Milton Bradley…and Abe?

A poster on the Topps Message Boards named chiefer77 found a strange card in one of his packs and asked the members if they knew anything about it. Needless to say, the mystery from last month has been solved. Start looking at your Milton Bradley cards…

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Quick post… I am considering a new player collection; I am actually considering a few of them. I will slowly unveil them. One player that I am certain that I would like to collect completely is former Devil Rays third baseman and current Rays minor l…

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As many of you already know, and are probably tired of hearing about it, I am a big Darryl Strawberry fan. Also, if you didn’t already know, Darryl is scheduled to be a contestant on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump starting Sun…

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The 2010 Topps Giveaway poll results are overwhelmingly in support [77% to 23%] of doing the smaller trades with more people over one big wiener. You want it, you got it.Here’s how we’ll do this. If you’d like some of the cards listed below leav…

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I have been a bit under the weather the last day or two and my brain has been in space wondering about random things. One of those things was if the card companies joining Twitter and supposedly talking to the collectors is going to make any differenc…

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Here’s another jumbo of Topps for your viewing pleasure. To see what I got with the million card code click here.

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I’ve been mildly following the UFC for a few years now ever since my brother-in-law started inviting me and the wife over to their UFC fight night every few months. The first main event fight I saw was UFC 60 when Matt Hughes defeated the legend Hoyce …

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Don Heffner’s (#269) major-league managing career consisted of managing the Reds for the first 83 games of the 1966 season. Prior to this, the picture on his card indicates that he was the coach of the “Blue Team”. (Was this a semi-pro team in Flushin…

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UPDATE: corrected some errors and added the Crawford original. Remember way back when Topps showed off a few cards from National Chicle and everyone was like ewwww what’s Ichiro doing in a Pilots’ uniform and then like a dumbass I had to chime in and w…

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…and I am a happy dude. My two favorite NFL players are now on the same team. Let’s hope something good comes of it!

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Lots of pretty pictures coming up! Part of the reason for lack of posting (or posting with scans) over the last couple of days is that JD and I have been bachelors while mom is away with some girlfriends. We did typical guy stuff, watched TV, tossed …

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Next up, Mark Ellis. Mark is another veteran who has been playing in Oakland for his entire career.Little known fact: Mark hit for the cycle on June 4, 2007.# 394 – Mark EllisProgress: 221/990

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Here’s a position combination rarely (if ever) seen at the major-league level. Mel began as a 3rd baseman and outfielder, and didn’t begin pitching until 1966, his 2nd full season in the big leagues.Mel Queen was signed by the Reds in 1960, and spent 4…

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The previous post about the new Wacky Packages Old School stickers and the parody of Fleer’s Crazy Magazine Covers provides a perfect segue to review this Fleer set that I’ve been meaning to cover:In 1973 as the Wacky Packages craze was taking off and …

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With yesterday’s public service announcement taken care of, I’m going to double back and talk about the demise of my elementary school. St. Clare Elementary in Essex, MD was founded in 1956 by four Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy from Kells, Irelan…

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The mailbox today had a new addition for my collection of 1967 Topps Autographed Baseball cards from it came with a postmark from Canada. The newest entry is that of Ron Taylor, pitcher of the New York Mets. Card number 606 in the 1967 Topps Baseball c…

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Despite my disappearance into the coal mines again, the Phillies have been playing Spring Training games since Thursday. Other than Roy Halladay’s highly anticipated and exciting debut against the Yankees, there really hasn’t been that much going on in…

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Tonight, my blogs feature another triple-shot of Cincinnati Reds (for no particular reason). However, these 3 cards don’t match as well as Zanni-Coker-Nottebart did a few days ago.Here is the final baseball card for journeyman backup catcher Jimmie Sc…

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I could post these for a couple of weeks, but I will try and keep this down to two or three posts:David asked for some extra clubs that we may want and I picked the O’s and Twins. He came through with a lot of each. Today I am going to feature the Ph…

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1994 Ted Williams Card Company, John Donaldson (card #104)I mentioned the other day about a card package that I received from Jack who also is known as Baseball Dad. I sent him a meager package of cards and he sent me a nice, full package of cards tha…

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Nice Card, but the sticker ruins itThe kobe is sweetRuined by stickerA sticker? Ugh, it looks like a sticker version of the Exquisite Rookies 2009/10 The jersey cards below look like 2008/08 Fleer Ultra Jersey Cards but nice none the less.

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I had the TV on in the other room today, tuned to the MLB Network. I heard our intrepid reporter Hazel Mae (do not disparage Hazel Mae!) ask Charlie Manuel about his workout routine.Yes, Charlie Manuel.Now, I know Manuel has lost a lot of weight. But i…

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The New York Times ran an article last week on Robert “Chico” Barbon, the first Cuban player in Japan. He played for the Hankyu Braves from 1955-64 and then for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1965. The article is well worth the read and gives me the oppor…

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1995 SP Baseball was a 207 card set.The first 27 cards were die-cut. 1-4 were Tribute, 5-24 were Prospects and 25-27 were checklists. Superbafoil inserts were 1:1, Platinum Power 1:5 and Special F/X 1:75. 8 Card foil packs sold for $ 3.99American Lea…

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These cards look beautiful. The artwork is top notch and the product looks packed with content. A bit on the pricey side with an 11-card pack for $100 but with the chance to pull one of 120 redemptions for a 16″x20″ Kobe Bryant signed lithograph, I’m s…

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Panini America unveiled on Monday plans for 2009-10 Court Kings, a high-end art-driven basketball set that will arrive on June 2 packing 11 cards per pack and a $100-per pack suggested retail price.

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No, Press Pass hasn’t gone the way of Pinnacle and started inserting coins in their cards.  I’ve had a few questions about these cards and so has Press Pass ever since they started to surface on eBay.  I can’t really knock these cards because the seller clearly states they are custom made and do not [...]

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The ladies over at www.DingedCorners.com laid down the gauntlet, challenging other bloggers to find cards where something else is going on in the background.  I chose this 1974 Topps Rusty Torres.  Not only do we see a glove casually tossed a…

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1986 Topps #24T1987 Topps #4201988 Topps #3501989 Topps #6601990 Topps #1001991 Topps #5001992 Topps #3301993 Topps #10Make sure you vote for your favorite Will Clark card on the poll on the right. Looks like there are a few good contenders for this one!

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Since Jorge Garcia has a blog of his own on Blogger, I thought that I’d post a quick reply over there letting him know about my post.  His most recent post didn’t have any replies on it and was a couple of days old so I figured that it was a s…

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I really do… I wish the Astros were still around.But alas the Astros are no more and probably never coming back.Now wait a second Sully, you might be saying. The Houston Astros are still here! Yeah they had a disappointing season last year, but they …

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In case anyone was getting cold feet on this, I have blazed the trail for you. Today I sent MLBP my manifesto along with those 2010 Upper Deck cards. I also included a SASE and requested a response. We’ll see how it goes. Join me.

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