I have seen the Mike Martin photo on other cards. The German Barranca and Horace Clarke cards are upgrades to previous cards. Who knew Sam Perlozzo played for the Padres? How is your recognition today?
Boxed out
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I've done a fairly good job of avoiding the blaster purchase over the last
four or five years.
Once a standard pick-up, I gradually pulled away due to ...
Doing Things a Little Differently
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Every year my buddy Ryan puts together a thoughtful and generous advent
calendar for me. Normally I try to open it up and recap it in December...
which is...
New HOF guys / 9-pocket PC binder
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Now that top-tier PC guys of mine Fred McGriff and Dick Allen are finally
in Cooperstown, I'm much less emotionally invested in Hall of Fame drama.
It's ...
1952 Topps: Johnny Schmitz
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Johnny Schmitz threw an entire decade with the Cubs and is portrayed as a
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher in the 1952 Topps baseball card checklist, yet he
will a...
heritage high apple pie in the sky hopes
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i was looking forward to busting my 2025 topps heritage high numbers box
that i ordered directly from topps because we are heading into the era of
baseball...
#115 De La Soul (+ Gorillaz bonus)
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De La Soul leaps into the 1991 MusiCards set here at #115. Pro Set got a
lot of mileage out of this photo, using it on all 4 cards they put out
featurin...
Time to get going again
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Well, it looks like I took another blogging break. This time, it was for
better reasons than usual, as I had all three of my kids in town for 4
weeks dur...
209 - CHARLIE O'BRIEN, METS, C
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*The basics: *Charlie O'Brien was entering his final year with the Mets
when his card in 1993 Upper Deck was issued. Upper Deck is really going
through ...
I'm Not an Accumulator. Really.
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From the time I rediscovered my childhood trading card collection in my
mother's attic and returned to the hobby in 2014, I've thoroughly been a
"quality ...
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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