Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius: Heartbreaking Originals

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
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

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

My Blog List

Wrigley Wax

They Took My Advice! - The Cubs took my advice! Ok, maybe they have never even heard of me, but they did make a change that I suggested a year ago. In this post, I pointed out ...
2 hours ago
JOHNGY'S BEAT

Friendly Encounters: Sara Moulton, Sammy Marshall and Jonathan Cimaglio - Friendly Encounters is a weekly series featuring my friends who have met celebrities. With the Chicago Bandits about ready to start the 2018 season, it is ...
2 hours ago
Sports Card Info

Card of the Day: Mark Howe 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee #7 - Advertisements
7 hours ago
Mint Condition

Send Me An Angel - (Music Pun #8. When in doubt, go 80s.) We're barely even a month into the season, and already we've got a battle for the ages brewing in the AL West. The...
7 hours ago
Puck Junk

Record: The Chemistry was Just Right! - The story of the 1979-80 New York Islanders “Dynasty” is a word that’s been tossed around in the hockey world a lot in the last decade. What does it take...
8 hours ago
Dodgers Blue Heaven

Marlins Series Starts on Monday - Pregame Info and Other Stuff! - The next homestand starts on Monday against the Miami Marlins. Below are some odds and ends for this upcoming homestand. Here are some important links: ...
9 hours ago
Baseball Cards Come to Life!

Baseball card story from Dylan Axelrod - Dylan Axelrod pitched for the White Sox and Reds from 2011 to 2015. In 59 games (34 starts), he went 9-15 with a 5.27 ERA. Now a youth baseball coach in At...
11 hours ago
Shoebox Legends

Signature Sundays - Autos and Buybacks from Coast to Posts - Recently I was the recipient of an extremely generous little bubble mailer of cards from my friend Brad, who writes over at Coast to Posts. Brad managed t...
12 hours ago
The Lost Collector

Blog Bat Around: My All Autograph Team - *Kudos to Zippy Zappy for a very fun and creative Blog Bat Around*. My all autograph team! Being a pretty big autograph collector, I felt like this was on...
13 hours ago
The Angels, In Order

Blog Bat Around: All Autograph Angels Team - This Blog Bat Around came from Zippy who offers up a great suggestion in highlighting your favorite all-autograph team, from your collection. I'm an Ange...
13 hours ago
Nachos Grande

Barry Larkin Collection 600: 2002 Fleer Genuine - #12 - Names of the Game Memorabilia - *Barry Larkin* *Year:* 2002 *Brand:* Fleer Genuine *Insert set: *Names of the Game Memorabilia *Card number:* 12 Before I talk about this specific card,...
13 hours ago
Night Owl Cards

Awesome night card, pt. 282: no-hitter recognition, plus contest results - This is my favorite card recognizing a Dodger no-hitter. Donruss also put one out of Kevin Gross in its 1993 set, but it scans like crap, and the Score o...
13 hours ago
Japanese Baseball Cards

Card Of The Week April 22 - Kotaro Kiyomiya, the Fighters 1st round pick in last fall's draft has been having a slow start to his professional career. He came into last Friday's *ni-...
14 hours ago
foul bunt

TTM Success - Pete Broberg - Here are some more cards from the 70s, these being a TTM success from Pete Broberg. I had the 1976 Topps in my box for a while, then found a few others t...
15 hours ago
Sports Collectors Daily

’52 Topps Mantle Wasn’t Only Heavy Hitting Vintage Card in Heritage Sale - Ruth and Mantle rookies, some high-grade Leafs and a 1975 Topps cello case were among the big ticket items in the two-day auction.
15 hours ago
Thorzul Will Rule

$10 Scumbucket Grab Bag 3.14 - *2007 MLB Trade Up David Ortiz* Always good to sweeten the bucket with a folk hero. *THE BUCKET* *2012 Triple Play Jersey* *Three 2010 Bowman Chrome Card...
16 hours ago
Autographed Cards

1997 Donruss, Marcus Jensen - #238 Marcus Jensen Here is one of my most recent autographs. Marcus is the bullpen coach for the A's and I was able to get him to sign at Spring Training...
17 hours ago
Cardboard Catastrophes

