Cross-post: White Sox…Baseball Cards???

This is a cross-post from my new blog, Chipp’ ‘n’ Dale http://thehomeofthebraves.blogspot.com/. It was originally posted 5/11/12. Signed the little brother up for the (free) Chicago White Sox Kids Club for this year. I think I sent in the reque…

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Why do I love my LCS you ask?  I can run over at lunch, and 45 minutes later come away with a bunch of really cool cards, all half off the sticker price.  I’ll show you what I mean.This trip to the LCS I actually remembered my checklists.&nbs…

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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n0lJ3LNslYThis makes me kind of sad, especially since this is one junk wax set I’m trying to collect…From this guy’s “About” page:”To increase collector’s interest and long term…

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Went to my (relatively) local card shop a day or two ago, Champ Sportscards in Huntsville, Alabama. The store was great, and the shop owner, Brooks, was friendly as I asked him some general questions about his shop and business.One of the things I thou…

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May it first be noted that this, being the fifth post of 2012 on TDTC, marks the passage of lasts year’s post mark of four! Progress! Here, now is Upper Deck’s 22 year old foray into team stickers. Shiinneee…These actually scanned surprisingly well, …

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Quite a few baseball cards depict players in spring training. This is for two reasons: First, it is easier for photographers to get close to the players when they are playing meaningless games than when they are, and also to get shots of players in new…

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I was going through some junk wax today and saw some old acquaintaces, some 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway cards.This was before I was as connected with bloggers who use these codes, as I am now, and sadly these cards were useless to me or anyone el…

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More like a “Things Done WITH Cards-style post here today, boys and girls. Here we go…One day, many moons ago, I found that our beloved Topps Company offered, and still does, a “No Purchase Necessary” deal. How, you may ask, does it work? By digging …

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For my inaugural post as I try to help resurrect TDTC, I have for you an exposition of the “small stuff” team card. Above I posted an image of a classic team card, the 1961 Detroit Tigers Team Card. This card sort of embodies the KISS model to me-the …

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As I am oft to do, I randomly searched Amazon for baseball-related material.  I don’t quite remember the combination of terms that led me here, but I found myself intrigued and perplexed by an offer for something called, “Baseball Tarot.”&nbs…

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I recently made a trip to my local card shop. The owners are nice enough to put up with my hours of searching for Bip Roberts, Don Mossi, Dick Pole, Pete LaCock, and Rowland Office cards. They also, on occasion, will set aside cards that they think I m…

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I don’t own a 1948 Leaf card. Not yet, at least. The only card I have before 1950 is a 1933 World Wide Gum card of Ralph Kress. I spotted this beauty on eBay and put in a token bid. I half expected to be outbid for this card, but I had a sliver of hope…

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Topps monopoly over baseball cards was starting to crumble by the late seventies. Donruss and Fleer were both starting to make headway into the hobby, but they would still need a court decision to turn in their favor.In anticipation to the late 1980 co…

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This is one of the rarest examples of a tobacco card. These cards were only issued to American and British military personnel in the South Pacific during 1912. The chances of these cards being stowed away for the trip back home are almost non-existent….

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The idea of sketch cards are a wonderful idea. I’m always for art infiltrating the hobby. Good or bad, the final result is always up to the consumer. These cards have proven very popular with the collectors that have a background in fine arts. Those wh…

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my grandpa pulled out a box of very old baseball cards he gave it to me going through i found a babe ruth pinch hit tobacco card. the card shows him holding three bats and a pouch of chew with a bit of a fresh chew sample inside. he said he got it at a…

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As part of a “non-sport” purchase, I received this pack of cards.  At first, I thought it was a general Peanuts card set.  The more I looked at the wrapper I thought this might be worth checking out as a baseball-related item.  Rand…

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Today’s Nitty Gritty Card of the Day comes from 1963 Topps, card #368 of All Star catcher Lonas Edgar Bailey, commonly known as Ed Bailey. I received this card in the mail from my good friend and fellow blogger Adam E of the Thoughts and Sox blog. Th…

