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August 15, 2010

Pops Puzzle

Posted by Matt Flaten at 11:03 PM
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Short Term Collecting Goals

1997 Bowman''s Best #117 Adrian Beltre RC
1948 Topps Magic Hedy Lamarr #14

Long Term Collecting Goals

-Reprint copies of Andy Pako 1952 Topps #1
-1963 Topps #496 Steve Dalkowski RC
-Bill Murray 1988 Salt Lake Trappers Team Set #29
-Choo Choo Coleman 1966 Topps #561
-1923 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Turf Cigarette Cards
-A copy of Esquire magazine from April 1944 [Should have an Andy Pafko article]

Andy Pafko Needs List

Andy Pafko Needs List

Players I Collect

Baseball:

Minnesota Twins
Milwaukee Braves [1953-1965]

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Related Players:

Andy Pafko -- Needs List
Burleigh Grimes -- Needs List
Hank Aaron
Jordan Zimmermann
Brad Radke
Kole Calhoun
Tom Poquette -- Needs List

Decatur, Illinois Related Players:

Bill Madlock -- Needs List

Hitters:

Ichiro
Harmon Killebrew
David Ortiz/David Arias Twins cards
Robin Yount
Jim Thome
Matt Williams
Vic Power
Luke Easter -- Needs List

Pitchers:

Glen Perkins
Jamie Moyer
Barry Zito
Wilbur Wood
Dock Ellis
Juan Berenguer -- Needs List
Fred Hutchinson -- Needs List

Mars Attacks Heritage 1-of-1 Sketch Cards
Knuckleball Pitchers
Miscut Cards
Copies of 1972 Topps #19 Billy Cowan
Topps Commemorative Patch Cards
Minis
X-Fractors
Floating Head Cards
Political Cards
Cards with Sports Stadiums
Cards with Team Mascots

Football:

All Green Bay Packers players
Jeff Query
John Kuhn
Alan Page

Eau Claire, WI Area Players:

Tim Krumrie
Bill Schroeder
Jim Leonhard

Sets and Insert Sets I Am Working On

Baseball:

1948-1949 Leaf Baseball: Needs List

1969 Topps Deckle Edge: Needs List

1972 Topps: Needs List

2011 Topps Diamond Die Cuts: Needs List

2013 Topps Cut To The Chase: Needs List

The Magnificent Minnesota Seven RC: Needs List

Football:

1990 Pacific Packers 25h Anniversary Set: Needs List

Non-Sports Cards:

1934 W. D. & H. O. Wills Animalloys Needs List

1962 Topps Mars Attacks: Needs List

1995 Marvel Metal: Needs List

2003 Upper Deck The Hulk Movie Cards Famous Hulk Covers Insert Set: Needs List

2012 Topps Mars Attacks Heritage Green Border Insert Set: Needs List

2013 Panini Beach Boys Trading Cards: Needs List

2014 Topps Allen and Ginter Chuck Klosterman Cards: Needs List

"Matt" Garbage Pail Kids: Needs List

Political Cards:

