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

Zack Monroe

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 -- Needs List

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

My Blog List

Baseball Cards Come to Life!

Street trade - one of these things is not like the others - Four position players, and one pitcher.
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Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer

Padrograph #1110 - *Joey Lucchesi, *was the first pitcher from the 2016 major league draft to make his major league debut and just the second player from that draft to debu...
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Thorzul Will Rule

Trade Me Anything XII Has Arrived! - I don't know if this has happened before (probably not), but I actually started opening my box of Update before the Brewers' season was over. Mere hours be...
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Mint Condition

Nostalgic Box Break: 1999 Topps Stadium Club Series 2 (Part One) - So, we've got a few days before more definite content is set to hit the blog. So I figured we'd get this box break out of the way. And it's a cool one. ...
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Dodgers Blue Heaven

2018 Topps Now - Dodgers NLCS Champions - World Series Bound - As Vin used to say, "nothing has ever come easy for the Dodgers," and this series against the Brewers was certainly proof of that. The Dodgers had to bat...
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Night Owl Cards

Dollar store cards, myth vs. fact - For as long as I have been writing this blog, I've always been confused about the availability of cards at the average dollar store. I haven't had much ...
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Sports Collectors Daily

Notes: Larry Bird Museum Planned, St. Louis Show, Devils Jersey Auction - A Larry Bird Museum is in the works--but it's not in Boston; some images from the weekend show in St. Louis and MeiGray is selling the New Jersey Devils ga...
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The Chronicles of Fuji

Blaster Box Prophecy - Although I really wanted to see Jose Altuve's Houston Astros face off against Christian Yelich's Milwaukee Brewers in the 114th World Series, I've gotta ad...
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foul bunt

TTM Success - Vince Coleman - The third of four guys I signed up for, for this private signing, was Vince Coleman. According to the guy running the signing, Coleman was the reason for...
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Japanese Baseball Cards

Card Of The Week October 21 - The Hawks beat Seibu 6-5 today, which concluded their defeat of the first place Lions in the Final Stage of the Pacific League Climax Series. The Hawks wi...
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Shoebox Legends

COMC Blaster - All Baseball, All the Time - As the baseball world pauses for a couple of days to catch its collective breath prior to the World Series, let's do a baseball only version of one of my p...
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Nachos Grande

Group Break: The Final Six Packs from the 1998 Fleer Tradition Box - We finally have made it to the end of the 1998 Fleer Tradition box. 36 packs with 10 cards per pack, plus the Diamond Ink card...that made for a lot of ty...
18 hours ago
Wrigley Wax

Five Random Cubs Cards - I've got 16,082 Cubs cards from 135 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several d...
19 hours ago
JOHNGY'S BEAT

Congrats to Ego! - Over the years, I have seen hundreds of wrestlers on the independent scene. Robert "The Ego" Anthony stood out from the first time I saw him and he continu...
19 hours ago
Sports Card Info

Card of the Day: Radek Bonk 2003-04 Topps C55 #35 - Advertisements
1 day ago
CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

Strive For '65 Saturday: 7 The Card Way - *STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:* 20 Oct 2018Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want ListCurrent card count: 278/598 (280/600) 46.8% Here is the link to my la...
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$30 A Week Habit

A Go between - One of the most satisfying things about blogging lately have been the compliments I've received. I don't fish for them, writing as often as I can has been...
1 day ago
Cards on Cards

Good Luck Ducks, Week 8: Wazzu - *The Game of the Year. Again. * After a nerve-wracking, nail-biting overtime victory over Washington last week, the Oregon Ducks hit the road to take on ...
1 day ago
The Official Panini America Blog

Panini America’s Weekly Redemption Card Update: Brees, McCaffrey, Hopkins, 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 ...
1 day ago
Cards That Never Were

1972 Alt-Topps Requests - To the people who read all the way to the bottom of my last post, here are your requests. To be fair, I added that last paragraph about the requests 8 or ...
1 day ago
Cardboard Catastrophes

Meh Vintage - I am primarily a vintage set builder. You know this. Now, not all vintage sets appeal to me. 1955 Bowman, the TV set, doesn't. Neither does it's wood-gr...
1 day ago
The Topps Archives

Do The Nasty - Well campers, I picked up a pack of 1971's *Nasty Valentine Notes* off eBay the other day and was able to do a bit more sleuthing now that I have it in han...
1 day ago
The Writer's Journey

Goodbye, Wayne Krenchicki - (September 17, 1954 – October 16, 2018) Former Reds infielder Wayne Krenchicki passed away Tuesday at the age of 64. He also played for the Orioles, Tigers...
2 days ago
A Pack To Be Named Later

2015 Bulls-i-Toy Marvel's Ant-Man Dog Tags - Greetings! Hope everyone is doing well and ready for the weekend. I am 7 days late for my 7th anniversary post here on APTBNL. 7 years have gone by prett...
2 days ago
All Trade Bait, All The Time...

