This IS not helping

I thought I’d try to snap out of my “real life sucks right now” funk by making a small purchase from the card aisle.  I don’t hate this year’s Gypsy Queen set like a lot of people do so I picked up one of the value packs.  Even though I know …

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Tonight I bring you the Week 3 reveal of the next batch of potential prizes for the 2013 MLB Tournament.  As noted previously, there will be 30 prizes available, however, only the tournament winner will receive a prize.  The prizes consist of…

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This is an authentic stadium seat piece (or at least the card front says so) from the previous previous stadium in Philadelphia. It was even from a name and time when Philadelphia had two sports teams.  The name Shibe Park elicits times when Conni…

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Hall of Fame Whiz Kid, Robin Roberts was born in Springfield, Illinois on this date in 1926. The seven time all-star finished his career with 286 wins. In 1952 Robin racked up 28 wins. Denny McLain (31 in 1968) is the only man to reach this m…

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Most of the cards that I picked up at the National came out of dollar bins.  This one did not.     1954 Bowman #95 Robin Roberts   This card went for $5.50 and was my last purchase of the show.  The card is…

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Oh yeah!  Time to post these bad mamma-jammas up!  All from my latest order from COMC.  Hawk & Hurt & Monte Irvin aren’t available, but the rest can be had, though I’m a bit partial to the Kaline, Reggie, Feller, & McCovey.  As such, they will slightly-to-much be harder to get than the rest.  I’m [...]

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Warren Spahn led all major league pitchers with 202 wins during the 1950′s.  The second place pitcher was Robin Roberts who trailed Spahn by three with 199.

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I recently had 8 months worth of Check Out My Cards purchases shipped.  I divided the 153 cards into 35 groups.  I like to think of these as hand picked “packs”.   I’m posting them in random order.  ”Pack” #9, four cards, was $…

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Sometimes great pitchers have a year that they don’t want to remember.   Sometimes it means that it was an off year where the pitches don’t go where they think they’re going.  Sometimes it means that sore arm syndrome has struck you down…

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Robin Roberts 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites I recently scooped up this card of Hall of Famer Robin Roberts: And while I know very little about his professional career, what drew me to this card was the great photo. Obviously, … Continue reading →

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Gaylord Perry, San Francisco Giants Perry is best known for his spitball, though he was not ejected for throwing the illegal pitch until 1982, his 21st season in the bigs. That is perhaps the reason he was made to wait until his third year of eligibility before gaining induction into the Hall of Fame. Perry [...]

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As usual, I am a little behind – everybody is checking out Gypsy Queen and I am busting Topps Heritage, but at least I am busting a box from the current year.BackstoryI was initially on the fence about building 2011 Topps Heritage – A recent P…

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The family of Robin Roberts has decided to sell much of the Hall of Famers Personal collection of Baseball Memorabilia.  For more on the story check here at Philly.com. Hunt Auctions is handling the sale – some of the cooler items are game balls f…

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Hey guys, Drew back here with part 3 of the March card show series! In every card show so far, I’ve went out of my way to at LEAST buy 1 vintage card. However, after the addition of the mysterious binder, (which you still will have to wait to find out …

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The 2011 Phungo’s Are Here!!! Sweet – my first crack at some 2011 baseball cards!! These cards come courtesy of Paul, author of the blog Phungo.  Along with being a dedicated Phillies fan, Paul is also a card designer and this … Continue reading →

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If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that every Friday is “Unpossible Autograph Friday” a play on words (borrowed from Ralph Wiggum of “The Simpsons” fame) highlighting autographs of deceased players. Today I’m featuring the three Hall…

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Okay, it started with me trying to build suspense, but it has since turned to me just having zero time… I had hoped to slowly pull each winning card and THEN announce the winner, BUT I think I have made y’all wait long enough… I had shown off the A…

