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Mail Day: 2/25/10

on February 27th, 2010 by Jeffrey Wolfe

Out of the blue I received an email from a fellow named Randall in New York state who came across my blog. Apparently he is in the process of moving and was looking to unload some of his cards. Randall was looking for people working on sets to donate …

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The 1968 Coke Caps / Dexter Press promotion and Coke’s connection to Free Agency

on February 27th, 2010 by Fleerfan

Coca-Cola ran a promotion in 1968 which once again featured baseball photos printed by Dexter Press that could be won by collecting player bottle caps as they had done in 1967, but on a smaller scale, both in terms of the number of teams involved as we…

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George Strait and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

on February 27th, 2010 by --David

Some of you may be reading the title of the post, checking the title of the blog to make sure you are in the right place, then scratching your head as to how this all connects.  Others of you, however, made the connection right away.  So, wha…

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Card of the Day: Darryl Strawberry 1984 Topps RC #182

on February 27th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003

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2010 Upper Deck MLS Soccer Card Preview

on February 27th, 2010 by admin

2010 Upper Deck MLS Soccer cards are scheduled to release on 18 May and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain 20 packs with 12 cards per pack. Collectors can expect to get four memorabilia cards and one autograph per box. Get the best price on 2010 MLS Soccer boxes on [...]

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2009-10 Panini Timeless Treasures Basketball

on February 27th, 2010 by admin

2009-10 Panini Timeless Treasures Basketball is scheduled to release on 21 Apr and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain five cards. Each box will contain three autograph or memorabilia cards and two commons/parallels per tin. At least one of the cards will be autographed. Get the best price on [...]

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Ozzy Osbourne: An absolute Iron Man when signing autographs

on February 27th, 2010 by chrisolds

Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne was in town to sign copies of his new book I am Ozzy at a Dallas Barnes & Noble, and I had to be at the store by 9 a.m. to assure myself of a chance at an autograph.

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Ted Williams fought cancer using a ball point pen (TTM legend)

on February 27th, 2010 by Newspaperman

The Spring is upon us. Yes, this time of year, baseball fans are going crazy waiting for live games. And also during this time, baseball card collectors who are familiar with through the mail (TTM) autographs start sending out their requests.
If you intend to send cards to prospects and other players this year and haven’t [...]

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2010 Tristar In the Pursuit of the Majors Baseball

on February 27th, 2010 by admin

2010 Tristar “In the Pursuit of the Majors” Baseball cards release on 26 Mar and will cost about $75 per box. Each box includes the complete series 1 set and a 15 card set of inserts per box. The 15 card insert set will include six autographs and packaged in a cello wrap. Get the [...]

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Bring it on

on February 27th, 2010 by dayf

Why yes, I very likely did. I won’t deny it, this is all my fault. You can’t very well ignore cease-fires with bellicose indifference and unmitigated malice and not expect to have a few grenades launched your way. A certain fellow to the North casually…

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2009-10 In The Game (ITG) Between the Pipes Hockey

on February 27th, 2010 by admin

2009-10 In The Game (ITG) Between the Pipes Hockey releases on 25 Mar and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain 18 packs with nine cards per pack. Collectors can expect 2-3 hits per box.
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The 150 base card set features many of the best goalies of yesterday, today and [...]

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Al Kaline Bat Card

on February 27th, 2010 by Mark's Ephemera

Al Kaline spent all 22 of his seasons in the Majors with the Detroit Tigers.2003 Topps Gallery, HOF Edition ARTifact Relics, Al Kaline (card #AR-AK)He was selected to be in 18 All-Star games and collected 10 Gold Gloves. 399 Home Runs and a .297 lifet…

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Scott Erickson, 1998 Donruss Silver Press Proof #242

on February 27th, 2010 by Kevin

There are many valuable pieces of advice that I can give fellow collectors for taking proper care of your card collection. You probably know most of the basics (store your cards in Ultra-Pro binder sheets, keep them out of the reach of children and pet…

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Smart people like baseball cards.

on February 27th, 2010 by Dinged Corners

Ok, we’re back from our hiatus. We now get to share some of the cards we received while we were in suspended animation. It’s true we are behind in the realm of baseball card news and blog happenin’s, but we’ll catch up quickly. First we present cards s…

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And, The Play At The Plate, He’s…..A Great Trade!

on February 27th, 2010 by dgreen1899

I just completed a trade with Brian over at Play At The Plate I sent him one lousy 2010 Topps 1951 Red back Chipper Jones, and he hooked me up with bunch of Orioles and Phillies for my team sets.  Chek ‘em out:Thanks again Brian, for hooking me up…

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Davey Johnson TTM success!

on February 27th, 2010 by gobigpelf34

Got 2 awesome autos today from 1986 world champion Mets manager, Davey Johnson! I sent these 2 cards to his home on 2/18/10 and got both cards back signed beautifully on 2/27/10, an awesome, quick return from a classic Mets manager! Heres a scan!