Blog Bat Around - All Autograph Team - Via Night Owl, I learned about a Blog Bat Around started by Torren' Up Cards about an All Autograph Team. I am primarily a vintage set collector and though...
18 hours ago
The Writer's Journey

Congratulations, Sean Manaea! - Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter of the 2018 season last night against the Boston Red Sox. He struck out ten batters and only walked two. Marcus Sem...
1 day ago
A Pack To Be Named Later

1979 Topps Burger King Yankees - Back when Topps was making cool oddball/food tie-ins, in 1979 they teamed up with Burger King to create a 22-card set of Yankees. The title card, featuri...
1 day ago
Cards on Cards

Card Show Odds 'n Sods - *The odd stuff. * The monthly card show was a week ago, but I'm finally getting the chance to sort through some of the stuff I bought. I was even in more...
1 day ago
All Trade Bait, All The Time...

Blog Bat Around - All Autograph Team - Aloha, everybody, My buddy Zippy Zappy started a Blog Bat Around that consists of a team lineup that's made from autographs. It doesn't matter if the auto...
1 day ago
2 by 3 Heroes

BBA: Sign up the team - So the latest Blog Bat Around was suggested by Zippy over at Torren' Up Cards. If you have seen others, I won't get into too much detail. Just click the ...
1 day ago
The Chronicles of Fuji

Buyer Beware - Thanks to three of my students, I had $105 worth of Amazon gift cards that needed to be spent. I place orders on Amazon at least five or six times a month...
1 day ago
Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey

Top Five: Anthony Rizzo - As I scroll through the names I've covered in past Top Five posts, I realize I've somewhat subconsciously focused on older subjects throughout the life o...
1 day ago
Community Gum

Introducing the John Lackey Collection - This is part two of a twenty-five part series chronicling my budding collections of the 2016 World Series champion Cubs. Obviously, I’ve already starting...
1 day ago
Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer

Joys of a completed vintage set - In January of this year I decided that I was going to complete a vintage set this year. I decided that since I was raised in a Navy family and am a Nav...
1 day ago
$30 A Week Habit

I couldn't go to the card show, so it sort of came to me - Last weekend was the big monthly show, but I didn't have the time to get out there due to some issues around the house that needed attention. So I did the...
1 day ago
The Yount Collector

All About the Base - 1993 Topps - *Year: 1993* *Manufacturer: Topps* *Set: Flagship* *Card Number: 1* *Card Type: Base* This year Robin was given honor of being card #1. I for the life of m...
1 day ago
The Topps Archives

Package Deal - Here's a look at some tougher Topps boxes, packs and the like I've seen this year on eBay. Some really neat items here. Here'a a great idea, why not mix r...
2 days ago
Card Buzz

Bat Blog Around: My All Autograph Team - * I've leaned towards being more of an in-person / through the mail autograph collector than strictly collecting cards, so this newest Bat Blog Around wa...
2 days ago
The Official Panini America Blog

Panini America’s Weekly Redemption Card Update: Diggs, Bosa, JuJu and More - In an effort to keep collectors updated on the status of those Panini America redemption cards that are currently being processed, we’ll post a list every ...
2 days ago
Upper Deck Blog

Week 28: 2017-18 NHL® Game Dated Moments Packs are Now Available on e-Pack! - Coming off another exciting week in the NHL®, Upper Deck e-Pack is happy to bring you this week’s Game Dated Moments cards available for purchase on UpperD...
2 days ago
Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle

Roy Campanella: 1950 Drake's Cookies Oddball Pickup (BVG 3 Very Good) - Many of you recently took advantage of the 15% back in eBay Bucks promotion that ran for a couple of days. I decided to finally nab a card I've been after ...
2 days ago
Long Way from Lambeau

2018 Panini Score Football Ultimate Packers Checklist and Gallery - *2018 Score Football* *Base, Black, Gold, Green, Purple, Red, Scorecard, Showcase #/99, Gold Zone #/50, Artist's Proof #/35, Red Zone #/20, First Down #/10,...
3 days ago
Number 5 Type Collection

