On The Ninth Day of Christmas…
December 22nd, 2012 by slangon

…my collection gave to me… Nine Crusty Skippers, Eight Team Portraits, Seven Hall of Famers, Six Vintage Oddballs, Five Mini Mets, Four Old Ass Cards, Three Guys Named Johnny, Two Keith Hernandez’s, And a Vintage Moe Berg!

And So It Begins…
October 5th, 2012 by slangon

So the regular season is a thing of the past. Now that MLB has separated the wheat from the chaff, let the post season begin. Actually before the post season proper can get underway, we have the little issue of the second Wild Card to contend with. That is what is going down today. The […]

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone
July 4th, 2012 by slangon

Let’s hear it for the old and Have a great day, everyone. Have fun. Be safe.

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!

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 […]

Quarter Bin Madness
April 20th, 2011 by slangon

Sometimes I find it sort of humorous how, as a card collector, if I haven’t gotten any cards in a while, I get a jones for it. I mean like a real physical jones. A few weeks ago I had one of those jones’ and swung on over the local card shop to scratch that […]

On The Eighth Day of Christmas…
December 21st, 2010 by slangon

… my collection gave to me 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!

The Quest for the 1960 Topps Set, Part XVI
September 28th, 2010 by slangon

It’s always a good day when you can cross a couple of Hall of Famers off the vintage card set that you’re collecting. I was able to snag the 2 of these off of the same eBay seller for a couple of bucks for both. #28 Brooks Robinson One really fun thing about baseball cards, […]

Happy 4th of July, Everybody.
July 4th, 2010 by slangon

Here’s to the old Red, White and Blue. Red Schoendienst says have a “Very Good” holiday. (groan)

Lots and Lots of Sportlots
January 31st, 2010 by slangon

This is the first part of another successful haul from Sportlots. The second portion was coming from a separate seller, and has yet to arrive here at SlangKo World Headquarters. That particular group of cards will be dealt with at a later date. This group of cards, which will be dealt with right here and […]