1966 Bob Gibson Topps #320

Bob Gibson was one of the most dominating pitchers of the 1960s and one of the toughest.

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I found this on the ebay. People sell all kinds of crazy stuff under the guise of rare collectibles. This may take the cake. It’s a cardboard box that once held some older football vending boxes. The asking price is … Continue reading →

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A 1920 New York Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth sold for a record $4.4 million. Get all the details on the sale, including the winning bidder. We’ve also got other highlights from the same auction, including other game-used Ruth pieces, Lawrence Taylo…

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I was flipping through a binder this morning and came across these two cards. Nothing special. They don’t tie in together. No connection. Just something to show. Again, it was this or racing cards. I do like the zombie look of Locker. 1970 Topps…

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Perhaps one of the most defining songs of the “hair metal” genre, “Cherry Pie” falls just outside the top ten. How in the world does such an epic song fall so low? I’m sure there are several arguments that can be offered to bump it up, or to replace one of my picks for the [...]

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For 2012 Bowman, the focus was put on two players to carry the value of the set. The first is Yu Darvish, who’s autographs have been creeping above the 500 dollar mark since release, and the second is Bryce Harper. Although he doesnt have any regularly inserted autographs in hobby, he does have chrome parallels [...]

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a while back, i picked up a 1970 kellogg’s bill singer card.  i had been watching ebay for a while, and i was able to get it for a good price, most likely due to the fact that it was just graded as an 8.i think that people who look for graded card…

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Outstanding condition, great color, verrrrrry reasonable price. There’s a little surface wear to the right of the face, but the corners and back are beautiful. Left to right centering is close to 50/50, top to bottom is more like 65/35. It feels goo…

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We recently received this awesome news from Brian R. in Texas about a Phenomenal Pull .. Let’s let Brian tell the story ….   ‘I was visiting my brother in Texas and we decided to “relive the glory days” and go through all of his baseball cards.  Since I was from out of town, I [...]

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  Former New York Mets pitchers Dwight Gooden and Sid Fernandez are scheduled to appear at Central Park Bar, Restaurant, Sushi, Banquet, 2401 Wood Avenue, Roselle tonight between 6 and 8 p.m. Combo autograph tickets are $39, and dual-signed photo ops are available for $65. For more information, call 1-732-928-8600 Keep up with Paul’s Random Baseball Stuff through Facebook and  Twitter. Filed under: [...]

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George Foster 1974 Topps I tell you what, we all know that George Foster looked like a menacing guy. But so far, of all of the baseball cards that I have collected of him as part of this collection that … Continue reading →

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       This is a reminder that on May 9, Rob Bertrand sent you an invitation to become part of their professional network at LinkedIn.  …

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And The Winner Of The ‘Shades Of 1997′ Contest Is…. Mariner1 Congratulations!!! There were 52 combined hits and runs in the 3-game series between the Marlins and Indians over the weekend, and Mariner1 predicted 47 to take home the prize. And … Continue reading →

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The Dodgers are scaring me. They’re starting to do things that make me take them seriously. As in, they seriously could contend for a postseason spot.They just swept the best-hitting team in the National League in three very unusual games. They just wo…

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Twins fan favorite Kent Hrbek is celebrating his 52nd birthday today.”PAWS OFF THE PIE!”3 time NL Manager of the Year Bobby Cox is celebrating his 71st birthday today.Bobby ranks 4th in all-time wins as a manager.  Bobby holds the record for most …

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I am so sorry. AGAIN!!! I have no idea what happened here. For those of you who are still reading this blog, you will know that I create End-of-the-Year All-Star Teams (and have done this since 1988). And thanks to the Strategic Baseball Simulator (aka…

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Have you seen the “Missing Card” for Reggie Smith? How about Joe Rudi? They’re up now on Facebook, with many others that won’t be posted on The Baseball Card Blog until the series is complete.

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Mickey Weston got his chance in 1992 with the Phillies, starting against the Expos in June. Weston, though, couldn’t take advantage, failing to out of the fourth inning, giving up five earned runs and taking the loss.”It’s definitely disappointing,” We…

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In a few minutes the Spurs lead by senior citizen Tim Duncan and Frenchman Tony Parker take on Chris Paul and human dunk machine Blake Griffin. If the Spurs keep playing like they have been they will send the Clippers … Continue reading →

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SCP Auctions has set a new standard for sports memorabilia with the sale of a 1920 Babe Ruth jersey that brought $4.4 million. The jersey was just one of many eye-opening sellers in the auction. Read More

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Red Sox 7, Phillies 5Game 41 – Saturday Night, May 19th in PhiladelphiaRecord – 21-20, 5th Place, 4 games behind the BravesOne Sentence Summary:  The Phillies lost 7-5 to the Red Sox for the following three reasons – Joe Blanton allowed four home …

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The NBA has Michael Jordan, golf has Tiger Woods, football has Jim Thorpe, hockey has Wayne Gretzky, and baseball has the best of them all – Babe Ruth. He has so much influence in the sport, that he even inspired his own adjective. The recent sale of his 1920 game used jersey for over four [...]

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1973 Calbee card (#38) of Shozo Doi and Yokinobu Kuroe

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The NFL Players Rookie Premiere wrapped up Saturday with players running around the field at the Rose Bowl while getting their photos taken.

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Sure seems like Topps is into its oldschool designs this football season.

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Arpsmith has been a long time reader of the baseball card blogs, and finally a few weeks ago he jumped in with his own. ARPSmith’s Sportscard Obsession. If it’s not on your blogroll, it should be!He mentioned that he had a couple Kenny Lofton cards and…

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When A Random Traffic Stop Turns Into An Encounter With Your Childhood Heroes I received a call from my best friend this afternoon.  Some of you may know him, he goes by the name ‘McGee-Fan51′ on this blog, and he … Continue reading →

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(December 22, 1949 – May 20, 2012)

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Gaining the disasociative identity disorder about anxiety disorders can be determined as some one’s consciousness about the disasociative identity disorder of eating disorders. There is not enough to simply tell the disasociative identity disorder to f…

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It probably wasn’t for the first time but I remember hearing this song while sitting with my friends in the left field bleachers at Wrigley Field in the summer of 1973.LIVE:ALBUM:

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When 2012 Topps Archives arrives in hobby shops on Wednesday, some collectors will start getting their hands on a unique card that someone else already laid a hand on.

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A bit more than a year ago, I completed my third purging of the blog roll.  Since that time, my blog list has swelled from 217 blogs to a rather unwieldy 281 blogs!  It’s time to flush away some of the no longer updating blogs…but before I …

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Set Of 1990 & 1991 Andre Dawson Marathon Oil Baseball Cards Time to add two more cards to the PC.  I am inching closer and closer to 1,000!!! These two beauties come from special game giveaway sets – one is … Continue reading →

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Got a bunch of cards in a trade with Brian of Derby City Cars. He sent me a bunch of 1992 Upper Deck, leaving me just two shy of the complete set – George Brett, #444, and Bret Boone, #771.He also sent me a lot of cool Pinnacle cards from various years…

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