My player collections, as anyone who has seen this blog will know, mostly center on Cleveland Indians from their powerful teams of the 1990's. Thome, Vizquel, Lofton, Belle, Alomar and Alomar. Fo...
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Another beautiful day in Rochester (re: windy with chance of sun, rain, or snow), and I was running errands, including stopping at the local card store to pick up some cards for a trade. (I've b...
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No, it is not a redhead, or that sports car that one of my friends has while I drive a minivan. It is those great, well-designed, shiny (SHY-NEEEEE!) cards from the late '90's, Topps Gold Label ...
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Just opened my jumbo box of 2013 Topps. I love the fact that I get the entire series from the one box, plus a good amount of inserts, and three or four hits. Set - done! My hits: auto: Joel H...
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I haven't been trading much because I have been student teaching, but I finally got back to it a bit. I've made a few trades and purchases for some sets, but the one trade I was able to make for ...
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I can't bite my tongue any longer. The bitterness and divisiveness in this country is sickening. The local elections, state elections, and federal elections are so acrimonious that I am disgusted...
I felt the burning itch (no, not THAT burning itch) to find another auto, so I began going pack by pack through my local hobby shop's jumbo hobby packs of 2012 Topps. Didn't get a great auto (And...
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I did okay. Not great. Not bad. I was hoping for the Koufax auto-patch, like this one on eBay . Not this time. But I did get a decent auto and a HOF relic. If you have something worthy to trade f...
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(UPDATED 04/20/2013) (GREYED-OUT numbers are no longer needed) (GREEN are incoming) (HIGH PRIORITY ARE IN RED) Wanltist 1980-today can be found here . Topps Heritage wantlists can be f...
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First, a joke: What is the difference between in-laws and outlaws? Outlaws are wanted. Hmmm. Now, on to business. I noticed recently that I have six of the 2008 UD Baseball Heroes cards o...
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So I'm putting cream in my coffee at the local artsy, college student hangout coffee bar, and I look up, and who is sitting there having a conversation with what looks to be a professor-type, bu...
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There's a small card shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts, on the North Shore about twenty minute drive from Boston, that I try to get to every time we go visit my in-laws. They have singles, single...
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Haven't seen or heard much about it, but the 2012 Topps Baseball Series 1 is almost here. It should be out this week or next, according to the local shop. There are a couple of interesting fea...
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Little did I know that, when I picked the name for this blog, that I would find a set of cards that reflects my sentiments. But I did. And with a Jim Thome card, too. Is this an awesome car...
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RED SOX PURPOSELY TANK IN SEPTEMBER Miss Playoffs So They Can Draft Andrew Luck Once they sobered up, realized they were in the wrong league!
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Ozzie Guillen did something he should probably never do again. He opened his mouth and spoke. This time, he didn't just insult a player, coach, umpire, owner, hot dog vendor, or MLB executive. ...
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I have never seen a "hot box" opened before, besides the stacked ones that Beckett gets from the manufacturers. I didn't even believe they really existed. Kinda like Santa Claus, the Easter ...
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Before I put these on eBay, I'd thought I'd give my trading partners some time to make me an offer on the two case hits that I got from 2011 Heritage. The first you saw in my review: the Baseball...
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I picked up a cheap box of Topps 206 last year, and although I did not get any fantastic hits, so I thought, I did get some minis, one of which was a Cycle-back Cal Ripken, numbered to 99. Some o...
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Going through my vintage cards to find and scan the Indians to put in my Picasa folder, I came across a few cards that I did not remember I had. This one especially stuck out. Hmmm, that lo...
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I'm very pleased with my two boxes of 2011 Topps Heritage. I love the design, which is based on the 1962 Topps design, wood-grain background and big bold yellow geometrical shapes. The pictures,...
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I am starting a new series which should get me blogging again on a more regular basis. I have been MIA after getting bored with blogging and busy with family and school, but now I need a more reg...
http://cheapseatsaints.blogspot.com/2011/03/1999-sports-illustrated-greats-of-game.html
I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, or even minimally. I have no excuse, except for Life. Sometimes it intervenes. I have, however, continued to trade and even buy and sell a few cards...