In 2014 my wife, I and our 2 and a half year old granddaughter drove from Portland to Keizer to watch the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes play the Eugene Emeralds. That is the Giants vs. the Padres in short season rookie league ball. I took pictures that night and made them into cards. I got the majority of the team to sign them. One of the players on that team was Travis Radke. I got him to sign that card and then started following his career. He disappeared in 2016 and reappeared in 2017 in the same league I first saw him in. The team had relocated to Washington and he had missed a year due to Tommy John surgery. We talked and I took some pictures but didn't make a card set that year. This year Travis got invited to big league camp as a non roster invitee. I made a 2020 card for him and sent it to him. Came back in just nine days. I will make an update card if he makes the team, I may make an update anyway since I have found a couple of better photos since I made this. He is Padrograph #1195
Doing well, thank you
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I crab a lot on this blog. I know that.
This is how I handle stress. Writing gets it all out. I don't drink to
excess. I don't speed down the street. ...
One to Open, One to Keep
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1991 Impel Laffs isn't going to be for everyone, but to a collector who
enjoys building sets and opening packs... these two boxes brought a smile
to my f...
Monday, Monday, Monday (TCDB Day!)
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I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. Despite the holiday,
my mailman was busy all week delivering me TCDB trades! Let's see what
showed u...
From the Favorites Box: Rick Schu, 1987 Topps #209
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*A series where I post some thoughts about favorite cards. Previous cards
in the series are available here.*
There's so much 1980s goodness on this Rick...
summer blockbuster card show
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in addition to catching up with brian and receiving a nice grouping of
cards from him, i spent some money at the june club card show. it was a
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A Holiday Weekend PWE Round-Up
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*Fun things come in small envelopes.*
It's time for another round of small trade envelopes and things of that
nature. This bunch is pretty baseball (an...
174 - CARLOS BAERGA, INDIANS, 2B
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*The basics:* Carlos Baerga appears for the second time in the 1993 Upper
Deck set. He joined his Cleveland teammates in the Teammates subset back at
c...
Coming back after the back
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I'm back again, after a minute. This time, the main thing that has kept
me from blogging has been back problems. This stems from an injury I had
over 20...
#106 U2 (+ Rattle and Hum 12-card set)
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It's U2 revisited here at #106, just a few posts after we last saw them at card
#101. This shot looks like it could be a candid of them sketching out a
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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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1,195 = darn impressive
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