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Have you seen the “Missing Card” for Reggie Smith? How about Joe Rudi? They’re up now on Facebook, with many others that won’t be posted on The Baseball Card Blog until the series is complete.

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #405T Rollie Fingers

Like Vida Blue and Joe Rudi, the league voided Charlie Finley’s sale of Rollie Fingers to the Boston Red Sox at the June 15th trade deadline in 1976. Fingers was granted free agency at the …

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We here at The Baseball Card Blog are growing restless with our blog template. So over the weekend we will be trying out new layouts. Lots of things will be taken into account, including ease of navigation, reliable load time, decent…

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Kirk Gibson, 1988 Donruss Diamond Kings

Rhetorical question: What makes a Diamond King?

Here are some rhetorical answers: Being able to sit still
long enough to be drawn, playing baseball, lightening bolts—a lot of people
don’t know this…

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It’s less than three months away… The autograph-guest lineup for the National has been announced and it looks like the entire Major-League roster from the late 1970s will be in attendance: Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Pete Rose, Ferguson Jenkins, George F…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #26T Andy Thornton

Let’s talk about lopsided trades: Andre Thornton was traded straight up to the Cleveland Indians prior to the 1977 season for Jackie Brown. While not exactly Milt Pappas for Frank Robins…

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This week’s edition of “Casting Agent” is for a pay-cable mini series drama focusing on the trials and tribulations of running a brewery during the late 1850s/early 1860s in the United States. It will take place in Milwaukee and focus on a character ba…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #48T Joe Ferguson

Ferguson was famous for a few things: his home-run heroics in the 1974 World Series while a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers; his record-setting 1973 season when he made only three errors beh…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #235T Bert Blyleven

Seems like a lot of guys in this custom set were big stars, doesn’t it? I count at least four future Hall of Famers and lots of guys at the tops of their respective careers.

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #495T Nate Colbert

While the baseball-speaking world currently fawns over Josh Hamilton and his four home runs in one game, remember that Nate Colbert hit five home runs in one double-header.

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Time To Unveil The Winners Of The 500,000 Hits Giveaway!!!! Before I start announcing the winners of the ten giveaways that help celebrate the 500,000th hit on this blog, let me say that I really appreciate all of the kind words that have … Continue reading →

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Charlie O’Brien, 1989 Topps

If I were to tell you that Charlie O’Brien, the person you
see here, revolutionized the game of baseball, would you believe me? Well, you
should, because it’s true.

But how, you ask? Here are some excellent gue…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #481T Rudy May

For a team destined to finish 10.5 games behind the first-place Yankees, the Baltimore Orioles were busy in 1976. All told, 10 players joined the team that year, including the Dude, Rudy May. Ma…

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The Champ: 1992 Topps Craig Wilson
The Challenger: 1991 Topps Archives “1953: The Ultimate Series” Eleanor Engle

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #25T Mike Torrez

While Torrez will forever be remembered by Red Sox fans as the guy who gave up Bucky Dent’s home run in the one-game play-off in 1978, he really should be remembered as a 20-game winner and stu…

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The Champ: 1992 Topps Craig Wilson
The Challenger: 1992 Donruss Roger Clemens Diamond King

Craig Wilson makes quick work of Clemens, 18 – 5. Make sure to come back tomorrow to vote in the next Card versus Card poll!

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #90T Sal Bando

As part of the Great Fire Sale That Wasn’t, Charlie Finley let the White Sox kick the tires on Sal Bando. Bando was granted free agency after the 1976 season and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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The Champ: 1958 Topps Moose Skowron All-Star
The Challenger: 1992 Topps Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson pulls off the upset! Bring on the fresh meat tomorrow!

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #268T Del Unser

Here’s something: Baseball Reference lists Unser one place in front of Ozark Ike, Gus Zernial, on its All-Time Rank (among Batters) list.

Here’s something else: If you’re not following The Ba…

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For this Sunday’s game of Casting Agent, I’ve picked the shoot-em-up genre, made-for-TV–movie variety. For those readers who are unfamiliar with Casting Agent, the object of the game is to cast a TV show, movie, or play based on the photographs used …

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #319T Larry Gura

Though he’d been in the league for a handful of years prior to joining the Royals in May 1976, Larry Gura never found sustained success until he donned the Kansas City blue and white.

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #500T Reggie Jackson

Charlie Finley’s decision to dismantle his championship-winning A’s still stings the heart of the baseball fan. No team should be blown up in so public a way: first Reggie was dealt to the …

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The Champ: 1958 Topps – Moose Skowron All-Star
The Challenger: 1982 Topps – Shooty Babbitt

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #520T Willie McCovey

After the A’s aborted fire sale at the June 15th trade deadline, Oakland made a push for the division title. Part of that push was the purchase of Willie McCovey’s contract at the end of Au…

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The Champ: 1987 Donruss Bo Jackson Rated Rookie
The Challenger: 1958 Topps Moose Skowron All-Star

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Rick Reuschel, 1991 Score

‘Sup playa. You cop that new Reuschel?

This was how a typical conversation between my friends and I
began back in 1990. My friends and I were awesome.

Of course, I am kidding. The advent of such terminology did
n…

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The Cards: 1987 Donruss Rated Rookie Bo Jackson vs. 1992 Fleer Rookie Sensations Frank Thomas

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The seminal Oakland/Baltimore trade of April 1976 is often remembered as Reggie Jackson’s departure from Oakland. But what about Baylor? Here was a slugger entering his prime, two years away from being named American League MVP (1979). And while Balt…

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The Road To 500,000 Friends, I am here to tell you that ’30-Year Old Cardboard’ is rapidly approaching the 500,000 hits milestone. It is a very exciting time for me as I put a lot of time and energy into … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s matchup got us a new champ: 1991 Fleer Pro Vision Dwight Gooden. Today the Gooden goes up against everybody’s favorite creaky-hipped two-sport star, Bo Jackson. And not just any card of Bo Jackson—his 1987 Donruss Rated Rookie! Let the vo…

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If you’re not following The Baseball Card Blog’s Facebook activity, you’re only getting half the experience!

Did you know? Of the six “Missing Cards” posted so far, two of them are exclusive to The Baseball Card Blog’s Facebook page.

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #94T Jim Dwyer

Jim Dwyer was a decent utility player, with his best seasons coming with the Baltimore Orioles in the early 1980s. He bounced around before and after his seasons with the O’s, as this card sugges…

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Today’s Card vs. Card matches Friday’s winner (1991 Upper Deck Bert Blyleven) going up against another card from 1991: Fleer Pro Vision Dwight Gooden. Your vote could decide it!

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Minnie Minoso made history in September 1976, when White Sox owner Bill Veeck, Jr., activated the great hitter. Veeck did it to let Minoso lay claim to competing in four decades. This feat was highlighted as part of the “Record Breaker” subset in the…

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