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Baseball cards always work - I received news today that our one remaining vehicle to drive is on death's door. It's not worth fixing and it could go kaput any day. It's been two mo...
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Back with Some More Vintage 1953-1955 Topps World on Wheels Cards! - Last week, I showed off the first eight cards (sequentially speaking) from a recent eBay purchase of a lot of 1954-1955 Topps World on Wheels cards. Today...
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229 - BUD BLACK, GIANTS, P - *The basics:* Bud Black had completed his second season with the San Francisco Giants when this card was issued. He compiled a 10-12 mark in 1992 after...
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A New Hope - Almost five decades ago in a house not that far away... sat a little Japanese boy on his family room floor. His parents had just bought him a few packs ...
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smooth sailing out of los angeles - as a team collector, i don't typically avoid dodger cards in bargain bins unless i am certain that i already own them. i do pause, however, when i find par...
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A Smorgasbord! Gardner's Bakery Milwaukee Brewers - *From the 1970s through the 1990s, it seemed like you could find your favorite baseball stars on food product packaging everywhere you looked: supermarkets...
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A Unique Card Show - Today marks my fifth anniversary of writing CardBoredom. I want to discuss a rather unique baseball card show, one where the tables exist solely to facilit...6 days ago
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How Are Those Bats? (Heating Up) - *More cards from Padrographs!* This is a dizzying time of the year to be following sports. We're already four weeks into the MLB season, soccer is soccer...
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#118 EPMD (+ KMFDM bonus) - The Orlando Magic get a bit of free advertising here on EPMD's MusiCard. Must've been a fresh cap at the time this photo was taken. The NBA expansion te...
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About Me
- Rod (Padrographs)
- Portland, OR, United States
- 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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Goose Gossage took it to the competition. He had ten votes, while poor Carmelo only got one vote and the etopps card of Xavier Nady got s... -
Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the... -
The tally of the vote favored the oldest part of Petco Park. Mike Maddux wasn't a factor at all receiving no votes. Jeff Gardner rec... -
Gary Templeton won eight votes to three. Up next is spot number ninety-two. Thank you for stopping by and thank you for your assistance... -
Woody Williams, 2000 Topps; Woody pitched in 132 games for the Padres from 1999 to 2001 and 2005 & 2006. Scott Williamson, 2006 Topps... -
Over to the left are the guys I haven't heard of. If you haven't heard of Tommy Lee, I would like to know what rock you have bee... -
Today's giveaway is an assortment of comics, first a DC/Marvel crossover featuring the Green Lantern and Silver Surfer. The Lantern in... -
This is Tyler, our mailman. The mask is one he and my wife collaborated on. He supplied the fabric and patch and she made it. I have ... -
I picked up three more 1963 Astronaut cards. I now have twelve of the fifty-five cards, 22% of the set. I am trying now to get the indi... -
Last night a Grossmont High School in San Diego alumni did something that had never happened in over eight thousand games for the Padres. ...
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I took a break from the hobby when this stuff was released, so I never opened any back in the day. A few years later, I picked up an unopened box that I look forward to busting one of these days.
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