Cardboard appreciation: 1969 Topps World Series subset

(Yes, I’ve done some blog remodeling. Glad you noticed. More on that later. But right now it’s time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 58th in a series):In celebration of a new look, I’ve decided to feature my favorite subset of all-time.It is the…

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I guess I was late to the party. I really liked 2007 Bowman Heritage when I first saw it, but it seems that it wasn’t all that popular and Topps had already recycled all of the Bowman designs it could come up with by this point and it was killed. For…

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Elite will be released on June 16th this year.  Thats my birthday!
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Card fact: The “orange-brown” color combo — the candy corn combo – takes the lead with its 17th card in this set.What I thought about this card then: I don’t think I saw this card in 1975, but I did see it a couple of years later. I remembe…

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Upper Deck announced Monday the nominees for three awards it is giving away to the card collecting community. And I am honored (yeah, I said it) to say that this blog, Cardboard Icons, is one of 14 blogs that have been nominated for “Best Blog.” I don’t care how much of a gray cloud has [...]

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It’s always fun to find out that there’s card out there that you didn’t know existed, and then try and track it down yourself. In regards to Rickey cards, that doesn’t happen to me very often, but it did with the card below.This card was part of a 2008 team set put out by the Newark Bears, who Rickey played for during parts of the 2003 and 2004 seasons. At the end of the set were a couple of

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We’re down to the final four teams in the NCAA Tournament, which means the contest will be drawing to a close a week from tonight. I jumped ship on my bracket after the first couple of rounds and began rooting for the underdogs exclusively, which is w…

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Today’s Nitty Gritty Card of the Day is from the 1964 Topps set, card #327 of Washington Senators second baseman Don “Blazer” Blasingame. “Blazer” was the epitome of the gritty second baseman in the 50s and 60s. He could lay down a bunt, steal a base, …

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Not too much time today, but I wanted to get a card up. This is another one from the famous Wicked Vault… I have a lot of posting to do as My Past Time… I Love It! sent me a HUGE package last week and I am still not done posting the last one he sen…

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Check out this auction.In the auction the guy states:This auction is for an RYAN HOWARD 2008 UPPER DECK MASTERPIECES BASEBALL RED-FRAMED SP #71!!!! CARD IS NOT SERIAL NUMBERED, HOWEVER THEY APPEAR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE GREEN BORDERED SP’S NUMBERED TO…

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I needed to take a break from the Tournament of Gimmicks so I picked up another blaster of Heritage.

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Here are the rules I came up with. I am the Creator and Commish of this league, my words are Law. Don’t like it, start your own league with your own rules. Now for the rules. I’m going to try to make this as uncomplicated as possible, but for people wh…

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Sorry, I couldn’t think of anything clever to title my most recent trade post. I guess I should say most recent trades plural. The two step reference is for Marvin from Trade Bait-The Great Chase who went to school at UT in Austin and another blog…

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The Newark Bears traded pitcher Luke Demko to the Wichita Wingnuts in the American Association for starter Derek Blacksher.
“Luke’s a guy that came from the Atlantic League where there are a lot of former major leaguers,” said Wichita manager Kevin Hooper in a press release.  “The things he learned over there last year [...]

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I’ve been busy busting packs (and scanning cards) all evening…and in the process, I realized that I’m probably going to hit the 700 post threshold sometime during the current Group Break (I’m at 682 written posts so far).  If I get time, I …

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#15 Jim ThomeHere is a card that I got signed through the mail last year. I sent the card to Jim at the beginning of Spring Training and got it back on April 9th. I don’t think I need to tell you who Jim Thome is, but I will remind you that he is a fiv…

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The mailbox streak is back again! No new additions to my 1967 Topps Autographed Baseball card set, so I went back into my collection to find an excellent success. It is Gary Peters, pitcher of the Chicago White Sox. Card number 310 in the 1967 Topps Ba…

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I know, we just had a minor league card on Friday. So what’s up with another one just a couple of days later? Well, with the only big news out of Rangers camp being that Scott Feldman will start opening day I was wondering what to post. My wife suggest…

