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still scratching that 17 year itch - it wasn't too long after i had completed the 2007 topps chrome dodger team set that i decided to go after the blue refractor parallels. the base chrome car...
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A lot dumber than I thought - First off, thanks to those who showed me the way on TCDB for the 1977-79 Sportscaster cards. I received responses via the comments, email and on social ...
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Flea Market Finds #166: Cards, Cards, & Chicken - I was able to take two quick trips to local flea markets the week before and the week after my trip to Hawaii. Neither produced any super deals, but I did...
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Vintage Frankenset Page 5 - Back in 2020, I got the idea for a frankenset to give purpose to many of the random old cards that didn't really have a solid "home" in my collection. Pl...
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Got the Itch?! - Loyal blog readers will probably know that I love the Topps Allen & Ginter brand. I love it for lots of reasons, perhaps most of all being the variety of ...
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134 - DON MATTINGLY, YANKEES, 1B - *The basics:* This is the second time Don Mattingly has appeared in the set. He showed up with Roberto Kelly in the Teammates subset at card #47. *Card ...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 12: More Like... - *Oregon faces their final road test of the season in their penultimate conference game. * I probably say this every year at this time, but man, this col...
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Serial Stack 2 - the Winner! - **First things first... I recently had a generous fellow blogger contact me to ask if I had received a PWE he had sent me. Unfortunately, I did not, the c...
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#95 Sting - Here's Sting at #95 in the 1991 MusiCards checklist. The sinister smile and black turtleneck calls to mind the old "Sprockets" sketch from Mike Myers ...
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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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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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