Andre Nolan “The Hawk” “Awesome” Dawson is finally a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame…

…and deservedly so. Doubters can doubt and haters can hate, but he is in, period.
To those who grew up watching him play, this is the ultimate testament to his amazing career, and I am absolutely ecstatic that he has finally gotten the respect that he deserves.
I have spent a rather large amount of time over [...]

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     I think pretty much everyone in the blogging community knows Eric by now, and knows how ridiculously generous he is with his trades.  He’s started his own blog, so if you haven’t had the chance yet, go check out The Pettitte Pursuit.
     I sent Eric a box last year with a few Andy Pettitte’s [...]

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     First of all, let me warn you this has nothing to with cardboard   I know most of us usually try to keep our blogs as impersonal as possible, but I just felt the need to share this with everyone who keeps up with my blog on a regular basis as this is [...]

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……….and the Cubs can blow me.  You can read about it here.
     I’ve been a die-hard life long idiot Cubs fan since I was old enough to know what baseball was.  I don’t know why.  I guess I like torture and misery.  I’m probably taking this a bit personally, since besides my retired player collections of Andre [...]

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     Let me start by saying that I FULLY appreciate every single person who has traded with me in the past.  Especially Mario, whose generosity toward other collectors/bloggers knows no bounds.  That’s been one of the best things about having this blog.  Connecting in some small way with other collectors all over the country has [...]

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     First of all, this is WAY overdue, but life has gotten in the way of blogging lately.  I’ll be able to explain more about that in a couple weeks.
     Anyway, congratulations are in order for Brad at Rickey Henderson Collectibles as his “guy” was the head of the HOF class this year.  Unfortunately, Dawson did [...]

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     Another year, another vote, another disappointment for fans of “The Hawk”.
     Seriously, what do you have to do to get in?
Be one of the most dominant and feared players of your era – Check
400+ home runs – Check
1500+ rbi’s – Check
300+ stolen bases – Check
Rookie of the year – Check
MVP – Check (for a [...]

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     When I returned to collecting in earnest earlier this year, I was immediately ennamored and entranced by game used cards, certified pack-pulled autographs, patches, serial numbered refractors, and all the other hobby goodness that I had missed out on from 1992 till now.  I had never even heard of any of these things before.  [...]

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     There are a ton of things I need to catch up on, so I couldn’t think of a more appropriate name for this post.  Trades, new aquisitions, new pages, new collections.  It’s all here.
     First off, I’ve added a lot of new Dawson cards to my player collection.  If you’ve never seen my PC [...]

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     Hi kids!  Now that the brouhaha of my recent nuptuals is over and FINALLY paid off, I decided to celebrate my return to collecting and blogging by busting another tin of my absolute favorite product to open.  I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, and for several reasons, 2007 Sweet Spot Signatures [...]

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     I’ve been mulling this over for a few days now.  A few months actually, and I still don’t have an answer to that question.  At all different times I’m a Player Collector, First Worlder, Second Worlder, Prospector, and Gambler.  Honestly, I still don’t know what brought me back to collecting in the first place.  Gellman’s idea however, [...]

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     Man, do I have a lot of catching up to do.  First off, I’d like to apologize to anyone who checks the blog regularly(there are a couple of you, right?).  As I think I’ve mentioned before, I’m in the middle of planning my wedding, and its grueling.  Planning and paying for a wedding yourself is [...]

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     Hey kids.  Not a lot in the hobby world that’s exciting me all that much lately.  Except for my Player Collection of course.  I just made a few eBay acquisitions, and the first one just rolled in.

     I love these Check Cuts autographs.  This is my second one #’d 41/50, and I’m going to [...]

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     Wax Heaven that is.  A couple of weeks ago, Mario busted a box of 2008 SPX which just happened to include this.

A very nice Kevin Hart rookie auto.  Mario was even kind enough to give me a shout out in the video break.  I believe it wen’t something like “Charlie, holla”.  So, I “holla’d”, [...]

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     Hello all.  Once again my life has gotten in the way of keeping up with my posts.  I try to post at least once a week, but lately I have been working 60+ hrs a week.  So to make it up to you all, this post is going to be extra looooong.  However, I’ll [...]

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     Hello all.  Just a quick post with a new addition to my collection.  It’s my first cut autograph.  It seems a little strange to have a cut auto of someone who is still alive but…

…..it is an absolutely beautiful card.  It’s from 2004 Leaf Cerified Cuts, the Check Cuts subset.  It’s numbered 33/50.  The [...]

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     Hello all.  I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted.  I’ve had a lot of “life” going on lately, and haven’t been able to pay as much attention as I’d like to my hobbies.  I do have a huge post coming up that has to do with what I’ve been able to get in [...]

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