1991 Pro Set Desert Storm: Needs List
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  • The Cardboard Don
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  • The Wax Morgue
    Topps Mends My Broken Heart - Finally! Here we have my favorite Jose Canseco card of 2015 and it comes from none other than Topps’ flagship, series 2. Before I begin I have to say that ...
    3 years ago
  • ALL TRIBE BASEBALL
    Come on Guys and Gals ! You Really Disappointed me ! - Did you really think I bought a pair of shoes !! WOW !! I thought I would get some comments on my last post ! After all, where did we used to store our c...
    3 years ago
  • Two Packs A Day
    November 26, 2013 - 2012 Panini Prizm and 2011 Topps Pro Debut - 2012 Panini Prizm 177 Norichika Aoki 104 Brandon Phillips 123 Ozzie Smith 69 Jose Reyes 41 Starlin Castro 84 B.J. Upton 2011 Topps Pro Debut 10 Justin B...
    3 years ago
  • Cardboard Heaven
    Baltimore Ravens: Who Has The Most To Prove In 2015? - *Re-Blogged From: ProFootballSpot.com* *The Baltimore Ravens have a slew of solid veterans on the roster, but mixed in with the core of the team are ...
    3 years ago
  • Baseball Card Bust
    Greg Luzinski, 1984 Fleer - *Name: *Greg Luzinski *Team: *Chicago White Sox *Position: *Designated hitter *Value of card: *A circle *Key 1983 stat: *Beard made of 50,000 porcupine spi...
    3 years ago
  • Got it. Got it. Need it.
    Bloggers' Wantlists - *Cam* - Carlos Lee - Hunter Pence - Michael Bourn - Astros - Tampa Bay Rays *Mark's Ephemera* - 1971 Topps (baseball) - Orel Hershise...
    3 years ago
  • THE PURSUIT OF 80's(ness)
    Card in the Wallet...I'm in! - Here we go... 2009 Goudey Jacoby Ellsbury is in the wallet.
    3 years ago
  • Emerald City Diamond Gems
    I'm here, but not completely - Am I back? I never really left, but I wouldn't say that I'll be posting everyday. Life has been a journey lately to say the least. I have watched my son ma...
    3 years ago
  • The Sandlot
    Big Box of Trade Bait ft. '75 Yount RC #I'mStill Alive - Hello world! It's been over 9 months since my last post and some of you have gotten sporadic emails from me for trades but I'm ready and raring to get back...
    3 years ago
  • 30-Year Old Cardboard
    ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call - ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ – The Curtain Call Tonight, I say good-bye. My blogging days are done and my ride of 12,268 articles written will come to an end. ...
    3 years ago
  • A Rookie (baseball) Card Collector
    BASEBALL BLOGGER SECRET SANTA! (SIGN UPS) - I started this a few years back and people seemed to enjoy it. I dropped the ball on the last couple of years but decided it would be fun to bring back ag...
    3 years ago
  • The Zistle Blog
    Pulled a damaged card? Get a new one! - I’ve been collecting cards for about 25 years now. I don’t consider myself deep into the collecting industry, and so, when I recently uncovered the card ...
    3 years ago
  • T. Sean Purpose Pitch
    What if the Astros drafted DEREK JETER - *WHAT IF…the Houston Astros used the first pick of the 1992 draft and selected Derek Jeter*? T. Sean Shannon is an Emmy award winner, having written fo...
    3 years ago
  • The Mojo Beard
    Best of the best, HOF rookies collection… - Here is a little video showing off my collection of vintage rookies cards I made a gaff in the video, I said Bill Russell has a rookie in 1969 Topps, I mea...
    4 years ago
  • Contrary Guy
    David Carpenter - Born on today's date, David Carpenter. "If you think a guy can foul a ball off and then at the same time hit the catcher on the backswing on purpose, you...
    4 years ago
  • Dinged Corners
    My Encounter with Johnny Antonelli - Hello everyone. We’ve not posted for a long while as life has become more byzantine. For instance, now we work full-time and you’d be amazed how that jaz...
    4 years ago
  • Troll Might Rule!!!
    3 Walk-Off Wins in 3 Days? Are You Kidding ME???? - True story. Saw it with my own eyes... Even I was starting to doubt my Team a little, but this is exactly what this team and it's fans needed... Much appr...
    4 years ago
  • Sorting by Teams
    Final Post - Well, you know what they say… all mediocre things must come to an end. So, this is the final post at Sorting by Teams. It’s been a blast for me here the p...
    4 years ago
  • Condition: Poor
    Happy Opening Day! - After a long and particularly brutal winter, it’s finally here – Opening Day 2014. It just rolls off the tongue. A day of renewal. A day of hope. A day whe...
    4 years ago
  • The Diamond King
    McGwires from Fuji - I have a tough time with my McGwire collection. I have about 700 unique McGwires. That's a drop in the bucket, but when I go to shows, nobody has any for ...
    4 years ago
  • '59 topps: one f/g card at a time
    #446 Rocky Nelson - Glenn 'Rocky' Nelson had such a varied and interesting career I hardly know where to start, so let's try the beginning. Nelson signed with the St. Louis...
    4 years ago
  • The Pack Prodigy
    Catching Up - Hey, readers. It's been a month, and I've yet to post in that period of time. With 20youksox being away at college, I'm on my own for a while. That has pre...
    4 years ago
  • Carl Crawford Cards
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    The Holiday Spirit - The month of December is a very festive time of year in every neighborhood across America. The blog world itself is also a bit more cheery and generous. ...
