#147 – Pedro Garcia

Card fact: This card officially puts the green-light green combo into the overall lead with 16 cards. The orange-brown combo had led from the beginning all the way to this point. Truly a momentous day! We’ll have to see if orange-brown can re-take the …

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I, am a set collector. I’ve been called many things over the years. People still give me strange looks at card shows when I ask if they have any commons boxes of 1999 Topps Finest Football to look through. But I can’t help it.It’s the chase. The joy of…

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Steve Smith and his daughter Allie showed their race skills again last week, coming in again in second place. Now Steve has told USA Today what may be their secret: his time in the minor leagues.”I had 20 years in the minors,” the member of the 1990 CM…

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The card show was really small but there was allot of cards to look though….. Some tables just had autographed items which was cool to see, but priced way to high….. Other looked like they just wanted to get rid of stuff and really had low prices. If i would have saved up more money [...]

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Each person should get 2 1/2 base sets. I think each person got 5-6 Flaccos and Kevin Smiths.

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Grand Cards blogging has been postponed due to unseasonably nice weather in Baltimore. Blog posts will be rescheduled at the next available date when sitting behind a computer feels acceptable. Until then, if there is any bit of sunshine and/or warmth where you are, I recommend taking advantage while it lasts.

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So far all the cards in my Harmon Killebrew collection show him as a Minnesota Twin. I haven’t been able to expand into Harmon’s early Senators career. So when I saw this Harmon relic from a Senators jersey I was all over it like something that was r…

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I got a message from Mike at BA Benny’s Baseball Card Buffet asking if he might be able to get a hold of one of my custom cards. He’s a Mets fan for some reason, so I told him I’d be glad to make one of the Santana Spring Training cards into a hard cop…

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Hey guys, Drew back here. Last night I did my draft for fantasy baseball with my school friends. It was a blast as usual and I’m really excited with this team. I had pick 7 of 8 but landed some big players. Here is my roster, and I’ve made a few moves …

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Hello, yea I really am not up to posting scans and whatnot right now, really tired! Went to Citi field, was reallly cool to walk deeep into the field, Got to see the whole “‘behind the scenes” aspect of the park, even walked through the bullpen! I was like a kid in a candy shop! [...]

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As many of you are well aware, I’ve been on Facebook for awhile. Now, this blog has its own fan page on Facebook.I will be creating an ongoing set of cards for the Facebook page. I haven’t quite decided what will go on there, but so far, I have put up …

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Washington Nationals Ace of the future was sent down to minor league camp today after striking out eight over four innings in his latest spring training start. The Nationals state that he needs to work on his delivery with runners on base. He seems to be rushing which is taking velocity off his fastball, which [...]

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I, like others, am behind on many things. I haven’t posted for a few days (sorry, Alex). So, this is a timely post, for the Huggins & Scott two day auction will happen this coming week. Actually the auction is currently in progress. It wraps up…

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This weekend the process of preparing my new home to be suitable for living began in earnest, and I was ridiculously busy/ How busy? So busy that I’m filing Saturday’s entry on Sunday night. So busy that I grabbed the first card I saw on top of my desk…

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So today I helped a very good friend of mine out today at the card show in Rosemont at the Donald E. Stephens convention center. He had a table their and told me he was going to be short-handed for the day and wanted to know if I would be able to pitch in. Of [...]

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Forty-two year old Matt Stairs is currently with the San Diego Padres. If he makes the team’s opening day roster, it will mark his 12th major league team, the most ever for a position player!Montreal to Boston to Oakland (probably his most su…

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Matt Diaz was a local kid that the Devil Rays picked up in the 17th round of the 1999 draft out of Florida State University. He grew up in the Tampa Bay area and had attended Santé Fe Catholic High in Lakeland, Florida. He tore it up in the minors bat…

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1952 Wheaties is a unique 60-card set featuring various athletes ranging from baseball to professional diving.  Collectors at the time would have to cut these cards off the side of the Wheaties box, therefore you’ll find many of them cut with not so even edges.  For being 58 years old, they are probably some of [...]

