The last couple of days, pretty much since the calendar changed over to 2011 in fact, I’ve been thinking more and more about TTM autograph requests. I sent my first request sometime in September of 2009, and kind of went on a bit of a tear with it for a few months. Coincidentally (or maybe […]
Tags: Custom Cards, Ernie Banks, Hall of Famers, SlangKo Award Winners, TTM
Filed Under: Autographs by slangon
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2010 is a deader. The Christmas decorations are down. 2011 has begun. Last year, I spent some time writing a post about how I wanted to focus my collecting habits a bit, and surprisingly, I think it actually helped quite a bit. I say surprisingly because usually I’m not one who’s good with resolutions and […]
Tags: 1974 Topps Traded, 1990 Upper Deck, Autographs, Bud Harrelson, Clyde "Upside-Down" Pangborn, Custom Cards, hobby goals, Lou Piniella, Mackey Sasser, My Collection, SlangKo Award Winners, SlangKo Sport Stars
Filed Under: Organization by slangon
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… my collection gave to me Nine signed customs, Eight crusty skippers, Seven Keith Hernandezes, Six Deckle Edges, Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati!
Tags: 12 Days of Christmas, Al Rosen, Autographs, Bud Harrelson, Cat Osterman, Custom Cards, Gus Zernial, Marty Marion, Richard Petty, Roy Sievers, SlangKo Award Winners, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond, SlangKo Sport Stars, Stanley "Doc" Glenn, Walt "No Neck" WIlliams
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The Mets bullpen of 2010 were not as bad as some of their predecessors. They blew 16 saves last season as compared to 21 in 2009, 29 in 2008 and 18 in 2007. Maybe that’s not the best number to be looking at, but I thought that was a pretty good way to judge the […]
Tags: 2008 Goudey, 2008 Topps, 2008 Tristar PROjections, 2009 Upper Deck Icons, Bobby Parnell, Custom Cards, Francisco Rodriguez, John Maine, Manny Acosta, Ollie Perez, relic, Ryota Igarashi, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond
Filed Under: Mets News by slangon
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Right now the Winter Meetings are going on in Orlando. So far, Sandy Alderson has made it pretty clear that the Mets will not be making any big impact moves this off-season and if they walk away from those meeting with anything, it will be either be a reclamation project, such as Chris Young or […]
Tags: 2005 SP Legendary Cuts, 2007 Topps, 2009 A Piece of History, 2009 Topps Heritage, 2010 Allen & Ginter, 2010 National Chicle, 2010 Topps, Custom Cards, Dillon Gee, Jenrry Mejia, Johan Santana, John Maine, Jonathon Niese, Keith Hernandez, Mike Pelfrey, Ollie Perez, Pat Misch, R.A. Dickey, relic
Filed Under: Mets News by slangon
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The title of this post of course refers to yesterday’s Giants game, but not necessarily in the way that it might sound. Of course I’m glad they won. By doing so, they stayed on pace with the Eagles and remain tied for 1st place in the NFC East as well as remaining tied with the […]
Tags: 1968 Topps Football, Ahmad Bradshaw, Al Atkinson, Brandon Jacobs, Custom Cards
Filed Under: Football by slangon
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It’s been a month since Brian Wilson fired a slider past the bat of Nelson Cruz for the final out of the 2010 World Series. It’s been nearly 2 months since Oliver Perez lobed an 88 mph “fastball” high and outside to Justin Maxwell to walk in the go-ahead run in the top of the […]
Tags: 1978 Topps, 1983 Topps, 2009 Topps, Bobby Valentine, Custom Cards, Jerry Manuel, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Wally Backman
Filed Under: Mets News by slangon
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I just read that one time Major Leaguer and Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has been placed in hospice care in California due to complications resulting from dementia. That seems like a cruel fate for anyone, but especially someone who spent so many years using his mind to steer his team to victory. I […]
Tags: Autographs, Custom Cards, SlangKo Award Winners, Sparky Anderson
Filed Under: Baseball News by slangon
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In last weeks Sunday Afternoon Football post, I mentioned that I had sent some custom cards to a few Giants players hoping to score a couple of sweet TTM’s. Instead, I ended up with a Giants Fan Pack. While I was disappointed that I didn’t get the cards back signed, the stuff in the Fan […]
Tags: Brandon Jacobs, Custom Cards, Eli Manning, Mario Manningham, New York Football Giants, SlangKo Sport Stars
Filed Under: Football by slangon
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In case you missed it, as part of the prize package for the contest that I ran celebrating the 1st Anniversary of staring this blog, I gave away a complete set of the 2010 SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond Set. I did this first of all so I would have a kind of cool prize […]
Tags: Autographs, Custom Cards, Mark Sanchez, SlangKo Sport Stars
Filed Under: Custom Cards by slangon
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