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Baseball Cards Come to Life!

Some '50s cards including a big One - I got a lot of eight 1950s cards for a little over $4 shipped. I actually won with a $0.01 bid. There is One card in particular that makes it a great dea...
5 hours ago
WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!

1970 "IN-GAME ACTION": LUIS APARICIO - On the blog today, a card I created a while back that I never profiled here on the blog to my surprise, my 1970 "In-Game Action" card for "Little Louie" ...
7 hours ago
Nachos Grande

The Ultimate Ginter Full-Sized Insert Set Bracket!: Seeding Vote #2 (2008) - *For the first part of the bracket creation, we need to seed the various full-sized insert sets. I thought it'd be fun to first have a vote for the best i...
7 hours ago
CrazieJoe's Card Corner

Last Leafs? - With the days winding down with the COVID lot, each Leaf could be the last from the lot... Sweet! I'll take the 2012-13 Score base set helper...oh and t...
7 hours ago
Wrigley Wax

2024 Cub #35 - The Cubs recalled Matt Mertis from Iowa on Tuesday, taking the roster spot of Garrett Cooper, who was DFA'ed. Mervis was promptly put into the lineup Tu...
8 hours ago
Presidential History Geeks

The Making of the President 2024: Election Interference by Foreign Countries - Those who are said to have some expertise in this field have stated that foreign interference in the 2024 election is likely. Three major factors are liste...
12 hours ago
Japanese Baseball Cards

Choi Jeong - Today Choi Jeong of the SSG Landers hit his 468th career home run, pushing him past the legendary Lee Seung-yuop to become the all time home run leader in ...
18 hours ago
Night Owl Cards

C.A.: 1961 Post Maury Wills - *(I am vacationing this week, which usually means more time for blog posts. But all that extra time makes me feel like avoiding blog posts. Why is that? It...
20 hours ago
Baseball Card Breakdown

A little Bush and some Big Hurt - Happy for Reggie Bush getting his Heisman back. Got a small PC going for him because he’s a "local kid" for me; went to a rival high school in my distric...
22 hours ago
Diamond Jesters

Repack Haiku #355 (Shane Reynolds) - *One of four Astros* *To start on Opening Day* *Five or more seasons* 1997 Topps #430 Shane Reynolds Reynolds got the Opening Day honor for Houston from...
1 day ago
Johnny's Trading Spot

This is a first for me. - *Like the title says....this is a first for me. * *Many of you know that I am building the Panini Chronicles sets.....basically all of them going back...
1 day ago
Not Another Baseball Card Blog

1981 Donruss Jays - Hello Friends! I know I've been a little sporadic with posting on this account lately. I apologize. I've been dealing with some issues still, but I'm ge...
1 day ago
The Chronicles of Fuji

BBA: 5 Best Pack Pulled Hits - I'm always down for a Blog Bat-Around. The topic currently trending around the blogosphere is posting your five best pack pulled hits. It was inspired by...
1 day ago
The Shlabotnik Report

Dead Parrot Frankenset: April 2024 (Plus Coyote Thoughts) - This is the latest in a sporadic series on an ongoing project, a “Dead Parrot” Frankenset which features cards of NHL and WHA teams which are no more, whic...
2 days ago
The Collective Mind

Blog Bat-Around: Best Pack Pulled "Hits" - I'm not a big autos & relics guy, but I have some. I'm also not a big pack ripper, especially after 2020, since I only buy a couple products and only on...
4 days ago
Royal Card Review

THREE MONTHS? Oh Boy. - I don't know where to start. The last few months have somewhat blended together, but I didn't think it was that long since my last post. The worst par...
5 days ago
Cardboard History

Sticky Gold - I've said before how much of a fan I am of the Topps Now NHL stickers. They have had a Serial numbered to 10 parallel since they started, but this year ...
5 days ago
SABR's Baseball Cards Committee

A Newly Revealed Collection of T206s - Years ago, while still engaged in my academic career focused on information and influence campaigns, I got interested in Thomas Edison through his innovati...
1 week ago
John's Big League Baseball Blog

Tigers Card Tuesday- 2024 Topps Living Set - Yesterday was the annual *Jackie Robinson Day *across all of baseball. 📬 It was made even better that it also included Topps *Living Set *cards being de...
1 week ago
The Hopeful Chase

Trading to completion: Part 1 - Hello, happy trading card fans! It's been awhile, eh? With a cross-country move, a new day job, and the other site taking up a considerable amount of ti...
4 weeks ago
Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog

"All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" - a Tricked-Out History of the Expression - The expression, “all dressed up with no place to go,” has been part of American pop-culture and language since at least 1910, although it may have been ...
1 month ago
CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog

Project Purge: COMC and Other Fun - *PROJECT PURGE:* *COMC Submission* *The Four Major Sports Groups* *Updated: 29 FEB 2024* A little background: I've been on COMC (Check Out My Cards) since ...
1 month ago
Sport Card Collectors

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Teal Autograph /25 - Last week, I posted the base autograph for this chase, today, I am posting another one of the parallels.Today's card is the teal parallel. It's hard to see...
1 month ago
Can't Have Too Many Cards

Franklin High Star Ron Santo - Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing home runs...
1 month ago
Eamus Catuli!

