Team Phungo Meets Padrographs!!!!

We had the opportunity to visit Rod from Padrographs while my wife was at a conference in Portland, Oregon. Rod from Padrographs w/ Team Phungo Author, meRod is responsible for a bookstore that sells the used books from the county library.  N…

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I have gotten very few responses to my last couple of posts, ever since blogger changed.  I was wondering if anyone is seeing these.  I am trying to give some TONY GWYNN cards away and have had no response. If you read this will you please le…

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I sorted through all of my Padres cards and kept what I wanted to.  I have been working on a Frankenset of Padres cards.  It has been fun to put together with cards going back to 1952.  I recently purchased a big Padres lot and it had To…

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#UH54 Josh BardHere is another card in the long line of Padrographs sent to me by Rod. This one features back-up catcher Josh Bard.Josh was drafted by the Rockies in the third round of the 1999 draft out of Texas Tech. He played in the Rox organizati…

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#UH11 Russell BranyanHere is a Padrograph of Russell Branyan that was sent to me by Rod a few years back. In case you have forgotten what a Padrograph is, it is a term that Rod coined for his Padre autograph collection. He’s got a seemingly unlimited…

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The Phillies early season west coast swing continues with a trip to San Diego.  Today we check in with Rod from Padrographs, our books and baseball man on the west coast. 1) Do you think that Cameron Maybin is a Future All-Star?  &n…

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 Last October during the Wordstock book festival I started typing up passages from books I read and asking the authors to sign them.  I have sent passages out to some authors and received them back signed.  This is the most recent, I rea…

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 I already had an O’Dog autograph but it was on a Padrographs card from last year.  Now I have an officially licensed card signed by him.  He is always very quick in returning cards. I sent this to Erik Davis care of the Nationals i…

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I sent these two to Kyle for my one per year collection.  Kyle will be the representative of the 2012 Padres.  I haven’t been able to decide which one to use.  I got these back in just about a week from spring training.I already had a si…

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Someone sent me this, asking if I had seen if before or had one.  In doing some research I found out that someone is going to resurrect the fleer brand.  I just wish that they would match the uniform patch to the uniform pictured on the card….

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Rod from the blog Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer, recently posted about a stack of Arizona Diamondbacks cards that he had up for trade. I contacted him and we worked out a deal. I got my cards in a couple days ago. Thanks Rod! Here are a few of my favori…

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Sadly, we’ve reached the end of mini week. It’s been quite a ride and not at all a well-disguised series of trade posts.Why would you even insinuate something like that?Anyway, for my final mini post, I have some mini offerings from Rod at Padrographs,…

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As I collect now I have 50 count boxes set up for every team, except the Padres, as I fill them I will be posting on here to see if anyone wants to do a 50 card of their team for 50 Padres.  I will be posting a want list in the next year until the…

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I was supposed to be at a card show today. But for this show the weather likes to play tricks on me. Throw in a cash shortage, and I’m home instead with nothing exciting going on at all.So I thought it’d be appropriate to open a pack of 1991 Donruss Se…

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I go to the post office about once a week. It’s a small office in an almost vacant business building that houses everything from a bridal store to an outpatient chemical dependency clinic.I’ve mentioned before that, except for Christmas time, hardly an…

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There were 30 of these cards for sale on the bay the other day, no one bid on them, so I did.  It was three lots of 10 each for $2.50 plus $2.50 s&h.  I won all three lots and got them today.  30 cards no duplicates, ranging in numbe…

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A great package from Rod. who hails from Jacoby Ellsbury’s home state of Oregon. A real variety of cards which included some UFC cards, a bunch of guys beating up some other guys. Plus some cards that make my 2011 wants list a little lighter.I was surp…

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#128 Mike CameronHere is a card of the veteran outfielder, Mike Cameron, that was given to me by Rod, from Padrographs, a few years back. Just like the last 2006 Topps card I posted, the signature on this card did not take stick too well. I doubt that …

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(In the event that you don’t feel like wasting your time reading the next 4000 or so words – ALL of the non-Rays cards in this post are for trade) So, it has been OVER a month since my last post and that wasn’t a REAL TROLL post. Time HAD been very l…

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Saturday afternoon I dropped by the LCS and picked up six packs of American Pie, 4 to open and 2 to put away for Christmas and my birthday.  Out of the 4 packs that I opened these are the best cards I got.  Many of the cards were of no one an…

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 General Manager Josh Byrnes returned this 2011 Padrographs card in just about a week and a half.  Josh is the ninth General Manager the Padres have had since 1969 and I realized that I have signed cards of three of them, Buzzie Bavasi, Jed H…

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The last of the commemorative lithographs, this one is from Toy Story.  Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar’s first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entire…

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A Commemorative lithograph from Disneys Aladdin.   Aladdin is a 1992 American animated family film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin was the 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Cl…

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A Commerotive lithograph from a DVD release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-anim…

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A commemorative lithograph from the DVD release of Cinderella, comes with the original envelope. Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale “Cendrillon” by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disne…

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An authentic bumper sticker from the 1960 Presidential campaign which saw John F. Kennedy defeat Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge.   RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The first person to respond that they want the item will be awarded p…

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On Sunday afternoon while most people were watching football or napping, or bemoaning Ryan Braun,  I got to do something completely different.  The Multnomah County Library is hosting an exhibit called Pride and Passion about Negro League Bas…

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Keith Gordon Green (October 21, 1953 – July 28, 1982) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, musician, and Contemporary Christian Music artist originally from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York.[1] Beyond his music, Green is best known for his st…

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 May 1989 Padres magazine featuring Roberto “Robbie” Alomar Velázquez (Spanish pronunciation: [aloˈmar], English: /ˈæləmɑr/; born February 5, 1968)[1] is a former Major League Baseball player (1988–2004), regarded by many as one …

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Anthony Keith “Tony” Gwynn, Sr. (born May 9, 1960), nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a former Major League Baseball right fielder. He is statistically one of the best and most consistent hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-y…

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These are 20 8X10 photocards of players from Oregon State University.  A few have already made the majors, Eddie Kunz, Mike Stutes and Cole Gillespie.  One is autographed by Shea McFeely.  No Ellsbury or Barney, I believe they had gradua…

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 For all of those of you who follow Japanese baseball here is just the thing to brighten your day.  A 1999 Pro Baseball Yearbook, featuring among others Seattle Mariner outfielder Ichiro.RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT 1.  The first person …

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 Today’s giveaway is an assortment of comics, first a DC/Marvel crossover featuring the Green Lantern and Silver Surfer.  The Lantern in this one is Kyle Radner and the surfer is Norrin Rand. Next up is four comics from the Amalgam Label…

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Rates and Amous Mericans Dover Electronic Clip Art.  Two books from Dover of Clip Art of Pirates and Famous Americans, each book comes with a CD of 1000′s of images for you to use however you want.  You could make you own set of American Heri…

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 Magnetic Marvel Heroes, the box opens and has two different magnetic backgrounds on which you can arrange your Marvel superheroes.  You can reenact your favorite Marvel stories or go all Joss Whedon and make up your own story.  You will…

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