Catching up on gifts *TO* Tribecards!

During the holiday break, well, actually, some of these came before I went to Phoenix and fell off the face of the blogging world, I received bubble envelopes filled with goodies!!These are not in the order I received them, but you really wouldn’t have…

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Picking up where I left off yesterday, here is some more “12 Days Giveaway” action:Casey B - On the 12th day of christmas, tribecards sent some ‘cards’ away: 12 Bernard Gilkey, 11 Joe Magrane, 10 mike perez, 9 geronimo pena, 8 brian jordan, 7 luis alec…

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I knew it had been a while since I lasted posted ANYTHING on here, but I had no idea it had been nearly two whole weeks! AUGH! The original plan for “12 Days” was to post the “twelfth day” list of each gift pack as I went along. As you are more than…

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Many of the gift packs are on their way to their respective destinations, and many are still being assembled! I had hoped to have all of them ready to go long before Christmas actually got here, but as things happened, many of the 12 Days gifts will n…

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The first “round” of gifts is getting mailed off tomorrow!! The scan above is only a sampling of the ones going out. I still have plenty to catch up on, but have no fears! If you asked for a gift pack, Tribecards will get one out to ya!Also, please kno…

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, Voltaire sent me a big ol’ box of Tribe cards! If you’ve been following along in recent months, you also know that I vowed to post pictures of every card I receive from the great folks reading my ramblings. Well, I st…

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I had two more packages delivered to my mailbox while I was in Phoenix. One was from AdamE at Sox and Thoughts, and the other from Voltaire. I’ll get to Voltaire’s in a bit (it was a big box, like 500-count or something!), but after I removed the paper…

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One of the packages I received while I was navigating the ‘hills’ of Arizona came from John in England! I’m building a package for him of his favorite team - The BoSox - so, he can expect a package for Christmas!his package had Tribers that sent me dow…

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I am not one who is prone to cussing, but when I opened the padded envelope from Boxbusters, I couldn’t stop myself. The Game-Used VicMart card is sheer awesomeivity! The color looks so cool as the backdrop and is just enough of the ‘wrong’ blue that i…

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After much delay for ALL kinds of reasons, I am proud to FINALLY show off the box of cards sent to me by Sam!The box starts off with two “Tipton-esque” cards that were used as padding in the box. I love stuff like this. To me, it’s a lot like those TV …

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Man, I feel like I’ve been on a whirlwind tour the past two weeks! First with Thanksgiving and then a trip to Phoenix.I received a box of cards from Sam before I left for the big AZ, and had hoped to post the contents before I left, but prep for the tr…

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Why would anyone in their right mind head for baseball territory in the off season? because my boss is making me go. I will be in Phoenix this week at a conference that has to with my job and not my hobby… I am hoping to sneak away for a bit and a…

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My deepest apologies to Joe. I forgot to mention that included with my Tribe cards was this unopened piece of gum. I am going on the assumption that it came from the pack he ripped on the way to post office. If not, well, should my blogging suddenly ce…

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It’s been a crazy week for me, as it has for most folks I would imagine. Well, earlier this week (I don’t remember when, but I think it must have been Monday, maybe), my wife came in and handed me several packages from the mail.Each package had some of…

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Wow! I’ve got a lot of fun ahead of me! There have been 21 people request gift packs so far, and hopefully more to come!If you’re holding back out of fears that I might not have enough cards to go around, you can put those fears aside! I’ve recently ac…

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(not my cards, I just wanted to do something fun)

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I spent the day on Monday bein’ off work. You’d think that would lend itself to a day of rest and relaxation. Not exactly. As the holiday season approaches, the time has come for the annual “redding up” (as we Pittsburgh natives say) of the kids’ outgr…

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Last year’s “12 Days of Christmas” giveaway was a huge success! It all started with an idea born from one of dayf’s posts and then went wild from there. The whole thing was a great adventure that served to accomplish several things: First, it helped ge…