The Clutch Series: MY Take on the Dodgers NLCS Home Stand - Aloha, everybody, Whew! The Dodgers pulled off a very successful three-game home stand in the NLCS, taking a 3-2 lead in the series. This is my take on ...
2 days ago
Upper Deck Blog

2018-19 NHL® Game Dated Moments Week 2 Cards are Now Available on Upper Deck e-Pack™! - Week 2 of 2018-19 Game Dated Moments have arrived on e-Pack! To unlock and purchase these packs, simply add any available hockey trading card product on e-...
2 days ago
Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle

Trade With Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits: Getting Gobs of Ginter - I recently completed a massive trade -- and my fourth overall -- with Matt from the great Bubba's Bangin' Batch of Baseball Bits. You can check out the fir...
2 days ago
The Lost Collector

Strut my stuff, my stuff is so...SHINY - Easily, my favorite song in Disney's Moana is *Shiny*, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by Jermaine Clement. It's got some very humorous lyrics ...
2 days ago
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog

RIP Leslie Anama 1954-2018 - When Stuart Scott accepted the Jimmy V award at the 2014 Espy Awards, he said this: "*When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat ...
2 days ago
Puck Junk

2017-18 Upper Deck China Games Chinese Hockey Cards - Longtime collectors will remember when Upper Deck used to make hockey cards written in French for fans in Quebec in the early 1990s. Taking that idea to ...
2 days ago
Autographed Cards

2005 Topps Total, Jason Repko - #299 Jason Repko Here is a card that I got signed at a Wingnuts game in 2015. Jason was playing for the Sioux Falls Canaries at the time and was nice eno...
3 days ago
Card Buzz

Inking it up collection - a visual guide - *Collecting autographs in-person or the idea of getting something signed is one of my last links to what I was doing when I was in my late teens *- I wou...
3 days ago
Cardboard Gods

Mondale-Ferraro ’84 - In the first inning of Game 4 of the 2018 American league Championship Series, Jose Altuve struck a long, hard drive toward the right field stands because ...
3 days ago
Crackin Wax

Gut Reaction — 2018 Score Football - 2018 Score Football looks like the perfect break product, but our box left us heartbroken. Find out why in the latest installment of Gut Reaction! Watch ...
5 days ago
Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey

The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset, Page 68: Numbers 604-612 - *Frankenset Page #27 WINNER *-- *1974 Topps #238 Fran Healy (8 votes)* As per my recent work schedule, I've decided to switch these frakenset posts from ...
5 days ago
The Yount Collector

2018 Topps Archives - *Year: 2018* *Manufacturer: Topps* *Set: Archives* *Card Type: Base* *Card Number: 113* Want to know something crazy? This is the first 2018 card featurin...
5 days ago
The Angels, In Order

Cars and Cards - Latest model car I completed, and some recently received cards in the mail. My son won this kit as a door prize at the annual model kit show I've gone to th...
6 days ago
Community Gum

2018 Cubs – Fifteenth Ten Games - Sshhh! Don’t spoil the ending! Young Lackey subbing for Quintana Win #84 – Quintana – On this day, he went 6.2 innings, giving up only 3 hits, 0 runs, a...
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Cardboard Junkie

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White Sox Cards

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2 weeks ago
Royals and Randoms

I'm a White Guy - 2014 Panini Immaculate - Frank White Autograph - #/99 I must admit, I'm a "White Guy". Now, that's not saying anything about the pigments of my epiderm...
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The Rollie Fingers Collector

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2 weeks ago
Sports Cards Uncensored

A Big Year for Hobby QB Darlings Means Everyone Wins - Lets run through some of the great stuff that has happened to football cards this year. Patrick Mahomes has found a new super power, and is white hot amo...
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Mark's Ephemera

Look what I found at the card show - Yes, we had a card show in Knoxville. A few months ago. Maybe it was May. One of the local card shops helped organize it. Maybe a dozen dealers sprea...
2 weeks ago
Gint-A-Cuffs IV

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3 weeks ago
Indians Baseball Cards

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3 weeks ago
Ballcard Mania

The Bank of Ohtani - Wowza, some lucky collector pulled a 2018 Bowman Ohtani Superfractor Auto and did it ever pay off. You could pick up a pretty nice '52 Mantle for this, but...
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My Cardboard Mistress

Gint-A-Cuffs X - Packs 17-24 - Alright, this is it, the last hurrah. We have one hit left. My point total stands at 93.5. *Pack 17* Montgomery, Yankee Harper, Nationals, FP (+1+4) ...
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Long Way from Lambeau

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Stale Gum

UNBOXING: 2018 Highspots ALL IN trading card set. - 36 cards commemorating the most historic wresting card of the decade. Not bad for only $20.
1 month ago
Long Fly Ball To Because.......

