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Flea Market Finds #188: A Classic Set & A Fidrych Food Issue - Spring Break has come and gone. I already wrote about my road trip. Now it's time to recap my trip to the De Anza Flea Market that took place two days ea...
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the closer - i know that he is back in the starting rotation, but roki sasaki has proven to be a closer for me in the early goings of 2026. no fewer than three dodger t...
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Some things that were 'a big deal' then and some things that are 'a big deal' now - Rod of Padrographs is sending out cards again and I received one of the envelopes last week. A nice surprise. The package contained a mix of then and n...
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The 1989-90 OPC Hockey Sticker Album Project: Packs 1–6 - A few weeks ago here on the blog, I shared the newly acquired sticker album you see above, along with a box of 48 packs of stickers from that same seas...
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225 - JOSE OFFERMAN, DODGERS, SS - *The basics:* Jose Offerman was coming off his first full season in the major leagues when this card was issued. This is the first of his two cards in t...
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The Argument I’m Not Making (Except Maybe I Am) - I would not have voted for Mike Garcia to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but I absolutely would want him to at least be in the conversation when ballot...3 days ago
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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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Contest Results! - *Another March Radness contest is in the books. Let's check the results!* With Michigan holding off UConn last night, we have some winners to announce i...
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Crunch Time! - Now that we've flipped the calendar to April, I'm in the middle of what I call "crunch time" at work. Basically, it's the end of the semester, which means...1 week ago
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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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- 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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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
This weeks first battle is between two Hall Of Famers and a manager who I think may end up enshrined in Cooperstown also for the number tw... -
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... -
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Austin Hedges beat Hunter Refroe nine votes to seven. It was neck and neck for a few moments. Up next is a battle between a current Padr...
5 comments:
My name recognition was not good. Not good at all!
Tommy Toms should have had a long MLB career just on his name alone!
I didn't recognize any names although I did check and found that ike is tom brookens' cousin.
0 for 9 again. I'm kinda surprised that I don't recognize at least one of these guys, since six played in the Bay Area during an era I was attending games.
Tommy Toms? Sounds like a fake name to me!
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