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

Mint Condition

The Stars are Out RETURNS! - A few years ago, if any of you might recall, I started series of independently-designed custom cards, called The Stars Are Out, showcasing 2015 first pit...
2 hours ago
Dodgers Blue Heaven

Blog Kiosk: 6/19/2018 - Dodgers Links - Double Header Today! - After almost three hours yesterday's game was finally postponed due to both rain and a power outage at Wrigley Field. Per Bradford Doolittle at ESPN: It ...
5 hours ago
The Official Panini America Blog

Flawless Finish: Patrick Mahomes II Stars in Panini America NFL Player of the Day Finale - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- When it comes to spectacular performances in the clutch, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II knows a thing or two abou...
7 hours ago
Baseball Cards Come to Life!

1993 Studio Doug Jones - Hobby is auto racing: Surprising that his contract would even allow it. Favorite sports announcers are Jon Miller and Vin Scully: Jones grew up in the LA ...
7 hours ago
Nachos Grande

Barry Larkin Collection 608: 1999 Pacific Private Stock - #110 - *Barry Larkin* *Year:* 1999 *Brand:* Pacific Private Stock *Card number:* 110 When Pacific Private Stock came out, I didn't buy much of it because of the...
9 hours ago
Wrigley Wax

Taking Another Autograph Gamble - In the spring I took and autograph gamble and I won. I bought a Victor Caratini auto card before he made the Cubs roster. I was betting that he'd make th...
10 hours ago
JOHNGY'S BEAT

On the Beat With the Chicago Bandits 2018 - The Chicago Bandits are a perfect 13-0, ending last weekend with a 3 pitcher combined perfect game against the Aussie Spirit. My early season recap is on t...
10 hours ago
Sports Card Info

Card of the Day: Donnie Shell 1979 Topps #411 - Advertisements
15 hours ago
Sports Collectors Daily

1982 National Program: Seminars, Swimming, Softball–and a Show - Recalling the National Sports Collectors Convention of 1982, where socializing and seminars were half the fun.
21 hours ago
The Angels, In Order

Triple Play Knock-Out - Trade Post From Summer of '74 Matt saw that I was working on completing the 1993 Triple Play set, and bombed me with the 52 cards I still needed to finish ...
21 hours ago
Night Owl Cards

The good in Twitter - If you look at my Twitter profile page, you will see that Twitter says I joined the social media site in September 2012. Like almost everything on Twitte...
21 hours ago
Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey

Getting high (numbers) at the flea market - Yesterday, Dad and I braved nearly 100-degree temperatures to spend Father's day at the local flea market. We're both avid collectors, as I've mentioned ...
22 hours ago
foul bunt

TTM Success - Glenn Borgmann - Still way behind on posting my TTM successes, so here is another, Glenn Borgmann. I got a few cards from the 1970s and a couple from the 80s with this su...
23 hours ago
The Writer's Journey

Fun Cards: 1988 Topps Ron Roenicke - Ron Roenicke bounced around quite a bit during his 8-year big league career, wrapping it up with 14 games in Cincinnati in May 1988. After finishing the se...
23 hours ago
A Pack To Be Named Later

2017-18 Panini Essentials Value Pack - The NBA Draft is this week, which feels like a weird thing to say because the Finals just concluded. Panini keeps rolling out more NBA releases no matter...
1 day ago
Community Gum

Card-ography #6 – Mike Montgomery - It’s been a little more than a month since I’ve added to this series, and I have quite a few autographs from my player collections to show off. I don’t h...
1 day ago
Upper Deck Blog

Jay Jokisch has an Incredible Upper Deck Premier Mega Patch Collection - [image: jay-jokisch-upper-deck-premier-patch-collection-1]Upper Deck prides ourselves on staying engaged with our fans and when we saw a tweet from one col...
1 day ago
The Lost Collector

Some homemade wall art - As I mentioned in my last post, *Bert from Swing and a Pop Up* sent me a set of 1981 Topps Giant Photo Cards featuring the Yankees. Bert also included one ...
1 day ago
Japanese Baseball Cards

