Countdown.
February 13th, 2012 by slangon
Days until and
Countdown.
On The Twelfth Day of Christmas…
December 25th, 2011 by slangon
…my collection gave to me Twelve Vintage Mets, Eleven League Leaders, Ten Rookie Cards, Nine Team Cards, Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin! Merry Christmas to all! Have a great holiday season.
On The Eighth Day of Christmas…
December 21st, 2011 by slangon
…my collection gave to me Eight Crusty Skippers, Seven TTM Autos, Six 1960 High Numbers, Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
On The Fifth Day of Christmas…
December 18th, 2011 by slangon
…my collection gave to me Five Checked Up Checklists, Four Mini Cards, Three Jersey Relics, Two 56’s, And a Cardboard Zeppelin!
R.I.P. Matty Alou
November 3rd, 2011 by slangon
Former Major Leaguer and part of a long baseball family dynasty Matty Alou has passed away in his native Dominican Republic. The 1966 National League Batting Champ died of complications brought on by diabetes. Mateo spent 15 seasons in the Majors, playing for the Giants, Pirates, Cardinals, A’s, Yankees and Padres. For much of his career […]
Cards for Customs, Part 2
October 15th, 2011 by slangon
Double timing it today. Here’s batch 2 from my latest Cards for Customs haul, and there’s some good ‘uns in there. Michael started this one off with the second and third year cards of probably the Greatest Met Ever. This has nothing to do with Michael and his generosity, but it always kind of irks […]
Fruits of the Greatest Month Countdown #1
August 8th, 2011 by slangon
Welp, we finally made it. We’re down to the best card that I got during the best month of collecting in my card collecting career. It’s been a long arduous journey, but we’re finally at the end. SO now, without further ado, here is Tarjeta Numero Uno. 1969 Topps #533 Nolan Ryan Yes folks. That’s […]
Fruits of the Greatest Month: The Managers and Teams
July 24th, 2011 by slangon
Today we’ll take a look at a couple of cards that I got to chip away at my manager and team cards collection. 1980 Topps #302 Dodgers / Tommy Lasorda I had never really realized this before, but I’m pretty sure that this is my first Tommy Lasorda card. I find that pretty amazing just […]
“Payment” from Project ’62: Part 5
July 10th, 2011 by slangon
As much as I would love to continue posting about how awesome the cards that Chris sent me for doing that custom card 7,000,000 years ago, I need to finish this out. So here’s the final push, and it should be no great surprise that I saved the best for last. 1957 Topps #39 Al […]
Dangit
June 18th, 2011 by slangon
I do believe I might’ve jinxed the Metsies last night by showing all the old Angels cards in yesterdays post. To try and counter that, here’s a basketful of old Mets cards, none of which have been on this blog before. Enjoy and Let’s Go Mess Mets.