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What is this card?Team Card, New York Mets, Joe Torre ManagerCurrent Los Angeles Dodger manager Joe Torre was beginning his fourth season as Mets’ skipper. Hard to imagine that when this card came out that Torre would compile a Hall of Fame resume as m…

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When David Pavlas signed with the Cubs in 1984 out of Rice University, he had no illusions of a long career.”I figured it would last a couple years,” Pavlas told his hometown paper The Victoria Advocate in 2002, “but I was going to give it a shot. I ke…

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1993 Fleer Ultra #152 Mike GreenwellI’m pretty sure this is a card of a guy striking out. Guessing he’s arguing a pretty obvious called third strike.

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2004 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts – Historic Swatches – Fergie Jenkins
I cannot belive that the auction for this card got just 1 bid.  Lucky for me, it was mine and I had this bad-boy won for just $0.99!!!
As I get very close to owning every major brand issue from Fergie’s playing days, I have [...]

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This is the tenth in a series of posts about cards I received from the old collector in our town who had library catalogs full of cards from the 1950′s-1970′s. You can see those original posts here and here if you missed them. I have to admit this card…

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Alright, so maybe a single-card acquisition shouldn’t be labeled as a “mailday,” but this new addition to my autograph PC surely deserves its own post!
The card on the right is a Sign of the Times autograph of Eddie Mathews. This card was just one of thirty different autographs that could be found in packs of [...]

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Since you guys seemed to enjoy my bruised Whitey Ford card, here’s a battered Early Wynn. This bad boy was 60 cents.1959 Topps #260 Early WynnWhen you look at the back of this card, you naturally almost misread why Early didn’t play in the 1945 season…

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I posted about this exact same card earlier in the week I believe, it was serial numbered 16/25 and I hadn’t seen one in a long time…. and now… 2 in one week.I also recall someone saying they totally wanted to buy me one. So if you all want to pul…

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In case you haven’t seen the banner under the name of my blog or haven’t checked it lately, the current records of all the teams are here in blue (updated at least through Friday afternoon).GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUEAtlanta Braves (33) Captain Canuck 24-9 11-5B…

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Ken McMullen appears here on card number 116 of the 1968 Topps set. In 1968 he appeared in 151 games for Washington, all but ten that the team played that season. 145 of those games were started at third base. He also played shortstop in eleven games f…

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I couldn’t pass this one up folks….. At a table full of great looking autographed pieces was this marked at 35.00 dollars, only to open up my wallet and see that i only had a 20….. Asked the guy if he would let it go for 20, and he said yes!!! So now in my [...]

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I rarely buy boxes anymore. Combine less disposal income (having 2 kids under 4) with an often times lack of value in terms of return to retail price and I have been more content picking off singles for my personal collections and the occasional lots o…

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I recently completed a Topps 2010 insert cards trade with Mike of JD’s Wild Cardz. He got my Legendary Lineage and Peak Performance cards and I got his Tales of the Game and History of the Game cards. One man’s trash for another man’s rubbish. Or somet…

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Most of today’s cards use the iconic 2″ x 3″ size Topps established in 1957, but not everyone does that. Even modern sets sometimes juggle their dimensions and try to catch collectors with something unusual.1988 Topps Big Baseball, 2.75″ x 3.75″Si…

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I really dont understand these cards and their sales most of the time. Its rare that someone buys the SPA logos and actually hangs onto them, as I see so many of them up for auction quite a few times. The Matt Ryan is back up with a ridiculous BIN, whi…

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O.K so I changed the title a little bit.
Surprisingly after a long wait that seemed like an eternity my local Wally- World restocked the temple shelves, and I was a happy camper once again. It was crazy to see the magical 09 Heritage Hanger there, and full as usual, but today the joke was on [...]

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