Card Of The Week June 17 - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles manager Masataka Nashida announced a couple days ago that he's stepping down due to the team's poor performance this season. ...
1 day ago
Shoebox Legends

World Cup! - Anyone else been enjoying the World Cup since it kicked off a couple of days ago? I missed the Thursday night opener and the Friday slate due to work obli...
1 day ago
$30 A Week Habit

Try A Pack #14: 2018 Bowman - First off, just want to say Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there, hope your day is filled with fun and family. OK, I tried a pack of Bowman. Yes, j...
2 days ago
Cards on Cards

It's Late - *I'm tired. Here's a recent Listia win. * I'm not sure how much life is left in the Listia website after their conversion from their own virtual currency...
2 days ago
The Chronicles of Fuji

Best Way to Kick Off Summer - Like almost anything in life... teaching summer school has its pro's and con's. On one hand, it puts a little extra cash in my pocket, and it keeps me bus...
2 days ago
The Topps Archives

Tub Bub - I picked up another cool item a short while ago, the latest in a string of offbeat Topps *miscellania* that has come my way of late. The 1970 *Baseball Sta...
3 days ago
Autographed Cards

Contest Reminder - The College World Series starts tomorrow, so you had better get a bracket filled out soon. Remember, there is a Topps Series 2 blaster up for grabs this ye...
3 days ago
Card Buzz

1960 Topps Willie McCovey RC #316 - *With 10% eBay Bucks promo looming over my head, I added this McCovey card to beef up my personal collection* - I remember pulling McCovey's autograph ou...
3 days ago
Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle

Sam Crawford T206 Sweet Caporal, PSA 2 MK (My First Net54 Purchase) - I recently joined Net54 after a long stretch of knowing about it but never taking the plunge. I knew it was something I should do but was just lazy about i...
4 days ago
Number 5 Type Collection

Cards To See Before You Die, a.k.a. #BucketCards - I tweet about baseball as @Number5TypeCard and, every so often, I post photos of my #BucketCards, specific cardboard that's worth an extra look. Here's my ...
5 days ago
All Trade Bait, All The Time...

They Say Legends Never Die. I Hope Legendary Collectors Don't Really Retire - Aloha, everybody, Maybe you heard, the man who built a collecting and trading empire under the moniker of JBF has retired from the game. It's the end of a...
1 week ago
Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer

Padrographs #1096 & #1097 - *Michel * *Baez, *6'8", 220 pounds, 22 years old, signed out of Cuba. He has been pitching in the Padres system for the last two years. He is the numbe...
1 week ago
The Daily Dimwit

Amazing What You Find - So I've been cleaning up my card desk, sorting and stowing away cards. As I started through a stack of cards that I received months and months ago from a p...
1 week ago
Indians Baseball Cards

Upcoming Allen and Ginter Charity Break! - Hey, everyone! I will be hosting an Allen and Ginter charity break in conjunction with CrackinWax's charity break! There is a poll on the right side of the...
1 week ago
é rayhahn, rayhahn

Wonderful Copenhagen - I couldn’t help but reference the classic musical number that we used to sing in grade school; now we saw what all the fuss was about. Our train left Swede...
1 week ago
The Great Orioles Autograph Project

Oriole #1034- Miguel Castro - Well, hey there. Remember me? I'm the guy who used to regularly blog about Orioles autographs. This site will never be what it once was, but I'm reinvestin...
1 week ago
Cardboard Catastrophes

Closer Still - Since my last post, I've acquired more 1956 Topps cards. A few through trades, but most through Ebay set break auctions. I've not been posting as I have ...
1 week ago
Puck Junk

Is Matt Duchene the Dale Murphy of Hockey? - He Isn’t the Senators’ Only Problem, Though Embed from Getty Images From the 1976 to 1989, there was a baseball player named Dale Murphy who was the face...
1 week ago
The Yount Collector

