Football & Pizza – The 1986 Jeno’s Pizza Rolls NFL Stickers

As we approach Super Sunday, I wanted to take a look at a set that combines the two elements that make the day so special – food and great football action! In 1986 Jeno’s ran a promotion where they included NFL team action stickers inside their boxes …

Continue reading about Football & Pizza – The 1986 Jeno’s Pizza Rolls NFL Stickers »

In 1991, Domino’s Pizza teamed up with Upper Deck to produce a 50 card set of current and past NFL quarterbacks in a set entitled “Quarterback Challenge”:The backs feature another picture as well as stats and career accomplishments:The cards came in pa…

Continue reading about Football & Pizza – The 1991 Domino’s Pizza Quarterback Challenge »

After taking a look at the NFL mini helmets, NFL magnets, and NFL/MLB/NBA/ABA/NHL place mats that were available at The International House of Pancakes during the 1970′s, I’ve got one last item to review that was also available at IHOP – NFL Mugs and P…

Continue reading about IHOP NFL Mugs & Pitcher »

In addition to NFL Helmets and NFL Magnets, The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) also offered team placemats from all four major sports leagues which were used to not only promote the local professional sports team, but also promote the local IHO…

Continue reading about IHOP MLB NFL NBA ABA NHL Team Placemats »

In addition to the miniature NFL football helmets promotion at the International House of Pancakes during the 1970′s, IHOP also had a promotion featuring NFL team football helmet magnets that were available with a magnetic standards board:The copyright…

Continue reading about IHOP NFL Football Helmet Magnets and Standings Board »

The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) was definitely the place to get your football fix as a kid growing up in the 1970s.Whats not to like about getting to eat on a placemat with football helmets on it and having the the chance to buy your favorit…

Continue reading about IHOP NFL Football Helmets and Standings Board »

As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving and enjoy the tradition of watching football while getting stuffed, here are a few programs from previous Thanksgiving meetings between the Lions and the Packers:1950195319541961I hope everyone has a Happy Than…

Continue reading about Celebrating Thanksgiving with the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers »

One of my favorite cards in the 1973 Topps Baseball set is the Terry Crowley card where he is coming in to home where Thurman Munson is waiting for the ball to make the tag:Last year Chris from the great blog 1973 Topps Photography did an in depth ana…

Continue reading about Was Terry Crowley Safe or Out on his 1973 Topps Card? »

As a followup to the news that the Orioles are bringing back the Cartoon Bird on their caps next season, this blog did an excellent post showing all the cap variations of the Orioles Smiling Bird logo over the years, with a great shot showing all the d…

Continue reading about The Many Faces of the Orioles Cartoon Bird »

According to this item in the Baltimore Sun, the Orioles are bringing back the Smiling Cartoon Bird on their caps next season!My response – ITS ABOUT TIME!I’ve never been a big fan of the “ornithologically” correct cap since the Orioles switched to it …

Continue reading about The Bird Is Back! »

Just in time for Halloween comes this special Halloween edition of Wacky Packages from Topps:This special edition of 2011 Wacky Packages Halloween Postcards was available only through Toppsonlinestore.com, and quickly sold out as it was limited to only…

Continue reading about Have a Wacky Halloween! »

On Saturday, October 22 a statue of Brooks Robinson was officially dedicated across the street from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.The bronze sculpture is located on the plaza at Washington Boulevard and Russell Street (which will now be known as Broo…

Continue reading about Congratulations Brooks! »

I came across a Baltimore Colts poster that was up for auction that I remember having as a kid which really took me back to the mid 1970s when I first started following pro football and I had this hanging up in my room:I think I got this poster through…

Continue reading about 1972 Stancraft NFL Posters by George Bartell »

I came across some bumper stickers that appear to be a promotion by the NFL and the US Navy which feature individual teams and the tagline “go (NFL team) go Navy”:The look of the helmets leads me to believe they were probably from the mid to late 1970…

Continue reading about NFL / Navy Bumper Stickers from the 1970′s? »

Here is an interesting picture of Seattle Pilots manager Joe Schultz in a Seattle Pilots uniform during the 1968 World Series when he was still a member of the St. Louis Cardinals:As this picture shows, the Pilots uniform was almost complete before the…

Continue reading about Changing Jobs In the Middle of the World Series »

Recently a group of baseball stickers came up for auction on ebay that caught my eye:I believe these were put out by Kellogg’s in the late 1970s as they are very similar to the 1978 Kellogg’s Football Stickers that were available in packages of Pop-Tar…

Continue reading about 1978 Kellogg’s (?) Baseball Stickers »

After reading Night Owl’s great post about the Ron Cey button that he had as a kid, it reminded me of the ad for photo buttons that was on the 1981 Fleer Baseball Wrapper:

Even though it isn’t listed on the order form, the Ron Cey button certain lo…

Continue reading about 1981 Fleer and Sports Photo Association Buttons »

The always amazing The Topps Archives has been doing extensive research on the ultra-rare 1968 Topps 3D prototype card of Brooks Robinson. In looking at the photo on the card

