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John's Big League Baseball Blog

11 Days of Freehan - *11 Days of Freehan * *Day 1.*
8 hours ago
Japanese Baseball Cards

Misleading And/Or Fake Ohtani Items On Ebay - Ohtani items continue to sell briskly on Ebay. Besides the myriad of BBM, Epoch, Calbee and Topps issues, I've seen a couple home brew cards that people a...
9 hours ago
Night Owl Cards

Mr. 30,000 - I've been blessed with a few Dodgers-centric packages in the last month. They're most appreciated because I get distracted with other non-Dodger things ...
12 hours ago
Johnny's Trading Spot

Some more October Ormond gets - *Last night was a huge milestone. Going back to 2013, I would have never imagined that be possible. 1 million views (plus a couple hundred more). Thank ...
12 hours ago
SABR's Baseball Cards Committee

The Leaf HOF rookie cards that aren’t anymore - In his new book, RE:LEAF, Brian Kappel definitively puts to rest any lingering notion that the 1949 Leaf set was in any way a 1948 (or even 1948-49) issue....
14 hours ago
The Chronicles of Fuji

A Quick Trip to the Islands - Over Veteran's Day weekend... I traveled 2,400 miles across the Pacific Ocean for Papa Fuji's celebration of life. *Ala Wai Canal* I've mentioned it a f...
19 hours ago
Baseball Cards Come to Life!

Vintage star card roundup - Been almost a month since I did one of these posts. Four more Greg Morris auction results to show. Last week I skipped it for the first time since I star...
20 hours ago
WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1975 JOHN STROHMAYER - Up on the blog today, we have a "not so missing" 1975 card for former New York Mets pitcher John Strohmayer, who wrapped up a brief Big League career wit...
23 hours ago
Nachos Grande

Box Review: 2024 Stadium Club (hobby) - Currently, I am in the midst of my latest Breaker's Club (basically a giant group break that spans multiple weeks with many, many boxes included). Last we...
23 hours ago
CrazieJoe's Card Corner

The Set Build Continues - Two more MVP packs today as we continue the set build from the retail box. Not a bad pack, a nice Foligno and the ugly Islanders jersey, but still set he...
23 hours ago
Diamond Jesters

Time Travel Trading Update #95 - It's a relatively light post this month, with only two trades completed since last time. Regular readers of this series can probably guess who my two tra...
1 day ago
The Shlabotnik Report

Topps Minus 50: October 22 – 31, 1974 - This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on...
5 days ago
The Collective Mind

2024 A&G Box 3 of 3 - Measure Twice, Cut Once - Now for the third and final installment of my A&G breaks. Hoping for at least a hit of someone I actually really like... Box topper is an N43 this time....
6 days ago
Cardboard History

Major, Major Milestone - I knew it was coming but I didn't know when it would be. It was a long journey to get to this point, starting all the way back in February 1996. I knew ...
1 week ago
Baseball Card Breakdown

Getting a jump on the Holidays - Christmas decorations typically don't go up at my house till mid December, but this year I'm getting an early infusion of holiday spirit thanks to focusi...
2 weeks ago
Not Another Baseball Card Blog

Some New Cards - Hello Friends! I know I've been slow to get back into this. I'm working on getting my hobby room set up more so I can get back into the hobby part again...
2 weeks ago
Royal Card Review

Odds And Ends, and Emails - Did you know emails are still a thing? I don't mean getting junk mail, or even work emails. I mean actually writing an email and waiting for a reply? ...
1 month ago
Wrigley Wax

Five Random Cubs Cards - I've got 21,904 Cubs cards from 317 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past severa...
1 month ago
Infield Fly Rule

Home Run Parade - It’s September. The evenings are getting cooler. The leaves are showing their first signs of changing. The Halloween candy is stockpiled. And the Rockie...
2 months ago
Sport Card Collectors

Goodbye Old Friends - Thank you readers for the last 12 years!!
2 months ago
White Sox Cards

There's Always A Silver Lining - This season is the worst I have ever experienced as a White Sox fan. I still love the team, but it's a tough love. It would be an understatement to say...
3 months ago
The Same Old Zen

Learning to be Intolerant - Acceptance is a big deal in Buddhist circles. We're told that we must accept suffering, accept mistreatment, accept the opinions of others. We're told ...
4 months ago
The Hopeful Chase

Trading to Completion: Part 2 - So, after a couple of months, how is this project going? Eh, like most of the projects around these here parts, slowly (still haven't finished any of ...
6 months 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 ...
8 months 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 ...
8 months 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...
8 months 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...
9 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
2 years 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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
5 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...
6 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 ...
6 years ago
Presidential History Geeks

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Friday, February 9, 2018

May I Please Have Your Attention

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