Cardboard swapping – Vintage style.

The other day I mentioned this post would be Dodger style, now I say it’s vintage style. Which is it? Glad you asked. It’s vintage style, featuring cards from two different Dodger bloggers. I know there’s like 47 different Dodger bloggers out there now…

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Like everything else, I’m waaay behind in posting some trade/gift packages. Some have evn been put away already. Whoops. But, I’ll rectify some of that today, and hit some more up tomorrow. I’m not the one who scans every card…. it would take foreve…

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not too far back I decided, conciously or subconciously, to veer away from my normal buying habits at card shows. Oh sure, I still pick up cards that aren’t on my lists, (always bring your lists kids!) and I tend to buy too many cards with other people…

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You mean they just gave them away??? All a kid had to do in 1978 was eat junkfood* and they gave you free baseball cards??? Where’s my time machine???*NO WAY in heck would my mom have ever bought those for me anyways… but I can dream…

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The contest is over! Long live the contest! Ok, ok… getting right to it, the far and away winner was Morgan. Congats Morgan! Those topless photos* she sent the other night put her right over the top.The rest of you came in the first place non-winning…

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Can you believe it? The last pack posting of this infernal thing. We are on to the bonus round. There are no bonuses, just a few late entries and I didn’t have enough packs. So I improvised. Instead of 2011 Topps Opening Day, which I couldn’t find any …

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The end is so near I can almost taste it. Both of this contest and this substitute ‘all in one’ piece of crap I’m using for my scans. It’s going out the window. Literally. Soon. But, I’ll struggle on as I know you are all dying to find out the conclus…

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I’ve never been a big dreamer. Even when I was in high school and college — the times when we humans usually dream the biggest — I was content with your painfully average future. If the future me had a wife, family, dog, house, job, car, a few random…

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It’s time! One of the most revered days in all of sports. It’s time for the NFL draft. It’s now a primetime event so no one has to take the day off from work anymore.And I just know you’ve been eagerly waiting for Waxaholic’s Mock Draft 2.0But thi…

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The end is nigh! Here we go with contestants Morgan, night owl, Card Hobbyist and Hackenbush.Pack #2900 Morganshe likes cheese stuffed crust cheese pizza with extra cheese. Now that’s a party. +1 ptSome furry assed giant rodent. – Isn’t a diamondb…

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Moving right along…. today’s contestants are; The Diamond King, Dave H, Baseball Dad, and Play at the Plate.You all know the drill by now….Pack 25The Diamond KingHowie Kendrick - send that Yankee back to the dugout! Yeah! 0 ptsRickie Weeks – o…

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 Finally some 2012 product that I can get into. Thanks to my friend Waxaholic, the 2012 album and 8 packets of stickers are all mine. Who says you need to complete the 2011 album before starting the 2012. It’s alright to have numerous collecting p…

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After a hard fought battle consisting of over 6 hours on Friday dedicated to conquering this blasted scanner with the aid of a foreign speaking Canon techie on speakerphone for 45 minutes, the scanner finally emerged victorious.I have no idea why it st…

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Posting has been slowed while my scanner and I are in intense negotiations over it’s latest work to rule campaign.In the meantime, who can tell me what card set this is from? The year, manufacturer, and, if you’re really good, the card number.

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Pack War #5. While Weird Al’s Combo #5 goes off in my head, let’s meet today’s contestants.Napkin Doon, Nick, Kazi, Josh D, come on down.By the way kids… there may or may not be a post tomorrow. It’s Canuck’s birthday and the wife usually has a crapl…

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The unofficial almost updated leaderboard after 16 packs. Of course not all those listed have had their pack breaks yet.Listed in order of pack break.1. reoddai : Pack pts 0 Bonus pts 1 =12. daddyohoho : Pack pts 0 Bonus Pts 3 =33. LV : Pack …

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We (I mean me) need to get this thing going…. today’s contestants are Jason, The Angels In Order, Cool Breeze, and Dhoff.Pack 13Jason Stephen Strasburg – ZOMG! I’m rich!!!!!!!!!! But he’s a National. -1 ptKoji Uehara – BONZAI! 0 ptsClayton Kershaw – …

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Opening Day Contest Easter Post – The day millions of chocolate bunnies are sacrificed to keep dentists everywhere in business.Today’s contetstants; Jeff Wilk, The Dimwit, jaybarkerfan, and dawgbones.Pack 9 Jeff WilkCarlos Marmol – Remember that R…

