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A Fine State of Affairs - Arizona is a fine state. Mainly because it became such on 2/14, qualifying it for my 2/14 collection. And here's a couple new additions to the misc. por...
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Rod Roundup - I was gifted another reusable grocery bag full of cards n' stuff from Padrographs Rod recently. Had a blast going through it, and now it's time to show o...
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A Special Thank You - It's been a whirlwind of a week. Last Wednesday was the start of parent-teacher conferences... which wraps up tomorrow afternoon at around 3pm. On Thurs...
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Repack Haiku #486 (Ike Davis) - *Son of an All-Star* *Set the Mets' rookie record* *For total bases* 2013 Topps #129 Ike Davis Davis's father Ron was an All-Star pitcher for the Yankees ...
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Goin' Down To South Park - Almost 10 years ago I landed a really cool oddball promotional set of *South Park* cards. They were released to promote the Season 8 DVD and specifically...
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Thank you for your service! - *Say thank you instead of Happy Veterans Day.* Key Facts - Date & Origin: Originally established as Armistice Day in 1919 to mark the end of Wor...
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Clemente’s Corner: ‘The Hockey 100’ Tries to Rank Best NHL Players - There are few debates that can match the passion of arguing over who are the greatest modern hockey players of all time. Is Wayne Gretzky untouchable at ...
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Hear, hear to the purveyors of 1987 Fleer - About a month ago (geez, time flies), I said that I wanted to get 1987 Fleer finished without going through the slog of buying 200-plus cards card-by-c...
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Kyle Larson wins the 2026 NASCAR Championship - His 3rd - Kyle Larson is the 2026 NASCAR champion after a dominating playoff run. In The Chase, NASCAR's form of the playoffs, he won 3 races, finished 2nd twice an...
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Hitting 1000 - Earlier this week I received yet another trade package from the Trading Card Database. It was the 55th trade I've received in 2026 and I hit the 1000 n...
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Fifteenth Anniversary: My 15 Oldest Cards Numbered 15 - Today is this blog’s 15th anniversary, and even while I’ve been uninspired and let things slide too long, I still felt like I should observe this anniversa...
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A Smorgasbord! 1990 Wonder Stars - *From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked: supermarkets...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 10: That One Team - *A big game under adjusted expectations.* Today's game against Ohio State has been marked on the calendar for a long time. The teams were ranked #1 and #...
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Trade Me Anything Is Back! - After a one-year hiatus, Trade Me Anything will be back. Traditionally, this event has begun in late October or early November, but this year we're moving...
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2026 Topps Now Card 810 - Yount Checklist - What the what?? Robin Yount get's his first Topps Now card!!! I'm glad I just happen to pop over to Topps.com and notice this was up. I think I had le...
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OUTSIDE THE BOX - Baseball In Full Swing - I'm sure I was one of many who were swept up in the drama and excitement of the 2025 MLB Playoffs - and a World Series for the ages. I hadn't watched muc...
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This Week In Mail - 3.8.26 - For the most part, it was a boring week via the mail. The top two items didn't show up until Friday and Saturday. Part of the "boring" start to the wee...
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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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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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Merry Christmas to you too Shane! I love that card and own like 8 of them. I even pulled a French version recently in a repack and love it that much more!
Hope you had a great day with you and yours and I look forward to another year of great posts. You are one of our community's best!
Thanks Dave! Hope you enjoyed your holiday as well, and looking forward to exchanging more cards with you and reading more Wax Stain Rookie posts in 2015!
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