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Barter: Care of Roll Out the Barrel

on January 23rd, 2010 by packaddict

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LOST… The Retro Baseball Card Set

on January 23rd, 2010 by PunkRockPaint

It is getting close to the beginning of the final season of LOST… I figured It was time to shake a little of the old MS Paint rust off and make some new cards for my set. As I scrolled through the previous cards, I realized that I had mistakenly…

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Conference Championships…

on January 23rd, 2010 by Captain Canuck

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The Curious Collation of Rick Cerone

on January 23rd, 2010 by Ben Henry

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The Pack Cycle Pocket Hypothesis

on January 23rd, 2010 by Ben Henry

Pack 67: Tom Seaver League Leader, Julio Cruz Highlight, Jim Bibby, Ken Landreaux, Claudell WashingtonPack 68: Rollie Fingers League Leader, 1981 World Champions, Willie Aikens, John Wathan, Garry TempletonPack 69: Steve Comer, Scott Sanderson, 1981 AL…

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83F Project 2010-01-23 18:49:00

on January 23rd, 2010 by Scott Mortimer

#202 – Joe Beckwith – Los Angeles Dodgers – 1983 Fleer Joe Beckwith’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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1975 Topps #104 Bill Madlock

on January 23rd, 2010 by togh

Bill Madlock was intimately involved with the departure of two Cubs greats. Madlock came to the Cubs in a trade with the Rangers. Madlock and Vic Harris came to the Cubs for Fergie Jenkins. The arrival of Madlock allowed the Cubs to trade Ron Santo to …

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Final Card: Johnny Romano

on January 23rd, 2010 by Jim from Downingtown

Johnny Romano (#196) was a catcher in the 1960s, mostly for the White Sox and Indians.Romano was signed by the White Sox in 1954, and played in their minor-league system for 5 years. His major-league debut came in September 1958, when he played 4 games…

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Lured in by the promise of GOLD, then bipped by my own team !!!!

on January 23rd, 2010 by BASEBALL DAD

We all know the internet can be a dangerous place.You can lose your identity and thousands of dollars.You can be led to think you’re going to meet the love of your life in a wonderful, romantic setting (why do people believe this??!!) only to come face…

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Long-time veterans say goodbye (part 3 of 3)

on January 23rd, 2010 by Jim from Downingtown

Between 1965 and 1969, 117 players with 10 or more years in the big leagues retired. I previously posted these lists in November:Players with 15+ years in the majorsPlayers with 12 to 14 years in the majorsBelow is the list of the 10 and 11-year vetera…

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Bill White (#190)

on January 23rd, 2010 by Jim from Downingtown

Bill White was signed by the New York Giants in 1953 and played with various minor league teams for 3 full seasons.In 1956, after 20 games in the minors, Bill was called up to the Giants and started every game at first base from May 7th until the end o…

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Sorta off topic- Google searches

on January 23rd, 2010 by stusigpi

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Topps Gimmick Fail

on January 23rd, 2010 by Chris Harris

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Ty Wigginton, 2009 Upper Deck #540

on January 23rd, 2010 by Kevin

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2002 Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor

on January 23rd, 2010 by thehamiltonian

This is another card rom my recent purchase from Checkout My Cards.  I snagged this card quite cheap.  I am a bit of a sucker for Refractors, and Gold is as good as it gets.  This card is serial numbered 12/50.

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Never let your guard down

on January 23rd, 2010 by dayf

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Card-Ola: 2009 Bowman Sterling

on January 23rd, 2010 by Chris Harris

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Hey Stale Gum!!! You Want A Gimmick???

on January 23rd, 2010 by James B. Anama

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A Couple Of Rare And Well Traveled Cards

on January 23rd, 2010 by gritz76

One of my long-term collecting goals is to have at least one example from as many different sets I can find.  Last year I was able to get a 1955 Topps Double Header, a 100-year-old T206, and a couple of nice 1938 Churchman’s Boxing cards.   Already this year I’ve been able to add another T206 [...]

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The Joy Of The Completed Insert Set

on January 23rd, 2010 by Matt F.

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‘Dawson-Mania’ Sweeps Over Ebay!!!

on January 23rd, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

I am not ashamed or embarrassed to admit that I patrol Ebay often.  Quite often in fact…
The hours I keep are odd.  My wife and kids leave for work and school an hour or so before I have to.  And at night, I am up multiple times to either sooth a crying baby or hang [...]

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on January 23rd, 2010 by Spiff

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30 Card Tribute To King Felix

on January 23rd, 2010 by Matt F.

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iCardz: America at War / Band of Brothers – Jump Wings

on January 23rd, 2010 by thehamiltonian

This card is from the Band of Brothers subset of the America at War product.  A paratrooper earned his jump wings by matering four main areas:  physical fitness, parachute tower and landing techniques, packing their own chute, and actually jumping out of an airplane 5 times.  If they refused one jump, they were automatically dismissed [...]

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2010 Element Contest! – NOW CLOSED

on January 23rd, 2010 by rosschrisman2003

Time to giveaway some more cards!!!  Press Pass sent over a box of 2010 Element for me to review earlier this week and now you can win some of the cards I pulled.  This contest will include the following cards:

(1) J.R. Fitzpatrick Blue Ink Autograph
(1) Jimmie Johnson Race-Used Tire #’ed/99
(1) Danica Patrick base card #59
(1) [...]

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2009-10 Ultimate Collection Hockey Card Preview

on January 23rd, 2010 by admin

2009-10 Ultimate Collection Hockey releases on 27 April and will cost about $85 per box. Each box contains five cards. Collectors can expect to pull one autograph, one rookie and one memorabilia card in each box on average. Discuss this product in our Hockey Forum!

2009-10 Ultimate Collection Hockey Breakdown
Autograph Cards (combining to deliver an avg. [...]

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Change-o!

on January 23rd, 2010 by toppcat

A brief respite from our checklist foray, blogophiles, which is fine as your webmaster is finding spare time scarce right now. So it is with an exhaled “phew!” that I present two scans forwarded by Friend o’the Archive (and soon-to-be Fleer historian)…

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2010 Topps National Chicle Baseball Card Preview

on January 23rd, 2010 by admin

2010 Topps National Chicle Baseball releases on 29 April and will cost about $85 per hobby box. Each box will contain 24 packs with each pack having eight cards. This year’s Nation Chicle baseball will feature a new All-Painted baseball set (Topps commissioned 12 top sports artists). All autograph cards are signed on the card. [...]

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Cards On Cards Surprise

on January 23rd, 2010 by White Sox Cards

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2010 SPx Baseball Card Preview

on January 23rd, 2010 by admin

2010 SPx Baseball releases on 1 May, 2010 and will cost about $100 per hobby box. Each box will contain 18 packs with each pack having four cards. Collectors can expect five jersey cards (two which will be a Dual or Triple swatch card) and one autograph per hobby box. Collectors can also expect three [...]

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Five Random Flyers

on January 23rd, 2010 by shanediaz82

It’s been a busy week, as is evident by my total lack of posting. Any free time I’ve had for cards has been dedicated to scanning in my backlog of cards and adding them to my collection on Zistle. I’ve been wanting to post something though, and since I…

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Grant Desme Stuns the Baseball and Hobby World

on January 23rd, 2010 by chemgod

Last October I wrote about an A’s prospect that was bashing his way through the Arizona Fall League.  Grant Desme was named as the MVP of the AFL this year and recently was named the 8th best prospect in the A’s organization.  He should have easily gotten a call up this season after going .288 [...]

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1999 UD Choice, George Lombard

on January 23rd, 2010 by zman40

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