Artie Wilson and Maurice Lucas both passed away yesterday. I have met both of them and spent a little bit of time with Artie. Artie Wilson was 90 and Maurice Lucas was 58. I will write more about them this evening.
Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
2025 Topps Holiday Advent Calendar: Day 05
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We've made it to Friday, and with it, the end of the semester for me (at
least in terms of regular lectures; I give a final exam next week). Let's
celebra...
Beat up vintage Winner
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We had 5 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to
sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also
appreciate.So her...
Card numbers for commons: 412
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Touching on another blog series that I haven't tackled for a bit. It's been
just over a year since I wrote a "Card Numbers for Commons" post. I
definite...
1952 Topps Yakyu Player: Leo Kiely
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Get out your boom sticks and prepare to chant your favorite player's name.
It's time for the crossover between Japanese baseball and 1952 Topps
baseball ca...
Ups and Downs
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Only two more days until the De Anza Flea Market. It's supposed to be sunny
and cool... just how I like it. Sadly, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to
mak...
202 - DENNIS COOK, INDIANS, P
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*The basics: *Dennis Cook makes a memorable, lone entrance in the 1993
Upper Deck set. He was just four years into a long career yet had changed
teams f...
variations are the theme
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i stopped being a team collector in 2012. that's not entirely true,
obviously, but the focal point of my team collecting, up until that point,
was my topps...
Vintage Frankenset Page 6
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Back in 2020, I got the idea for a frankenset to give purpose to many of
the random old cards that didn't really have a solid "home" in my
collection. Pl...
Future Baseball Plans
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*The new Cardinals... maybe not the same as the old Cardinals.*
I've tried not to dwell on this too much, but my interest in baseball in
general has fall...
#113 Boogie Down Productions (+ Sublime bonus)
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Here's a shot of KRS-One, the driving force behind the hip-hop group Boogie
Down Productions, at card #113 in the '91 MusiCards set. This card has a
re...
I am a Navy brat who went to 10 schools in 12 years in 4 different states. I have lived in 7 different states. I read two or 3 books a week. I manage a used bookstore for the county library system.
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Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
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