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Joe Collector Box Break

on February 27th, 2010 by dgreen1899

I am running a bit behind on my blogging, so I will attempt to catch up in the next week or so.  I wanted to show off a very successful February Box Break care of I Am Joe Collector The break was for Topps Unique and Topps Heritage ( I have the Or…

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High End Hijinks

on February 27th, 2010 by madding

A couple of weekends ago I won a high-end basketball “box” that is really a pack (or is that a pack that is really a box?) from the polarizing people at Beckett. For some reason, I had high hopes for this thing. Visions of Brandon Roy jersey chunks d…

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The Masterpieces Obsession Continues

on February 27th, 2010 by stusigpi

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Look what I did today.

on February 27th, 2010 by McCann Can Triple

Remember that big bin of cards a few posts back?http://rookiecardcollector.blogspot.com/2010/02/look-ma-im-rambling-without-aid-of.htmlWell… now it is down toStill a ways to go, butI started bagging them…and the realized that was a tedious process …

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Blog Scheduling Alert!

on February 27th, 2010 by FanOfReds

Tomorrow morning I’m leaving central Pennsylvania for a three-day, two night ski trip at Whiteface, Lake Placid, New York.  I’ve been to Lake Placid once before, but never during the winter!  I’m excited to try out a great ski mountain…not …

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2009-10 Contenders Basketball Short Prints

on February 27th, 2010 by admin

After weeks of anticipation, officials at Panini America confirmed the existence of short prints in 2010 Playoff Contenders Basketball.

“Unlike football, where there were more than 100 rookies in the autographed Rookie Ticket insert, there are just 35 rookie players in Contenders Basketball,” said Panini Basketball Brand Manager David Porter. “But even with a considerably smaller [...]

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Wow, That’s A Lot Of Hair Color!

on February 27th, 2010 by BigD

It’s been mentioned many, many times on various sites just how generous the card collecting blogging community is. (Yes, I didn’t use blogosphere!) One such generous person is the Troll, who I think I read somewhere loves Bacon or smells like Bacon or …

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#252 Ted Cox

on February 27th, 2010 by Dean Family

Who is this player?Ted Cox, utility, Cleveland IndiansWhen the 1980 season began, Ted Cox was beginning a new chapter in his major league career. Traded to the Seattle Mariners in December, 1979, the righthand hitting Cox was hoping to win the third ba…

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Phillies Prospect Mailday

on February 27th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003

I’m not one to purchase cards featuring prospects.  I’ve opened one box of Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects and I don’t think I’ll ever go down that road again.  Its also not common for me to purchase single prospect cards off of eBay, especially ones that sell for hundreds or even thousands.  There is so [...]

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Rocky Childress, Back to Bend – 354

on February 27th, 2010 by Steve78

Having just been cut from AAA Tucson in 1991, Rocky Childress began contemplating life without baseball.The California-native’s plans included returning to Bend, Ore., where he’d met his wife playing for the rookie league Bend Phillies in 1981, and bec…

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The Inkworks Well Finally Appears to Be Running Dry

on February 27th, 2010 by Ryan Cracknell

More than a year after going out of business, it looks like the flood of excess autographs might finally be on the horizon. But not until Razor releases one more set chalk full of them.2010 Razor Ink Vault will be the company’s final set that focuses o…

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2000 Fleer – “Club 3,000″ – Lou Brock

on February 27th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

2000 Fleer – “Club 3,000″ – Lou Brock
Date of entry into “Club 3,000″ – August 13, 1979
The Story – At home, and in front of 44,000+ fans, the Cardinals took on their divisional rivals – The Chicago Cubs.  Ironically, the Cubs were the team that Brock entered the major leagues with.  On this day, Brock [...]

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2002 Topps Gold Label Baseball Review

on February 27th, 2010 by oldschoolbreaks

The first time I ever mentioned this product, I referred to it as an “ugly mess of a product.” I know those seem like harsh and shocking words (in fact, I take them back), especially coming from a fan of the Gold Label series, but in my opinion, this product just never quite measured up [...]

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Stay Away From NSA: Part Two

on February 27th, 2010 by Gellman

A few weeks ago I posted on NSA, the douchebag scammers that have infested the net. These are the guys who do the shitty fake jersey “1/1s” that get fed into eBay on a daily basis. Personally, I cant understand why someone would even consider buying th…

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1975 Tucson Toros #5, David “Buzz” Nitschke

on February 27th, 2010 by Matthew Glidden

Not long ago, the 1980 Tucson Toros finished a close 2nd in UniWatch’s “Worst Uniform Ever” contest. Their color scheme started with everything from the hot color spectrum, tossed in some aquamarine, and topped it with avocado. Only the Colorado Caribo…

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#15: Roger Salkeld – Star Rookie

on February 27th, 2010 by Thorzul

Two questions:1. Is that large Mariners emblem on your jacket a sticker?2. If it’s not, what would you trade me for it?Players taken after Salkeld (#3) in the 1989 MLB Draft: Frank Thomas (#7), Mo Vaughn (#23)

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The Quickest Way To Waste $3

on February 27th, 2010 by Matt F.

I’ll post this over on A Pack To Be Named Later too but I’ll show it here first.Don’t buy these. Don’t ever buy these. Don’t even make direct eye contact with them because they will take your money and give you only poor quality chrome cards.#127 Jas…

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#2 Scoreboards in the Background

on February 27th, 2010 by Jeremy

For this installment of SiTB I’d like to focus on 2009 Topps Baseball #422. I wanted to do this one today because I’m in an action shot frame of mind and this card delivers.It’s got a nice shot of Hamilton preparing to throw. The entire body is in the…

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