Vintage Blog List (46 blogs)
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#449 Paul Lindblad - Oakland Athletics
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*Paul Aaron Lindblad*
*Oakland Athletics*
*Pitcher*
*Bats:* Left *Throws:* Left *Height:* 6'1" *Weight:* 185
*Born:* August 9, 1941, Chanute, KS
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10 hours ago
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The Greatest Year of the Yaz
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*TRIVIA WINNER: **The answer to last weeks question was the number of
players who were traded for Frank Robinson in his career was 16. * *The
Prize: *1...
2 days ago
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#313 Gene Stephens - Boston Red Sox
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*Glen Eugene Stephens*
*Boston Red Sox*
*Outfield*
*Bats:* Left *Throws:* Right *Height:* 6'3" *Weight:* 175
*Born:* January 20, 1933, Gravette, ...
3 days ago
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Doors Of Imperception
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Topps was chugging along with all sorts of esoteric non-sports issues as
the odometer rolled over from 1969 to 1970. This was about year four of an
inter...
4 days ago
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All-Star Rookie Cups in the 2024 World Series
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To kick off the 2024 edition of the World Series we are going to examine
the series from a Rookie Cup perspective and see if that can predict a
winner.
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3 weeks ago
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Baseball TTM from Richard Billings (Dec 1972 Sport Grafica cover story)
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How many of these *Sport Grafica* magazines are still around? At least one
I picked up from eBay to feed my research into *Grafica *winter league
photo s...
4 weeks ago
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RIP - Pete Rose
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Pete Rose, the all-time Hit King, passed away on September 30, 2024 at age
83.
Rose had attended an autograph show the day prior to ...
1 month ago
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I'm Out
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*Apparently, Google has made an change that now requires a level of cookies
that wasn't there before. When I try to upload a photo, I get this: *
*Al...
4 months ago
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My First Football Cards
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I started buying football cards in 1967. But up to 3 years before that I
had four cards from the 1964 NFL set. I have no idea where they came from,
because...
4 months ago
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1987 Fleer Baseball Stickers Mystery - Yankees in the National League?
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I received an email from Jeff asking about a sticker he came across while
looking through some 1987 Fleer cards he has from when he was a kid, and
this s...
4 months ago
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RIP - Jim Otto
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Jim Otto, the Raiders' center from 1960 to 1974, passed away on May 19,
2024 at age 86.
Otto was selected by the AFL's Minneapolis franchise in 1960, but w...
5 months ago
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Green Bay Packers - Custom Extension Set
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These are the 1966 Packers cards made by RetroCards.net.
RetroCards has made 1966 cards for each NFL team. As with the Cowboys,
RetroCards has 2 sets for...
6 months ago
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RIP - Roman Gabriel
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Roman Gabriel, quarterback for the Rams and Eagles in the 1960s and 1970s,
passed away today April 20, 2024 at age 83.
In 1962, he was the first overall pi...
7 months ago
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Franklin High Star Ron Santo
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Fandom and it's associated collecting is a strange thing. When I first
became a Ron Santo fan I was young boy. Ron was in his prime, smashing
home runs...
8 months ago
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Recent Pick Ups
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*Three great new pickups for me recently.*
As some of you already know, I collect certain stamped back T206s. These
purple number back stamps rarely se...
1 year ago
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Sunday at the National - Kellogg's Cards
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I was only able to get to the National today even though it is 20 miles
from my house. Next year I will hope to get to the show during the last
two day...
1 year ago
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#1 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates team card
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Per Topps tradition, the reigning World Champs take card #1....Beat the
favored Orioles who were the seemingly invincible Goliath….upon inspection
howeve...
1 year ago
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#350 Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees
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*Mickey Charles Mantle*
*New York Yankees*
*Outfield*
*Bats:* Both *Throws:* Right *Height:* 5'11" *Weight:* 195
*Born:* October 20, 1931, Spavin...
1 year ago
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Pandemic Pretender; or, Cards for Sale!
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Hey everyone - well, yeah, it has been quite a few months since I last
spoke up in this space, and during that time I pretty much came to the
conclusion ...
1 year ago
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#82 Mickey Mantle
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*#82 Mickey Mantle*
94 of 274
34.3% complete
*"His Walk About" -* Mickey Mantle played in 12 World Series and won seven
World Series Rings during his 18...
2 years ago
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The Long and Winding Road
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And so, the last of my seven set blogs shuts down today. I have had a lot
of fun doing this since I started in September 2009, but I must admit the
last ...
