Survey Says…
November 16th, 2011 by slangon

I know I’m a little behind the times on this, but I’d been meaning to do it for a while now. Getting that Craig Swan autograph in the mail a few days ago just reminded me of it. In case you missed it, a week or 2 ago, Nachos Grande posted a questionnaire for all […]

A TTM That Time Forgot (Almost)
January 7th, 2011 by slangon

The last couple of days, pretty much since the calendar changed over to 2011 in fact, I’ve been thinking more and more about TTM autograph requests. I sent my first request sometime in September of 2009, and kind of went on a bit of a tear with it for a few months. Coincidentally (or maybe […]

On The Twelfth Day of Christmas…
December 25th, 2010 by slangon

… my collection gave to me Twelve 1960’s, Eleven vintage Mets, Ten Hall of Famers, Nine signed customs, Eight crusty skippers, Seven Keith Hernandezes, Six Deckle Edges, Five David Wrights, Four New York Giants, Three 58’s, Two vintage pugs, And a Red from Cincinnati! Merry Christmas, everyone.

Happy Turkey (Red) Day
November 25th, 2010 by slangon

Stock up on the tryptophan and beer and don’t forget to stake out your spot to pass out on the couch later. In the meantime, here’s some cards. Enjoy the Holiday, everybody.

What You Can Get in Exchange for a Card of a Dude with Gunk All Over His Face
August 5th, 2010 by slangon

First off, I just want to remind everyone to go checkout the giveaway I’m doing to celebrate that this blog has turned a year old. Check it out. Okay, now onto the business at hand. I usually don’t seem to have too much luck pulling cool stuff from packs. Don’t get me wrong, I get […]

The Quest for the 1960 Topps Set
March 29th, 2010 by slangon

As I mentioned before, as part of my quest to complete the 1960 Topps set, earlier this week I had received a Sportlots shipment and and eBay shipment that helped me in my quest. Today, I will highlight some cards that I got as part of the Sportlots haul. As I talked about in the […]

The 6-For-5 Bin: This Time It’s Personal
February 12th, 2010 by slangon

We’re finally finished with the first batch of cards that I got from the old 6-for-5 bin. This is the start of the second batch. One thing I noticed during this hunt was that there was a lot of cards that I know for a fact were not there the first couple of times. That’s […]