Five Whys: 'Selected By The Youth Of America!' - This post follows my History of Topps According to 2016 *Anthology*, where Topps played loosey goosey with its legacy, nudging a collectors-first story to ...
6 days ago
Sports Cards Uncensored

Are Player Worn Swatches the Relic Equivalent of Sticker Autos? - Right now, sports memorabilia is very much reaching a new collecting high, despite the fact that I dont think that sports cards are really exploding in t...
6 days ago
Cardboard Gods

Fred C. Harris and Brendan C. Boyd - Here are several things wrong with The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book: The title. Good lord, what a long and difficult...
1 week ago
Phungo

ANNIVERSARY: 1993 Apr 9 - Opening Day - Ok the busy/lazy blogger that I am missed an Anniversary. 25 Years ago the Phillies held the home opener for their 1993 Pennant Winning season. The 1993 ...
1 week ago
é rayhahn, rayhahn

Quicker Than Bob’s Yer Uncle - When it comes to looking for cards to trade and throwing an exchange package together, it doesn’t get any easier than with Good Trading Buddy™ BobFranklin ...
2 weeks ago
Can't Have Too Many Cards

Peanuts And More in 1954 - Baseball is an ongoing theme in Peanuts. This strip is the first that references particular players, in this case Stan Musial, Ted Williams, and Roy Cam...
2 weeks ago
Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius

What is going on with this kid from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? - Yesterday I was reminded that someday there might be a third Bill & Ted's movie and so I dusted off *Excellent Adventure* and *Bogus Journey* for a watch. ...
2 weeks ago
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog

Where Are You Now Sensen Lin? - You're not familiar with the name Sensen Lin? Well, according to LinkedIn, Mr. Lin is the Vice President, Assistant General Council for GIC, an investment ...
3 weeks ago
CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

Blogged But Not Blogged: Redemption Freed From Fed-Ex Prison - This is the type of post that I have probably done many times before, I call this type of post *"Blogged, But Not Blogged"*. Long story short since Aug 200...
3 weeks ago
Cardboard Junkie

the kids love the memes -
3 weeks ago
Starting Nine.

RIP Le Grand Orange. - Rusty Staub 1944-2018. Opening day is supposed to be a joyful day and instead it is a sad occasion this year because of the death of Rusty...
3 weeks ago
Ballcard Mania

I Knew Shipping Costs Have Been Increasing But Wowza!!! - All of us collectors know that shipping prices have been steadily increasing over the past few years. And sometimes the price can vary greatly depending o...
4 weeks ago
Mark's Ephemera

Blog Bat Around - What I Collect - Greg, from Night Owl Cards, has revived the fine idea of a Blog Bat Around. My first BBA was in January of 2009. Dang, that some time back. Greg's the...
4 weeks ago
Royals and Randoms

The Night Owl Mixtape - Better late than never?? Let's hope so. The one-and-only Night Owl recently sent me a bubble-mailer (thank you!). Does October count as "recently?" I'm ...
4 weeks ago
The Trading Card Manifesto

Hmmm... - I was going through an old computer and transferring some things when I saw a link to my "blog". I put blog in quotes because I just noticed that it has b...
4 weeks ago
The Fleer Sticker Project

Blog Bat Around: My Current Projects - Thanks to Night Owl for kicking off this latest Blog Bat Around. After reading about his current projects as well reading posts from other bloggers who ha...
5 weeks ago
A Pack A Day

1994 Milwaukee Wave Promo Pack - This pack was likely received as an arena giveaway. It's one of those things that my parents find in a shoebox when they're doing some cleaning, and they...
5 weeks ago
The Rollie Fingers Collector

2016 Topps Archives Snapshots - *Year: 2016* *Manufacturer: Topps* *Card Set: Archives Snapshots* *Card Number: AS-RF* *Card Type: Base* I picked up a few Rollie Fingers off of COMC duri...
1 month ago
The Dutch Card Guy

COMC package arrived - IT's that time of year again !! Once every few months I have COMC deliver all my eBay loot to me as I use them as my US mailbox. At least for now as they h...
1 month ago
The Infinite Baseball Card Set

