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My Blog List
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A Few Bucks in my Pocket and Procrastination on my Mind. - Every now and then, I get the urge to try to reduce my want list by making some purchases. Maybe it's when I have a couple of spare dollars; maybe it's wh...
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Another TTM Success From Nate Schierholtz - While going through my boxes, I pulled a couple 2010 cards to send out to Nate Schierholtz. I had gotten him back in 2019, so it has been long enough to s...
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A Few Goodbyes and a Pair of Set Completions - I'm an A's and Padres fan. You know that. And there are times when the San Francisco Giants are my least favorite franchise in baseball. This isn't one ...
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More Stunners from the 1930s - A few months ago, I shared some cards from the early 1930s that were more like little pieces of art. They were originally issued by a German margarine comp...
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hit it cc - well, i am not sure why it didn't happen last year following his induction into the hall of fame, but tonight the yankees are retiring cc sabathia's number...
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Good Luck Ducks, Week 4: California Bound - *The Ducks open conference play in LA.* After being left for dead just two weeks into the season (ha!), Oregon took out their frustrations on a Portland ...
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Hey there, 1940s - Here is what I know about the 1940s, off the top of my head: World War II, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, the atomic bomb. Jackie Robinson breaking the color ba...
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A Passing Resemblance - Barney McCoskey looks a lot like Ray Kroc on the front of his 1952 Topps baseball card. Reading the stats on the back, I can't help but think he bears a cl...3 days ago
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Vintage Frankenset Page 7 - Back in the desolate days of 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" i...
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#127 Heavy D. & The Boyz (+ In Living Color subset bonus) - Heavy D. & The Boyz have this one MusiCard in series one, another one in the UK edition (different photo), and then 5 cards in the Yo! MTV Raps set. This...
2 weeks ago
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.
Popular Posts
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The Player: Justin Lange The Card: 2020 Bowman Draft Picks, #BD-99 How I obtained it: Bought it on eBay and received it December 23, 2020 Ab... -
The Player: Horace Clarke The Card: A very early custom card. How I obtained the auto: I sent the card through the mail and Mr. Clarke re... -
The Player: Joe"Shoes"Pittman The Card: 1983 Fleer #369 How I obtained the Auto: I sent it to him with a green sharpie and he ... -
It has been a minute since I last posted but Night Owls' post about the number of bloggers who post once is motivating me to at least... -
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... -
Oscar Mercado signed two minor league deals with the Padres and opted out of both of them after playing for the El Paso Chihuahuas. Sean Man... -
I went sorting through my stuff today and sorting it. I found a bunch of stuff I thought you all might want. First come, first served. Plea... -
Just one new Padrograph card this week. Stuart over at SR'75 Cards knows Joe McIlvaine. He was looking for a postcard of Mr. McIlva... -
Note: John Sharp had picked #11 in this spot but that is Manny Alexander and he was featured back on July 13, 2026 when Nachos Grande pick... -
The Player: Josh Hader The Card: 2023 Topps, Series 2, #392 How I obtained the Auto: I bought in on eBay and received it July 3, 2026 About ...