Mets Through the Years: First Base
May 18th, 2012 by slangon

This is the fourth post in this series. We’ve looked at the field generals, the men who’ve donned the tools of ignorance, and the guys who’ve thrown the first pitch of the season. Today we’ll be taking a trip back through time to see who’s covered the first base bag for the Mets throughout their […]

The Quest for the 1960 Topps Set, Part XXVI
July 7th, 2011 by slangon

I guess this post could technically be called “Payment” from Project ’62: Part 5 since all these cards came from Chris, but I like to keep my 1960 cards with my 1960 posts. I’m stubborn like that. Regardless of the title of this here post, I’m now half a dozen steps closer to my goal […]

Some More Sportlots
February 15th, 2010 by slangon

Since Topps is apparently taking its sweet-ass time activating the Million Card Giveaway, I thought I’d showcase some old cards that I got recently from Sportlots. Dollars to donuts they’re probably much cooler than anything I’m going to get from that giveaway anyways. I ended up with 39 cards for around $20 with shipping. Not […]

Check Out My Competition
January 15th, 2010 by slangon

It seems that Check Out My Cards has spread like wild fire amongst the blogging community as of late. As I mentioned in the post I wrote about my initial experience with it, I had been using the site as a research tool for quite a while, but only now had actually bought anything off […]