List/Grid Monthly Archives: September 2009
Contest Results At 3 P.M Eastern Time
I want to thank everyone who participated in the Hobby Limericks contest for the pair of 1/1 Upper Deck printing plates. I had a blast reading them and poor Dayf…
Whatever Happened To Kazuo Uzuki?
For many collectors, the Kazuo Uzuki April Fool’s gag by Topps was the final straw. Seeded once in every 72 packs of 2008 Topps, Kazuo cards were hot items on…
Top Prospect Detained For Murder
Angel Villalona, a top prospect of the San Francisco Giants, turned himself into authorities this afternoon. He is suspected of murdering a 25-year old man in the Dominican Republic. The…
The Wax Report – Goodwin Champions
While it’s still way too early to judge Upper Deck’s “Allen & Ginter Killer”, Goodwin Champions, Mr. Scott of the Wax Report busted two boxes of the new product to…
Has It Been 20 Years Already?
In a couple of months, Topps & Upper Deck will be releasing information and images of their upcoming 2010 flagship releases. Looking back twenty years ago, it’s shocking that no…
Upper Deck Is Going To Break My Heart!
It was bound to happen. I predicted shortly after the shocking death of Michael Jackson that card companies would begin releasing his cards. Already this year we’ve been treated to…
How Not To Sell Stolen Baseball Cards
You don’t have to dig very deep to find stories about cards going out the back door in collecting. It’s only natural for employees making low wages to want to…
Anyone Remember Skybox?
They were responsible for some of the most creative, almost artistic baseball cards of the 90′s. In fact, I even called 1997′s Skybox EX-2000 the best designed product of the…
Looking Back At ’93 Leaf Baseball
There’s no worse label in the hobby of collecting than “junk wax”. When Leaf came into the game in 1990 it was considered “high-end” and featured many key rookie cards…
Write a Hobby Limerick, Win Two 1/1′s
OK, for the guys who have been reading hobby blogs for a little while you know this is a direct rip-off of a 2008 contest from the boys at Beckett…
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