As everyone knows, tonight kicks off the 106th World Series, with Game 1 getting underway in St. Louis. And no, the card at the top of this post is not some not-so-subtle way of me rooting for the Cardinals. I just happened to have picked up a bunch of World Series highlight cards from the […]
Tags: 1968 Topps, 2010 Topps Heritage, 2010 Topps Red Back, Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Lou Brock, World Series
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I don’t know what was more shocking, hearing the news that after 10 years they finally tracked down and killed Osama Bin Laden or that the Mets were somehow able to avoid the sweep at the hand of Cliff Lee and the Phillies. Here’s some more quarter cards. It’s a veritable smorgasbord of 1970’s cardboard […]
Tags: 1974 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1978 Topps, 1979 Topps, 1980 Topps, Boston Red Sox, Earl Weaver, George Brett, J.R. Richard, Jim Rice, league leader card, Lou Brock, Lou Whitaker, manager card, Mark Fidrych, Mickey Rivers, Montreal Expos, Nolan Ryan, Ozzie Smith, Paul Molitor, Pete Rose, Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers, Rusty Staub, Steve Carlton, Steve Garvey, team card, Willie Stargell
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It seems that my new modus operandi when it comes to buying cards is finding specific cards that I want / need for one of my various want lists, be it on eBay or Sportlots. Then look over whatever seller’s other inventory for other cards I need, or cards that I don’t necessarily need, but […]
Tags: 1964 Topps, Casey Stengel, Dick Groat, Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, Tommy Davis, Willie Davis, World Series
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A couple of weekends ago I was playing poker with some buddies and ended up with $50 more than I started out with. I needed some binder pages from the card shop, so I perused the 6-for-5 bin while I was there. I was able to hit a few cards from the ’73 set this […]
Tags: 1973 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1980 Topps, Bert Campaneris, Bob Gibson, Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Morgan, Lou Brock, Tony Perez, World Series
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Pack 13 (Ruth): 425 Dontrelle Willis 574 Milwaukee Brewers TC 416 Ruben Tejada RC 376 Esmil Rogers RC 331 Ryan Braun LL-49 Lou Brock / Carl Crawford TMC-18 Thurmon Munson 389 Troy Tulowitzki 481 Scott Rolen Derrek Lee Attax Not bad. A Met who had a cup of coffee with the team when Reyes was […]
Tags: 2010 Topps, 2010 Topps Legendary Lineage, 2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway Code Card, 2010 Topps Peak Performance, 2010 Topps Sketch Cards, 2010 Topps The Cards Your Mother Threw Out, 2010 Topps Turkey Red, 2010 Topps Vintage Legends, Carl Crawford, Carlos Beltran, David Ortiz, Delmon Young, Kosuke Fukudome, Lou Brock, Randy Johnson, Richie Ashburn, Roger Maris, Ruben Tejada, Thurman Munson, Willie McCovey
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Another finski in the coffers of the local card shop. Another 6 cards in my grubby hands. 1976 Topps #10 Lou Brock I’m alway a big fan of action shots on baseball cards. I mean, come on, who really wants to look at a close cropped picture of some dude’s ugly mug when they can […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1976 Topps, Deacon Jones, Ed Bauta, John Wojcik, Len Gabrielson, Lou Brock, Luis Aparicio, Mack Jones, Pete Jernigan, Steve Garvey
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Made it back to the card shop a few weeks ago and picked up some more “packs” from the 6 for $5 bin. Here’s one. 1969 Topps #606 Gene Mauch My collection of manager cards has been growing quite a bit quicker than my collection of team cards. I wonder why that is. Here’s Gene […]
Tags: 1963 Topps, 1967 Topps, 1969 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1974 Topps, Bill Greif, Charley Smith, Chuck Hiller, Dooley Womack, Gen Mauch, Lou Brock, manager card
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I did not decide that it was the Year of Vintage. It is apparently just fated that way. Yesterday, after I had gotten done mentioning that I was declaring this The Year of Vintage, I had to run out a do a couple of errands. I was heading over by the local Target, so I […]
Tags: 1957 Topps, 1960 Topps, 1968 Topps, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps, 1969 Topps Deckle Edge, 1970 Topps, 1971 Topps Scratch-Offs, 1973 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1975 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, Bo Diaz, Bob Gibson, Bob Veale, Bobby Bolin, Carl Yastrzemski, Dale Murphy, Dean Chance, Dock Ellis, Ed Armbrister, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Whitt, Fred Lynn, Hank Aaron, Honus Wagner, Lance Parrish, league leader card, Lou Brock, Lou Piniella, Pumpsie Green, Rick Monday, Ron Santo, Steve Gromek, Terry Whitfield, Tom Poquette, Tom Seaver, Tony Taylor, Willie McCovey
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