Ain’t We Got Fun???…or What Does a Topps Collector Think of the New UD Mess

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Seriously, women’s basketball… you should be starting your NCAA tournament RIGHT NOW!And not just this year, but every year the women’s NCAA tourney should be in early March.Actually it should be wrapping up now with the bulk of the tournament in Feb…

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I’ve already managed to flip one of my unwanted cards from my Panini Limited Box/Pack break and I’m quite pleased with the result. I was able to turn a low numbered Sam Young jersey/auto thing into a Dante Cunningham card, also autographed, thanks to …

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I’m so far behind in my A Pack To Be Named Later posts that I feel like I’ll never catch up…

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And so I will yodel and laugh like a Russian.

And then yell “troll!” and “like” and “and” a lot while a nasty beat plays.

And then I might even finish my song “Drunk Love” and post it for you guys.

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The satisfaction of a completed team set. It’s hard to describe to non-collectors.Thanks to an eBay purchase of Jim Lansford’s 1952 Bowman Small, I’m sitting in the after-glow of a completed 1952 Dallas Texans team set.This history of the 1952 Dallas T…

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On the day new ace Roy Halladay made his Phillies debut, I’m featuring a baseball card of former left-handed set-up reliever Rheal Cormier. Why? Because, inexplicably, he was once Jenna’s favorite player, and because I like to make my wife happy. She’s…

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Tonight I’m going to talk more about 2010 Topps. So you may be wondering why I chose a card from the 2007 Heritage set, which borrows its design from 1958. I’ll get to that in a moment.Last night I planned to rip open just four packs of my hobby box, b…

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Twitter’s an interesting beast. I check out the feeds and “follow” athletes and interesting celebrities (ie NO Ashton Kutcher) from past and present. One of the more recent athletes to come along on Twitter is none other than Jose Canseco. Often he sta…

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Okay, blog after blog after blog have already said their piece regarding what they think of the newest development, in this case, UD settling their lawsuit with MLB Properties, specifically, UD getting their butts (along with their gut, kneecaps, and a…

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I actually went hoping to find a blaster, but these Rack Packs were there instead. No normal packs. just the Racks. Odd, I thought.I was somewhat peeved to see there were only 14 cards in the rack. I was almost certain there were 15 or 16 last year. Th…

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In honor of the NFL combine taking place this week, here are some offseason football goodies. Are you ready for some football? Later.

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Panini Absolute Memorabilia

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Yeah, I know I’m a little behind. You’ve likely already heard, but to keep up with consistency’s sake of running short print and variation info (I find I need it five years later quite often), here’s the lowdown for 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball.Short P…

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The dilemma is what should I do with my pull of the month?It is one of the best cards I could of asked for – It is a Philllies Card. It is aVintage Card. and it is on Phils 1963 Topps Want List – Check, Check, Check.Unfortunately somebody posted that…

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Over the last few years, SP Authentic has offered a cool chase card for the buyers of the product. Basically, for each of the last few sets, there has been one or two redemptions per year that offer a complete set of low numbered rookie patch autos for…

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#589 – Dan Driessen – Cincinnati Reds – 1983 Fleer Dan Driessen’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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The main point of this card is that Chad Durbin is pitching. However, the secondary action makes this a better-than-average card. Am I right?Isn’t that Curtis Granderson?What’s your favorite card where the main action isn’t the reason why you…

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#49 – Pete Vuckovich – Milwaukee Brewers – 1983 Fleer Pete Vuckovich’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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Well here I am, in the beautiful Tampa, Florida for a week of fun and baseball. I wish i could say I arrived to the warmth of Florida, but that wouldn’t entirely be the truth. Among stepping outside of the airport on Wednesday, i was hit with the cold …

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OK, really late this week. I spent last weekend in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras Marathon and I’ve spent this week recovering – both from the run (I ran the Half Marathon) and the city. Nothing like recovering from a run with a hand grenade at Tropi…

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We can has Heritage? Dayf says, Yes we can! I will stop by Target tommorrow…

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I received autographs from Tiger relief pitcher Daniel Schlereth and Dodger legend Ron Cey today, the first successes of my 2010 TTM requests. I’m not intending to do a post for every TTM card that comes in, but I may do them in bunches. HERE is who I have sent to thus far. I’ll be [...]

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It’s official. I have completed the 330-card base set of 2010 Topps through donations. When I opened today’s mail, I was delighted to find the final card I needed, #147 Huston Street. It came from Sean at It’s Just Cardboard.I also got a Tim Lincecu…

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I’ve already offered my opinion on what an exclusive license would mean for collectors when the Topps license was initially announced. If you’re so inclined, you can reprise those thoughts here and here.In short, I think the short-term effect will be p…

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We can all do this…We SHOULD all do this…

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Hello everyone, Im back with another catch up post!
What I got to sow you today are all some purchases from ebay, First are a couple 2010 Heritage cards:

Always awesome to get a new Pelf card! And this is my first Jason Bay Mets card, besides the topps total rookie from 02′ but I dont count [...]

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I took dayf up on his offer and traded my treasured 1987 Kevin Bass card for a 2001 Wendell Magee Jr. card on the Topps Million Card Giveaway site.I didn’t particularly want the Magee card. Who does? But after dayf’s vitrolic harangue against one of th…

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It’s Spring Training, and one of my favorite players is back on the field.  Mike Aviles!Mike Aviles, Royals2010 Goose Joak Originalby Goose JoakHoping to finish some team templates this weekend!

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Free Stuff Friday is back once again — we’re starting our sixth month of weekly contests — so you have the chance to add some sports memorabilia to the ol’ collection by merely answering some questions whose answers can be found on Beckett.com.

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (3-5) “Grand Prize” Contest (not) — An 1/1 dual-inscribed Tracy Hackler autograph (on his sealed media mail from Topps regarding a Topps Heritage baseball set no less; marked a 1/1)

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (3-5) Contest No. 10 — A Blake Griffin autographed Oklahoma Sooners patch promo card courtesy of Panini America

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (3-5) Contest No. 9 — A 2007 Bowman’s Best Adrian Gonzalez autographed card

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The hopeful young ballplayers tried out, but weren’t good enough. And Jesus Mendez, the chief Venezuela scout for the Philadelphia Phillies, had to break the news.”Almost all of them, I’ll have to let down easy,” Mendez told the Los Angeles Times in a …

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