These were all orders from the autograph dealer. We were trying to make cards of players who had never had cards or who never had cards with a particular team.
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Highs and Lows - Today has been one helluva emotional roller coaster. Woke up excited to kick off my holiday break with a trip to the Branham High School Flea Market. How...
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how many days until spring? - there are 90 days between today, the winter solstice, and march 21, the spring solstice. who knows, however, what punxsutawney phil will predict in terms o...
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Yes, he was the best - You are going to see, or you have already read, many tributes to Rickey Henderson today. A lot will discuss his mind-blowing skill on the base paths a...
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140 - JERALD CLARK, PADRES, OF - *The basics:* The first of two Jerald Clark cards in the '93 Upper Deck set. He was an expansion draft choice of the Colorado Rockies so he appears as ...
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Board Game Friday: My Top 50 Games of 2024 (#20 - 11) - Welcome to part 4 (of 5) of my Top 50 Board Games of 2024! Today, we move into my Top 20 as we look at games ranked #20 through #11. Next week, we'll finis...
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some COMC highlights - Showing off some various pickups from my latest COMC order. I was happy to hear Dick Allen and Dave Parker got the "Call to the Hall" the other day, thou...
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#96 Tiffany (+ Robin Sparkles bonus) - At first glance, you might think this is another card for Alannah Myles ( #80-81), but nope, it's Tiffany. Seems this must be from a period when she was r...
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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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Wait, there was another Boomer Wells besides the big lefty starting pitcher of the 1990s?
That's what I was about to say!
Yup...before there was David "Boomer" Wells, there was Greg "Boomer" Wells! And, oddly, this isn't the first post about him in the baseball card blog world today...Getting Back Into Baseball Cards In Japan had a post about his coffee can figurine thingy today! https://baseballcardsinjapan.blogspot.com/2020/05/cans-of-coffee-that-come-with-baseball.html
Never heard of Greg Wells. In fact, I went 0 for 9 in name recognition on this post. Glad to hear that these guys never had cards or never had cards with a particular team. That makes me feel a little better.
Boomer Wells (Greg) went on to become a massive star in Japan, he won the triple crown one year.
I find it hard to believe that it is a coincidence that there are two Boomer Wells, both of whom came up with the Blue Jays in the 1980s. I suspect (but have zero evidence to back this up) that David Wells nickname came from somebody who remembered the original Boomer (who came up a couple years earlier).
No Fidel Castro?
Anyway, thanks for the cards you sent me. You're quite generous.
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