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Adding a little, losing (hopefully) a lot - Hey, it's another downsizing post. I didn't get to one of these in June and there are still cards that need to go out the door. I've been pretty lax in...
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TCDB Monday: Another New-to-Me Larkin Card (from a Confusing Set)! - Last week was a slow week on the trading front. I completed one sale and one trade. For the trade, I sent away a Barry Larkin short print, plus a few more...
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The Sunday Sort: Patches, Planes, & The Professor - The past six Sundays, I've dedicated at least a couple of hours to sorting and scanning with the majority of the cards coming from fellow bloggers. Sadly....
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2025 National Pickup - Judy Johnson Signed Baseball - Another Hall of Famer was added to the collection at last year's National when I got a great deal on this baseball signed by Judy Johnson. He was a former...
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Have I Completed This Menko Set? I'm Still Not Sure. - Back in 2020, I came across a menko lot for sale on ebay. Despite the large quantity (I certainly didn't need such a stack), nostalgia took over, and I mad...
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here's a 2026 topps chrome blaster - all 28 cards of it - my blaster of 2026 topps chrome that i purchased directly from topps showed up on wednesday. that was in line with release day which is nice. four cards pe...
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245 - BARRY LARKIN, REDS, SS - *The basics:* Barry Larkin shows up for the first time in the '93 Upper Deck set after another standout season. In his other card in the set he joins so...
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Additional Notes on 1949 Leaf Variations - A follow up on the relative scarcity of the different variations in the 1949 Leaf set. I was able to get insights from someone who has extensive knowledge ...6 days ago
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P-town Tom - Where Are They Now? - Here's an idea I've been kicking around for a while: A blog series checking in with some of my favorite former/dormant cardbloggers. To me, the glory day...
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New and Old Wave - *A surprise mailer of cards from the spring.* Back in April I was the lucky recipient of another interesting package of cards from Padrographs. I've been...
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- 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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5 comments:
My name recognition was not good. Not good at all!
Tommy Toms should have had a long MLB career just on his name alone!
I didn't recognize any names although I did check and found that ike is tom brookens' cousin.
0 for 9 again. I'm kinda surprised that I don't recognize at least one of these guys, since six played in the Bay Area during an era I was attending games.
Tommy Toms? Sounds like a fake name to me!
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