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For the 3rd Quarter of 2010 we have a couple of Hall of Famers a future Hall of Famer and a bunch of non-baseball cards. July2010 Allen & Ginter #73 Avery JenkinsI am a frisbee fanatic so Mr Jenkins makes it into the playoffs.2010 Allen & Ginte…

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Okay, I am going to keep the tension going on the grand prize winner of the 3 Hall of Fame cards from 1956 Topps, but I will announce the 2 Honorable Mention winners… Like I mentioned in the previous post there were 132 guesses in the contest.The goa…

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Just a reminder: the contest will run until this evening at 11:59 PM PST. Comment to win an unopened box of 1993 Fleer Flair.What is a baseball card but a suspension of a moment in time? In days of yore, treetops lined the spring training fields as pre…

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Continuing with our look at the 1955 All-Star Game program, here are the second set of National League stars:1955 was the last year in an incredible six years for Robin Roberts during which he won 20 or more games each year and 138 overall.  It wa…

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2009 Goodwin Champions Mini #112 Robin RobertsThis is from a Blaster Break featured just a week ago. I have been on a mini-kick this summer and anytime I get one of a Phils HoF player that goes straight to the head of the class. There were a lot of n…

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This edition of the Philly Show for me was a pretty good one. I had a totally free day, I was only marginally exhausted – I think for the rest of my life I will always be at least a little bit tired. I had a couple of want lists and actually knocked …

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 Sadly, another former Orioles player has died this year when Al Pilarcik passed away on September 20. I couldn’t find a cause of death listed, but it’s always sad when a former Oriole leaves this world behind. 2010 has been an especially bad year…

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On a recent trip to Target I found a bargain blaster of 2009 UD Goodwin Champions. The blaster was half price ($10.59 w/ tax). I hadn’t opened many if any packs of Goodwin last year so I figured I’d give it a shot.This blaster contains 12 packs of 4 …

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Note: I haven’t been posting in a while mostly because I’m unable to finish posts. Ever have a case of attention wandering that just wouldn’t quit? Anyway, I’m not going away and it looks like the Phillies aren’t either. I’m psyched for the possibili…

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It was Home Run Derby night at Citizen’s Bank Park – The Brewers and Phils combined for 6 dingers. Oddly the games deciding play came on a sacrifice fly and botched throw.The Phils took the see-saw game 5-4. The odd Sac Fly started on a 1 out fly ba…

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It only took just over two weeks, but here are the rest of the cards that I purchased at the National.  This is a random group.First up is a Robin Roberts signed Hall of Fame plaque card.  Robin is a former Oriole, and a HOFer, so that makes …

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Here are the top 22 cards that I brought home from the card show last week. I came with $30 and left with 22 cards so we are averaging $1.36 per card. Some of these are outrageous deals and some are probably just about right at a little more than a d…

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I wouldn’t have thought I would come across cards today showing Robin Roberts as a Cub and Harvey Haddix as a Met? Did I wake up in a bizarro world today?Roberts as a Cub? In his last season, Roberts pitched in 11 games for the Cubs after being relea…

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This is the twenty-first in a series of posts about cards I received from the old collector in our town who had library card catalogs full of cards from the 1950′s-1970′s. You can see those original posts here and here if you missed them.You may recall…

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2010 Phungo BFI Jim Bunning & Robin RobertsAs mentioned a few days ago the photo from the above Phungo Card was taken prior to 2009 World Series Game 5. The Phils won that game, which was the final game pitched by Cliff Lee as a Phillie. If you cl…

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Dallas Braden, a 27-year-old lefty for the Oakland A’s best known for jawing with Alex Rodriguez over his sacred territory, threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

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I really wish that I didn’t have to spend so much time on this blog providing obituaries for the men who made baseball in Baltimore what it is today. I suppose it goes with the territory when your favorite team is in its 57th year of existence, and whe…

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Today baseball lost another great… Robin Roberts.He was the ace of the Whiz Kids Phillies and the man who won the 10 inning pennant clinching classic to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 giving the Phillies their first pennant since 1915.Twice he w…

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