Vintage Blog List (39 blogs)
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Justin Steele Follows the Rules
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Justin Steele got his first relic card in the 2023 Topps Update set. As a
member of the NL All-Star team, Steele was included in the All-Star
Stitche...
21 hours ago
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Kansas City Chiefs
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Here are the Chiefs, fresh off their Super Bowl I appearance.
All of these players were starters, except for Pete Beathard and Bert Coan.
(Mike Garrett was...
1 day ago
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1971 Eagles Yearbook
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After many years, I have finally found my 1971 Eagles yearbook. I made
mention of this here, and also in my Eagles’ cards post over on my 1971
football c...
2 days ago
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Top Five Vintage Team Cards for Player Collectors
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*Say Hey! What did I send you again?*
In November 2023, I mailed some vintage Giants to a collector friend. When
they arrived, he said, "thanks for the W...
2 days ago
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First in the Bahamas and Elsewhere Around the Infield
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*TRIVIA WINNER: **Wes Covington was traded three times in his career and
Don Larsen was the most famous player he was traded for and who despite his
fa...
5 days ago
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What In The Sam Rosen Is Going On Here?
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I was rolling through images on my hard drive the other day and pulled up a
sell sheet from Sam Rosen (the antecedent, as a business, to Card
Collectors ...
6 days ago
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RIP - Dennis Higgins
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Dennis Higgins, a pitcher for 4 teams from 1966-72, passed away on November
3, 2023 at age 84.
Higgins pitched 2 seasons each for the White Sox, Senators...
3 weeks 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...
2 months 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...
4 months ago
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Celebrating My Heritage --- Jews on Cards --- Star Trek
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At least four actors from the Star Trek franchise have Jewish roots -- not
quite a minyan but a good start.
Leonard Nimoy
William Shatner
Walter Koenig
Br...
4 months ago
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1973 / 1974 Fleer Baseball Big Signs Variation Helps Answer Question
Regarding When These Were Issued
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Thanks to Mike from the great Baseball Card Variations Guide Book Vol 2 for
alerting me to the fact that there are 2 versions of the California Angels Fle...
10 months 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...
10 months 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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1990s Topps All-Star Rookie Cup Tournament
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Last Winter we started a project to try and figure out what season produced
the best Topps All-Star Rookie Team. That tournament was between the 10
squad...
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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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),...
2 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...
3 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...
3 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...
5 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...
5 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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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