So Hurricane Irene has come and gone and hopefully everyone who was in its path made it through safely. I personally was super lucky in that my house escaped 100% unscathed. I think the worse thing that happened was some of my garbage cans blew over, spilling grass clippings everywhere. Things in my corner of […]
Tags: 2001 Topps, 2007 Topps Update, 2009 Topps, 201 Topps Update, 2011 Gypsy Queen, 2011 Topps, 2011 Topps Heritage, Adam Dunn, Angel Pagan, Brian Schneider, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Jon Rauch, Jose Reyes, Pat Strange, R.A. Dickey, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Howard
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So apparently nobody in the Mets organization has been paying attention to my well thought-out treatise on why it is so important for them to win games against the Braves. They’ve already lost a disastrous 2 games against them, putting them 5 games behind. Hopefully Johan Santana can work his magic and at least salvage […]
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This is the last of the posts highlighting my Christmas acquisitions, namely the box of ’07 Bowman Heritage I got from Dave and Adam’s Card World. Just to keep people from being terribly bored by this post, I will stick to just the good stuff. Before I get into it though, some quick thoughts / […]
Tags: 2007 Bowman Heritage, Adam Dunn, Autographs, Cody Strait, Jeff Francoeur, Mickey Mantle, Red Man, relic, Vernon Wells
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I don’t have a huge collection of Autographs and Game Used cards. What I do have, I like, even when I don’t like it. Recently, though, I’ve been thinking. Do I really like these particular cards, or do I just like them because they’re autographed or game used? I suspect the latter. Wouldn’t I be […]
Tags: 2003 Upper Deck, 2007 Goudey, 2007 Topps Update, 2008 Allen & Ginter, 2009 Allen & Ginter, 2009 Goudey, Adam Dunn, Autographs, Darin Erstad, Freddy Sanchez, Jeremy Bonderman, Justin Masterson, Mat Gamel, relic, trade bait
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Now we’re getting to the good stuff – the cards. Pack 1 – #24 Luis Gonzalez #41 Manny Ramirez Whaaaat? Who the hell is this guy on Manny Ramirez’ card? Security! Seriously folks, in my mind 2003 is not that long ago, but looking at these cards, I feel like it’s 20 years ago. I […]
Tags: 2003 Topps 205, Adam Dunn, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano, Andy Marte, Barry Bonds, Bret Boone, Carl Crawford, Derek Jeter, Eric Chavez, Gary Sheffield, hobby box, Ichiro, Luis Castillo, manager card, Manny Ramirez, Mike Scioscia, Roberto Alomar
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