On The Sixth Day of Christmas…
December 19th, 2012 by slangon

…my collection gave to me… Six Vintage Oddballs, Five Mini Mets, Four Old Ass Cards, Three Guys Named Johnny, Two Keith Hernandez’s, And a Vintage Moe Berg!

Making Up for Bad Blogging, Part IV
May 7th, 2012 by slangon

Today, we’re getting into some of the less mainstream cards that I got in my last batch of cheapies, namely cards that weren’t issued by Topps. I was able to pick up a couple of cards from a set that I’ve long admired – the 1961 Fleer All-Time Greats set. According to the Holy Book […]

Quarter Bin Madness
April 20th, 2011 by slangon

Sometimes I find it sort of humorous how, as a card collector, if I haven’t gotten any cards in a while, I get a jones for it. I mean like a real physical jones. A few weeks ago I had one of those jones’ and swung on over the local card shop to scratch that […]

2010 Topps Series 2 Hobby Box, Part 2
May 29th, 2010 by slangon

So begins the battle. 4 contestants, only 1 spot for glory. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your 4 gladiators for Round 1. Let’s get it on. Pack 1 (Pedroia): 599 Jay Bruce 421 Doug Fister 364 Trevor Hoffman 457 Kanekoa Texeira 411 Jack Wilson VLC5 George Sisler T18 Clayton Kershaw 628 Ross Detwiler 578 […]