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Issued directly after the 1887 season, this 18 card set features 9 players each from the American Association’s St. Louis Browns (the modern day Cardinals) and the National League’s Detroit Wolverines (a team that disbanded in 1888). These two teams me…

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Let us delve into a pack of cards I received as part of a “Non-Sport” purchase.Taz gives Reggie a high-five.  Each card features a title (“Seventh Inning Stretch” here), the Looney Tunes and UD logos and some kind of picture.  Sometimes, the …

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What you see above was a Christmas gift from my well-intentioned Mother-in-Law.  Now, before we get started, let me say that she did *NOT* make this.  She simply bought it at a local “Trade Days” expo they held before Christmas.  With th…

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Depending on what school of thought you subscribe to, these commemorative patches are the best thing since sliced bread, the worst thing since Hitler or so completely indifferent that you are barely aware of their existence.Me? I’m pretty indifferent t…

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Despite their choice of questionable photography in some sets, Topps could take a good picture when they needed to. 1964′s set of “giants” gave a great first look at oversized, color prints on card stock (set gallery here) and they soon followed with a…

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We are a few, short days away from the postseason, my friends. And you know what that means to fans who have a team still playing, don’t you?Angst. Frustration. Hopelessness. Feelings of anger, powerlessness, despair.For fans of one lucky team, the po…

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In 1960, Nu-Card, Inc. came up with a 72-card set of oversized cards featuring baseball highlights (Hi-Lites). The cards are 3-1/4″ x 5-3/8″ (postcard sized, maybe?). The fronts feature a newspaper-like layout with the card number in the upper left cor…

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In 1982, Topps teamed up with Squirt to create a scratch off game where people could win $1000 in groceries, plus get a collectible trading card to boot! The game pieces had a circle that could be punched out in the top section, then those placed on th…

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It amazes me that no one (including myself) has posted about these little gems on here yet! So, I will take the lead (much like the first lemming over the cliff has to go some time):Pictured above is one scanner bed full of these minis. The full set ta…

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Note: the bulk of this post is paraphrased from my post about the “Pirates” pack featured on “A Pack to be Named Later.” I have added some thoughts and additional information for this blog. It’s not exactly the same post! –DavidWiz Kids Games (an ap…

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Upper Deck did a nice turn in 2007 with these pastoral, brushed-up cards. Available in slim packs of 4 (corrected from 6), UD Masterpieces captured memorable moments on roughened, canvas-like stock with gold foil framing. Loaded with parallels and othe…

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In the grand scheme of things, baseball is my favorite sport of the big four in the United States. Basketball is a distant second, followed closely by football in third. Hockey is in last place. Although, I’ll admit, I’ve watched more hockey games this…

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I would love to peek inside of the mind of a child. It should be filled with fantastical ideas and wonderment. I’ll bet that all the world’s problems could be solved by looking at everything through a child’s eyes. Only then, might I be able to appreci…

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I know what you’re probably thinking… “What a horribly off-center 1989 Topps Strawberry you have there, Tribecards!” Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. You see, what you have here is a scan of a Duo-Tang Binder/Portfolio (like they sell to kids at Wal-Ma…

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There’s a recently-revealed blog called, “A Pack to be Named Later” upon which I am a contributing member. I bought four of these packs to post over there, and each pack will be displayed on a random date in the future. In the meantime, I thought it wa…

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In 1981, only my third year of collecting, Topps did something astounding, groundbreaking, nay, unprecedented in the history of baseball. Not content with their “normal” 726 card set, these Brooklyn-based wizards audaciously published a full 132-count …

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It was so cool to take stacks of cards and rubber band them together. It was the thing to do for many a generation of card collecting kids. Well, we know better today. Keep the rubber bands off the cards!!My friend was cleaning out his basement, when h…

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