I couldn’t help but think I’d seen the photo somewhere else. In digging t…

Continue reading about 1968 Topps 3D Brooks Robinson Picture Research »

There have recently been some great photos that have been auctioned from The Baltimore Sun’s archives which show the how Memorial Stadium’s scoreboards have changed over the years. Looking through these photos gave me the idea of putting together a pi…

Continue reading about A History of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium Scoreboards »

Just when I think that Topps must have cleaned out their Vault by now of all the great photos they have in their archives, they continue to surprise me with fantastic shots of some of the all time greats that never made it on to cardboard.Checking the …

Continue reading about Unseen Pics of Hall of Famers from The Topps Vault »

I came across this great Orioles team photo from 1968:Everybody seems to be doing a good job of facing back towards home plate except Frank Robinson and Curt Blefary, who we can see looking off to their right towards the 3rd base dugout.According to th…

Continue reading about Here is One Way to Tell Who is Who in a Team Photo »

As the 2011 All Star Game approaches, I thought it would be fun to take a look back 40 years ago to the broadcast of one of the more memorable All Star Games – the 1971 Midsummer Classic.The game was broadcast by NBCThe broadcasters were Curt Gowdy and…

Continue reading about 1971 All Star Game Broadcast »

Up for auction from The Topps Vault is the classic airbrush job done on Reggie Jackson in 1977 to turn him from an Oakland Athletic to a New York Yankee on his Hostess baseball card. Now we can see the full negative that was used:Looking at the lines …

Continue reading about Reggie Jackson Morphs from the A’s to the Yankees »

Look who’s reading The Fleer Sticker Project, courtesy of a link on Uni Watch (click to enlarge):Of course I don’t have any idea of who on the White House staff might be taking a few minutes to check out the blog (I don’t think the President spends hi…

Continue reading about The Fleer Sticker Project Makes It To The White House! »

As we approach the All Star break next week, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at a broadcast I recently picked up of the 1968 All Star Game.The broadcast opens with a view of downtown Houston, and then focuses in on the Astrodome:w…

Continue reading about 1968 All Star Game Broadcast »

I recently came across two pictures of the 1968 – 1969 Orioles vest with players I had not previously seen in this rare uniform – Boog Powell and Eddie Watt:I’ve been able to find pictures of many of the Orioles from 1968 – 1969 in this alternate jerse…

Continue reading about Two More Orioles Spotted in the 1968-1969 Vests »

The blog hit a major milestone this past week as the stat counter passed the 500,000 page view mark!I certainly never would have imagined the amount of interest in the site, but hitting the 500,000 mark earlier this week completely blows me away. When …

Continue reading about Half Way to 1 Million! »

I came across this picture of Jim Palmer in a Marlins uniform:The Miami Marlins, that is. This picture was taken in 1968 when Jim was working his way back from arm injuries that significantly limited his time with the Orioles in 1967 and 1968.The Marl…

Continue reading about Jim Palmer Pitching for the Marlins? »

With the large number of newswire photos that have surfaced through various archives such as from The Baltimore Sun and Chicago Tribune being sold on ebay, there has been the opportunity to see a number of “new” photos (or at least photos that haven’t …

Continue reading about First Photo of Reggie Jackson in an Orioles Uniform? »

A while back I reviewed the 1955 Post Sugar Crisp Cereal Cloth Patches which included only 15 of the 16 teams that were in existence at the time. For some reason, there was no patch for the Athletics. Thanks to the watchful eye of Dave from the amazi…

Continue reading about The Mystery of the Missing Kansas City A’s 1955 Post Sugar Crisp Cereal Patch »

Thanks to the fact that a number of different archives of newswire photos are currently being auctioned on ebay, there are a number of fascinating images which are showing up for sale.One of those images is a great shot showing the transition from the …

Continue reading about The Curious Case of the 1970 Brewers Prototype Jersey »

It seems like we can now find just about any piece of information that we want by searching the internet. However, I was surprised to find out that there was one area of information that until now was nowhere to be found – the list of NFL games that w…

Continue reading about How Fleer Stickers Solved the Mystery of the Lost NFL Games »

I recently saw this negative of Brooks and Frank Robinson for auction on ebay from The Topps Vault:Looking at the picture, I wondered where I had seen this shot before. After thinking about it for awhile, it hit me:Topps used this picture for its 2005…

Continue reading about Topps Vault Picture Research – Where Have I Seen That Photo Before? »

In case you didn’t see Jim’s post on The Phillies Room previewing the Brewers v. Phillies series, I have only one word to describe this custom Fleer sticker:AWESOME!In discussing my appreciation for the great work he is doing with his custom Fleer sti…

Continue reading about Another Custom Fleer Baseball Sticker From The Phillies Room – Flashback Edition »

The 2nd Series of Wacky Packages Old School is out now:The set is based around package designs from the 1970′s – hence the “Old School” name. Just like with the 1st series which was released last year, this set does a great job capturing the packagin…

Continue reading about Wacky Packages Old School Series 2 »