on July 18th, 2009 by Newspaperman
Update: Here’s an image of a Timeline Blaster with the Strasburg sticker ad.
Cardboard Junkie beat me to mentioning this, but retailers have been getting a healthy shipment of 2008 UD Timelines, and on the packaging, distributors have slapped a sticker telling the consumer that one of the Stephen Strasburg USA autographs can be found in [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
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on July 18th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 18th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
I went through the Little League World Series Museum about 7 years ago and I hadn’t been back until today. Its not the biggest museum in the world but if your a baseball fan you’ll enjoy it. Click on each photo for a closer look.
Jackie Robinson display. Inside the case they have two Robinson baseball [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by handcollated
Well, somewhat of a win. I picked up a 20 card lot on eBay thinking it would take a big chunk out of my wantlists. Turns out I only needed 8 of them, including one I didn’t even know was in the set.
Wikipedia says Jim Palmer’s nickname is “Cakes.” I’ve never heard that before. Apparently [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 18th, 2009 by gmoney168
By Matthew Tomkins aka reoddai
Back when I was a kid my dad took me to the local card shop. When we went the store was something like ten meters long and two and a half meters wide. The entire left wall, top to bottom, was full of open boxes. It was a pack buyer’s dream. [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by gmoney168
By John Jimenez aka gmoney168
It will be the price guide that changes the art of collecting. There will be no more debates over book value or sell value. Once the Sports Card Forum Online Price Guide is launched during the National Sports Collectors Convention on July 29, the hobby will experience a drastic change for [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
What can you say about this guy?
Matthew McConaughey is one of those guys you’d like to hang out with if given the chance. An off-beat character with a ‘hippie-like’ lifestyle, I could envision sharing some pretty hilarious stories while sitting at a restaurant by the ocean with a few buckets of empty Corona’s at the [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by zman40
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on July 18th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
On this day in 1970, Willie Mays collected the 3,000th hit of his baseball career.
At Candlestick Park battling against the Montreal Expos, Mays entered the game with 2,999 career hits and was looking to make history in front of his home crowd. In his first at-bat in the first inning Mays drew a walk. But then [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by Newspaperman
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! After waiting five friggin’ months, my 2009 Topps WBC card of Gift Ngoepe is here! Someone alert the press … or make that restart the presses.
I arrived home Friday night to find an envelope from Tri-Star Fulfillment — Topps redemption distributor — and within the package was my [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by chemgod
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on July 18th, 2009 by Bay Rat North West
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on July 18th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 18th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Mike ‘Gator’ Greenwell turns 46 years old today.
A Red Sox favorite during the late 1980’s and into the 90’s, Mike Greenwell is one of the rare players that spent his entire career with one team during baseball’s biggest spike of free agent activity. Loyalty is a commendable trait and the faithful Red Sox fans still hold Mike Greenwell [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by JT
One of my favorite players growing up was Chris Sabo. When I was in the sixth grade, in 1988, my class was given the assignment to interview someone we admired. Most kids chose their father or grandfather, or next door neighbor. I picked Chris Sabo. When I got home from school that afternoon, I called [...]
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on July 18th, 2009 by Dan
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