Could Milton Bradley Be The Key to the Abraham Lincoln Mystery ???

Remember back in February when Topps announced that there were 12 Yankees PITF (Pie-in-the-Face) cards? Remember the end of the press release, they posed a mysterious little tidbit that read: “And there’s another hidden SP in 2010 Topps Series 1. The …

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Then California high school pitcher Rick Hughes had a breakout senior season, it was Charles Scott whom he attributed that success to, according to the Marin Independent Journal.Hughes began working with Scott, who helped the young pitcher with his mec…

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Early last week, I decided to give the trade feature on the Topps Million Card Giveaway a try. My goals regarding trading are to get older cards than the ones I have and try to get Rangers/Senators. That doesn’t mean I want to trade my ’52 or ’54 cards…

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2nd Spring Training 2010 Autograph Success: Brett Butler!!
I sent Brett Butler 4 cards in hopes of him returning two of them back to me.  I offered for him to keep a few if he wanted to.  The other day I had an envelope in my mailbox and inside were the cards I sent to him.  [...]

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Hey guys, Drew back here, with another mailday. This is a package I got from eBay today, and it is a card I’ve wanted for a really long time. Check it out:2009 Ballpark Collection Teammate Timelines Quad /400Yogi Berra/Derek Jeter/Jorge Posada/Robinson…

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Brian Bass 2008-09For all intents and purposes, I have solved my Brian Bass autograph collection issue with this awesome Orioles signed player card/postcard of him. I got it on eBay and it fits nicely into my collection, even though I prefer regular s…

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I successfully completed a trade with a very generous reader named Max, but most of you probably know him better as frequent commenter and trader JacobMrley.The initial deal was this Gordon Beckham card for a Dwight Gooden uniform relic with a stripe. …

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Some big names will be in the next TRISTAR TNA wrestling card set, which the Houston-based exclusive licensee of TNA cards announced on Monday morning.

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The next edition of the Philadelphia SportsCard and Memorabilia Show is this weekend.I am not sure if I will be attending, but am considering Saturday.Hunt Auctions is continuing it’s trend towards making the show more autograph oriented. There are 15…

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The season hasn’t even started yet and he’s gone and bruised his thumb.It isn’t a big injury, but it still worries me. He seems so.. so.. fragile. He has had a plague of injuries over the past few years that have severely cut back on the number of …

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Were you a winner on Free Stuff Friday, our weekly ritual that gets cool stuff into readers’ hands just for answering sports card trivia found on Beckett.com?

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Howdy Howdy!Well, gosh darn if the least entertaining thing to do after a small hiatus is to do an administrative blog, but one of the reasons that I have not put up a post in a few days is that a ton of stuff has gone on, and I literally cannot decide…

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Ah, the New York Mess. Sure, it’s an old and lame joke, but those first few Mets teams were pretty bedraggled, and they certainly look a mess with the orange and lime green color scheme that Topps chose for their team card.In just their third year of…

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My three new boxes of 1993 Lime Rock Winter Baseball arrived today, so I rushed home at lunch to rip into a box. Wouldn’t you know it? I’m now 0 for 4 on picking up that Bernie Brito Diamond Star!

Interestingly, there are a couple of errors I’ve now seen repeated in the set. Of course, there’s card #3 of Victor Silverio which is actually a photo of Miguel Batista, but there is also at least

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The ‘personal touch’ cards out of Ultimate are not the first incarnations of a card like this, but they are the most valuable for sure. With each being limited to 3 copies, many collectors are picking them up at huge prices. Personally, I dont like the…

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One of my favorite baseball folks on Twitter, Old Hoss Radbourn, posted this March 8th update on a figure of extreme importance to Missouri and its neighboring states.”Breaking news: A. Pujols out with a sore back. Other news: large chunk of Midwest sa…

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Dave Winfield 2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic – Game Used Jersey Card
Now this is a great looking card.  When I mention my enjoyment of the modern-era card with a vintage look, this is what I am talking about!!!
That old school San Diego Padres uniform takes me back to the days of Winfield, Ozzie Smith, Steve [...]

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I’ve really been slacking off this year at the gym. It’s just been one thing after another. But at least I reached another city, Wichita Kansas. I was kind of disappointed in the baseball talent from Wichita. Wichita is a fairly good sized city (about …

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#415 Jim FregosiHere is a card that I got signed through the mail last week. I sent this card to Jim on the 26th of last month and got it back on the 5th. I must say that it was one of my quicker returns.Last year, I sent a couple of cards to Jim to ge…

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The following is pure conjecture – not fact, and should be treated as such.I get emails from my local card shop, and in it I read today that Upper Deck canceled the remainder of its forthcoming baseball products, including Goudey (this must be what h…

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I am always fascinated when a public figure says something that everyone on the planet Earth knows is Bullsh*t and acts like we’re going to buy it.Maybe it is the whole Clinton “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” fascination.Or hearing Pe…

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We reset the Topps Card Randomizer to come up with seven new cards to present for this week. Introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Monday, March 8, 2010:Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1990 Topps #436.Player Name, position, team: Mel…

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dinged corners wants to know ‘what’s your favorite card where the main action isn’t the reason you like the card?’ well, i’m not sure if it’s my favorite card of that type, but dick calmus’ 1964 topps card is certainly one of them.i am a fan of ca…

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Insert your own joke here:”He must be the team doctor.”"Is he digging Omar’s career grave?”"Is that something Bobby Bonilla can do?”Ex-Mets player, Richie Hebner is a grave digger. The Detroit News recently did an interview with him on the subject.Hebn…

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The Phillies project has really made great progress in the last couple months. I’m nearly 80% of the way to my goal with 1980 Phillies, Carlton, and Schmidt cards (check out the sidebar for the links to what I’m missing if you’re curious). The 2008 Phi…

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The American Dream is to find home. This dream shaded a 1972 trade featuring Charlie Williams. Charlie Williams was not the focus of the dream, however, and so ended up actually being taken from his home and moved elsewhere. This is the problem of the modern world, I guess, or one of them: the dream [...]

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Well, the poll has spoken. The 2010 Topps set is now known as “the wave set.” I’m still partial to “binoculars set,” but “wave” works for me, too. I’ll add it to the Define the Design sidebar list soon.I’m featuring the Garret Anderson card because he …

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Something tells me I’m going to wind up with Ben Zobrist on my team.  I take him in this spot every time.Joakim Soria, Royals2010 Goose Joak Originalby Goose Joak1. Chase Utley (Phi – 2B)2. Carl Crawford (TB – OF)3. Ben Zobrist (TB – 2B,SS,OF)4. B…

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Kyle’s 2009 Bowman Sterling Baseball Box Break.

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2009 Topps Ticket To Stardom Baseball Box Break.

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Billy’s 2008 UDX Baseball Box Break Video.

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Tim Raines 1986 Fleer
I cannot tell if the photographer had Tim’s attention in this shot or if he was told to not look directly at the camera.  And to be honest, I don’t think that it really mattered wither way…  the card kind of stinks!!!
You all know that I am a sucker for old-school uniforms [...]

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I thought this was an interesting tidbit on the back of Omar Olivares’s 1994 Stadium Club card. “Career batting: .232 AVG, 2 HR … Career of dad Ed, ex-Cardinal OF’er, 1960-61: .143, 0 HRs.To be fair, Ed only had 35 major league at bats, while Omar h…

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This weeks eTopps cards being offered are: Derek Jeter, Rogers Hornsby, and Al Kaline. They are usually available around 1pm EST, I believe. Anyone pick up any of these so far?

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