List/Grid Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Topps Series 1
With the launch of Series 2 of the 2011 Topps Baseball set, I thought I would go back and review Series 1. Series 1 was a challenge for subset collectors….
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson Traded to Cleveland in ‘69, Predicts Indians Will Win Pennant
When Boston Red Sox slugger Ken “The Hawk” Harrelson, who led the American League in RBIs in 1968, was traded to the lowly Cleveland Indians during the second week of…
Looking Back: 1977 Topps Baseball
For my second “Looking Back” segment, I thought I would take a peek at the 1977 Topps Baseball set, because that was the first year I began collecting baseball cards….
Parts Unknown: Collecting Action Figures
My collection of action figures is nearly as impressive as my collection of cards. Among them are dozens of McFarlane figures, along with Starting Lineups, the smaller, plastic figures that…
Looking Back: 1964 Topps Baseball
For my first “Looking Back” column, I thought I would take a peek at my most desired set of all time: the 1964 Topps baseball set. What makes this my…
The Disappointing Saga of LaRue Martin
Nobody was more stunned and surprised than LaRue Martin himself when the Portland Trailblazers selected him as the NBA’s overall top draft pick in 1972. Though not a particularly highly-touted…
Let’s Be Honest, Collecting Today is Legalized Gambling
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I did away with childish…
The Mystery of Steve Blass
The Pittsburgh Pirates had high hopes for Steve Blass, a young right-hander with pinpoint accuracy, when they signed him straight out of high school in 1960. Blass pitched in the…
George Brett: A World Class Jerk
My first foray into the world of autograph collecting didn’t go so well. I was at what was then known as Baseball City, FL, just south of Orlando, for a…
Upper Deck Attempts to Give Us a Reason to Collect MLS Cards
So you aren’t excited enough by watching thrilling, white knuckle 0-0 draws between the Chicago Fire and Sporting Kansas City? You need some additional reason to want to collect Major…
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