- *The Infinite Baseball Card Set* *has relocated! * Please click the sign above or follow StudioGaryC.com to get to the new website. I will be leaving t...
1 month ago
Use My Camera

Clayton State University and Captain America: Civil War - I needed to do my prep work for watching *The Black Panther* and so Laura and I recently rewatched his first appearance in *Captain America: Civil War*. I ...
2 months ago
Topps 1971

right on! - Welcome! This is a tribute to the 1971 Topps set, the first Topps set to feature black borders on every card, full-color action on player cards, and head...
2 months ago
Hand Collated

Hello again, old friends - If you’ve been checking the site with any regularity since 2012, you’ll be excited to see this, right? It’s a new post from everyone’s favorite blog about ...
2 months ago
A Cardboard Problem

Heading to Toys R Us for purple parallels - Once upon a time I had to make excuses to go to Toys R Us. These days, I'm hit up the combo Toys R Us/Babies R Us more often than I would like to admit. Bu...
2 months ago
Chef's Cards

A Hall Of Famer and Someone Else - It is rare in the box of 5000 that i run across cards of guys I recognize more than just a name. Sure there are the Andres Gallaraga's, the Ozzie Canseco'...
2 months ago
White Sox Cards

RIP Oscar Gamble - Thank you for the memories of two stints with the White Sox. You will not be forgotten.
2 months ago
26 Cent Summer

2018 Royals FanFest - My wife and I made the annual trek to the Royals FanFest this weekend in Kansas City. Unlike the last two years, the crowds were pretty mild. I heard the...
2 months ago
Indians Baseball Cards

Thome in The Hall! - When Jim Thome first showed up on the Indians roster, I felt it. I knew that no matter what he did with his career, he would always be one of my all-time...
2 months ago
The Amazing Shea Stadium Autograph Project

#47) DANNY NAPOLEON - Danny Napoleon was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent before the 1964 season. He made his major league debut as a Met at Shea Stadium on...
3 months ago
The Daily Dimwit

Updates - Hey everyone, I am sorry I haven't been on here much lately. I've been doing a lot of trading and dealing with folks on Twitter and Facebook. And I haven't...
3 months ago
My Cardboard Mistress

Shoebox Card #71 - 2 years, 6 months, 12 days, 14+ hours... That's how much time has passed since I posted Shoebox Card #70 Bob Milacki struck out Jose Canseco to end the 6...
3 months ago
The Budget Collector

2016-2017 Topps WWE Slam - Elite Performers FINAL RESULTS - Last year I ran a survey on who the player community considered the "Elite" performers that appear in the Topps WWE Slam App. Since I don't have a paid Su...
3 months ago
Lifetime Topps project

Opening 2018 with a trade post - OK, so I don’t really blog any more. The biggest factor is having two young mobile kids. That, and different interests. But I hope to pick it back up at...
3 months ago
The Great Sports Name Hall of Fame

A cool card of a guy who didn't deserve the vote in 1993 - There weren't a lot of defenders of Deivi Cruz, and probably rightfully so. This next guy will definitely have some backers though, as he was definitely a...
3 months ago
VIN SCULLY IS MY HOMEBOY

Upcoming Appearance: Tommy Lasorda - Click *here* for more info. For other upcoming signings, scroll down and on the left side of this blog, you will see "Upcoming Appearances". Click the na...
4 months ago
Stale Gum

Blaster Break: 2005 Fleer Showcase - Yeah, I know. It's been a while since I've done one of these. I think I shall do these more often.
4 months ago
Waxaholic

Italy Fails To Qualify for 2018 World Cup - with a draw today versus Sweden, Italy has failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958. That is all.
5 months ago
Voice of the Collector

Have You Heard? December 9th is National Hobby Shop Day!! - Many of you may know *Michael Fruitman*. Mike is the owner of *Mike's Stadium Sportscards* in *Aurora, Colorado*. You can follow him on *Twitter* here. A...
5 months ago
Cards That Never Were

