2010 Face Off or How I Pissed On Braden Looper’s Porch

My lovely wife had the pleasure of braving two separate trips to the local Wally world today.  I asked her nicely to check and see if the 2010 cards had arrived yet.  It just so happens they were being stocked at the same time she checked.  She was kind enough to pick up two packs [...]

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Scanning our Mets/John Maine pages and picking six faves in 30 seconds was actually made MORE difficult by the fact that we don’t have all that many JM cards. We had to be very choosy, very fast.Lucy likes this one because she likes high-knee pitching …

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Is Gary Hancock standing there disgusted with you and turning his nose up like a bratty rich sissy, or is he lookin’ off daydreaming of having a better career? Considering he only played 11 games in ‘82, he’s probably daydreaming…

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One thing you need to make sure you pick up enough of is drinks for your Super Bowl party. Fortunately there are lots of NFL related drink promotions to choose from to make sure your guests don’t go thirsty.1976 Canada Dry Ginger Ale NFL Football Cans…

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This is another one of those great cards I received recently from White Sox Cards. The card here looks vaguely familiar, yet something seems amiss…2008 Topps Heritage #244 Michael BournWhere the heck was this picture taken?? – Maybe it is all this r…

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This may be the last trade post you see on this blog. OK, I hear the cheering,you can stop now! I’m not not going to stop trading, and I won’t stop posting the trades but they will be posted on my Trading Post blog. Earlier this year I said I wanted to…

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For me, the new year doesn’t truly start until the new baseball cards hit the shelves. I’ve said a million times that I’m not going to buy packs, but when they’re new…it’s hard to resist. So tonight at Walmart, I went to see if they had the Topps cards yet…and they did. AND they had [...]

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Greetings Nitty Gritty card collectors! Has anyone noticed that it has been a few months since I have posted here? I don’t think I have added a post here since early to mid-December. The reason is VERY simple. On this blog I am showing every card in …

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We’ve got 13 contests going right now because we want Free Stuff Friday to be more than just a one-day event for our readers (but we ain’t changing the name). We know you guys can’t get enough of our weekly contests, so we’re running them all weekend.

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 13 — A Super Bowl game-used jersey card lot including Joe Namath (only 10 exist), Hines Ward, Donald Brown, Terry Bradshaw and Drew Brees

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Chris, of the blog Nachos Grande, and I recently completed a trade. Here are a few of the D-Backs that I recieved. Thanks Chris!2003 Topps Heritage Randy Johnson – Not often that you get to see the Big Unit smile.3 Brandon Webb cards – Unfortunatly all…

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Remember school days when it seemed important to be a tough guy ? The thing about trading cards is that if your sport requires it, a tough guy picture is a hit on the playground. So who looks ike a tough guy ? Wrestler Theo Bauer (above) looks qui…

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#61 – Dan Ford – Baltimore Orioles – 1983 Fleer Dan Ford’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 12 — A Dany Heatley & Jason Spezza Be A Player dual autographed 8×10 hockey card

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What can I say?  KISS does an excellent job of marketing themselves.  On April 21, Press Pass will release The Legend of KISS that tells the story of the band.  Its a 100-card set that contains concert worn relics and autographs.  Collectors can also look for pop-up cards and various serial numbered proofs.
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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 11 — An Alexander Ovechkin Washington Capitals game-used jersey patch keychain courtesy of Relic Wear (SRP, $40)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 10 — A 2008 Press Pass Speedway base set, parallel set and three more insert sets

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 9 — A 2005 Jeff Gordon 1:24 scale Revell test car diecast (only 1,284 made)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 8 — A 2009 Topps Tribute Roy Campanella game-used jersey card (only 75 exist)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 7 — A nine-card lot of 2002 Donruss Originals Beckett Sample cards (all stars; 1 gold — found one per magazine in past issue)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 6 — A Luis Aparicio 2009 Sweet Spot Classic Signatures autograph card (only 16 exist)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 5 — A 2010 Press Pass 8 Seconds pro rodeo base set

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 4 — A Nolan Ryan 2009 Topps Tribute game-used jersey card (only 99 exist)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 3 — A Tony Sanchez 2009 Bowman Sterling autograph card

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 2 — A 2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Braxton Lane Turn of the Century autograph (only 125 exist)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (2-5) Contest No. 1 — A Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2010 Element autograph

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Topps released on Thursday a sneak peek at some of the Sketch Cards that will be found in its forthcoming Star Wars Galaxy trading card set, the latest in a long line of sets focused on the sci-fi franchise.

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Gary Carter:  I’m Becoming A Fan…
Way back during my first week of blogging I wrote an article titled ‘Gary Carter Does NOT Belong In The Hall Of Fame’.  Just a few days into blogging, this post was my most viewed and commented upon post since I started ‘30-YOC’ just a few days earlier.
Here I sit, some [...]

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