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I’ve seen images of these Mike Schmidt cards thousands of times, but there’s still something inherently pleasing about seeing these four cards together. Continuing with the 2010 Chachi Mike Schmidt Special insert set, card #2 in the 5-card series bring…

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Ok at this time we have the following readers/bloggers interested in the Blaster league:DavidJ (pretty sure this is his blog)Play at the PlateChris MaysPetersonThorzulPunk Rock PaintJeffrey WolfeCardsplitter – (reminder to me: link this)DealMaddingMcCa…

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Work was hectic towards the end of last week and the weekend wasn’t much better, but I’m determined to keep this 1990 Topps set moving. I just finished scanning in cards 200 – 299, here are my favorites: #200 – Don Mattingly – Not one of the finer sta…

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First up: remember the group break! Mass email with payment info going out Wednesday.

I’m finally back in action. Kinda. Until compa gets back tomorrow night, with Daddy D arriving shortly thereafter, and then I’m leaving the country on Friday. No cau…

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A little while ago I asked “without consulting Wikipedia name the pitcher with the most wins in the 1960′?”Chances are your mind probably jumped to one of two answers. Sandy Koufax or Bob Gibson. The correct answer is the subject of this post: Juan M…

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Chris Cook wrote me to let me know he received his selection of cards (including Presidents and perhaps some snakes) from the giveaway.  As it turns out, he also sent me a bubbleope with some cards!We have a very cool UD Goudey green back of Pronk…

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It’s not every day that you find a Rookie Cup player who was traded in the same offseason that he received the honor. But here’s Bob Chance with that telltale missing hat…Fun facts about Bob Chance:-Born in Statesboro, GA, Bob signed with the Giants …

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I was just reading A Cardboard Problem’s post about how she has been in a collecting funk lately. She specifically mentioned frustration at the inability to work on PC’s due to crazy prices, and that got me to thinking: I am never going to finish my 4…

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Looking out on ebay a few weeks ago I came across this Early Wynn relic card.2007 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic, Classic Memorabilia, Early Wynn (card # CM-EW)Early Wynn spent the 1937-1941 seasons in and out of the minors. He made his Major League de…

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Exquisite has now hit the bay as expected, and most of the cards posted so far have been variations of the ones posted on UD’s facebook page. Once we have a better idea of what the general set looks like come tomorrow, Ill have my thoughts on the overa…

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If this card looks familiar to you, don’t worry, you’re not seeing things. A while ago I picked up a more basic version of this card.2009 Topps Sterling “One-Hitter 8/31/08″ (3x Patch on Gray Jersey) #3CCR-81 (01/10)As you can see, the #/10 edition of…

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Who: Pitcher Matt Maloney Team: Cincinnati RedsCard: 2009 ToppsAcquired: TTM 1/1 3/22/2010 (26 Days)Comments: Matt is a solid, young left-handed pitcher for the Reds. He was in contention for the fifth starter spot this spring training, but looks like …

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Well, as you have read from some of Sooz’s more recent posts she has kind of lost her card mojo and I am very close to joining her unfortunately. I’m not sure why but I really haven’t been looking at many cards on eBay like I normally would, and Adam …

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If you’re near a television tonight and you’re also in the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network viewing area, you might want to check out the Orioles’ exhibition game against the Yankees. Not because you’ll enjoy the results (as I type, the Birds are down 4-1 i…

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Gellman has me freaking out – I found a sweet Seneca Wallace patch on Ebay, but it looks like a fake.Thoughts? It’s the card in the upper right hand corner. The card is cheap for what it is if it’s real…which makes me think maybe it’s not real beca…

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2010 Topps Heritage #361 5th Series ChecklistNeeded:Topps Series 1 – 70 Hamels, 188 BlantonLegendary Lineage – PP1 Howard, PP11 SchmidtPeak Performance Autographs – SV VictorinoTopps Heritage – 17 Victorino (Checklist), 443 Phillies Team SP, 462 Manuel…

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Tim “Crazy Horse” Foli was an infielder (mostly shortstop) for five teams from 1970-1985. Foli was the first player selected in the 1968 draft. He was offered a scholarship at the University of Southern California but decided to play baseball inst…

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