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At last and finally - As you know, I completed the 1956 Topps set five years ago. It happened in April. Wonderful day. Two months later, I bought a car. Not much to connect...
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School's Out for Summer - *Have you ever been tossed by a wave and struggled to catch your breath?* That's sort of how I've felt the past month or so at work. Teaching, testing, g...
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Board Game Friday: My Board Game Arena Plays for May 2026! - May is officially in the books, and now, so is Little League for another year. This year, my son played in the coach pitch division - and yes, I was his c...1 day ago
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the patron saint of card shops - i don't really think there is such a thing as a patron saint for card shops, but after a semi-recent work related visit to st. cloud, i think ol' clodoald ...
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236 - SHANE MACK, TWINS, OF - *The basics: *The first of two cards of Shane Mack in the 1993 Upper Deck set. He'll show up as a drawing much later. *Card thoughts: *Card companies r...
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Vagabond Binder: Kenny Lofton - Man, my previous post-- re: the "We Didn't Start the Fire" binder-- was very well received. Felt great getting congratulatory comments from lots of folks...
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What Re:Leaf Brings to the Discussion - I'm two years late in writing this. Brian Kappel's writing brings readers up to speed on the '49 Leaf baseball card set and pushes them to explore the next...6 days ago
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Great Hockey Photos AND Wise Advice? I'll Take It! - You know what I enjoy? A good 1980s hockey police card set. For one, they're rather plentiful. They also provide excellent information on the card backs....
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Mid-Week PWE Round-Up - *A long lost Whitey and more from a couple of familiar Dodger-loving faces.* There have been a couple of old-school '80s variations on my want list for q...
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#119 Eric B. & Rakim (+ Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock bonus) - Eric B. & Rakim were given an impressive 5 cards in the 1991 Yo! MTV Raps set, but just this one in the Super Stars layout. The photo features Rakim blin...
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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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My drink of choice during the work day is Coca-Cola Zero. Last week while drinking a bottle I noticed that there was something on the ins... -
Well it's been awhile since I posted anything. I have divested of most of my extra cards, I've seen them on some of your blogs. I ... -
I picked up three more 1963 Astronaut cards. I now have twelve of the fifty-five cards, 22% of the set. I am trying now to get the indi... -
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... -
Benito Santiago won that battle convincingly. Eleven to seven. Up next is a battle of two pitchers for spot number one hundred eleven. ... -
This weeks first battle is between two Hall Of Famers and a manager who I think may end up enshrined in Cooperstown also for the number tw... -
Dan Walters played for the Padres in 1992 and 1993. I got to interact with him a few times when the Las Vegas Stars, Padres AAA, would co... -
Are we considering 1983 Vintage yet? I was twenty-six that year, out of high school for eight years, four years out of the Navy and two yea... -
Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the... -
So all the battles are complete with Trent Grisham beating out Trevor Hoffman for a spot on page five which looks like this. Bip Roberts and...
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Piazza, Griffey Jr., and Nomar please. Send or save as you wish. Thanks.
Jeter.
Thanks.
How about the Bonds? Thanks and have a safe weekend!
I tried to use the Wayback Machine to see what the website on the Grieve card looked like, but nothing of significance showed up. It'd be cool to see what some of those websites Pacific used looked like back in 1998.
nice piazza! i don't think i will ever know how many fleer inserts he has. they seem to still be coming out of the woodwork.
Clemens and Jones please and thank you!
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