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My Blog List
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I thought I knew better - Growing up is all about figuring out who you are and what you want to be, but also what your interests are, what you enjoy and what speaks to you. The...
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Mascots, Mustaches, and a Mystery - Sometimes collectors collect the craziest things. I know, because I'm one of those collectors. Back in March, Topps released their Celebration mega boxes ...
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mr. baseball's memorial patch - here's another post to document one of the memorial patches worn during the 2025 season. today, memorial day, i'll share the card that represents the patch...
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST POST - This post can be edited to diagnose error messages. Test change 1. Test change 2. Test image will be lower. YouTube video test. Another test change.1 day ago
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TCDB Monday! - Happy Monday, everyone! As usual, I'm back with another peek inside my mailbox at the last week's worth of trades. We'll start with a trade with user RBla...
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More Adventures from a Time Gone By - A few months ago here on the blog, I shared four cards that I'd picked up from a 1956 set called Gum Inc. Adventure. Combine the fantastic artwork on the f...
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233 - MIKE MUSSINA, ORIOLES, P - *The basics:* This is the first of two cards for Mike Mussina in the 1993 Upper Deck set. He was one of the biggest sensations of the 1992 season. *Card...
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We Didn't Start The Fire (but we finished the binder!) - Way back in 2017, I got the idea to put together a binder corresponding to subjects referenced in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire". Fun wa...
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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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How Are Those Bats? (Heating Up) - *More cards from Padrographs!* This is a dizzying time of the year to be following sports. We're already four weeks into the MLB season, soccer is soccer...
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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.
Popular Posts
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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 ... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
The tally of the vote favored the oldest part of Petco Park. Mike Maddux wasn't a factor at all receiving no votes. Jeff Gardner rec... -
Benito Santiago won that battle convincingly. Eleven to seven. Up next is a battle of two pitchers for spot number one hundred eleven. ...
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Merry Christmas, Rod!
Merry Christmas Rod! I thought of you a few days ago. My friend and her mom got stuck in Portland when her flight got cancelled twice. She was telling me how icy the roads were. Anyways, I hope you and your family stay warm and safe.
Hope you had a great Christmas Rod!
Belated Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
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