2 years ago
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Remembering the Summer of '69
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Today is the final post to this 1969 set blog.
This blog was started in 2009 by a blogger named Pack Addict (who later
changed his handle to Socially Aw...
2 years ago
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All Good Things Come to an End
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As I mentioned in my last post, I am closing the lid on this blog after 12+
years, 314 posts, and over 452,000 blog views (many probably my own - lol).
I ...
2 years ago
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Packing Up This Blog (fittingly, into a burlap sack)
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As I mentioned in my 1967 blog post today, I am discontinuing my blogs.
(Many would say "I thought you did already.") When it becomes a chore
rather than...
2 years ago
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Topps All-Star Misses: 1961 NL Outfield
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The 1961 Topps "Sporting News" All Star cards were pretty close to
accurate as far as reflecting what the cards purported to represent. Topps
had Aaron...
2 years ago
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Winging It with Roberto Clemente
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One of the most celebrated images of the great Roberto Clemente shows the
outfielder gracefully leaping to catch a ball as clouds in the background
fo...
2 years ago
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Denver Broncos
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After 9 straight 4th-place finishes (always in a 4 or 5 team division) the
Broncos fired their head coach and hired John Ralston for the 1972 season.
They ...
3 years ago
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Houston Oilers
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The 1970 Houston Oilers finished at 3-10-1, and drew the 3rd pick in the
1971 draft (Dan Pastorini). They made marginal improvement to 4-9-1 in
1971, but t...
3 years ago
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Atlanta Falcons
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After compiling records of 3-10 and 1-12-1 in their first two seasons, the
1968 Falcons finished up at 2-12 in 1968.
They replaced original head coach No...
3 years ago
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Cards #1 to #310 Bindered
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When it comes to my sets, I sleeve them and keep them in 3-ring binders.
My 1952 set build effort is not exception. I view the Topps base set as a
sort...
3 years ago
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1965 Was a Very Good Year
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But the time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to
this decision:
1. I was down to my last 4 cards to post here (Frank Thomas, Ste...
3 years ago
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I Had My Kicks With '66
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The time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this
decision:
1. I have run out of cards to post here (other than for players that...
3 years ago
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Time to Waive Goodbye to This Blog
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The time has come to retire this blog. Several things contributed to this
decision:
1. Design-wise, the 1963 set my 3rd favorite (behind 1965 and 1967),...
3 years ago
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#290 Jerry Lumpe
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*Jerry Lumpe Kansas City Athletics*
*Career:* Jerry Lumpe was a Yankee prospect who put up impressive minor
league numbers but wasn't quite good en...
3 years ago
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1978 Topps Baseball #356 New York mets
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The 1978 season was a low point in the history of the New York mets. The
stars of the early-mid 70s (Tom Seaver, Jon matlack, Dave Kingman, etc.)
were...
4 years ago
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#68 Daryl Spencer
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Spencer played 10 years in the National League with the Giants, Dodgers,
Cardinals, and Reds. He grew up in Kansas where his father was an oil field
dr...
4 years ago
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#28, REX KERN, CB, Colts
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images from COMC
In college football bygones, there were teams that succeeded by running the
football, then running it again. Woody Hayes’ Ohio State t...
6 years ago
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right on!
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Welcome!
This is a tribute to the 1971 Topps set, the first Topps set to feature
black borders on every card, full-color action on player cards, and head...
6 years ago
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#56 - Jose Tartabull of the Boston red Sox
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Up next is someone who I grew up thinking of as just Danny Tartabull's
father. The New York Yankees slipped into irrelevancy in 1989 and...
7 years ago
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Jim Bouton #470
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Jim Bouton's career spanned 10 seasons in the big leagues. After riding the
bench for his time in high school, Bouton, however, secured a professional
co...
9 years ago
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#658 - Lee Lacy
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I really am stretching this thing out but, trust me, it’s not intentional.
Too much work and other stuff. For our third-to-last card we get Lee Lacy
at S...
10 years ago
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484 - Ernie McAnally
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*About This Player*
Ernie McAnally pitched in four Major League seasons with the Montreal Expos
from 1971 to 1974. McAnally was drafted originally by the...
10 years ago
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#446 Rocky Nelson
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Glenn 'Rocky' Nelson had such a varied and interesting career I hardly know
where to start, so let's try the beginning. Nelson signed with the St.
Loui...
10 years ago
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#525 Eddie Bressoud
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Here we are at last...the end of the road. One last time, I would like to
thank everyone who has read, shared, or commented on this blog over the
last fi...
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