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It has been a LONG time since I posted a Uniform post, so today I spent some time to walk through the next group of Number Eleven-wearing Tribers! Enjoy!Eddie Leon - 5 seasons (1968-72) - Leon only wore the Number 11 during his final season as an India…

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As many of you know from reading his blog, Thorzul held his 2nd “Trade Me Anything” giveaway recently. Well, okay, I believe it is actually still going on. I contacted him about a trade and he had no Indians in the current offering, but allowed me to p…

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I think my ‘upside down’ boxes have garnered quite a bit of attention (both in public comments and private messages. Allow me to clarify: only the lids are upside down because they are now on the bottom of the boxes and the boxes are actually open insi…

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The “Balladeer of Baseball,” Terry Cashman, wrote the “Ballard of Herb Score” in 1996 after meeting Herb Score. I had never heard the song before, but Indians.com has a link to the song (you can click here to hear it). And if that doesn’t work, visit (…

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Thanks to the girls over at Dinged Corners, I have been poking around the newly released Time-Life images available on Google. For the Indians fan, there are a lot to look at (just click on Feller!):(I used the 1987 template because the photo is of Fe…

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I’ve been wanting to post something about my collection for a while now, but couldn’t figure out how I wanted to frame the post. Thanks to Sports Cards Uncensored’s Bat Around, I at least have the skeleton. We’ll see where it goes from there!In case yo…

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Some time ago, NightOwlCards posted an entry in which he won various prizes for knowing the year of a bunch of cards that had been thrown into (and subsequently saved from) a dumpster. Are you with me? If not, read about here.Well, in my infinite wis…

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Just a quick note to let you know I have updated the lists of cards I don’t have and the list of cards I do have. I’ll warn you now: I am a moron who can’t remember how I generated my “Owned” list to get the format it used to have. So, if you venture…

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Those are the words that greeted me late Saturday as I sat down on the couch following a long day of shopping. I received a package in the mail, postmarked from Connor and JV (Treasure Never Buried). The first thing I spotted was an Indians sticker on …

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As promised, I am going to ask you the same trivia questions that appear in the book my son bought for me, “The MLB Best 50.”So, here is question #1:Can you correctly match the player with the number of home runs he hit in 2007?1. Carlos PenaA. 502. Pr…

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Today’s mail brought with it a couple of VERY nice surprises from Kevin in Washington State!! I had sent him a trick-or-treat box and he wanted to send me something in return. I had no idea I would be getting two very cool, very vintage Indians! In the…

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I wanted to post this earlier today, but I got busy at work… :-)Cliff Lee was awarded the Al Cy Young yesterday! Awesome stuff happening for the Tribe as of late.

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Grady Sizemore was awarded Silver Slugger 2008 by American League coaches and managers. He’s in very good Tribe company, as Victor Martinez, Juan Gonzalez, and Jim Thome have also won the award as Indians!Chalk up a Golden Glove and a Silver Slugger! L…

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The “Factoid” from the “Top 50 Players” book came from none other than A-Rod, who the “Editors of the MLB” chose as the #1 player. Here are the Top Ten:A-RodAlbert PujolsJohan SantanaJake PeavyDavid WrightMiguel CabreraHanley RamirezRyan HowardMatt Hol…

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Update: Costanza’s Brother correctly identiied the player associated with the tidbit shown later in the post. Alex Rodriguez was the correct answer! I’ll post more about the book later! Congratulations, CB! I’ll also post the prize later as well (…

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“Your want list is a hard nut to crack.” Those were the words printed on the sticky note attached to the package of cards I received in the mail today. Mark, from Stats-on-the-Back, took a comb to my want list and culled out quite a selection of doozie…

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Andy, over at 88Topps (and 78Topps), held a “Trade-Me-Anything” giveaway for books he had taking up space in his house. After asking for several books (each of which had become unavailable about the time I was asking for them), I finally snagged a book…

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