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My Blog List
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there's a new favorite in town - hey! the 2026 baseball season is upon us! clayton kershaw's retirement brought an end to his run as my favorite active dodger. that means i needed to pick ...
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Play ball! (2026) - This is the earliest I've ever written one of these. With the World Series ending in November, and my Dodgers involved, and the season starting with six...
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Four Six-packs - *Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin... into the future.* But I finally had a chance to sit down in my office yesterday, open some packages, and sor...
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TCDB Monday: Minis, Minis, and Minis - After today, there is only one more Monday in March. That's exciting. I'm sick of winter, and I'm ready for my academic semester to be completed! In the...
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221 - TOM GORDON, ROYALS, P - *The basics: *Tom Gordon was coming off probably his least productive year with the Royals when this card was issued. No problem, Gordon was just five y...
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Little League Trophy (Or, the Golden Days) - The Favorites Box post from last week featuring Mike Pagliarulo's 1985 Topps rookie card really got the Little League nostalgia going for me—so much so th...
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Gallows Humor in the Bullpen - I've never seen the movie Fargo, but I have seen a guy in a wood chipper. After that alarming note, I feel I have some explaining to do.5 days ago
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Contest Time! March Radness Year 17 - *Fill out a bracket and win some cards.* March Radness is back for another year! You probably know the deal by now. Fill out a bracket in my contest grou...
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plain white envel-NOPE - Heads up for users of the online card marketplace *Sportlots* that "Loot" (seller-specific store credit) now expires after 90 days, and in case you haven...
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#116 Digital Underground (+ Velvet Underground bonus) - Digital Underground have four cards in the Yo! MTV Raps set, but this is their lone appearance in the Super Stars set. With several members in the group,...
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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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The team leaders card eked out the win. Six votes to four for Ed Whitson. After today's battle there will be no more battles until Satu... -
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... -
So all the battles are complete with Trent Grisham beating out Trevor Hoffman for a spot on page five which looks like this. Bip Roberts and... -
Wil Myers Bo wman card beat out the other Wil Myers card. Good point by many of you that if it says Jackie Robinson Day on the card there o... -
Merry Christmas to all. I'm still here. The last six months have been interesting. My wife had bone spurs on a hip and was in a great de... -
This is the last of the daily free stuff posts. I still have a few more things to give away, but it won't be on a daily basis. Last we... -
I am ready to start on cards 100-199 for the Phrankenset. Remember each time you vote is an entry into a contest that has some pretty cool ... -
This post has nothing to do with the SuperBowl halftime show. There were a total of 556 entries in the Phrankeset contest to this point. ... -
Tom Lampkin won the battle for the 70th spot in the binder. All the cards in this post came in the mail in the last week. First up are c... -
Dan Walters played for the Padres in 1992 and 1993. I got to interact with him a few times when the Las Vegas Stars, Padres AAA, would co...
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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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