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  • Confessions of a Sports Junkie
    A Tough Take - Originally posted on Pinola Photography: Photo of the Day Yesterday I shot the Purdue game against Eastern Michigan. Last year at Eastern Michigan it was a ...
    4 years ago
  • no one's going to read this blog
    Trade with Democratic Roadkill - Quite a few months ago I received another large package from Duane at Democratic Roadkill. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd time that we have traded. ...
    4 years ago
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    4 years ago
  • The Baseball Card Snob
    2x3 Heroes Swag - So here is a small sample of what Jeff at 2x3 Heroes sent me. Some set and Yankee team set material, and some Mo and Paul for their individual collectio...
    4 years ago
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    Why are you here? - You should be here. http://www.madduxglavinesmoltz.com
    5 years ago
  • SPOKE BAIT AND THE GAME
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    5 years ago
  • The Great 1965 Topps Project
    #525 Eddie Bressoud - Here we are at last...the end of the road. One last time, I would like to thank everyone who has read, shared, or commented on this blog over the last fiv...
    5 years ago
  • Marvel With A Mango
    Future Posts - Now that the Ukrainian part of my trip is over I'm going to semi-retire this blog for the time being and I will be posting new Marvel With A Mango posts ov...
    5 years ago
  • You Are So Relevant
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    5 years ago
  • Saints of the Cheap Seats
    Say goodbye to Grady - My player collections, as anyone who has seen this blog will know, mostly center on Cleveland Indians from their powerful teams of the 1990's. Thome, Vizqu...
    5 years ago
  • Long Fly Ball To Because.......
    AND SO IT BEGINS……… - Tonight, in front of what is sure to be a loud, raucous and joyfully expectant crowd, the Toronto Blue Jays officially begin their quest to fulfill the ...
    5 years ago
  • Wax Pack Relapse
    My First Superfractor - Placed an order for some supplies from blowoutcards last weekend, as I had run out of ultra pro ball cubes to display my autographed baseballs. While gett...
    5 years ago
  • RGB Cards
    Annoyed, but not - First, the annoyed bit. Let's get that out of the way first. I'm going through my jumbo box of 2013 Series 1, and I've opened four packs so far. That said,...
    5 years ago
  • Manupatches and Mustaches
    Day of Thanks - Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here are some things for which I am thankful. I'm thankful that mustaches don't make you creepy. Being creepy makes you cree...
    5 years ago
  • Rickey Henderson Collectibles
    Official Rickey Henderson RH24 Fan Club Logos - Rickey and his manager have been steadily piecing together all aspects of the upcoming Official Rickey Henderson "RH24" Fan Club. After holding a contest ...
    5 years ago
  • Hairline Crease
    Around the Carding Blogosphere for November 2, 2012 - COMC Haul – Day 20 – Let The Bagwells Begin! Joy of a Completed Page 1974 Edition pt 1 The Potential for Huge Chase Element in Topps Chrome Why I’m NOT Ren...
    5 years ago
  • oh my o-pee-chee! (oh mon o-pee-chee!)
    that's a wrap - oh my! - well, it's time to put a bow on this blog - 'wrap' it up as one might say. i've enjoyed going through all of the o-pee-chee sets from 1977 through 1992, and...
    5 years ago
  • BA Benny's Baseball Card Buffet
    Patch Card Of The Day (Manu Style) - Hello all. Still crazy here with work and family stuff here but I have 5 minutes to share a manupatch I scored this week. *2012 Topps Update Blockb...
    5 years ago
  • Vintage Sportscards
    It's Campy...Really - This 3-inch plastic statue features Brooklyn Dodger star Roy Campanella. Really, it does: Molded in 1956 and sold through Dairy Queen stores that year, C...
    5 years ago
  • Topps Guy
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    5 years ago
  • Smed's Baseball Card Blog
    Um… - I’ve been on the ‘blogging DL’ due to work and other projects. I’m on a rehab assignment now, and hopefully will be activated soon. Hah.
    5 years ago
  • Crinkly Wrappers
    the long and winding road. - I'm not even sure where to begin with this post. I suppose it doesn't have a beginning at all, giving that it was inevitable. I have a bad habit of cycling...
    6 years ago
  • Sports Syzygy
    Cook-ing Up Something Awesome - I’ve been a fan of Katie Cook for a long time now. My wife actually first saw her art on LiveJournal in a cat community and started reading her journal. Sh...
    6 years ago
  • Sewingmachineguy on Cards
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    6 years ago
  • ETHICAL/year2012
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    6 years ago
  • Hey, That's Mine!
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    6 years ago
  • Wrestling With Cardboard
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    6 years ago
  • Auto-Matic for the People
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    6 years ago
  • Pete's Sports Cards
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    6 years ago
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    6 years ago
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