But, that's my guy! - 2024 Topps Flagship is starting to find its way to the interwebs and I finally found a picture of this collector's most coveted card from Series 1. Be...
2 months ago
Infield Fly Rule

The Trading Post #174: Dime Boxes (Part 3: Shiny) - One year later, I'll finally be wrapping up the longest post series ever. I've had this last little pile of goodies set aside from Nick's 10th anniversar...
3 months ago
The Same Old Zen

Lost Cats and Buddhist Love - As I write this one of our cats, Finn, is sprawled across my lap. He is an all-white, American short hair with blue eyes and below average intelligen...
3 months ago
$30 a week habit

Another '59, and is the Niekro an accidental upgrade? - Took a couple of evenings away from the blog, was getting a bit tough writing after 10PM each night. I have had a couple of cards I wanted to show for a...
7 months ago
Bob Walk the Plank

Still Kicking - Figured it was time to throw something up here to stop the blog from being sent to the abyss. I will say that I use the blog a lot more for research pur...
8 months ago
White Sox Cards

When Teams Are Sellers - As I write this, Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly and Kendall Graveman have all been traded away. Others, like Tim Anderson, have bee...
8 months ago
Cardboard Clubhouse

I'm Back ... with a New Blog! - Hey there, friends! It's been a while. Probably longer than I wanted it to be. Anyway, I've decided to make a comeback (yet again) and you can find m...
1 year ago
Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius

'We need your stinking patches!' Showing off Topps manufactured patches through the years - I've seen some hot takes that people aren't happy with the commemorative batting helmet cards included as bonuses in 2022 Topps Series 2 blasters. I've ...
1 year ago
This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards

Seven Bucks Went a Long Way (The Finale) - Okay, let's wrap this up. Through 11 packs, we've had ups and downs. Looking over at the piles of cards from this endeavor, I'm pretty happy so far. Sur...
2 years ago
The Lost Collector

Thanks for the ride - Today is my blog's 11th anniversary. It's also my last post. I've been thinking about this for some time, but it has become increasingly clear to me over ...
2 years ago
A Cracked Bat: Baseball Cards and a Hot Dog

SHE'S ALIVE!!!!! ALIVE!!!!!! - If anyone out there still cares, I'm alive and well in this world and hope the same for you! Whew, the time away has been quite relaxing. My spring an...
2 years ago
Wrigley Roster Jenga

A Thunderous New Addition, Pt. 2 - Been a while since I checked in here. Life's been busy, lots of big life changes, figuring out this whole parenthood thing, the Cubs have been a whole b...
2 years ago
The Five Tool Collector

Closet Discoveries - I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing/purging binge lately and I attacked my hobby closet earlier this week. I opened four boxes from the upper shelves a...
3 years ago
2 by 3 Heroes

Recent pickups - Look - if I don't get something posted soon, I will never do it. I spent the past two days organizing my desk, and sorting out more mailings I need to g...
3 years ago
All Trade Bait, All The Time...

Joan Jett Custom Cards From Baseball Card Breakdown - Aloha, everybody, Check out these beautiful custom Joan Jett baseball cards from Baseball Card Breakdown. There were also a couple of other surprise cus...
3 years ago
Pack War

Marshawn Lynch Rainbow Done - After 4 years of hunting I have completed the 2013 Chrome Marshawn Lynch #6 rainbow when the Gold parallel reached my doorstep today. Here are all 14 card...
3 years ago
Collecting the 1980s

1982 Burger King Atlanta Braves Collector Lids - *INTRODUCTION TO THE SET* Burger King as a concept began in 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida. Keith Kramer and his wife's uncle Matthew Burns began the compan...
3 years ago
WILLINGHAMMER RISING

5/1/20 - The Last PC- Where the Big Boys Play https://thelastpcwcw.blogspot.com/
4 years ago
Comic Book History

Project Firsts - It's really happening! The project is really coming true. With the start of any project, there's some firsts...here they are. First book scanned: First boo...
4 years ago
Off Hiatus Baseball Cards

PWEs, Accompanied by Song - I decided to write a post tonight comprised of recent PWEs that I've received in the mail lately accompanied by songs that have been randomly going around ...
4 years ago
Summer of '74

2019 Brewers NOW is LIVE - My most anticipated release of the 2019 card season was the return of my own Brewers NOW brand and... with a fresh blanket of goddamn snow on the ground......
5 years ago
Once a Cub

Quick Update - I just wanted to give a quick update as it has been about three weeks since I last posted. I had some computer issues about three weeks ago. Between that f...
5 years ago
Zen Reflections

BEING - *BEING* *In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describes how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in ...
5 years ago

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Monday, October 2, 2017

Tough Day Out There

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