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My Matsui Conversion
One of the most wonderful things about being a sports fan is the undying loyalty that exists. Everybody has their favorites and everyone wants to believe that their favorite teams…
My Favorite Cards
The obvious next question begs, I suppose, what are my favorite cards that I have in my collection? Some answers are obvious: I have rookie cards of my all-time favorite…
Rating My Collection of Wrestling Biographies
Along with collecting sports cards and memorabilia, I also have an extensive collection of pro wrestling biographies. I’m not much of a wrestling fan any longer, actually, ever since the…
A Few Simple Tips to Make eBaying Work Better
I talk a lot about eBay because I get the majority of my single cards from the popular auction website. I wasn’t quite what one would consider a charter member…
Royals Fans: Enjoy Eric Hosmer While You Can
Kansas City Royals fans should catch Eric Hosmer while they can. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees are just biding their time, waiting for Hosmer to become eligible for arbitration and/or…
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….
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…
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…
The Art of Autograph Collecting
I still kick myself when I think back to my youth in San Bernardino, CA, when a rookie phenom named Ken Griffey, Jr. would routinely stop and sign autographs after…
Parts Unknown: An Introduction
We older folk are always reminiscing about how the old times were so good, while youngsters roll their eyes, wondering how we ever got along without computers, video games or…
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