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The unofficial almost updated leaderboard after 8 packs. Of course not all those listed have had their pack breaks yet.Listed in order of pack break.1. reoddai : Pack pts 0  Bonus pts 1 =12. daddyohoho : Pack pts 0  Bonus Pts 3 =33. LV :…

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Alright… it’s time for post number 2. Today’s contestants are; arpsmith, Greg Zakwin, Mariner1, and Superduperman99.I won’t be home when this post publishes…. so I’ll update the scores to reflect the bonus comments etc… later. Hopefully later ton…

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Here we go kids. Remember the rules for bonus points. Here are Packs 1-4 for contestants reoddai, daddyohoho, LV, and F&S Baseball Cards.reoddai -I think he’s Canadian +1ptMickey Mantle – are you kidding me? mantle as a base card in a 2011 Opening …

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I’ll have the first Pack Wars Opening Day Contest post up later tonight. With a 36 Pack box, I think 4 packs per post will do nicely.After randomization, here is the order for the Pack Wars.1. reoddai2. daddyohoho3. LV4. F&S Baseball Cards5. arpsmi…

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Here are the scoring and rules for my Opening Day Contest.1. My blog, my rules. And yes, I make them up as I go.2.Points will be awarded or deducted for the following;Braves +2Your Favourite team +2Your favourite player +2Yankees -2Mets -1Phillies -1Na…

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I picked up a box of this at one of my local card shops for $15. Cheap wax means giveaways. And giveaways means a contest.I had planned on doing a pack war type of contest, but then Play at the Plate started one. I thought about it for a few days…. b…

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That’s the question. I’m not talking about the Strasburgs and Harpers of the world. Fox, ESPN and Topps force us to know about those guys.I’m talking the A ball, AA ball, and AAA guys from your favourite team. Do you know who that hard hitting SS is do…

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Let’s move this along shall we?You’re current leaderboard:Josh D–15 pointsDerek Hill–5 pointsMorgan–5 pointsThe Hit King–5 pointsThorzul–5 pointsDawgbones–4 pointsKazi–4 pointsRob–4 pointsFuji–3 pointsarpsmith—3 pointsWe’ll get the ball roll…

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My wife came home from the dollar store earlier today, and proudly presented me with this.Sweet jesus.I normally shy away from this type of thing. But it was a gift. My wife knew I was a big Warner fan, so she bought it. And as luck would have it, I di…

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Awhile back I posted some new wantlists regarding my Allen & Ginter wants as well as Upper Deck. A couple of fellow bloggers answered my plea for help.First up, all the way from the Nederlands, we have some Gintery Goodness that has found a permane…

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Open up the freezer and crack open that block of ice you hid the credit card in…. starting tomorrow (tuesday) morning at 9am EST, This T206 Honus Wagner will be on the auction block.Graded VG3 by SGGC, it was purchased by a Houston business man in th…

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I’ve been a wee busy lately. Unfortunately I haven’t posted much over the last week. Thanks to the three of you who noticed. And yes, all is well. Aside from Chipper announcing his retirement at the end of the season and then having knee surgery t…

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2012 Heritage is here! Yay! Woot woot! Hurrah!Did I summon up enough excitement for you? You’ve probably all seen it by now, but I thought I’d show you the results of my 3 pack purchase anyways.Three packs for $10. Here we go.The wrapper. Nice and brig…

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I thought maybe before the new Ginter arrives, I should try and finish some of the old Ginter. Makes sense, no?I completed 2008 and 2009 no problem…. but didn’t even attempt 2010 or 2011. So what to do? After some thought, I decided to just concentra…

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I’ve been in money conservation mode the last couple of weeks. Decided to start saving for a big purchase. But that does not mean I can’t raid the .25 cent binder at a cardshow.I also hit up the 15 for a dollar box too, but I’ll post about that later…..

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I have the black, numbered to 100.I have the gold, numbered to 50.Now it’s time to show the red, numbered to 25. This was in one of the packages I mentioned this morning. It finally arrived today and it contained another in my inexplicable quest for …

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My buddy Marie sent me a nice stack of cards a couple of weeks back. And with Marie, you can always be assured of getting a good helping of Bowman. Which is cool, because I happen to like Bowman. I know a lot of you don’t… but when you compare it to …

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