1994 Classic, Brooks Kieschnick

NN Brooks KieschnickHere is a card that I picked up from checkoutmycards for ninety-nine cents. Brooks was a Cubs first round pick that never really panned out. He played in a handful of games at the Major League level with the Cubs, Reds, and Rockies….

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#179 Al HraboskyHere is the second card that I sent to Al. I wanted to send him a card from his days with the Cardinals, but I didn’t have one. I thought about going to the card shop to find one until I noticed that he had a card in this set. Once I…

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#550 Al HraboskyHere is another ‘81 Donruss card that I got signed through the mail last week. It took about eight days to return to me. Unfortunately, I do not know much about Al Hraboskey. His playing career ended when I was three years old. I didn’t…

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#370 Sparky AndersonHere is a card that I got in the mail yesterday from Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson. Wow, two consecutive manager cards on here; that is a first. I sent this card to Sparky on the second and had it back in six days. I think th…

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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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#211 Kyle SnyderHere is the first chrome card that I ever got signed. I got this signature in 2004 when the Royals Caravan came to town. The caravan came to a local Buick dealership in the middle of a work day. Luckily, I wasn’t working at the time …

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#T82 Mike StodolkaHere is a card that I got signed at an Albuquerque Isotopes game in 2008. Mike signed it when he was a member of the Omaha Royals.You may have noticed that Mike is listed as a pitcher on this card. He was drafted in the first round, f…

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#T57 Wascar SerranoHere is a Padrograph of former Padre, Wascar Serrano. Wascar spent five seasons in the Padre organization before getting a Major League call up in 2001. In the big leagues, he made 20 appearances (5 starts) and finished his Major L…

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#T7 Todd MoserI have three cards from 2000 Topps signed and all three come from the traded set. I wasn’t really collecting cards at the time. Does anyone know if 2000 Topps Traded were avaiable in packs or only as a complete set?Here are two cards of…

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#3 Alex Requena #5 Tony Mota #13 Jeff Bailey #16 Frederick Torres Here are some cards that I had never heard of until a couple of years ago. I got all four of these cards in Wal-Mart repack boxes. I got two of them in packs and the other two were the s…

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NN Terry TiffeeHere is one of my favorite autographs. The reason why I like this card is because Terry Tiffee is the only person I have personally known to make it to the Major Leagues. Tiffee and I were teammates with the 1998 Pratt Community College …

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#4 Willie BloomquistHere is a card that I got signed at Royals Fanfest last year. At that time, I was a Royals partial season ticket holder. For that years event, season ticket holders were let into Fanfest an hour before the general public. The first …

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#244 Shane HeamsHere is a card that was sent to me by Paul, of Paul’s Random Stuff. It is always cool when a package arrives from Paul. While Paul wants an autograph from every single Mets player, he is also like me in the fact that he will take an aut…

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#11 Ben DavisFor starters, this is a die-cut card. To make scanning easy, I usually scan my cards by the sheet. That’s why you can see the back of a Topps card in the scan. Any guess on what card that is?This Padrograph is of former top prospect, Ben D…

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#U83 Kory DeHaanHere is the second Padrograph from 2000. This one features a former Pirates draft pick, Kory DeHaan. Kory played for the Pirates organization for three years and in his final year, he hit .268 for their AA team. The Padres must have saw…

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#100 Carlos FeblesWhen I first heard of Carlos Febles, I was watching Sportcenter in 1999. They had a little segment on about Kansas City’s “Dos Carlos”, Febles and Carlos Beltran. That was the first I had heard about either of them and I was shocked t…

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#387 Omar OrtizFinally, I am back on track. This is the first card from the new millinium. I was in college when these cards came out and collecting cards wasn’t one of my priorities. So most of the cards from 2000 and 2001 are going to be somewhat …

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This past weekend, I got a nice little package in the mail from Wicked Ortega of My Past Time…I Love It fame. In it was a healthy stack of Royals. Here are the highlights.He sent me almost a packs-worth of ‘93 Flair Royals. I wish I would have had a …

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#212 Andre DawsonHere is the fiftieth signed card I have for my mini-’81 Donruss set. For those of you scoring at home, I am at the halfway point. Fifty down, now fifty more to go. I found this card in my mailbox on Saturday right before I headed to wo…

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#402 Tony LaRussaHere is the next ‘81 Donruss- an old-school Tony LaRussa as the White Sox manager. Tony managed the Sox from 1979 to 1986, winning the division once in 1983.I sent this card off to Tony with a week left in the regular season last year….

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#352 Doug DeCincesI know I said that I was going to start some 2000 cards today, but that is not the case. I kind of hit a mini-milestone today on the ‘81 Donruss front, so I figured that I would got over those before I begin a new year.Todays card is…

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#DB Dee BrownThis card was an unexpected surprise on the day of Fanfest. I didn’t get this card signed at Fanfest. But, it was in my mailbox when I got home that night. Brian, from Play at the Plate, sent this card to me along with a couple of 2004 Top…

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#271 Matt Halloran and Gil MecheI posted this card back in December without Gil’s signature on it. Luckily at Fanfest, I was able to get him to complete this card. I had thought about leaving Fanfest early, but when I heard that Gil was signing in on…

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#126 Mike MacfarlaneHere is the only Mike Macfarlane autograph I ended up with from Fanfest. Mike was at Fanfest the previous year and I was able to get three Royals cards signed by him. So this year, I wanted to mix it up a bit and I bought this Red S…

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#176 Bud BlackHere is the final Bud Black card from Fanfest. Later on tonight, I will post a card from Fanfest of a player that hasn’t been shown on here multiple times over the past two or three weeks.Here’s Harry as a Giant. He pitched for San Franc…

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#717 Steve FarrHere is the fourth and final Steve Farr card from Fanfest. This one, like the last one, features Steve as a Yankee. Steve’s best season came while he was in pinstripes in 1992. That season, he had a career best ERA of 1.56 in 50 appea…

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#735 Steve FarrHere is the first of two Steve Farr Yankee cards that I will be posting today. This one is on his ‘92 Donruss card. This set looks pretty bland by today’s standards, but I was a big fan of it in 1992. It was the first Donruss set that wa…

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#560 Joe RandaI got this card last August in a package from Ryan, of the Great Orioles Autograph Project. As soon as I saw the card, I knew I had to have it signed. Luckily, Joe Randa was part of the Royals Caravan that went to the Kansas State baske…

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#680 Mike BoddickerRemember these cards? Donruss wanted to be the first brand that have the player with his new team colors, so they took a picture at the press conference. Other players that they did this to in the set include Darryl Strawberry and Da…

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