Cardboard appreciation: 1981 Topps Juan Eichelberger

(After completing 15 days of work with only a single day off mixed in, it is time to appreciate two straight days of sweet, wonderful, glorious, blissful sleep. … Ah, sleep. How I’ve missed you. But first, Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 57th in …

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for making my daily trip to the mailbox a far more rewarding endeavor than it used to be. In the past, it was always Comcast ad, Comcast, bills, bills, nothing, Comcast, nothing, bills. These days, I c…

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Card fact: This is another one of the cards that I pulled from the first packs of cards that I ever purchased.What I thought about this card then: I thought it was a cool shot of Foli, looking very suave — despite the glasses — after a casu…

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An unlikely team opened up their wallets and signed their All Star potential Free Agent to a long term deal.And the deal is called great for baseball.No doubt on the open market this All Star would sniff New York or Boston’s offers.And a home grown sta…

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So, It’s looking like this.Starting RotationBen Sheets – Didn’t play one game last year due to injury.Dallas Braden – Didn’t finish the season last year due to injury.Justin Duchscherer – Didn’t play in a single game last year due to injury.Brett Ander…

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So I am a freak, I just finished sorting a 800 box of 1990 Topps to relax. I was wondering if anybody had tips on sorting faster.  I just go through all of the cards stacking them in 1-99, 100-199 etc. then take each stack and hand sort numerically.

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Keeping up with the Blogger Kindness posts, here is the latest edition. This bunch of cards came to me from the Brooklyn Met from the Clear Cut Cards blog. He sent me a generous pile of Tampa Bay Rays cards. Here are some of the highlights. First up, f…

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I had Tony sign this ball for me a while back only to know that i had gotten him before…… Looking to trade either for a ball or some autographed cards….. Shoot me a offer, you never know! Hall of Famer,2 x WS champ 67′ All Star Game MVP, 7 x All-Star…..

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I received this baseball from my parents. I think that it was for my birthday at the end of last year. Or maybe Christmas. They’re close. The dates and my parents.It holds four autographs.Sam KittermanFrank Lucchesi and Pete VucurevichCharlie MetroW…

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This is the first of 3 Yankees Rookies cards in 1967.Stan Bahnsen was signed by the Yankees in 1965, and played 3 seasons in the minors (plus a 4-game call-up to New York in 1966) before joining the Yankees permanently in 1968, when he compiled a 17-12…

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This is the final card for Jerry Zimmerman (#181) the Twins’ backup catcher for most of the 1960s.Jerry was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1952. After 7 1/2 seasons in their minor-league system, the Red Sox released Zimmerman on July 16, 1959. On th…

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Do you have a sixth sense for picking baseball talent early on? Recently we asked, “what young player, unproven but promising, have you decided to collect?” Here were the responses: Jason Heyward:Johnny Cueto:James Parr:Ian Bladergroen:Cody Ross: …

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The empty mailbox streak of 7 days has ended in a BIG way! Today, the mailbox had a super surprise waiting for me. It was an envelope from Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins post marked from Fort Myers, Florida, the spring training home of the team. Enc…

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When the massive Shane Carwin enters the Octagon for Saturday’s interim heavyweight championship fight against veteran Frank Mir at UFC 111, he’ll do so with devastating punching power in both hands and a Blowoutcards.com logo on his shirt and shorts.

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#363 JR HouseHere is a card that I got signed in Des Moines, Iowa last year when JR was playing for the Omaha Royals. I got this card and a couple others signed between games of a doubleheader.JR was a fifth round draft pick by the Pirates in the 1999 …

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Game #53) 2009 Topps Heritage #83 Derek Jeter “Red Sox”In 1960 Topps produced three “proof” cards of players who were traded in the offseason that had the player’s previous team’s logo on them. To commemorate these cards turn their history into a cynic…

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Marcus McBethCorey BrownAdrian CardeneasMatt CarsonEric SogardLenny DiNardoJosh DonaldsonFernando HernandezGregorio PetitI think there’s around 40 players left in camp.

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Somehow I always knew this day would come. I have tried, and tried, and tried to ignore it, and said that I can just be happy with what I have got…but I just can’t ignore it any longer!
Shutting down the blog? NO! haha.
Giving up collecting? With my …

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For the fun of it, I just pulled a triple-play posting of ONE pack of cards:The posts appear in a three-way cross-posting between “A Pack A Day,” “A Pack To Be Named Later,” and “Things Done to Cards.”Yeah, I’m Looney like that.

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I received this as part of a “Non-Sport” purchase.  Apparently, cards featuring Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan in the company of cartoon characters are not “baseball” enough to be considered a sport.Taz gives Reggie a high-five.  Each car…

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I’ve been away from APAD for longer than I care to admit.  And, with that, let us delve into a pack of cards I received as part of a “Non-Sport” purchase.  Evidently, cartoonized cards featuring Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan are not “baseball…

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Let us delve into a pack of cards I received as part of a “Non-Sport” purchase.Taz gives Reggie a high-five.  Each card features a title (“Seventh Inning Stretch” here), the Looney Tunes and UD logos and some kind of picture.  Sometimes, the …

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1991 Topps #141 Nick Leyva MGThis will be a first for The Phillies Room. Christopher – co-worker, friend of the blog, and all-around good guy – is down in Florida to witness a few Spring Training games first hand. Over the next several days, he’s agree…

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My first 2010 Heritage pack was a Retail Pack from Wal-Mart, where the packs go for $3.16 including PA Sales Tax. The pack proved to be a bit insert heavy.2010 Topps Heritage#22 Ross Ohlendorf#295 Rick Ankiel #251 Jarrod WashburnNice first couple of c…

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Decided to post card number 28 in the 1990 Mother’s Cookies Rangers team set. I have to admit that I like the Mother’s Cookies sets and was very sad to see them go. The cards all look like this and I have always been partial to such designs. The corner…

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In 1991, Topps was relying on the nostalgia of forty years to sell their cards and some top notch photography choices. It would be the last year for their flagship set to be made of the old cardboard. 1992 would see the change to a white card stock, wh…

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I, like a lot of fellow bloggers, was contacted by author Dave Jamieson regarding his new book, Mint Condition.Would I like an advance copy to read?, I was asked. Hell yes. And so it arrived today. I’m part way through it already, i should be able to r…

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These entries may or may not start getting sporadic again, as I’m knee-deep in home improvement projects and the moving process. Bear with me for a month or so, if you’d be so kind. Today, we marvel as Bob Tillman attempts to catch a pop-up with the pa…

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In 1992, Star Pics of Farmington Hills, MI, released a 50-card set featuring some kind of troll-related comic.  There were also 6 stickers to collect.  I don’t know how to expound on that. Really.  You are in for something… “Historic.”…

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Hey guys, Drew back here, with a nice card shop recap. Blogging has been one of the last things on my mind lately as I’ve had projects flying at me from every corner of the room with the most corners in it in the world! I had to do 2 school projects to…

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The note inside read, “Hope you don’t mind but I built a little pile of Indians…”  Those were the words from none other than JackPlumstead in merry ol’ England!  Rest assured, I *never* mind!!  I also need to amass some Red Sox for you…

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It’s not often that you get Hall of Fame news in late March…unless it’s the Orioles Hall of Fame. The 2010 inductees have a decidedly Uniformed Personnel theme, as former pitching coach and manager Ray Miller and one-time first base coach and man…

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Ever since I pulled the Tom Seaver base card from this year’s Topps flag ship set I’ve been working on strengthening my Tom Terrific collection that had quite a few base card holes in it. Here are the fruit of my work:

These first two are also fr…

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