Ron Robinson

Who: Pitcher Ron Robinson Team: Cincinnati RedsCard: 1986 ToppsAcquired: TTM 3/3 11/6/2008 (13 days)Comments: How did Ron Robinson get so many Topps cards with epic photos? Seriously, good for him.

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Who: Third Baseman Brook Jacoby Team: Cleveland IndiansCard: 1986 ToppsAcquired: In Person, Redsfest ‘08Comments: I’ve actually had this card since the day I got it out of a pack in 1986. I’m sure I didn’t give it too much of a thought then, as it was …

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Who: Outfielder/First Baseman Dusty Baker Team: Oakland AthleticsCard: 1986 ToppsAcquired: In Person, Redsfest ‘08Comments: Dusty was super-nice and chatty when I got this autograph from him During Redsfest. It was the first autograph session of the ni…

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Who: Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Steve Largent Team: Seattle SeahawksCard: 1986 Topps 1000 Yard ClubAcquired: TTM 1/1 12/8/2008 (13 days)Comments: I always really liked Steve Largent growing up. Since the Bengals played the Seahawks in the 1988 playoffs…

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I recently purchased a couple wax packs of ‘86 Topps on eBay and here’s the first pack I opened.To watch a video of this pack break click here.Upon opening there is a broken, brittle piece of 22 year old gum.218 - Randy Hunt344 - Jim Wohlford630 - Fern…

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I know what your thinking.  Who would be buying a Barry Bonds rookie card?  There are a lot of people that collect different things for many reasons.  I found this information from an old article that Beckett had online a few years ago.  I know Barry Bonds rookie cards aren’t the most popular thing right [...]

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Can’t believe I’m wide awake for this right now. It’s something I’ve thought about writing on this humble little blog, and is always something I’ve wanted to do since I bought my 1986 Topps set about 12 years ago or so.Starting in 1986, Topps included …

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Player: John Kruk
Set: 1986 Fleer Update , Topps Traded and Donruss The Rookies
Card Number: 61, 56 and 42 respectively
Why is These Cards are Must Have?: John could have possibly been one of the funniest guys ever to play the game of baseball. There are many stories about him that I find funny, two stick [...]

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Player: Lenny Dykstra
Set: 1986 Fleer, Topps and Donruss
Card Number: 78, 53 and 482 respectively
Why is These Cards are Must Have?: Unfortunately my only encounter with Nails was not a very good one. It was at a baseball card convention in Asbury Park, NJ. He was the guest signer, I think like $10 per [...]

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Player: Paul O’Neill
Set: 1986 Fleer and Donruss
Card Number: 646 and 37 respectively
Why is These Cards are Must Have?: It’s hard to call a guy that played only half his career as a Yankee a “True Yankee”. However, he got a new lease on his career by being traded to the Yankees for a way over [...]

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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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I got this pack from Andy over at 78 Topps Cards. I promised to put Pete Rose’s tattoo on my butt if I pulled him from this pack, so if we’re all lucky you’ll see Pete and my Butt in this post.This is how to put on the tattoo, just replace the hand wit…

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Player: Jose Canseco
Set: 1986 Fleer and Donruss
Card Number: 649 and 39 respectively
Why is These Cards are Must Have?: I have been jonesing to review this one for a while now. To include or to not include and where does it rank? These are tough questions. If you look at his stats, he’s [...]

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Player: Fred “Crime dog” McGriff
Set: 1986 Donrus
Card Number: 28 respectively
Why is This Card is a Must Have?: For what ever reason I had thought that there was more than one Fred McGriff rookie card.  I was wrong, 1986 Donruss was the only one in all of 1986.  The truth is though that Donruss pulled off [...]

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Who: Kicker Jim Breech Team: Cincinnati BengalsCard: 1986 ToppsAcquired: TTM 11/20/2008 3/3 (31 days)Comments: Huge Jim Breech fan right here! Man, this brings back such good memories of the Bengals. It’s hard to say that, I know. But man, he was a big…

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Were you aware that Milton Bradley put out a G.I. Joe trading card set in 1986? I sure wasn’t! If I would have seen these in 1986, I probably would have picked them up. I never saw them, so my money went towards Baseball Tattoos, All-Star pop-ups and …

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With the news that Judd Apatow’s upcoming film Ped-O-Van will feature Jonah Hill as a bumbling community worker named Glenn Davis, I can’t help but hope that the filmmaker will remember to include the yellow, orange and red of a throwback Astros jersey…

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Player: Mickey HatcherCard: 1986 Topps Twins leaders #786Errors: Although this is a “Twins leaders” card, player lead the team in no discernable statistical categories. Player wore baseball jammies during game. Player is emerging from a cloud.Comment:…

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Player: John WathanCard: 1986 Topps #556Errors: Another in the collection of fabulous light blue Major League baseball uniforms. Player may be practicing bunting with the donut still on. Comments:John Wathan’s special baseball donut recipeServes four; …

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