on June 30th, 2008 by Billy Suter
I’m back again, with another cool card in my collection. This little gem is the oldest card I have.It’s a 1951 Topps Red Back card of Dave “Gus” Bell. I bought it on eBay for $8.50. I’ve been trying to find one card from every year that Topps made card…
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on June 30th, 2008 by Bay Rat North West
I kick start the week with this gem of a set:1981 Topps Reds Team SetThe 1981 baseball season is, unfortunately, best remembered for the ten-week players’ strike that canceled 713 games and put America through a disorientating summer. The players’ unio…
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on June 29th, 2008 by Ben
Well, here we are, halfway home.Despite the mathematical impossibility of completion, we’re not doing too badly. Counting in the cards that I previously had, we’re up to 326 of 660, almost 50%. Of course, I’ve replaced all but 20 of the original card…
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on June 27th, 2008 by Charlie
Hello all. Just a quick post with a new addition to my collection. It’s my first cut autograph. It seems a little strange to have a cut auto of someone who is still alive but…
…..it is an absolutely beautiful card. It’s from 2004 Leaf Cerified Cuts, the Check Cuts subset. It’s numbered 33/50. The [...]
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on June 26th, 2008 by Brads55sRedsCards
2007 Upper Deck Spectrum. Aaron Harang #67Another plain base card of Harang? Yup! Spectrum was a pretty good release in 07. Diamond patters rock! LOLMahalo and Aloha, Brad
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on June 26th, 2008 by Brads55sRedsCards
2007 Topps Chrome . Aaron Harang #49 Yup, a plain ol’ boring base card. I really like this one though. Big fan of the Topps Chrome series. Really makes the plain Topps cards POP!Mahalo and Aloha, Brad
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on June 26th, 2008 by Uglee Card
Player: Rob SperringCard: 1978 Topps #514Errors: Standing comfortably in foul territory, player has the look of a natural slugger. Blue star threatens to take over entire uniform. Player’s large, bright orange belt may give fans the impression he is a…
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on June 25th, 2008 by Bay Rat North West
I AM A MANLY MAN!A REDS MAN!DO NOT MAKE FUN OF THE MAGENTA!2008 BowmanNo. 58 Aaron HarrangMagenta Press Plate1 / 1Not sure what happened in shipping of this plate. The smear looks worse on the scan than on the plate.I have the press plate of this card…
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on June 25th, 2008 by Charlie
Hello all. I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted. I’ve had a lot of “life” going on lately, and haven’t been able to pay as much attention as I’d like to my hobbies. I do have a huge post coming up that has to do with what I’ve been able to get in [...]
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on June 23rd, 2008 by Bay Rat North West
Today we have one of those cards you either love or hate.2007 UltraNo. 42 Aaron HarrangPress Plate Magenta1 / 1Notice the perfect balance on the delivery.The glove hand dead center.The shoulders square.The left foot planted for maximum torque.The grip…
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on June 22nd, 2008 by Billy Suter
I’ve been meaning to do a pack break on here for a while, but I always sorted my cards out before I could write down what I got. Well, I’ve got a pack of ‘08 Heritage (my favorite set of the year) that I surprisingly haven’t opened yet. Let’s see what …
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on June 22nd, 2008 by Andrew
There’s no way in hell I’d ever pay $200 for a box or tin of cards. As much as I love buying cards and getting an awesome pull, I just cannot pull the trigger on shit like that.Last year I bought a pack of 2007 SPx for $20. I had never purchased a pa…
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on June 21st, 2008 by Andrew
From Beckett.comTopps on Friday announced that Cubs standout rookie Kosuke Fukudome is the player redeemable for the 2008 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Card Redemption #3.Throughout the 2008 season, Topps will announce the subjects for the 10-card Rooki…
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on June 21st, 2008 by Andrew
I just listened to two different voicemail messages about the same topic:All 7,000 of my Cleveland Indians cards are currently sitting back home at my house.*Since work doesn’t like to give me hours anymore, my card purchasing (along with blogging) has…
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on June 21st, 2008 by Brads55sRedsCards
2008 Finest Gold. Adam Dunn #13 (38 of 50)And off the top ropes is another boring Bam Bam. Many people love this set as its popular on the Bench but I hate it! Just a touche’ to the Mouth of the South ~Mahalo and Aloha, Ultimate Braddior
