Da na da na da na da na na…BATMAN!!!!!

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I updated my needs list to include my 2008 A&G needs.

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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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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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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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Nomar did something significant enough to be included in an above average set produced by Upper Deck in 2008.

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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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Is the return of “Roundball Rock” to broadcast airwaves.  ”Roundball Rock” was written by none other than John Tesh and is more commonly known as the NBA on NBC theme.  Once the NBA moved to ABC, they didn’t take the theme with them.  This was a bad…

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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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After all this hooplah all day long, what can I possibly give you that will top all the packs opened today? What is it? Is it Triple Threads? No, that’d be too Joe Collector of me. Could it be Bowman Originals or Topps Finest? Nope, not that eithe…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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