Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius: Murray Christmas!

December 25, 2014

Murray Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and yours! May your stocking be full of wax packs and blasters!

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Players I Collect

Baseball:

Minnesota Twins

Milwaukee Braves [1953-1965]

Wisconsin Related Players:

Andy Pafko -- Needs List
Burleigh Grimes -- Needs List

Hank Aaron

Jordan Zimmermann

Brad Radke

Kole Calhoun

Tom Poquette -- Needs List

Daulton Varsho (Diamondbacks prospect)

Decatur, Illinois Related Players:

Bill Madlock -- Needs List

Zack Monroe

Hitters:

Luke Easter -- Needs List

Vic Power -- Needs List

Ichiro, Harmon Killebrew, David Ortiz/David Arias Twins cards, Robin Yount, Jim Thome, Matt Williams, Vic Power

Pitchers:

Juan Berenguer -- Needs List

Fred Hutchinson -- Needs List

Glen Perkins, Bartolo Colon, Jamie Moyer, Barry Zito

Wilbur Wood, Dock Ellis

Miscut Cards

Mars Attacks Heritage 1-of-1 Sketch Cards

Knuckleball Pitchers

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, Dan Hampton

Eau Claire, WI Area Players:

Tim Krumrie -- Needs List

Bill Schroeder

Jim Leonhard

Sets and Insert Sets I Am Working On

Baseball:

Vintage Franken-Set: Needs List

1948-1949 Leaf Baseball: Needs List

1955 Topps Doubleheaders: Needs List

1962 Topps Green Tint: 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

2018 Topps Heritage & High Numbers Decals Insert Sets: 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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’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. ...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Carl Crawford Cards

Happy New Year! -
5 years ago
Nomo's Sushi Platter

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. ...
5 years ago
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 ...
5 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. ...
5 years ago
Sports Card Report

How Good Were Sports Card Black Friday Sales? - Sports card retailers were in full force on Black Friday. Popular quasi-wholesalers Blowout Cards and DA Card World offered specials on boxes and cases. He...
5 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...
5 years ago
Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz

Why are you here? - You should be here. http://www.madduxglavinesmoltz.com
5 years ago
SPOKE BAIT AND THE GAME

FOG DELAY? Not for the NL Central - The above picture is a snap shot I took of the current Reds @ Cubs game. They are currently playing ball in what may the worst fog conditions ever to ro...
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

Hopefully Maron Isn't Just A Louie Clone - I know we don't see a lot of Louie CK's parent's on *Louie*...I think we've only had one episode with Louie's mother, if I remember correctly...but when ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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,...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
Topps Guy

2013 Topps Preview(lots of pictures) - Sorry for the hiatus lately folks,I just recently got married and returned from our honeymoon.Updates should be regular from here on out. Here is a ton of ...
6 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.
6 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

Other Things - Hey all. I hope you're having an awesome Summer. The sewingmachinegal and I are soaking up the heat and really having fun. You might remember a while back I...
6 years ago
ETHICAL/year2012

what we ate on our road trip. - We’ve been back for about two weeks from our epic road trip that lasted almost an entire month. Here’s a screen cap of our trip à la Google Maps: And here...
6 years ago
Hey, That's Mine!

From Lonestarr to the Lonestar State - Man, time sure flies by when you're busy. I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything. Too many swimming, baseball and soccer practices t...
6 years ago
Wrestling With Cardboard

2009-10 Champs Minis and Paralells - Just ripped 84 more retail packs of this set and finally finished my base set...I got probably 74 or so mini's that I need, now I probably only need about ...
7 years ago
Auto-Matic for the People

2008 TriSTAR PROjections Austin Jackson - *Who is this?* Detroit Tigers Centerfielder Austin Jackson *What is this?* An autograph card from 2008 TriSTAR PROjections *Where'd I get it?* I got this ca...
7 years ago
Pete's Sports Cards

2 Hobby Boxes of Panini’s 2011-12 Hoops Basketball - I thought I’d share the results of a break I recently did of 2 hobby boxes of Panini’s 2011-12 Hoops Basketball. We have the stated odds and we have the a...
7 years ago
BoxBusters - Sports trading cards

Tristar 16th Annual Bay Area Classic -
7 years ago
Stats on the Back

All-Time Teams: GIANTS - I chose 27 players from each Major League Franchise. Why 27? 9-pocket pages, of course. I only considered stats for that franchise therefore some elite pla...
9 years ago
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December 25, 2014

Murray Christmas!

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