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on June 20th, 2008 by Bay Rat North West
Sure Bam Bam Dunnlooks harmless in this: 2005 StudioStudioPortraits10 / 15 But Dunn wields that bat like asteel chair in the hands of this man: A true master of his craft.Bam Bam takes that bat to the bodiesof all those with the Ultimate Braddior.With …
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on June 20th, 2008 by Brads55sRedsCards
2005 Upper Deck Reflections. Austin Kearns Purple #98 (68/99) . Ken Griffey Jr. #28 (25/99) The two super powers form an unstoppable duo known only as the Cincywhackers. Here you have the incredible Reflections set with two different color parallels th…
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on June 19th, 2008 by Billy Suter
Holy crap! I was doing pretty good there, posting every couple days, then life just jumped on me. You all probably think that getting a new post out of me is like pulling teeth, which is one of the reasons I haven’t posted in the first place. Everythin…
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on June 19th, 2008 by Uglee Card
Player: Wade Boggs and Mike Greenwell Card: 1990 Fleer #632Errors: Card advertises “Super Star Specials”, yet has Mike Greenwell on it. Look closely - where is Greenwell’s right hand going? Both players coordinated undershirts with batting gloves…
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on June 19th, 2008 by Brads55sRedsCards
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on June 19th, 2008 by Bay Rat North West
Hoooo Myyyyyyyyyyyyy!It’s the tag team combo of the Donkey Punch Express!Dunn takes on one time mentor Griffey!2005 Finest No. 95Gold Refractor43 / 49The Mayor takes on dark sider Kearns!2005 Finest No. 122Gold Refractor14 / 49Dunn and Casey show no i…
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on June 18th, 2008 by Andrew
As I’m perusing Ebay, I decide to see what’s newly listed for MLB Showdown. Nothing really worth note as I have most of what’s listed, but I always keep hope that there will be a lot of super rare promos I need to finish my sets (2002 DCI promos).I de…
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on June 16th, 2008 by Andrew
I’m back from Chicago. This trip marked the first time I was ever on the Southside for a baseball game. Saw the Sox take on the Rockies. Comiskey isn’t really that exciting and not memorable at all. My dad and I had fantastic seats, but the stadium…
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on June 12th, 2008 by Andrew
Back in 2000, my dad took me to a card show. Usually I loved to go to card shows with him because he’d show me all the great old time players, former Tribe players and how bad they were, or just buy boxes of cheap wax and break them open with me when …
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on June 11th, 2008 by Andrew
With Euro 2008 in mid swing already I figure I’d make the first football (soccer) post. I’ve followed the sport for a few years now, and support London’s only true north team, Tottenham Hotspur. The team has a lot of talent, but always falls short, m…
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on June 10th, 2008 by Andrew
Much like Jon, I love to collect anything with the Indians name or Chief Wahoo logo on it. I have a ton of Tribe cards, and love breaking them out here and there to look at some of the names (mostly Topps Total 2002). However, recently, I’ve been wan…
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on June 6th, 2008 by Andrew
So here’s the last of my boxes of Topps Finest, for at least a little while. So far I’m at 38% done for this set, and at a rate of 18 base set cards per box, this is an expensive and tough set to get. Out of all my boxes, my biggest pull by far has b…
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on June 5th, 2008 by Uglee Card
Player: Dave LemanczykCard: 1978 Topps #33Errors: Player is sporting the extremely fierce and intimidating baby blue, iron-on Jays uniform. Was it cold on picture day? He paused and a brief shadow crossed his face as he considered his own mortality.Com…
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on June 5th, 2008 by Andrew
After last night’s heart-breaking loss for my Pens, I’ve given up hockey cards (for now) and gone back to baseball. I haven’t tried to collect any sports set since NFL MVP 2000, which I completed. Granted I have completed various MLB Showdown sets, b…
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on June 4th, 2008 by Andrew
2/10? Yeah right. If memory serves me right, this card is out of /530 or so. Update doesn’t parallel that much. Good try. Anyone that pays $50 for this should be refunded.Here’s a real version of the card. To be totally honest, I didn’t think fak…
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