The 8 Stages of My Thanksgiving
November 25th, 2011 by slangon

Stage 1: The Gromek I had just finally pushed back from the table and was pretty pleased with myself at the damage I had done. Stage 2: The Noren A while after I had parked it on the couch, probably sometime around the start of the Cowboys game, I began to drift into some sort […]

Attack of the 20¢ Bin Monsters
June 7th, 2011 by slangon

Here’s another bucks worth of moldy cardboard, this time all from the 1971 Topps set. #320 Dave McNally Everybody talks about what an incredible starting rotation the Phillies have this year, and deservingly so. The thing is though, can you really count a rotation as incredible until you see what the numbers are at the […]

Night of the 20¢ Bin
June 5th, 2011 by slangon

Here’s another bucks worth of cards from the Quarter Bin, which has recently been installed with a “or 5 for a dollar” option. All cards come to you courtesy of the 1970 Topps baseball set. Just a quick word about the 1970 set. It seems like a lot of people don’t really dig this set […]

Invasion of the Quarter Bin
February 16th, 2011 by slangon

I always overlook the fact that even though Spring Training is officially upon us, there’s really nothing exciting about a bunch of dudes having bullpen sessions and doing calisthenics. Oh well. At least it’s inspiring to know that someone, somewhere is doing something baseball related. Until the games start, here’s some cards. As you may […]