Mets Through the Years: Shortstop
September 11th, 2012 by slangon

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets, I’ve been looking at the primary players at each position throughout the teams history. We’ve already looked at the managers, Opening Day starting pitchers, catchers, first basemen, second basemen, and third basemen, as well as all of the Mets’ All-Star representatives. Today, we’ll be looking […]

A Trade to Prove That I’m Still Alive
June 8th, 2012 by slangon

Yes I know that I’ve been terribly slackerish lately. It’s summer time. What can I say? Anyway, today we’re going to look at a pretty sweet trade that I pulled off a week or 2 or 3 ago. Who can remember at this point? Besides, I could just tell you that I made this trade […]

The Quest for the 1960 Topps Set, Part XXIII
April 12th, 2011 by slangon

I don’t think I’ve actually bought any cards from the 1960 set in a spell excepting for a Don Gross card that I thought I needed but didn’t. I do however still have a stack of cards, including a bunch from the 1960 set, that have been sitting on my desk collecting dust and waiting […]

In Honor of Those Who Served
November 11th, 2010 by slangon

Veterans Day is upon us, so it is once again time to pay homage to the men (and women) who have served our country.

The Most Fun I’ve Had With eBay in a While, Part III
May 28th, 2010 by slangon

I’d posted a few lots that I won a while back from the same seller on eBay over the last week. They were particularly fun for me because they were basically the equivalent of buying a pack of cards in both cost and the number of cards that I ended up with, but with the […]