Plan of Action (Collecting Guidelines)

As I am sitting around with my son looking at cards, he is watching Baby Einstein (Great background music!). I start to contemplate the direction of my collection. Overall, I am very happy with all the cards in my collection, but I would like to add more focus…
I have been thinking about who I collect [...]

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I have added a PSA 8 copy of the Cubs Team card to my collection. This is a somewhat difficult card to find in PSA 8 or better condition. Currently there are 74 copies grade as PSA 8 with only 12 cards graded above PSA 8. The 1975 Cubs finished the sea…

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Player of the Day: Ken Griffey was 5 for 6 with 2 runs scored in the Reds’ 9-0 win over the Montreal Expos.Pitcher of the Day: Pedro Borbon got a spot start and shut out the Montreal Expos 9-0. He allowed nine hits, struck out eight, and didn’t give up…

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A little more than a year in, the partnership between Topps and the UFC has to be viewed as a success for everyone involved. The world’s number one MMA promotion has found another way to connect with its fans, while the venerable card manufacturer has found a hip new sport to market in a time [...]

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Lots of good teams left in my upcoming 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Group Break. I want to order the boxes this weekend, so don’t delay.

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Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, March 13, 2010:Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1985 Topps #720.Player Name, position, team: Rick Sutcliffe, All-Star Right-Handed Pitcher, National …

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While it’s easy to provide opinionated commentary about the things we deplore in The Hobby, it’s important to remember that this is done not to spit out mindless vitriol but to provide a a voice and forum for those whose opinions run contrary to the st…

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The 1972 New York Mets are the only team since 1900 that did not have a single player collect at least 100 hits.  The Mets played just 156 games that season because a player’s strike delayed the start of the season and resulted in every club losing some games.  Tommie Agee led the team with 96 hits, followed by [...]

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Bobby Bonds really moved around a lot in the latter part of his career. He played 14 seasons in the majors from 1968 through 1981 and ended up playing for eight different teams. Bonds was signed by the San Francisco Giants in 1964. He played in th…

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I got some nice cards this week in the mail so I figured it was time to do a mailday post on it. Enjoy
First up, we have a Nomar Garciaparra jersey card from Baseball Dad over at Tribe Cards. This was part two of our trade we made awhile back, we swapped Cubs for Indians [...]

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A while back I sent Troll a slabbed CC auto, and in his words “he’d been looking to get me back.” After this package I’m in the position of looking to even up the score.
I know a lot of folks are ambivalent about the manu-patches, and in a lot of conte…

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Baseball in San Diego, From the Padres to Petco, Images of Baseball by Bill Swank; 2000; 128 pages; Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC; 0-7385-3261-4; Interlibrary Loan from the California State Library; 3/9-3/11I have been trying to find books abo…

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Player of the Day: Reggie Smith of the LA Dodgers was 2 for 5 with 2 runs and 2 RBI as the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings. Smith’s home run in the top of the 10th inning was the difference maker.Pitcher of the Day: Bob Apoda…

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Apparently Tim Cullen, seen here on card number 209 of the 1968 Topps set, was a player the Senators couldn’t live without. In February of 1968 the White Sox along with Buster Narum and Bob Priddy. In exchange Washington received Ron Hansen, Dennis Hig…

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Baseball’s Other All Stars, The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, The Japanese Leagues, The Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by William F. McNeil; 2000; 240 pages; McFarland &…

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These are the latest of my TTM Successes. With these, I am now 7/41. You can see all of my 2010 TTM sendouts and success HERE. I’ll be sending out another dozen or so requests this week.

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When Topps confirmed the Yankees pie-face variations a couple weeks ago, their announcement let word out that there were more variations to be found. They challenged collectors to figure out Abraham Lincoln’s favorite team. I figured the answer might h…

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I love you, my dear readers… but some of you really need to think before sending me an e mail.Case in point: I’ve received a bunch of e mails asking me “when are you going to write about the Torii Hunter comment?” or saying “Man, you must be …

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Hey guys, Drew back here. I scanned my Swisher PC today and should have that posted today or tomorrow, and it’s small compared to Cano but yet nice. Anyway, I made a trade offer a while back for a card, offering Mike Andrews and Mike Schmidt for it. I …

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I remember watching Gabe Gross play in the Arizona Fall League back in 2001 and 2002. It was nice to see him again at the Oakland A’s practice we went to. Always a great guy.# UH 296 – Gabe GrossProgress: 230/990

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Today’s entry in my collection of 1967 Topps Autographed Baseball cards is Atlanta Braves relief pitcher, Clay Carroll. Card number 219 in the 1967 Topps Baseball set of 609 cards.

