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No matter how much I hate my Orioles….I LOVE MY O’S!!!!!! What a finish!

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Congratulations to Play At The Plate for guessing Bill Bates.  Bates was indeed my favorite player growing up, and is still one of my all time favorites.Now, for those who guessed incorrectly, thanks for entering.  I wanted to reward one of y…

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What the title said….

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Just wanted to let everyone know that it is not too late to enter my contest.  I will close it at 8 pm tonight. To enter, just comment.  Here are a few hints.  I turned 37 today, the player is a Dallas Cowboy, and he is not in the H…

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Hey there, remember me?  It has been a while since I have posted, and for that, I am sorry. I have been a bit depressed about collecting lately for several reasons: the products, the price points, the time, the budg…

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A trial date has not yet been set for the Baltimore Orioles who have been accused of murdering the baseball season. The evidence is overwhelmingly stacked against them, including, but not limmited to: 17 runs surrendered through 8 innings in New Y…

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In keeping up with Nacho Grande I just wanted to let you know that there are Angry Birds here in Baltimore.Credit my buddy Dave S, with this masterpiece! Not that I have given up on the season, but we got two in a row against the Tribe, maybe they can …

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First of all, when I took my new job a year ago, I had no idea it was going to wear me out the way it has, add on coaching baseball in the summer, and my second job (especially busy in the winter), and I am too tired to do anything.  I do apologiz…

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I have been very consumed lately by just about everything except cards.  A few family emergency room trips, a huge weekend finale for the last week of T-ball, which included the first baseball game for the T-ballers to finish things off, working a…

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My new mailman SUCKS!  Each of the last five bubble mailers that have been mailed to me have been delivered to my neighbors house.  I am not sure what to do about it?  If I complain to the mailman about it, I am afraid that he will hold …

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Are there enough sports shows on television that are not actual sporting events? Every now and then there is not a game on to watch….that’s when I turn to my DVR and look for my sports shows.A few years back ESPN aired a show…

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First off, I just posted some revised want lists in my sidebar.  Check them out an let me know if you have anything for me. I try to post every trade I make, big or small.  Every now and then I forget, or life gets too busy to do so in timely…

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This is the second in a series of at least two posts where I pull out a bunch of cards of players that I either don’t know or don’t care about.  Most of them are scrubs to me, but to you they may be a card you might want.  If so let me know…

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Hi everybody.  Two things.  First of all  tonight’s win makes four in a row for my O’s, that is a winning streak!  Streaks build confidence, and confidence leads to contention.  I know that they may not contend for the AL East …

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I have this bad habit of seeing an old inset card and deciding to collect the set of them.  The 2003 Fleer Fall Classics Pennant Aggression insert set is a prime example.  About 2 months ago, I was looking through some old cards and came acro…

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What a great time we had today!  Today’s O’s/Nats game was quite an event.  Today we were in the little league parade around the warning track of Camden Yards.  While waiting to enter the park for the parade, we were off to the side righ…

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I am here to report exactly what the title of this post says…yet another sweet trade!  This time I go together with Dave from http://mmmrhubarb.wordpress.com/ and we pulled the trigger in just a few days on a trade that made us both happy. …

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Hey there sports fans.  I have decided to take on the (stupid) task of collecting the mini, red back mini, sepia min, and black mini’s of the Orioles and Phillies.  Please let me know what you have and are willing to trade.I am also looking f…

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Hey there sports fans, I have a few new additions from Ebay and a huge trade to show you.  But first of all here is my 6 year old son’s first ever hit.  He got it out of a pack of WWE cards I bought him at KmartRandy Orton is one of his favor…

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Life takes too much time away from collecting1  I am back after a 3 week disappearing act.A few nights ago, I was going through some cards and pulled out a bunch of cards of players that I either don’t know or don’t care about.  Most of them …

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Today I am sad. I just found out one of my favorite wrestlers from my college days, Edge, has been forced into an early retirement due to spinal injury.  http://www.wwe.com/inside/edge-announcement  When I was in college me and my b…

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Everyday when I go to the mail box, I am looking for cards.  Even when I know that there are none coming.  This past week however I knew I had some cards coming, and they were all in my mailbox at the same time.First were two separate ebay pu…

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I finally got my Topps Tribute Nick Markakis Auto redemption in the mail.  But the funny thing is that the return address was Tristar Fulfillment.  I am looking at the envelope thinking, “What the hell did Tristar send me?”  Turns out it…

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So yesterday was the big show in Chantilly Virginia, and I went for the first time.  My buddy Don went a few months back and got John Elway to sign a football for him, and since he was going this time for Walt Frazier, I decided it was time for me…

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On Saturday March 19th, I will be attending my next cards show (and possibly my last for quite a while) IN Chantilly Virginia at the Dulles Expo Center http://www.csashows.com/This a CSA show, and although I have not actually been to a CSA show, I see …

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So I was going through some 3200 count boxes and the only good it did was making my want lists longer!  I have decided to pursue some new inset sets.  Here are the sets and what I need, let me know if you have any of them. 2004 Greats of th…

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As we near the beginning of what could be a serious run for a pennant and possibly a World Series appearance for my Orioles here (humor me), I can’t help but get excited once again for the new season of Orioles baseball!  The Orioles have made a l…

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Things like this commercial are what makes baseball so great.  Thank you MLB Network!

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These two guys have been on the stove for a while now, but they are finally complete.  The first of the 2003 Flair Greats that I bought was a blaster box from Target, I got a Johnny Bench Relic.  I really liked the cards so I made the set and…

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Check out the contest over at Crinkly Wrappers.  Insanely easy contest, with a interesting prize.http://crinklywrappers.blogspot.com/2011/02/join-now.html

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Hey everybody, Check out a a nifty little contest over at Clear Cut Cards!  A pretty unique prize in this one!http://clearcutcards.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-contest-when-pitchers-and.html

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Today is a sad day for Baltimore baseball.  Baltimore’s “other” iron man, Ernie Tyler, passed away last night at the age of 86.  Ernie was Baltimore’s Umpire Attendant since 1960, and has worked for the Orioles since their first season in&nbs…

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Check it out, http://thingsarefunnerhere.blogspot.com/2011/02/contest-and-its-easy.htmlI already know what I want if I win!

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This is part 2 of a butt load of football inserts I have or trade, part 1 can be found here.  As always let me know if you like anything.  A few of the cards here are not inserts, but they are short prints.  Most of the cards pictured ar…

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Getting ready for the Superbowl, I thought why not try to set up some football trades.  I have scanned in about a billion insert cards, and will post them over the next day or two.  I also have a lot inserts and base cards that  I did no…

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