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Here is try number 2I’ve figured some stuff out but it still seems like it should work differently.At the very least you can enjoy this acoustic version of Lucky. With a red border even!It works OK as long as I type the post before pasting the embed c…

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Here comes the last card from my first trade with Kris. Thanks again! This might be the best team card in the set, between the wacky 45-degree angle and the snazzy Yankees emblem resting between the two bat boys. As a bonus, it’s waaayyy miscut. Two th…

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Truth is, though, it probably was difficult at times to be a Jose Canseco fan but there’s something to be said for telling the truth and moving on.

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Leon “Daddy Wags” Wagner was the power-hitting left fielder of the expansion Angels (and later the Cleveland Indians) who, once the calendar struck 1968, couldn’t buy a home run.Wagner played one season for the Tuskeegee University baseball team in 195…

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Jim O’Toole (#467) was a long-time Cincinnati Reds pitcher who played one last season in 1967 with the White Sox.O’Toole was signed by the Reds in 1957 out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (the alma mater of 40+ major-leaguers, including Harvey K…

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I first heard about iCardz Military History products from a post on Trader’s Crack, several months ago.  The post was about the D-Day card set, but when I started searching around the company’s site, I saw a lot of things I really liked.  I ordered a box of their America at War card set featuring [...]

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Well from all the reports, I had to check out Target for my self. So running some errands, which always includes a Target run, I stopped by the card isle. Yes 2010 is upon us and I LoVe 2010. I couldn’t wait, I had to rip and post. The budget maybe…

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14 Packs of Topps 2010 from TargetNot completely sold on the card design but they did a good job with the pictures. And I like the subsets and inserts I’ve seen so far. They’re ahead of last year’s set in that respect.The Cards Your Mom Threw Out (my …

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I am speechless.  Yet I have so many things to say.
First, check out the ball!!!!

Awesome huh???  I got chills when I went to my mailbox and saw that the package was stamped from Miami!!!  Exactly 2 weeks from the day of his election was announced too!!  Pretty fast turnaround…
I have to wonder how many other [...]

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I’ve finally got my morning chores done (it’s 2:00 pm here now), so I thought what a better way to take a break then by posting the last group of ‘94 Fleer cards I meant to do so many months ago. While I was sorting through the set and putting together my wantlists, I began [...]

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For nearly 30 years, the name Bob Lemke was synonymous with the unbelievably comprehensive Krause publication The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, the bible of card collectors across the country. These days, he’s the editor of the Vintage Card secti…

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The Official 30-YOC ‘1975 Topps Cincinnati Reds Checklist’
It’s official now!!!  After asking for and receiving some help last week, I have completed my checklist for the 1975 Topps Reds team set I will be collecting.
My original goal was to get the 25-card team set featuring just the base cards, but it has now evolved into securing each and every card featuring [...]

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I pulled my first cut “autograph” today. When I opened the pack, the back of the card was facing me. I held my breath and slowly turned it over. Hoping for a hall of famer or big-time celebrity, but fearing I would end up with one of the awful Fra…

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Panini America released a small batch of card images on Wednesday for what’s to be found in its 2009-10 Panini Studio basketball card set when it arrives in late February. (See our previous look at the set right here.)

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Here’s a little something that should get the card collectors abuzz … a little something we’ll throw out there from time to time called The Hobby Rumor Mill.

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This is really just a test post.I had the morning off so I decided to see if I could figure out how you nerdy computer people get youtubes and whatnot onto your blogposts straight out of the ether. Then I could download interesting videos and stuff ri…

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With a wink, corny smile and a thumbs up, Sammy Stewart etched his place in cardboard collecting history. This 1988 Fleer Stewart card has always made me laugh. But it was not until recently that I tried to figure out a way to bring this card into the mainstream, maybe turn it into this hobby’s [...]

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