1990 saw some new faces at the All-Star Game for the Metropolitans. After coming to New York from the Reds during the off-season, John Franco was named to his last All-Star team. He pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th, but alas, the N.L. could not get anything going against A.L. pitching. The Senior Circuit […]
Tags: 1990 Topps, 1990 Topps Traded, Darryl Strawberry, Frank Viola, John Franco
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In case you didn’t hear, yesterday the Mets beat the Cubs by the score of 17-1. In honor of that feat, here are 17 Mets cards that were part of a massive, 109 card order that I picked up off of Sportlots recently. Enjoy. And just to be fair, the Cubbies did score one run, […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, 1982 Topps Traded, 1984 Topps Traded, 1993 Topps, 1994 Topps, 1995 Topps, 1998 Topps, 2000 Topps Traded, 2001 Topps, 2002 Topps, 2004 Cracker Jack, 2004 Topps, 2005 Topps, 2006 Topps Update, Al Leiter, All-Star, Brian Cole, Cal Koonce, Carlos Beltran, Cliff Floyd, Eddie Murray, George Foster, Jeff Kent, Jeff Torborg, Jerry Martin, Joe McEwing, John Franco, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, manager card, Mike Piazza, New York Mets, Paul LoDuca, team card, Tom Kelly, Turk Wendell
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Back about a million years ago (or at least it seems that long ago to me) (seriously, it took me about 20 minutes of hitting “Older Posts” and scrolling down to find the post I was looking for), The Cardboard Junkie put out a call for all your blank pack searcher decoy thingies in exchange […]
Tags: 1971 Topps, 1972 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1994 Topps, 1997 Topps, 1999 Topps, 2000 Topps, 2001 Topps, 2002 Topps, Benny Agbayani, Bobby Valentine, Butch Huskey, Chicago Cubs, Darrin Jackson, Edgardo Alfonzo, Houston Astros, Ivan Rodriguez, Jason Kendall, Jim Thome, John Franco, John Olerud, manager card, Mike Piazza, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ralph Houk, Rickey Henderson, Robin Ventura, team card, Tino Martinez
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One of the many things I enjoy thinking about when looking at my baseball cards (Yes, I do often look at them. I don’t just file them away into books and boxes and let them collect dust and appreciate in value.) is trying to picture what the player on the card thinks when they see […]
Tags: 1978 Topps, 1982 Topps, 1990 Upper Deck, 1991 Upper Deck, 1992 Upper Deck, Cory Snyder, Dann Howitt, Darren Daulton, Donnie Hill, Eddie Murray, Howard Johnson, John Franco, junk wax, Kevin McReynolds, Mookie Wilson, Scott Scudder, Sid Fernandez, Tim Teufel, Todd Stottlemyre, Upper Deck
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A while ago, Cards on Cards held a little College Bowl Pick ‘Em contest. I had the dubious distinction of being the worst out of everyone when it came to picking the winners of College Bowl games. Madding was good enough to send some prizes my way as a way of enabling my poor football […]
Tags: 1988 Donruss, 1989 Topps, 1990 Fleer, 1991 Fleer Ultra, 1992 Baseball Enquirer, Al Leiter, Armando Benitez, Barry Bonds, Billy Ripken, Chuck Knoblauch, Dale Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Don Mattingly, Eddie Murray, Edgardo Alfonzo, Eric Davis, Greg Maddux, Greg Vaughn, Hideo Nomo, Jacque Jones, Jim Rice, Johan Santana, John Franco, John Olerud, junk wax, Keith Hernandez, Kirby Puckett, Lee Mazzilli, Mark McGuire, Randy Johnson, Rey Ordonez, Rickey Henderson, Robby Thompson, Robin Ventura, Roger Clemens, Ryne Sandberg, Tony Armas, Tony Bernazard, Tony Gwynn, Will Clark
Filed Under: Free Cards by slangon
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