Topps Bunt Cards That Never Were - I'm away on vacation, and got a strange text from my brother. He told me to check out Topps Bunt today. What I saw was this: I was totally blown away. I...
6 months ago
Gint-A-Cuffs IV

We Have A Winner - B-Man, come on down! You're the next winner in this little thing we call Gint-A-Cuffs. You had a killer box. The foils didn't hurt, either. For your pr...
6 months ago
Baseball Cards Rule

- Been a long time since I've posted any cards so gonna try to start it up again. Got this one in a redemption of Panini points. 2013 Panini America's Past...
7 months ago
Crackin Wax

We’ve Moved! - If you’ve been following us and you haven’t already heard, we’ve moved our free site over to a paid site. The URL, crackinwax.com, is the same, but the new...
7 months ago
PunkRockPaint

Padres Series Illustrations - Part 1 - Near the end of 2017 Spring Training, I posted a question on Twitter. "Are any Padres bloggers planning on writing series previews during the season?" I go...
8 months ago
Capewood's Collections

Gone to Twitter - I've been doing this blog since early 2008 and I'm afraid I'm just tired of doing it. But I still want to show off cards I get so I plan to post cards on T...
8 months ago
Coot Veal and the Vealtones

Very Infrequent Trade Bait Post - I've been busy, as we all are, and sadly the Vealtones have taken a nosebleed seat to life and work. I have two daughters now, a professor gig in South Car...
9 months ago
Pursuit of Red Sox

2017 Sainbury's Create the World Lego cards - A little change of pace today. A supermarket called Sainsbury's, not unlike Walmart or Target, started a promotion on the 3rd of May in which exclusive pac...
9 months ago
The Great Orioles Autograph Project

Orioles #1028- Vidal Nuno - I'm pretty happy to be able to write this post today, as I'm now within one autograph of once again having a signature from every player who has appeared ...
10 months ago
Paul's Random Baseball Stuff

I have too many hobbies… - I miss blogging. I do not miss blogging about baseball every day. My reasons for going into semi-retirement remain: I don’t get to go to enough Atlantic Le...
11 months ago
Scott Crawford On Cards!

So, yeah, this is happening. - [image: http://emojuanuribe.tumblr.com/] Yeah, I know. But change is good sometimes. As you've probably figured out, I have begun migrating my active post...
1 year ago
My 2008 Topps Set Blog

Wanted - 2017 Topps Rediscover Topps 2008 Buybacks - Hey guys. If anyone finds any of the 2008 Rediscover Topps Buybacks in their 2017 Topps cards, please keep me in mind. Thank you! P.S. Still not dead
1 year ago
Dawgbones, a Phillies Phan!

Shocking!!! - What's more shocking? The fact that Sam, your friendly neighborhood Dimwit has returned? Or that he's having a contest over there, right there, on his blog...
1 year ago
Baseball Card Database » Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins Link Round-Up - Provided for your browsing enjoyment, a list of Twins related websites. If you would like to have your link added to this list, please visit our links page...
1 year ago
Canadian Cardboard

Visit the Ed Reverser Zone today to learn more about the Ed... - Visit the Ed Reverser Zone today to learn more about the Ed Reverser Method http://edreverserzone.com/ed-reverser-review-is-it-a-scam-or-does-it-really-w...
1 year ago
The Baseball Card Blog

Cards I Have Known - You've caught me in a lyrical mood tonight. Maybe it's the chilled autumn air of my walk home from work tonight. Or maybe it's that we're finally able to t...
1 year ago
Texas Rangers Cards

Royal Delivery. - Long time friend, reader, and Royals fan extraordinaire Mark sent me a small group of Rangers inserts from recent sets. Among the cards he sent my way was...
1 year ago
Democratic Roadkill

2016 Allen and Ginter reg mini list is UP!!! plus some others... - No pics on this one... just need to get these lists up... 2017 Ginter reg minis: 80 89 190 208 237 243 281 286 2017 Ginter A&G back mini: 3 24 65 178 187 ...
1 year ago
Diamond Cuts and Wax Stains

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...
1 year ago
Play at the Plate

