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another one down, still nine to go - and that doesn't include the one i found that i didn't know about - you might recognize the title of this post as i've used it before. it means that i have added one of my "nefarious 9" - my most wanted cards. of course, th...
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Spreading the card love - This is the giveaway post featuring the extras from my winnings from The Diamond King vintage giveaway on his blog last month. I'll reveal the cards I'...
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TCDB Monday: The Holiday Haul (part 1)! - One of the best perks of my job is that I get nearly a month off from work around the holidays. Unfortunately for me, that vacation is now done! Today, I...
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2025 Golf Season Review - Nothing to see there. Just a bunch of turkeys strolling across the 9th green while my golf ball waits and watches in the background. This past year, I...
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The 2025 Refractor Report - This is the second installment of my annual look at the current market environment for the famed 1993 Finest Refractor baseball card set. Transaction and g...2 days ago
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Good Luck Ducks, Playoff Semifinal Edition: Peachy Rematch - *Oregon takes on the only team that has defeated them this season in the Peach Bowl.* The Ducks did a rare thing last week in their second CFP game this ...
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Out with 2025 and onto 2026 - *GOALS* I don't think I assigned myself any blogging/collecting goals last year other than to keep posting. And while I didn't post *a lot*, I did keep ...
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207 - CHARLIE HOUGH, WHITE SOX, P - *The basics: *The first of two Charlie Hough cards in the 1993 Upper Deck set. His next appearance will be with the expansion Florida Marlins. A veteran...
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Chips & Donuts - *Eating healthier* is one of the most common New Year's resolutions and something I need to improve on. But my first post of the year centers around cards...
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#114 BulletBoys (+ Warrant bonus) - Oh boy, of the many sloppy screw-ups in the 1991 MusiCards set, perhaps the most egregious is here at #114. Sure, if you pulled this BulletBoys card from...
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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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It is less eleven months until Christmas 2019 and I am not sure that I will finish documenting all the packs from Christmas 2018 by then. ... -
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Padrograph #1205, Joe Pepitone. Joe retired from the Braves in 1973, tried playing in Japan for a few months and then retired again...
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Horace Clarke I remember well as a Yankee. I remember Barranca, too, mostly because you don't forget a name like "German Barranca".
Clarke, Perlozzo and Patterson went on to appear on junk wax everywhere as a member of the Pirates.
Maybe it's because I'm half asleep... or maybe my baseball knowledge is not as good as I thought... but I struck out completely on these tonight.
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