List/Grid Monthly Archives: March 2009
In Florida, nice guys finish last
It’s a proven fact that baseball is not for the faint of heart. I’ve watched larger than life superstars who once ruled the sport become the laughing stock of ESPN…
The King of Bad Autographs
I’ve always wanted to be a professional athlete. Who wouldn’t want to drive fancy cars, live in mansions, travel the country, and date some of the most beautiful women in…
Man on the Street – Letterman & Exquisite
Shane, Wax Heaven’s Man on the Street has recently fallen into his old career of professional photography and has been busting less and less wax as of late. Although he…
A suggestion for Donruss/Panini
One of the things I make a point of doing at Wax Heaven is speaking my mind. There is enough “Hobby” politics other places that the least I could do…
The battle of the "Series Two"
Many in The Hobby have been commenting on Topps’ success with the baseball brand so far in 2009. While Topps may indeed be ahead in the race, no one can…
How to ruin a beautiful design
On a normal day, I probably go through 100-300 different card scans per day. Having been absent from The Hobby for a decade, I missed hundreds of releases, thousands of…
Baseball Heaven in a Polaroid
I know what you’re thinking. Despite what it looks like, this photo is not of Mario Alejandro at a Menudo tryouts back in the mid-80′s. It actually a photo that…
2009 Topps Series 2 preview
I normally don’t do product previews for any Series 2 product. I’ve always thought of two sets from one brand as unnecessary but after looking through the sell sheets for…
Do you support cardboard recycling?
I spent the better half of this morning looking through my binder of Jose Canseco cards. While I do have well over 1,000 different cards, I never played the parallel…
Accosted by a naked, fat drunk
Yesterday, I was walking my dog Bailey around my entire neighborhood at 6 A.M. when I was approached by a tall, Caucasian and very overweight man who rushed out of…
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