Monthly Archives: August 2010
The 1988 Project Day 24 – Ricky Jordan
The cards I’m going to show you today were incredibly hot property in late 1988/early 1989. Ricky Jordan was a budding superstar. No kidding. Today he’s little more than a baseball footnote, but we were all convinced he was the … Continue reading
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1994 Bowman’s Best #1
This time, let’s wander a bit afield of the 80s and even the early 90s as we start to get into the incredible mid-90s Expos teams and a pretty cool little set, 1994 Bowman’s Best. Of course, as with all … Continue reading
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Weekend Pickups
I mentioned in several posts this weekend that I busted some Topps Value Boxes…four, to be exact, as I was looking to get the entire Chrome set that comes exclusively in the set and was lacking only the Ruth at … Continue reading
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Box Break: 2002 UD Authentics
I haven’t disguised my love for this set, that’s for sure, and yet I’ve always found the boxes tantalizingly out of reach, either too expensive or difficult to find, so when I found a box going for an obscenely cheap … Continue reading
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The 1988 Project Day 23 – Willie Upshaw
Willie will always be, for better or worse, the guy who blocked Fred McGriff at first base, but he wasn’t a half-bad first baseman. 1988, however, would be the end of a 10-year career. In 88, he was 30 years … Continue reading
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It’s Here…
And it was a hot one; printed odds of a relic are 1:16 packs. I pulled four relics out of 18 packs. That’s beating the odds! I’ll show the pulls off tomorrow.
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1989 Upper Deck #6
Man, team sets sure were bigger back in the day! Last entry. Can’t go wrong with a Tim Raines card, even if the shot is not particularly interesting. Or maybe it is? What is he looking at? Is he just … Continue reading
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The Newest Addition to my Collection
Oh, yes. Look at thing. It’s a thing of beauty. One of these days I really need to feature my GU/Auto Zimmerman collection.
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End of the Draft
We’re closing in on the end. Here’s how it looks for me overall: Adrian Peterson RB Randy Moss WR Phillip Rivers QB LeShawn McCoy RB Vernon Davis TE Hakeem Nicks WR Nate Kaeding K Jon Beason LB brandon jacobs rb … Continue reading
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Draft Update
#5 – Vernon Davis #6 – Hakeem Nicks #7 – Nate Kaeding #8 – Jon Beason
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