In 2014 my wife, I and our 2 and a half year old granddaughter drove from Portland to Keizer to watch the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes play the Eugene Emeralds. That is the Giants vs. the Padres in short season rookie league ball. I took pictures that night and made them into cards. I got the majority of the team to sign them. One of the players on that team was Travis Radke. I got him to sign that card and then started following his career. He disappeared in 2016 and reappeared in 2017 in the same league I first saw him in. The team had relocated to Washington and he had missed a year due to Tommy John surgery. We talked and I took some pictures but didn't make a card set that year. This year Travis got invited to big league camp as a non roster invitee. I made a 2020 card for him and sent it to him. Came back in just nine days. I will make an update card if he makes the team, I may make an update anyway since I have found a couple of better photos since I made this. He is Padrograph #1195
Another parallel from the '70s
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Parallels are mostly considered a card phenomenon of the last 35 years, but
they existed in the '80s, '70s and earlier.
I've written about one of the ...
new cardart: Silhouette Cards
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I haven't really shared any new art projects of mine so far this year, but
I've been tinkering on a project for the past few months. All the Christmas
tr...
Big, Bigger, and Biggest
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Opening Day has come and gone. I've been working on a post related to it
for about a week. Hope to finish it up over the weekend and publish it in
a few ...
almost free stuff friday is back!
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it's friday! just as it has been every seven days for millennia. today,
however, i am bringing back "almost free stuff friday".
i am going to post a bunch ...
157 - JUNIOR FELIX, ANGELS, OF
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*The basics:* Second straight card with a leap at the wall! This is the
first of two Junior Felix cards in the '93 Upper Deck set. He was an
expansion ...
How Will the Reds Fare in 2025?
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The *real* start of the baseball season is nearly here (the Reds should
always be the harbinger of the beginning of the season; overseas games can
be ignor...
#103 Jody Watley (+ Chappell Roan bonus)
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Between this and the previous low-resolution UB40 photo, I needed to check
my cards to make sure my new all-in-one printer didn't do a poor job
scanning t...
Cards from Oren and a Final Contest Reminder!
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*Don't forget to fill out your bracket! And let's check out some terrific
cards from Oren. *
We're less than 24 hours away from the start of the big NC...
Tom Silardi? A show recap.
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The recent card show produced some pretty fun stuff. Here's a sampling:1
Beltre refractor, #d /660. This kind of card I would take all day long.2
Teddy ...
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.
1 comment:
1,195 = darn impressive
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