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Kids Dig the Bowman

The Topps monopoly forces me to pretend from time to time that there's an alternative to their usual brand of products. It's times like these that I look forward to buying Bowman cards just to get my hands on something "different". I...Show More Summary

Zistle Trade with Justin aka Lightningfan7609 aka The Hopeful Chase

Recently I completed (well, sort of, my cards are going out tomorrow) a quick Zistle trade with a member named Lightningfan7609. It was only once he sent me his address that I realized he was Justin of The Hopeful Chase. We've been trading...Show More Summary

All Clear

I've finally waded my way through all of the piles of cards affected by The Big Spill. These cards are from the last two trades whose contents all literally fell all over each other like some out of control cardboard game of Twister....Show More Summary

Signature Sundays - Jon Lester

Here's the latest addition to my Boston Red Sox autograph collection, a player that's been missing for far too long: Jon Lester's autograph has eluded me for years. I don't get the sense that he has as big a hobby following as otherShow More Summary

Airbrushed Fridays: 2010 Topps #116

Fantasy baseball can be a bit perplexing. Sometimes I will look at one of my teams and not understand why I don't have a better record. Other times, I will realize that all along I've thought that I had pretty decent pitching only to realize that Ryan Vogelsong has turned back into a pumpkin and Dan Haren hasn't been good in years. Show More Summary

Sheer Fleer

I'm still working on the 1985 Fleer set that I was so fond of as a child, so I decided to pick up a couple of packs from eBay on a whim. I'm still missing the biggest rookie (Clemens) along with a handful of other stars and commons at this point. Show More Summary

Thurman Inaction

Wednesday evening Thurman. And why not? While this might be the least actiony In Action card I've ever seen it is still pretty cool. Because Thurman, obviously, but how often do you see a mound conference on a trading card? Not bloody often. Show More Summary

Cerone Alone

Rick Cerone, 1989 Topps PUTTING PINE TAR ON MY BAT SO MY HANDS WILL STICK TO IT. LA DI DA DI DA... THERE'S TWO HITS IN THIS BAT I CAN FEEL IT. WHY YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM BRO I'LL BE FINISHED WITH THE PINE TAR...Show More Summary

Community Hoops

We're in the thick of the NBA playoffs right now, which means we're going to take a slight detour today and show off a little bit of basketball cards. This will probably be the only basketball post I do between now and June's draft,Show More Summary

Why You Should Care About Bubblegum Art

Have you ever heard of Pat Riot? If you're a voracious reader of The Baseball Card Blog and have devoured all of its pages, then I'll assume you know who he is. But if you're new to the blog (welcome!), you have to check his work out. Show More Summary

My Favorite Leafs Cards

Wow. That was the most exciting playoff hockey game I've ever seen in my lifetime. I thought about doing the obvious and posting a Bergeron card with some fan-boy rant to go along with it, but I decided I'll focus on the Leafs instead. Show More Summary

Up For Grabs: Nolan Ryan Mother's Cookies

Now that I've got my trades mostly under control, I figured it was time to fire up the ol' "Up For Grabs" machine once again. I've still got some players left in my old binders to purge, plus a heaping helping of Cardinals dupes and something I'll just call Yankeepalooza. Show More Summary

Joy of a (mostly) completed series: 2003 Topps Garbage Pail Kids

The original goal for my GPK collection was to only collect the original 15 series, but this set of 2003 "New" series (AKA series 16) fell into my lap so what the heck. It's not technically complete because I'm missing two name variants but it's close enough in my book. Show More Summary

The Diamond King Delivers

The Diamond King has been firing off PWEs to all parts of the country lately, and probably even some other countries. Back in late March, the King sent over a few surprise random Cardinals that really made my day. Brian Broderick was a late selection in the 2007 draft. Show More Summary

Signature Sundays - A Trio of Panini Classics

I have officially fallen hard for the 2012-13 Panini Classics Signatures autos. For today's Signature Sundays post we've got a trio of them, recently won from the same eBay seller. First up is Brian Mullen. I always picture him withShow More Summary

2013 Bowman blaster recap

2013 Bowman blaster [$19.99 at a Target] Pack one#21 A.J. Pierzynski#153 Carlos Beltran#BP 12 Collin Wiles#BP 100 Carlos Correa#152 Shin-Soo Choo - gold#BP 69 Anderson Feliz - International#BCP 80 Alex Meyer - Chrome#BCP 91 Gabriel Guerrero#26...Show More Summary

The Ultimate Baseball Card Set - Card #482

It's been far too long since I selected a card for my Ultimate Baseball Card Set, which is a lifelong project to build the ultimate franken-set composed of cards from all years and brands. Today I'll be selecting card #482... For such an obscure card number, I was surprised that I was able to find a few decent #482s in my collection. Show More Summary

Airbrushed Fridays: 1974 Topps #237

At the risk of sounding like Jerry Seinfeld, what is the DEAL with these umpires today? First, we had Oakland getting robbed by a botched home run call whose replay was botched because the MLB uses dollhouse sized TVs to do their reviews. Show More Summary

Gold Fish, Green Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

It's always nice to see a happy Cardinals team. I'll never get tired of these celebratory photos, even though certain doom was lurking around the corner in the form of a frustrating and heartbreaking NLCS. I'm still working my way through the team set from 2013 Topps Series 1, and received some more cards several weeks back from ARPSmith. Show More Summary

Thursday night Chippah