I’ve made mention in the past about one of the many sub-genre of cards that I enjoy are what I call “nerd cards”. Obviously, these are cards that depict players who fit the stereotype of a nerd. Gawky. Big nerd glasses. Usually pretty skinny and un-athletic looking. I’m guessing my liking of them has to [...]
I guess it’s about time to stop dragging my feet and put an end to the Offical Condition: Poor First Anniversary Giveaway Contest. Here are the cards that I got from the Topps Million Card Giveaway. 1958 #117 Frank Torre Joe’s older brother. Great looking card. I’m digging that old-timey Braves logo. 1959 #409 Gus [...]
This here is the second lot of vintage cards that I won my last go ’round on eBay. This equivalent of a pack of 1969 Topps cards ran me a staggering $1.51. Let’s see how we did. I was actually pretty excited about that Tommie Aaron card. He is, of course the younger brother of [...]
What do you do when you root for a team that starts the season horribly, sitting in the basement for a few weeks, then goes on a 9-1 tear, propelling themselves into first place over the course of a week and a half and then tanks it, free-falling back into the basement 2 weeks later? [...]
Made it back to the card shop a few weeks ago and picked up some more “packs” from the 6 for $5 bin. Here’s one. 1969 Topps #606 Gene Mauch My collection of manager cards has been growing quite a bit quicker than my collection of team cards. I wonder why that is. Here’s Gene [...]
I snagged another mini-haul from good old Sportlots. This one started with one specific card that I had wanted for a spell that someone was selling for a nice price so I decided to jump on it. I couldn’t very well buy just one card though. That would make no sense. I saw a few [...]
When I declared 2010 to be “The Year of Vintage”, apparently, I wasn’t kidding. Here’s a smorgasbord of manager and coaches cards that I picked up. The more my vintage collection grows, it’s fun to notice that a lot of those guys I actually have cards from their playing days. I know I have Galen [...]
Since Topps is apparently taking its sweet-ass time activating the Million Card Giveaway, I thought I’d showcase some old cards that I got recently from Sportlots. Dollars to donuts they’re probably much cooler than anything I’m going to get from that giveaway anyways. I ended up with 39 cards for around $20 with shipping. Not [...]
Here we go with yet another “pack” from the 6-for-5 bin down at the local card shop. Let’s see what goodies we’ll get today. 1957 Topps #96 Hank Aguirre This is the second ’57 Topps that I pulled out of that box. So far, those have been the oldest cards I’ve seen in there, which [...]
Well, Super Bowl is upon us. Today we will not only find out who the best team in the NFL is, but we’ll find out where Cy Seymour is going to spend the next month. But in the meantime, we got some baseball cards to post. Here’s “Pack 3″ from the 6-for-5 bin. 1979 Topps [...]
