Now the Padres go north to face the only team in the National League West with a worse record than themselves, the San Francisco Giants. Let's see if we can stay 4th place and not inhabit the cellar the rest of the year. The Sportster website predicts the Padres will win the series in 2024. That is the year I turn 67. That will be 49 years after I saw my first Padres game in person.
Preview picture by Travis Peterson of Punk Rock Paint and the Gaslamp Baseball preview.
With roughly 10% of the season gone, it is projected that the Padres will win 60 games and lose 102. That should be good bad enough for a #1 pick. The Padres have had the first overall pick 5 times and chose the following, Mike Ivie, Dave Roberts, Billy Almon, Andy Benes and Matt Bush.
Cliff Floyd played in 10 games for the Padres in 2009 at the end of a seventeen year major league career. I have submitted this card to two or three private signings and this is the first one that actually happened. Cliff took part in Exposfest and it got signed there through PastPros.
I have long been a member of #BringBacktheBrown, so I decided to change the color of the dates. Also I am sorry but I think my cynicism for this season is beginning to show.
Serial #d winner
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We had 11 participants for the drawing, and a few more that committed to
sending things out, without entering the drawing, which I also
appreciate.So here...
2025 Topps Holiday Advent Calendar: Day 12
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Can you believe that we are halfway to Christmas, at least if you go by the
standard 24-day Advent Calendar? That's right, after today, we will have
finis...
Contest Reminder and a PWE Round-Up
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*Cards from little envelopes.*
Before I get into today's crop of cards, here is your final reminder to go
and sign up for the College Football Postseason...
Mattingly Madness
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Donnie Baseball time! I didn't get into baseball until 1990, so, having
missed out on his 80s peak, I wasn't really a big Mattingly fan growing up.
But s...
the days of archives
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not quite "sands through the hourglass" stuff, but i spent a little bit of
time on wednesday opening the blaster of 2025 topps archives that i ordered
from...
C.A.: 2025 Topps Now Andy Pages, card #823
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*(Greetings on National App day. I can recall the carefree days when I
didn't know what an app was. Now I am wondering if there is a National
Delete Your A...
203 - DARYL BOSTON, METS, OF
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*The basics:* This is the first of Daryl Boston's two cards in the 1993
Upper Deck set. He signed as a free agent with the Rockies in December 1992
and ...
1949 Leaf: Hippity Hopp
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The first in a series of 98 explorations into how seemingly every player
depicted in the '49 Leaf Baseball set earned their nicknames. Before the
advent of...
You Can't Stand It, You Know I Planned It
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Back in 2020, I designed a custom card that remains a fan favorite to this
day.
The following year I added a counterpart, featuring another rap trio...
The Bulk Box Keepers
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It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I'm spending the majority of it on
my back in an effort to let my lower back relax and return to normal. As I
pr...
#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.