2006 Bowman, Nate Culp

#BP20 Nate CulpHere is another Padrograph that Rod sent me a couple of years ago. This one features Nate Culp, the Padres fourth round pick in 2006.Nate pitched in the Padres system through the 2010 season. That year, he made four starts in AAA and he …

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 Today is the James Bond Aston Martin and my all time favorite the Ford Mustang.  As I dig deeper into my stuff there will be even more Hot Wheels and Matchbox Mustangs and a few other vehicles. RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The f…

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Up for grabs today is a complete set of 1990-1991 Skybox NBA Basketball in sheets and in a binder.  All the greats of the game at the time and lots of people we have forgotten about. RULES AND TERMS OF AGREEMENT1.  The first person to re…

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Joseph Wheeler Sewell (October 9, 1898 – March 6, 1990) was a Major League Baseball infielder for the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.This is a copy of a newspaper photo and caption of Joe S…

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I am running a giveaway and it was ok when I was sending out cards I could send them pretty cheap.  Then last night I mailed out a few of the action figure give a ways and it cost me $40.  I am not poor, but not the 1% either.  Since I a…

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This is a poster that was held at a local restaurant to promote organ donation, shortly after the Mick passed away.  It had has a few dings around the edges, I have had this the entire time (16 years) and have moved several times, it also has tack…

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First up in the miscellaneous portion of the giveaway is a unopened box of 1991-1992 Skybox basketball cards.SkyBox International Inc. was an American trading card manufacturing company based in Durham, North Carolina. A subsidiary of Vector Group, it …

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LaDainian Tramayne Tomlinson (born June 23, 1979) is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers fifth overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Te…

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John R. “Johnny” Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, actor,[2] and author,[2] who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.[3] Although he is primarily remembered as a coun…

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erry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames include “Mr. Clutch,” for his ability to make a…

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Jonah Hex is a Western comic book antihero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. Hex is a surly and cynical bounty hunter whose face is horribly scarred on the right side. Despite his poor reputation and p…

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Elgin Gay Baylor (born September 16, 1934 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired Hall of Fame American basketball player and former NBA general manager who played 13 seasons as a forward for the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers/Los Angeles Lakers.Baylor was a gifte…

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I have been so good at trying to keep my trade posts to one per package that I almost forgot that I used to do those massive posts of five trades in one.Well, I didn’t really “forget.” More like “blocked it out.”But then I was happily reading Cards Fro…

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Jacob Edward Peavy (nicknamed “Joliet Jake,” born May 31, 1981 in Mobile, Alabama) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Chicago White Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Peavy stands 6’1″ tall (1.85 m) and weighs 182 …

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Trevor William Hoffman (born October 13, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed relief pitcher. During his 18-year career from 1993 to 2010, he pitched for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and the Milwaukee Brewers, spending 1…

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I’m making steady progress on my Lineage ’75 mini project. I’ve recently received minis from several bloggers, most notably from Nachos Grande. But also, these two needed Dodger minis came from Rod at Padrographs.(Someone can send me the Kershaw mini a…

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We are going to start the MacFarlane Giveaway this week with a football player.  Howard “Howie” Matthew Moses Long (born January 6, 1960, in Charlestown, Massachusetts) is an American former National Football League defensive end and actor. He was…

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I only have three teams left to give away. The San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s and the Florida Marlins.   I know these are all old logos, but I like them (except for the one below).  Most of the cards in the 50 card packages are from this p…

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I’m always surprised at the generosity you find across the blogosphere. People will send you cards just because they want to send cards. No expectations of anything in return. That’s part of what makes this whole blogging thing fun. I try to be generou…

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I sent out some more packages for the GIVEAWAY tonight.  I sent out packages to The Lost Collector, Capewood Collections, O No Another Orioles Blog, Tomahawk Chopping, Play at the Plate, Dinged Corners, and Fan of the Reds. There are still a …

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I have sorted through my extra cards from this year and divided them up by team.  So far I have mailed out cards to Night Owl, Justin’s World, Cards on Cards, Angels in Order, The Troll, Autographed Cards, Wrigley Wax, and GCRL.  I have a few…

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This is what I want to get signed this winter and then get framed, with some cards and other things I have from that year.  As far as I know everyone pictured is a pretty good signer TTM.  I am going to write them first and make sure they wil…

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 I have completed three more pages of my 1957 Topps Hit Stars set.  I only need 12 more cards to complete the set but I think the rest may be pretty expensive.  The other day I missed on a beat to crap Bob Hope that went for around $33 d…

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 Never heard of this guy until I saw this on eBay the other day.  He is 6 ft 9 in tall and weighs 280.  He was drafted by the Padres in 2009 and has made it to High A ball and spent some time in the major league camp in spring training.&…

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Jeff Pendergraph is my sons favorite NBA player and we were able to pick several of these up.  They are numbered out of 499.  We have managed to pick up 24 of them and are trying to get as many as we can.  If you have a line on one or mo…

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1957 Topps Hit Stars, that is.  This is an 88 card set of recording artists and movie stars.  I started with having 3 cards from the set, Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor.  This is the second time I have tried to build the…

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Anthony Rizzo was one of the most important parts of the trade of Adrian Gonzalez with the Red Sox.  He spent a little bit of time with the Padres this year, he spent 49 games with the big league team.  He spent the rest of the season at AAA …

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I just finished this page in my new theme notebook.  It is not the first page completed in the notebook but it is the First page in the theme.  The first person who can tell me what the theme is and why I chose it will receive a Large Flat Ra…

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Well Here goesN43 +5, no extra for being Aroldis ChapmanPack 1Jason Heyward (+2 someones favorite player, +2 for short print #335)Ozzie Martinez mini (+2 A&G ad back)Florence Nightingale (+2 Minds that Made the Future)Pack Total:8 Pack 2Omar I…

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Over at Jaybarkerfan’s Junk.  It sounds like a lot of fun and jocularity, as Father Mulchay would say. I am trying to get back to blogging on a regular basis, I have been moving a my stuff and it is almost done.  I am working on my Gint a Cuf…

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I went to the LCS  yesterday and picked up my box of A & G for my first time into Gints A Cuff.  I also picked up three packs, I opened 1.  I save packs for my birthday and Christmas since no one in my family buys me any thing for ho…

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Nobody’s Perfect, Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History by Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce and Daniel Paisner; 2011; $24.00; 246 pages; Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, NY; 978-0-8021-1988-9; Checked out from Multnomah Count…

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I will be vacationing in Medford, Oregon for the next week.  Medford is the former home of the Southern Oregon Timberjacks a minor league affiliate of the A’s

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Willie’s Boys, The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro League World Series, and the Making of a Baseball Legend by John Klima; 2009; $25.95; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, N.J.; 978-0-470-40013-5; Interlibrary Loan from Tigard Public …

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George Stablein was once a contestant of the Dating Game and then was featured on the Newlywed Game, I don’t he ever made it to Divorce Court.  It was like a 80′s reality show.  Ok, Ok, I made all that up.  Now I am going to go check ref…

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