Time for the Medal Ceremony - With the 2016 Paralympics set to begin September 7th and run through September 18th, but the winner of the contest decided, I thought you might like to see...
1 year ago
Old School Breaks

Box Breaks Upcoming! - Hey everyone, With school starting I’ve been spending a lot of time in my classroom getting it ready so I haven’t had a lot of time to post here since retu...
1 year ago
Bad Wax

Hobby vs. Retail – Buying packs of Sports Cards - Each individual collector starts his or her collection differently. They may choose to collect their favorite player, team, just collect random cards as an...
1 year ago
SportsCardBlog.net

Save the Card Shops - SportsCardBlog.net, in collaboration with collectors around the world, have come up with ways to help improve the promotion of hobby shops. By using these ...
1 year ago
I am Joe Collector

The Quirks, Masterpieces edition - Every once in a while you run into something that, well, is just strange. Let's start with this. I have no idea what it takes to complete an entire set fr...
1 year ago
Funny Baseball Cards

Gotta Catch Em All -
1 year ago
Trader Crack's Card Blog

Trade List > Baseball > 2016 - The following cards are available for trade. If you see anything that interests you, please feel free to drop me an email. *2016 Topps Baseball*: *Jackie ...
2 years ago
Gem Mint - tales of cards & players

Do you own a radio website? Try using radio chat application... - Do you own a radio website? Try using radio chat application from Rumbletalk. It works amazingly!
2 years ago
CheckOutMyCards.com Blog

51st Sportscard & Memorabilia Expo - We are proud to announce our attendance at the 51st Sportcard & Memorabilia Expo on April 8th, 9th, & 10th. COMC is growing, and we are test driving a big...
2 years ago
Project '62

Kris Bryant -
2 years ago
drewscards

Christmas Gifts from William & Frankie! - Hey everyone, Drew back here! It is the last day of the year, and I just realized how many different things I'd like to accomplish with the blog today. So ...
2 years ago
Cards from the Quarry

2015 Mountain to Climb - Insert Sets Want List - *2015 Insert Goals* pending arrival = red *1998 Upper Deck Blue Chip Prospects* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, ...
2 years ago
Life and Baseball Cards

Moving On… - This is probably finally, mercifully the last call for this blog. Maybe an out-of-habit shill here & there whenever I launch new ventures or whatever, but...
2 years ago
Thoughts and Sox

I saw this on my way home from work last night - Another collector obviously. It makes me wonder how many others I pass on the road in a day.
2 years ago
Poor Old Baseball Cards

NEW SITE COMING SOON - Hi all, it's been a while since I last posted. I'm working on a new site. I hope to have it ready in the next few weeks. You can find new items on the Faceb...
2 years ago
The Diabetic Card Geek

My 2015 NSCC Wrap! - Well, the 2015 Nation Sports Card Convention (NSCC) has come and gone. Much like every other year, we spend 51 weeks waiting for it, and then the week FLY...
2 years ago
garvey cey russell lopes

will there be a final tribute? - shortly after i started this blog in september of 2008, i received an email from ben henry, creator of the baseball card blog and someone with whom i had t...
2 years ago
The Cardboard Don

Where the hell does time go? - Man, funny how time flys…. Looking back it’s a wonder on how the hell did I have enough time to … Continue reading →
2 years ago
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 ...
2 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
"O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog

Birthday Blaster: 2014 Topps Update - My 31st birthday was last Friday the 5th and my 4 month old daughter surprised me with a blaster box of 2014 Topps Update. Here's the most interesting car...
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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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

Happy New Year! -
4 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. ...
4 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 ...
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
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...
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
Goose Joak

Jon Jay - Jon Jay St. Louis Cardinals Goose Joak Original Baseball Card
4 years ago
Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz

Why are you here? - You should be here. http://www.madduxglavinesmoltz.com
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
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

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 ...
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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
BoxBusters - Sports trading cards

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

All-Time GIANTS: Responses to Responses - I received a few responses about my first All-Time Giants team. Matt R, the requester of Giants, offered up a few honorable mention pitchers: "Joe McGinni...
8 years ago
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