Won’t Fit

I must be doing something wrong.  I can’t figure out how to get my brand new 2008-2009 Topps Co-Signers Face the Facts insert card to work.  According to the directions, they are suppose to be interchangeable with others cards.  These fall around 1 per pack, and allow you to make your own basketball cards.  Apparently [...]

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On Saturday a package from Night Owl arrived. I’m guessing by Owl post? Anyway, Night Owl not only sent me a package of incredible swag, but also wrote this post for me through the liberal use of sticky notes! (My commentary in italics)You’ll enjoy thi…

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Well. It looks like it finally is official. The Bravos have traded one of their top prospects in Tyler Flowers, two young pitchers, and Brent Lillibridge away to the White Sox for an over the hill washed up #4 starter and a random warm body who just ha…

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The baseball offseason can be a bittersweet time of year. While it may be easy to get caught up in the so-called Hot Stove League, constantly checking sports websites and blogs for the latest rumors about which free agent signings and trades your team …

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I’ve been fussing over the Javier Vazquez trade all evening so I need a quick & easy post for tonight. 2006 Ultra retail? Five cards a pack? Perfect.74 Victor Martinez18 Rich Harden179 Mariano RiveraSOK1 Roger Clemens Strikeout Kings128 Michael You…

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December 2, 2008:1986 Garbage Pail Kids Series 3 #116b Berserk KirkLooks like the makers of the Card-vent Calendar wanted to start December off with a theme this year. I can see some bats in the background of this Halloween-y treasure from the ’80s; m…

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The contest is over and the winners are going to be announced. It was a great ride and there have been some quick responses and some great answers. I tried to make the questions a mix of easy, super easy and “damn, I have to look that up”.The big winn…

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Who is this? the penguin, ron ceyWhat is this? an autographed 1972 topps rookie cardWhere’d I get it? from kit young sportscards mail order catalog about 14 years agoHow much did it cost? i think i paid around $20Why is this so special? ron cey was the…

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My wife is collecting this set, and we want to know if anyone out there is also collecting the set. We are going to have a ton of doubles and would like to trade for cards we need. After we get our hobby box, and find out what we need we’ll post it [...]

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When I look at baseball cards or famous sports photos in which fans are visible in the stands, I often wonder whether any of those fans discover that they are forever immortalized in the photograph.I would love to be there when someone looks at the pho…

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i don’t know if that title even makes sense. at any rate, i just received some cards from boxbusters in return for the cards of cards i sent to him. to beat my joke to death, all those jack clark and ozzie smith cards were making my tom niedenfuer card…

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