A really, really, really long time ago, I had bought this weird re-pack thing from Target, which I kept meaning to write up a little thing about. I even got as far as starting to scan and upload some cards. I’m sure everyone who has tried their hand at keeping up a blog knows the […]
Tags: 2007 Goudey, retro sets, Tony Gwynn
Filed Under: Card of the Moment by slangon
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So a week or two ago, Nachos Grande announced their Card For Clunkers 2.0 Program. It’s such a good idea, I might need to steal it. Of course that would involve me getting off my ass and figuring out what cards I would include, so don’t hold your breath. Anyway, here’s the basic gist of […]
Tags: 1933 DeLong, 2008 Topps Chrome, Bobby Ojeda, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, junk wax, Keith Hernandez, mail day, manilla envelope, Mets, Mookie Wilson, Nachos Grande, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, Phillip Humber, Rafael Santana, Randy Myers, retro sets
Filed Under: Trade by slangon
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Coming Up with a Checklist Now that the decision has been made to enter the world of baseball card publishing (at least in a totally made-up way), I need to really plan out this set. It’s sort of a given that it have a retro look and feel, because after all, those are the sets […]
Tags: Custom Cards, Daniel Murphy, Mets, Oliver Perez, retro sets, SlangKo Heroes of the Diamond
Filed Under: Custom Cards by slangon
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While looking into the checklist of known Moe Berg cards, I came across the 2005 Helmar set. Honestly, the only reason I ended up really looking into it was because when I did a search for Moe Berg on the Beckett site, his card from this set had an asterix next to it (Which I […]
Tags: 2005 Helmar, boxers, House of David, Japanese Players, Moe Berg, Negro Leagues, retro sets
Filed Under: Cards I Would Like to Own by slangon
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In organizing my collection, I felt that the first thing that I needed to do was to really figure out what I was trying to do with my collection. Up until this point, it consisted of a bunch of baseball cards in boxes, sitting in a bigger box on the floor of my office. After […]
Tags: Allen & Ginter, Goudey, Keith Hernandez, Mets, prime directives, retro sets, Topps Heritage
Filed Under: Organization by slangon
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