The Definitive Collection (Baseball Edition) - 1986 Andres Galarraga

Player: Andres Galarraga
Set: 1986 Fleer and Donruss
Card Number: 647 and 33 respectively
Why is These Cards are Must Have?: It’s interesting that out of all the great rookies that played in 1986 and 1987, Galarraga was the least remembered.  Talk about a totally underrated player. Did you know that he once had back to back to [...]

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For a stretch of time, starting with 1986, I used to get a Traded set every year for either my birthday or Christmas, or sometimes both. The 1986 and 1988 Topps Traded sets were instant classics with their player selection (and in the latter set, the …

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Another slight departure from my normal reviews of minor league baseball team sets in that this entry isn’t intended as a “review.” Rather, my goal here is to simply let readers know what minor league teams participated in the absolutely wonderful Disabled American Veterans (DAV) baseball program during the summer of 2008. I’m not sure [...]

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OK, mind out of the gutter everyone. There are plenty of other web sites for that sort of thing. This isn’t one of them.What I’d like to do with some of these cards that I received from Dan of Saints From the Cheap Seats is focus on the backs. The fro…

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When I picked up my copy of the new Beckett over the weekend, I spent some time browsing through the pages. I subscribe to Beckett online, so I have access to the price guide, but it’s still not the same as flipping through the magazine. I always seem to find something either I didn’t know, [...]

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I know that I don’t get a vote, but I wish I did. Hopefully there will be some more consistent voting this year, but I doubt it. It will probably be more of the same. All I know is that a certain Chicago writer who absentmindedly left Harold Baines of…

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Had to stop by Wal-Mart today to buy some shipping boxes, so I made the usual trip to the card area. There was nothing new, but I decided to flip through the “new” 3-Pack Wal-Mart specials. This one caught my eye because it included a pack of 2006 Bowman Draft in addition to the always-fun [...]

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I have had a renewed appetite for one of my favorite players lately and on that momentum two more Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez cards slide safely into home. By home I mean toploaders and a new place to hang out. You see these two Pudges have been sitting probably in a box somewhere on a shelf [...]

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One HTA box of 2008 Topps Series Two (Paid $45)10 packs per box, 46 cards per packThe PullsBase Set: 330 of 330 (100%)43 doublesParallels20 Gold Foils (two-per-pack)5 Golds (1:2, numbered to 2008) W. Rodriguez, J. Payton, K-Rod, E. Chavez, J. Keppinger…

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Here is a current list of all those on the Save These Cards bandwagon! (I will be emailing you for an address soon or you can get it to me first.)Padres - boxed and waiting on me to shipO’s - boxed and waiting on me to shipCardinals - need an address f…

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