Until we meet again......... -
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The Daily Dimwit

It's a Dimwit Group Break - 2018 Topps FIRE - 3 Boxes - 6 hits! - Hey everyone, I'm going to run a GROUP BREAK here on the blog again! It's been a LONG time. So, here's the deal, I got these sweeeeeeeet boxes: Yep, that...
1 month ago
The Great Orioles Autograph Project

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1 month ago
2 by 3 Heroes

Vacation surprise - So I am on vacation this week. It's the old "use them or lose them" type of vacation. No real plans. Maybe get to a ball game. Or a day trip or two. But I ...
1 month ago
Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius

Vic Power Needs List - Vic Power is an all-time favorite for me for several reasons. First "Vic Power" is the best name in baseball history. You can stick your Pete LaCocks and ...
1 month ago
é rayhahn, rayhahn

An Order of Nachos, Please - I’ve been very remiss when it comes to revisiting some of the gang of card collecting bloggers, and decided to remedy that a bit. I noticed that there were...
1 month ago
I am Joe Collector

My Nova Project - I've had this car since high school....
1 month ago
Diamond Cuts and Wax Stains

Aphantasia – “You have an extremely unusual way of solving problems!” - When I was in fourth-year architecture, I took an elective course in multidimensional geometry. (Yes, I did this on purpose. It was a great course.) In the...
2 months ago
A Cardboard Problem

The 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention - Welcome old friends. I thought i would honor the poll I ran on Twitter asking how you guys wanted to see my haul revealed. The people have spoken. I had ...
2 months ago
Goose Joak

Freddy Peralta Gets a Goose Joak - 2018 Goose Joak Original Freddy Peralta Milwaukee Brewers
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The Dutch Card Guy

Glavine's Hand - That's a first ! - It's been a while since my last post, real life is incredibly busy and keeping me away from posting much. However, when a nice COMC package arrived with a ...
2 months ago
Phungo

Happy 75th Birthday Mick Jagger - Found out on via Twitter today is Mick Jagger's 75th Birthday. *2014 Topps Heritage #NF-TRS The Rolling Stones* The Stones made 2014 Topps Heritage as part...
2 months ago
"O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog

This Mike Trout stuff with the Commissioner.... - I would personally like to tell the Manfred to actually do some work to promote MLB and lay off Mike Trout. How about get rid of the blackout rules so that...
3 months ago
VIN SCULLY IS MY HOMEBOY

Upcoming Appearance: Rick Monday - 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 nam...
3 months ago
Can't Have Too Many Cards

Happy Independence Day! - Hope you're having a great holiday. This postcard is from the late 1930's/early 1940's. Today is the 79th anniversary of one of the most bittersweet moments...
3 months ago
Lifetime Topps project

Saturdays Suds: Baseball & Beer #79 Paw Paw Mr. Sunday - It’s been a long time since I did one of these posts, which is funny because I’d attribute my abandonment of this blog to beer becoming my hobby (and just ...
3 months ago
Dawgbones, a Phillies Phan!

More "toy cars" - This little obsession started anew in late 2013 when I spied the Mystery Machine while my wife and I were shopping at the local Farm Fresh of all places! ...
3 months 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 ...
4 months ago
Canadian Cardboard

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4 months 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...
4 months 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...
5 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
8 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...
8 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 ...
8 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'...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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.
11 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...
11 months ago
Baseball Cards Rule

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1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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!

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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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Old School Breaks

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2 years ago
Bad Wax

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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
Funny Baseball Cards

Gotta Catch Em All -
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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

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2 years ago
Project '62

Kris Bryant -
2 years ago
Cards from the Quarry

2016 Rockies Want List - Completed Team Sets - 138/574 = 24.0% COMPLETE pending arrival = red *2016 Bowman - COMPLETE* *2016 Bowman Silver - COMPLETE* 2016 Bowman Purple 32 ...
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
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.
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 →
3 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 ...
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 ...
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...
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
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
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...
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 ...
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
Wax Pack Geek - A Baseball Card Blog

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