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First Box Break of the Year: 2008 Timelines - Packs 3-6

on January 6th, 2009 by dayf

Continuing on with the box break… I’ve got my wantlist updated if anyone’s interested in swapping some doubles.Pack 3:50 Erik Bedard99 Jonathan Albaladejo RC105 Clay Timpner RC ‘92312 Johnny Cueto RC ‘93 SPYSL4722 Don Baylor Yankee Stadium165 Miguel …

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 6: Dollar Packs

on January 6th, 2009 by dayf

Maybe I should put a “Bring Back Topps Total!” graphic on my site. Then again, considering what happened to Stadium Club perhaps it’s best that the set rests in peace.

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First Box Break of the Year: 2008 Timelines - Packs 1 & 2

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

First box of the year! I have a feeling most of the boxes I get this year will be like this one… a couple months after release when the price drops a bit. It’s not a bad box for the price, 18 packs with 2 autographs on average. There’s that ominous o…

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The Mailman Came Today Too

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

An embarrassment of riches today as three packages arrived along with my UPS parcel:First up is my first completed trade of the year. When I really started looking at this year’s Stadium Club and became appalled at the flustercluck the short prints tur…

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1991 Topps

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

1991 Topps Want List11 Roberto Kelly122 Paul O’Neill146 Dan Plesac224 Juan Gonzalez*227 Steve Avery*229 Rance Mulliniks273 Johnny Ray312 Charlie Hayes424 Calvin Schiraldi431 Paul Gibson435 Kevin Maas469 Chet Lemon499 Melido Perez540 George Brett*686 Mi…

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Sets I’m Trying To Finish

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

1979 Topps1983 Topps1984 Fleer1987 Donruss1991 Topps2003 Topps205 Minis2006 Allen & GinterJus’ click on the links to get to my wantlists.

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UPS Finally Showed Up

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

My Christmas gift to myself showed up today. I probably would have had it last week had I not waited until Christmas Eve to place the order, but now I have a box to rip this week. I got it from Dave & Adam’s mainly because the box was cheap as dirt…

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 5: Topps Heritage

on January 5th, 2009 by dayf

Johan Santana has been the bane of my collecting existence this year.

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An Insomniac Thought at 2AM

on January 4th, 2009 by dayf

I loved the first day of the MLB Network. I watched that ‘56 World Series game twice. However, since then I have watched about a half hour of Hot Stove and flipped away all other times. Is anyone else as repelled by the 2008 World Series Replay as I am…

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The collector’s destiny.

on January 4th, 2009 by Dinged Corners

Much like Fone Bone on his journey of discovery, we card collectors usually get the hope knocked out of us by Topps and Upper Deck, who can’t seem to help themselves as they often make the decision to do the wrong thing.Read Cardboard Junkie’s cartoons…

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 4: Random Upper Deck Products

on January 4th, 2009 by dayf

Well… unless you collect Hockey but you get my point.

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PLAYOFFS… and Bowman

on January 3rd, 2009 by dayf

Falcons Vs. Cardinals.Seriously, is there a more ridiculous playoff matchup ever? The team that has won exactly one playoff game since 1947 versus the one who has never had back to back winning seasons? I honestly have no idea who wins this game, The …

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 3: Upper Deck Series 1

on January 3rd, 2009 by dayf

I got about 8 of these created so far so all you fans who want more will get more…(Context: Here, here and here)

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Blogroll Screwups

on January 3rd, 2009 by dayf

There’s a bunch of blogs that I thought I had posted to the blogroll, but aren’t there. I’ve looked through my stuff and have finally added:Wrigley WaxI Heart HalosCrackin WaxWait Till Next YearGoose Joak (who alerted me to my linkage issues)The Infiel…

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Completed Trades

on January 3rd, 2009 by dayf

PAB - 12/30 pulled, packaged - 12/31 Mailed - 1/03 received - 1/05 complete!08 SC 6 9 93 122 129 141 14408 AG 345for:08 SC 8 17 33 45 47 49 76 98 101 104 123 138

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Gettin’ My Act Together 2009 - Part 2: Trades

on January 2nd, 2009 by dayf

Ok first off… I have a very important question.IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO STILL HASN’T GOTTEN SOMETHING FROM ME IN A TRADE WE COMPLETEDI still haven’t sent Jack Plumstead’s cards, but I found something for him just yesterday so that’s ok. Don Wood…

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 2: Topps Series 1

on January 2nd, 2009 by dayf

The response to this seems favorable so far, so I’ll go ahead full steam with these stupid cartoons chronicling the 2008 baseball card sets.(context)

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2008 Stupid Year In Review - Part 1: Beckettgate

on January 1st, 2009 by dayf

I don’t do end of year awards on this blog. Before I could definitively state what was the Best Set of 2008 (Upper Deck) or the Worst Card of 2008 (Topps Johan Santana No-Hitter) I’d feel compelled to thoroughly examine all the sets and all the cards a…

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Big Stuff from The Easy Life

on January 1st, 2009 by dayf

Ok, time to get caught up on posting all these packages that have been piling up. This one here is a present from The Easy Life. I still haven’t gotten his Christmas package together yet so I feel kind of bad. Steve sent along some nifty oddball stuff….

