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now let's relive october - no burying the lede here - the dodgers were crowned as world series champions last october. the first franchise to repeat since the 2000 yankees. that fact...
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Weathering the weather - It's been almost a daily ritual around here the last few weeks to clear snow of the car, out off the driveway, along the walkways. This morning I got up...
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Barry Larkin Collection 1,093: 1994 Topps Bilingual - #250 - *Barry LarkinYear:* 1994 *Brand:* Topps Bilingual *Card number:* 250 In 1994, Topps issued a Spanish-language version of its base set, available only...
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Pick me a player #14 - Buster Posey - I have 133 (due to recent downsizing) different players in my keepers with at least 10 cards. The players are listed at the end of this post. In an eff...
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The One and Only - Four NFL teams have retired #12. Three of them honored franchise legends. One retired it for their fans.* *The Buffalo Bills retired the number to honor ...
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213 - KEVIN MITCHELL, MARINERS, OF - *The basics:* This is Kevin Mitchell's second card in the set. He appeared in the Teammates subset with Ken Griffey Jr. and Jay Buhner -- the first opp...
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Wallet Card in Depth: 1987 Topps Bo Jackson - 1987 Topps is where you take your 5 year old for their messy birthday party. Collectors throw a lot of shade at '87 Topps, and not without reason. Still, m...3 days ago
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A Custom Card Featuring Three Gearheads - Many years ago I was flipping through television channels, and stopped at a particular show on BBC America. It featured three guys talking about cars. And ...
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Rod rules - Remnants from Padrographs Rod's holiday pack ripping have been popping up on the blogs recently, and I've again been fortunate enough to be included on ...
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New Year, Old Cards - *A big bunch of cards to peruse.* I think I've hit a first here at the blog where I busted on past Blogger's built-in character limit for tags. I like to...
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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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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... -
It has been a heck of a summer. On June 2, we finally were able to have the Military Honors Service for my Dad, who passed away on March ... -
This is Tyler, our mailman. The mask is one he and my wife collaborated on. He supplied the fabric and patch and she made it. I have ... -
This is a battle for spot number sixty-seven. A Hall of Famer in an Archives product, a member of the 1986 team set and Xavier Nady on the ... -
Benito Santiago won that battle convincingly. Eleven to seven. Up next is a battle of two pitchers for spot number one hundred eleven. ... -
I realized as I was going through my boxes that I had two boxes of Update. These are from the first box. I got one pretty rare card in thi... -
The other day I got a PWE from Adam at Infield Fly Rule, that contained this Jack Youngblood card and another card of a Los Angeles Ram. Al... -
Last night a Grossmont High School in San Diego alumni did something that had never happened in over eight thousand games for the Padres. ... -
So after I posted these yesterday here, I also posted them in a couple of TTM groups I belong to on facebook. Someone there got my Padres... -
The 1993 Topps Kurt Stillwell wins in a run away. Adrian and Trevor each got one vote and Stillwell wins with eight. Up next is a fatal...