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Playing With My Dodgers: Jim Wynn
From the vantage point of the 1970s, a career .250 hitter who routinely struck out over a hundred times a season wouldn't have looked like a player who belonged in a conversation of all-time greats. To...
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(Not) Junk Wax: 1994 Score Rookie/Traded
Junk wax sometimes gets a bad rap. Investor types hate the stuff, or at least disregard it. Even ardent collectors tend to dismiss the things, mainly because they already have sixteen copies of that...
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Bring It on Down to Turtleneckville
In between assembling all-encompassing Braves binders and divining meaning from ballplayers' shadows, John of Johnny's Trading Spot managed to rummage through his card wardrobe to send more much...
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Feeding the Habit: 2014 So Far...
I'm still trying to figure out this blog thing. Upon its launch, I had Feeding the Habit posts up for each Card Night of busting packs. That proved to be a terrible idea. I quickly fell behind with all...
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Inadvertent Super Veterans
Over at Top of the Topps (anybody remember that blog?), I once waxed wannabe poetic about my favorite part of my favorite Topps set (at least between 1980 and 1987, so far): Super Veterans.1983 Topps...
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Fo' Shizzle My Zistle
Last summer I began the mostly tedious (though occasionally enlightening) task of creating an inventory for my collection on Zistle as I re-began the never-ending sorting project. I got up into the...
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Early Bird's Night Owl Haul: Pack #17
What's this? Find out here.Last time we opened a pack of Childhood Night Owls I mentioned that the next pack would be the last, as I'd kinda hit the reset button in card organization at the beginning...
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Playing With My Dodgers: Updates & Tweaks
I hadn't expected to make any updates to the Playing With My Dodgers set quite so soon. But I guess it's good news. Updates mean upgrades. Let's play...2012 Topps Heritage Bobby Abreu LAD #H669Bobby...
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First Dime Box Card Show: Introduction
I literally cannot remember the last time that I attended a card show.1997 Upper Deck Collector's Choice The Big Show Kirby Puckett MIN #30I know that I went to one as a teenager in Southern California...
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First Dime Box Card Show: World Legends
It's pretty simple: I like baseball cards. All of 'em. But I'm pretty down on my chances of actually owning a copy of each one ever made. So it's prudent, while chasing everything, to prioritize a...
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I'm considering changing the name of this blog to "Beaten to the Punch."Not really, but it would be appropriate because it seems like every time I have a reasonably good idea, another blogger, well,...
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Playing With My Dodgers: Bruce Brubaker
Do you live in Kentucky? Are you on the market for a new or pre-owned car, truck or van? If so, discover “The Champion Experience” with a visit to Champion Ford Lincoln Mazda on Southtown Boulevard in...
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2x3 = More Than You Could Possibly Imagine
I'm just rolling with the punches. In fact, I'm punch drunk. What am I talking about? (Always a reasonable question around these parts.) A couple of days ago I noted how I'm often beaten to the punch...
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2x3 + (27+2 (Championships)) + 1 Big Apple = Prime Cardboard to the Nth Power
Yesterday we took a stroll down (my) memory lane, Dodgers style, courtesy of the first half of my 'Tis the Season package from Jeff, the man behind 2x3 Heroes. I was born and grew up in Southern...
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Playing With My Birthday Cards
Ballplayers play on it, they make a ton of it, and on one special day in spring training they even wear it. Green. The special day? My Birthday... otherwise known as St. Patrick's Day.1996 Upper Deck...
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Playing With My Dodgers: Jack Banta
Jack Banta was a lanky righthander with a sidearm crossfire motion. Following a couple of trials with the Dodgers in 1947 and '48, seasons in which he spent most of his time dominating International...
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First Dime Box Card Show: Theorizing in Blue
Let's step into the card blog laboratory, slip on the goggles, and see what happens, in theory, when a Dodger fan sets loose the Dime Box King at a card show...2013 Bowman Rookie Reprint Blue Sapphire...
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Playing With My Dodgers: Jeff Kubenka
Jeff Kubenka was drafted by the Dodgers in the 38th round of the 1996 amateur draft. The lefty reliever appeared in six games for LA in 1998 (0.96 ERA), and six more in 1999 (11.74 ERA). And that was...
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Insert Cards Here (Parallels Too)
I recently wrapped up my pack busting for Topps series one. (So I guess I unwrapped it up?) Old news for most of you, but I'm into delayed gratification, so I take my sweet time. Interestingly (to me,...
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