thanks for the memories, nomar

we’ll always have 4+1!enjoy your retirement and those talking heads at espn.

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i started following baseball during the summer of 1977.  more likely, early fall.  i remember listening to games on the radio and watching the postseason games with my dad, but i was pretty oblivious to teams and players beyond the few d…

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by sitting on a bench for a photo, later used on this 2001 topps american pie cardand, if this card is to be taken as literally as bench seems to take it, then johnny must be surrounded by frank brickinpocket, clarence highwaistedpants, and yogi droopy…

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from 1992 pinnacle, we see that tony gwynn grew up admiring the dodger way to play baseball.   and the late, great willie davis.sometimes those padres are almost bearable.

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willie davis died earlier today at the age of 69.i asked willie to sign some cards through the mail last november, and he delivered.  although he left the dodgers before i became a fan, i would often read about him and see his name atop many (la) …

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last june, i saw that a few people were reporting through the mail successes with pete rose.  no big deal, except that they weren’t paying anything!  i figured it was worth a shot, and so i sent a card to the hit king.  two weeks later, …

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dinged corners wants to know ‘what’s your favorite card where the main action isn’t the reason you like the card?’ well, i’m not sure if it’s my favorite card of that type, but dick calmus’ 1964 topps card is certainly one of them.i am a fan of ca…

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yesterday over on ‘oh my o-pee-chee’, i showcased the text variation that is the 1986 bobby cox card.  in doing so, i lamented the fact that o-pee-chee failed to give the card the proper team variation treatment.  so, i figured i would go ahe…

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last week, i posted some cards from the 1990 target dodgers set and, while not the most interesting post i have done, i have a bunch more of these things scanned so i will subject you to them.  apologies.here’s tom bakerbaker’s nickname was ‘rattl…

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former brooklyn and la dodger outfielder don demeter was kind enough to sign and return my 1960 and 1961 topps cards through the mail late last year.in 1956, demeter struck out in his first big league at bat (against vinegar mizell), but homered in his…

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so, the preseason officially kicks off today with the dodgers’ first ‘game’ as they’re taking on their camelback co-inhabitors, the white sox. i wonder if joe torre will borrow a page from saints coach sean payton and encourage his players to ‘bring th…

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last year i bought a topps cereal box in pursuit of the jackie robinson shiny insert.  i passed on a box with jackie’s picture on it, figuring that would be too obvious, and picked a ty cobb box.  that box had the ty cobb shiny insert.  …

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this is slightly more than another shameless plug for my side project ‘oh my o-pee-chee…’here’s a 1988 card of dickie noles.  (snicker).  is it topps or o-pee-chee?notice the text indicating noles is ‘now with tigers’.  that’s classic …

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about 11 months ago, i jumped into the ttm fray.  i had sent out a couple of requests in february ‘09 (along with one or two in the early 2000’s), but didn’t decide to really get into it until the end of march which means i pretty much missed out …

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sadly for me, steve garvey signed as a free agent with the san diego padres in december of 1982.  that gives you an idea of what my christmas was like.  fortunately for the dodgers, 1983 would bring a return to the postseason, although it was…

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not what you’re thinking – there are no markdowns on gladware here – and it’s not really an insert, but rather a few random cards from the awesomely fantastic 1990 target dodger set.  this set was an sga in 1990, and it features over 1000 car…

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if you had told me when i was a kid that i would be sending some 1956 and 1957 topps cards to a retired brooklyn dodger in the mail, i would have replied ‘i own 1956 and 1957 topps cards!?!?!?!’  well, i do (although not too many) and i did send a…

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interesting photo choice, upper deck.although, technically, i suppose those are sliding shorts.

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after two failed (or pending for a really long time) ttm attempts – one c/o home and one c/o the dodgers – i snatched up an autographed 1978 topps steve yeager card on ebay.as always, i choose to believe it’s legit (reputable dealer, good feeback …

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actually, these are 7 cards i like about 1207 consecutive games.  mainly because he sent them to me in a trade!  always nice to do business with a fellow garvey fan.1985 leaf bill russellleaf cards would have been better if they had give…

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for gil hodges(shameless plug)

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i recently completed a trade with average joe and here are some of the cards i received:1989 bowman fernando valenzuelacheck out those stirrups!  i think they make fernando look taller.  speaking of taller, i am not/was not a fan of topp…

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it is always a pleasure to open the mailbox and see unexpected padded envelopes.  especially when they hold treasures such as those sent to me recently by adam at thoughts and sox!  behold the unforeseen greatness with nary a bipping in sight…

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doc over at baseball card recollections not only makes awesome cards that should have been, he also is trying to give away 1000000 cards.  first though, he offered the cards up for trade, and i pounced on a few dodgers.  here are some of…

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the game’s not over for eric gagne, who signed a minor league deal the other day.here’s hoping he earns a spot, and i mean really earns it.  even though that spot would be for the 6th or 7th inning.

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according to thomas paine, ‘titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title’.  fair enough.  i do know that there is something great about baseball and its propensity for great nicknames.  i think i have mentioned previ…

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did you know that steve garvey started the all-star games for the national league in both 1984 and 1985?  apparently, neither did topps.  they included keith hernandez in the all star subsets in 1985 and 1986, despite the fact that hernandez …

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i should be getting the february cards fairly soon, so i need to show off what came my way via the january breaks hosted by jeff at i am joe collector.2007 upper deck exquisite nomar!i honestly don’t know why upper deck is so opposed to using a basebal…

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the great sports name hall of fame, that is!this guy doesn’t have a hall of fame name, but his nickname is pretty good – it’s a 1994 topps gold cory ‘corndog’ snyderfollowed by a 1993 pacific ramon martinezel es un lanzador.  bueno.a nice dou…

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in honor of the olympics, canada’s first (home) gold medal, and just general good canuck-ary everywhere, here are some cards i sent to one of my favorite canadians, terry puhl.  he was kind enough to sign and return them for my collection:1978 top…

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i somehow acquired a few 1970 and 1971 fleer world series cards as a kid. while not licensed, fleer got away with using cartoons of some pretty recognizable faces. then,  a few months ago at the local card show, i found most of the dodge…

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