Yesterday around baseball a couple of significant milestones were reached. First off, Jim Thome joined the 600 Home Run Club, becoming just the 8th man in the history of the game to do so. Thome reached the milestone in his 8167th at-bat. Only one other player in history did it faster. That player was Babe […]
Tags: 1975 Topps, 2009 Allen & Ginter, Custom Cards, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Thome
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So the Mets are playing their home opener later today against the Nationals with the incomparable R.A. Dickey taking the bump for the Mets. They enter the first home stand with a .500 record after splitting their first road trip 3-3. I’ve got to say that I have mixed feeling on the season so far. […]
Tags: Custom Cards, R.A. Dickey, SlangKo Everyday Joes, TTM
Filed Under: Autographs by slangon
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Former St. Louis Cardinals shortstop and 1944 N.L. Most Valuable Player Marty “The Octopus” Marion passed away last Tuesday, March 15. Marion played for the Cardinals from 1940-50, managed the Cardinals in ’51 and was a player-manager for the St. Louis Browns in ’52 and ’53. He also managed the White Sox from 1954-56. Aside from […]
Tags: Custom Cards, Marty Marion, SlangKo Award Winners
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Got 2 more TTM requests back in the last couple of weeks. So far with the new Everyday Joes cards I’m 6 for 7. Not bad. Also, that 7th card was actually a Spring Training request, and those guys just got into camp a week or so ago, so I’m still hopeful about that one. […]
Tags: Al Dark, Custom Cards, Max Alvis, SlangKo Everyday Joes, TTM
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Countdown.
February 13th, 2011 by slangon
Back in May of last year, when Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts unfortunately passed away, I wrote a short little post lamenting his passing. In it, I showed a custom card I had made of him and related a story about how I had sent him a copy to be signed, which he sent […]
Tags: Custom Cards, My Own Private Stupidity, Robin Roberts, SlangKo Award Winners
Filed Under: Autographs by slangon
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And by “pulled” I really mean “made”. As you may or may not recall, over the summer, I sold a David Price pie face short print on eBay for a couple of bucks, and immediately turned that couple of bucks into a pile of stuff that I found more interesting than that David Price money […]
Tags: Clydell Castleman, Custom Cards, cut autograph, SlangKo Kustom Cuts
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Just after the New Year, I had sent out a flurry of TTM requests and kept promising myself that I was going to send out lots of customs to get signed this year and blah blah blah. After that initial flurry, I kind of slacked off again, but a lot of the cards that I […]
Tags: Autographs, Carroll Hardy, Custom Cards, Rocky Bridges, SlangKo Everyday Joes, Stan Williams, TTM
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Right on the footsteps of my 1st official card acquisition of the new year comes my 1st TTM success of the new year. I don’t mean that this is the first one I received back in the new year, either. I sent this out on January 3 and a week later it was back in […]
Tags: Custom Cards, Eddie Basinski, SlangKo Everyday Joes, TTM
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I still find it kind of funny how as a Giants fan, I can still root for the Jets. As a Mets fan, I wouldn’t even dream of rooting for the Yankees. Football is a weird sport. Good luck tonight, boys. I feel like you’ll need it against this guy.
Tags: 2008 SP Rookie Edition, Autographs, Custom Cards, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Peyton Manning, playoffs, SlangKo Sport Stars
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