2018 Topps Series 2 Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery - Robin finally gets his first fully MLB licensed cards in Topps Series 2. Here's the checklist and I'll add images as they start to pop up. 2017 Topps Seri...
1 week ago
Phungo

WWII Hero and NFL Hall of Famer Emlen Tunnell Honored in Radnor PA - On Saturday June 2nd Radnor township where team Phungo resides honored WWII Hero, NFL Hall of Famer, and Radnor HS Alum Emlen Tunnell with a statue at the ...
2 weeks ago
Lifetime Topps project

Completed insert set – 2003 Topps Ryan Record Breakers - I finished another set recently and this is a white whale kind of set! Over 3 years, I’ve slowly put together the set through eBay and COMC, and last mont...
2 weeks ago
Canadian Cardboard

Home Theater Installation Services Cambridge Place Tx 972-440-1056 - Thinking about Home Theater Installation Cambridge Place Tx? Though *home theater installation services in cambridge place* may be a bit pricey initially, ...
2 weeks ago
2 by 3 Heroes

Break it down!! - I think I have only ever participated in one group break online with all those breakers you can purchase from via ebay or directly on their sites. Main rea...
2 weeks ago
The Rollie Fingers Collector

2016 Topps Archives Snapshots Black and White Parallel - *Year: 2016* *Manufacturer: Topps* *Set: Archives Snapshots* *Card Number: AS-RF* *Card Type: Parallel* *Parallel Set: Black and White* The other Rollie c...
3 weeks ago
Thorzul Will Rule

Admirable Autographs #7 - *#7 Paul Mokeski - Milwaukee Bucks* Need a big, slow, white guy? Mobility not an issue? Knee problems a plus? Well, the 1980s Milwaukee Bucks had just the...
3 weeks ago
CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

Strive For '65 Saturday: A Three Card Monty - *STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:* 26 May 2018Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want ListCurrent card count: 273/598 (275/600) 46% Here is the link to my last...
3 weeks ago
Coot Veal and the Vealtones

Annual Infrequency: Summer Trading Call - Hello gang! As a teacher, this time of the year means I finally have a few moments to do more than grade and prep. I'd love to get a trade going with my o...
3 weeks ago
Mark's Ephemera

My First Strip Card and Some Other Feller - Over the past few months I've greatly enjoyed reading the articles at PreWar Cards. Anson, the genius behind the site, is a machine, cranking out stories...
5 weeks ago
Can't Have Too Many Cards

Happy Mothers Day! - Happy Mothers Day! Here's a first day cover I picked up this year. It's a cool little piece of history. The American War Mothers organization was formed in...
5 weeks ago
Sports Cards Uncensored

Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Sets Modern Record for Single Bowman Sale - Hey guys, ‘member when the Strasburg Supefractor sold for $25k and we all went nuts? Hey guys, ‘member when everyone was saying the Ohtani Superfractor w...
1 month ago
Dawgbones, a Phillies Phan!

Summer Contest of Sorts - My good friend Fuji-San has decided to resurrect his summer contest in a way... no need to bore you with the details, you can find them here... and once a...
1 month ago
The Fleer Sticker Project

Getting Help With My 1967 Fleer Baseball Emblem Cards - Contributor to the blog John was kind enough to send me one of the hard to find 1967 Baseball Emblem cards that I need for my set: You may recall that Joh...
1 month 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,...
2 months 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...
2 months 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 months 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 ...
2 months ago
Cardboard Junkie

the kids love the memes -
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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...
3 months 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 ...
3 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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'...
4 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.
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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.
6 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.
7 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 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...
1 year 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
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
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: 80 286 361 382 2017 Ginter A&G back mini: 306 Marcell Ozuna 2017 Ginter...
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...
2 years 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 ...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Funny Baseball Cards

Gotta Catch Em All -
2 years 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 Rockies Want List - Completed Team Sets - 125/432 = 28.9% COMPLETE pending arrival = red *2015 Bowman - COMPLETE* *2015 Bowman Silver - COMPLETE* *2015 Bowman Purple - CO...
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...
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

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
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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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