As most people know by now, Chipper Jones has announced his impending retirement from baseball after the end of the 2012 season. As most people also know, Chipper Jones has brutally abused the Mets over the course of his career. Over the course of 19 seasons, Larry has faced the Mets in 239 games, and […]
Tags: 2005 Topps, 2007 Goudey, 2009 Allen & Ginter Baseball Highlight Sketches, 2009 Goodwin Champions, 2009 Topps Heritage, 2009 Topps Heritage Mayo, Chipper Jones, Mike Piazza
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…my collection gave to me Ten Rookie Cards, Nine Team Cards, Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, 1962 Topps, 1963 Topps, 1970 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1984 Topps, 1989 Topps, 1990 Topps, 1991 Topps, 2010 Topps Chrome, Bill Lee, Bob Bailey, Boog Powell, Chipper Jones, Danny Meyer, Don Mattingly, Ed Kranepool, Frank Thomas, Gary Carter, Ike Davis, John Hilton, Leon Roberts, Marc Hill, Max Alvis, Mike Schmidt, Randy Johnson, Ron Cey, Tony Oliva
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Not that I want to keep bring up old shit, but you remember a few weeks ago when I was doing a Junk Wax Pack Clash? One of the packs that I happened to be clashing was a pack of 1989 Topps that I discovered to my horror had been opened and then taped back […]
Tags: 1986 Topps, 1989 Topps, 1990 Topps, 1991 Topps, 1994 Topps, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Frank Thomas, John Smoltz, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa
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After a long cold winter, Opening Day is finally here. I know, I know. Opening Day was technically yesterday, but for whatever reason the scheduling gods decided that the Mets wouldn’t open until today. I’m actually a little confused as to what happened. I always remember the very first game of the season happening on […]
Tags: 2011 Topps Heritage, Armando Galarraga, Babe Ruth, Chipper Jones, Frank Robinson, Freddie Freeman, Jonathon Niese, Josh Hamilton, Mark Buehrle, Miguel Cabrera, Mike Pelfrey, Nyjer Morgan, Ryan Howard, Ryan Zimmerman, Starlin Castro, Tommy Hanson, Tommy Hunter, Whitey Ford
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Here we go with pack number 2. #286 Revolving Door (For the most part I’m a pretty big fan of the more out-there subjects in Allen & Ginter, but really? A revolving door? Out of all the things ever in the history of everything, that’s the best you could do?) #148 Anne Donovan #147 Cristian […]
Tags: 2010 Allen & Ginter, 2010 Allen & Ginter This Day in History, Aaron Hill, Chipper Jones, Gaby Sanchez, Gint-A-Cuffs, Jeff Francoeur
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Last Saturday happened to be the 36th anniversary of the day that Derek Jeter popped out of his momma’s womb. It also happened to be the 36th anniversary of the day that I popped out of my momma’s womb. My wifey was cool enough to give me a blaster, a cereal box and a rack […]
Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps History of the World Series, 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway Code Card, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, Babe Ruth, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Gary Matthews Jr., Jackie Robinson, Jake Westbrook, Jose Reyes, Mickey Mantle, rack pack, Ryan Braun, Steve Carlton
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We’re down to the final 2 Rounds. Pedroia and Mantle are out of the picture and Cobb’s got some work to do to stay in the race with Ruth. Let’s see what happens. Pack 29 (Ruth): 345 Chris Volstad 515 Seattle Mariners FH 650 Dustin Pedroia 433 Julio Borbon 558 Ronnie Paulino HWS6 Mickey Mantle […]
Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps History of the World Series, 2010 Topps Legendary Lineage, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps Red Hot Rookie Redemptions, 2010 Topps The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Al Kaline, Carlos Beltran, Chipper Jones, Clayton Richard, Dustin Pedroia, Eddie Mathews, Honus Wagner, Mickey Mantle, Warren Spahn, Yogi Berra
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On to Round 5. Pack 17 (Cobb): 491 Rafael Furcal 356 Angels FH 435 Nelson Cruz 575 Ryan Perry 410 Oakland A’s TC HWS9 Bob Feller TR62 Troy Tulowitzki 500 Brad Lidge 414 Sean West Matt Kemp Attax Hmm. Another Cobb pack, another Turkey Red. I guess that actually makes a bit of sense, since […]
Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps 2020 Topps, 2010 Topps History of the World Series, 2010 Topps Legendary Lineage, 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway Code Card, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Andre Ethier, Andy LaRoche, Bob Feller, Chase Utley, Chipper Jones, Johan Santana, Johnny Mize, Robin Roberts, Roy Campanella, Ryan Zimmerman, Ryne Sandberg, Troy Tulowitzki
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It’s been quite a busy few days here at SlangKo Corporate. There was the obligatory last minute Christmas shopping. This was also the first holiday season with the baby, so of course we were running around to and fro visiting everybody that wanted to see the boy . I finished up with the Johnny Lattner autograph […]
Tags: 2009 Upper Deck Sweet Spot, Carl Crawford, Chien-Ming Wang, Chipper Jones, David Ortiz, David Wright, Gevany Soto, Grady Sizemore, Ichiro, Jake Peavy, Jim Thome, Jimmy Rollins, Johnny Damon, Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Holliday, Matt Kemp, Nomar Garciaparra, Prince Fielder, relic, Ryan Dunn, Ryan Howard, Ryan Ludwick, Tiger Woods, Vladimir, Yovani Gallardo
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Here’s our final push to get this sucker done. I apologize in advance for all the terrible scans. I never realized how careless you get when you’re scanning 1,000 cards at one time. Anyway, here we go. Pack 15: #22 Mike Scioscia #45 Brian Jordan #21 Bobby Cox A couple of years ago, Bobby Broke […]
Tags: 2003 Topps 205, A.J. Pierzynski, Al Leiter, Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Barry Bonds, Bernie Williams, Bobby Cox, Carlos Delgado, Chipper Jones, Dick Hoblitzell, Gavin Floyd, George Graham, hobby box, Ichiro, Ivan Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Jimmy Rollins, John Olerud, Johnny Damon, Ken Griffey Jr., Louis Sockalexis, manager card, Mike Piazza, Moises Alou, Nomar Garciaparra, Omar Vizquel, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, Pat Burrell, Pedro Martinez, Raul Ibanez, Rodrigo Lopez, Roger Clemens, Tim Hudson, Todd Helton, Tony Batista, Trevor Hoffman
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