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I want a Gillette pocket sized Baseball Encyclopedia

on January 1st, 2009 by dayf

If you have the MLB Channel on your cable or satellite provider, do yourself a favor and watch the Don Larson perfect game they are showing. I think they are replaying it several times tonight. If you can’t watch it, TiVo it or tape it or have your kid…

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Gettin’ My Act Together 2009 - Part 1: Focus

on January 1st, 2009 by dayf

Ok, new year means resolutions. Even Spike Jones thinks so.You guys don’t want to hear about the ’start exercising’ ‘call my dad more’ ‘quit eating deep dish pizza and cheesecake for breakfast’ kind of resolutions but I will share my card collecting go…

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Out With the Old, In With the New

on January 1st, 2009 by dayf

All right, 2009! Gotta be better than 2008, right? Has to be! I love New Year’s Day! It’s like Spring Training for life! Everything is all happiness and hope and anticipation for a good year! Sure, by February our hopes and dreams will once again be da…

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Last Card in the Set

on December 31st, 2008 by dayf

So long 2008…Hello 2009.

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Treats from Treecat

on December 31st, 2008 by dayf

This trade started a little strangely. I bought a pack of 2008 Topps Baseball Updates & Highlights Presents 2008 Topps Heritage High Numbers Series when it first hit the local hobby store and I ripped it on a A Pack A Day. The big hit was a Jermain…

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The 2008 NFL Offensive Rookie Of the Year

on December 31st, 2008 by dayf

Is Matt Ryan. Man, was I so totally wrong. Off to face the Cardinals in the playoffs. How’s that for an unlikely playoff matchup, Falcons and Cardinals? Who wins in a matchup of two of the NFL’s most hapless franchises? Maybe the Big One will hit Calif…

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Topps Basketball Poem #9 - Two Blazers

on December 31st, 2008 by dayf

All right. Sadly we have come to the end the basketball poetry on Cardboard Junkie. These final two poems were composed by Madding of Cards on Cards. Madding is a huge Blazers fan so it’s appropriate he got the pair of Portlanders.Tom, a tall ballerTou…

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Trade Page

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

If you wish to make a trade: Leave a message on this post and/or send me an e-mail :dayf13 at gmail dot comI will get back to you and accept or reject the offer. If you only leave a post and you don’t have contact info in four blogger profile, then it …

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Most of a 2008 Stadium Club Braves Team Set Direct from Albukwirke

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

Albukwirke recently sent me a few Braves out of his many blasters of Stadium club. Actually he sent me the entire team set except Smoltz. Check ‘em out:23 Tom Glavine70 Brian McCann83 Chipper Jones104 Gregor Blanco137 Brandon JonesKris also sent a seco…

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Stadium Club Short Prints and such

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

Ok, I promised myself at the beginning of the year that I wouldn’t do this and I did it. I decided to do some research on all new products I was interested in and not go off half cocked and buy a buttload of something without being informed. Well, buy…

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Stadium Club deja vu … again

on December 30th, 2008 by night owl

I read with interest Cardboard Junkie’s account today of the two different Topps Stadium Club blasters that he had busted and how similar they were. That’s because I bought an SC blaster yesterday, and noticed it was remarkably similar to dayf’s blast…

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What are the Freaking Odds

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

I had a moment of weakness this morning. There was a blaster of Stadium Club that I bought a few weeks ago squirreled away in the trunk of my car that was being saved to do another live rip face off against Hand Collated. After ripping and posting the…

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No Frills Stadium Club Blaster Break

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

I want to get one more blaster in before 2008’s over so here is a no commentary bust. I’ll let the pictures do the talking.88 Hideki Matsui14 Prince Fielder131 Sean Rodriguez RC80 Ryan Braun144 Justin Ruggiano RC 1st Day82 Manny Ramirez56 Garrett Atkin…

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Chipper Jones

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

There’s a lot more to come folks…

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2009 Atlanta Braves

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

Again, another post getting ready for 2009.

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1986-2008 Topps Braves

on December 30th, 2008 by dayf

Just setting up for the future folks, I’m not even close to having this ready.

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