIP Jim Bunning, 1931-2017 - I haven’t been much for posting lately, but I try to always post a little “in memoriam” when a Hall of Famer passes away. It was especially weird this wee...
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Cards From The Binder (Chapter 10) - Something in my house is white and fat.... I'm not a binder kind of guy, but I do have one that houses a veritable potpourri of cards and other things tha...
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Caleb Joseph, 2016 Topps Orioles Team Set #BO-2 - I swear that I wasn't going to do the baby thing again tonight, but then Caleb Joseph tied a career high with four hits in as many at-bats, helping spoil ...
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Feeling A Draft - Tomorrow is an exciting day for me. Fall Out Boy is releasing new music (you can read my post about that here), and my daughters will be participating in '...
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RAISE THE CUP - I Got A Gift......Hoo Boy - Last week at the monthly trade night I was the "fortunate" receiver of a "generous" gift. There are a number of collectors, vendors, shops and just general...
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Another Box Of 2017 Topps Tribute - Absolutely. Speechless. - Just about 2 weeks ago I broke my first box of 2017 Topps Tribute and it did not disappoint. I pulled a 1/1 to go along with autographs of both Trea Turner...
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Braves Minor League ST 3.18.17 - Went up to Lakeland yesterday to catch the Braves A ball teams play the Tigers affiliates. Disclaimer: I had my 2 year old son with meso I wasn't able to k...
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Starting a New PC - Well things have not settled down as much as I thought they would. We moved in early December, and two months later, it is still chaotic around here. I hav...
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Custom 1941 Goudey Al Flair - 1941 Goudey Baseball Al Flair #34 Custom Card 1941 Goudey Baseball marked the final product from the popular, but short-lived, vintage brand. After not rel...
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The top 100 (soon to be 110) Leafs of all time - It’s centennial time! (Not really.) (Well, sort of – if you’re feeling kind of generous with your definitions.) (The 100th anniversary of the first game in...
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Moving On - Sad to say, but the sands in my blogging hour glass are dwindling. I've barely got the time to sit down and compose anything worthwhile, and I've become...
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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 ...
My Pack Rips
- 1977-78 Topps Hockey
- 1978-79 Topps Hockey
- 1982 Donruss The Dark Crystal
- 1982 Topps Baseball (Rack Pack)
- 1982 Topps Football
- 1983 Topps Football
- 1984 Topps Masters of the Universe
- 1987 Topps WWF Wrestling
- 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1989-90 Topps Hockey
- 1990-91 Topps Hockey
- 1991 Fleer Football
- 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 1991-92 Upper Deck Hockey
- 1992 Upper Deck High Series Baseball
- 1993-94 Fleer Ultra Series 1 Hockey
- 1995 Topps Embossed Baseball
- 1996 Upper Deck Collector's Choice
- 1996 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1997 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 Baseball
- 1997 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Topps Stadium Club Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Series 1 Baseball
- 1998 Upper Deck Series 3 Baseball
- 2000 Skybox Metal Baseball
- 2002 Donruss Originals Baseball
- 2002 Topps Ten Baseball
- 2007-08 In the Game Between the Pipes
- 2008 Goudey Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Heroes Baseball
- 2008 Upper Deck Spectrum Baseball
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey
- 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey (Rack Pack)
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Champs Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey
- 2008-09 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey
- 2009-10 Fleer Ultra Hockey
- 2011-12 Upper Deck Victory Hockey
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