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world cup stickers from another part of the world - here's a non-baseball post that makes sense with the 2026 world cup underway. my wife and i recently traveled to the uk and i took notice of panini sticker...
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Why I go to card shows - As much as I've complained about the pokemonification of card shows the last couple of years, when they are right, they are very right. Nothing else can...
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Summer Goals - It's been a few years since I have sat down and hammered out some hobby goals. But since I won't be teaching this summer, I wanted to get three hobby rela...
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2025 Series Custom Cards: PRINTED (Plus a Giveaway) - Did you think all of the "2025 year in review" content out there on the internet was finally over? Well, think again! You're looking at a collage of t...
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Board Game Friday: My Board Game Arena Plays for May 2026! - May is officially in the books, and now, so is Little League for another year. This year, my son played in the coach pitch division - and yes, I was his c...3 days ago
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236 - SHANE MACK, TWINS, OF - *The basics: *The first of two cards of Shane Mack in the 1993 Upper Deck set. He'll show up as a drawing much later. *Card thoughts: *Card companies r...
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Vagabond Binder: Kenny Lofton - Man, my previous post-- re: the "We Didn't Start the Fire" binder-- was very well received. Felt great getting congratulatory comments from lots of folks...
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What Re:Leaf Brings to the Discussion - I'm two years late in writing this. Brian Kappel's writing brings readers up to speed on the '49 Leaf baseball card set and pushes them to explore the next...1 week ago
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Mid-Week PWE Round-Up - *A long lost Whitey and more from a couple of familiar Dodger-loving faces.* There have been a couple of old-school '80s variations on my want list for q...
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#119 Eric B. & Rakim (+ Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock bonus) - Eric B. & Rakim were given an impressive 5 cards in the 1991 Yo! MTV Raps set, but just this one in the Super Stars layout. The photo features Rakim blin...
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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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My drink of choice during the work day is Coca-Cola Zero. Last week while drinking a bottle I noticed that there was something on the ins... -
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... -
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... -
Well it's been awhile since I posted anything. I have divested of most of my extra cards, I've seen them on some of your blogs. I ... -
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... -
Are we considering 1983 Vintage yet? I was twenty-six that year, out of high school for eight years, four years out of the Navy and two yea... -
Benito Santiago won that battle convincingly. Eleven to seven. Up next is a battle of two pitchers for spot number one hundred eleven. ... -
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... -
Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the... -
I didn't pick up any new cards this week, but I did get a $100 ebay gift card for my birthday yesterday, so there will be some new car...
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Horace Clarke I remember well as a Yankee. I remember Barranca, too, mostly because you don't forget a name like "German Barranca".
Clarke, Perlozzo and Patterson went on to appear on junk wax everywhere as a member of the Pirates.
Maybe it's because I'm half asleep... or maybe my baseball knowledge is not as good as I thought... but I struck out completely on these tonight.
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