Some Old School Giants
November 14th, 2010 by slangon

Today’s episode of Sunday Afternoon Football Cards is brought to us by the number 1,973. As in a couple of 1973 Topps football cards. I don’t own a whole lot of football cards in general but my collection of vintage football cards is especially low key. I have picked up a few random ones here […]

Taking A Break from Vintage
February 13th, 2010 by slangon

So I’ve finally been able to track down some 2010 Topps. I had been trying to get it from Target, just because one of the cooler things I’ve seen from this release so far has been the Red Back inserts, which are exclusive to Target. For whatever reason, the local Target has not gotten 2010 […]

The 6-for-5 Bin Strikes Back
February 10th, 2010 by slangon

I know my part of Jersey hasn’t seen as much snow as some of our neighbors to the south, but my back is still a-barkin’ from shoveling on Saturday and now we’re expecting to get another 12-18″. What do you do when it seems like Mother Nature has it out for you? Write about some […]

Son of the 6 for $5 Bin
February 7th, 2010 by slangon

Well, Super Bowl is upon us. Today we will not only find out who the best team in the NFL is, but we’ll find out where Cy Seymour is going to spend the next month. But in the meantime, we got some baseball cards to post. Here’s “Pack 3” from the 6-for-5 bin. 1979 Topps […]

More eBay Junk, the 1973 Edition
August 11th, 2009 by slangon

Aside from collecting baseball cards, another of my hobbies is reading. Specifically, books about history or books about baseball. Sometimes, I like to mush both of those together and read a book about the history of baseball. A while back I had read Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump. You might be more familiar with […]