on January 4th, 2009 by Russ
Well I’m back from the ‘Rents house and in Florida again. However I managed to sneak a few things out of the house that I’m going to get a lot of posts out of. I’ll show you the first now.Aww Snap! A July 1997 issue of Tuff Stuff. Thank goodness I’…
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on December 30th, 2008 by Russ
Tonight I’m going to show 2 of my more unusual items that I have.While this looks like a normal beaten up MLB ball, it’s not. It’s a batting practice ball that I caught on September 30, 2003 prior to NLDS Game 1 pitting the Braves against the Cubs. I…
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on December 28th, 2008 by Russ
Continuing on with the stuff that I have around my Parent’s house, we’ll do an All Braves Edition. There’ll be a lot more Braves stuff as that’s what I have the most of. First up, we have a ball signed by koo-koo head himself Mark Wohlers.This might …
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on December 27th, 2008 by Russ
I’m at my parent’s house, far away from my scanner, so I’m taking this time to show a few things that I couldn’t show you by scanning. All of these I’ve had for years and years.First up:Tony Gwynn autographed ball with a .394/94 inscription. This was…
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on December 20th, 2008 by Russ
Exams are over, I worked out my scanner issues, everything is great. So here’s something I’ve been wanting to share for awhile. I go to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving and I occasionally get pieces of mail there still so it’s not unusual to have…
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on November 6th, 2008 by Russ
Yes, I’m still around. Last week was a hectic week and my laptop crashed the week before, so I’ve been having some issues. I do have a post coming sooner or later about a GREAT surprise I got when I went to my parent’s house last weekend.
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on October 20th, 2008 by Russ
I got a HUUUUGE package of cards from JV over at Treasure Never Buried which put a sizable dent in my sets. I’ve updated my list accordingly and I’ve got at least one more trade coming in and once that one gets here, I’ll update my list again. Than…
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on October 8th, 2008 by Russ
I started to write this as a comment to his post, but it got a little long and I thought that it was worthy of it’s own post on my blog. Concerning Gellman’s comment about the negativity, or perceived negativity on his blog as well as others, incl…
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on October 7th, 2008 by Russ
I’ve had a couple packages come in over the past few weeks. The first was a trade from Bailey over at The Nennth Inning. I sent him some 2008 A&Gs and a couple Tim Lincecum cards for some 08 A&Gs I needed as well as a few Braves card with the…
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on September 18th, 2008 by Russ
Not only did Chris Harris beat me handily last week in baseball, but thanks to a score adjustment today in my football fantasy league, I now have a tie for last week instead of a win.
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on September 11th, 2008 by Russ
Back in elementary school in my hometown of Dalton, Ga., we would take field trips to the Crown Garden and Archives which held the historical records and other items of Dalton and for much of Whitfield County. On those trips they would often tell stor…
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on September 9th, 2008 by Russ
In the Baseball Card Blogger fantasy baseball league this week, which pretty much died before John Smoltz’s arm, I’m facing Chris Harris of Stale Gum fame in the Semi-Finals of the playoffs. Right now, he’s up 5-2 but that could change after tonight….
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on August 31st, 2008 by Russ
Editor’s Note: I had planned on writing this article, but after seeing the pull that Mario got, it made it that much imperative, at least in my mind, that I write it.Way back when in 1990, I started collecting sports cards. Now, 18 years later after …
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
Despite being warned about this product, I bought a few packs of Donruss Americana II 2 weeks ago. I’m not going to put you through cards of random 7th Heaven cast members or Danielle Rousseau from Lost, but I will give you what were my good pulls fro…
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
Along with the Goudey blaster, I got one of Allen and Ginter to help my set along. How did I fare? Well let’s find out!Pack #1116 Mariano Rivera203 Jhonny Peralta263 Yadier Molina27 Brad Hawpe A&G Back MiniCrack the Code Ad166 Bram StokerPack #22…
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
I’ve been shamelessly plugging my needs list on occasion on here and have received many offers. If I haven’t gotten back to you, I’m sorry. I’ve been here, there and everywhere the past few weeks. I’ll try and get back to everyone I haven’t contacte…
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
So after I hit up the hobby shop, I went to Wal-Mart for a few things that I needed as well as a few blasters. The first up is 2008 Goudey.Pack #1191 Frank Thomas35 Rich Hill15 Erik Bedard145 Richie Ashburn176 B.J. Upton72 Magglio Ordoñez20 Jeremy Gu…
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
Back in 1993, I bought a box of 1993 Leaf Series 2. I came close to completing the set, but alas never did. Imagine my delight when I looked in the bargain bin and found 1993 Leaf Series 2 packs 6 for $5! I couldn’t turn it down. So here’s 6 packs …
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on August 15th, 2008 by Russ
I ran down to the hobby shop today to pick up some pages for my binders and to maybe grab a few packs of Goudey as I haven’t bought any this year. So I get there and Goudey as well as A&G were both 2 packs for $12. 2 for $12! Luckily, I was goin…
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on August 3rd, 2008 by Russ
The voice that many of us in the South and across the nation have heard call Braves games for many decades is now gone. Skip Caray, 68, died today in his sleep. I know from my childhood, I grew up listening to Skip, Pete and Joe call games on TBS a…
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on August 2nd, 2008 by Russ
What you’re going to get from this break of boxes is stats, pictures and a bit of commentary:Box 1:1 Cabinet Card (Battle of the Alamo)Base: 143/350 (40.85% complete)Doubles: 0Short Prints: 12/50State Flags: 22/50Autos/Relics: 2 relics (R. Furcal Bat, …
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