This autograph was obtained with a through the mail request to Clay …

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While all of the Rickey inserts and parallels included in 2009 Triple Threads and 2010 Topps have been great, it was nice to complete a new set with only one card! This is Rickey’s one and only card from 2010 Topps Attax, where the complete checklist can be found here. It’s a “Sepia Foil Legend” card, and there is one card from the set inserted in every $4.99 starter deck. With only 10 Legends

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1954 Headline: Aaron To Start In Place Of Injured Thomson
And this is how one of the greatest careers in major league baseball started…
During Spring Training, Braves’ outfielder Bobby Thomson suffered an ankle injury that was going to keep him off of the playing field for an extended amount of time – Enter Henry Aaron!!!
Nobody knew what [...]

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Will Clark (#500) had another great year in 1991. He batted .301 with 29 HR and 116 RBI.Robby Thompson (#705) batted .262 with 19 HR and 48 RBI.Jose Uribe (#158) batted .221 in 90 games. He was out for a month from mid-June to mid-July.Matt Williams (#…

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To celebrate, here’s the CC I got from Nobour Aota’s coworker two weeks ago.She dropped a comment over on the original post, and apparently she’s currently down at Twins spring training. I am very, very jealous! Thanks again for the CC jersey and I’m g…

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Just to give everyone a heads up in case you didn’t know, the fantasy draft is scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday March 14, 2010 at 6:45pm. If this is a problem for anyone please let me know and we can try and adjust the time. If you guys would prefer a …

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1988 Topps #215b Von Hayes & #356b Luis Aguayo (James K. Polk Variations)Once again, Topps has decided to include super-rare base set variations within packs of its flagship brand. Apparently, included within packs of 2010 Topps are variations of c…

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Who: Outfielder Darrin Jackson Team: San Diego PadresCard: 1990 ToppsAcquired: In Person, Soxfest 2010Comments: Alright, this is the LAST card I am posting from a pretty loaded Soxfest haul. Darrin Jackson is currently works on White Sox radio along-si…

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Player of the Day: Ed Kranepool was 3 for 3 with 2 HR and 6 RBI as the Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6.Pitcher of the Day: Randy Jones and Tommy John had a great duel but neither one came away with the win. Jones pitched 11 innings of shutout ball and J…

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After the Milton Bradley/Abraham Lincoln card was discovered (which by the way shot my visitor rates through the roof), it appears that more were found by a collector over at Freedom Card Board’s message boards. But here’s the caveat…Because some of …

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If you haven’t read Night Owl’s post on his feelings for this year’s Heritage set you should. He feels the cards are boring…and I agree…they are. But Topps should be given credit for being strong and paying tribute to exactly how boring the origi…

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Who is this player?Roger Erickson, starting pitcher, Minnesota TwinsDespite posting only a 7-13 record in 1980, Roger Erickson was victimized by poor run support throughout the season. The 23-year old righthander consistently had an ERA under 3.00 duri…

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Here is my monthly look at Topps complete set prices. I only go back to 1969 because that is the first year of my complete sets. To find the prices, I used the first five complete sale listings from ebay and then averaged them. I got these prices on…

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Last Saturday I went to the card shop and picked up a few Brandon Webb cards for my collection, plus a couple other D-Backs cards. The cards were in a box marked 2 for $1.00, so for the 6 cards I spent $3.00. 2009 Bowman Brandon Webb2009 Bowman Br…

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i am a fan of current players on vintage card designs (topps heritage, upper deck vintage, topps allen & ginter, etc.), but not so much vintage players on current card designs.  take for instance the insert set from 2007 upper deck using their…

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